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Bumpits– Suprise! They work!
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I’m not going to lie; I’m no hair stylist. Styling is by no means my forte. But as a girl, I do know that the perfect “bitch poof” can fall out of even the most hair-sprayed head as fast as you can say, well, “poof!”
Now that teasing our hair is back in, what’s a girl to do?!
Miracle of miracles, Bumpits were invented. A while back I blogged about how I wasted 20 minutes of my life just trying to get through to the damn payment section of bumpits.com, so I won’t waste anyone’s time telling that story again. But FINALLY, the Bumpits have arrived on my doorstep!
You’re the first to hear it from me: Bumpits work! However, they take a bit of getting used to. The key to creating a successful poof with the Bumpits is to TEASE the hell out of your hair (as the instructions say to do)! If you don’t tease, and hairspray, and tease again, the Bumpit comb will show right through your hair. Can you say, “taccckkkyyy?” So tease, tease, tease ladies!
I wore my hair in a poof with my new Bumpit all day today and it didn’t even come close to falling out. Now THAT is an impressive poof.
The package of Bumpits I ordered came with three different styles of Bumpits:
1) The Hollywood Bumpit (way too high of a bump for my taste)
2) The regular Bumpit (just right!)
3) The bangs Bumpit (it works but I’ll probably never use it. ).
Another crazy thing about the Bumpits is that they come in four different colors so you can match them to your hair: Light blond, medium/dark blond, auburn, and black. I ordered the light blond.
The only thing I wish I did differently is ordering from amazon.com instead bumpits.com. It would have saved me a lot of hassle and possibly some money. But overall, I do recommend this product.
XOXO,
Sarah
Your product junkie
Jose Eber Crazy European Flat Irons
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My newest obsession (of the moment) is my brand new Jose Eber flat iron. I already had a nice flat iron (a CHI) before I bought this one, but as I was walking through the mall the other day I somehow got roped into “testing out” another one at the Jose Eber kiosk. I was practically ambushed by those charming but somewhat obnoxious European men who work at the mall and call out to you “pretty lady, is your hair naturally curly?” (In a heavy European accent, naturally).
At any rate, one thing led to another and five minutes later my naturally curly, frizzy mess of hair was straight. I’m telling you, it only took FIVE MINUTES. With my $120 CHI flat iron, it takes me 15-20 minutes to straighten my hair.
But when my lovely new European friend told me that Jose Eber flat irons cost a whopping $250 each, I laughed in his face and told him when hell froze over I would spend that kind of money on an iron (in a nicer way, of course).
“For you, pretty lady, a special deal…” he said. Right, I’m sure he’s never said that before. “How much did you pay for your horrible CHI?” he asked.
“It’s not horrible, but I got it on ebay for $80.”
“Your CHI is ruining your hair! Jose Eber makes it soft and shiny! For you, I will match the price of your CHI, but don’t tell anybody because you are robbing me blind!”
Sadly, I’m a sucker for a good deal. I got the price down to $75 and I bought the damn thing in hot pink. But as soon I as I got home I looked for Jose Eber on amazon.com and found irons for as little as $69.99, so don’t be fooled into paying anything close to the $250 the men at the mall are asking for it.
At any rate, it’s been a week since my impulse purchase and my hair still straightens in five to ten minutes, which is a huge feat for someone with as much curly hair as I have. The iron also makes my hair softer than it’s been in years, and much shinier than my CHI makes it. So yes, I would highly recommend Jose Eber flat irons.
The dealio:
Price: $69-$250
Colors and design: Tons!
Warranty: Lifetime!!
If you’re on the market for a flat iron, Jose Eber is your man!
XOXO,
Sarah
Your product junkie
Biore Pore Strips
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Pictures taken by me, attempting to show the gunk that the pore strip pulled out of my pores. However, my camera isn’t good enough to focus on the pore strips… If you look VERY closely, however, at the edges of the strip, you see a bit of yellow nastiness.
If you’re looking for an effective method of smoothing and softening the skin on your nose, look no further than Biore’ Pore Strips. These little babies have been my saviors for many years. Every few weeks I use a strip on my nose and I’m as good as new; my makeup sets quicker, doesn’t clump, AND my nose doesn’t break out. (Not to mention, the strips make my skin as soft as a baby’s buttocks.)
