I admit. I admit! My hair has been a tangled mess lately. I’ve been diving more and more, as I am just about an addicted scuba diver loving the wonders of the underwater landscape and wildlife. I told myself at the beginning that I am going to take care of my really bleached hair and will not let it be exposed to saltwater, but here I am, risking all just to enjoy the thing I really love to do. Oh, my hair is just a tangled mess everytime I ascend to land, and it’s a pain to wash it, being all stiff, tangled, and really dry afterwards. My hair has been poofier than usual and a little bit more damaged, so I have been trying for some ways to prevent further hair damage. Oh, the things you do for love!

Going back, colored hair really requires devotion. You take a step further in changing your hair color – it’s like topping each of your existing hair strands with a fresh coat of paint. If you compare it to a newly painted wall, the painted wall is wiped clean with wet cloth every week or so to remove dust, and the paint won’t really change in color unless it’s light, and will just deteriorate with being exposed to light and with it getting old. With your hair, just look at this – you “paint” your hair, and wash it every single day with shampoo. The hair color ( analogous to “paint” ) will look tired with frequent washings, and the once-bright hair color would turn dull in no time if you keep on shampooing it. The culprit ingredient? Surfactants, or sulfates.
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My hair’s awfully wavy. Really. And awfully thick! Every hairstylist that has come across my hair has told me how impossibly thick my hair was that it was a bit difficult to style. During college, I had to rely on hair relaxing services over at David’s Salon across my school just to tame my hair somehow. When hair irons were introduced to the market, I was one of the first who purchased, and tried ironing my hair every single day, getting nice comments from my friends, such as, “hey your hair looks so straight and nice today!”

Yeah, that went into my head. Sooooo…I used that not-even ceramic coated hair iron on my hair every single day until one day, I saw that my hair looked stick straight, with really ugly, flyaway ends. Mukhang walis ( looking like a broomstick ). It became really dry and really awkward looking. I stopped.

Rebonding happened. Thank goodness for rebonding that I was able to have beautiful, frizz-free, well-tamed hair for a good year, before undergoing it again. It really made my life easier, but at the expense of my hair’s health. My hair was getting more brittle by the minute, and after three successive rebonding treatments ( that’s three years, ) I finally stopped for a mini-hair-vacation, just letting my hair be (BUT I didn’t say anything against hair coloring hahahaha! ohhh Sophie! ) .

As of late, I’m crazy about steam technology. Steam technology veers away from ceramic, or even tourmaline technology, if you talk about hair irons, as steam technology is powered by steam pressure from water, and does not harm the hair. If you notice that my hair’s been curly in some of the photos ( or most of them ) last year, it’s because I’ve used Caruso Steam Rollers. They’re really hair-friendly, that do not damage my hair at all. Bleached, colored hair is fragile enough, and can really be pushed to the brink of damage-dom when styled too frequently. My hair really needs gentle, but effective styling tools. I’m counting on steam technology. With my steam curlers as one of my precious possessions right now, imagine my glee when friend Mikki, representing L’Oreal Professionel told me about L’Oreal Professionel’s new Steampod – it’s a hair iron powered by steam technology! Heaven has just arrived. It heard me!!!

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Kiehl’s is one of the iconic beauty brands in the world that all started in a small apothecary in the East Village of New York City in 1851, and has long been in the commitment of serving quality products. Of course, with its original formulations since then, it has progressive with improving, and innovating its formulations. Since 2007, Kiehl’s has opened its doors to the Philippine market – with branches at Mall of Asia, Alabang, and TriNoma. But don’t you think that there’s always something special about a flagship store in Powerplant Mall? It’s my favorite mall for leisurely shopping, so I was psyched that it has opened in Powerplant already!

Last Friday, I was invited to roam free in the store to check out the selection in Kiehl’s located at the Powerplant Mall. Well, I was a happy roamer, as I dutifully finished all my work, as this was my last frontier for the day. Ending the day filled with beauty products never felt this good!

The Statue of Liberty, with its teeny weeny voice gave out comic remarks to people, but still, we were so amused, that we had photo ops with it! ( it – being the statue, and he, being the person behind the animated statue! Haha! )
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Remember my post about the raveworthy Kerastase Elixir Ultime?

As it turned out, I wasn’t the only one crazy about it. The entire world was, and still is crazy about it. Proof? 1 Elixir is sold every two minutes in the world, and Elixir Ultime has won more than thirty international awards! Can this get any better?

Oh yes it definitely can! Elixir Ultime, the classic gold variant, turned out to have three more sisters!

Elixir Ultime Grand Crus is a blend of Elixir Ultime Oleo-Complex’s award winning formula, with rare and precious hair beautifying extracts of the highest quality. It is aptly named “Grand Crus,” as in France, the term is used to call the best wines and champagnes there. These three additional variants of Elixir Ultime have different scents, and are targeted for different hair types :

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I love Kerastase, the brand. How could I not love it? I once stumbled upon the brand when I was in Glorietta, during my college years, with them having free beauty consultations there. I was given a sample pack of Kerastase Oleo Relax for my unruly, poofy, frizzy hair, and my life was never the same. I even requested to be an intern for the brand when I had my internship at L’Oreal. I love the brand, with all their topnotch products, and I can really see results from them!

Having colored hair is no joke. For me, don’t jump into the ship if you’re not prepared to maintain it. You need all the product-help you can get, and Kerastase is definitely the frontrunner in terms of color preservation.

The multi-award winning and celebrated Kérastase Reflection range is proud to unveil Chroma Captive, a new hair care system to help protect colour intensity for up to 40 days with regular use*.

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Summer. I’m usually speechless, or quiet about summer, as I choose to spend the time closing my eyes, feeling the warmth of the sun, hearing the crash of the waves, the whispering caresses of the wind while I’m at sea. I live for summer, I am a tropical person, I would gladly choose the beach over a cold place. I can live in the beach for the rest of my days, if I’m lucky. Being born during the Summer Solstice, the first day of summer, and the longest day of the year, it figures why I’m such a beach lover.

For Summer 2012, I am praising the sun with my new allies from Snoe Beauty. These babies have won my heart ever since I have checked their booth during the Rockwell Moonlit Bazaar last December. Now, I just find myself hoarding stuff whenever I visit their branch in Cinderella at Glorietta!

I went on a quick beach trip with my family to Mactan, Cebu during one idle weekend. Cebu is one of my favorite places, with its laid back charm, and my favorite resort, Mactan Shangri-la!

Here are my beach buddies, and let me tell you how they have helped me enjoy my summer!
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In this day and age that modern technology has made everything possible to improve almost everything we have, and even address almost any concerns that we have, well, beautiful hair is already very much possible with a product.

I remember before that girls who had naturally frizzy hair were doomed to have that poofy hair for life, and by the time that I was in high school, hair relaxing, and hair rebonding were introduced into the market. Right now, you can do just about anything with your hair. Straighten it, curl it, make it shinier, color it darker, or color it lighter. But then, all these processes have consequences. “Tweaking” our hair DNA do have side effects, destructive side effects, such as hair losing its natural shine over time, hair getting dry and brittle, and eventually, getting all damaged. Thus, hair oils are all the rage right now to re-nourish our hair.
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Ever since my hair’s been bleached, dyed in ash blonde, and had highlights, I’ve been really trying my best to give attention to my hair. I really do not want to end up having fried blond hair that I have seen on some people, so the challenge is really keeping my hair looking soft, smooth, and shiny every single time. I really feel that I have been paying even more attention to my hair than my skin nowadays!

Argan oil seems to be the magic word nowadays in the name of hair care. My life changed the moment I tried Snoe Beauty’s Hair Heroes Intense Argan Oil Cleansing Conditioner, and moreso when I tried The Souq Organics’ pure, cold-pressed Argan Oil. I’ve given glowing reviews to the two aforementioned products because they really did work wonders. Snoe Beauty’s Hair Heroes gave my hair crazy, intense moisture that made my hair look really healthy, and The Souq Organic’s Argan Oil was sort of a supplement to my hair in keeping it moisturized, specially the ends of my hair, which are supposed to be the first parts to get damaged by hair coloring. It also helped make my hair really shiny. So the next few products that I am about to try have really big shoes to fill, don’t you think?

It was quite a lazy Sunday, when I was out with the family shopping in Landmark, Makati. The place seems to have almost everything! Anyway, one idle, but gratifying pastime of mine is just making the rounds on the beauty section of department stores, and just checking out new product offerings. It was just my luck that I my eyes zoomed in on something – on a product with argan oil. Argan Oil! My eyes zoomed in further! Organix! Continue reading

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Last December, when I had my hair bleached, and dyed into ash blonde, I was actually having that fear that if I didn’t take care of my hair, I would end up having awkward, frizzy, really ugly, damaged bleached hair. Eew, my imagination just freaked me out. As a promise to take care of my new high maintenance hair, I started researching good hair products, and stumbled upon The Souq Organics’ Moroccan Argan Oil. It has been very much present during bazaars and I have been reading about it online, and it seems that argan oil is the “it” ingredient as of late bearing the following benefits :
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Dove for our hair! Hurrah!!!

I would always associate Dove with a brand with glorious, amazing moisturizing powers. So just imagine, Dove giving so much moisture on your skin, can also infuse your hair with its amazing moisturizing powers?

That, I really gotta see.

Just this month, I started to see Dove hair care products at department stores/Watson’s (I might be late to see them, they might’ve even been supplied earlier), and I was fortunate enough to have received a goodie bag with a full range of one variant of Dove Hair Care. I’ve been roadtesting it right now, and I will be giving you results as soon as I can, as I have been observing my hair carefully (now that is a really crazy activity don’t you think hahaha!)

Dove prides itself with the three special ingredients that promises to nourish your hair, and keep your hair healthy -
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