Philip Treacy!

With the royal wedding on every single channel and so much talk about the fashion that occurred on Friday, the designer was the hottest talk for his hats! I'll do one single blog about it! It's a fashion must for the ladies in England to wear hats in respect to the Queen. His name is Philip Treacy, born in Ahascragh, a tiny village in Country Galway in the west of Ireland and he's been designing ever since. These hats the ladies were wearing were crazy and beautiful!!  I'll post some of the famous hats worn at the wedding and SATC! XO KMN XO. http://www.philiptreacy.co.uk/ Defiantly statement pieces!

Feathers!

Feather hair extensions are a huge CRAZE! I had them and now it's the new "it" thing! It's to die for! You can get them in salons is all different variations, colors and lengths! it's so chic! Find a local salon near you to get them! XOKMNXO

OMBRE Hair Color!

The newest crave is modeled on Drew Barrymore, Jessica Biel, Rachel Bilson and Lacey Schwimmer! It's different and eye catching! Ombre hair is accomplished by creating a dark root and then extending downward to a lighter tip. It has many people questioning whether these ladies became too lazy for a touch-up, or if they’re doing it on purpose. To be amazed, it's definitely done on purpose and in for the year... at least for now! It is chic, easy, unique, and more importantly can be derived from any hair color. So let those roots keep growing ladies!

XO KMN XO

Peter Thomas Roth Botanical Buffing Beads

Good afternoon! This exfoliating scrub is wonderful! It's my favorite! It's blue buffing beads that comes in a 8.5oz bottle for around $36.00! I mainly use it on my body but if I don't have time to use my Dermalogica Microfoliant on my face, I'll use this! It's easier to use one product for everything for money savings and it saves space in the shower! It's for all skin types which is perfect and warm water partially dissolves the scrub so it's gentle, minimizing irritation on sensitive skin. It's sebum emulsifying jojoba beads with whole leaf aloe cera and botanical nutrients which will exfoliate the dead skin cells which will help moisturizers penetrate into the skin better! This is prefect to unclog those stubborn pores!! It's formulated without phthalates, GMOs and Triclosan. What I do is I steam my body and/or face which helps relax and open up my pores, so my exfoliates and cleansers really get in and clean. I usually follow with a moisturizing body wash with a shot of cold water to shrink my cleansed pores and I lotion my skin up right when I get out so the excess water helps penetrate the lotion into my skin because your skin drinks water for hydration and it will be a more effective way to get your skin to top shape!
XO KMN XO

Hairsprays!!!!!!

Hello! Day two! A good, perfect hairspray is hard to find!! When I curl my hair, I use "Kenra Thermal Styling Spray 19" to hold my curls all day, even with humidity! Kenra's hair care line, the styling products are numbered from 0-25, 0-zero hold and 25 being super hold. When I use the thermal spray, I spray evenly and lightly in sections before I curl my hair, 4-6 inches away from my hair and make sure not to spray too much because it will make your hair crunchy! It has an awesome hold! It's a thermal protectant too so you don't fry your hair! One ingredient in it is benzophenone which is UV sunscreen protection which helps with drying and color fading! It doesn't necessarily make my hair shine but they do have an awesome shine spray in the line, which smells amazing like cotton candy and it's light on the hair without being greasy! (Shine Spray $15). After all the styling and teasing, I usually spray over with Kenra 25 Hairspray which has an awesome hold but it can become heavy and sticky if it's applied too much! Make sure to use a clarifying shampoo, the line Malibu (http://malibuc.com/content/CN_Catalog.aspx?id=7) has a nice one, to get rid of all the products and toxins in your hair (Use once a week)! Use a good conditioner after!

Back to hairsprays! I've tried every hairspray on this earth, here's just a few I featured!
Kenra: All the hairsprays, what you read is what you get which is rare!! #25 super strong #18-Artformation strong hold #13-Perfect medium #9-Design lightest hold. (all smell good). *Not platinum line*
Sebastian: Shaper (good light hold) Shaper-Plus(amazing hold but smells funny) Zero-Gravity(didn't do much for me)  ReShaper (good, strong hold) Shaper-Fierce (Strong, sticked hold)
TIGI Bedhead Masterpiece (good shiny hold, sticky) Hard Head( Strong, good hold, smells ok) Maxxed-out (wet, heavy, gross)
Big Sexy Hair Concepts: Spray & Stay(smells like black licorice, heavy) Spray & Play (medium, ok)
Alterna Caviar: Working Hair Spray(Medium hold, Favorite) *Comparable to Kenra 25
Matrix-VaVoom: Freezing Spray (firm hold)  Shape Maker Extra hold/medium (smells like black licorice and ok hold for both)
I love hairspray, it's a key component if you find a good one!

