spend and splurge: hair care

Trying to save money on hair care products?

These are some of Tips and tricks to saving money on hair care products. Just so you get an idea here are the products I use and the original price of each.

Paul Mitchell color safe shampoo and conditioner. This run anywhere from 20 to 30 dollars.

One and only aragon oil deep conditioner. This can cost up to $10.

Then I use the big and sexy leave in conditioner which is usually around 13 dollars.

And last but not least big and sexy hair spray which is usually maybe 15.

A grand total of 70 to 80 dollars.

While I spent 40 or 45.

Here's what to do. Only buy the shampoo and conditioner at a salon that the product is already on sale and is buy one get one free or buy one get one 50 percent off. Because keep in mind they are 20 to 30 dollars a piece your not getting both for that price.

Usually sallys beauty will have some amazing sales and I like to see if the have 50 percent off deals. If not I head over to rite aid. They have a hair care product lane with all the biggest brand names. But you want to make sure it has the special sticker that says for rite aid sale only because if not the product is not promised.

Also I like to buy in bulk at Costco because you will find when you do this your savings are a lot greater.

If all as fails buy shampoo at the dollar store. That saves you 20 bucks then splurge on the conditioner. Dollar stores have shampoos with the same ingredients and the leading brands of shampoos but the conditioners vary. So save money on shampoo and go spend it on conditioner.

You won't regret it! :)

accutane

For those of you who know me you know about five years ago I was taking accutane.

For those of you who read my blog you know I have been breaking out like crazy.

I haunt broken out this bad since before i started taking accutane.

Needless to say I have decided to go see my doctor and get back on accutane. I know I made this decision fast. Maybe to fast. I didn't give enough time for my break outs to clear up before taking drastic measures but I just break out more and more every day.

I've decided these break outs are different and they need drastic measures. So I'm seeing my doctor this coming week.

I'm really excited. :)

Accutane is not for everyone and you should talk with your doctor about it before setting your heart on it. They might have alternative solutions for you or believe you wouldn't do well on the medicine.

That's all guys have a nice day!

pimples pimples pimples and how to get rid of them

So I started breaking out really bad all along my chin. I seriously had 8 major pimples. I dont know if it's from all the grease at work and me touching my face. It could be because I'm always on the phone. Or even because I just switched facial cleansers. Either way they are just nasty. So here is how I get rid of them :)

So I start with Loreal go 390 clean deep facial cleanser. And I repeat. I do once to get all my make up off then once more to get the dirt grease and whatever else out of my pores.

Then from the same brand and line of facial cleansers I use the deep exfoliating cleanser. This gets and dead skin cells off and all the other ickys that got left behind before.

Then I apply eye drops to my pimples to decrease the redness. Then I ice them to decrease the swelling.

Then I apply rapid clear acne eliminating spot gel by neutrogena.

After that I moisturize my skin because all the products can really dry out the skin which makes your skin produce oil and oil Orestes the pimples even more.

I repeat this at least twice a day and already half my pimples are gone.

I hope you guys learned a little bit from this and good luck :)

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Hair Extensions Review

Part 1: Haha okay you guys are going to laugh. NEVER EVER..get your extensions put in at a cosmetology school. EVER! Lol First bad thing is that they are complete newbies and have no idea what they are doing. Second bad thing is no one there knew how to make a cornrow. Third thing is they had no idea how to do extensions. They were never trained in them or anything. Like I knew more them then and I was telling them how to do it. Well the worst part of it all is that they still tried! And everyone would walk by and be like wow that’s so cool. Omg you cant even tell. Wow.

Well guess what I thought they looked horrible. I wasn’t sure why it was horrible but I knew it just wasn’t right. So I went to my local salon who told me they cant do extensions because they had no training and that I should go to this other salon downtown.

So I walk in and the lady was super nice when I was complaining about my hair she was all trying to tell me stuff that was wrong with it and whatever. So I  just straight up and asked how much is it going to cost for you to fix it for me? And it turned out it was sixty bucks. I was totally fine with that seeing as how she redid some of my extensions and added more with her own bag of hair.

