I am on a quest to give the most valuable, and common sense techniques for beautiful hair, as well as a beautiful life.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
THE BODY SHOP: Nail Color Remover
I PICKED THIS UP AS WELL AT MY BODY SHOP SPREE! ITS ACETONE FREE AND ONCE IT DRIES IT SMELLS LIKE LAVENDER INSTEAD OF NAIL POLISH REMOVER.. LOVES IT!
Ethyl Acetate, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Fragrance, Benzophenone-1, Linalool, Tocopheryl Acetate, Limonene, Coumarin, Geraniol, Benzyl Alcohol, Amyl Cinnamal, Citronellol, Benzyl Benzoate, Farnesol, Eugenol, Isoeugenol, Violet 2.
Best if you want to: Remove your nail color with a gentle, effective acetone-free nail polish remover that’s moisturizing and won’t dry out nails or skin.
How It Works: Sweet almond oil provides an essential fatty acid that helps repair skin’s moisture barrier to restore smoothness and suppleness.
Vitamin E is a naturally powerful antioxidant that helps protect skin against damaging environmental elements and an excellent moisturizer that helps to soften skin.
Lavender scent is relaxing and calming.
$8
Monday, October 27, 2008
THE BODY SHOP: Brow & Liner Kit
Best for: all skin tones
Community Trade marula oil from Namibia is an effective moisturizer that helps to condition skin over time and restore skin’s moisture barrier, smoothness and suppleness.
Vitamin E is an antioxidant that helps to soften, condition and protect the skin from damaging environmental aggressors.
For best results, use our Brow Definer to emphasize pale eyebrows, fill gaps caused by over-plucking or alter their shape and thickness. When it’s time to take it off, try our Camomile Gentle Eye Make-up Remover
THE BODY SHOP: Shimmer Cubes Palette 06
$22
Best if you want to: Cover your eyes with wonderfully rich, crease-resistant sparkling eye colors in four sumptuous shades.
Best for: all skin tones
What it is designed to do: Light-diffusing particles and pearl pigments provide shimmer and sparkle to highlight skin and help to disguise fine lines around the eyes.
Community Trade marula oil from Namibia is an effective moisturizer that helps to condition skin over time and restore skin’s moisture barrier.
Convenient, lightweight pack is fully recyclable and provides four cubes in one. Carry the full palette or your favorite color for easy on-the-go application.
How to use it: For the eyes, apply using your fingertip or The Body Shop® make-up Eyeshadow Brush, Eyeshadow Blender Brush or Slanted Brush. Can be used separately or blended together.
For best results, apply our Lightening Touch prior to eye make-up to help reduce the appearance of fine lines and dark circles. When it’s time to take it off, try our Camomile Gentle Eye Make-up Remover.
THE BODY SHOP: Brilliance Powder
I TRIED THIS AS WELL AND I LOVED IT! IT COST $22!!
Best for: all skin types
Community Trade marula oil from Namibia helps to repair skin’s moisture barrier.
Light-diffusing particles instantly brighten skin and help reduce the appearance of fine lines
For best results, cleanse, tone and moisturize your face beforehand with products from the Skin Care range best suited to your skin type. Apply one of our make-up foundations and Lightening Touch beforehand.
THE BODY SHOP: Cottonseed Curl Boost
Best for: curly or wavy hair
A maize-derived polymer with advanced curl memory helps to achieve bouncy, high-energy curls.
Wheat protein enhances shine and helps to protect hair against heat styling and UV-damage.
Community Trade organic honey and panthenol (pro-vitamin B5) strengthen and condition hair.
THE BODY SHOP: Grapeseed Glossing Serum
Best if you want to: Get great shine with a glossing and hydrating serum that leaves your locks smooth, sleek and shiny and is easily washed out.
Best for: dull or frizzy hair
How it works: Grapeseed oil, which is rich in essential fatty acids, helps to protect the hair shaft from moisture loss by coating it, and also smoothes the hair.
Community Trade sesame oil moisturizes and conditions hair, adding softness and shine.
