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Feline Fabulous!

Some may say the people over at KittyWigs.com have too much time on their hands. Others may squeal in delight and order 2 of the fabulously couture wigs made especially for cats.

Whichever your stance, you simply MUST check out the offerings at KittyWigs.com – trust me, it will make your day much, MUCH better!! Kudos to the photographer!

God bless the internet.

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Hair Serum

Ohh the tresses of life. I am a newly convert to the face serum, but I must tell you that I have been a follower and avid believer of the hair serum since the mid 90′s. Back then, the holy grail of product was Farrouk’s BioSilk, which regardless if my light bill was paid or not, I had at least 2 oz., a barrel brush and a blow dryer on hand. It wasn’t until I met Georgi B that I switched from Biosilk to Chi Silk Infusion – of which I bought a huge 12 oz bottle and only need a pea size amount before a blow out, hot rollers or flat iron. It totally kicks ass.  I wear hair extensions and with the use of this stuff, I only have to replace the wefts every couple of years (I swear!).

Recently, Chastity suggested some Fekkai product (the apple cider clarifying shampoo which was fabulous) so I decided to try the Glossing creme too. I think I wrote a review of it saying it was a bit too heavy and oily for my hair type.  Recently I tried out some of the Garnier serum, Frizzease, Marc Anthony and St. Ives and blah, it was pure garbage.

Chi Silk Infusion is the business. Word up.

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Target Cool Item Alert!

Just got back from my neighborhood Target and spotted some Fekkai AND Purelogy in the hair aisle! Just a heads up

*edit* I’ve already gotten a couple of emails regarding this post and I’m so sorry but I don’t remember what the price points were for the items – I’m not sure if they are cheaper or whatever than Sephora, but probably a bit cheaper than getting them from Nordstrom or even Nordstrom Rack…have fun!

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Arm Waxing – Hair Removal

I had my arms waxed friday and surprisingly it didn’t hurt as much as I thought it would. I’ve always had a problem with hairy arms, but hey, I’m Mexican – we all do, don’t we? Anyway – I headed to NailSpaLA in Chatsworth – (be sure to ask for Stacy – she rocks) for a quick zip and woo hoo I have smooooooth arms now! I kind of wish I would have figured this one out like 20 years ago…or even listened to my friend Brianette who used to get hers done regularly as recent as 4 (maybe 5?) years ago. So yay. smooth arms sofar – I wonder why my face breaks out but my arms stay super smooth? Hmmm. Next time I may drink some brave-aide and get my armpits waxed. LOLLLL!

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NaturallyCurly.com

I’ve got wavy hair that actually never ever looks right when I don’t put a gallon of product in it, and believe me, will NEVER look like the hair in this pic or any of these that are shown on NaturallyCurly.com photo gallery, but some of you might actually get inspiration from these styling samples and curly hair links. They also have a salon finder that may help you find a salon/stylist who specializes in curly hair.

For me, the only thing that works is either A. the blowdryer B. the hot roller or C. the flat iron.

thanks to Chaia for the link tip on her blog!! Hope you found a good stylist – and if you did, be sure to share the info

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Debunking the Hair Extensions Myth

I know, I know, I said no more youtube flix tonight, but this one was informative and cute, and it shows how to get a cute, quick and pretty much DIY hair extension ‘do without doing damage to your hair or wallet. (my hair extensions don’t damage my hair but they do a number on my wallet!). Anyway, check it out – and if anyone has tried the snap-in-hair we’d LOVE to hear a review!

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUG7hyD-U0E

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Frederick Fekkai

Fekkai stuff has always been at the back of my mind, but to be honest, I really wasn’t trying to dish out the 20-something bucks for any hair products, even though I totally am a hair junkie. But guess what?? Rite Aide (select locations) carry Fekkai stuff for under 20 bucks, so I made the leap and actually purchased 2 items and got one free with purchase so I gave 3 products a test run:

Fekkai Apple Cider Clarifying Shampoo – Chastity actually had suggested this shampoo on my oily hair post, and it TOTALLY does work – it strips your hair of all oils and excess residue for sure, but it doesn’t leave it stripped in a bad way – does that make sense? It smells ok, exactly like apple cider with a hint of stale beer (which I have heard is actually good for the hair) and rinses clean. I will for sure be purchasing this as a staple from now on – it’s worth it!

Fekkai Shea Butter Hair Mask – it’s a bit heavy, a bit thick, but I really like the results from leaving it in for longer periods of time (I slapped it on before going to chill in the jacuzzi so it got steamy stuff too which was an added bonus). I’m not sure if I am a hair mask type of person, but I’m pleased with the end results, and for under 20 bucks and only needing it every other week or so, I will get a bunch of treatments out of it – so thumbs up.

Fekkai Glossing Cream – The label claims that it brightens and shines up hair with natural olive oils, but to be honest, it feels alot lighter, smells better and doesn’t have any buildup like other shine oils. My hair is mostly extensions, so I really don’t use glossing products, but for super dry hair I would imagine it working super good.

All in all, I can say that I do like the Fekkai products, and will probably dabble in other products to see if they stand up to the hype, although after catching the infomercial on QVC and the prices being in the $50-$150 I’m not sure I can afford it LOL!

