Aveda Damage Ready Intensive Restructuring Treatment

I received a sample of this product in the mail and I was excited to give it a try. I have the kind of hair that has a mind of it's own. The front lies flat as a pole, and as you get round to the back, it get's kinky curly. I have to use some sort of 'intensive' repair solution once a week or I am Frizzo the Walking Pyramid, all volume, just at the base of my bob haircut. The dreaded 'triangle'.

Anyways, this product felt different going on. Usually a repair treatment feels ultra moisturizing and slick. Once I put this on however, it felt as if my hair instantly absorbed it. Leaving very little product to rinse out. You remember those old school advertisements of a broken hair shaft with little holes in it being repaired? Yeah, it kinda felt like that. And my hair was much more manageable once it was dry. So BIG thumbs up for doing exactly what it claims!!

If you have hair like mine, (impossible), Aveda has a gem of a product to try.

Blend people...

Normally I thinking blending in is for those with a generous nature. They are polite, know when to listen, humble to a fault, occasionally seem a little wallflowerish. You know, the nice girls. I wish I was one of them. HA!! We all know those who love to be the center of attention.........I won't name names.

But I'm talking about EYESHADOW blending, something completely different. Today my sister asked me about my eye makeup technique. I explained, (in too much detail for her taste, I think, her eyes started to glaze over...she is a horse lover, not a makeup junkie like moi!) and it occured to me this tip is legit for my blog.......so.......

If you are timid about color but want to test the waters, here's one way to do it:

Bold color on the eye. Just think in twos!! If you don't want to look garish -

(this is not the look we are going for)

Pair a bold eyeliner and a neutral eyeliner together.

Apply bold color to the waterline, (yes inside the eyelash line, below the pupil, not above), and then follow up with gray eyeliner under the lashes. Use your favorite utensil (q-tip, ring finger, or smudger brush) to blend it out and suddenly you have just a hint of color, that seems to smoke out to a subtle gray. Not garish, but just enough color to get noticed. Quite lovely, and it even works in the daytime....

My top picks for this look? Milani LIQUIF EYE metallic eyeliner pencil in 'Aqua',


and underneath, Rimmel Special Eyes Precision Eye Liner Pencil in 'Hurricane Grey' (best gray eyeliner EVER, doesn't go blue like so many do.......)Try it out and let me know what you think. Also, all you lurkers out there, become a follower!! Come on, everybody's doing it.....peer pressure, peer pressure........