Curly Hair Products & Technique
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xsparkage
Posted July 25th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Since I started wearing my hair curly I have been asked numerous times about what products I use and how to achieve a similar look. I have tried SO many hair products for curly hair it's ridiculous, but currently I have a set few that have been working really well for me.
Living proof Styling Cream & Styling Treatment for medium to thick hair
I got these a few months ago and they have been working out really well for me. I usually use about a nickle size of the cream and a dime ...
Hair Dye Lifters: Color Oops & LOreal Color Zap
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xsparkage
Posted January 29th, 2010 at 11:16 pm
I have to make a video on these soon, I'm seriously AMAAAZED that I never heard about these products before, I sure could have used them in the past!
I was walking through Ulta the other day and saw this product called Color Oops that I had never seen before. Basically, it claimed that it could lift out hair dye and leave you with your natural color by shrinking color molecules or something so they just wash out without damaging your hair. Seeing as how I have been wanting to brighten up my c...
Deep Conditioners
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xsparkage
Posted May 19th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
In all my years of religiously dying my hair, you can imagine how many different deep conditioners I have tried! Here are a list of some of my favorites.
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Curly Hair How To’s
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xsparkage
Posted April 30th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
Curly hair can be a real pain if you don't know how to take care of it. I remember back in my high school days having either just about a fro of unruly curls, or crunchy weighed down spirals that had WAY too much mouuse. Over the years I have learned a thing or two about curly hair, so of course I am going to share with you! :)
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Smoke and Mirrors
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xsparkage
Posted April 10th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Chelsea needed me to do her makeup for a fashion show she was doing at school, so I decided to make a tutorial out of it :)
In this I use products from Bee Luscious.You can see swatches of the items I have here. They are having a sale, so if you put in coupon code spring2009 (all lowercase!) and you get an additional 10% off. The site is already giving 25% off everything, so that is a 35% discount! It's good until May 1st. :)
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Beauty From The Earth: Spring 2009 Collection
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xsparkage
Posted April 10th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
The Spring 2009 collection from Beauty From The Earth was inspired by a trip to Hawaii. The collection is incredibly tropical, bright and fun, and it really makes me want to take a vacation down in Hawaii (while I'm there, maybe I could run into Josh Holloway. mmm Sawyer) ;)
Aaanyways, here are some swatches for you guys, and two looks that I will have tutorials for shortly! :)
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Mock-Entry for Josh’s Contest
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xsparkage
Posted March 24th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
I can't really enter because I'm a judge, but Josh will beat my head in if i dont enter for inspirational purposes :)
Here's the picture this look is based off of, don't forget to enter yourself! Really cool prizes will be given away :)
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Makeup Removers
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xsparkage
Posted March 21st, 2009 at 6:34 am
A question that I am asked a lot is "how do you get all your makeup off so easily?" I always kinda get confused at that question because really, taking OFF my makeup is the easiest step of all! Here are the products I keep handy for taking off makeup, including waterproof, fixing mistakes, and just taking everything off at once.
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Duo Chromes and Dark Bases
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xsparkage
Posted January 3rd, 2009 at 7:47 pm
OMG, i totally forgot to upload this to show you guys, haha. I uploaded this look on the Beauty From the Earth Youtube Channel a few weeks ago but never uploaded it on mine to share with you guys. I didn't get very great pictures of this look for whatever reason, but it's super easy to do and shows how cool duochrome colors can be.
Just FYI: duochrome shadows are colors that have a different colored shimmer in them. So like the color Gorgeous Gold from mac- it's a gold with green shimmer (like ...
Holiday Party Look & Hair
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xsparkage
Posted December 1st, 2008 at 3:37 pm
This look is soo easy, yet so classy! My sister came in my room after I finished the tutorial, and the first thing she said was "Oh! You look so christmasy!" My sister is a HUUGE holiday fanatic, so that means sucess on my part!
Makeup is with purminerals, and the hair is with hot tools 5/8" and 1/2" curling irons (available here, 10% off your whole purchase today!!!)
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