Beauty.com has some good prices and with free shipping so I will probably opt to purchase from there…

 

Buy any item on Beauty.com and receive a free SuperSmile Quickee.
It's the whiter teeth, brighter smile, fresher breath solution. ($12 value).

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Philosophy

ok, I am going to go out on a limb here…but I after using an arsenal of Philosophy products in the last month, I kind of am beginning to think that it’s sort of like the Avon of Macy’s. It just doesn’t really do anything out of the ordinary, spectacular or even memorable. It’s kind of just…mediocre. The scent is kind of generic and floral-ish, the packaging and typography like anyone can make it on msword, and well…I’m just not going for it.

Here are the array of products that I used and eventually ended up giving away or just storing in my ever-expanding ‘maybe someday I will use it’ cabinet:

3 in 1 shower gel, shampoo & conditioner. Yea right. when you pay $400 for a color & extensions, the last thing you need is an all in one.

But I will totally give this a point because I do understand that I am a hair-obsessed client and realize that not everyone feels the same as I do when it comes to hair.

Lemonade hand lotion: smells good, like lemonade lol, but wears off rather soon and my hands are again dry and in need of lotioning up.

Purity Made Simple – a nice facewash, simple, says it takes off makeup, perhaps it does, no fragrance, and gentle enough.

Amazing Grace perfumed oil – super floraly, too heavy, too much like a cheap perfume you can buy at RiteAid

Amazing Grace fragrance spray – ditto

Amazing Grace body lotion – actually my favorite of all the philosophy stuff I tried, it kind of smelled like the beach in the 70′s…sort of coppertone cream-esque. Not quite sure if it offers the body tightening it claims to.

Amazing Grace body scrub – smells ok, not too heavy in the floral dept. but the sugar scrub crystals are pretty much parallel to a generic scrub you can get at your neighborhood wal-mart.

Dark Shadows – an illuminating creme for under your eyes and upper lip to reflect shadows & darkness. Totally doesn’t work

Microdelivery peel pads – gentle enough, not too stingy, but don’t really notice anything happening.

so yea, Philosophy is getting dumped into the same bucket as Avon, Mary Kay and Jafra in the arena we call Spa-View.

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Anastasia Beverly Hills

Ok so this visit to the Woodland Hill’s Nordstrom Anastasia Boutique saved my eyebrows!! A few weeks ago, I had purchased the big whoop-di-do stencils from Anastasia Beverly Hills and actually butchered my eyebrows to infinity. I figured that since the Anastasia stencils led me to this massacre, it was only right to go right back to the source to try to salvage my 1.5 brow that I now had. And omg she did! I now am the proud owner of two FABULOUS perfect Kim Kardashian-esque eyebrows, even tho O says that they look like Frida Khalo’s because he is used to seeing me with uber-thin brows methinks. I am going to take before and after pics to share the glory. Thanks SO much to Carly at the Anastasia Boutique at Nordstroms’ for being my salvation. I do suggest that if any of you attempt to ‘do’ your brows with the DIY method – totally book an appointment at either the actual spa, or your local boutique (nordstroms) and fork out the $25 bucks for the actual shaping, grooming, wax, application & tutorial with one of these skilled ladies before you end up with 1.5 brow like I did. word up.

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Rudy’s Barbershop in Silverlake

I wanted to make this whole review a big heart surrounded by glitter, but that doesn’t really translate to prose.

Rudy’s in Silverlake – they have a bunch of other locations in LA, Seattle, and Portland – is a giant warehouse space where you walk in and for $26 (+ $5 for a wash) whoever’s got an open chair is who chops your cabeza. They do color, too. Rudy’s is hipster ground zero where pretty much anything goes; I am never the only one in there with unnaturally colored hair, and there is always somebody getting their fauxhawk topiaried. So many folks work here that it’s a great way to test out stylists. The pricetag may be cheap, but the products (Bumble + Bumble) and workmanship are quality. I have been getting my hairs did chez Rudy the whole time I’ve been living in LA…nearly four years…and every time, I’ve gotten a decent cut, though I’ve been unable to commit to a new stylist while secretly mourning the loss of my regular (Emily Howard of Moxie in San Francisco. HOLLA! She’s still there, but now I’m here. *sniff*).

Things have changed, though, from the decent to the EXTRA AWESOME, ever since I found my keppe getting clipped by Shawn. (I hope I’m spelling her name correctly.) Here is where the hearts and glitter are important. I plopped myself in her chair mumbling need a change, whatever looks okay with my glasses, just something exciting…and she saw my long-snoozing inner rocker chick longing to once again fly free and she gave me a fantastic cut that I can’t even describe because I don’t have the specialized hairsnippers’ vocabulary but trust me when I say it’s art, right here on my head, cutely showing off my dark blue and bleached chunks to maximum capacity.

Eight weeks later I went back on a day I knew she’d be there and she did it again.

As an added bonus to her scissor skills, Shawn is smart and funny and easygoing and fun to chit-chat with about crazy city life and gnarly retail customers and taking little kids to Disneyland, and she explained what she was doing with the blowdryer and styling products so I could attempt to reproduce the magic at home.

Hearts! Glitter! Jazz Hands!

Rudy’s Barbershop

http://rudysbarbershop.com

4451 W. Sunset Blvd., LA 90029

323-661-6535

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