Beautiful Blushes

Hey Lads,

        Well, Monday is over and now we can breathe that sigh of relief. As everyone waits out hurricane Sandy, why not read about some fun and gorgeous blushes that I'm loving right now.

         Blush is to winter as bronzer is too summer. In the summer, you want to have an effortless warm bronzy glow. In the winter, you want a pale yet flushed rosey look. Since the mercury is plummeting, let's talk blush. At this moment in time I am using 3 main blushes. Here is a roundup of these three:

The babydoll pink

The look- This bright pink color will make you look like a living doll.

When to avoid - You want to avoid these kinds of color when you are experiencing a blemish around the cheek area. The pigment will surround the blemish causing it to appear more red.

My favorite - Hard Candy in Living Doll (Coincidence?)







The Peachy glow

The look - This peachy shade will give you that summer glow, even in the dead of winter.

When to avoid - Sometime we wake up with yellow tones in our skin. These are the days we should avoid this peachy tone as it will wash out the natural coloring in our skin.

My favorite - Hard Candy in Skinny Dipping







The Rosey Glisten

The look- This rosey shade will give you a natural flush all year round.

When to avoid - Perhaps again when you are experiencing a blemish.

My favorite - Nars in Orgasm








So, those are some of my favorite blushed of the moment. You know, I believe that blush is way underrated because I feel like sometimes people think they can just skip it. I firmly believe that you don't want to leave the house without your blush, even if it's just a dab on the apples of your cheeks. Blush takes your makeup to a whole different level, You went from being that tanned girl on the beach to that foxy tanned girl on the beach or pale girl on the bunny hill (yes, as in the ski hill for kids) to that living doll tumbling down the bunny hill. Yes, blush does have that much impact in my opinion. Don't believe me, try it! And send me pix. :D

Speaking of pix, here are some pix of my new China Glaze called Pizazz (over black polish).

 

 

Yes, glitter speaks volumes :D. Well, that's it for me everyone. Oh! I wanna know, have you checked out my Youtube channel yet? http://www.youtube.com/theobq89 There is only one video but I know it's worth checking out. If you guys like it, Subscribe and I'll make more videos! Thanks for all the love guys and see your next week. Have a good one!

 



Mane 'n' Tail Shampoo

OK, so I know I just did a review like...yesterday, but I was talking with my niece today and she wants to grow her hair and I told her to try mane 'n' tail shampoo. She told me that her mom (my sister and hairdresser) had told her that mane 'n' tail shampoo is not good shampoo and discouraged use. So, I had to post a review. I am here to tell you that Sally's sell out of this stuff like it's going out of style. When I recommend it to skeptical customers they end up coming back for more or sending friends to give it a try. I don't think once that I have had a customer come back saying they didn't like it or that they wanted to return it. I usually get rave reviews.

Now, I personally use this product and I usually alternate between this one and bed head. Before I began using it, I was one of those skeptical customers who thought it was going to dry out my hair or that it was just a fad. My hair was dried and fried, I had bleached the crap out of it and it was cut into a pixie faux hawk at the time. I loved the hawk but really missed the good ol' days when I had long luscious locks and decided to grow it out. Let me tell you, that was no easy task. I'm sure alot of you readers can relate. You fry your hair to the point it stops growing? I can see you all shaking your heads. I had tried almost every product in the store and suddenly I came face-to-face with mane 'n' Tail. Do I try it? I looked at the price and at around $7 for a liter, I couldn't say no. I thought, 'what do I have to lose? My hair is as bad as it's going to get'. The first day I washed with it, I noticed a difference. My hair was easy to get through and something about it just felt healthier. My co-workers noticed a big difference in my hair. Now, alot of people claim that mane 'n' tail causes your hair to grow faster, it is true? Well, I wish I could say yes for certain but I can't. I feel like my hair did grow alot faster and my co-workers even noticed that it grew significantly. Whether or not it makes your hair grow faster isn't for certain. I think that is just really strengthens the hair which prevents it from breaking as easily. But I'll leave it up to you to decided whether is makes your hair grow faster or not.

