oily face + hair- THE CURE?

so these days, i've been having really bad breakouts + my hair has been going crazy! It literally becomes oily (especially my roots and near my looong bangs area) right after I blowdry or let my hair dry naturally. I get aggravated because I can't go a day without washing my hair and I've been wanting to get my hair to stop becoming so oily.. but its not exactly working ><. I've been using Joico (the blue bottle) for DRY/NORMAL hair/.. (my mom thinks we have the SAME hair type or something and tells me not to waste my time with other shampoos) But she doesn't realize that our hair types are ENTIRELY different.

Her's is very thin and coarse, and is naturally curly and is normal/dry. Her hair can also become very tangled easily but can be curled/straightened easily.

While mine's is more thicker, straight and can get oily easily especically if I dont' use the right products on it. Also, my hair is very stubborn and is EXTREMELY hard to curl or straighten (Cannot hold a curl for more than 2 hrs.)


See the immense difference? OILY VS NORMAL/DRY.

Anyways, I was doing some research online to see how I can decrease the oilyness in my hair because I just don't have the time to wash my hair everyday and it isn't good for it too. You're only suppose to wash it 2-3 times a week yet I wash it 7 times a week!

Some tips I found thanks to wikihow & various other sites. :)

HOW TO MAKE YOUR HAIR LESS OILY

1) Find a shampoo targeted specifically for OILY hair. Most people with oily hair already did something wrong by going with shampoo's that are for NORMAL/DRY hair.
EX) Some good brands out there include Pantene (although their shampoo's have wax, which although  makes your hair shiny, can m ake your hair less healthy), TRESEMME** Highly recommend, Redken.. etc.

2) You can try a pH treatment after you're done rinsing out the shampoo in your hair. You can take 1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar with 3/4 water and mix it and rinse it in your hair.

3) Buy a GOOD conditioner. When you condition your hair, you should concentrate on your ends to prevent them from drying out and not put it at your roots.

4) If you have one of those days where you're extremely busy, but have been at your 3 day limit of not washing your hair already & your hair is starting to look oily especially at the roots. You should invest in a DRYING shampoo or some baby powder and lightly dust it at the roots of your hair. Gently brush it and it'll help it look less oily.

5) If you blow dry your hair, try to blowdry your hair AWAY from your face to prevent your hair (especially if you have BANGS) to getting oil from your forehead. Avoid using heat products as much as possible.

6) DO NOT WASH YOUR HAIR EVERYDAY! Wash every 3 days. Condition every 3 days or even just once a week if you want to.

I hope those tips helped! :) I just gathered them from various sites I found helpful and just rewrote it.

Something I really try is the Tresemme Vitamin C Deep Cleansing Shampoo and Remoisturizing Conditioner because I hear it strips away the oils in your hair and is targeted more towards people with oily hair! Also, I heard from many who have dyed their hair that this shampoo does not strip away the color away from their hair like some other shampoo's have. :)

For the Conditioner, it is actually for all hair types, but that's alright since I only need to use it on my ends. They retail for $3-4 dollars at Walmart or Shoppers Drug Mart (Who constantly have sales which = HORRAY) in Canada.

This is what it looks like :)





^That is the conditioner. The sahmpoo is the black bottle. :)


I can't wait to go to Shoppers Drug mart when I have time to buy the two bottles and try it out :D/. Luckily the bottles are BIG and can probably last me a really long time. I think they're bigger than the Joico bottles also and WAY cheaper b/c Joicio is Canada is $30-50 dollars for the set. I usually get mine at Winners for 16.99 a bottle which is cheaper than at salon's but is still pretty pricy for a student like myself.

KAY ONTO NEXT TOPIC HAHA...

