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Hair probs & other confessions

29 October 2013

Beauty Confessions...

Last week I shared some of my favourite nail polishes this season, and in doing so I confessed that I'm not much of a "beauty" girl. Since you guys enjoyed it so much, I've decided to share with you all some more of my "Beauty Confessions". 

I don't brush my hair..
Okay, so I brush my hair sometimes but for the most part, I part my hair and let it air dry. My hair is just so long and wavy that if I do brush it, it poofs out a la Hermione Granger. There is the odd time I will comb it out after I wash it though. Which brings me to my next confessions...

I wash my hair maybe 2 or 3 times a week.
Not to be confused with showering. I generally shower daily, I just don't always wash my hair. My excuse again being that my hair is so long, washing it all of the time actually dries it out, and it takes forever to rinse out. I'm lazy, so sue me. Honestly though, it's actually really good for your hair if you don't over wash it. It does dry out the hair, so your body tries to overproduce oils to make up for the dryness, making it way more oily than it should be. I typically use dry shampoo to keep my hair looking so fresh an' so clean.

Sometimes I don't wash all my makeup off at night.
It's gross. I'm not saying I'm proud of it. Sometimes I'm just so exhausted that I barely have the energy to get into bed let alone wash my face. No bueno. This one's going to need some major work.

I definitely don't drink 8 glasses of water per day.
Maybe like, 5? I know drinking water is good for your overall health, and staying hydrated is super important but sometimes instead of grabbing water to drink, I'll grab a Coke or juice. Bad Kate.

I don't get my hair cut every 6 weeks.
I read somewhere that in order to maintain healthy hair and natural growth, you should get your hair trimmed every six weeks. Well this white girl is poor so she can't afford that many hair cuts. I think the last time I got my hair cut was in July.... so my hair is pretty darn long. I definitely need a haircut..

As Usher Raymond IV would say, these are my confessions. What are yours?

ALSO my friend Karly is doing this super rad linkup with Glossy Blonde called Totally Posted Tuesdays. So go check it out and link up!

Peace out, Kate

Odd One Out

Ultimate Nail Polish Guide for Autumn

18 October 2013

Maybe "Ultimate" isn't the best way to describe my nail polish selection for this post, but we'll go with it...

First things first, I'm no beauty blogger. I wish I was. I wish I had the know-how, the time, and the endless monies to be able to play with makeup/ beauty/ hair products, alas, I am lazy, and poor so there's no help for me there. So if you were looking for a guide with real beauty knowledge, you should probably leave now because I can offer you no legitimate beauty advice. I never sometimes brush my hair, wear minimal makeup, and generally use whatever face wash is on sale.. or whatever my roommate has in the cabinet.

That being said, there is one thing that I indulge in: nail polish. I started wearing it to stop me from biting my nails, and then I just kind of went with it. I mean, it usually chips after the first day, and more often than not I smudge it almost immediately after painting them. But I still do it. Go figure. Plus the colours are just, so like, totally cute, right?

Here are a few of my favourite polishes that I've been using this season, and since I'm not a beauty blogger, (see above) I'm going to describe the polishes with all the finesse I have. Voila.. and... stuff.
As you can see the first colour is this super fab, um, purpley reddish colour. The polish is Essie's "Bahama Mama". Who knew a colour called Bahama Mama would be a fall colour? I guess it's probably not meant to be a fall colour, but as Bon Jovi said, "it's my life, I'll wear whatever nail polish I freaking want" or something like that.
Here we have this really dark shimmering blue with purple. Super cute. It's called "Yoga-Ta Get This Blue" and it's from OPI. I love this colour because it's blue and can also be used as a microphone. Also this is the closest thing I'm ever going to get to actual "yoga".
This beautiful lilac purple is from the Modern Family collection by Nicole by OPI. It's called "Am I Making Myself Claire?". I heard somewhere that this type of colour is a "soft romantic" colour. That's cool because what girl doesn't love a little romance in her life?
The last colour is Essie's "Blanc". Little known fact, "blanc" is French for white. I know this because I'm Canadian and therefore bilingual. Another fact, when I wear this colour I feel like Miley Cyrus. Minus the naked wrecking ball part.

So there you guys have it! Also it's Friiiiday! Queue #backthatazzup Friday.


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Now go paint your nails whilst listening to this bomb song and have a great weekend!

Peace!

*Disclaimer: Please excuse the overuse of sarcasm in the post. It's a disease and I'm being treated.


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Odd One Out

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