Archive for 'hair care'

Conditioner before Shampoo?

Monday, September 15th, 2008

No, it’s not opposite day - The Beauty Bug has a method to Her madness! Reversing your routine in the shower may be the answer to added volume…
In the August issue of Allure Magazine, celebrity hair stylist Nathaniel Hawkins recommended reversing your normal routine in the shower to combat flatness add volume to hair. [...]

Beauty Advice from The Boss

Monday, July 14th, 2008

The Beauty Bug’s day job and Her site/obsession for beauty products rarely ever intersect - most of the time, it’s just better that way.
Well, there’s a first time for everything…
Yesterday, while enjoying a leisurely Sunday afternoon with The Beauty Bug Fiance, She received an email from Her boss. The subject line read: “Do you remember?”
The [...]

Aveda’s Smooth Infusion Style-Prep Smoother

Monday, March 24th, 2008

The Beauty Bug received a sample of Aveda’s Smooth Infusion Style-Prep Smoother at New York Fashion week in February. It was given to Her with the intent that it’d be Her best friend as She frantically made Her way from show to show. There was only one problem - She wasn’t attending any shows. Instead, [...]

The Beauty Bug’s Ultimate Gift Guide

Monday, December 10th, 2007

Here it is - print it out and highlight it, send it to your friends, email it to your boyfriend/husband, hand it out at the office, take it shopping with you - it’s The Beauty Bug’s Ultimate Gift Guide (in no particular order)!
Shimmer as if you’ve been sprinkled with fairy dust with this [...]

The Beauty Bug Presents “The Office” - Alterna’s Caviar Conditioner

Friday, December 7th, 2007

To get everyone in The Beauty Bug’s office to agree on something it a feat in itself. Walk into Her office at any given moment and you’ll hear bickering, yelling, occasional swearing, and of course, complaining. There is never a dull moment. Whether you want to hear it or not, an opinion is always [...]

Whodunit?

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

The Beauty Bug’s a sucker for a good mystery. She has fond memories from her childhood of playing the original Clue for hours, before moving on Clue Master Detective; She was always Miss Scarlett. On any given Saturday night, you’ll find Her curled up on the couch watching 48 Hours, and of course She never [...]

Silky Dirt Shine & Define Creme

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Yesterday was a momentous day of sorts for The Beauty Bug. Since signing up and becoming a Sephora Beauty Insider, She has spent $100 at Sephora and received her first SIB gift. As the Sephora cashier offered The Beauty Bug one of three small (and She means very small) tokens of appreciation for being [...]

Hair Necessities

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

This weekend, the Beauty Bug newly found hair stylist cut a bit too much off her bob and she’s now channeling Katie Holmes. While The Beauty Bug Boyfriend and The Queen Bee have told the Beauty Bug countless times that they love her new ‘do, it’s going to take her a while to get used [...]

Hairspray

Friday, July 20th, 2007

What gets a gal
Asked out to lunch
Is it brains, is it dough?
No, it’s hairspray!
If you take a ride
With no can at your side
Then your flip will be gone
With the wind ..
If you think about it, Corny Collins (musical entrepreneur from who hosts the “Corny Collins Show” in Hairspray) is on to something…a girl [...]

It’s an Alterna Summer…

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

The Beauty Bug is stubborn, She’ll admit it. What do you expect, She’s a Taurus! So stubborn that when Alterna contacted Her to send her straightening products for Her review, She said no because she said she had perfected her straightening routine, and didn’t need them. Looking back on it now, She can’t believe She [...]