These Are a Few of My Favorite…Hair Things

Hot rollers. What a wonderful invention. How did I live before? I know. I lived with less voluminous hair. I “purchased” these hot rollers with my WestLaw points- another perk of graduating law school. Now, I’m OBSESSED with them. They are so easy to use. I find that my hair holds the curls best when it has naturally air dried. These rollers heat up in seconds and don’t take very long to put in. Once they cool, I pull them out and stare in awe at my hair. Blast with hairspray for some extended holding power, and it’s perfect.

They make me feel like a movie star, or a hair commercial star. I immediately alerted my sisters to this new discovery, and at least one of them has already seen the light. The only bad part about these rollers is that the whole case is kind of large, and I can’t imagine ever traveling without them. I need a bigger suitcase.

Dry shampoo is another one of my favorite recent hair discoveries after reading about it on beauty blogs for quite a while. My mom has always demonized dry shampoo, so I’ve never gone near it. On her wedding day, she accidentally sprayed some on her hair instead of hairspray, and she is still traumatized. I’ve seen her wedding pictures, and she looks beautiful in them. She really had nothing to worry about anyway because it was the 80s, and hair could only get so good! I opted for dry shampoo in a bottle after reading extensive reviews on Sephora. This one is the first I’ve tried, and I’m happy with it. Sprinkling some on can extend a blow out for another day, and the less heat my hair meets, the better.

Now, please, enlighten me. What are you favorite hair products that I’m obviously missing out on?

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Funky French Manicure with a Silver Sharpie

I’ve been having so much fun coming up with new manicures to try. I love this version! It’s fun but still relatively subtle. P.S. Doesn’t Stella have a cute leash?!

I bought these silver markers to help my dad with a gym project, and I’ve been looking for fun ways to use them ever since. Writing on dark paper is fun, but it only entertains for so long. Fortunately, these silver markers are perfect for drawing on a cool French manicure! Just give yourself a manicure like you normally would and let it dry completely. You can apply a top coat if you want to speed things along. Then, draw on a French manicure line to each nail- this is so much easier to do neatly with your dominant hand, but practice helps! Let the marker dry, and then go over it with a top coat. Use a lot of polish and apply very light pressure because if your brush bristles make contact with the marker, it can pick some color up and spread it on your nail the next time you touch down.

I redid this manicure in a light purple color to be even more subtle. I love it. It’s interesting, but if you had to run into a formal setting at the last second, it wouldn’t stand out. You might ask why I’m holding a Red Stripe. Well…I’M DONE WITH LAW SCHOOL!!!! I’m ready to celebrate with my happy nails 🙂

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Summery Arugula Salad

This simple summer salad is spectacular! It’s light but filling, and it’s very easy to make. This salad would make a great starter for a summer BBQ, but a larger portion makes a healthy meal in itself. To make it, pile some fresh arugula into a bowl. Top it with shaved asparagus. To shave asparagus, place a spear of asparagus on a cutting board, and run a vegetable peeler over it. Use your vegetable peeler to shave some pieces of parmesan cheese, and sprinkle those on the salad as well. Next come a few chunks of olives, mine were from an olive tapenade, and some toasted pine nuts. BUT NOT TOO MANY! For the dressing, squeeze over some lemon juice and drizzle on some olive oil. Freshly cracked pepper and a little bit of salt finish things up nicely. And now dig into this balanced salad! It has all the flavors I desire. Well, except sweet, but sweet doesn’t fit in here anyway.

Shopping list:

  • Arugula
  • Asparagus- a few spears
  • Parmesan cheese, shaved
  • Pine nuts
  • Olives
  • Lemon
  • Olive oil, salt, and pepper
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