Apalus Hair Straightening Brush Review & Demo

Hello my loves!

Today's post is going to be a review and demo on an item I've had my eyes on for some time, but never really cared to buy. The infamous hair straightening brush has been making its way around YouTube, so when the opportunity arrived for me to try it out I jumped on it. I'm glad I did!

Today's review and demo is on the Apalus Hair Straightening Brush in model HC03.

This brush blew my mind! I was impressed with how straight it got my hair. Now it doesn't get bone straight, but as a brush it got my hair straight enough to manage and style. Definitely straighter than me just doing blowing out my hair with a comb. This brush allows me to cut my hair care routine time in half.

I like to apply some type of hair oil to my hair (or heat protectant) before putting the brush through my hair. I find that two full passes followed by one quick pass through the hair does the job right for me.

This brush retails for $39.99 USD on Amazon and it heats up to 450 degrees F. I have only tried this on 360 degrees which is the "default" setting. This is an awesome brush and I highly recommend it.

FTC Disclaimer:

I received this product for free in exchange for an honest review. I am not being paid for my thoughts or opinions. These are my thoughts after 2 weeks of use.

Miracle Dry Oil by Garnier Fructis

Happy Friday my loves!

Hope today is an awesome Friday for you. I hope all is well with you. Are you as excited for the weekend as I am. I don't really have anything planned (maybe some Zumba, Yoga and Pilates at my boyfriend's fitness club...post coming soon), but weekends are always great. As you have probably noticed, I will be doing 3 posts a week: Monday's are makeup related posts which means reviews, tutorials, makeup hauls and etc. Wednesday's are dedicated to all things fashion and Friday's are split between health, fitness, skincare, hair and other randoms things I think of!

Today I will be doing a review on a product I had in my possession for a few weeks thanks to BzzAgent. I was sent the Garnier Fructis Triple Nutrition Miracle Dry Oil to try out and review. Keep in mind, I am NOT being paid to do this review, nor are my opinions and thoughts devalued.

courtesy of BzzAgent.

This "new" product by Garnier Fructis is like no other. Why? It isn’t every day that an innovative and sexy multipurpose product is made available to us females. But can you imagine an all-in-one product that delivers silky, shiny hair and soft, supple skin? That’s sexy by association. NEW Garnier Fructis Triple Nutrition Miracle Dry Oil is a breakthrough multi-use formula that delivers rapid-action nourishment to treat your hair, body and even dry areas on your face with no oily residue.

courtesy of BzzAgent

One of my favorite things is that this is formulated with a blend of weightless oils - olive, avocado and shea - which makes the feel smooth, non-sticky and easy to absorb into the hair follicles or skin.

New Hair Cut!

Hello my loves,

I just wanted to come and show you all my new hair cut that I got yesterday afternoon. I really just wanted to get a trim, but the hairstylist saw that I wanted to transition to natural so she cut off about 4 inches of my hair. Here is what my hair looks like as of now:

This haircut was an unplanned hair cut, but it was needed since my hair was already damaged any way. I'm still getting used to this hair cut, but everyone likes on me so far. I guess I'm just use to my hair being at my boobs that short hair feels weird for me, but I'll learn to love it.

I need to learn some hairstyles I can do with this and really get my hair regimen together again...work in progress.

This look may even work for me to start doing tutorials on hair as well as for my new job as a beauty consultant -- let's see how this goes! If you want to see how my hair looked prior to this cut click here or here.

What do you all think of my new do?

Guest Post | Hair Oils by Aleya

Good morning my loves!

Today I am excited because I have yet another guest post blogger for you all.

Aleya from Spontaneous Chick did an amazing post on natural hair oils, so keep reading my loves, you'll enjoy it!

Natural Hair Oils
In the effort to look our best, women have always layered on tons of beauty products with all sorts of chemicals in them. Today, however, many people are moving towards more natural products that give great results without the unnecessary, and sometimes, dangerous extras. One example of this is that we are replacing hair products used to control frizz and give shine with natural hair oils. If you’ve never tried applying oil to your hair because you thought that it may look and feel greasy, you’re in for a surprise. They work wonders and often time improve the texture of your hair. Here are a few that you may want to try out.

Hair | Twist Out Trail #1 Results

Hello my loves,

Hope you all are having a wonderful Sunday; I know I am! I'm home relaxing and it just dawned on me to do this post! Yesterday, I decided to try doing the two strand twist on my hair while it was wet so that I could pull off the twist out style. Read here for more on that post. Here's a quick picture from the final twists:

This morning, before going to church I took the twist out and had to finish taking the rest out in the cab. When I got to church to look in the mirror I was by far amazed! My twist out was to perfection and I was extremely happy.

Hair | Twist Out Trail #1

Hello my loves,

So today I decided to wash my hair (because it was PAST due) and twist my hair because I wanted to try a twist out hairstyle for tomorrow. I have never done a full blown twist out my hair -- wet or dry -- but I decided to go full blown for tomorrow. The only real tools that are used are:

• Wide tooth comb
• Bobby pins

I popped open my Clear Scalp & Hair Therapy Total Care Nourishing shampoo and daily conditioner. I will say that these bad boys are VERY moisturizing and bought my hair back to life! These do just as they are supposed to my hair and scalp-- nourish the scalp for strong beautiful hair. Most shampoos and conditioners I can't really massage into my scalp because they leave my scalp dry and itchy, but not these. They made my scalp feel amazing and moisturized. I didn't even feel like moisturizing my scalp (even though I will tomorrow) because it felt amazing on my hair. I can't wait to finish this Project 10 Pan/ 5 Bottles so I can buy me a few bottles of these. I used cold water on the last rinse.

After washing my hair, I decided a DC (deep condition) was in order. I used my Smooth n Shine Polishing Nourishing Deep Recovery Conditioner with Olive & Tea Tree Oil. It's a weightless DC that revives the hair and because I have been slacking on my hair I needed any and every product to bring it back to life. I applied this throughout my hair and placed a black plastic bag on my hair for about 2-3 hours and then rinsed it out while massaging my scalp and hair. On the last rinse I used cold water.

PS: It smells amazing!