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I love you girls.
Not only because you take time out of your busy schedules to read me, but because you girls help me just as much as I help you.
When I reviewed the It’s a 10 Miracle Serum, you girls left comments and emails telling me I needed to try the It's a 10 Miracle Leave In Product.
I’m always iffy about leave ins.
Sometimes they leave my hair too greasy with no bounce at all.
But after receiving over twenty emails about the leave in, I knew I had to get my hands on it, and I did.
I used it the day of a huge event.
I washed my hair, sprayed the leave in, in my hair, and then put some rollers on.
I sat under the dryer watching Desperate Housewives on Lifetime while it dried.
I love that show.
When I took the rollers out, Holy Shining!
Hair was shining, seriously vibrant, not greasy at all. I loved it. After I blew dry my hair to a style, it just looked beautiful. I should have taken a pic of my hair only but I was in a rush. Hubby took this pic of me though as I was leaving the house. I hope you can still see the fabulousness of my hair that day.
I needed my hair to look perfect that day because I had a very important meeting, and it sure did. I've never gotten so many compliments on my hair. It’s a ten is no joke. I’m obsessed with the leave in, and the serum, and because of that, I’m having a giveaway. You can win all of It’s a ten products on my site.
You will get the following.
The It's a Ten Miracle Moisture Shampoo
The It's a 10 Miracle Daily Conditioner
The It's a 10 Miracle Hair Mask
It's a 10 Miracle Leave In Pink Product Breast Cancer Awareness Month Edition.
It's a 10 Miracle Hair Serum
It's an over $150.00 Giveaway. Just leave a random comment here. Doesn't matter what it says. You can write something like "Milly, I'm having a great day. " Anything! And for extra entries, follow me on twitter @beautylogicblog and write “I’m entering @BeautyLogic It’s a 10 Hair Product Giveaway." Winner is announced Monday. Make sure you let me know you did that by leaving another comment.
Hope you win,
Hugs,
Milly
I asked you girls what we should add on BEAUTYLOGIC. And many of you said, I should post about new products so heres my new series "New Product to Watch out For". Let's meet Zensation.
Zensation
NEW Hydrating Moisture Cream SPF 15 PA+
What it is: This luxurious and fast absorbing cream hydrates and prevents premature signs of aging. Palmityol Pentapeptide smoothes wrinkles while Sodium Hyaluronate and Plant Ceramides moisturize to preserve youthful, healthy skin. The perfect everyday moisturizer, Zensation Hydrating Moisture Cream SPF 15 PA+ is absorbed by skin quickly, creating a perfectly prepped face for makeup application.
Key ingredients:
Palmityol Pentapeptide-4
Plant Ceramides
Sodium Hyaluronate
Lavendar Oil
Roman Chamomile Oil
Jojoba Seed Oil
How to use it: Apply every morning on thoroughly cleansed and toned skin
· Suitable for all skin types
· No harmful preservatives used
· Alcohol, colorant, synthetic fragrance, mineral oil and paraben free
· Contains naturally derived fragrance and essential oils for an aromatherapy experience
· Fully developed and manufactured in Switzerland
Price: $85 for 1.7oz
Available at www.zensationbeaute.co
Girls, I’d like to start this off by saying that I will no longer be reviewing wax places anymore.
Why? You ask.
Because I have finally found the best wax place in NYC and possibly in the world.
What makes it so great?
The wax was painless.
Yes, I said Painless. And I am not kidding.
You say impossible.
I would have said the same thing until I met Allah at Dyanna Spa.
Let’s get right to it.
So it’s been 11 weeks since I had Lil Man. Since Little man came early, I couldn't go to Completely Bare to get my prebaby wax (which I had booked three days before my due date), so I hadn’t waxed in over 4 months. Anyway, when there’s that much hair, you get a little nervous about the pain even if you’re a waxing veteran like me. Also, I just had a baby so I was a little scared about using a wax so close to that area. But, after not being able to take it anymore, I decided mama needed to be bare. So, I was going to book an apt with Completely Bare again, but then I kept reading about Dyanna Spa. It was voted “Best Waxing Place in NYC “ time and time again. So I contacted them, and they agreed to give me my post pregnancy wax.
When I walked in I was greeted by the lovely receptionist Irina, who was incredibly sweet. She introduced me to my aesthetician Allah (yes that’s her name, and the truth is Allah is truly the "Allah" of Waxing). Allah was incredibly sweet, and she led me to my waxing room which was really pretty. I told Allah I just had a baby and hadn’t been waxed in over 4 months. She told me that the wax would be painless. I looked at her and laughed and said, “Honey I’ve been waxing for years, and it’s never truly painless.” She kept assuring me that it would be. When we began to wax, Allah told me if I felt more comfortable, I could squeeze her arm. Now Dyanna spa uses a sensitive wax that literally becomes hard when they put it on, and all they have to do is just rip it off quickly. When she told me she was going to begin, I held my breath. However, when she began removing the wax, I was in shock. Literally it felt as if I was getting my eyebrows waxed. That’s how painless it was. And that’s surprising, considering, I hadn’t been waxed in months. All in all, this wax took no more than 15 minutes, and at the end of it, I was completely hairless, and it did not hurt at all.
