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!