Tips for healthy hair.

Heat styling, dying our hair and perms are just a few things that can leave our hair in a rough state. If your hair is damaged, dull and dry follow these tips for healthy renewed hair.

1: Skip the heat. I know how hard this can be, especially if your hair is constantly frizzy! A few things to make avoiding heat easier is.. If your having problems with frizz after a shower apply an anti-frizz serum to your hair. Also let your hair air dry if your not in a rush, or just blow dry it with cool air. It takes longer but I'd rather blow dry with cool air then damage it. If your having problems with finding a cute hair style to wear down, then before bed each night separate your hair in to sections and make to rope braids, in the morning take them out and you should have wavy/curly hair.

2: A lot of shampoos contain alcohol in them, this makes our hair dry and rough. So next time when you're going to your local drug store try looking for a shampoo without alcohol in it. Prell is a good shampoo that doesn't contain alcohol.

3: Hold back on dying your hair.

We all like a bit of a change from time to time, but when you are excessively dying your hair it starts to become damaged. And if you bleach your hair that's even worse! Once your hair is extremely damaged, it becomes way more noticeable. It starts to look like straw! And once your hair is dead and dry its extremely hard to get it healthy again. Sometimes you can't even take a shower without it breaking off! So your last resort would be to cut off all of your hair! 

4: Brush your hair properly, especially when its wet! Maybe it doesn't seem like such a big deal but brushing your hair properly will keep it from breaking and splitting. It also saves you from the pain of tugging and pulling! If you have problems combing/brushing through your hair try a leave in conditioner.

5: Give your hair a treat! Once a week use some sort of hair repair masque or hot oil treatment. It helps get rid of a few split ends and also makes it silky smooth!

 If you follow these tips your hair will thank you:)

Eye shadow for your eye color.

Everybody has amazing eyes, they are all so different and unique. So here are a few tips to make your eyes stand out if your having difficulties.


For blue eyes.

If you have blue eyes, you should stay away from blue eye shadow and blue eyeliner. A lot of times you have probably heard somebody tell you that if you want  your blue eyes to stand out use blue eyeliner. If you want your eyes to pop go for a dark brown or black eyeliner, this goes for all eye colors.  If you want your blue eyes to pop you should stick with earth-tones with a bit of a purple base, like browns, taupe and colored grays. If you want to switch it up a cool colored rose color will make your blue eyes beautiful!


For green eyes.

Since green eyes are one of the most rarest eye color in the world, why wouldn't you want them to stand out? 
To make your greens pop you should try different purple shades for more of dramatic look. If you want your eyes to stand out but look more natural, you should try more of a soft mocha brown or brown colors with orange tones. Also stick to more of a brown or black eyeliner.


For brown eyes.

Luckily brown eyes can get away with basically any eye shadow color. Mainly greens, purples and pinks make brown eyes pop! Brown eyed people should stick with a brown or black eyeliner. If your brown eyes have gold flecks in them then you should try a gold shimmer color.


For hazel eyes.

Hazel eyes are very similar to green and brown eyes. If you have hazel eyes you should try earth tones and greens,pink, warm purple colors and golden colors.
You should also use brown or black eyeliner.

Drugstore vs. High end products.

July 12th 2012,

           drugstore vs High end cosmetics, is there really a difference in the quality? Not really.


Yes, we all may be tempted to buy high end cosmetics, because of there perfect packaging or that line "You get what you pay for". But before you go out to Sephora and break the bank maybe you should try to consider a drug store:)


Mascaras,


Truth is, Drug store mascara is not ANY different from high end mascaras. In some cases drug store mascara can actually be better then high end stores. Studies have even proven there is no difference, only in the price. 

Eye shadows,


There also isn't much of  a difference in eye shadow! Yes, high end eye shadows can be extremely nice, full of pigment and last all day. But who says you can't find a dupe at a drugstore? Chances are you can, so before you spend $20+ dollars on a tin of eye shadow try to find a dupe:) 
High end eye shadows can be a hit and miss, same goes for drugstore but if you find the right products its not any different.
 (Formula's physician sells amazing eye shadows at the drug store;) 

Foundation,


Foundation is a different story, its said to be defiantly better in high end stores. Although you can still find a few good foundations in the drug store. I think the key to having a good foundation is by really paying attention to your skin. If its oily, go for a oil free foundation that you can find at the drug store.




Lipstick,


Lip stick is also around the same quality, there can be hits and misses in both the high end stores and drugstores. As long as you find a good brand in the drugstore like Revlon then your lipstick should look great!

Blush, bronzer and powder.

Once again, its all the same. Like I mentioned up above, there can be hits and misses but if you find the right product your sure to love it!

So before we go out and spend all our money on high end products, take a look at what the drugstore has to offer:)


TIP: Skip the  $24 eye shadow primer, instead pick up a $1 concealer stick by n.y.c and use that as a primer. Works like a charm and keeps my eye shadow lasting ALL day!