Summer Hair!

I have to admit, the idea of lightening my hair started last spring. I, heavily, highlighted my hair all through high school. In college I decided to embrace my natural brunette locks, luckily I have some natural highlights to add dimension.  Last spring, solid brunette wasn't cutting it for me and I wanted to mix it up a little, but I couldn't quite commit.

                                             

When I started to look longingly at the light chestnut/ombre tones coming into style, it took me 6  more months to get the nerves up to go to my hairdresser. In November we talked it through and decided on putting just a few balyage highlights in the front.

The result has since started to grow out and with summer coming I wanted something a bit more seasonal. I was looking at Gisele (I know right) and Rose Huntington-Whitely for a blonder look for summer.

We put in a few highlights and low-lights and the result is just what I wanted. Can't wait to be in out in the sunshine soon!

Friday Five

Just a few things that have made a life a little better in recent days ...{or months}


1) Lemon Water
I had heard about the glories of lemon water before and started to give it a try. It's quite honestly been perfect. Soothing, sweet and quite easy to turn the kettle on, wash my face, brush my teeth and pour a cup of water.  It has plenty of other health benefits that Wellness Mama discusses here.

2)Laura Mercier Lip Glace
About 6 months ago a friend convinced me to splurge Laura Mercier's lip glace. I was in NYC and need a new neutral ASAP. She claimed it would be worth the $28 price tag and I have to say it is.
Winter in notoriously dry and having returned from a 2 week trip to the midwest, I was on a pretty heavy chapstick regimen, but was loosing the little guys everywhere. I'd often just have to turn to my Lip Glace and it seemed to work just fine. It wasn't until I brought out my Chanel lipgloss that I truly noticed the difference. I wanted a bright for NYE and turned to Tocade. My the end of the night my lips were basically peeling off. It was not pretty by any means. In that moment I realized what I had in Merciers Glace, not only a fun gloss but a powerful moisturizer for every day use. I went back and bought several shades, my favorite for everyday use is Blush.

3) Yummie Leggings
Tummy taming and a solid quality legging? Yes. Please.

4)Amazing Hairdryer
I finally got my fan-cay hairdryer for Christmas! My finger dry time is down to 10 mins, 30 mins for a blow out! Cannot get better than that. If you have thick hair, or blow dry daily I cannot stress how much you should invest in this!

5) Wunderlist
For some reason when I updated my iPhone, the Reminders app crapped out. I downloaded Wunderlist to keep my random daily thoughts and reminders and shopping lists together. I do my best thinking on public transportation in the morning and its great to have this guy handy to write things downs and set deadlines.