OPI PANDA-MONIUM PINK

Hello, I got my nails done today and I picked out the perfect spring color! It's from OPI from the Hong Kong Collection (2010) PANDA-MONIUM PINK and it's fabulous! The hot spring nail colors are Natural nudes (Essie in Sand Tropez $8), Robin Egg Blues (Tracy Reese For Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Barracuda, $6.99), Peachy-Keen Pink (Dior Nail Vernis in Pink Boa, $21), Lavenders (Estee Lauder Pure Color Nail Lacquer in Violet Diva, $19), Gun-Metal Greys (M.A.C. Champale Nail Polish in Very Important Platinum, $13) and "The Can't Miss Topcoacts" (OPI Topcoat in Shatter, $8.50). FABULOUS COLORS!

Balayage Hair Color Sweeping

Balayage (ba-lie-azhe) sometimes spelled balliage or baliage is the art of hair painting. The term is based on the French word for "sweep away". Balayage is the most exciting highlighting color technique to appear in a long time! Colorist & clients are falling IN LOVE with this! Color placement looks natural and organic, similar to the effortlessly random color you'd receive after a summer at the beach!!! It's been experimented in salons for the last several weeks and I fell in love! It's effortless and a money saver!  A beautiful example is the Victoria Secret Models, Gisele Bundchen made this hair coloring famous!
XO KMN XO

You can see her golden highlights start below her temple, to create the natural, summer sun influenced color!

LashDip!

My third blog!!! I recently came across this new mascara technique called "LashDip". LashDip founded by Jessica Harley, semipermanent mascara painted/"dipped" on one lash at a time & lasts up to 6 weeks! 100% hypoallergenic! Amazing new technique for mascara, no flakes and it's safe for contact lens users! LashDip allows you to wake up and maintain gorgeous lashes! No hassling with mascara, no makeup remover, zero mess and goodbye raccoon eyes! It's also waterproof and guaranteed! 

For more information and salon locations head to- http://www.lashdip.com/

XO KMN XO

Picture from http://www.lashdip.com/

Pureology Hydrate & PureVolume Shampoo & Conditioner

Hello, blog # 2!! My favorite shampoo and condition is from the line, Pureology. The "Hydrate" series in a series made for color-treated hair in need of deep hydration, nourishment which also protects hair color. Many people call it the "purple bottle" line! The whole brand of Pureology is "AntiFade Complex", which has a blend of antioxidants and full UVA/UVB sunscreens to fight fading of color. Also, the line is "ZeroSulfate" shampoo which is free of harsh color stripping sulfates and salts to protect the hair. It's huge to have your shampoo free of sulfates and salts because it has a huge involvement with fading hair color. With sulfate free shampoo, your hair color can last an extra 2-3 weeks until your next hair color appointment, which saves you money! Who doesn't love to save money! The Hydrate series has advanced hydrating micro-emulsion technology which helps penetrate the hair fibers to deeply moisturize from within the hair strand. It also has natural ingredients, multi-weight proteins of soy, oat and wheat and organic botanicals of rose, peppermint and green tea which helps condition. It smells minty and tingles when applied! I use the PureVolume Shampoo with the Hydrate Conditioner for a cocktail effect! The PureVolume, the "pink bottles" has the AntiFade, ZeroSulfate, natural ingredients and the organic ingredients of lavender, papaya and lemongrass which provide natural body and lift. The shampoos and conditioners come in two main sizes of 10 oz around $27.00 and 33.3 oz for around $60.00. (US currency). I can't live without pureology shampoos and conditioners! They also have an other lines called- nanoworks luxury, super smooth, essential repair and style products which I love!! I always use a volume shampoo to provide natural body and lift then I use a condition on my hair from around my ear area to the ends to keep my volume on the crown!

Hope everyone loves my second blog! Thank you! I'll try and do at least one every day!

XO KMN XO

Dermalogica Multivitamin Power Firm

Hello, today I decided on starting a new blog about my personal experience in the beauty industry. Today's focus is the Dermalogica Multivitamin Power Firm from the Age Smart line, which is relatively newer to the Dermalogica brand. I've been using my 0.5 oz tube for about four weeks and I've noticed a slight change in the texture around my eye which is smoother, especially the underneath of the bottom eyelid, focusing on my slight wrinkles. Also, my mother just started using it, which she is an older, beautiful lady and likes it under her makeup, which acts as a primer. I dabbed it on with my index finger at night time before bed. The benefit of washing your face and applying creams at night is huge because when you sleep, your skin's pores open up and soaks everything in that's sitting on top of the skins surface. So you defiantly don't want your skin soaking up makeup which will cause blackheads, clogged pores, acne and premature aging. The texture of the cream is a silicone base thats not a white cream like most eye creams. The cream is made to fight visible lines around the eye area with ingredients of skin-rebuilding antioxidant vitamins (A, C & E), protective silicones and red seaweed extract! The vitamins help improve elasticity of the skin. Also, it contains zero artificial fragrance or color. I would recommend this eye cream for someone who has slight wrinkles.
Hope you enjoyed my first blog!!! Many more to come! Thank you!!!

XO KN XO