​Jose Eber Hair was so kind to send me the Trio 3 in 1 interchangeable curling wand. With 3 different sized tourmaline ceramic barrels. I had never had a proper curling wand, I'd always use my regular curling iron and just wrapped my hair around it. Even then I wasn't very good at it because I'd burn myself. This however is much easier. It comes with a glove so you don't burn yourself which I very much needed and the shape of the barrels make the curls so much prettier. 

​Hope you all have had a really good week, let's end it on a good note with my favorite hair products. As you know, with body care I don't branch out much. Same goes for hair, I like what I like and I don't like changing things up that often. Mainly because I feel like these products do a fairly good job at keeping my hair healthy and manageable. Everyone is different though so you may need something different entirely. 

*Sorry Deciem I used your photo. Mine looked roughhhhhh*

​How's your January been? Mine has been interesting. I've been super focused on using up products before I buy other things and just in general cutting back on a lot of things in my life. Which has really helped me see how I truly feel about products especially. Once I've used them up I see if I feel the need to get them again. So it's been very interesting.

​Alright guys, I've been testing out the Tria Hair Removal Laser 4X for a month. "The only FDA-cleared hair removal laser technology available for home use." Tria was kind enough to send this to me to try and I couldn't be more excited to tell you how it went.

I'm happy to discuss with you some more products from Kenra that are available now at Ulta.

I've discussed the Snail Cream in another post. Mainly the Cavier products and Snail Cream are great for strengthening hair, helping with aging hair, helpful for thinning hair because of the protein it provides. So if you need products to get your hair healthy, I have no problem recommending those.

Some info on that:
"KENRA PLATINUM SNAIL COLLECTION:
The fastest growing anti-aging Korean beauty secret, Snail Essence, can now be applied to hair. The NEW Kenra Platinum Snail Anti-Aging Collection is the 1st professional hair care product infused with Snail Essence, a highly concentrated blend of proteins proven to awaken the youth in hair. This luxurious 10-in-1 corrective creme weightlessly restores and prolongs youth by fighting all 10 signs of aging hair:

1. Dulling
2. Thinning
3. Breakage
4. Frizz
5. Dryness
6. Elasticity
7. Porosity
8. Scalp irritation
9. Unmanageability
10. Coarse Texture"

I've always been a fan of their Heat Protectant sprays, it's on of the first ones I used. The heat block spray has been crucial to curling my hair and keeping it as healthy and undamaged as I can. 

Their info on the Heat Block Spray:
"
KENRA PLATINUM HEAT BLOCK SPRAY
NEW Heat Block Spray 22 is enriched with bee propolis, a natural resin that forms a cast around the cuticle for unparalleled heat protection. This multi-benefit, quick-drying, high hold spray allows for a clean release from styling tools. 

• Multi-benefit styler provides heat protection up to 450°F (232°C)
• Finishes with high hold
• Enriched with bee propolis for unparalleled heat protection
• Allows for clean release from styling tools"

The Alcohol Free is new to the line and I'm very excited. It works just as well as any single hair spray I've used, if not better. Above are all the hair looks I done while using these products over the last month. You can find them all on my Instagram as well. 

This is their info on the Alcohol Free Spray 
"
KENRA SHAPING SPRAY
Keep the alcohol out of your hair and in your martini with Kenra’s NEW Shaping Spray 21. New from your favorite hairspray brand, Kenra introduces the 1st ever professional alcohol free hairspray. This revolutionary technology provides max moisture retention with an extra firm hold and high shine finish. Shaping Spray 21 is designed to have a wet application with optimal control and working time for endless styling options.

• 1st Professional Alcohol Free Hairspray
• Max Moisture Retention
• Optimal Working Time
• Extra Firm Hold & High Shine"

These are now available at Ulta 

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Exciting announcement! Allure has decided to give 4 of my followers the July Allure Beauty Box. The giveaway is up now on my Instagram which I will link here. Rules are: you have to follow me and follow Allure and leave a comment on the Instagram post about what product you'd like to try! Super easy, super fun.

