Hair Health Care Tips you shouldn't ignore!

Keep your hair & scalp hydrated

Make sure to condition your hair on a weekly basis using the right conditioners! You want your conditioner to have glycerin or humectants. Humectants keep the moisture on lock!!  Most hair products (masks) with Argan Oil or Coconut Oil can also really hydrate your hair and scalp! This will keep your hair healthy, happy, and growing!

Decrease Hair Dryer Use

Seriously ladies, our hair dryers are not nice! Put the tools down!! They are so damaging! The days you have off, or a day where it's s 80 and sunny, air dry that beautiful scalp of yours! It will not only save your hair but it will save so much time! Plus that natural look is so in right now! For the days you must use a hair dryer use a fast drying sculpting spray! That spray will cut your dry time in half! Yay less time damaging your ends!

Biotin!

I know you thought we were talking about products, but what we put in our bodies is just as important, if not more, than what we put on our bodies when we're talking about beauty secrets! Biotin is a vitamin that promotes healthy hair and nail growth so you're getting a 2 for 1 and it comes in a super easy capsule you can take once a day. And while you're at it, don't forget about eating healthy and drinking plenty of water. Signs of an unhealthy body can show up in hair thinning, flat looking skin, acne, and more- so treat yourself to great meals!

Stop Washing your hair everyday!

Some of you blessed ladies out there know you don’t have to wash your hair every day, but those who have oily hair feel like they need to. Well, news slash, you don’t NEED to you just think you do, and so does your hair. From washing your hair everyday your hair has become used to it, your hair expects and knows it's going to be washed everyday which is why it produces those oils, to replenish what you just stripped away with washing it. Once you stop and make it thru that greasy week... your hair then knows it can cut back on producing those oils. Once you stop washing so much you will see some changes for sure- less dry hair, healthy and shinny, and your color will lasts way longer!

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Makeup Tips and Hacks

How to get a poreless, flawless face instantly

Primer, Foundation, and Baking Tips!

Everyone who loves makeup knows there’s nothing better than learning new trends and techniques to make your makeup routine easier. I recently did a live video of applying my daily routine make up with my favorite New Year look and wanted to give those who missed out a chance to get to know my favorite tips and hacks.

First- Primer: I know personally I was always skeptical about primers…I just saw it as another product for the industry to make use makeup addicts fall into but ladies! LADIES! Primer is a must! It helps smoothing fine lines, wrinkles and large pores. Once you apply the primer think of your face as a beautiful blank canvas, for makeup to go on flawlessly and stay on all day! My go to Primer is Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer!

Next Foundation Application: Everyone has their own preference on applying foundation but after using everything in the book I found my one true love, which is my Urban Decay Pro Optical Blurring Brush. But regardless of the brand using a brush is by far the best way to apply foundation. Why? When used properly, a brush is one of the fastest ways to apply foundation. They blend foundation seamlessly giving skin an even, airbrushed finish. They provide great coverage. Hygienic You can layer easily, giving you more control over coverage. They are good for getting into hard to reach nooks and crannies and they buff foundation into the skin for natural-looking results. In comparison to a makeup sponge…you are just pressing the product right onto you face, sponges are meant to adsorb...so you will be going thru your product a lot faster..also sponges need to be replaced frequently..so buying yourself a nice foundation brush is the equivalent of going thru 5 sponges. The difference is undeniable! The Brush works best with my favorite foundation.. Urban Decay All Nighter Foundation!

Baking: Here's how you can pull off poreless, picture-perfect skin and brighten your eye area... BAKING! My favorite! which refers to letting translucent powder sit on your face for five to ten minutes, which allows the heat from your face to set your base foundation and concealer, and then dusting it off your face, leaving you with a creaseless, flawless finish. It also works as a matte highlighter on your face for those who don't like that shiny sparkly look! My Favorite product to bake with is Dermablend Loose Setting Powder!

All products can be found at Ulta Beauty- honestly, they have everything!

Try these tips out and let us know what you think? Or if any of you beautiful woman out there have any tips to share yourself be sure to comment and let us know! Us woman got to stick together!

It's a new year, make sure to try new things, be courageous, confident and above all love yourself!

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written by:

Taylor- ajbc photography's makeup queen