Sharing on Valetines Day

Happy Valentines Day!
I wanted to quicky share with you guys my new haircut! For most of my life, I've always had long hair. I just feel like you can do more with it - even though I'm usually a throw-it-up-in-a-ponytail type of girl, I like the security long hair brings me. My hair was getting pretty long and shedding everywhere (although, granted my hair sheds still even now), and I usually curled it (if I had the time to) or put it up in a ponytail/bun. I straightened it a few weeks ago and my hair was too long that it just looked odd on me. Like it was too much hair.

Anyways, I've been thinking lately that I wanted to cut and donate my hair, and decided to take the plunge last week! It was an impulsive itch to get my haircut, but I like the way it turned out.

Here's my hair before:



And here's the after:

I don't know much about the type of cut or what my stylist did, I brought in a few photos to give him an idea of what I wanted and he delievered! I really like it, and I feel it makes me look older too. ;)

The only thing I'm not a fan of is that I'll have to straighten it inorder to style it. Butttt, my hair dries a whole lot faster, and it takes me about 15 minutes to straighten my hair now anyways.

I'm going to have to look into learning how to blowdry my hair straight, because it'll help give me a sleeker look than just straightening alone does.

I ended up cutting about ~12 inches off.



Originally, I was planning on donating it to Locks of Love, but after doing some research, I learned that LOL actually sells the final wigs. LOL makes wigs from the donated hair to sell to children who have undergone hair loss due to a variety of medical conditions or treatments. A final wig can cost anywhere between $800-$1000, and the price that the patient pays is according to how much the child's parents make. So, if the child's parents have a low income, they pay less for the wig, if the child's parents have a higher income, they would pay a higher amount. Regardless, they still have to pay for the wig.

I don't think LOL profits of the sale of wigs, but I like the idea that a family going through the stressful period of cancer and treatments and recovery don't have to worry about an added cost for their child.

After doing some research I learned about Pantene Beautiful Lengths which donates the final wigs to women who have experienced hair loss due to cancer.

Unfortunately, one of PBL's donation requirments is that hair cannot be dyed with a permanent dye, which my hair has been.

After a little more research, I've discovered Angel Hair for Kids which also donates the final wigs and my hair follows the donation requirments.

I couldn't imagine undergoing hairloss at a young age, and I hope that my donation can help bring a little ease to a young girl or boy's life.

It might take a little more of an effort to do my hair now, but for a good cause, I don't mind.

I hope everyone takes today to remind their friends, family and loved ones how much of an impact that they make on your life. Happy Valentines Day! ♥♥♥♥ :)

Monochromatic Purples FOTD

Trying to get out of my rut with makeup, I asked my boyfriend "Give me a colour." Thinking that whatever colour he gave me, I'd use for my eyeshadow that day. He said, "Red." Realizing I don't have any red shadows, and it's not really a colour I'd venture into with my eye makeup, I thought I'd use it on my lips, hence - my FOTD I posted earlier.

The next I asked my boyfriend, "Pick a colour" and he said "Purple." So this is what I came up with.

Used:
NARS Smudgeproof e/s base
MAC Painterly paintpot (as a base all over the lid and blended into the crease)
MAC Crystal e/s (all over the lid)
MAC Parfait Amour e/s (in the outer third of the lid and into the crease)
MUFE # 92 e/s (in the outer V)
Annabelle e/s in Buff Naked (as highlight)
MAC Blacktrack fluidline
MAC Night Manoeuvres e/s (in brows)
Annabelle e/l in Fiesta (on waterline)
Rimmel Max Volume Flash mascara

MAC Studio Fix Powder in NC40
MAC Studio Finish Concealer SPF35 in NW30
MAC Powder Blush in Harmony (to contour)

MAC On A Mission Beauty Powder blush

MAC Baby Sparks dazzleglass

The next day I tell my boyfriend, "Give me two colours", "Red and purple." Ha! So I guess that's the end of that..