A high-performance formula contains oils that do not cause build-up on the hair.
Cyclomethicone, Dimethiconol, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Buxus Chinensis (Jojoba) Oil, Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil, Limonene, Fragrance, Linalool, Citral, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Geraniol, Citronellol, Eugenol, Isoeugenol.
THE BODY SHOP: Poppy Seed Oil Reviving Mask
THIS WAS ANOTHER GOODY THAT I TRIED FROM THE BODY SHOP IT ALSO SMELLS AMAZING!!! AND IT GOT THE JOB DONE.. VERY GOOD!
PS. I ASKED THE MANAGER OF THE STORE IF HE WAS AWARE THAT THE PRODUCTS FROM THE STORE CONTAIN PARABENS AND HE SAID THAT THE BODY SHOP IS RELAUNCHING THEIR ENTIRE STORE AND ALL PRODUCTS WILL BE PARABEN FREE!!! I'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED!
Best if you want to: Give your locks a boost with a fast-acting moisturizer that reawakens tired, dull hair, leaving it soft, shiny and tangle-free.
Best for: all hair types
How it works: Poppy seed oil is rich in omega acids 6 & 9 to help repair hair’s moisture barrier, restoring moisture, smoothness and shine.
Lupin amino acids penetrate the hair shaft to add moisture, softness and manageability.
Community Trade organic olive oil moisturizes and conditions hair, adding softness and shine.
Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Glyceryl Stearate, Papaver Orientale (Poppy) Seed Oil, Ceteareth-20, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Steartrimonium Methosulfate, Fragrance, Amodimethicone, Benzyl Alcohol, Lupine Amino Acids, Isopropyl Alcohol, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Tocopherol, Disodium EDTA, Cetrimonium Chloride, Trideceth-12, Citric Acid.
Friday, October 24, 2008
THE BODY SHOP: BRAZIL NUT MOISTURE MASK
SO I USED THIS AS A DC ON SATURDAY AND I REALLY LIKED THE RESULTS OUT OF 10 THE SLIPPAGE FACTOR WAS 8.5... AND IT SMELLS WONDERFUL.. I GOT A SAMPLE OF THIS FROM THE BODY SHOP IN THE MALL, BUT YOU CAN PURCHASE ONLINE AS WELL... THE JAR COSTS $14
BACK OF THE JAR:Best if you want to: Restore and strengthen your tresses with a rich, moisturizing pre-wash mask that deeply penetrates dry, fragile hair to leave it soft and glossy.
Best for: dry, damaged or chemically-treated hair
How it works: Community Trade Brazil nut oil, Community Trade organic olive oil and Community Trade sesame seed oil moisturize, condition and soften hair.
Community Trade organic honey moisturizes and conditions hair, aids combing and adds shine.
Wheat and Brazil nut amino acids penetrate the hair shaft to add moisture, softness and manageability, and prevent breakage and split ends.
Recommended use: For intense moisturization, apply before shampooing. Wet hair, scoop out a small amount of the treatment, rub your hands together and distribute evenly through damp hair. Wrap hair in a towel and leave for up to 15 minutes, or even overnight if desired. Rinse off, then shampoo and condition as normal.
Water (Solvent/Diluent), Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil (Emollient), Cetearyl Alcohol (Emulsifier), Bertholletia Excelsa (Brazil) Nut Oil (Emollient), Stearic Acid (Emulsifier), Lanolin (Emollient), Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil (Emollient), Ceteareth-20 (Emulsifier), Amodimethicone (Hair Conditioning Agent), Fragrance (Fragrance), Glycerin (Humectant), Honey (Natural Additive), Propylene Glycol (Humectant), Steartrimonium Methosulfate (Antistatic Agent), Benzyl Alcohol (Preservative), Methylparaben (Preservative), Isopropyl Alcohol (Solvent), Aminomethyl Propanol (pH Adjuster), Propylparaben (Preservative), Wheat Amino Acids (Hair Conditioning Agent), Sodium Chloride (Viscosity Modifier), Cetrimonium Chloride (Hair Conditioner), Trideceth-12 (Surfactant), Disodium EDTA (Chelating Agent), Tocopherol (Antioxidant), Phenoxyethanol (Preservative), Potassium Sorbate (Preservative).
