June 2020 - LuxeLife9

Hair is a girl’s crowning glory. Who doesn’t love beautiful hair? All of us do, right? But sometimes we tend to neglect our hair’s health. Your hair’s texture is the most significant element in determining its personality. It’s the number one thing you should be thinking about when it comes to treating your strands, and more importantly, choosing the products you use on your hair every day.

So, here’s a list of brands and products I use for my hair and wanna share it with you. They are my absolute favourite products!

LEYLA MILANI

I love using Leyla Milani’s Miracle Brush, you can really say farewell to fly-aways for good! As they say about the product. This boar and nylon paddle brush is one of the best brushes for reducing static when you’re brushing your hair. So it is really effective in removing fly-aways from your hair. I also love using it together with their Volume boosting powder. This lightweight, yet powerful hair powder lifts and adds major volume to any hair type. This product doesn’t make your hair feel icky and does the job with the least amount of drawbacks! Such a cool formulation for the volumizing the hair! It gives your hair that boosts it needs. And while you’re at it, finish styling your hair with their Velvet blue scrunchies, well if you are fond of scrunchies that is. lol

ALTERNA

Alternia products are also a good buy for you. From shampoos to their live-in heat protection spray. Their everyday shampoo and everyday conditioner have a gentle formulation for your hair. They are gentle vegan moisturizing shampoo and conditioner that enhances shine, adds smoothness, and improves manageability. They are also formulated with Water Lily extract helps condition, boost gloss, and improve manageability for soft and supple hair. You may also want to try their Caviar Collection, it is a collection of hair care products that you’ll absolutely love. They have a wide range of products to address all hair concerns.

The Science of Ten Perfect Blend Shampoo by Alterna is also one of my favourites. It makes hair so smooth and you don’t have to worry about dead ends anymore with this shampoo. Girl I really recommend it! Plus it’s a unisex shampoo.

AVEDA – Heat Relief Thermal Protector & Conditioning Mist

This is a lovely, gentle heat protectant. I love that it has fewer harsh chemicals than other products, and I can tell it does protect from heat when I spray some on my hand and aim the blow dryer at my hand. This product not only protects when heat styling it also smells incredible and keeps your hair smooth. It is worth the price tag, you should try it too.

PUREOOLOGY

I also love Strength Cure Blonde shampoo and Conditioner. Yes, you have read it right it’s a Blonde shampoo and conditioner. It cleanses, restores and tones highlighted or blonde colour-treated hair. It tones and fortifies brassy, damaged and lightened hair with key ingredients Keravis, Astaxanthin, and Purple Orchid toning pigments and a signature aromatherapy blend of Pear, Rose, and Sandalwood. Together with the conditioner that smoothens your hair, I could say that this stuff does such a great job, smells nice, & makes hair feel so good!

Their Color Fanatic Multi-Tasking Leave-In Spray is also a favourite of mine. It is a Multitasking leave-in treatment especially if you have colour-treated hair. The smell is amazing, and you don’t have to use a lot. Maybe 4 sprays of this stuff and your brush just glide through your hair. If you have long thick dyed naturally wavy hair put this product in after towel drying and you can really tell the difference.

OLAPLEX

Another brand that you can trust is the Olaplex. Try their N°3 hair perfector, N°4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo, N°5 Bond Maintenance Conditioner, N°6 Bond Smoother, and N°7 Bonding Oil.

N°3 hair perfector restores hair’s healthy appearance and texture by repairing damage and protecting the hair structure. It makes hair smooth and soft. N°4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo and N°5 Bond Maintenance Conditioner is a combo life safer if you have frizz from breakage and have some dull dryness from colouring, it will leave your hair smooth, shiny & silky. Their N°6 Bond Smoother is leave-in reparative styling creme that protects all hair types including coloured and chemically treated hair. It strengthens, hydrates, moisturizes and speeds up blow-dry times while smoothing and eliminating frizz and flyaways for up to 72 hours. N°7 Bonding Oil does wonders on colour damaged, coarse and frizzy hair. It’s a small bottle, but you only need a few drops that you can mix into the bond smoother and your super dry ends will surely feel soft and moisturized for days!

ORIBE – Gold Lust Shampoo and COnditioner

Their Gold Lust Shampoo and Conditioner’s scent is amazing, the consistency is rich, it’s moisturizing, soothes your scalp, and rinses clean. Hard to judge if it actually makes hair stronger but I can say that the protein it contains is the good kind and that it won’t make your hair more brittle and broken like other restorative lines for fragile hair.