One thing I think I would suggest is making sure your using a really good conditioner with it. If you use any shampoo without conditioner, your hair will end up straw-like. Conditioner is a very important step in making sure your hair stays healthy.

In other news, I did my nails yesterday and I have to say that I'm kind of in love with this manicure. It's called the Robin's Egg manicure and I got the idea off of a website called The Beauty Department . I can't stop looking at my nails! Here are some pics.

I used China Glaze- For Audrey with a Sally Girl gold sparkle. So simple, yet so chic. :)

Anyways, I'm out.

xo Sarah

Sidenote: Cure for the summertime blues

Hey Beach babes,

          Well it's Friday ladies and that means the weekend is at our fingertips. That could spell BBQ with the family, shopping, cleaning and for some it could mean going to the beach. Isn't it lovely to lay out your towel in the warm sand and just laying there doing absolutely nothing? How can you be blue when you just get to soak up the sun all day? Sometimes life has you down and you just need to do something for yourself. For some of us who may not get a chance to go the beach this weekend and have to work, the summer can be cruel. To brighten up a Beauty Queens mood all you need to give her is some bright polish. In light of this conversation I went out and bought a new China glaze color from the 'Summer Neon' collection called 'Flirty Tankini'. It's a really fun pink with a pearly look to it. I fell madly in love when I saw it. Here are a few pics of my nails:

The pics make the color look orange but it is defiantly pink! :P You can pick this color and a ton of others at Sally Beauty Supply. Happy June everyone and have a great weekend!

Love,
Sarah

Gradient Nails

Hi Everybody,

        Well, the weekend is over and it's back to the old grind of things. One thing I'm super stoked about is all the new episodes of my fave shows coming up this week. That, my friends, is called 'looking on the bright side'. Well, after a weekend of friends, laughs and Martini's, it's time to get back to reality, which means...work, which means no time to paint my nails. So, with that in mind, I painted my nails tonight which will hopefully get me through the week. I tried a new technique called 'Gradient'. If you haven't heard of it before, it's basically a faded manicure. I used the ultra sparkly China Glaze colour called 'Optical Illusion' to achieve this look. So, what you do it this:

1. Apply a base coat to your natural nail.
2. Take your polish brush and wipe as much access off of it as possible.
3. Paint nails 2/3 of the way down your nail, leaving a faint amount of polish on nail.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 but this time only paint 1/3 of the way down your nail.
5. Repeat steps 2 and 3 again but this time only painting the tip.
6. Finally, apply a top coat.


The finished product should resemble this:

Sweet and simple right? You can do this with a variety of colours. Another alternative is to paint the nail a contrasting colour and then doing the gradient technique over top. Hope you enjoyed this nails technique.

What do you think would be a good mix of colors to do this technique with? Do you like the sparkly look? Let me know...

Sarah

P.S- I haven't forgotten about the 'sock bun' and I'll get it up soon. :)

New Hair

Hey Everyone,

          Hope every ones week went well. That being said, I hope we all have a stellar weekend. :) So, I am trying to put the finishing touches on my vlog all about the sock bun. Hopefully it gets done this week. I gave my two weeks notice in for my one retail job (So excited!), so hopefully I can focus more on the blog in my spare time. Anyways, my point is, I want to post my vlog post asap. I'm using my sister as a model and she is being a little difficult. Ha Ha! No, she's actually being a very good sport, but we have both been crazy busy. But I promise to have the vlog up by next week. So, the other day while blasting Sargent Peppers Lonely Hearts Club band  by the Beatles and cleaning up my room, I looked in the mirror and realized that I needed a dye job and trim. So, I contacted my fab hairdresser at cutz to go and finally got it done today. Here are some pics:

Nice huh? Yeah, I love it too. :D This is the ombre look that seems so popular these days. I was going to darken it up but I happened to style it a certain way the other day and wanted to keep the ombre thing going on and I'm glad I did. Don't you love when you get your hair freshly done? Nothing boosts confidence levels more than a new 'do'.

In other news, I painted my nails (again!) I did the whole statement nail this time.

 What do you think? The colors used where both china glaze. The solid blue is For Audrey and the sparkly one is a color from the Prismatic Collection called Optical Illusion. FYI The Prismatic Collection is available at Sally Stores now! They have some really gorgeous colors to choose from. For Audrey was a huge color last year. Every time I went to purchase it, they had sold out. It's a very fun color for summer.

So, I have a few questions for you. What do you think of my hair? My nails? And the colors used? Oh, And will you be giving the Prismatic Collection a go? Hit up the comments Beauts :)

Hugs & kisses

Sarah

Side Note :)

Hey everyone,

                 Hope everyone enjoyed the fantastic weather we had today. It was a welcome change since we have had some chilliness going on the last couple of days. The warm weather got me in the mood to do a quick pedi tonight. Felt fantastic and it was a nice treat before I face the next two days (Don't ask!) I purchased three new china glaze colors (Orange Knockout, Peachy Keen & Pelican Grey). I chose to pop on the Pelican Grey and they turned out so nice. I only needed two coats and then I topped it off with my precious Seche Vite top coat. It's really a nice alternative to white. Here are some pics:

Nice color right?

Hope you enjoyed this sidenote. Please continue to vote on my beach poll!

Love,

Sarah

Side Note- Glitter Bombs

Hi Guys,

         Me again! I'm back to offer a side note. A side note will be a new feature on the blog which will consist of random stuff that may come up between my longer posts. For instance, my side note for tonight is this: I purchased a new nail color from Sally Beauty Supply (Ya, I pretty much live there) tonight and I was just so excited that I had to share. It's a color from the China Glaze Prismatic Collection it's called Optical Illusion' . The reason I wanted to share this so much is because it give a full coverage glitter unlike many of it's counterparts where the glitter seems thick in the bottle but is barely there when you start painting your nails. Although the pics don't do the color justice, it is an amazing color. The best way to decribe it is that it looks like a mermaids fin. LOL Odd I know but when you see it, you'll know what I'm saying.

Enjoy,

xoxox Sarah

Spring is in the air

Hey Beauts,

            What a fantastic day it is today out in Oakville. The sun is shining, theres a nice breeze and best of all, it's 13 degrees. It looks like spring has finally sprung, so that means in just a short time it will be time to whip out the flip flops and head to the beach. But with flip flops comes exposed feet and tootsies, so you want to make sure they are nice and pretty. For us busy girls one of the most recent thing I have discovered is Sloughing lotion. If you've never heard of it, then you need to check it out. It basically removed the surfaced dead skin to smooth and refine your feet. There are days when I just don't feel like whipping out the foot bath and all my files and bath soaks and pumice stones. On days like that I give myself a mini pedicure. I purchased a synthetic pumice bar and use it on my feet in the shower. Afterwards, I remove any leftover dead skin from my feet with the sloughing lotion. After rinsing the lotion off, I rub a foot lotion on my feet and they are soooo smooth and soft. And not a foot bath in sight. When you have more time on your hands I recommend an epsom salt foot soak. The first time I tried it I felt like I was floating when I walked for a couple hours afterwards. My feet felt refreshed and soft.

Ofcourse we also need that little punch of color. These are some of my favorite colors for the spring/summer:

Top Left: Lemon Fizz, Top Right: Flip Flop Fantasy, Bottom Left: In the Limelight, Bottom Right: For Audrey

What are some of your favorite summer colors? Comment below and let me know ;)

Love,

Sarah

P.S- All product mentioned above is availble at Sally Beauty Supply and Equipment.