February 2015 Favorites!

Hello everyone!

Yes, it is that time of the month again...no not that one (lol)...it's that time for monthly favorites!! Oh my gosh, February went by so fast and I always think that and I don't think I'll ever get over the fact that February is so short! That being said, where the heck is summer?? I'm already over this semester and I just want to lay out in the sun and relax! Okay, enough for my whining, lets get into my favorites!

I don't think any of you know, because I have yet to get a good selfie, but I got my hair cut about a week ago and I am super committed to keeping it healthy so I'll have long gorgeous hair for the summer! They took off about 6 inches and I'm loving the layers and I'm gonna get it trimmed to keep them but I do want my long hair back. To do that I'm using my argan oil from Organix. I mentioned this in my hair care routine post and I still love it! I apply this from ear length to tip after showering, after heat styling and at night before bed after a long stressful day for my hair! I'm almost out of this and I'm definitely getting more of this. I originally bought this from Wal-mart for around $7 and I hope that it's the same price when I get it again!



My next February favorite a recent purchase but I love it! It is another hair product, this time a heat protectant. It is the Got2B Guardian Angel heat protectant. Like I said I'm really trying to keep my hair healthy and this stuff is definitely helping! Since my hair is shorter I've been straightening it more for a few reasons. 1.) it's easier to maintain throughout the day when it's straight, 2.) if I were to let my hair air dry right now, I'd have a white girl afro! and 3.) heat styling it and other way would take way too long in the morning! Using this product keeps my hair shiny, tangle free, and keeps my ends from drying out. The smell of it isn't the best but it's not bad and I'm getting used to it to the point where I kind of enjoy it now... is that weird? I don't know, let's move on! The only picture I have of this product is from my Instagram feed so I'll post it:

My next favorite is the Eyes Lips Face (E.L.F) baked eyeshadows! I did a review of these on my last post so I'm not going to say too much about them except for that they are amazing and for $3 awesome quality of both the product and the packaging!

My final favorite for February is a lipstick I picked up from Walmart. It is Dark Wine by Wet n Wild. It is kind of middle ground between a dark red and a vampy lip color, for those of you who either can't or won't wear super dark lips. It is literally what it says, a lip color that looks like wine! It's a super pretty semi-dark red. It is a seriously gorgeous color and I've been wearing it a ton, although I don't layer it on like I did for the swatch pictures! For a daily look, I apply some to the center of my lips and blend it out with my finger. By the way, Walmart has Wet n Wild products for a little bit cheaper than Walgreens, so when Walgreens isn't having a sale and I feel like checking out whats new from WnW I go to Walmart! Also it seems (at least in my area) that my Walgreens isn't up to date on what's new either which bugs me, but what can I do? lol and I'm so sorry about the crappy picture of the lipstick on the left, it's snowing like crazy here and I have NO natural light! I hope the lip swatch gives you a better idea of how nice the color is!

Anyways guys, I'm sorry that I didn't share a lot of stuff this month but not much has changed with routine because school's got me like (fill in the blank!). I hope you enjoyed this post and keep an eye out for my very first lipstick post (it will have lip swatches!). As always you can reach out to me on my social media, I comment back to everyone:)


Xoxo,
Brigette

My Hair Care Routine!

Hello everyone!

I hope you’re all having a fabulous morning. I’m here to bring you my haircare routine! I’m going to include everything from what I use to wash my hair to what I brush my hair with. So let’s get into it!

I think we should start with my hair background. I have pretty long and thick hair that is starting to look damaged from heat styling and just because it's so long. Does anyone else notice that when their hair gets to a certain length it starts to look damaged? I don't know, maybe it's just me. Anyway, let's get into what I use on my hair.

I think it's important to say what I use to brush my hair because brushing your hair can have damaging effects if done with the wrong tool. I use a wide toothed comb 99% of the time (unless I am combing through my hair after applying argan oil which I will explain later!)  Combing this way protects my hair from splitting because if you comb your hair from root to tip, the knots that are further up on the hair shaft are dragged through, which causes split ends.

I brush my hair before my shower because doing this lowers the risk of my hair snapping while in the shower because of untangled knots. Hair is much weaker in the shower because it is wet and wet hair is much more susceptible to snapping, this causing split ends.

In the shower, my hair routine isn’t anything complicated. I only use two products; Suave damage control shampoo and Naked Naturals Citrus & Keratin fortifying conditioner. I buy this conditioner from Job Lot (it's like a local bargin outlet with some amazing stuff!) a from the price sticker you can see another reason why I love this stuff so much! For $2 I get a thick moisturizing conditioner that makes my hair super shiny and healthy looking, even when my hair is looking crappy. Also it's all natural and cruelty free! One more thing: the smell of this shampoo is freaking heavenly! It smells like you just filled whatever room you're currently in with a million oranges! If you have the chance to smell this, you will definitely buy it!

I start by wetting my hair and using the conditioner all over my head.

I let it sit for a few minutes and then shampoo only the scalp of the head. This both cleans my roots and washes out the conditioner. 

I then apply more conditioner only to the tips of my hair  (from the nape of my neck down) and let it sit for however long I want. I’ve noticed time doesn’t make a difference when conditioner is on my tips. Double conditioning protects my hair from the shampoo and leaves it extra soft and UNTANGLED which is major for my thick hair!

After I get out of the shower I wrap my hair in a towel (I can’t get a hold of putting a T-shirt on my head, still trying though!), I get dressed and then take the towel off and shake my hair (much like a dog..) to untangle it before I comb it.

Then, I take a dime sized amount of argan oil and apply it from ear length to the tip of my hair. I know a dime size amount seems like a lot but my hair is very long and very thick so it sucks it all up. 

After I put the oil in my hair I take a normal (fine toothed) comb and comb my hair to distribute the oil. Sometimes but not very often I'll take a palmful of the argan oil and distribute it from root to tip and throw it up in a bun. I leave it in for as long as I can before I need to shower (if I have to leave the house) or I'll sleep with it overnight.

Once everything has been applied and combed I usually let my hair air dry because I hate using a blow dryer. However if I need to go out soon I’ll go old fashion and “scrunch” my hair with hair gel which encourages my hair to dry with the shape of my natural waves/curls.

Okay guys, that’s all I do for my hair care routine! If you have anything you think I would like or anything you would like me to review, as always leave a comment and I will definitely reply! Thank you so much for reading and I hope you have an amazing day!

Xoxo,

Brig