Inside the box you get:

• Feel Brilliant Charcoal Sheet Mask. You know I love a good sheet mask and charcoal is good for detoxing the skin of impurities.
• Cargo Cosmetics Water Resistant blush in Bali. This holds up great in the heat and humidity it's really nice universal pink shade with a satin finish. You can't go over board with it, and it doesn't oxidize. 
• Wander Beauty Wander Out Dual Lipstick in Barely There. This is my favorite item in the box. I wear it all the time. It's the perfect neutral mauve and the formula is fantastic as well as the pigmentation.
• Briogeo Blow Dry and Heat Protectant Creme. Two dime size amounts in your hand, work it from the root to the tips and blow dry your hair without the worry of heat damage. 
• Redken Fashion Waves 07 Sea Salt Spray. SMELLS AMAZING. Very light weight and can be used in damp or dry hair.
• Beauty For Real lip scrub. The softest lip scrub I've used and the grittiest. Meaning it's not hard to get the product out, it does great at exfoliating the lips, and leaves your lips very moisturized and hydrated. 
• Burts Bees Complete Nourishing Facial Oil with Rosehip Seed Extract. I love facial oils I think we all know that. This is a good one to have around. 

So there's the run down. You also get a booklet with tips from Allures Beauty Experts, promo codes exclusive to Allure, and where you can buy these products. The promo codes are awesome. If you want to sign up for a monthly beauty box from Allure you can go here: www.allure.com/thebeautybox 

Go to Instagram enter the giveaway and win one of the July boxes! Goodluck!

Here we have 5 different professional sprays from Kenra Professional.  So I thought I would go about this review a bit different than normal. I was first introduced to Kenra products when I was in highschool over 10 years ago. It was their heat protectant spray I believe, that caught my eye. Can't think of the actual name of the product. Since then I've had numerous brands and products that were used by professionals but Kenra has always been a staple at any salon I go to. So I had the opportunity to try several of their products and I decided the best way to review them, put them to the test if you will, was to do casual everyday hair and then formal or intricate styles. That's what I did. I hope you enjoy it. 

I recently got to try some of the Hask Chia Seed Oil Volumizing Shampoo and Conditioner. I hadn't tried Hask products before but I seen the "chia seed" part and was immediately intrigued because I add them to everything. Typically my smoothies and my salads. So I thought it was really interesting that they were added to hair care. 

The idea behind the chia seed in the hair care is because chia seeds have "hair volumizing proteins, antioxidants, and shine enhancing nutrients like Omega-3s". Which is all we're really asking for right?? Also these products have a complex called "Hydra Boost" which is weightless to help create volume and adding in moisture to the hair  that isn't then weighted down because of the moisture. Still pretty sweet right?  

These products are free of: 
⦁    Sulfates
⦁    Parabens
⦁    Phthalates
⦁    Gluten
⦁    Drying Alcohol
⦁    Artificial Colors
⦁    Not Tested on Animals

It does have fragrance added to it but I find that it's quite mild and very pleasant. Actually I personally think it's a dead on dupe ,scent wise, for the Elizabeth and James Nirvana White dry shampoo. Which I happen to love, so if you love that scent, you will love these as well. I find using them are equally as pleasant. It gets the task of, cleaning my hair done very well. For reference my hair is pretty long, has blue streaks, pretty thick but very manageable and easy to style. With a slight wave to it. I don't have a lot of buildup either because I'm not one to use many styling products or lots of dry shampoo. The conditioner is really thick and I like that. I let it sit for about 2 minutes and then rinse it out. It doesn't make my hair super oily or anything out of the ordinary in a bad way. Actually, my scalp tends to itch a lot where it's gotten colder and the air is drier and this helps a great deal with that. Since I have blue hair I do use a weekly hair conditioning mask that is blue to keep my blue streaks fresh in between colorings. I just wanted to add that in there to be completely honest. I've used it for almost a year so it's nothing new as you know. These products however doesn't disrupt my blue color or strip it so I feel really comfortable with that. I find that my hair has more volume for longer. What I mean is that I typically don't have an issue with volume or body the first day or two after washing my hair however on the third day it starts getting weighted down. I wash my hair about twice a week. This seems to keep the volume stable more so than my regular routine. Which means even less products I would have to use if I were going somewhere where I needed my hair too look awesome on day 3. So I wouldn't have to use volume boosting sprays that sometimes are required in a pinch. If I did need to use them it would be very little. Now typically what I do with my hair on day 3 is a braid or a bun of some sort so that it still looks pulled together even though it's not "fresh". I try to not use a lot of styling products in general I want to be very clear about that. Also when I wash my hair I wash it twice with shampoo to really get it clean because while sulfate free does lather some it doesn't lather as much as a shampoo that has added sulfate so I always wash my hair twice. Then I go in with my conditioner and leave it on for about 2 minutes. You don't have to leave it on for two minutes but I do.

