Girl stuff
So I dyed my hair dark brown again, I used perfect 10 in swift chocolate, I like it, it almost looks black but it's not, it's just really dark. I think I'm gonna try to keep up with dark brown, it's a lot less harsh on my hair and it looks more natural for me. It's funny because I actually have a few highlights in my hair too, but it's only because I don't ever have enough dye product to completely saturate all my hair strands lol. Yay for ghetto highlights. I've been flat ironing my hair a lot, I've just been lazy with keeping my curls nice because it just takes a while for them to dry and I don't like using my diffuser cuz it does dry my hair out a bit. I still haven't gotten to play around with curl keeper, I'm thinking about trying it tonight, I really want to see if it works well, and it's a very simple product too.
I also bought the new tresemme natural moisture conditioner. It's actually silicone free :D it's definitely hard to find silicone free drugstore stuff and I really do like tresemme's other conditioner with the vitamin E, that one is good but it does have cones. I haven't tried it yet, but Matt used some of it and he liked it. I really want to get him another bottle of l'anza leave in, I think the protiens in it treated his hair extremely well. His hair was baby soft when I first met him, I was shocked lol. I definitely see the difference now that he's run out of it lol, maybe I'll let him experiment with some of my other hair products. I need to buy more mousse too, I'm about out of the herbal essences, I'm wondering if I should get the l'oreal one instead this time. But I'm hoping I won't need it if curl keeper does well on it's own. And I am also curious about their tweek product too.
I also went and got the pond's daily exfoliating cleanser. The grains in it are very small and pretty gentle, and not too grainy like st ives apricot scrub, but not too gentle like most scrubs with the little beads. I was reading the makeup and beauty blog, the one with vanessa and her cat lol, and I read about her entry about AHAs and BHAs, and I think BHAs are what I need. So been using the 3 in 1 treatment again. It definitely helps with blackheads and clogged pores, and my skin looks a lot smoother from using both of them. I think I end up breaking out from laziness because if I use the 3 in 1 in the middle of the day it helps a lot. I usually swipe my face with a cotton pad and some water before that. I'm gonna try to cut out bp when I can, I keep reading that it's really bad for your skin and whatnot. I think the problem with my skin is that I need to exfoliate better, and keep junk out of my skin. I always forget about the 3 in 1 treatment for some reason, it always keeps my skin really smooth and gets rid of a lot of blackheads and clogged pores. I might end up just buying a bunch on amazon if they have a good price or something. Curse my finicky skin!
I bought sally hansen's lip plumper. It's a cute tube, and it's a brush applicator and I like it a lot. It doesn't sting at all and the color is pinkish nude and it's sheer with a little bit of shimmer. Yay no more chapped lips :) Also, I'm running out of eyeshadow primer T_T I just read that the victoria's secret one is very good, maybe I'll get a tube of that. Primer is a must for me, especially with how much eyeshadow I put on my eyelids lol. I've been doing the gray smokey eye look a lot at night, I'm actually running out of the nyx eyeshadow in titanium cuz that's what I use for it lol. I'm really hope I can find another gray/charcoal eyeshadow that's as good as nyx's. I might just spend the money and find one at macy's lol. I just end up wearing gray a lot because it looks good with my eyecolor and it looks sexy haha. I also need more false lashes. I really do love how I look with them despite how uncomfortable they can get. Beauty is sacrifice sadly, but I'll usually only wear them if I know pictures will be taken. I really can't wait to get new foundation too. Studio sculpt is nice, I'm not exactly sure if it clogs pores because I'll go a week without using it and my skin still has clogged pores. I do like it because the coverage is excellent and it's super easy to use because of the gel like consistency, but it's does feel somewhat heavy on my skin sometimes. It really is one of the better foundations out there, especially for lazy people like me, and it does leave my skin very soft after I take it off I'm always very impressed with how my skin feels after I take I wash my face after wearing studio sculpt. I don't think it aggravates my break outs either because I'll use studio sculpt to cover them up and the next day my breakouts don't get worse, sometimes it seems like it's possibly getting better lol. I still really want to try shu uemura's face architect, it's got really good reviews on makeupalley and I remember trying shu's water perfect foundation and it was REALLY nice but it's discontinued, and face architect is the successor.