Thursday, October 23, 2008
CLEAR RINSE
John Frieda Clear Shine Luminous Color Glaze
Clear glosser. Shine booster. Intensify glossy shine and dramatically smooth texture.
For all hair shades: natural, color-treated or highlighted hair.
Using exclusive technology previously available only at our salons, Luminous Color Glaze Clear Shine showers hair with salon-fresh shine and dramatically improves texture for silky smoothness, without ever damaging hair.
The Clear Shine formula doesn't contain color, so every hair color shade, whether natural, highlighted or color-treated, can experience clear, dazzling shine every day.
The Clear Shine patented formula is versatile enough to include in your everyday morning routine or use as a once-a-week shine surge treatment.
Shine results intensify over time, so the more you use it, the more you shine.
Clear Shine can be used as part of your daily hair care routine, or as a once-a-week shine treatment.
Ammonia, dye and peroxide-free.
Will not damage hair.
Will not change hair color.
$10
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Mizani H2O Intense- Night Time Treatment & Moisturfuse Moisturizing Conditioner
A deep-moisturizing conditioning complex that saturates dry hair and scalp with soothing, softening moisture. This complex blend of conditioners, natural oils and botanicals leaves hair soft and the scalp healthy. This unique moisturizing conditioner can also be used after the relaxing process to revitalize the hair while adding shine.
Aqua/Water, Glycerin, Polyquarternium-37, Cetearyl Alcohol, Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate/ Dicaprate, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Parfum/Fragrance, Amodimethicone, Methylparaben, PPG-1-Trideceth-6, Stearyl Dimedthicone, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene, Chlorohex-Idne Dihydrochloride Geraniol, Trideceth-6, Hydroxycitronellal, Citronellol, Coumarin, Cetrimonium Chloride, Dimethyltin Cineodecyl Ester. (D10413/1)
I TRIED THIS OVER THIS PAST WEEKEND (10/31/08) AND IT WAS ALRIGHT... SLIP WAS A 7 OUT OF 10.. NO FIREWORKS FOR ME... I LOVE THE SMELL THOUGH.. IT REMINDS ME OF FRESH SALON HAIR!
This Mizani H20 Intense Night Time Treat will reduce the formation of split ends, enhance moisture retention and controls frizz without weighing down your dry, rebellious and course hair.
Directions of Use:
Use at night, every second or third night or as needed
Apply a small amount to hands, rub together, massage through and prepare hair for your normal night-time regime
For best results, use consistently for at least two weeks
Monday, October 20, 2008
Gold N Hot Ionic Hard Bonnet Dryer
SO I NEED A HOTTER DRYER AND IM THINKING OF GOING WITH THIS ONE..
NEW! GOLD N HOT® PROFESSIONAL 1875-WATT IONIC HARD HAT BONNET DRYER
SHEA BUTTER
Raw or unrefined- extracted using water. The color ranges from like cream (similar to whipped butter) to grayish yellow. This is the original form of Shea Butter.
Refined- is more highly processed. Has many of its natural components still intact.
Highly refined or processed- solvents are used to increase the yield (hexane is an example). The color is pure white. Shea Butter that is extracted using chemicals that is pure white, has no smell and has lost a lot of its healing properties in the process.
51 WEEK POST ROLLERSET
NO MORE PROCESSES!
