Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Sulfate Free?

So I recently have been experimenting with Sulfate Free Shampoo. The brand I have decided to try was Big Sexy Hair. Personally I like their other products, I haven't tried all of them but what I have tried I do like.
 
This is their new Smoothing line. I recently bought some because my hair for one has been dry and brittle and second I live in Florida this climate is not ideal if you have hair... lol
This shampoo is sulfate free which means it is gentle on the hair safe for hair that has been Keratin straightened and also it is color safe. so in my book I give it 3 thumbs up!!! I also have been using and selling alot of the Brazilian Blowout product line.(Im not going to go to much into that in this post due to me making a WHOLE post on that later.)

This Product line Smells good..which I don't know about you but I am a sucker for things that smell good, I have had Crazy hair since I moved here and this was a good quick fix!

Why is Sulfate Free good for me? I will tell you!
* It doesn't lather as much so you are saving money by not using as much shampoo!
Sulfates in shampoo destroy proteins found in the hair (which proteins is where your hair gets its strength and flexibility.) Once the protein  is stripped down your hair will start to feel brittle and you will notice breakage. So sulfate free can be a good thing. Also another plus is that it wont cause the hair shaft to swell as much which will mean less color leakage! (having your color last longer is a plus in my book!)

If you are looking for a reasonably priced sulfate free shampoo this might be the one for you!


I am going to start doing a product rating based solely on my opinion.
the scale will be 1-10 stars

1 being the worst thing and 10 being OMG  I am buying a bunch of this!
I rate this product a 7 out of 10  would I buy it again yes, will I use this everyday forever? well just until I find something more amazing... REMEMBER friends only let friends buy professional products!!!  For comments or questions write below! I'd love to hear from you!

Hello Gorgeous

Ever wonder how people get that super star celebrity flawless face? Like they look so good it hurts your eyes to look at them? 
I have recently had my eyes opened to the art of contouring the face! (AKA the key to the flawless face) So this weekend I had the genius idea to go to the makeup store and buy some things for attempting to contour my face...which was a bad idea to let me wonder unsupervised thru the makeup store. These were the items I selected to attempt to contour ... 


I am in no way shape or form a makeup artist (I want to make sure everyone is aware of this!)!! I am a Hairstylist that is venturing into the makeup world....SCARY BUT FUN!!!!(ALSO EXPENSIVE) I am new to this but I am going to walk you step by step thru the application process I used to achieve my final look. 

 In this picture on the left I have NO makeup on... haha on the contouring process you will see how silly you can look. My husband says I look like an alien in the in between phase.



So I started with NYX Mineral stick foundation (in MSF05 Medium Beige featured on the right) and I drew an upside down triangle in the middle of my forehead and drew a line from the center of my triangle down thru the middle of my nose (as seen below)



Next I moved  to under my eyes again we will be drawing upside down triangles, but extend your outer line up your cheek bone to the outer corners of your eyes stopping right at the edge of your hairline, then fill in the triangles(as seen below)
 example


Now on to the cheek bones! Grab your darker color I used the same type of foundation stick but the shade was darker... (MSF 09 to be exact carmel)

you are going to want to draw lines just under your cheek bone as well as a rainbow looking thing on your forehead! (AGAIN I AM NOT A MAKEUP ARTIST SO I DON'T KNOW THE CORRECT TERMS!)





Now on to mine chin and under my nose(upper lip) area from the top of the lip you draw an upward triangle just past the corner of your nose. (in the lighter color!!! my lighter shade is MSF 05) Next grab your dark color (mine is MSF09) and going up the outer edges of your nose and down the outside edges of you mouth!
 the picture on the left is a picture before I blended  
                                                                   the picture on the right is from a diffrent day blending step by step... sorry if i confused you!                                   

below is all the blending process and pics :) sorry so long and spread out... it isn't letting me edit correctly today!
 side after I blended    



 starting the dark :)


blending!



 Slowly coming together! Make sure you blend it really well if not you will look extremely cake like... I also recommend blending up into the hair line and also down into the neck line for a very natural appearance! I also have drawn my brows on before I did everything else, (which I will do a lesson on those later as well!)
CHECK OUT MY BROWS!! ON POINT! 




    The Final Look 



Eye make up and all.

I will do another lesson on eye makeup later... but for now if you have questions or comments feel free to do so below!