So now my extensions look really good and they blend really well. My only complaint about it would be that she reused some of the braids the ladies at the cosmetology school used and they seem really loose. Also my hair is really heavy! Haha but I totally expected that I added on 18 inches of hair! No duh its going to be heavy! Lol

Part 2: The day I finished typing that the ones that dint get fixed at the second salon decided to fall out! So I went to 7 different salons trying to just get them taken out. And that’s when I met Johnny. He is awesome. He took out my extensions and he washed  my hair and all that good stuff for free. Not only that but he kept my extensions so her can make me clip ons and he is going to teach me how to put them on and all that great stuff. I honestly have no idea how much he will charge me for doing the clip ons but I think it will be well worth it.

As you can see I went through a pretty expensive process here. If you decided to go get extensions go to a professional who specializes in them. PLEASE don’t make the same mistakes I did. =)

Prices:

Hair: 60.00

Needle: 1.99

Thread: 2.00

Cosmetology school: 90.00

Second Salon: 60.00

Second Bag of hair: 60.00

Third Salon: Free

Clip-Ons: unknown

Total: 273.99

All this could have been avoided if I went to the second salon first. And it would have been 120.00 ish

Questions Comments or Replys

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My Shopping List!

Basically these are just the stuff I am wanting to test out and or buy. Even though my mom thinks I spend enough money lol. Here's how I see it I have money saved for no reason. It's not going anywhere. So if I have some extra cash I'm going shopping :)
Im kinda a shopaholic... For real

Let's get started

I need a brown belt. Kind of a light brown. But I bought an outfit like a week ago and the only thing that will bring it together is a brown belt that I don't have :(

I want to dye my hair as soon as I get my extensions in because my extensions are lighter then my hair. So I want to try the fat foam hair dye.

Next I really need a purse. I am in a painting class and my current purse has tons of paint all over it and my other purses don't match with everything. So I need one of those every day purses.

I also need to but my college books for the summer time. I am taking two classes and I need to get those books ASAP.

I need a white eye liner that is really white bot just white when the sun shines on it lol

I want a light pink lip stick kind of a bubble gum color just to try it out and see how it looks with my face color and.

And last but not least I want to try a bronzed from Mac or nars because the ones I been buys suck really bad.

If you have tried or use these products give me some feed back before I buy :) email me at kb.804@gmail.com
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Hair Extensions

Okay I TOTALLY HATE HAVING SHORT HAIR!

If you fallow me on twitter you already know that I absolutely had to cut my hair. Thats just how dead it was. So I was talking to my friend in painting class about it and I told her I want hair extensions sewen in or whatever so I dont have to worry about putting them in everyday and whatever! She told me that i could get it done at the school she is going to and it would be pretty cheap because the need so many clients.

Needless to say I am going in on Saturday at 9:00 am.

And to be completely honest i have no idea what I am getting in to. I dont know if I bought enough hair. I dont know how much time its going to take. Im going in to this completely blind. lol

I just decided to announce the fact that I am getting it done so if anyone needs to tell me something about it they can email me. And also so if you guys are interested in getting it done you can look forward to my blog post about it. I am going to ask tons of questions and tell you guys everything! =)

I actually got extensions that are to light for me but the lady i bought them from said they would be able to blend it in. If not I will just get my hair dyed one last time. I also had to buy my own needle and thread. Completely reasonable. That all cost me 70 dollars. And at the school I am getting mine done it would normally cost 90 dollars to get it done. But like I said I dont know if I even bought enough hair. I will give you guys all the details later this weekend. promise! =)

Pray for my brave soul haha! I feel this is a little bit sketchy getting it done at a school! :P But I am a trooper and at least Ill have the experience and if it turns out awesome I know for next time where I need to be going. Cant beat the price.

Any questions or comments please email me 

kb.red804@gmail.com

or contact me via twitter

@b_alanna

April Favorites

Been awhile guys. I'm super busy with work and school. I decided to slow down a little a make time for family friends and all of you guys. I missed you guys so much! But let's just get right into it. April favorites!

1.) lenscircle.com circle lens in blue. These are amazing they make my eyes look bigger and they blend in with my green eyes pretty well. The only thing I don't like is that when your pupils are small you see a lot of your real eye color and it looks even more obvious. But I think that is how it is with all contacts. But let me show you a picture with one contact in so you can see the difference.

Please excuse the horrible picture and even worse quality. I took this from my Ipad.

2.) clear care contacts solution. So the first day I got my contacts I went out and bought rite aid brand solution because it was like five bucks and buy one get one free. Well that day my contacts hurt really bad and dried out my eyes beyond belief so I immediately removed them and went on a mission for the best contact solution ever lol. So this one I was able to wear my contacts for 8 hours my eyes wear fine they didn't turn red or get dry at all and I'm absolutely in love with this brand. Plus it's kind of cool to watch it clean your contacts here.