Friday, October 17, 2008
morton's iodized salt
Monday, October 13, 2008
Triple Moisture by Neutrogena Professional
ETA: IVE ONLY USED THE MASK, SHAMPOO, DAILY DEEP CONDITIONER, AND THE SILK TOUCH
Triple Moisture Cream Lather Shampoo
Neutrogena Triple Moisture® Cream Lather Shampoo gently dissolves away impurities as it deeply moisturizes every hair strand.This revolutionary cream hair cleanser revives even extra dry or over-processed hair, making it feel soft and smooth all day after a single use. Three naturally derived extracts penetrate to defy dryness on all three dimensions of the hair strand. Olive penetrates to the center, Meadowfoam Seed helps moisturize the middle and Sweet Almond wraps the surface. Its rich, abundant lather cleanses hair gently, taming fly-aways and frizz.Neutrogena Triple Moisture® provides specialized care for extra dry hair.
Salon approved
Freshly fragranced
8.45 fl. oz. tube
Water , Sodium Trideceth Sulfate , Sodium Lauroamphoacetate , Sodium Chloride , Cocamide MEA , Meadowfoam Seed Oil Limnanthes Alba , Olive Fruit Oil Olea Europaea , Panthenyl Ethyl Ether , Sodium Benzotriazolyl Butylphenol Sulfonate , Polyquaternium-7 , Amodimethicone , Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride , Castor Isostearate Succinate , Dimethiconol , Sweet Almond Oil Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis , Phenoxyethanol , Methylparaben , Propylparaben , Cetyl Alcohol , Guar Gum Cyamopsis Tetragonoloba , Citric Acid , TEA Dodecylbenzenesulfonate , Fragrance
Triple Moisture Daily Deep Conditioner
Neutrogena Triple Moisture® Daily Deep Conditioner combines the restorative power of a deep treatment with the ease of a quick conditioning rinse.Dramatically improve your hair's softness, smoothness and manageability with this daily conditioner that acts like a deep conditioner. Even extra dry or over-processed hair feels soft and smooth all day after just a single use. Olive, Meadowfoam and Sweet Almond extracts penetrate the hair strand to defy dryness. Just a little of this rich, creamy formula goes a long way to condition, detangle and add shine.Neutrogena Triple Moisture® provides specialized care for extra dry hair.
Water, Cyclopentasiloxane, Behenyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Cyclohexasiloxane, Dimethicone, Amodimethicone, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Cetrimonium Chloride, Panthenol, Sweet Almond Oil (prunus amygdalis dulcis), Olive Fruit Oil (olea europaea), Meadowfoam Seed Oil (limnanthes alba), Glycol Stearate, Ceteth 2, Hydroxyethyl Cellulose, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Citric Acid, Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxide, Mica, Fragrance
Triple Moisture Deep Recovery Hair Mask
Neutrogena Triple Moisture® Deep Recovery Hair Mask rehabilitates extra dry or over-processed hair with intense moisturization.This weekly treatment is so concentrated, just a small amount is needed for hair to become soft, lustrous and shining in minutes. Three naturally derived extracts work on the hair strand to defy dryness. Olive penetrates to the center, Meadowfoam Seed helps moisturize the middle and Sweet Almond wraps the surface. Treat your hair to intense moisture with this once-a-week conditioning mask.Neutrogena Triple Moisture® provides specialized care for extra dry hair.
Water , Cetyl Alcohol , Behentrimonium Chloride , Cyclopentasiloxane , Dimethicone , Cetearyl Alcohol , Ethylhexyl Isononanoate , Behenyl Alcohol , Meadowfoam Seed Oil Limnanthes Alba , Cyclohexasiloxane , Olive Fruit Oil Olea Europaea , Sweet Almond Oil Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis , Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine , Behentrimonium Methosulfate , Trimethylsilylamodimethicone , Panthenol , Glycol Stearate , Ceteth-2 , Hydroxyethylcellulose , Phenoxyethanol , Methylparaben , Propylparaben , Citric Acid , Mica , Titanium Dioxide , Iron Oxide , Fragrance
Triple Moisture Silk Touch Leave-In Cream
Neutrogena Triple Moisture® Silk Touch Leave-In Cream melts effortlessly into strands, improving smoothness and manageability while diminishing fly-aways and frizz.This silky daily cream spreads evenly, absorbing quickly to instantly soften, smooth and condition extra dry, damaged strands. Three naturally derived extracts work to defy dryness. Olive penetrates to the center of the hair strand, Meadowfoam Seed helps moisturize the middle and Sweet Almond wraps the surface. It also contains UV filters.Neutrogena Triple Moisture® provides specialized care for extra dry hair.
