Thursday, March 31, 2016

Pravana Hair Brightening Shampoo & Conditioner

Ever since I made my hair blonde, I'm always on the lookout for products to help keep my hair bright and not looking dull. I love purple shampoos because they brighten my hair and slightly get rid of yellow/orange tones.

I discovered the website sleekhair.com  recently and I bought these two products from them:

Pravana sulfate-free brightening shampoo and conditioner! The reviews for this stuff didn't leave a doubt in my mind that it would work. These are purple shampoo/conditioner and the directions state to leave the product on for 3-5 minutes before washing out.

Now, since I like to read both positive and negative reviews, there was a negative review that stated that this product actually caused their hair to be purple and after seeing the deep purple color of the shampoo, I was nervous. The shampoo is an inky dark color and after lathering it through my hair, did appear to color my hands purple. After scrubbing them with soap it did come off though.

I followed the directions on both products and here are the results:

Before:

After:

Do I even need to say anything? LOOK AT THAT DIFFERENCE!! This is after 1 use! The blonde is lighter and brighter, the brown is less dull, I have nothing but great things to say about this brand! I will update this post when I straighten my hair next so you can see the difference.

Friday, March 25, 2016

Eqoba Hair Straightening Brush

Ever since seeing ads on Facebook for those magical straighteners that are in the shape of a hairbrush, I knew I needed one! But which one? Look them up on Amazon and there are dozens with varying reviews. I settled on this Eqoba brand one:

It comes in white and pink, and is reasonably priced between $33-$38 (depending on the color). It comes with a little user booklet, 2 clips, and a tiny bristled brush to clean out hair in the device. The red tips on the brush protect you from burning yourself, and unlike competitor devices are securely in place and won't fall out.

I blew dry my hair 'straight', made sure it was brushed, and used it on half my head so you could see the difference it made:

LOOK AT THAT DIFFERENCE! My favorite thing about this brush is that is seems to control my frizz, straighten my hair, and still manage to give my hair body! I highly recommend this hot tool!

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Bleaching Eyebrows using Jolen



Ever since I've started lightening my hair [with plans to still go lighter] my medium brown eyebrows have made it more apparent that I'm not a natural blonde. I've never bleached my eyebrows before, but I've been looking up lots of tutorials on Youtube to get advice and tips. The best tutorial I watched used Jolen bleach, and let it sit on her eyebrows for 7 minutes to lighten them. Here is a picture of me before with my natural brown brows:


So the directions on the box suggest leaving the product on for 10 minutes, then scrape it off with the provided applicator, then rinsing with cold water. If you are using this product to lighten your eyebrows DON'T LEAVE ON FOR THE FULL 10 MINUTES!! Play it safe! I cut the time in half and left the bleach on for 5 minutes, checked it, and was able to go from there if I wanted to make them lighter or not.

After removing the product, the color was exactly what I wanted, and I achieved it in half the time, if I would've left the product on for the full 10 minutes, my eyebrows would've been white.

Here is after:


And here is how they now look with filler & powder on:



I recommend this product! A little of the mixtures goes a long way, and with resealable containers you can get many uses out of it.