Saturday, November 24, 2012

Floral Headband from "Crown & Glory"




I have a special place in my heart for floral headbands. I don't know why, but there's just something about those floral headbands. Especially this one. I got a deep red one, and i'm in love <3 !!

So I ordered this from crown and glory. The service was wonderful and fast! One thing to note though, when i ordered these, i thought that they're just plain dark red. However, you'll notice some dark " spots" all around the roses. I guess they're supposed to mimick " burned" roses? well, not full of burned but it kind of looks like it. Either ways, i Love it! :)

I.C.O.N Stained Glass Hair Color Review

So i decided to try stained glass hair color! Details of the process is all here!
The first picture you see is the color chart used to choose the hair color you want.


So first of all, i wouldn't exactly call this dying your hair since it does not uplift your hair color. When i say "uplift", i mean it will not lighten your hair color. This is used to either enhance your current hair color make it look richer or simply permanently seal the hair color you just got! So it's really a treatment.

It is Ammonia/ Peroxide free. It's a combination of colors and stained glass.

It's available in 15 colors:
  • Summer Sunrise
  • Gilded Gold
  • Beachy Blonde 
  • Curious Copper
  • Obsessively Orange
  • Creamy Chocolate
  • Be Brown 
  • Deliciously Dark
  • Crimson Coffee
  • Luscious Lava
  • Radioactive Red
  • Melodious Merlot
  • Vortex Violet
  • Lovely Lavender
  • Glass

The Process:

First, they wash your hair with Icon shampoo. You will notice after the hair wash that your hair feels rough. Apparently  it's supposed to do that! It " roughens" your hair in the sense that it opens up your cuticles so that once the stained glass hair color is applied, it'll go into your hair and seal your cuticles with it. Therefore, it will seal your hair color and also your cuticles. Makes your hair bright, shiny and soft!

The treatment is ~20-30 minutes long. They'll wash your hair and then apply some conditioner just as usual.

And Voila! You're done!

What I Noticed

My hair felt so soft! and my hair color did look very rich. Although initially it was darker than the hair color I previously had. After the first wash, my hair color got lighter. Plus, i noticed my hair wasn't falling/breaking as much.

You can use this in between your hair coloring routine or after dying your hair color ( in the case that you wanted the color darker or whatever). Or you can just use this as an alternative to dying your hair with the usual ammonia/peroxide dyes! Using this,you won't damage your hair more and you're actually treating it.

On a last note, the mix of stained glass smelled sooo good! Almost edible! But don't eat it haha. But it really smelled so sweet!!



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My take on Egg Buttermilk Biscuit

Bake some Buttermilk Biscuits, cut them in half. Fry your eggs however you want ! I love eggyolk , hence it's all you see in this biscuit! It was delicious