In my last post, Rai at Glam Morena asked if I had dyed my hair. Well, I wasn't really going to post about it, but since it's a beauty blog.. ;)

A couple of weeks ago I was going through a rough time and had this sudden inspiration to dye my hair. Now, I was a hair dye virgin. Never added any artificial colours to it. So I was a bit spectacle about doing something dramatic to my whole head. I decided I would go with adding some colour to my bangs. I was thinking something bright, like a royal violet, or an electric blue. Plus, if I didn't like it, it was just in my bangs and not all over my whole head, so it would grow out fast.

Anyways, so I booked an appointment for the next day and I came out with a deep magenta colour. My stylist had put highlights in the under layers of my bangs, and 2 highlights on both sides of my hair so it wouldn't look weird having random colour out of nowhere.

I liked the way it turned out, and I felt my burst of spontaneous change has been satisified.

But I realized later that I probably wasn't the best candidate for hair colour because I wash my hair every single day - which can obviously make your hair fade faster. And with a bright colour, it wasn't the best idea.

So, I'm thinking if I should:
a) dye over it brown.
or
b) pick up some hair supplies at Sally's and upkeep it myself at home.

I'm thinking of going with (b), but I've never dyed my hair myself before, so I'm not really sure where to start. Help?

New Hair & Haul

I took the plunge and cut my hair! I'm actually pretty happy with it, it's a bit different than I wanted it, but I love it. Everyone keeps telling me that I look older, my sister said that I looked like a nurse, haha. Anyways, here are the pictures. I should have posted before photos, but you can always look back on my posts to my longer hair.

My make-up looks so smudgey and messed. During school my left contact kept bothering me so I was rubbing my lid and that messed up my make-up, and I didn't even bother fixing it/touching it up when I got home before I went to work.

Yesterday me and my sister went to The Eaton Centre to shop a bit. I ended up returning Era pro pan that I bought from the MAC Freestanding store cause it honestly did nothing for me, and I returned my Nocturnelle pro pan and got another one, cause my last one's payoff suckedddddd so much I thought I just got a dud.

I was browsing the store and honestly, nothing caught my eye. Everything seemed so boring, so I was surprised that I didn't walk out with anything (except for an empty quad - but you know what I mean).

From Sephora, I made up with my MAC dud and bought MUFE # 92, it's sooo pretty, and I've been on a purple kick lately, so I can't wait to play with it. I also picked up a Sephora brow and metal lash comb.

And finallyyy, from Bath & Body works, I picked up two C.O Bigalow lipglosses (they were 3 for $15, my sister got the 3rd one) and 2 hand sanitizers for my school bag & purse.

I've been so busy with school, and working on top of that is not helping. So if I'm not blogging as much, I apologize in advance! (:

Threading! & I Need Your Opinion On HAIR!

I just wanted to do a quick post all about threading eyebrows. Hopefully this will give some of you insight on what it exactly is, how it works, the results, and all that jazz. (:

First of all, I may be a bit bias because threading is the only thing that I've done to my eyebrows ever since I started getting them done. Here's two of the main reasons as of why:

1) It's CHEAP!
The most I've paid for getting my eyebrows threaded is $2-$4. On average, usually where I go it's $3. Not that bad right? Especially if you're going every week or every 2 weeks, depending on what your up keep is.

2) It's PRECISE.
I have a lot of tiny, fine hair around my eyebrows, and threading get's all of them, so that I'm left with a very clean eyebrow. More on this later.

First, what is threading? Threading is a Asian/South Asian method of hair removal. It's done by using a cotton thread, made into a loop and twisted to remove hair at the root by twisting it out.
There's a good video by Pursebuzz on how it works exactly.

Does it hurt?
Honestly, the best way I can describe threading is that it's 'high-speed plucking.' If you have troubles with plucking, you'll have problems with threading!

