Day 23 of My Beauty Challenge

These are the main things I use in my hair, I use 2 different kinds of heat protecter. Both from Matrix, I use the Cera heat thermal-active repair cream when my hair is wet. It really cuts the blow drying time in half, then if I will be straightening or curling my hair I put in the Total Results Iron smoother. If I will be wearing my hair straight I will add John Frieda Frizz Ease Straight Fixation, it does a GREAT job of keeping my hair frizz free and my "babies" at bay. My "babies" are the small hairs around the face, its hard to keep them under control! If I plan on teasing my hair REALLY big that day I will had Pureology Antifade Complex PureVolume to my wet hair. It does a great job of giving me extra volume and body while I blow dry my hair. My hair spray that I top it all off with is BigSexyHair! I can not live with out this, I actually have a small travel size in my purse at all times. And for my weekly/biweekly hair treatments I use a combo of 3 things, Aussie 3 minute miracle One'n Only Argan Oil Oil Treatment, and One'n Only BrazilianTech Keratin Deep Conditioning Treatment. First I put the oil all over my ends, I really drench it, then I will add the Aussie 3 minute miracle all over, and last I use the Brazilian Tech all over as well. I will then get a wet towel and wrap it around my head, make sure its really wrung out. And I will take a blow dryer to the wrapped towel, it gives you that salon chair dryer effect. The warm really helps penetrate your hair without the heat actually touching it because you have the wet towel. Hope you enjoyed my hair products!

Day 1 - Dye Hair

Day 2 - Day Makeup Look

Day 3 - Nail

Day 4 - Hairstyle

Day 5 - Night Makeup Look

Day 6 - Favorite Shoes

Day 7 - No Makeup

Day 8 - Blush

Day 9 - Carry In Handbag

Day 10 - Favorite Food

Day 11 - Eye Makeup

Day 12 - Inside Shower

Day 13 - Toe Nails

Day 14 - Morning Skincare Routine

Day 15 - Inside Beauty Cabinet

Day 16 - Sparkle

Day 17 - Bronzer

Day 18 - Body Products

Day 19 - Sun Protection

Day 20 - Hair Tools

Day 21 - Perfume

Day 22 - Holy Grail Beauty

Day 23 - Hair Products

Day 24 - Shades of Spring

Day 25 - Lipstick

Day 26 - An Item on Wish List

Day 27 - Photo That Makes You Laugh

Day 28 - Place Where You Want to Live

Day 29 - Favorite Drink

Day 30 - Favorite Piece of Jewelry

Hair and There

Biolage Cera Heat
   I love trying new heat protectant products, and when I saw this one from Biolage I had to pick it up. There are so many things I love about this product. First the smell...ahhhhh I have always been a fan of the smell of Biolage products, they just smell so clean. This heat protectant actually has a little hold to it as well, and I have hair on the thinner side and for others of you that do as well I'm sure you know anything with a hold in it makes our hair feel fuller. I am EXTREMELY rough on my hair when it comes to heat. Because I have a wave to my hair I blow dry my hair, then straighten it, and then I use a curling iron. My hair was damaged from over heating when I found this and was just getting worse. But when I started using this the damage didn't continue. So I would really recommend this product, but because its a cream you need to apply to wet hair and if you are going to straighten or curl your hair after I suggest a spray heat protectant as well.

Aussie 3 Minute Miracle
   These Aussie commercials get me...EVERY TIME! I love the smell of their products, very fruity. My hair was seriously over processed since I went from off black hair to blonde for my wedding. So I needed to find something to really help heal my hair. In the beginning I used this every night along with my regular conditioner for a week and started to see results...FAST. Then I started using it instead of my conditioner once a week and the dryness and split ends seemed to diminish. So because this made such a dramatic transformation to my hair I have told everyone about it. It really has the same if not better effect as a hair masque.

One 'N Only Argan Oil
   I think everyone that has had damaged hair has been told to try an argan oil. Because of the condition my hair was in I wanted to get something thicker that would do more, so I decided to get a squeeze bottle instead of the spray. Because it doesn't lightly mist your hair it does make it look and feel very oily, which yes makes sense since its an oil, I don't know if it only made my hair look that way since its so thin and fine. I only use a small pea size amount for my entire head. It really worked wonders, it smells amazing and after washing it out made my hair so silky soft and very manageable. I have actually bought this for people as little gift extras and have never heard a bad response back.

Joico Joimist Firm
   I was doing my weekly walk through at Ulta to see if there was anything I wanted to try...and BAM I saw this hair spray. Well normally hair spray doesn't jump out at people, but I will buy anything that donates money to a breast cancer foundation (even if its something I would never wear, like those silly bandz!) It came in a cute pink bottle and had the pink ribbon on the bottle. The level of hold I purchased was a level 5, and just so you know they only go to level 6,  and I have to highly disagree with that. I loved the way it smelled but there was nothing great about the hold. When I would first spray it was a very good hold then about an hour later the hair spray seemed to be gone. My hair fell flat, and my hair holds a pretty good curl and this hair spray just weighed it down. I don't regret buying it but only for the simple fact that they donated to a breast cancer research company. I still have a lot left in the can, but only use it at the roots when I'm going to tease my hair or to hold down my babies if I wear my hair in a pony tail. But for just a few dollars more I would definitely keep buying the Big Sexy Hair.