Crazy Beautiful Makeup & Lifestyle: May 2011

We had a lovely getaway and it was nice to just relax and hang out just the 2 of us. However, we did end up doing a little shopping,and I wanted to look at stuff that I was curious about in Sephora. I may have did a little early birthday shopping, but unfortunately I was let down by many of the stores I went into.

Just an overview of what stores I hit up over the weekend are
2 Sephora's
2 CVS stores
Forever Twenty One
Bare Minerals Free Standing Store
MAC
Hot Topic

I am always upset with Sephora when I go in store and they are always sold out. I wasn't even looking for one of the newer UD palettes I liked the Vegan palette and just never picked it up. They were sold out of it at both stores. I asked if they had any,and the lady said no but we have the Naked Palette its way better. I found a few goodies at Sephora but not what I went in for.

Neither of my CVS stores even had an idea about the 50-75% off beauty sale. I asked the associate she said we have never had a sale like that before. I remembered a few items that I had seen on blogs that the girls had gotten 75% off and I found them and scanned them they were all 75% off just not marked. I didn't feel like doing the relay for makeup so I just left.

I did find some goodies at F21 but not the things I was looking for they didn't have any of the actual items I went in for. Bare Minerals was a bust because the associate said hello and then went back to talking on her phone about her new attorney boyfriend. The eyeshadows weren't marked,and neither were the blushes so I didn't know if I really wanted them or not. I swear its not me,but I seem to get the worst service in retail.

At MAC the girls were doing makeovers on themselves, and as lovely as they were I just felt like I was bothering them because they were working/doing makeup on each other. I left MAC empty handed,my husband asked if I was feeling alright at this point in our day. I did buy some fun stuff at Hot Topic which is not my store at all, but they do sell Mehron makeup. They had get 50% their clearance so that is exactly what I did.

I hate to always gripe when I get on here, I promise I am a nice person. I think maybe that is the issue because I feel like I am bothering people by asking for stuff. We had an amazing time on our little getaway and I did end up with some goodies.I will be sticking to online shopping for awhile I can spend hours on a website deciding if I want it or not.

I have a May favorites post ready for tomorrow.I will see you then, and please don't forget to sign up for my contest.

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My hair history:I have been dying my hair since I was just a teenager. Over the years I have went to the high end salons, and been dying my hair at home compulsively. Last year I decided to go dark to avoid dying my roots all the time. About six months ago I went back blonde I couldn't handle it anymore. Now although I am a natural blonde,I like to be reallyyy blonde. I was going to a salon every 4 weeks to get the roots touched up. Before I left the salon I had been talked into every new product that was going to make me look like I had swapped hair with a Victoria's Secret Supermodel.

I have tried dying my hair with other at home colors, even going to Pro stores buying what they told me was perfect and not getting the results I wanted. I was in Target 2 months ago and I saw this beautiful blonde with the color hair I had been getting from the salon(see the box above). My roots are the issue the rest of my hair stays that beautiful blonde color on the box.

The Product:Loreal Excellence Blonde Supreme -Extra Light Natural Blonde 02 is the shade

I pay anywhere from $4.00-9.00 depending on coupons and which store I am at. It comes with a pre-treatment for your ends.Plus a nice deep conditioner for your hair after you dye it.

The Review:

I wanted to show you the back of the box because my roots after they are dyed come out to the top shade,the lightest color.Now my roots are a dark brown,but I have short to mid length hair so a bottle goes a long way with me. You have to be patient,and give yourself enough time to reapply.This is what I do and what works for me,please DYE at your own risk!

1.Apply hair dye to my roots only and leave for 45 minutes

2.Check my roots in the mirror make sure its saturated and if all is well rinse off

3.Dry only my roots and reapply hair dye to my roots for 20 minutes

4.If needed I apply to the rest of my hair for 5 minutes

5.Rinse out of my hair using the conditioner that comes with the dye

6.I apply my leave in products, let air dry and style as normal

Allowing myself enough time to reapply has given me the exact results I have been wanting. If I go more than 5 weeks I absolutely have to reapply if I do it at 4 weeks I am okay with the first application.

PLEASE do not go out and dye your hair because of this review hehe what works for me may not work for you and I cannot come to your house and help you:) I know my hair and like I said I have dyed it off and on since I was a teen.

Do you dye your own hair? Are you a slave to the salon? Don't comment and tell me how perfect your hair is because I am already jealous just thinking about it hehe.

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