Dirty Dirt

Is your flat iron dirty?  With build up from products?  If it is, it is probably not performing as well as it has in the past. Due to the heat not being able to break though that grime.  YUCK!

What I have found that works is this concoction of baking soda and hydrogen peroxide.
1. Mix the peroxide in with the baking soda till you form a paste like substance.  
2.  Then you will simply take the paste and rub it on to the build up on the flat iron.  (This may take a bit of elbow grease)

3.  Now when you have removed all of the build up, take a damp rag and wipe of any residue from the concoction. 

4.  Dry it off with a dry towel. 

Vah-lah!  You have a "like new clean flat iron!"  I hope I have help to get some more life out of this great tool for you! 

Blow OUT!

The Brazilian Blowout!  This has got to be my most favorite in salon treatment of my time.  As a stylist I have several clients that struggle with frizzy hair.  In addition, I have incredibly frizzy hair.  I have used this treatment myself.  It is incredible!  It recently has won the stylist choice award and... has been featured in articles around the world.  It can take unmanageable frizzy hair and make it healthy while still maintaining the volume and hold that your hair always had and providing shine! 

Why is this treatment different form other smoothing treatments on the market you say??

They are the ONLY Professional Smoothing Treatment
that actually improves the health of the hair.
No Damage!

Entire in-salon treatment is completed in just 90 minutes! (for average lenght/thickness hair)

No down time! The minute you leave the salon, you can wash and air dry your hair, and it will be smooth, frizz-free and radiant!

Results last up to 12 weeks.

Leaves hair smooth, shiny, and frizz-free!

What is also nice is unlike other straightening products you do not have a grow out.  It just slowly looses its strength..  So no unsightly frizzy "roots".. 

If you are someone who would benefit form this service I encourage you to check out their website http://www.brazilianblowout.com  and contact a certified  Brazilian Blowout stylist like myself at, Bloom Studio Salon.  Or one in your area! 

Doing it Up, Style!

This weekend was full of weddings for me!  Which is always FUN!  My husband's cousin got hitched so, we attended that wedding. In addition to doing hair for a wedding at the salon...

Weddings are our time as adults to get all prettied up go out with our special someone.  But, always remember if you are not the Bride don't ever try to out do her and defiantly don't duplicate her hairstyle.  I know even as a brides maid you want to look gorgeous.  Take a step back because truly no one is really looking at you.  All eyes are on her.  She has spent months or sometimes years anticipating the way she will look, extra time and money practicing it.  Let her shine.

Therefore, lets learn some DIY wedding/party hair!  This is where that teasing blog I did will come into handy and also products I always tell you about that are so important.

Check out this link... martha stewart weddings  this is a  really good resource.  There is step by step and pictures.  Also some beauty tip too... never can get too many of them!

 If your hair is shorter and you are unable to achieve these looks at home.  Get a good accessory!  like a head band or broach and pin it into the side of your hair.

One pound at a time

Today I am going to go a bit off the hair subject.  Because I do believe in order to really love your hair, style and life you have to love yourself.  At this point in my life I have learned that I feel like being in shape and feeling healthy are important to me.  So when Jeremy (my husband) was deployed this year.  I decided to commit to getting in shape and loosing weight.  It also helped that my BIG 30 birthday would approach right before his return.

I began this mission the day he left. Thanks to a pretty awesome sister  (sister-in-law, but she treats me like one.  So she earned the title) Trina. She kept me motivated and analysed every calorie that touched my lips.  Because, "What touches your lips for a minute, lives in your hips for a lifetime."   We did the Turbo Fire workout by Beach Body 6-7 days a week burning about 600 calories in about 40 min.  Also cutting calories back about 500 a week.  I did enjoy certain foods on occasion but, I was on a mission and nothing would get in my way.  I believe you need to feel like that to really loose weight because, it is hard work.  I learned you can read all the get skinny quick tricks, drinks, detox and pinterest workouts.  But the only way to skinny/healthy is hard work (no joke).  

Before Jeremy left I was the heaviest that  I had ever been in my life; aside from being pregnant.  So I was successful in loosing nearly 30#.  He has now returned safe and sound and I would like to loose just 10 more pounds.  This is feeling harder than the first round.  Why???  Because I feel pretty good about myself and my accomplishments.  And for once in several years I can look at myself in the mirror (naked) and not feel disgusting.  Some of you might think she did not look bad... But, seriously I just wanted to share my story to say no matter how big or small you are it is all about how you feel about YOU in your own skin!  So if you are feeling Blah!  There is no time like now, to get up and get healthy!   

So today starts round 2, for me.  I run a few days a week.  Started Insanity today which I hate but, it feels good when you get it out of the way.  So here goes nothing! Who is coming with me!?!

Teasing {101}

Who does not like great volume?  When you leave the salon you feel so peaked up but for some reason you have trouble recreating the look at home.  Well besides all the great product that we use learning how to tease  will help you recreate salon style at home. Teasing back combing and ratting (terrible word) are all the same.  This is a way to build a foundation to any hairstyle.   Your stylist will tease your hair after it is completely dry to give it that massive volume that we love.

This visual may help.

1. You will want to take a rat tail comb and section off zone #1. Pin it up and out of the way.

2. Then you need to take about 1 in. sections of zone 2 and from the left temple all the way around to the right temple. Be sure to spray each teased section with hair spray.

3. Comb hair back about one inch from the scalp to the scalp each section about 10 times.

{Do not be worried about what this looks like because it will not look pretty yet.}

4.  You will then un-clip zone 1  and smooth hair gently over the teased hair with a brush and into place zone one will cover the messy teasing. 

This will help to give you awesome volume for dressy, regular or just pulling your hair into a pony tail days. 

Tah-dah!!!! Teased Hair...

So Happy to be back!

Hello....

I have missed you!  We finally are all moved into the new home and, we love it!  Not a huge change for us as we moved to a home in the same town as I grew up in.  But, it is a bigger newer home and way more organized.  I have some things that I want to do to the inside (of course).  It would not be like me to just let it be, now would it?!  So I will be sure to post my exciting adventures.  But, I will be back to blogging, now that I have internet all up and running over here, sorry it took so long.

So, be sure to check back tomorrow as, I have a pretty cool blog in store for ya on teasing.   Stay tuned and  send your friends because it is not nice to keep all these beauty tips a secret, RIGHT!?

Check out this Bun!

This is a very simple Up-Style.  

All you need is two hair ties and two bobby pins.  If you have very straight hair;  blow it out with product to give it as much volume as possible and then curl before continuing to the next steps (I did curl some of my hair before starting because, I did not want to top to be flat.)

Start off with a simple pony tail

 Using another hair tie secure the hair in a half loop (just don't pull it through all the way)

Now work the hair around in a bun shape.  This does not have to be neat. 

And secure with 2 bobby pins at the top and bottom.  If you feel like it is more secure if you add more, go for it!