Stop the Dry Cracked Winter Hands

Im currently standing outside freezing at a Halloween event and it made me think of how dry my hands get in the Fall/Winter. So I thought I'd do a post on how to keep your hands soft!

1. Before bed but a body butter, moisturizing hand cream or Vaseline on your hands. Then put socks or mittens over them to keep moisture in so it will soak into your hands.
2. Don't excessively wash! Not only does this dry out your hands washing your hands excessively also kills good germs you need to stay healthy during flu season.
3. Put cuticle oil/cream on knuckles as well as nail beds. Cuticle oil/cream tends to be more concentrated than regular lotion, do putting it on dry areas will help keep them soft.
4. Stay away from hot water! As nice as it is to put your hands under a faucet with water after a cold day; hot water pulls out the moisture and drys out the skin. Remember that when you go to take a hot shower!
What do you use to keep your hands soft?

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Mini Fall Nail Polish Haul

I picked up a couple of Essie nail polishes today! The one on the left is called Sole Mate and the blue one is called Midnight Cami! So cute! I really wanted a deep wine colored polish and I kept picking up Sole Mate so I bought it. I normally HATE blue polishes but this on one was so pretty I had to have it. I'm hoping since it's such a deep color it will work for me :)


Have you hauled any polishes lately?

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Fall is in the Air!

It's October Weather! by sparklemepink22 featuring linea pelle belts

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Brassy Blonde

If you’ve ever dyed your hair blonde, you’ve probably experienced ‘brass’ on one occasion or another.  Brass is the yellow, orange color hair turns, that depending on your skin tone can be VERY unflattering! Here are a few tip to protect your blonde locks from becoming brassy:

1. Protect your hair's moisture and color by only using styling products formulated for color-treated hair. Chemically lightened hair has been damaged and requires products that provide hydration and are free of alcohol. Alcohol can further dry out the hair


2. Check your Water – Find out if you live in an area where the water supply is high in iron deposits. These deposits can add a brassy tone to your hair when it is washed and rinsed. To fix this problem, add a water softener and iron filter to your shower head.


3. Purple Shampoo – The blue dyes will deposit themselves on your hair shaft, canceling out any brassiness. John Frieda has some inexpensive options, I just bought the shampoo and conditioner! :)

4. Go back to your colorist and request a toner, if you find your hair has become an undesired tint this doesn't have to be brassy necessarily, my hair turned grey and they put toner in it to correct that as well . 


Here are some brassy blondes so you can see what it is! I've seen a lot of girls with over processed hair that have this problem and it looks A LOT worse than these celebs!

..... does this picture need a comment?

You can really see it in the ends of her hair.

Hope this is helpful!!

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NOTD

Orly's Rage
Such a gorgeous color!

What's your favorite polish right now??
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Breast Cancer Awareness: Beauty Style

I have a family friend who has struggled with breast Cancer she is such a sweet and incredibly kind person.

Here are links to check out that I found helpful or had very inspirational stories about people with cancer. Enjoy!

Donate to the National Breast Cancer Foundation

The picture of the little girl just is the cutest thing and the story is amazing!

This is a whole site of Breast Cancer Survivor stories!

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