Thursday, January 7, 2010

Review: Massato Treatment Mask with Camelia


I promise: I will cut back on hair products this year!!! LOL.

What can I say about this deep conditioner from French celebrity stylist Massato? *LOVE*!  Now my benchmark is KBB's LL Hair Mask, and I would say that this is on par with it. It smooths out my kinky/curly locks and makes the curls clump together.  I have used this a few times with a plastic cap after shampooing for up to an hour and I got the same soft results each time with no build-up.  But I think I would rather re-purchase the KBB, because they are about the same size, but Massato mask is $7 more on Beauty Habit.  Camellia seems to be a popular oil in Japanese conditioners due to it being able to naturally condition hair, along with moisturizing and repairing damage.   Because of my 3 hair color changes in the last 6 months, I need a heavy duty conditioner, and this has passed the test with flying colors! Moisturizes and makes my hair look good? Yes, please!

The first few ingredients are: Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, behentrimonium methosulfate, ceteareth-33, glycereth-26, camellia kissi seed oil, cyclomethicone, cetrimonium chloride, and so on...




There are 'cones and I didn't see any ingredients with "paraben" in the name.  The smell is light and pleasant, and the texture is sort of whipped, but shiny and just a little bit goopy in the jar.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

For the Longest Time...

Well I have a to-do list a mile long so I feel like I haven't caught up to life. 

Last night I went to Trader Joe's, and while in the salad section, the song below came on and it was so cool to look around and see everyone humming, whistling, mouthing the words, or tapping their feet along with the melody.  When I got home, for the life of me I couldn't remember  what song that instantly lightened my mood, but when I woke up this morning, it smacked me!



woooah ooo ooo oooo

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Review: Korres Milk Proteins 3-in-1 cleanser


Right off the bat I will say that this stuff is great, like all other Korres products I've used before.  I use this at night after I cleanse my skin with a homemade oil concoction in order to get rid of any excess oil on my face.  In addition to milk proteins, the 3-in-1 cleanser does have oils in it (sunflower, safflower, macadamia) so it doesn't strip of skin of all moisture it has on it.   It is marketed as a cleanser, toner, and eye makeup remover, but it really isn't strong enough to take off something such as Urban Decay's 24/7 liners.  But this cleanser is super gentle and doesn't irritate my skin, which is most important.  I *just* used up my bottle, and I have their Materia Herba cleanser to use next, let's hope I love it!  And dang it, now that I am on the site, I want the pomegranate wipes... they will be handy to travel with...

Sunday, January 3, 2010

2010 mood board

I am currently putting together a mood board/vision map for this forthcoming year.  Some themes I want to make most important in my life include:

Getting a new job and advancing in my career:



Maybe get an apartment with French doors:

(what a great illustration by Borja Bonaque, right?)

Make it to France:



I need to tackle some tougher yoga postures:


(surya yantrasana)



(Svarga Dvidasana)


(tittibhasana)

Get some red hair!



 


Work on my French:



Work on my sewing:

 


I also want to do well in school (I am starting grad school in the summer) and pass the CFA exam I, which will require a lot of studying.

photos lifted from thesartorialist.blogspot.com, borjabonaque.com, yogajournal.com, gettyimages.com, style.com, zara.com