Healthy is the new beautiful. (HAIR that is…)

Whether you are a natural blonde, salon blonde, redhead, brunette, or have beautiful black hair. In order to keep it healthy and beautiful here are a few items you can use! If you’re a blonde gal like me, I will be adding a few items on how I keep my blonde bright and healthy!

Weekly regimen

Once a week I clarify & deep condition my hair – as a blonde these are super important as hot tools, products, sunshine, and even bleaching your hair can wreck havoc on the condition of your hair! Blonde and hair is beautiful if it is healthy!

Here are my 2 weekly must haves! ( which can be used no matter the color of your hair)

Great Clips clarifying shampoo. It is one of my all time favorite shampoos! It is great if you swim often or use a lot of product! This shampoo helps lift away build up, revives body and shine and promotes scalp health! It is great for all types of hair.

Matrix Biolage Hydrasource mask is great for all types of hair. This paired with the clarifying shampoo is excellent! It helps revive dry strands, it is paraben free and safe for color treated hair. I generally leave the mask on for 20-30 minutes depending on what show is on the tube. It leaves my hair silky smooth, and helps keep it healthy.

Twice a week I shampoo my hair with Joico’s Color Endure Violet shampoo. This is great for blondes & even those who want to keep their silver/white hair from looking brassy. The purple helps keep brass at bay and helps keep the icy blonde. It acts as a toner. You just shampoo as usual but let it stay in for 3-5 minutes.

Every other day! With all the no poo rage. This is a gem I am still trying to figure out. It is a low lather, fast rinsing shampoo/conditioner that restores moisture and shine into your hair. It can be tricky because the low lather makes you feel like it isn’t clean, so you typically use too much. However, I generally start with 4 pumps and put it on the top of my head, scrub a little, add a few more pumps to my midshaft, then my ends and let it sit for 5 minutes.

Lastly my 2 favorite items!

My go to leave in treatment Soya want it all 22 in 1 by Sexy hair. It has so many benefits its humidity resistant, a thermal protector (for blow drying), lightweight, color protector, detangles and adds strength. I spray this into my hair every time I get out of the shower & then comb it in!

Before I shampoo my hair, I add a few drops of Healthy Sexy Hair’s soy renewal oil into my hair. The argan oil is excellent for when your hair needs added moisture. It is great for preventing frizz and helps smooth hair. Aside, from adding it before I shampoo, I also add a little if I used hot tools!

What do you use to keep your hair healthy?

What’s in my bag?!

My purse is the junk drawer for my life. I just throw anything and everything in there & sometimes when I do clean it out, I somehow manage to throw important things away! It is my coin jar, my sample bucket, toss my debit card and freak out drawer! At any given time you can find whatever you need in my purse!

At any given time I seem to have about 5 different hair samples.

Big Sexy Hair – Get Layered thickening hair spray – great for finer hair

Paul Mitchell Smoothing Super Skinny treatment & gloss drops! These babies are meant to help tame frizz and produce shine!

Matrix Style Fixer Finishing Hairspray with a strong hold!

Matrix Super Fixer Strong hold gel – perfect for men!

& My favorite Ladibugs Mint Spray – since I live in the South, Lice is a huge ordeal with kids & as a hairstylist, I am around kids constantly. This little gem helps ward off head lice!

A girl always has some sort of make up in her purse & I am surprised I don’t have that much!

Maybelline Baby Skin instant pore eraser – helps minimize pores.

Maybelline – BB cream. Perfect for summer months when you don’t want to wear too much makeup!

MAC’s Prism blush – this is my go to blush. The one I always use!

Milani Lipsticks in Matte Confident a nice deep purplish red and Matte Passion in a beautiful summer red.

MAC lipgloss in Ample Pink – this is one item I cannot live without! It is the perfect lipgloss. It adds the simple amount of pink to my lips!

L’OREAL – Nude collection in Julianne’s nude. As a pale girl, this is a great nude!

Maybelline’s Color sensational electric orange! Compliments fair skin beautifully.

Can’t be without some perfume! Thanks to my ipsy glam bag I love love love this sample from JOR’EL PARKER – Femina. Its has a very floral, feminine scent.

My trusty D&B wallet, my RayBan shades! and I bet you’re wondering about the condiments.

