Showing posts with label beauty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beauty. Show all posts

Curled up


Started curling my hair again. It's finally long enough after my last catastrophic haircut made it too short I only liked it somewhat straight.

I posted this quick pic on
my Twitter and got a bunch of questions on how I did it. I'll try to do some sort of picture tutorial because my explanation isn't that clear but here it goes:

1) Dry your hair completely and
use a heat protecting spray

2) Divide all your hair in to three parts.
One small section on the top and two bigger, equal sized parts in the middle and bottom of your head. I use the top of my ears as an indicator of where to separate the middle from the bottom bart. Twist all your hair except the bottom layer in a bun so it’s out the way.

3) We start with the bottom layer.
Divide that in to a left side and a right side.

4) Begin curling with one side – I do left first.
Divide that side in pieces of hair that are about 4 centimeters wide - yes; most of the work is in parting hair ;) - and start curling those in a motion going away from your face. You hold the iron horizontally and then roll the iron in a motion going away from your face, starting at the tip of your hair.

5) Hold the iron for a few seconds and carefully roll it out. Immediately spray the curl with hairspray when it comes out of the iron. Now do the same with the right section.

6) You’re now done with the bottom section. Repeat step 3 to step 5 on the middle section of your hair.
  
   7) Now everything is curled except for a small section of hair on top of your head. Where the parting of my hair starts, I take a string of hair that's about 4 centimeters wide on both sides and curl those to the outside. This frames your face so pay extra attention to getting a perfect curl.

8) The rest of the top layer I curl like traditional curl rollers. I lift up the hair so the tip of the hair faces the ceiling and then roll the curling iron down to my head, rolling inwards.

9) Shake it out, lightly brush the curls so they become softer and set with hairspray again. Voilà!


 Two last tips:
- For a more natural look, curl some hair outwards (rolling the curling iron away from your face) and some inwards (rolling towards your face).

- For the best result clip the hot curls to your head with small (bobby) pins, hairspray that and take the pins out when the curls are cooled off.

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Holiday hair


I was asked to share some fashion and beauty advice while travelling. Hope you like this new small travel category and stay tuned for a big fashion packing post and my holiday cosmetics one-on-one!

Being on holiday includes sunbathing, a subtle brown skin and naturally highlighted locks. However, it also means damage to my hair, and after two weeks I’m starting to notice the effects of all different influences here. It gets a bit frizzy because of the heat, dry and damaged from the sun and sea (blonde hair is the most breakable, lucky me), and static from the A/C. If I blow-dry it makes it smoother, but of course that’s not a solution and I’d rather tackle the problem from the inside. So a key word for me is natural oil. I was actually told oil is the oldest beauty ingredient; it’s been used here in Asia for thousands of years and the Greeks and Egyptians used them in their beauty routines (hey; what’s good enough for Cleopatra is surely good enough for me!). So I’m trying out the shampoo, conditioner and mask from a new line called Nourishing Oil Care, which is by Dove. It has almond oil, coconut oil (totally matches my tropical location :P) and mineral oils which will hopefully works as a hair emergency rescue, with another 3 weeks of sea and sand to go!

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Twisted silver


Even though I use some make up products religiously - I've bought the same mineral powder foundation, day cream, and lip balm since I was 15 - I'm somehow never that true to any mascara. Usually I will go with what catches my eye in the drug store (yes, that's my wild side) because I'm just a sucker for pretty packaging like this angled one. After all, if they put that much thought into the outside, the same must be for the inside, right? This 4D mascara by L'Oréal Paris is an upgrade from the Lash Architect I was already using but with more black pigments (yay!) and an improved texture. Promising, since my motto is something like the bigger, the blacker, the better for mascara's. I've worn it for three days and so far it meets my expectations; it might make it's way in to my bag as a regular. What's the one product you never leave the house without?

ps. This is the first picture with my new camera! Can't wait to show you more.


Getting glossy


Browsing the web and discovering new blogs is one of the things I love to do, it was one of the reasons to start my own blog as a matter of fact. It's also how I discovered Into the Gloss about beauty secrets of the fashion incrowd, created by Emily Weiss. Rings a bell? For those just as (secretly) obsessed with The Hills might remember her cameo appearance as the Teen Vogue intern from New York - hello dream job! She's since moved on and started blogging from Jen Brill's favorite concealer, Amy Astley's best beauty buys and Anna Piaggi's blush essentials. And since I liked the mix between beauty and fashion I thought I'd share.

ps. I hope to take outfit pics soon, I'm yet to find a new rhythm between interning at ELLE fulltime and taking outfit pics. And with my boyfriend interning fulltime as well at Comedy Central, time just isn't as flexible. We were going to take them today but something personal got in between. Hope you understand and I'm trying my hardest to make my blog as much fun to visit as possible :D Thanks for all your love and support! <3 Yara


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