3.) so my next product is revlon color stay liquid foundation. Mine is in 110 ivory. It covers a ton! Lol I have a lot of pimples lately because I have been working the greasy grill at mcdonalds lol. But this covers them very well and it's is not a heavy foundation at all.

4.) revlon colorstay aqua. I love thus the only thing is I definitely got the wrong color. My gay friend told me it looked like I was trying to look like mulan from that Disney movie lol. Well my face is really white because I always wear sun block so I have to get darker foundation so it looks normal lol. But I think this on top of my previous favorite is just awesome last all day and all night with out touch ups. It just always stays perfect. It has a lot of sparkle but I like sparkle. So if you don't do not get this product you will hate it. I know some people really do not like sparkle in their foundation.

5.) cover girl true blend minerals shimmering sands/ mineral blush in 430. This is just a prelacy pretty blush color. I love blush. This one gives you the perfect glow. I like to apply it on top of my next favorite.

6.) elf all over color stick in pink lemon aid. So maybe I'm tripping but sometimes I smell it and think it smells like lemon aid lol. Uhhh I'm probably wrong but really I do think it has a citrus smell to it. But this is a really pretty color and you can use it where ever you want. It can be eye shadow lip stick or blush. My favorite way is to use it as a blush. It is really pretty especially with my other blush on top of it.

7.) revlon just bitten lip stain in passion. Very pretty. I love that I can kiss my little chunkers of a sister and not get any make up on her. Speaking of which ima post a pic of her at the end of this post.

8.) last but not least wet n wild lipstick in 528A. I just love this color very pretty. And it last a long time. For the price it's just amazing.

So those are my April favorites. Not to many because I'm always working I hardly wear any other make up lol. But I'm going to make more of an effort to try new products and all that good stuff.

And heres my baby!! Ok baby sister lol.

My Baby Sister Is Here!

So i have been out for awhile busy with work and school. But in the process my baby sister was born! =)

Baby Madison LeAnne

Spice It Up: Pony Tail

So I work at a fast food restaurant and I know what it’s like to want to spice up that stupid pony tail sometimes! The same hair style day after day just gets so boring. So let’s SPICE IT UP!

I am going to start out with wet hair because I have so many layers if my hair is not wet a bunch of pieces fall out. It’s also good to keep down the fly aways. Even though I will tell you my trick for fly aways. All you do is spray hair spray where every they are. Then you get your all over make-up brush for your face and wipe those fly aways down. That will take care of them I promise! =) Back to the Hair Style though.

Step one is grab the front section of your hair. It can be as thick as you want or as then. I’m going to go with what I think is a small section. But I have really thin hair so mine will come out smaller than yours will. 

Once you have this section you want to want o come it out really good and smooth. Then you want to start braiding it. You want to braid it going toward where the pony tail is going to be that way there are no weird bumps.

Now you want to hole that braid somehow. I just hold it with my teeth. And you want to get your pony tail going. Put it where ever you would like but I’m going to do a middle pony because that’s wear it has to be at work. That, or a low one. But anyway.

Then you just want to add your braid to the pony tail and secure it with a hair band.

:ewww acne scars!)

Now you can keep it like that, or you can make it in to a bun.

Or even a braided bun.

Haha now I just want to show you guys my awesome robot. Its the pic for when I sign on my computer I though it was cute.

I hope you guys like this hair style and enjoy trying it out! =)

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Review: Complexion Perfection

This is a product from E.L.F. It covers redness, dark circles, and shine. I’m not sure what else it does. But I am positive it does one more thing lol. The green is for the redness. The yellow is brightens your face and neutralizes the redness. The pink is for the greyer area of the face. Maybe like dark circles. And the blue is for the orange colors in your skin. So all you do is blend it all together and apply to your face. Here is a before and after pic. Keep in mind I have no other make-up on Just so you guys can see how much it does. Sometimes I even use this powder to set my make-up. I think this is a great product. Especially since it is only 3 dollars and does so much =)

Before:

Sorry about this pic. I look horrible! But yea there is no explanation. I look horrible haha.

After:

So yea its a little powdery looking but it makes tinted moisturizer or cover up do so much more work. You can see it took off alot of shine and redness. It also brightened up my face.

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