I want to shop in carmel so badly again, I think the next paycheck I'll go on a mission to get a bottle of lush body wash and possibly check out the shu counter in wilkes bashford and see what's at the cos bar. Although I'd rather waste my money on forever 21 clothes, I really need to try to save up. I need to concentrate on needs instead of impulse purchases. I couldn't help but buy a bottle of wine from world market because it was shaped like a kitty. I just wanted the bottle lol.
Vanessa's blog entry about aha and bha
I also bought the new tresemme natural moisture conditioner. It's actually silicone free :D it's definitely hard to find silicone free drugstore stuff and I really do like tresemme's other conditioner with the vitamin E, that one is good but it does have cones. I haven't tried it yet, but Matt used some of it and he liked it. I really want to get him another bottle of l'anza leave in, I think the protiens in it treated his hair extremely well. His hair was baby soft when I first met him, I was shocked lol. I definitely see the difference now that he's run out of it lol, maybe I'll let him experiment with some of my other hair products. I need to buy more mousse too, I'm about out of the herbal essences, I'm wondering if I should get the l'oreal one instead this time. But I'm hoping I won't need it if curl keeper does well on it's own. And I am also curious about their tweek product too.
I also went and got the pond's daily exfoliating cleanser. The grains in it are very small and pretty gentle, and not too grainy like st ives apricot scrub, but not too gentle like most scrubs with the little beads. I was reading the makeup and beauty blog, the one with vanessa and her cat lol, and I read about her entry about AHAs and BHAs, and I think BHAs are what I need. So been using the 3 in 1 treatment again. It definitely helps with blackheads and clogged pores, and my skin looks a lot smoother from using both of them. I think I end up breaking out from laziness because if I use the 3 in 1 in the middle of the day it helps a lot. I usually swipe my face with a cotton pad and some water before that. I'm gonna try to cut out bp when I can, I keep reading that it's really bad for your skin and whatnot. I think the problem with my skin is that I need to exfoliate better, and keep junk out of my skin. I always forget about the 3 in 1 treatment for some reason, it always keeps my skin really smooth and gets rid of a lot of blackheads and clogged pores. I might end up just buying a bunch on amazon if they have a good price or something. Curse my finicky skin!
I bought sally hansen's lip plumper. It's a cute tube, and it's a brush applicator and I like it a lot. It doesn't sting at all and the color is pinkish nude and it's sheer with a little bit of shimmer. Yay no more chapped lips :) Also, I'm running out of eyeshadow primer T_T I just read that the victoria's secret one is very good, maybe I'll get a tube of that. Primer is a must for me, especially with how much eyeshadow I put on my eyelids lol. I've been doing the gray smokey eye look a lot at night, I'm actually running out of the nyx eyeshadow in titanium cuz that's what I use for it lol. I'm really hope I can find another gray/charcoal eyeshadow that's as good as nyx's. I might just spend the money and find one at macy's lol. I just end up wearing gray a lot because it looks good with my eyecolor and it looks sexy haha. I also need more false lashes. I really do love how I look with them despite how uncomfortable they can get. Beauty is sacrifice sadly, but I'll usually only wear them if I know pictures will be taken. I really can't wait to get new foundation too. Studio sculpt is nice, I'm not exactly sure if it clogs pores because I'll go a week without using it and my skin still has clogged pores. I do like it because the coverage is excellent and it's super easy to use because of the gel like consistency, but it's does feel somewhat heavy on my skin sometimes. It really is one of the better foundations out there, especially for lazy people like me, and it does leave my skin very soft after I take it off I'm always very impressed with how my skin feels after I take I wash my face after wearing studio sculpt. I don't think it aggravates my break outs either because I'll use studio sculpt to cover them up and the next day my breakouts don't get worse, sometimes it seems like it's possibly getting better lol. I still really want to try shu uemura's face architect, it's got really good reviews on makeupalley and I remember trying shu's water perfect foundation and it was REALLY nice but it's discontinued, and face architect is the successor.
I want to shop in carmel so badly again, I think the next paycheck I'll go on a mission to get a bottle of lush body wash and possibly check out the shu counter in wilkes bashford and see what's at the cos bar. Although I'd rather waste my money on forever 21 clothes, I really need to try to save up. I need to concentrate on needs instead of impulse purchases. I couldn't help but buy a bottle of wine from world market because it was shaped like a kitty. I just wanted the bottle lol.
Vanessa's blog entry about aha and bha