Hair Journal

I have a Hair Journal somewhat. I do not record everything and it is mixed in with other Journal entries. I think I will start one on here that way I can add tags to research things quickly.


On Friday night I did my hair and was very disappointed. What went wrong? First problem was I had enough of the Pink Ion dryer. The back of my hair doesn’t get dry as fast as the rest, even on medium I was sweating profusely and I had just taken a shower!

I shampooed with Nexxus Botanoil only because I knew I was going to use Nexxus Keraphix as my Reconstructor for Wash Week 1. I wasn’t impressed with either this time, not sure if it was from lack of rinsing well on my part or not.

I left Keraphix on while I showered, maybe that was too long. After towel drying I applied Lottabody Ready to Use straight to my hair. Again, I wasn’t impressed as I normally am. I rollerset and my hair started drying out and instead of spraying it with water I just kept on rolling. Perhaps that is why it ended up puffy? I got tired of sitting under the dryer went to bed in the rollers.

In the morning for the frizzy parts that needed to be flat ironed, I just applied CHI Silk Infusion all through my hair. I don’t think my hair likes this applied dry (to dry hair). That could have been the problem. Anyway, I proceeded to flat iron the frizzy parts only. Then I wrapped my hair, put saran wrap on and sat under the dryer for about 15 min. on low its still warm air on that temp.

When I unwrapped it I was less then enthused but, wore it anyway. I went on a Ferry that day so that made matters worse. I went home and flat ironed my hair. I can't wait to wash my hair again and just use the whole Keracare line and see how that goes.

I bought a new hair dryer: Gold N Hot 1400 watt, it had good reviews on Sally's website.

Makeup Look 1

I love makeup, and spend a great amount of time on Youtube getting great look ideas. So today, I decided to try one of the recent looks out.

Lid color: MAC Deep Truth
Crease: MAC Shadowy Lady
Outer: MAC Carbon
Highlight: MAC Ricepaper

Its very pretty and I got a compliment when I was in Bath and Body Works. For my cheeks I used MAC Tippy Beauty Powder Blush and for my lips I used Chestnut liner and Viva Glam V lipstick.

I also started using MAC Embark eyeshadow in my brows and I like this a lot. Learned how to do my eyebrows bettter by watching Youtube also. Youtube is a Godsend.

Yes, I'm a MAC girl! LOL!

Camera, Cooking, etc.

I really need to get a new camera. This will be my 3rd Digital camera, ugh! I broke the last two due to negligence on my part. Anyway, yesterday I went to Best Buy to look at Digital Cameras and left empty-handed. The reason that I left empty-handed? Even though I was being assisted by a Sales Clerk, I felt overwhelmed with the selection so I left so that I can do research on my own.

Cooking: I watch The Food Network from time to time and this week I saw a recipe for Fried Ravioli. I can't think of the show name but, its an Italian one, I think the Cook's name is Giada? I made them and they were delicious. Recipe below:

Buttermilk
Refrigerated store bought raviolis
Italian Bread Crumbs
Cooking Oil or Olive Oil
Grated Parmesan Cheese
Marinara Sauce or any Spaghetti Sauce

Its really simple and I didn't measure because I like to eyeball when I'm cooking simple things.

You take any kind of raviolis that you like, i.e. Cheese, meat... then dip them in buttermilk. After dipping in buttermilk dredge them in Italian Bread Crumbs and fry in hot oil, turning to fry on both sides. Put quite a bit of oil so they float, you don't want to saute them.

Remove to drain on paper towel, and sprinkle with parmesan cheese and dip in spaghetti sauce or marinara sauce. Delicious!

Manicure Time

I am going to do my nails in a few minutes. I have been putting it off since yesterday. I wear my natural nails, I have been blessed with long, healthy nails. I don't wear them as long as I used to anymore, even then they weren't outrageous, not curling under (yuck). I like to call them Active length now.

The color I will polish them today is by Sally Nail Pro Molten Copper. I was inspired to get this color after seeing a color called Wildlife by Nubar on one of the message boards I subscribe to. The Nubar Nail polish has to be ordered it seems like and it just wasn't that serious to me, so when I happened to come across this similar color at Sally's I was happy as a bee. I will post the Molten Copper color.

Welcome and Introduction

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