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How to Make the Best Out of Your Visit to the Salon

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Everyone loves going to the salon and being pampered. Sometimes though, it’s overwhelming and terrifying going in for a new cut or color. Here are some tips on making your visit to the salon a satisfying experience.

1. Use Pinterest or magazines for inspiration.

Tear out pictures from magazines of cuts or color that you like or create a Pinterest board to save styles you’re interested in. Always take in a visual with you to show the stylist. This helps to convey the look you are going for because everyone has a different idea of what color blond or brown is. Hairstylists speak a different language than most people (“brassy”, etc.), so a picture will cut down on the confusion and communicate exactly what you want.

2. Find A Great Stylist

If you see someone whose hair color or cut you like, ask them who did their hair. Finding a fantastic stylist that can tell you what looks good on your face shape, goes with your skin color, etc. is an amazing discovery. Once you find a skilled stylist, trust them and ask them for advice on what kind of cut works with your hair type or if the cut/color you picked out works for you. (continue reading…)

Gwynnie Bee

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(Necklace: gift  Tank: HandMeDown  Pants: Gwynnie Bee  Shoes: Goodwill)

I rarely pay attention to the ads on Facebook, but just recently one caught my eye. It was for a site called Gwynnie Bee and it is basically the Netflix of clothing. You fill up your virtual “closet” with items (sized 10-32) and they send them to you for you to wear and style to your heart’s content. When you are done with the item, you put it in the pre-paid bag they send you and return it. You can try one month for free, which is totally awesome because who doesn’t like free?! These pants were the first item that I received. I love them because they are a style that I’ve been wanting to try out, but would never buy. My husband was not a fan, but I’m glad I got to have fun with them for a limited time. What do you think of them? Casual glam or just too casual (aka gym pants)?

Fly Killer Extraordinaire

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(Necklace & Shoes: Plato’s Closet  Shirt: Goodwill  Skirt: Styles4Less)

Because it’s summer time, we have had our windows and doors open for the majority of the time. Unfortunately this means that we have flies coming in and out at all times. And flies drive me CRAZY! Fortunately I have been blessed with mad-ninja-fly-swatting skills, so I am definitely winning this battle…in my mind anyway. I better watch what I say though because the other day I caught my oldest grabbing the flyswatter while saying “It’s time for some killing!” Yikes.