It's 9:53pm on a Friday night, my babies are asleep, Lucas is at a sleepover, my husband is in the bathroom, no doubt watching ESPN on his phone, and I am eating stew, the ingredients for which I put in the crock pot this morning. Needless to say, the the turn up is real.
Since we're having this lovely quiet time together, I wanted to tell you about a new red lippy I bought, and a new hair trick I tried this week. Its exciting around here.
On to the red lip.
I went kind of a different way this time and bought a lip crayon. You can make it your own anywhere NYC lip colors are sold. Mine cost $2.77. It looks a little something like this:
I tried to choose between the color I got (Roosevelt Island Red- far right) and the other red one, South Ferry Berry. I am glad I went with the darker color, because these things are super sheer. This would be a great intro red if you aren't sure how you feel about it, and want to wade into the water slowly. I have no interest in wading, so I lathered on about a thousand layers to build up some color. I will say that it does build easily, so you can really control the amount of color.
On the plus side, it smells fantastic. Sort of sweet, but its also very light fragrance. I really enjoy it. On the minus, or maybe this is a plus for you, is the texture is really greasy. It reminds me very much of chap stick. Really what this is, is red, nice smelling chap stick. I was hoping for the crayon to really have staying power, and maybe the ones in the higher price point do, but this is not the one.
Because of the greasy texture of the lip crayon, it is also a little bit shiny, which I don't love. This is good for day wear though, for a pop of color. On me, it wears as more of a true red, which doesn't translate when you see the tube. In the tube it reads as a dark red, but even with a million layers, is doesn't read that way on my face. I still like it though, it just has to be appreciated for what it is, which is, essentially, a really big, thick, tinted chapstick.
As is the continuing theme of this blog, you really don't have to pay a fortune for quality beauty products, which I forget myself sometimes.
I started out with this one here. And honestly, its meh, at best. It smells fantastic. If you want to spray something that smells great, and have that in your hair, by all means, this could be your guy, but in terms of adding volume or soaking up oil, it just doesn't cut it. I have better results soaking up oil when I run a little baking soda through my hair.
But then, for a fraction of the price, I got this one hee-yah. I won't lie, it was my free gift with purchase when I bought a shampoo and conditioner set- and I never buy Dove, but the set itself was on sale, but its the shit. It doesn't smell like anything, but it soaks up every drop of oil and gives me- with my thick, heavy, processed hair- crazy volume. And its a really big can, so I feel like it will last me a good little while.
Anyway, there you have it, three different reviews. Lots of yummy products, and all the good ones are under $5.
Happy Friday :)
Since we're having this lovely quiet time together, I wanted to tell you about a new red lippy I bought, and a new hair trick I tried this week. Its exciting around here.
The video is pretty self explanatory, and this girl looks a lot like my friend Valerie, who has great hair, so I figured, since I had the day off yesterday, I'd give it a shot. It took me a couple of tries to get the twisting down, but it wasn't too bad. And I have to say, I looked pretty hot.
That last sentence was a lie. I looked totally batshit.
On my days off, I like to pretend I am a real live stay at home mom. I clean things. I bake things. I take toddlers to classes. I wear yoga pants. I get Starbucks. I don't even really like Starbucks, but in my mind, that's what stay at home moms do. I went to Target, which I never go to, but Target seems to be the Mecca of the at home parent, and I wanted to be with my people. I wore my hair like this to Target, no joke. And a gang of people looked at me sideways. Because my hair looked crazy.
It held up pretty well though. Here I am first thing (and I mean very first thing) this morning:
I woke up like this.
A few tips:
1. you really have to shake the hair band a LOT to get it loose. A few of the strands you will have to unwind yourself.
2. This will not work unless you put your hair up 100% dry. And not just if you have crazy thick hair like me. Anyone. It has to be totally completely dry or it will not work. This does make it a great second day style for people like me who only wash their hair every other day.
3. When you first take it down, it will be a hot frizzy mess. I will be like the 80's when we used hot stix. But do not be deterred. Rub a few drops of some smoothing oil ( I love this one. On a side note, it is seriously the best stuff, and it smells so divine, and that little tiny bottle lasts forever, and I should probably write a separate post on the oil... ANYWAY) on your hands and run those bad boys through your hair. Come to think of it, you could also run a little oil through your hair before you wrap it. I just thought of that one.
For me, it ended up looking like this:
I was really pleased with the end product and I will definitely do it again. It was a fun way to add some wave to my hair without any heat or damage, which is a nice change. It wasn't hard and wrapping it really took all of about five minutes. I have stupidly thick hair that is also fairly long, and I was sure it would not work because of the length and weight, but it totally did. I definitely think you should give it a shot.On to the red lip.
I went kind of a different way this time and bought a lip crayon. You can make it your own anywhere NYC lip colors are sold. Mine cost $2.77. It looks a little something like this:
Its a lot of product for your buck, which, of course, I am fan of. I have found that the drugstore lipsticks work just as well as the luxury brands. I am not a MAC fan, but I do enjoy Urban Decay, Chanel, and my super fave, Besame. But those are all going to cost you, and you can get a good quality red and spend much, much less.
These lip crayons come in a variety of colors:
I tried to choose between the color I got (Roosevelt Island Red- far right) and the other red one, South Ferry Berry. I am glad I went with the darker color, because these things are super sheer. This would be a great intro red if you aren't sure how you feel about it, and want to wade into the water slowly. I have no interest in wading, so I lathered on about a thousand layers to build up some color. I will say that it does build easily, so you can really control the amount of color.
On the plus side, it smells fantastic. Sort of sweet, but its also very light fragrance. I really enjoy it. On the minus, or maybe this is a plus for you, is the texture is really greasy. It reminds me very much of chap stick. Really what this is, is red, nice smelling chap stick. I was hoping for the crayon to really have staying power, and maybe the ones in the higher price point do, but this is not the one.
After lunch, no more color.
Because of the greasy texture of the lip crayon, it is also a little bit shiny, which I don't love. This is good for day wear though, for a pop of color. On me, it wears as more of a true red, which doesn't translate when you see the tube. In the tube it reads as a dark red, but even with a million layers, is doesn't read that way on my face. I still like it though, it just has to be appreciated for what it is, which is, essentially, a really big, thick, tinted chapstick.
A million layers
I guess we will go ahead and make this a quick three-fer, because I have one more thing to add. Thinking about what I said before about my hair, and about adding volume and not overwashing (red color fades quickly, as evidenced by these pictures, my last dye job was only a month ago) dry shampoo has been my new best friend, or at least I have wanted it to be. As is the continuing theme of this blog, you really don't have to pay a fortune for quality beauty products, which I forget myself sometimes.
I started out with this one here. And honestly, its meh, at best. It smells fantastic. If you want to spray something that smells great, and have that in your hair, by all means, this could be your guy, but in terms of adding volume or soaking up oil, it just doesn't cut it. I have better results soaking up oil when I run a little baking soda through my hair.
But then, for a fraction of the price, I got this one hee-yah. I won't lie, it was my free gift with purchase when I bought a shampoo and conditioner set- and I never buy Dove, but the set itself was on sale, but its the shit. It doesn't smell like anything, but it soaks up every drop of oil and gives me- with my thick, heavy, processed hair- crazy volume. And its a really big can, so I feel like it will last me a good little while.
Anyway, there you have it, three different reviews. Lots of yummy products, and all the good ones are under $5.
Happy Friday :)
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