Water , Cyclopentasiloxane , Dimethicone , Behenyl Alcohol , Glycerin , Ethylhexyl Isononanoate , Polyquaternium 37 , Cetrimonium Chloride , Behentrimonium Chloride , Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate , Cyclohexasiloxane , Meadowfoam Seed Oil Limnanthes Alba , Olive Fruit Oil Olea Europaea , Sweet Almond Oil Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis , Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate , Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane , PPG-1 Trideceth-6 , Phenyl Trimethicone , Methylparaben , Propylparaben , Sodium Hydroxide , Fragrance
Triple Moisture Sheer Hydration Leave-In Foam
Neutrogena Triple Moisture® Sheer Hydration Leave-In Foam dissolves gently into strands, leaving hair soft, light and lustrous – never weighed down.This light, yet intensely moisturizing, leave-in daily treatment helps replenish moisture to extra dry hair with three naturally derived extracts. Olive penetrates to the center, Meadowfoam Seed helps moisturize the middle and Sweet Almond wraps the surface. This formula also contains UV filters.Neutrogena Triple Moisture® provides specialized care for extra dry hair.
INGREDIENTS: Water, Isobutane, Phenyl Trimethicone, Olive Fruit Oil (olea europaea), Sweet Almond Oil (prunus amygdalis dulcis), Meadowfoam Seed Oil (limnanthes alba), Panthenol, Panthenyl Ethyl Ether, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, PG-Propyl Silanetriol, Cetrimonium Chloride, Betaine, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Polyquaternium-44, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Ethylparaben, Butylparaben, Propylparaben, Polysorbate 20, PPG-5-Ceteth 20, Fragrance.
Friday, October 10, 2008
1 YEAR OF HAIR CARE
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Elasta QP Recovery Oil Moisturizer
SO IM COMPLETELY OUT OF EVERYTHING AND I FOUND THIS IN THE BACK OF MY CABINET FROM WHEN I HAD MY BRAIDS IN THE SUMMER. ITS MOISTURIZES PRTTEY WELL IN MY OPINION.. IT DOES HAVE 2 BAD INGREDIENTS BUT OH WELL.
Conditions & Controls-Incredible Shine-Coconut Oil Enriched
8 FL OZ (237 ML)
BACK OF THE BOTTLE:
Elasta QP Recover is an oil moisturizer designed to revive dull, dry, damaged or chemically-treated hair.
Moisturizing botanical extracts of Birch, Chamomile, Rosemary and emollient coconut oil give long lasting softness, sheen and elasticity. Perfect for daily control and conditioning of dry, relaxed and frizzy hair.
Directions: Squeeze a small amount into palm, rub palms together and work through hair. Do not rinse out. Comb through and continue with styling.
INGREDIENTS: Chammomile Recuita (Matricaria) Extract, Urtica Dioica (Nettle) Extract, Melissa Officinalis (Balm Mint), Leaf oil Tussilago Fafars (Coltsfoot) Flower Extract, Euisetum Arvense Extract, Aesculus Hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut) Extract, Rosmarinus, Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf extract, Salvia Officinalis (Sage) Leaf Extract in Purified Water/Aqua, Mineral oil, Cetrimonium Chloride Hexadecanol, Cetereth-20, Dimethicone, Capric Caprylic Triglycerides (Conconut Oil), Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Steareth-10, Guar Hydroxypropyttrimonium Chloride, Methyl-Paraben, Propylparaben, Imidazolidinyl Urea, Fragrance.
Caution: Avoid eye contact. Should eye contact occur, flush well with water.
FOr external use only. Keep out of reach of children.
SET YOU BACK: ABOUT $3 @ SALLY BEAUTY SUPPLY