Hair & Makeup Reviews

{Review} Bumble and Bumble’s Deeep Hair Treatment

January 22, 2012 – 12:25 am

This weekend is all about healthy hair on Fresh-Season.com! Yesterday, I reviewed John Frieda’s Frizz-Ease Hairspray– today, I’m going to share something amazing with you {and your hair!}: Bumble and Bumble’s Deeep hair conditioning mask!

I actually picked this up at Sephora yesterday {after getting my hair coloured at the salon} and my god, you guys! This stuff is beyond amazing!

“For the chemically dependent or seriously parched colour junkies, styling abusers or sun worshippers: a protein masque to revive lifeless locks.”

“After washing with gentle shampoo, work a dab into hair and comb through. Leave in for twenty minutes and rinse thoroughly.” — Not only does this stuff smell pretty awesome, it really does work!

I do/put everything to my hair: I blow dry it, straighten it, curl it, colour it, cut it, hairspray, oil treatments etc. etc.– and yes, all of this has taken a mean toll on my poor hair! It was so damaged {mainly at the ends} and dry.

After one twenty minute treatment of Bumble and Bumble my hair was back to its healthy self! It was incredibly softer, lighter, and it looked amazing! Even the finance thought so ;)

Overall rating: 5/5!


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Hair & Makeup Reviews

{Review} John Frieda’s Frizz-Ease Hairspray

January 20, 2012 – 4:24 pm

This weekend is all about SEXY HEALTHY HAIR on Fresh-Season.com! I kid you not. I have four hair related posts coming up and I hope you’ll enjoy them all weekend long :) First up, is a new product I recently tried out– John Frieda’s Frizz-Ease Firm-Hold Hairspray!

The majority of the time, I’ll use hairspray. I’m usually curling my hair or teasing it at the roots {to add volume}, so I’ll hairspray to achieve my desired look. Now, I’ve tried several hairsprays out there {Aussie, Big Sexy Hair, Pantene etc.}, but so far, nothing compares to the one I picked up last week by John Frieda.

I hate hairsprays that makes your hair feel crunchy. Ohhh man, do I ever hate that feeling! I also hate strong smelling hairsprays. I don’t want to walk into a store– three hours after I did my hair– and make everyone gag from the strong scent of my hair products. I need something that gives a firm-hold, yet soft {or even semi-soft} to touch, a decent scent, and cheap {hehe}.

John Frieda’s Frizz-Ease firm-hold hairspray does juuuust that folks.

“Quick-drying, firm-holding power supports even the hardest-to-handle styles all day long. Forms a barrier around hair strands to help seal out moisture and prevent frizzing in any weather conditions. Shine-boosting formula also contains sunscreen.”

While it does fight off frizzy-ness, I don’t really see any added shine from this product. For me, the big seller was that it didn’t smell bad, it holds my hair in place, and it doesn’t make it crunchy. I actually got this on sale, at Shoppers DrugMart, for $6 {excelleeeent!} but I think it’s usually around the $12CAD range.

Overall rating: 4/5!

Question: Do you use hairspray? What’s your favourite hairspray? What’s your least favourite hairspray?


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New Things Ottawa Uncategorized

Ice Skating on the Rideau Canal

January 18, 2012 – 9:00 am

Yesterday, I did something very exciting… I went ice-skating on the Rideau Canal for the very first time! For those of you who are unfamiliar with Ottawa, the Rideau Canalis a National Historic Site of Canada {and a UNESCO World Heritage Site} that runs through the city. Every year, the canal is open for people to skate on! EEEEEE!!!

Ken skating :)

The skateway is 7.8 kilometres long– Meaning, this is the world’s largest skating rink! How cool is that? They even have places– on the ice– where you can buy hot chocolate, beavertails, etc!

Ken and I both had a beavertail and hot chocolate {with marshmellos<3}

About to skate backwards… I think?

BEAVER TAIL + hot chocolate! Best thing ever invented, you guys!

Ken<3

Myself again… check out my Canada mitts ;)

It was such an interesting day! And guess what? I didn’t fall down ;) Hehe. I haven’t been skating in 5-6 years, so this surprises me. Random fact though: When I was younger, I was in figure skating. I think from the age of 4 to 13-14! Goddd, I miss it.

But anyway, I can’t wait to go back on Thursday!


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Hair & Makeup

Using Urban Decay’s NAKED Palette

January 17, 2012 – 9:00 am

I LOVE Urban Decay’s NAKED palette! — I don’t think I can stress this enough :3

I received the NAKED palette for Christmas {thanks Ken<3} and I’ve been using it ever since! I’m serious. I own two M.A.C palettes full of eye shadows and I haven’t touched them at all! The Naked palette has every colour I want :)

Check out yesterday’s look–

Eye Products Used

- Urban Decay’s Primer Potion

- Virgin shadow {Naked palette}

- Sin shadow {Naked palette}

- Sidecar {Naked palette}

- Hustle {Naked palette}

- M.A.C’s penultimate eye liner in Rapid Black

- Dior’s Diorshow Extase mascara

- M.A.C’s brow pencil in Spiked

Questions: What’s your favourite eye shadow palette, brand, or shade?

 


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Home Sweet Home

My *Dream* Apartment!

January 16, 2012 – 7:00 pm

Ken and I have been discussing something lately… moving. Not to another city or anything {I love Ottawa!}, but to a different part of Ottawa and in a different apartment complex. Right now, we live kinda far from downtown {not drive wise, but certainly walking/bus wise} which saddens me because I love downtown Ottawa ;)

We definitely can’t afford it, but I wish we could live in a condo. There’s so many here! You know, with two bedrooms {I could use one as an office}, a nice bathroom {maybe two, hehe}, and a fabulous kitchen. Everyone needs a nice kitchen. Man, you should see mine right now… so ugly. Our fridge and stove is like, 10+ years old! And shitty cupboards -_____-

How come I can’t have a cute PINK Smeg fridge?

Oh right, because Ken would kill me, haha. But seriously though… when we go apartment hunting {we’re planning on doing this next  month!} I am fully inspecting the kitchen. I mean, when we first arrived here, in our current apartment, the fridge wasn’t even cleaned out! It was disgusting!

Questions: Do you live in an apartment complex, condo, or house? Is there a particular room that you love or hate?


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