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Frizzy hair solutions | How to tame frizzy hair

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frizzy hair solutions

frizzy hair solutions c/o Garnier from left: cooler bag for the beach (won’t solve frizzy hair, but it will keep your food cold at the beach!) / Sleek & Shine conditioner / Sleek & Shine shampoo / Anti-Frizz serum / Zing citrus zinger water bottle (won’t solve frizzy hair, but it is a water game changer) /  Sleek & Shine leave-in conditioner / beach radio speaker (won’t solve frizzy hair, but it will entertain you!) / smooth air dry cream / face mask moisture bomb pink and blue

Raise your hand if you get frizzy hair? Especially during the summer! My hand is so far up, I can’t even see it! We get fog here in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the fog makes my hair frizz like crazy! I am always looking for low-maintenance, frizzy hair solutions to keep my mane tame.

Here in the Bay Area, I am always asking my friends how to tame frizzy hair, because let’s face it, this is a problem! We don’t use a lot of hair products in California, our hair styles are more windblown then in other parts of the country. But, just because we like a little beach hair here or there, this does not mean we want frizzy hair. We need to find the perfect frizzy hair solutions to keep our natural hair do’s on point; without looking like we stuck our fingers in a socket.

Garnier has a fabulous collection of hair care products which are the perfect solutions to frizzy hair. The Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine collection includes shampoo, conditioner, leave-in conditioner, and an anti-frizz serum. When used together, they are the perfect line of defense against frizzy hair; which I also like to refer to as “Fog Hair.”

I love the Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine collection for combating my Fog Hair. My favorite product from the collection, which is must-have for anyone who needs to tame frizzy hair, is the Anti-Frizz Serum. This stuff is genius! The Garnier Fructis Anti-Frizz Serum is perfect for using while blow-drying hair, or to use as a line of defense against fog or humidity; both enemies which make our hair frizz up like crazy.

For travel, I love the Garnier Smooth Air Dry cream. It is a great way to smooth out frizz while on the go. This is something I keep in my gym bag, beach bag, and in the car for trips. You never know when your hair might frizz up! The Garnier Smooth Air Dry cream will tame that frizz down; it is a great frizzy hair solution!

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What is your favorite way to combat frizzy hair?

Thanks for stopping by!

XOXO

Cathy

Aveda Pramasana hair care products

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All products c/o Aveda, from left: Aveda Phomollient / Aveda Pramasana purifying scalp cleanser / Aveda Damage Remedy / Aveda Pramasana protective scalp concentrate / Aveda Pramasana exfoliating scalp brush / Aveda Light The Way candle / Aveda thickening tonic

As a busy Mother’s of three, I have to keep my hair routine quick and efficient. I don’t have a lot of time to dry my hair on low heat, use a lot of different products, and style it into a perfect ‘do. I use a limited number of products; and they need to be efficient, just like my morning routine.

With all of the hair care products I use on my hair; plus all of the heat styling I do on high heat-so it works faster, it is so important to take care of my scalp! I am so happy that Aveda’s Pramasana scalp care line has amazing products which exfoliate the scalp, leaving it squeaky clean, and free of product build-up. Love that!

I have found that if I use the Pramasana purifying scalp cleanser once a week, my scalp is a lot less dry. Although I don’t use a lot of styling products, I do blow dry my hair often, along with using products which help protect my hair from the heat. The purifying scalp cleanser clarifies my scalp, getting rid of that yucky product build-up. Love that!

Aveda’s Pramasana protective scalp concentrate is great to put a protective coating on my scalp. It not only protects it from product build-up, but creates a barrier to help protect the scalp from blow dryer heat. I use the concentrate before blow drying my hair. It’s great!

If you are looking for a cleaner scalp, or to protect your scalp, I highly recommend Aveda’s Pramasana collection! Love!

*thank you to Aveda for partnering on this post. all thoughts and opinions are my own

Irresistible Me hair extensions review

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Pictured: hair extensions c/o Irresistible Me Silky Touch, color #4, 20″ long, 200g weight

I have always loved having long hair. But I have to admit, I wouldn’t mind having longer, fuller hair. I mean, who wouldn’t?! So, when Irresistible Me offered me a sample of their Silky Touch, clip-in hair extensions, I couldn’t resist! Three cheers for longer, fuller hair!

There are so many variations of natural colored hair. I was not quite cure if the extensions would match my hair when they arrived. Thankfully, they are a perfect match! It was as if they were made for my hair! Love! My perfect color match is color #4.

Since I was going to get extensions, I decided I might as well get the heavier weight, and a long length. I order the 20″ extensions in 200g. They are slightly longer then my natural hair, making them blend in well, without looking like obvious extensions.

The Irresistible Me Silky Touch extensions arrive in a small box. There is one extension kept separated from the rest so you can test it out against your hair color and make sure it is a good match. This makes the box easy to return if the color or length is incorrect. Fortunately, mine was a perfect match!

This is my natural hair, and no make-up look. OK, I am wearing lipstick-but that’s it! My hair length is fine, and my volume is OK, but sometimes a girl needs a little bit more va-va-voom in her hairstyle! Amiright?

The Irresistible Me Silky Touch hair extensions arrive with different widths inside the box. There are one comb, two comb, three comb, and four comb widths. This comes in handy when you want to add volume in specific places. I used the four comb extension on the back of my head and two of the three comb extensions on the sides. I used the two and one comb extensions to fill in where my hair seemed to need a little bit more hair. I left one two comb extension, and one three comb extension, in the box. I felt like I had enough volume from the other pieces.

This is the end result! I like the length, and there is A LOT of volume. I’m not used to having so much hair on my head! haha.

In the photo above, I did not style the hair extensions. This is how they look naturally clipped in my hair. My normal look is fairly natural, so I like how the extensions look out of the box. That being said, for special events, and going out, they can easily be styled to look va-va-voom!

The Irresistible Me Silky Touch hair extensions can easily be curled with a curling iron, straightened with a flat-iron, and set in place with styling products. Since they are made with real hair, they are as easy to style as your own hair. Love that!

If you are skeptical about slip-in extensions, don’t be! As long as they are clipped in underneath your own hair, no-one can see the clips. They look like part of your head. There is a lot of hair in the box, so you can wear some pieces, or wear them all; depending upon the event or your mood. Love!

I am excited to own a set of Irresistible Me Silky Touch hair extensions. They will come in handy for special events, going out, or anytime I feel like having a lot of hair!

You can find the Irresistible Me Silky Touch hair extensions online here. For the entire collection of hair extensions by Irresistible Me, please visit IrresistibleMe.com.