Another crazy/cool/semi-gross thing about these strips is that once you take them off, you actually SEE the yucky gunk they pulled out of your face right there on the strip. That way, you KNOW they worked!
Instructions for use (borrowed from Biore’s website):
1) Remove strip from pouch. Before using nose strips, twist strip to loosen and separate slits featured on nose strips only.
2) After washing your face, thoroughly wet your nose or other face areas (where you have clogged pores or blackheads). The strip won’t stick if skin is dry.
3) Dry hands. Peel strip off plastic liner. Apply to skin, smooth side down, pressing down to ensure good contact with skin.
4) Let dry for about 10-15 minutes until stiff to the touch – like papier-mâché.
5) Slowly and carefully peel off starting at edges, pulling toward center.
XOXO,
Sarah
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Bumpits Website Makes Life Difficult
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Image borrowed from bumpits.com.
I was going to wait until my Bumpits arrived before I blogged about them, but my experience on the website made it pertinent that I blog now.
As some of you probably know, Bumpits are the little comb-like, clip-like things that promise to create the perfect “hair bump” or “bitch poof,” as my dear friend Brittany calls them. It seems as if you can’t turn on the TV without being bombarded with a dozen commercials for the damn things. Naturally, I had to try them.
The TV commercials promise an inexpensive product for $19.99 plus p&h. Once on the website, www.bumpits.com, I see that I only get two Bumpits for $19.99 and p&h is $7.95. To get the product advertised on TV that is supposedly FREE, an additional p&h of $6.95 is added to your bill, resulting in a whopping $34.89 total. As you can see, that is a huge jump from $19.99.
But of course, I love products too much to pass up the opportunity for the Bumpit. I’m sucked in. Once my credit card information is entered, I am bombarded with five pop-up windows asking me to purchase more products, most of which have nothing to do with the Bumpits (and all of which are very expensive). In order to confirm my original order, I need to sift through all of these other propositions and find the tiny, faintly colored “No” button on each page. Needless to say, the Bumpits website is a time-consuming, expensive pain.
Hopefully when they arrive, it’ll all be worth it ☺. Perfect poof, here I come! I’ll take pictures as soon as they’re here!
XOXO,
Sarah
Your product junkie
The Secret to Healthy, Shiny Hair: Mayo?!?!
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The first scoop of mayo. Ewwwww
When I was a child I read on some crazy website that putting mayo in my hair would make it shiny and soft. The thing was, at the age of eight, I already had shiny, healthy hair. My daddy, well intentioned but no hair-care expert, allowed me spread a cup of mayo all over my eight-year-old head like it was a Subway sandwich. The end result was a traumatic week at school with wet-looking, stinky, greasy hair. It was a week I never lived down.
Now, at the age of 21, I’m older and wiser. Or am I? I’ve dyed my hair a different shade of blond, brown, and blue-ish, blond-ish, brown-ish every month for the past two years. As most of you know, I was committing hair suicide.
My hair no longer has the shine and health it had when I was eight. But whose does? And now that I’m seeing some serious breakage in my ends, and having difficultly getting my hair to grow much longer than my shoulders (which I’ve never had a problem doing before!), I’m once again considering the mayonnaise trick. But dare I risk it?
I slathered it all over my hair
According to online sources, mayonnaise is made up of a blend of egg yolks, oil, vinegar, and lemon juice. When combined, they help add strength, moisture and shine to hair. Many other hair treatments lack the protein that mayo has, which why it’s used to add strength to weak hair.
MY EXPERIMENT:
1) Add ½ cup of full-fat mayo to dry, unwashed hair.
2) Cover with a plastic cap (or warm towel if you’re cap-less), and let penetrate for 15-30 minutes.
3) Rinse thoroughly with cool water (be careful not to use hot water, you don’t want to accidently cook the egg into your hair!)
4) Shampoo and condition as usual.
Life's no fun if you never get your hands dirty!
Despite the nasty smell of mayo in my hair for the 20 minutes I left it there, the overall experience was not all that unpleasant. The end result is that my hair really is a little bit SOFTER, SHINIER, and possibly stronger (but how do I really test that in just one day?). I plan to use the other half of my mayo jar in a week to do another treatment, and I’ll report back.
XOXO,
Sarah
Your Product Junkie
Lancome Oscillation Mascara rocks my tired lashes!
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Image borrowed fromhttp://fashionesedaily.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lancome.jp
I’ve always been jealous of those girls with natural beautifully long eyelashes, and bitter toward those boys with sexy lashes they’ll never appreciate the way a girl would (like my boyfriend). I’m one of those unfortunate people born with short, dull lashes… UNTIL NOW! Finally, after much searching, I’ve found the most incredible mascara.
My new god sent is Lancôme Oscillation mascara!!! Yes, it vibrates. Yes, it’s strange. But IT WORKS! It takes me about ten seconds to apply it and I only need one coat. It doesn’t clup, or smudge. It curls my lashes without an eyelash curler, it lengthens them to the max, and it carefully covers every single lash. This is by far the best mascara I’ve ever used.
The only draw back is the price… It’s about 34 American dollars. If you’re not quite ready to spend QUITE that much on a mascara (although I urge you to, this stuff is worth the $$$!) then Lancome also makes a mascara called Hypnose which is almost as good, and less expensive ($24). I’m all for drug store cheap makeup, but when I find a product that’s worth the extra cash, I just have to share it with the world! Trust me, you won’t regret this purchase.
XOXO,
Sarah
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Horse Shampoo – Does Mane ‘N Tail make your hair grow faster?
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What’s the deal with Horse Shampoo?
I quite literally started laughing when my friend told me she was using horse shampoo to make her hair grow faster. Shampoo designed for horses?! I knew she had to be kidding. But low and behold, a few months after our conversation, her hair was significantly longer. Weird, right?
Being a product junkie myself, I did some research.
The brand of horse shampoo everyone’s been talking about is called Mane ’n Tail (buy it here). When I first went to the Mane n’ Tail website, I was initially a bit thrown off. Upon arrival, it asked me to select whether I was using the products for “personal” or for “animal care.” I scanned over the picture of a well-groomed horse and selected the picture of a bored-looking girl with very long hair and the words “personal care” plastered across her picture. I chuckled to myself that the website even had to ask.
Mane’n Tail history
According to the Q&A portion of Mane’n Tail’s website, its products were originally developed for horses. Horse owners reported seeing “significant improvement in the health and appearance of their horses’ manes and tails.” The improvement in their animals’ hair prompted horse owners to try the shampoo out on themselves (which wouldn’t have been my first inclination, but hell, why not!?) The animal owners supposedly had the same results.
Still, I was skeptical.
After looking at the Mane’n Tail website, I did a bit more research into the success of the product from outsiders’ perspective.
Can horse shampoo really make my hair grow any faster than it already does?
The answer is no. Nothing you put on your head can increase hair growth (06/01/2011 post update: Latisse has since been clinically proven to increase hair growth for eyelashes and eyebrows). However, Mane N’ Tail does give us Long Hair Hopefuls a few good reasons to buy it.
First of all, those of us trying to grow out our hair need a shampoo that moisturizes and helps to prevent breakage. Mane N’ Tail does just that. It also comes without the sticky and unhealthy residue that many other shampoos leave behind. All Mane’n Tail leaves behind is clean, healthy hair. And best of all, it’s CHEAP (you can buy it for only $2.99 here).
So, I obviously had to purchase a bottle of Mane’n Tail to try on myself. Just so that I could write a fair and accurate review, I used up the entire bottle before commenting. As promised, the shampoo cleaned my hair without leaving it dry and brittle. It didn’t smell bad, and it didn’t turn my hair blue (as I’d heard a rumor it would).
However, my hair didn’t start shooting out of my head. It grew at a fairly normal rate (as far as I could tell).
Would I buy Mane N’ Tail again? Sure, why not. But mostly because it’s inexpensive, good quality shampoo. Not because of any magical growth properties it has in it.
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June 2011 Update: This was one of the first blog posts I ever wrote and since I have written many that have to do with hairstyling, health, and growth. If you’re interested, please check out some of my more recent blog posts about hair:
Easy hairstyles
3 ways to banish boring hair
The safest way to wash your hair
How to grow long, healthy hair