This is truly the best wax job I’ve ever gotten, and since I have found it, I will no longer be reviewing waxing because I don’t believe there is a better place.
Go to Dyanna to get waxed. Tell them Beautylogic sent you. Make sure you see Allah. She is truly the Allah of Waxing.
Hugs,
#visit provided for editorial review. however, this had nothing to do with my review. This place rocks
I'll be gone till next Wed.
I know I know I'm slacking.
But I'm focused on something and really need it to work out.
In the meantime here are a few of my favorite post where I'm giving advice.
Maybe I'll become an advice columnist soon
Don't Compare Yourself To Others
Always Take Care of Yourself No Matter What
Kim Snyder Smoothie (I love Kim)
Vision Boards and You
Are You Following Your Dreams?
Coconut Oil for Hair
Negate the Negativity Out of Your Life ASAP
Hope this helps,
Hugs, and Have a great weekend.
Lots of giveaways and reviews coming next week.
DE
Pacifica is one of those companies that always seem to get scents right. I own most of their fragrances, and not only are they natural and vegan, but they are always long lasting, and for the most part, usually smell exactly like their description. So when I read about the newest fragrance California Star Jasmine which is described as " a love note to the Southern California neighborhood where she grew up. This sunny perfume blends the laid-back beauty of jasmine with the subtle earthiness of driftwood freshly washed onto the shore. Bright notes of orange playfully emerge at the top" You know I had to get my hands on it!
I’m a huge fan of anything jasmine scented. So the combination sounded like a dream, and it surely was. It’s such a fresh and natural scent. It doesn’t remind me of Cali. (I’ve never been. I was supposed to go my senior year in college, but my girlfriends and I ended up going to Miami instead.) However, when I apply this, it does bring back memories of the time I spent on the white sandy beaches of Mexico. Where the water is bluer than the sky and the wind seems to blow at a perfect speed. I love the added citrus notes to this as well. It gives such a great kick to the fragrance. All in all the combination is a dream, and I believe this will be my HG shade for the rest of the summer.
Have you tried Pacifica scents?
What were your thoughts?
Hugs,
De
Hey guys, this is a guest post from Cassie Freeman. Learn more about Cassie on www.cassiefreeman.com
I have coarse dry unruly unkind hair. I have used most if not close to all the products on the market for natural kinky hair. I did my big chop off last November and have been so frustrated with the up keep of my hair that I was about to go back to a relaxers. However, I was asked to try out the salon Hair Rules to see if their before and after pictures on line are true, and if the beautiful spirals on the site can actually be had by a girl with hair like mine. I thought my hair could never look like the " after pictures" on the site, but in the end, I was wrong.
Dickey (owner of Hair Rules) is amazing when it comes to kinky afro-ish hair and is brilliant when it comes to all types of curls and hair texture (from Sarah Jessica Parker curly to Afro Puffs curly). The best thing about him is that he evaluates each customer’s head of hair. You do not get your hair done here with out a consultation. To me it was more like therapy. He asked me about my hair and I said “I have African American hair..” and he stops me cold and says, “ No Africa is a continent with many different hair textures you have kinky good hair”. I was in shock. My natural hair has been called many things but “good hair” is not one of them.
We begin in his beautiful ultra fab, modern salon. At the sink bowl, he washes my hair with his Hair Rules No Suds Daily Cleansing Cream. He tells me that my hair can be drenched in water every day. He says curly hair need moisture and water and great conditioner is the way! Who knew! I was always told water was the enemy. The great thing about Dickey is he brings in facts where myths have been in the past. He then followed that with his amazing conditioner Quench! I think my hair had an orgasm. All of a sudden my curls were already starting to look spirally and much more defined. I was so excited he let me go look in the mirror, and then after he whispered in my ear “you have good hair”. I could have cried. I never thought of myself as having issues about my hair, but hello, who doesn’t especially if you are a black woman. It is so rare to see natural black hair being prized in the media. However because of some artist like Erykah Badu, Jill Scott and India Ari to name a few they changed the covers of magazine because it is difficult to control singing artist images. And so then girls like me think hey! Maybe I can be fine with out a chemical!
Ok! Back to my hair after he washed out my hair he added his Hair Rules Nourishment Leave in Conditioner…OMG! Nothing makes my hair feel silky smooth but this leave in did, again, I almost cried!! His assistant flat ironed my hair so he could trim my ends. He says this is the best way to get a more exact trim and cut for us curlies. Afterwards, we went back to the soap bowl again wet my hair and added the miraculous Hair Rules Curly Whip and Bam! There were my curls, they were long and spiral, my hair that usually is just a dry fro had defined spirals. He made me get up and shake my hair to loosen up the curls a bit more and so I can see how fabulously glamorous my new curls look. Afterwards he put me under the dryer for about 15 minutes and voila I was beautiful with my new curls.