Lets talk about the brand a bit now. I'm gonna leave a quote from their website below.

"HASK is a collection of hair care products featuring exotic oils and other unique ingredients from around the world. The range includes shampoos, conditioners, deep conditioners and shine oils based on the key ingredients of Argan Oil, Monoi Coconut Oil, Charcoal Citrus Oil, Macadamia Oil, Keratin Protein Oil, Bamboo Oil, Kalahari Melon Oil, Chia Seed Oil, Superfruit and Mint Almond Oil. HASK Shampoos, Conditioners and Shine Oils are free of sulfates, parabens, drying alcohols, phthalates and gluten. Each system was developed to target and solve specific hair care needs. Initially introduced in Europe in 2012 with great success, distribution of the HASK Exotic Oil range has expanded worldwide over the past four years. The range appeals to women around the world of all ethnicities and with all hair types. Utilizing high quality ingredients, luxurious fragrances and fresh packaging, the HASK Exotic Oil range provides consumers with high-performance, salon quality results at an affordable price."

Hask has been around for about 50 years and they are best known for repairing and restoring damaged or chemically treated hair. What I like about this is first that they have something for everyone, every ethnicity, every concern or need they got something for you. The second thing is "sulfate free" which is a very big thing right now. Sulfate is essentially a detergent kinda, it's what makes shampoos lather and also used in many household cleaning tools as well. The reason you're seeing "sulfate free" so much now is because it's been linking to causing frizziness and also damaging colored hair. So where if you had colored hair like myself, you would've had to search for shampoos and conditioner labeled safe for color treated hair. Where as now, sulfate free labels, have opened up a lot more avenues for us in terms of what we can use on our hair. 

Parabens are essentially synthetic preservatives. They've been around since the 1950's.They're used in around 85% of cosmetics and other products to maintain their shelf life. They're also very inexpensive and more efficient than natural preservatives which is why so many choose to use them in everything from food to deodorant, to skin and hair care. They can mimic hormones like estrogen and their are some articles and studies that state that being exposed to too much estrogen can increase your likelihood for breast cancer. The reasoning is because the body can not break down synthetic estrogen as easily which can then possibly turn into fat cells much like breast tissue. Parabens have also been found in breast tumors but there's not a direct link that they "cause" tumors. They can also affect endocrine systems and might possibly be a cause for early puberty. Also they may be a cause for early menopause. So if there's a choice I would choose the "better safe than sorry" route in most everything
However, I will say that it would be very very hard to get away from everything that is synthetic or unnatural we are literally surrounded by it. Advanced skin care for examples has a lot of unnatural ingredients that do wonders for the skin. So while I think it's better to be without parabens if you can, don't let this lead you into a panic about things you've not paid attention to in the past. Instead just start paying more attention to things now. That's why I included the reasoning behind "sulfate free" and "paraben free". Awareness is our best friend here.

These products are 12 oz bottles each. Made in the USA. You can also mix and match your products if you want so don't think you have to buy the matching shampoo and conditioner if that's not what you want. Their ingredients come from literally all over the world. Major heavy hitters like: Jojoba, Argan, Almond, Coconut, Shea, Charcoal, Bamboo, Mangosteen, Avacado, etc, etc.  You can buy Hask at Ulta, Walgreens, CVS, Target, Rite Aid, Kroger, Walmart and K-Mart. That is just for those buying in the US. They are available outside of the US as well and I will leave the link to help you find where you can find some for yourself. Just gohere . Another really cool this is that you can check out their products by the ingredient in that you're looking for like for example if you want something with Keratin Protein they have that as a category and you can see what products they offer specifically for that ingredient. My duo came in an awesome canvas drawstring bag with their slogan "Sure, life isn't perfect but my hair is." which is really cute.

Be sure to follow Hask on their social medias:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HaskHair
Instagram: https://instagram.com/haskhair/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HaskHair
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/haskhair/ 

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This is my hair with no volume sprays or anything just curled with a little bit of light hold hair spray on the ends. Also, this was day after I had washed my hair.

This is how long my hair actually is and also this was probably a day 3, if I was just guessing.