Ketchup and Texas Pete hot sauce! Every time I am at Chick-fil-a I grab a few packets and somehow you never know when you need hot sauce or ketchup!

So, what is in your bag?!

Glam bag!

I am finally off the IPSY glam bag waiting list & it is oh so exciting to receive a bag of goodies every month for just 10 bucks!

How it works

You take a quiz based off your skin type, color, hair color, eye color, how comfortable you are with makeup, how adventurous you are with makeup, your favorite makeup brands etc. Based off of those answers a profile is built! Once your profile is built, every month you receive 4-5 products and a cute little bag! Sometimes they surprise you with a full size product as well! Once you receive your bag you can review the products for points and those points eventually can be redeemed towards goodies!

For 10 bucks it is so worth it!

Here is my lovely May glam bag!

My goodies

Oscar Blandi – Hair Lift Thickening & Strengthening Mousse – Hair lift instantly plumps up your hair, giving it a fuller, thicker and more youthful appearance.

GlamGlow – Thirsty Cleanse Daily hydrating cleanser – combines the power of mud and cleanser to deeply moisturize and cleanse your skin.

Jesse’s Girl – Pure pigment eye dust in Brown sugar

Luxie Makeup Brushes – makeup brush #205 blending brush. 100% animal cruelty free & vegan.

Klorane Smoothing and relaxing patches – helps smooth, soften, moisturize and redness puffiness around your beautiful eyes!

Every month I will update my lovely glam bag! Do you have a subscription to ipsy or another company! Let me know!

First Impression …No Poo edition!

For the longest time women were jumping on the no shampoo train & as a hairstylist, this was something I couldn’t figure out. Until…yesterday! While shopping at Salon Centric I came across this gem…Biolage:Matrix’s version of the no poo shampoo craze…the Cleansing conditioner for fine hair!

Biolage states this shampoo is a low lather, fast rinsing shampoo free shampoo! The new no-poo shampoo! It’s great for fine hair with citrus that provides thorough cleansing and lightweight conditioning to enhance shine, suppleness and also provides anti static control. It is suitable for color treated hair and its non stripping cleaner conditions your hair gently. It is sulfate, paraben and silicone free! This cleanser is available for fine, medium and coarse hair.

Well, after buying this gem…I had to try it that evening and I had tons, and tons of hairspray in my hair from my updo that morning! (I mean, I had hairspray dreads in a sense, now its not what you’re thinking or maybe it is, it was just because of all the hairspray my hair was clumped together) so, I hop in the shower, read the directions which states 5-7 pumps depending on your hair. This no poo shampoo is definitely true to its word when it means no lather, which is something any person would have to get used too, I let the conditioning cleanser chill in my hair for a few minutes and rinsed. A little bit truly goes a long way! I then, hopped out of the shower, and let my hair dry. My hairspray dreads were gone! My hair was shiny and soft!

Now of course only time will tell if this no poo shampoo is the best & I Will add another review after 4-6 weeks!

Have you tried the no poo shampoo? has it worked wonders on your hair?

Until next time loves!

DIY Lip scrub!

Dry, chapped lips are no fun. Especially when you want to wear lipstick! Here is a quick DIY Lip scrub with ingredients you should have in your kitchen cabinet.

What you need

1 teaspoon of brown sugar

1 teaspoon of olive oil or coconut oil

1 teaspoon of honey.

Mix together and use as a lip scrub!

Also you can mix olive oil and brown sugar for a body scrub as well!

Enjoy!

A few of my favorite things…youtube Edition!

It is safe to say without YouTube (& Google) the world would be lost. I am on YouTube every single day checking out my favorite beauty vloggers!

Here are my current favorite beauty vloggers! Both ladies are completely down to earth and always offer high end and drugstore tutorials! Every week they post new videos and welcome us into their homes! I absolutely love these ladies!

Casey Holmes

Kathleen Lights

Who are your favorite beauty vloggers?!

My AM/PM routine!

When it comes to my face, it has been a battle since I was a teenager! Battling the ever so hated acne! So after years, I have finally figured out what works and its truly a simple process!

First, I start off with my beloved Biore. The charcoal helps draw out dirt deep down in your pores. I try to wash my face for 30-45 seconds before I rinse!

second, I dab some toner on a cotton ball

then add a dime size of

now you’re ready for the day!

