First tutorial!

I'm proud to introduce the first of my tutorial video series! These videos will include short how to tips on acheiving and mastering hair and make-up looks and techniques. Thanks to everyone who helped, and to everyone else- enjoy!

Learn how to properly use texturizing products to give your lifeless hair some personality!

Products used, Redken 09 Volumizing Hairspray, and Redken 12 Rough Paste

Blog alert! For the non-traditional Brides out there!

I stumbled on this Wedding site yesterday, and think it's amazing! Super cute photos, and ideas for the non-traditional Bride (which I and many I know are..).

Check it out!

www.offbeatbride.com

Alter your thinking.

Links so super cute/cool accessories

Awesome photo archives- not the norm ason every other site

Good ideas!

One of the shorter checklists I've seen

Tattooed Weddings, Circus Weddings, Rock and Roll Weddings, Rock a billy Weddings...

This is a fav. Even if you aren't a bride, check this and watch the video!!!!

http://offbeatbride.com/2009/11/carnival-themed-wedding#more-3788

Enjoy my Brides! And get some beauty inspirations- I love doing fun and funky stuff!!

Bring the best out of your hair, treatments decoded!

Do you ever look around at all the healthy, shiny hair on others that seems to cooperate so well and think, "Why can't my hair be that nice?". Or maybe you struggle getting your hair smooth because it feels so unruly. In my experience, I notice that almost half of people are not giving their hair all that it needs as far as nourishment. This could be vitamins, protein, light moisture, heavy moisture, sunscreen, and any combo of those!

I want to help educate you on some of the great treatments that are out there, and stress that by using them once a week or even less, your hair will look, feel, and behave better. Most of these treatments run about $20- that's not badfor something that you could get away with using twice a month!! Now sure, you can always pay me to do a treatment when you come see me.... but most of you don't, and those who do are always so desperate for one when they come in.

Here are a few winners!

Redken Color Extend Rich Recovery
Protective treatment provides deep conditioning to leave hair treated, manageable and vibrant.

Why It Works:
> Luxurious cream-gel formula provides deep conditioning
> Helps preserve the intensity of haircolor
> Leaves hair treated and manageable with highly reflective shine

Recommended for clients wanting to keep that just-been-colored shine and feel.

Interested? Take it to the next level with this:

Redken Color Extend Shine Enrich

Protect haircolor further while helping to seal split/dry ends, smooth flyaways, and impart a mirror like shine.

This product is AMAZING for getting healthy looking shine. A nice light serum complete with sunscreens.

Redken Fresh Curls Curl Recovery

This is a wonderful rich, rinse out mask. This is for someone who wants to replenish and restore dry, curly hair.

Why It Works:
> Moisture-rich formula deeply conditions medium to coarse, dry curls
> Conditioning and styling polymers revive parched strands and help restore elasticity and definition
> Strengthens to help prevent damage
> Provides the highest level of moisture in the Fresh Curls range
> Curls are quenched with healthy bounce and frizz-controlled shine

Redken Extreme Deep Fuel Treatments

Serious Damage control!! This product has been around for almost as long as I've been doing hair- and I swear by it. This treatment is for someone with highlighted, or highlifted hair who needs more than just moisture. When your hair is lightened, or has had many chemical treatments, it feels dry, has poor elasticity, dull, and is in danger of breakage. Most often people think there hair is just dry, but really it is missing essential proteins that have been lost during the lightening process. You can moisturize till the cows come home, but that moisture essentially goes in, and slips right back out. You need protein.

Why It Works:
> Helps restore very distressed hair back to its natural, healthy state
> Provides long-term conditioning and repair that lasts up to eight shampoos
> Hair is stronger, shinier and more manageable
> After 5 single treatments, hair is up to 3 times stronger compared to an ordinary shampoo alone in lab brushing tests

If you fall in this category, you may want to STRONGLY consider this long time favorite as well.

Redken Extreme Anti-Snap

Leave-in treatment gently smooths the cuticle and helps fortify hair that's prone to breaking, splitting or snapping off.

This award winning wonder can work miracles on your chemically or heat stressed hair. This is a perfect product to have if you want to grow out your hair, as it prevents breakage.

That's all for now! Lot of info, I'll make a part two in the future. FYI, these are all tried and tested products that I use regularly on myself or on clients.

Product Review-Lash Blast!

Holy Mascara!

I recently bought a drugstore mascara for myself, and believe this is the best mascara I've ever used. Ever!

There are a few different variations: Length, Luxe(shimmers), and Volume. I purchased volume. There is no doubt the formula is wonderful, but what really makes this mascara is the brush. There are so many little teeth that allow for maximum coating and combing. No clumps, long, full, awesome lashes.

And for 7.00- come on!!

Inspiration Station!

Happy New Year all! I know I took a big fat break in posting..because I went to Europe for 3 weeks! Very exciting on many levels, but for fashion..yes, dear.

I wasn't as blown away as I had anticipated, but I did some good observing. I hit Greece, France and Spain on this trip. I will admit I had high hopes for coming back to the states with tons of new ideas, however I didn't really see too much new.. but I did notice some real individual style more frequently, especially in Barcelona. I noticed a whole lot of black clothing. Black on black on black. I get that, because it's Winter, and also because I have been digging really dark clothes lately as well, I've even been pairing black with navy blue, which I remember while growing up that was a BIG fashion no-no! Like wearing pink with red. Haha.

LOTS of boots were happening. Again, yes Winter appropriate- but I mean EVERYone had one boots that fell at least right below the knee. I'm thinking some over the knee boots would be pretty fun to have. I didn't see too many.. so I think that would be a good move.

As far as NEW, the baggy crotch pant was budding through Barcelona as well. Quite an interesting look I will admit..but definitely not flattering. It's something you would wear for comfort, to be daring, and.. well.. possibly if you are really tall and thin. : ) I was curious to try some on, Zara carried them, but my fiance was so repulsed that I just couldn't. My only regret. Hehe.

As for hair and make-up, there really was a lack of good make-up jobs, either nothing, or way too much was what I was noticing. I think we pull off taste full, clean make-ups a little better. I did see a bit of barbie blue eye shadow with pink lips around Athens and Paris.

Lots of cute short bangs, I really enjoyed that. I missed out on giving myself a haircut before I left, so I took Paul's face razor to my bangs and took care of business. Where I was most of the people had very dark hair naturally, so there was a lot more dark brown hair than I am used to. I really felt like I stuck out with my red head-ness! Paul as a dark blonde, and me red.. oh yeah, we did not belong! Barcelona was quite diverse though, we could have passed there: )

It was a great trip though, and even just getting out of the routine and searching for new ideas- whether I found them or not- really got my creative juices flowing!

Happy 2010!