PHILIP B

Philip B Forever Shine Conditioner is a very good conditioner for dry brittle hair. It has a distinctive warm spicy smell, which you might probably like. The one downside is that there are some small glittery particles, which can show on your forehead or stay on your hands after use–well maybe that’s one reason for the name it has. However, this isn’t a major issue considering it’s such an excellent conditioner.

BLONDME BY SCHWARZKOPF

BlondME by Schwarzkopf products are also a must-try. Their Schwarzkopf Blond Me Crystal Powder is an amazing lightening product. It takes dark brown hair to a cool blond. You just leave it on until your hair us the desired colour. It will not let your hair feel brittle or damaged afterwards. It also smells wonderful. There are still a lot of amazing products from them. Go check them out!

Who uses a hairdryer? Raise your hands! Well, almost every one of us does, right? lol. The T3 NM EXCLUSIVE CURA HAIRDRYER is such an amazing hair Dryer. It is worth every single penny! Other dryers make the ends of my hair look fried, but this one leaves hair so soft and so smooth! I actually feel like it’s improving the health of your hair. The airflow just seems so much better than other dryers. Go check them out! You’ll surely love it. You may also want to try their SinglePass 1″ Flat iron, shiny, smooth hair in one easy pass! It leaves hair feeling silky and smooth. It doesn’t take long to iron your entire hair and you won’t feel as if it is burning your hair. Also, a great iron to curl your hair with, and the curls come out amazing!

ANGEL HAIR MIST BY THIERRY MUGLER

This Hair Mist is a non-sticky, non-greasy light mist that infuses the hair with the signature fragrance of the iconic Angel perfume! It lasts beautifully throughout the day and night so you can wave your locks around the dancefloor & smell like a dream! lol.

ORIBE – Dry Texturizing Spray

I absolutely LOVE this product! If your hair is bleached, dry, thin and it refuses to hold curl more than an hour or so this is a great buy for you. you can use this before or after curling on dry hair and it helps so much! It definitely holds curls for hours and you’ll be able to have great volume as well. It’s also great for styling as it gives your hair some grab, so if you want to put it in an updo or French braid it really helps to use this.

LIVING PROOF – Perfect Hair Day Dry Shampoo

If you have an oily scalp, this shampoo works really well when you are not in mood to wash your hair. lol. It adds volume and legitimately gets rid of the oil. Leave it on for 5 minutes to bake before brushing it out, and the results are even better. I can’t recommend this enough. It may be a bit pricey for others, but it is definitely a good buy.

MOROCCANOIL – Dry Shampoo Light Tones

This is for all the blondes and it has a wonderful MoroccanOil smell. First and foremost, it’s formulated with Moroccan oil so instead of drying out the ends of your hair like a lot of dry shampoos can tend to do this actually softens them while absorbing the oils from your scalp. The light tones will not leave a white cast on most hair but definitely go for dark if you don’t have highlights at the root.

SLIP – Silk Pillowcase and Silk Sleep mask

Slip Silk Pillowcase is a standard queen-size pillowcase made of the highest grade mulberry silk for the ultimate beauty sleep. This pillowcase is perfection. It feels like your head is resting on a heavenly cloud every single night. It is the softest material you would have ever touched! also love the benefits, it is advertised as anti-aging, anti-sleep crease, and anti bedhead. It has certainly made a difference with my hair and that is why I include it on the list–you might have been wondering why a pillowcase suddenly appeared on the list. lol. Paired with my Slip Sleepmask, this feels really luxurious. The sleep mask is great at blocking out light and keeping my serums or eye creams where they need to be.

So there goes the list of my absolute favourite products. I hope this list will help you address some of your hair concerns especially now that we can’t easily go out and go to a hair salon to get our hair fixed. Have you tried some of this product? You can also share with me your favourite products and your experience with them! Stay healthy and fabulous loves!

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Hi Loves! How is everyone? I hope you are all doing fine amidst all the things that are happening around us. Do you feel like you need to unwind and wish that you could travel somewhere? Well, how does travelling around in our own country sounds?

Yes, we could still travel around the U.S., perhaps there are still lots of places that you haven’t visited yet. Now’s the perfect time to go to our very own tourist spots. Maybe you’re like me, that all of the travel plans have been cancelled, so to make up for that, I am bounded to go to Ozarks myself next week and am very excited about it!

The Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mountains or the Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and the extreme southeastern corner of Kansas. The Ozarks cover a significant portion of northern Arkansas and most of the southern half of Missouri, extending from Interstate 40 in Arkansas to Interstate 70 in central Missouri. It hasn’t always been at the top of many travel lists, but often the stepchild of its larger, more sophisticated surrounding cities. The land has long been a destination for those seeking outdoor adventures among its rugged woodlands, limestone bluffs, and pristine waters, and travellers are finally catching on to its beauty.

If you haven’t been there already, why not book your travel now? There are a lot of things to do here, especially if you are a nature lover. So, here are some of the places to go and things to do at the Ozarks.

Do you enjoy fishing? Or perhaps your significant other? How about fishing at Norfork Lake? You can catch for stripers, hybrids, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, Kentucky bass, white bass, and walleye all year round. Or you can also go for Bull Shoals Lake and the White River whose waters entice trout and bass fishermen nationwide.

Winding your way south puts you in a perfect position to experience Table Rock Lake. This area of the Ozarks is working to move away from its reputation as a kitschy country music hub with top-billed golf courses and the Branson Landing. But it’s perfectly okay to bypass all of that and head straight for the real gem: Table Rock Lake. The fresh blue-green waters are where you’ll find locals and their boats come any warm summertime weekend.

Bull Shoals Caverns is one of the world’s oldest caverns formed approximately 350 million years ago, during the Ordovician period, and was carved out by water method. Bull Shoals Caverns is nestled in the heart of the beautiful Ozark Mountains in central northern Arkansas and is still alive and growing today. Features formations millions of years in the making; the site has been used by prehistoric natives, Civil War soldiers, and moonshiners; underground rainbow trout stream, miniature lake; visitors tour the cave via concrete walkways. The caverns are home to camel crickets, bats, and salamanders. There are underground streams that flow throughout the caverns and varieties of cave formations. The caverns are air-conditioned by nature, 59 degrees year-round. There are no stairs on the floor of this cave, which once sheltered the Indians who roamed the region. At the back of the cave is a waterfall and is available for private wedding ceremonies; available by appointment only.

And if you go to the Bull shoal Caverns, you can also enjoy Mountain Village 1890. Mountain Village 1890 is a historic re-creation of an Ozark settlement with authentic historical buildings from the 1800s. A tribute to the pioneers who first settled in this remote part of the country. These were hardy men and women who followed the trails into the mountains from the Carolinas, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia. The village is a Bull Shoals, Arkansas attraction that draws families, particularly those interested in history, from across the United States.

If hiking is one of your favourite activity there are a lot of trails that you can choose. Runners, walkers, and bikers enjoy Missouri’s second-longest rail-to-trail path, the Frisco Highline Trail. It’s a 35-mile route that connects Springfield to Bolivar with four trailheads, 16 railroad bridges, and lots of rural character. If you like a more urban trail experience with easy access to dining, libations, a great city park, and a notable point of interest, then Galloway Creek Greenway is for you. There is also the Springfield Conservation Nature Center. Where are several great hiking trails, but The Long Trail, which is an easy 1-and-2/3-mile jaunt, offers some of the best scenery. And these are just a few of them, there are still a lot of trails that you can choose whatever the level of difficulty that you want. And, it’s a good way to burn those calories you’ve accumulated. lol.

If hiking isn’t a thing you enjoy, then you can go to Springfield’s Downtown, Missouri, an ever-growing city that’s nestled in the Southwest corner of the state. Downtown offers plenty to peruse, with precious antique shops, cocktail bars, and restaurants that dot the historic streets. But did you know that just southeast is the Rountree district, it’s this very neighbourhood, with charming Craftsman- and Bungalow-style homes that famed the photographer Julie Blackmon whose work photographs have appeared in Time, The New Yorker, and Oxford American, has used to set the scene for most of her work.

Those are only a few of what the Ozarks can offer and writing this makes me feel more excited about going to the Ozarks next week. I can’t wait! lol.

It’s a great thing to unwind and enjoy while learning some of or history. Let’s appreciate our very own culture and history. So have you guys decided where to go? You can also give some suggestions about where to go next! I hope I had given you some ideas on how to make the most out of this time and pray that you are always safe and healthy.