Hair Rules Salon |
828 9th Avenue
New York, NY 10019-5587
(212) 315-2929
New York, NY 10019-5587
(212) 315-2929
If you'd like to guest post for beautylogic, kindly send your submissions to beautylogicblog@yahoo.com
Hugs,
DE
salon provided service for editorial review.
salon provided service for editorial review.
I’ve decided to name my hair.
Don’t look at me that way.
She’s thick, full, and gorgeous.
Especially since I started drinking my morning smoothie.
She deserves a name.
So we’ll call her Linette.
Because I love that name.
And that’s my favorite character on Desperate Housewives.
Recently I was a bad girl and I made Linette sleep on cotton pillows
Instead of silk ones.
My silk ones were dirty and darnit, I ws too tired to wash them.
(You would be too with a newborn. )
When Linette awoke from her slumber, she wasn’t feeling her usual shiny bright self.
She looked dull and all over the place.
Step in It’s a 10 Miracle Styling Serum.
It’s a 10 claims to do 10 things for your hair.
1) Add shine
2) Control Frizz
3) Seal the Cuticle
4) Nourish the Hair
5) No Build Up
6) Resist Humidity
7) Smoothes the Hair
8) Protect the color
9) Alcohol Free
10) Creates Slip (What the hell is ‘create slip?”)
Anyway, after I applied this to Linette, she was feeling a lot better.
She was gleaming with shine and her cowlicks were in control.
This serum really does add some major shine to the hair, and when I applied, it smoothed out a lot of my stray hairs too.
All in all I like it.
Have you tried It’s a 10 products?
What were your thoughts?
We may do a giveaway soon for some of these.
Hugs,
DE
product provided by pr for review
Lil Man recently got his shots.
5 in one day!
He took it like a champ.
But at the end of the night.
He was miserable.
Screaming uncontrollably.
He was moving his body
in ways I had never seen before.
And he kept screaming.
I gave him infants acetaminophen.
He kept screaming.
I turned on his white noise cd.
He kept screaming.
I hugged him.
He kept screaming.
I swaddled him.
He kept screaming.
I rocked him.
He kept screaming.
I walked him around my apartment 20 times.
He kept screaming.
I offered him 20 bucks and a beer the moment he turned 21.
He kept screaming.
Finally after 4 hours of screaming, I remembered a trick.
I turned the blender on.
And he all of a sudden stopped screaming.
He closed his eyes, and fell into a deep asleep.
Although my blender had to be replaced
because I kept it on for an hour.
Who cares???
It stopped my lil man from screaming!
This Fall marks Tarte's 10th Anniversary and to celebrate they are launching a limited edition Ten collector's shadow palette, exclusive to Sephora. I love Tarte. Their products are fantastic without containing parabens, mineral oil petrolatum, phthalates sodium lauryl sulfate or synthetic fragrances.
I got my hands on the palette.
Let's look at the packaging first:
Can we say HOT TO DEATH!
Now let's look at the Eyeshadow colors:
Can we say Tarte Better Go On with Their Bad Self!
These are just Beautiful!
They also got a cute little instructional on how to create some looks using the palette.
I'm reviewing these next week.
What's your favorite Tarte product?
Hugs,
DE
Product provided by pr for review
The last two weeks have been a mess. One night I'll sleep for an hour, the next for two, the next for one, etc etc. I got to sleep six hours one day and that was a treat. My newborn is so adorable but a lot of work. Needless to say, the dark circles are coming. I had stopped using under eye treatments because honestly I was just so tired and as soon as he falls a sleep, I fall a sleep right along with him without caring about a thing.
Fast forward to three days ago when I got a call that could change my life and I needed to be somewhere in two hours. When I looked at myself, I realized, “Man I look like crap.” My dark circles were pretty darn obvious at this point. I tried my usual under eye concealer, and my dark circles basically laughed at it. Then I remembered my Time Balm The Balm Concealer. I had lost it a few days ago in my house (it comes in such a small container) but I had been way too exhausted to look for it. I went crazy searching for it, and finally found it. Anyway, after applying under my right eye, I was in shock. The balm is creamy and the application was very smooth. After comparing my right eye to my left, the coverage was insane. My right under eye area looked like I had slept 8 hours straight for my whole life, and my left under eye area looked like I was half-dead. The coverage was amazing. The application was a breeze, and it lasted the whole day without looking cakey on me. I was very impressed with this, and it will be a staple for my under eye area area. I also love the fact that this contains vitamins that are beneficial for the skin. However, not sure if I would wear to cover my pimples, as I do notice it contains soybean oil. All in all for my under eye area, nothing compares.
Hugs,
DE
Product provided by pr for review.
Product provided by pr for review.
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