Curly Girl Journey

Good Evening Everyone,     I kept hearing rave reviews on these two Maybelline products, The Nudes and Master Conceal, so I decided to try them out. The Nudes pallet I paid I believe around $11 for it and for the most part the shadows are pretty pigmented. The light colors seemed to not highlight as much as I would have liked them to, but I also feel that since I have very fair skin that I understand why they didn't work out well. On the other hand, the darker colors (75% of the pallet), were pigmented and build able. It worked perfect for an everyday go to pallet for some neutral shades just to make the lids pop a little and then if I wanted to create a smokey eye in the evening it worked well too! I feel that this product is worth the $11, especially for someone who wants to start applying eyeshadow, recreate smokey eye looks, and/or for key neutral shades.    The Master Conceal in the shade 20-Light worked really well. I felt that it covered my dark ci...

I had a girl come into my school who had a 2 inch regrowth of level 3 and then the hair shaft was what you see on the left, which since I use Goldwell in my school I matched it to 5NBP (5 Neutral Beige Pearl) or light brown reflecting opal. She wanted a flamboyage which is an ombré with a balayage. So the first step I did was for the regrowth I mixed 60mls of 20 volume and 60 mls of 5NBP (Goldwell uses a 1:1 ratio). I applied it to the regrowth area and let it process for 20 minutes. I then brought the color halfway down the shaft to refresh the color and let that process for about 10 minutes. After rinsing and washing the color away, I had to roughly dry the hair 80-90%. I took horizontal partings in the back and did subsections vertically where I lightly teased and applied BW2 lightener. Slowly as I got to the top most horizontal sections and I started to balayage higher and higher. I did the same thing as I got to the front, but I did diagonal partings toward the face since she wan...

Hi Everyone,   I was just noticing some top 2015 trends and decided to share them with you. Chokers Overalls Tousled Hair  

Hello,   I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend so far! In New York the weather is so warm. I'm in love. There's nothing like getting in some Spring cleaning and a little sunshine. Now I'm just enjoying my snack that I learned from Rachael Ray while flicking between 13 going on 30 and Bring It On: In It To Win It.  My snack:                     The Banana-sicle 1. Get a ripe banana and cut it in half. (It's better if you refrigerate the banana first) 2. Put Popsicle sticks in the banana halves.  3. Spread crunchy or smooth peanut butter (I used smooth), jelly, Nutella, etc!  4. Put whatever toppings you could think of! I used semi-sweet chocolate chips and sprinkles. You could put dried fruit, nuts, cereal, or anything your heart desires.  5. Put in the freezer for a few hours and Tadah, you have a nice frozen sweet treat.  Do you have any healthy snacks that you love? Would you rather watch Bring It...

I hope everyone had a nice holiday. Today I spent Easter with my boyfriend's family. We had so much food and it was all sooo good. Afterwards, we did an Easter egg hunt which was really fun and pretty competitive since there were prizes for first and second place for whoever had the most points. We also went to the farm next door and saw the pigs and baby chicks (one nestled into my neck ^.^) . Thankfully it was a beautiful day out so we got to spend quite a bit of time outside for a change. See the photos from the day below: How was your holiday? Did you do anything special?

Remember a few days ago I was saying that I wanted to invest in a texture iron? Well my friend brought in hers today and I absolutely LOVED it. It was by Turbo Power. It was mini so it took a little bit to crimp her entire head, but it was well worth it. I did the upstyle below: