My Hair Care Routine

As someone who went to cosmetology school, hair care is not something I've talked about a lot here on my blog. Why? I do not know.

Today I'm sharing my hair care routine. My routine is something I've minimized a lot over the past few years, and even more so recently. I love a ton of different hair products, and always will, but these 5 that I'm about to show are ones that I've been using recently the most. 

Products 

Shampoo and conditioner- I've been using these Garnier Whole Blends products for a few months and I absolutely love them. I have the honey treasures one that is for strengthening and healing damaged hair. 

Hair Oil- I use the Wen Sixthirteen ultra nourishing hair oil. This smells amazing and it great for keeping my hair smoothe, and helps with dryness. 

Dry Shampoo- this one is from Dove. It's been a long time favorite of mine. I usually switch between purchasing this one and Batiste. 

Hairspray- I've been using the John Frieda fizz ease firm holding hair spray for years. 

My Routine

Washing and conditioning

-I wash my hair 2-3 times a week. When I'm using Conditoner on my hair, I'll let it sit in my hair for 5 minutes before rinsing it out. This has made a huge different in my hair.   

-After I'm out of the shower I let my hair air dry. I also do not brush or comb it out. I let it untangle it's self while its air drying. This way, I'm not yanking on tangles for 10 minutes. I also do not use any leave in conditioners anymore either. With letting the conditioner sit in my hair for 5 minutes and not combing my wet hair, a leave in isn't needed anymore. 

Heat and Styling 

-I only use heat and style my hair 2-3 times a week now. Since I'm home most days, I just leave my hair be and only style it when I'm going somewhere. 

-I use hair oil before I straighten my hair, and afterwards if it's been heat styled a few days in a row. 

-I do use dry shampoo everyday (besides when it's freshly washed) so it doesn't get greasy. 

And that pretty much sums up my hair care routine! It's nothing fancy and I'm trying to get my hair healthy since its dry and damaged. The shampoo and conditioner I've been using has helped a lot, and so had reducing the amount of heat I use on it. 

What is your hair care routine? Let me know in the comments! 

New Blog + Summer Beauty Essentials

 Hello Everyone! First I wanted to say Welcome to my new blog! I have a love for makeup and anything beauty related, and I have also been wanting to create a blog for a while now so I am really excited about this! 

For my first post, I am going to do a list of my Summer Beaty Essentials for you all. 

When the summer season comes, I tend to change up some of my most used products from the winter and fall seasons.

I find that sometimes the sun can dry out and damage our hair! To keep my hair healthy I always make sure I use a leave in conditioner. My favorite ones is It's a 10 because it helps repair dry and damaged hair as well as reduce frizz which is always a plus for summer. This is a great product that also does a lot more great things for your hair. Another great product for summer is a Sea Salt spray. This gives you a natural beachy wave and textured look. My two favorites are the Not your Mothers Beach Babe and the Healthy Sexy Hair Soy Renewal Beach Spray.

   

     

I think that keeping your skin and lips moisturized and hydrated is also important during the summer months. You skin will achieved a better and even looking tan if it stays moisturized. Also sunscreen is really important in the summer if your skin is sensitive to the sun like mine is. I use the Neutrogena Ultra Sheer dry touch sunscreen. This is nice because it does not have the sunscreen smell to it, and it does not leave any greasy feel to your skin like most sunscreens do. (I hate the smell and feel of sunscreen!) I also like to keep my body and hands moisturized with the Soap and Glory Hand Food lotion and any lotion with a summer scent is nice. (Bath and Body Works lotion shown in picture in the scent Coconut Vanilla, yum!) For my face I like to use an oil control moisturizer with SPF in it like the Cetaphil Derma Control moisturizer.  For my lips I like to used the Lush lip scrub to exfoliated my lips. This keeps the dead skin off and I follow up with a lip balm to make them smooth and hydrated. 

Whether you are wearing a lighter coverage/BB Cream or a full coverage foundation it is also important to have SPF included in them. Especially if you are like me and do not like to put sunscreen on your face. I think most BB creams have SPF in them, but my favorite one is the Revlon Photo Ready bb cream (SPF 30). I also like the Covergirl outlast foundation, it has an SPF of 20. I always used a makeup setting spray after applying my makeup to help to last through the day. Right now I have the Urban Decay De Slick makeup setting spray, but I actually prefer to use the All Night Spray. And please excuse how dirty the bottle looks in this picture!! Lol.

Bronzer is a great product for summer to give you face a nice and healthy looking bronze or glow. I am really loving the Hoola Bronzer by Benefit, and I like to use the Park Ave. Princess by Tarte lightly on my face because it has a pretty shimmer to it. 

I love wearing highlighters and brighter colored blush in the summer. Nars Albatross is my favorite highlighter for a pretty glow on my cheeks. I love Coralista by Benefit for a nice coral color, and I like the Tarte Amazonian Clay blush in Dollface for a brighter pink. 

Waterproof and long wearing eye products is a must for my summer makeup. If you are going to be outside all day or going swimming and want your makeup to last then these products will help. The Maybelline Color Tattoo cream eyeshadows make for a great long wearing eyeshadow as well as an eyeshadow base/primer. I love the Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliners for my waterline, and a waterproof liquid eyeliner like the one from Marabella shown in the picture. Revlon Fabulash waterproof mascara is a great product as well. 

I tend to wear brighter nails polishes sometimes in the summer. I'm not much of a bright nail polish person but sometimes I get in the mood for something brighter. I really have been obsessed with the Essie polish In the Cab-Ana (bright blue on the left) it's such a pretty color. I also love Essie Tart Deco (middle) and China Glaze Shocking Pink.

This is all for my Summer Essentials post! I hope you all enjoyed and thank you so much for reading!