Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Are you trying to grow your hair out? Maybe your nails are too short and brittle?
It's not too hopeless, there are a couple steps you can take to speed the process up a bit.
In order to grow your hair out properly a lot of people think it's ok to skip the trim/cutting. This is so not the case, ladies! When you leave your untrimmed hair to go wild the split ends break and travel up that piece of hair doing more damage. To go longer in between trims, deep condition and use moroccan oil. Wash your hair less--when you wash you hair everyday it strips the natural oils from your hair. If you're like me and have oily roots, use a dry shampoo. It's an amazing product! The one I have doesn't leave the white powder behind, either.

If you just can't seem to grow your nails out without them breaking I recommend O.P.I's Nail Envy line. You have to put it on everyday, but it does work.
And to help with both healthy nail and hair growth, take your vitamins! You have to be healthy from the inside out! Most multi-vitamins would do, but the best ones are Materna.

You might not be pregnant or trying to get pregnant, but this vitamin has extra good stuff like folic acid and B12. I started to take it 2 years ago, and have noticed a huge difference in my hair growth, my nails got harder, and even my eyelashes have grown!
Always forget to take them? Put them beside your bed and take them at night. Not only will you not forget, but when you take your vitamins at night you don't pee them all out like you would throughout the day. Grow on!!!

Break up With Breakouts!

If Seventeen and YM magazine taught me anything it was to take care of my skin. At a young age I would make masks, scrub my face, and use my zit cream when needed. I scrutinized my face everyday hoping against hope I didn't have a breakout.
After washing my face I would use my towel to dry it. The same towel I had been using to wipe my hands and dry my hair. While you're doing everything in your power to stop the breakouts, you're not aware of all that bacteria in the towel.
The best thing you can do is keep a roll of paper towel in your bathroom. Use it to dry your face in between washes/masks/scrubs as well. Your breakouts will be few and far in between, and your skin will love you for it!

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things...

I love my hair products, and have quite a few of them. But one of the products I love the most is my Moroccan Oil.
Moroccan Oil has many wonderful properties, but what it does the best is strengthen the elasticity in your hair and makes it really shiny and soft, while protecting it from UV damage. After I get out of the shower I comb through my hair, then I use less than a dime sized amount and rub it in my hands so it's evenly dispersed. I comb through my hair with my fingers only half way down my hair, making sure I get the ends of my layers and concentrating on the tips. I have greasy roots so no need to go further up for me. In the summer time I try not to use hair dryers, curling irons, and my flat iron so if I have the time I just let it air dry, or pop in my velcro curlers.
There are 2 types of Moroccan Oil--the light treatment for fine or blond hair, and the original, which is for all hair types. The light treatment smells wonderful, but the original smells like candy. Delicious. Enough said.

The price is great, too! The small travel bottle (shown above, 25ml) is $16.00, while the bigger bottle (100ml) is about $40. Only found in salons.

UV Got To Be Kidding Me!

Summer is here, and you know what that means--SUN! While everyone loves to get some rays, there is a hidden danger you may have not known about. Besides taking the obvious precautions for UV rays, one of the best things I can tell you is this: brush your teeth in the shower. Maybe some of you already do this to save time and water (good on you!), but there is an added benefit.
When you brush your teeth before you wash your face you get rid of the bleach, ashes, and all the bad things that are in toothpaste that will actually activate the UV rays, therefore damaging your skin. When I worked at the spa we had a woods lamp. A woods lamp uses ultraviolet light to test all the sun damage on you skin, and look at other problem areas you can't see in regular light. Clients would swear up and down that they used their sunscreen 50, wore a hat, and protected their skin from the sun. Then they went under the lamp. They had so many brown spots, and they were shocked!
A lot of people (including myself) had a ring around my lips, which indicated that film from my toothpaste wasn't completely washed off, and therefore it was being bleached from the sun! NOT COOL! Below is a picture I found on the net that shows how it works:

The 1st picture is regular light, 2nd is under the lamp (look at all that damage!), and 3rd is great skin.
So next time you want to kiss the sun, do it responsibly!