My Lip Miracle!

   So when I hear the word Blistex I just think cold sore. I think big ugly out there exaggerated cold sore. However one wintery night this past year my loving boyfriend took pity on me, or got annoyed of me complaining non stop about my dry cracky lips, and went with me to the drug store to find a cure.

   I had used Burt's Bees and Physicians Formula and Avon, all other forms of fairly inexpensive chapsticks but none would put a dint in my cracked lips. I had never had lips that stayed this chapped for so long! After scanning the section for medicated lip products for a good while I settled on Blistex Medicated Ointment. Not a the chapstick but the ointment, and I have not once regretted the buy! 

   The same tube has lasted me a long time, it not only cured my dry cracked lips but made them soft and oh-so-supple!!! I followed a tip on the back to apply it at least 5 minutes before applying regular lip color and it does wonders! Lip color lays smoothly down when I use this as a base! 

   So if anyone else out there is having chapped lip woes but doesn't want to spend a bunch of money, I too was once in your shoes and recommend you give Blistex Medicated Ointment a try. : )

Bleaching the roots!

So my natural hair color is a dull natural black, however I change up my color often, I'd say once or twice a year I go a shade of blonde. A month ago I went blonde again from a dark red brown. It was a caramel blonde but I wanted to go lighter. So I did my roots today and feathered the bleach down the shaft to lighten up the over all look and here are the results...

The icky roots (they looked worse in person)

The yellow color I got after bleaching with 20 volume

 The End Result 

(the ends are a little more ashy than the roots, I'll be sure to put it on the roots only next time)

 Close up on the ends

 The Base (It looks darker in person imo)

 The toner, Wella T18 (white lady) 

 Every time I color hair I learn something more. This time I learned that even tho my roots looked a shade darker with the bleach in before I rinsed it out, it was really just the removed color molecules sitting on the outside of the shaft, they rinsed away when I rinsed it out. So I got a perfect match. I also learned to put the toner on the roots only, I'll just feather it barely onto the ends to avoid a harsh line of demarcation. See Hispanics or people with naturally darker hair CAN have lighter hair! Heehee

I hope this helps someone who has been interested in using the T18 toner, I've had my eye on it for a while but was worried it wouldn't work on darker yellow hair, but it did just fine. : D