Best Body Scrub..Nivea Touch of Renewal Lathering Body Scrub

I have found this great body scrub/wash. I've been using it for a month and it makes your skin feel wonderfully clean and hydrated.

This scrub has micro beads and unlike other scrubs this lathers and leaves your skin soft and hydrated. It's very inexpensive and smells very clean.

I was just reading my fitness magazine and it was voted a Body Beauty Breakthrough. It truly is. Use this in conjunction with the Dial NutriSkin Firming Lotion to really give your skin a youthful glow!

Best Root Lift Ever

This past summer I've been trying to grow out my layers, but at the same time my hair has gotten really flat in the process.  I have very thick, course and long hair and without the layers my hair looses it's BOOM after about an hour.  I decided to try a root lift product to help give my hair some lift.

I stopped by my local beauty shop and I picked up a can of Redken Guts 10 root lift.  It looks like a can of hairspray but comes out like mousse.  I sprayed a little bit into my palms and rubbed it into my roots from the top of my hairline to the bottom and in between.  I blow dried my hair as usual with it flipped upside down and with my round boar hair brush.

Seriously, this stuff WORKS!  My hair was full of lift and body.  I even took a nap and my hair was still full after a quick flip.  I've never tried a root lift product before so I didn't have anything to compare it.  I think that if you're looking to give your hair some "Oomph" then this is IT!  Give it a try.

REDKEN guts 10

THE GOODS!

butter London "Union Jack Black"

Ok, I've traveled outside my comfort zone a little more today. I've decided to give butter London polish a try. It's a truly healthy polish. They are known for their products which contain NO Formaldehyde, NO Toulene, NO DBP, and NEVER have. It is truly a polish that's good for your nails.

The packaging is cute and it goes in super smooth. I'm really impressed with its quality.

I opted to try their true black glossy lacquer called "Union Jack Black". I was a little nervous. This is a really dark color for me. I REALLY LOVE IT!

Ulta really has a beautiful selection of colors. They also have some matching lip gloss which I will definitely be trying next. (butter LONDON official site)

Try it, you won't be disappointed.

Union Jack Black

 

WOW, classy not goth!

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The New Improved Buff Puf Gentle

Over the summer I've been noticing how huge my pores have looked and how I started to get black heads on my nose. I decided to try some things to make them go away.

I tried some pore minimizing lotion. That made my skin feel greasy. I tried Biore strips for my blackheads. It worked a little, but not enough for me to keep using.

I was talking to my favorite sales gal, Fran at my Walgreens and she suggested using a rotating face scrubber since the cause of my large pores and blackheads could be coming from dirt in my face that my face cleanser is just not getting clean. I looked at the prices and honestly $30.00 isn't what I wanted to spend since I've already spent a lot on my cleansing system.

As I stood there in the aisle with the $30.00 scrubber with an indecisive look, Fran made a great suggestion. She said to try the Buff Puf. I told her I used it years ago and that it hurt my face. She told me they made a new and improved "Gentle" version. I thought hmm at $3.99 for 2 puffs in the box it couldn't hurt to try it out.

WOW! To my surprise it was not only very gentle but got shrunk my pores to almost nothing and totally got rid of my blackheads on my nose. HURRAY something inexpensive that REALLY works! My complexion looks awesome and when I put my makeup on, my face looks airbrushed.

In the end I walked away a happy chick! I think everyone should try it!

White with Gray....OK!

After a month of dark colors with a bit of beige, I felt the need for a change of pace. I started out just wanting to do a plain pearlescent white using "It's All About the Glam" from the Kardashian collection of Nicole by OPI. I took a look at it and I thought it looked a little boring. I decided to jazz it up just a little.

I took my nail art tool and decided to use my CND "Asphalt" and just put dots on the left side of my nail and BOOM instant Jazzy!

BEACHY WAVES

I've been trying several different ways to create beachy waves in my hair.  It's been kind of frustrating trying to find the right hair tool to create the trendy look.

My first try why was using a waving iron.  The sales girl at Ulta said this would work for what I wanted.  Sorry Ulta salesgirl......YOU ARE SO WRONG.  I used this iron and damn if I didn't ended up with 80's crimped looking hair.  It was horrible.  I looked straight out of an 80's music video.  Needless to say it was definitely not the look I was going for.

The next item on my list was the TopStyler by the people that make my beloved InStyler.  I just knew that this would work.  I love my InStyler and I thought for sure after watching the infomercials that their latest tool the TopStyler would do the trick......Ummmm.......NO!  Very disappointed in this.  It looks visually wonderful, the idea seems to be great, but the curls........not it.  I was heartbroken.  I really wanted to love this and wanted it to work.  The curls made me look like a poodle.  I tried to make them as loose as I possibly could but still TOO CURLY! I spent several hours trying to make it work.  I returned it.

I was about to give up all together on the thought of the beachy wave look.  I decided to try a different route.  Beach Spray.  There are so many out there, but I wanted to find the right one, and I found it!  The product I bought was Marc Anthony's (not JLO's ex).  It's Dream Waves Beach Spray by Marc Anthony.  This stuff is really inexpensive ($8.95 Walgreens or Ulta for $8.99) and smells wonderful!  All you do is spray it starting at the roots all the way down to the ends on damp freshly washed hair.  Once you've sprayed it, then use a diffuser and scrunch your hair all or over.  I flipped my hair over and scrunched it until it was 3/4 dry. Then I took my round brush to give my bangs a little flair and voila.....beachy waves!

I'm happy with how it turned out.  It wasn't curly or crimped, just soft waves.  YAY!

Dream Waves Beach Spray by Marc Anthony!

Back left side of the my beach waves!

Right back side of my beach waves!

Front of my beach waves!

My New Favorite Gray Family Polish

I've been on a quest the past few weeks for the perfect gray. I've finally found IT! It's China Glaze "Concrete Catwalk". LOVE, LOVE this stuff. It went on smooth and shiny! This is by far my favorite out of the ones I've tried.

As always I had to do my accent nail. I used China Glaze "White on White". Just a few cute little dots is all I needed.

This is one trend I'm loving right now.