My PM routine doesn’t differ that much from my morning routine except for 2 steps

I actually wash my face twice with 2 different cleanser, the charcoal cleanser draws out the junk and the green tea cleanser helps reduce redness on my pale white skin

FIT ME review!

Recently I purchased some of Maybelline’s FIT ME Matte & poreless foundation. As promised a review has now come to life!

At first I purchased Natural Ivory 112 for my base however, this color tended to be a tad bit darker & a little more yellow than my natural skin tone, which is pale…very very pale! ( I hate the sun, sun causes problems and I just burn) . So, I went back to CVS & picked up the lightest color they had Porcelain 110. This shade provided just the right amount of coverage and was the perfect color for my ghostly skin tone! While the foundation has 16 shades it ranges from Porcelain to Coconut it is very limited in shades.

The foundation has the perfect light/medium coverage for every day where & lasted all day with a primer and BB cream base! While my pores were still visible, it did provide the coverage to minimize them & help with my sparkly T-Zone!

PROS of the foundation

• amazing color matching
• layers great and doesn’t cake
• great for the price
• evens skin tone

CONS

• color range is limited
• some find the packaging to be a pain in the butt.
• not great for oily skin

This foundation has become part of my every day look & It’s easy to apply with your fingers, beauty blender, stippling brush. You can say I am officially a fan of the FIT ME line!

What is your favorite drugstore foundation? Have you tried any products from Maybelline’s FIT ME line?

Until next time beauties!

Simple & Sweet

Growing out a pixie has turned out to be a very daunting task. You have to figure out how to avoid the mullet look as it grows out & it can get very awkward! So, of course it’s a victory when you can put your hair into a tiny yet ugly ponytail!

Now comes the fun part! How on earth can I pull my hair back and still look chic? A half halo of course! It is a quick style when you’re running late or don’t have the energy to style your hair (like me!)

 

Here is what you will need

 Tigi Sea Salt Spray (or you can use dry shampoo) this is just to add texture to your hair.

Teasing comb ( or just a regular comb)

A handful of bobby pins similar to your hair color.

A paste or cream for extra holding power

and lastly, a STRONG hold hairspray

now finally the how – to!

1. Spray some texture spray or dry shampoo into your hair.

2. tease hair at the crown for a little lift.

3. Add a little paste or cream for holding power (generally I would stay away from gel, gel creates a wet and crunchy look) with paste you will have a matte, firm yet pliable finish.

4. starting at your set part, divide your hair into 2 (similar to pigtails)

5. choose a side to start and begin by taking a piece of your hair (near front of ear) and twist hair counter clock wise and picking up pieces until you reach the nape of your neck. and then pin with some bobby pins.

6. repeat on the other side & pin.

7. lastly SPRAY!

If you want to add some sparkle you can always add a headband!

I apologize for the low quality photos however, I got the idea of a how to at work!

Until next time!!!

 

Mini Walgreens haul!

It’s payday! Which means….spend over 50 bucks at walgreens day! I never realized how much things add up especially at a drugstore. But, I couldn’t pass up sale items!

Now, all my goodies aren’t included in the photo because its just toothpaste, toothbrushes, and floss! (gotta keep my pearly whites clean!)

(one of my monsters is trying to figure out what on earth I am doing)

In one of my previous posts I spoke about charcoal cleanser & I LOVE IT! it has worked wonders on my oily skin! So, I had to restock my Biore Deep Pore Charcoal Cleanser!

So, as I look at the make up Walgreens has bright orange tabs that scream SALE! I noticed L’OREAL Voluminous Power Volume 24H Black smoke was HALF OFF for just 3.99!  It claims to create fuller looking and dramatic bold volume for your eye lashes! I will of course have a review for you soon!

Next, Wet & Wild was Buy one get one half off I decided to go with Fergie’s line and bought her Brush with destiny which is a pretty peachy blush & I also got her Velvet matte lip color in A356 (which I got into a tug of war when attempting to get the top off and the lipstick decided to come with it! I was not thrilled!)

I got all 4 goodies for under 15 bucks! (the face wash was the most expensive!)

Stay tuned for reviews on these products in the week to come!

Stay beautiful and enjoy your weekend 🙂