Also, if you thread/wax/pluck your eyebrows the week before your period, your skin is a lot more sensitive, so it'll hurt more. So I'd advice you girls to go the week after your period, cause it'll hurt a lot less.

How Long Does It Last?
Threading lasts depending on how your hair grows, I get regrowth a couple of days after, and I usually wait and get my eyebrows done every 1-2 weeks, depending when I'm not feeling lazy.

Over time, Does The Hair Come Back Finer?
I've been threading my eyebrows for about 3 years now, and I haven't noticed my hair coming back less or finer, so I can't vouch for that.

Negatives Of Threading:

There are a couple of times when the lady doing my eyebrows has scabbed my skin. This is because she went over the same spot over and over again repeatedly to get out an ingrown hair or something. It hasn't left any scars or anything, but there are small scabs that last a couple of days.

You should probably exfoliate your skin a day or so before you go to get your eyebrows threaded, because motion can 'scrape' off the top dead layer of skin on the area and make you look flaky.

Most of the time, the ladies that thread my eyebrows don't know much about eyebrow shape or what would be the perfect shape with your face. So, I would recommend threading to someone who want's to just upkeep their brows. But, if you're looking to get them shaped, I would suggest going to a salon and then threading your eyebrows to maintain the shape.

Now, here are some pictures so you can get an idea of how it looks like:

Before:

After:

No close ups unfortunately, but you can clearly see the difference. If you guys haven't tried threading, I would highly recommend it!

In that look I used:
UDPP (as a primer)
MAC Woodwinked e/s (all over the lid and a bit into the crease)
MAC Mulch e/s (in the other third of the lid)
MAC Espresso e/s (lightly in the crease)
MAC Blacktrack fluidline
L'Oreal Voluminous Mascara
Bonnie Bell Eye Definer e/l in Glow

I have this kick to get my hair cut, and I really like the new fall trend, "the lob." It's basically a long version of the bob. I would probably have to straighten my hair to keep it looking sleek, but I don't mind so much because I'd have a lot less hair. What do you guys think? Could I pull it off?

The look on the right, ovbiously, lol.

Let's leave off making fun of Kanye West:

"I hope Kanye doesn't show up to Patrick Swayze's funeral. "I'll let you get back to your funeral in a minute... but Michael Jackson had the best death of the year. Just sayinnn."

From Texts From Last Night

Till laterrrr! (:

Back To School!

So today's the dayyyyyyy, back to school - after what seemed like a short summer. I'm sitting here watching The Tyra Show's season 5 premier waiting for my classes to start at 12:30pm (it's 10:30am right now.) So I decided to post before I officially start school! (:

I woke up today and straightened my hair because I thought I was going to have to take my school photo. I don't usually straighten my hair cause I get lazy and I'd rather sleep in, haha. So I walked to school to drop off my brother for his orientation, and I walked back and came home and noticed my hair got all frizzy. It's kind of foggy outside, but I have a pretty good straightener and never really had a problem before. Oh well, I'm going to re-straighten it abit and load it with hairspray, and hopefully i'll be good to go. (:

I also had no idea on what kind make-up to do for school either, I didn't want to do anything colourful and crazy, but I didn't want to do anything boring either. Know what I mean? So today I came up with this simple look.

Used
Eyes:
UDPP (as a primer)
MAC Soft Ochre p/p (as a base)
UD's Smog e/s from the UD Deluxe Shadow Box (all over the lid and into the crease)
MAC Espresso e/s (smoked in the outer corner & crease)
Annabelle Vanilla Chilla e/s (as a highlight)
Personelle random highlight e/s (right under my brow arch)
MAC Blacktrack f/l
Bonnebelle Eye Definer e/l in Glow (on waterline)
L'Oreal Carbon Black Voluminous mascara (I stopped using this for Rimmel's Sexy Curves mascara, but I remember why I love this stuff.)

Face:
NYX Blush in Mauve

Lips:
MAC Bare Slimshine

Last picture for the road. (: