health and beauty
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Define debacle
Back in January after a disastrous hair cut, I decided to call one of the more upscale salons in town. I may be cheap about certain things but my hair is not one of them. I will pay good money for a hair cut, within reason. So anyway the girl I saw in January did a good job and I decided I would go back to her. On Wednesday last week I emailed in to schedule an appt. By Thursday afternoon I realized I still hadn’t heard back so I called. The guy I spoke with made a comment about me calling the Raleigh location. (No shit Sherlock, that was the location I’d gone to before and the girls name was on their web page.) He booked my appt for 5:00 on Friday. I was pretty happy I was able to get in the next day.
Friday afternoon I leave work a little early and head to North Hills. When I arrive the receptionist is on the phone so I sit waiting for her to speak when she gets off. She never does. A few mins later another customer walks in and checks in. Since I’ve not been spoken to I walk to the counter to check in. The girl looks at the computer, looks at me and says who did you have an appt with? I repeat myself and she goes “oh she’s at the Cary location. I’m sure you could make it over there, she has some time after.” I’m like are you kidding me?!?! I just came from that area. There is NO way I am driving back over there on a Friday afternoon at 5:00 in the rain! I am completely livid that the guy who booked my appt failed to tell me she had moved locations. Realizing this is their fault, the receptionist is finally able to find a stylist that can squeeze me in at 6:00 if I’d like to wait.
I was determined to get my hair cut so I said I would wait. I ran across the street to JCPenny to kill some time and managed to find a cute top and a red necklace before heading back. The stylist I saw was nice and I thanked her for squeezing me in after she handed me a glass of wine.
I have to say I’ve been less than impressed with the office staff at Von Kekel since I scheduled my first appt last month. I really hope the Cary location staff is better because I will be headed over there for my next cut.
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DYI Face Scrub
I found this on Pinterest last night. A DIY scrub that would make your face feel amazing. Since it only required 3 ingredients, all of which I had, I decided to try it out. Let me just say I was a little skeptical at first. I’ve been known to try the occasional random dyi on my skin and most of the time I only feel lack luster about the results, but not this one. No sirree bob. When I was finished my skin felt as smooth as a baby’s bottom. No joke!
The recipe I found online called for tablespoons but I thought that seemed like a lot so I used teaspoons instead. Here you go:
1/2 teaspoon sugar (white sugar)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon of water
Obviously you could use more if needed, just double the recipe. At first I thought this was too much water but you need the water. I ended up adding a little more water to my hands and adding it to my face. It’s a little grainy so I wouldn’t rub too hard but you want to make sure you get it on good. Once I covered my face, avoiding my eyes, I let it sit for just a minute. I don’t think this is something you really want to leave on for 5 -10+ minutes. Next rinse. I immediately could feel the difference on my skin. It was so soft I was almost in shock. I couldn’t tell you the last time my face felt like that. I will say it was a little red for about a minute but the redness quickly went away.
I am definitely adding this to my skin care routine as a weekly thing. Honestly this scrub made my skin much softer than my Olay brush. I’m still using my Olay brush a few times a week but I don’t see the results I thought I would, I might be a smidge disappointed. I find the bristles are kind of rough. I think this might actually be better for my back and chest but I haven’t made the switch at this point. I am kind of in the process of changing my skin care routine so we’ll see how that turns out.
I also wanted to add that a few months ago I mentioned I was taking Cod Liver Oil. Well over the holidays I stopped taking them because life was so crazy. We hadn’t been home much and worrying about vitamins was really last on my list of things to do. Then one day at work I noticed my skin looked kind of dull and lifeless again. Hmmm. The Cod Liver Oil really was making a difference. Much more than I realized at first. Of course I have now added it back to my daily routine and I’ve found my skin is already started to look glowier and dewier. Add this to your skin care routine! So quick and easy, and it totally works!
~k
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Matte polish
Several months (or like a year) ago when my obsession with Pinterest began, I ran across a picture of some matte nail polish from OPI. I began searching for it but I was never able to find any in stores so I kind of gave up. Well I mentioned that I went to Ulta after Christmas and bought a matte polish topcoat.
Last night I finally sat down and redid my nails for the first time in probably 2 weeks. I really like to file and polish my nails about once a week. Sunday is usually my day of choice but I just haven’t had the time. Last night I decided I would sit down and see what this topcoat really looked like. I’d seen a picture on Pinterest, shocker, the other day of a grey matte. Well I have grey polish and I have a matte topcoat. 🙂
While Matt and I were watching the sorry excuse for a game (Thanks State!) I filed, soaked, and buffed my nails. Once all of that was finished I used a clear base coat and proceeded to paint my nails grey. I have to say this is one of my favorite colors right now. I started out really good but that quickly went downhill. First I bumped one nail, then another. Really it was just a disaster but I wanted to try to matte topcoat so I just went with it anyway. Once the topcoat dried, you could see the matte finish. It’s not quite as matte as I would like, nor does it really have great finish. Maybe it was the poor paint job? Maybe the polish just doesn’t work that well. I think I am going to try again this weekend. I might use a different color and see if the results are better/worse or the same.
Here are a few pics. You can clearly see how bad the grey paint is.
~k
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It’s a beauty post
I ran to Ulta the other day armed with a few gift cards. I had a few things in mind that I wanted to purchase and well I felt like buying girly stuff. 🙂
First item on my list was some gel eyeliner. I saw a good tutorial on Pinterest and decided I wanted to pick some up. Lucky for me the Ulta brand gel eyeliner was half the price of M.A.C, which they didn’t have anyway soI picked up a jar and a brush.
My shampoo and conditioner was on sale so I picked up a few more liters and grabbed some Orly matte top coat polish. I really hope this stuff will make my regular polish have a matte finish. I haven’t tried it yet since my nails are currently painted with a clear coat.
Last on my list was the Olay Pro X cleaning system. I’ve had my eye on this bad boy since last year. So this year I decided it was mine. (I read the reviews after I bought it and that made me even happier with my decision.) When all was said and done I walked out of Ulta with a ton of stuff and only spent a little of
Matt’sour money. 😉That night I tried my new Olay cleansing brush. It was kind of weird at first and I’d been blowing my nose a lot that day so the brush was definitely a little rough on my nose area but overall it wasn’t bad. Last night was much better and I think I enjoyed the experience a little more. I haven’t noticed any real changes in my skin just yet but it’s only been 2 days. I feel like it might take a few more before I really start to notice anything different. I will say my skin does feel a little softer.
I have a lot of small blackheads on my chin and nose so I’m really interested to see if these babies will disappear. I saw several comments on the Amazon reviews that said the blackheads disappeared after using the Olay brush. So I guess we will see.
Happy Friday!
~k