Which is my retarded face. I've been breaking out so much lately, I'm exactly sure why..... maybe it's my diet or such- even though it's pretty much the same since a few weeks back when I had nicer skin than now. >< I'm so worried cause like pimples/bumps are suddenly popping up on my FACE which I've never had before, and is really irritating me. I keep putting Pearl Powder on it at night- hoping it'll go away, but NOOO- it's so stubborn and only decreases a tiny bit. -- My mom tells me to stop putting so much crap on my face and let my skin breathe TT. BUT She doesn't know how I feel since her skin is SO perfect. ><

My skin is also getting really dry especially my cheeks (not my forehead since it's usually very oily so now it's okay) and I think I have to switch moisturizers. I currently use the H2O face osis hydrating gel which is used for oily skin. However I think it is really drying out my cheeks so I need to switch to another one for the winter. ><

I think last night or the night before- Fiona (Fionaman on Youtube) was having a blogtv and I went on and I asked her for her opinion since we both have similar skin and she suggested was the Spectro hydro purple lotion. You can get it at Shoppers drug mart for 15 dollars or for 10 when its on sale. :) I plan on buying it next time it goes on sale! Thank you so much Fiona for recommending me to this product :) This is what it look slike

 

:) Anyways. that's the end ofmy little rant and helpful ness. I'll continue the skin portion later.

see ya later :)


SDFKJSL post.

boo to school. ): ~ ughh i'm like drowning in tons of cyberwork and bio work right now. ):

-sighs- i'm SO craving for yogen fruz also! my cousin and i were always saying we would get it every week we see each other. but we end up getting bubble tea instead --. LOL. cause we're too lazy to drive to a farthre place to get yogen fruz ):. boo to no yogen fruz in pmall or .. somewhere else!

this was just like a spazzing post haha. :) i just finished my bio lab and had like 20 -25 mins to spare before the offical deadline was over. >:) MADE IT! Haha. Now just gotta finish my sketchbook assignment and i can SLEEP<3.

i'll properly update tomorrow with pics. :) ive had tonssss of picture taking these days! memories y'know? :)

miss queenie's giveaway hooray! :D

heyy lovelies!

its been awhile since i updated :) its cause i've been really sick TT ughh and just got better today!! but today isn't about me haha - its about a lovely giveaway that a dear soompier Miss Queenie is having on her blog! =) She's such a sweet girl for having it, so everyone should go support her and join! :D

http://misssqueenie.blogspot.com/

:) goodluck to everyone!

weird day. :S

so today was a weird day. i was really hyper earlier in the morning.. but later on - as in right now or something after I finished watching The Vampire Diaries (OMG ITS THE BEST SHOW<3) I was like bleh.

Oh and when I was applying my eyeshadow this morning, I dropped my Urban Decay Primer Potion and the bottle cracked at the top T_T. So I HAD to depot it before it dries up! >< I spent like an hour depotting them into my 5g jars + trying to use scissors to hack the bottle open. :S I managed to get 2 jars of this stuff, which I will be using for alooong time because this stuff lasts forever for me :D.

I'll post a depotting method video later :D

Just wanted to post this contest that the lovely missmercurylady is having! :) She's such a nice girl for doing this <3 Here's the link to the contest / blog

http://missmercurylady.blogspot.com/2009/09/my-very-first-blog-giveaway.html

anyways, I'll try to post up pictures tomorrow of my depotting MESS and my updated logo design I recently did on Illustrator :D

LATER GUYS<3
hey guys! :D finally got my pictures working on the new editor thing on blogger, LMAO I didn't realize I had it set on .. the older verison!

anyways, song of the day!



this song is just really.. i've been listening to this song alot these days, especially when i'm in need of focus (-cough cough- homework of course) and when i'm in class all bored. ): I don't know why it just CALMS me down ::D

okayyy its currently 10:53 and i actually had alot to blog about.. but now i'm just dead tired and can't finish anything like my data mang. catch up homework (which btw is like 10 pages DOUBLE SIDED!) by tomorrow... also my sketchbook assignment... -sigh-. i'll just get up early tomorrow then since it's a delayed start anyhow.

anyways, some things i do remember, today I had my first Section Editor/Assistant meeting and it was just looong. haha. it seems like this year we're doing alot of vector based product which kind of reminds me of our yearbook 3 years ago when they attempted that except with geometric shapes. I just hope we don't have to go overboard with the funky texts and stuff.. alot of work to do ):

and my feet kill also! i've been walking around ALL day carrying a big backpack filled with tons of books and my shoulders feel all hunched and weird ATM. i think i just need a good nights sleep TT

well yesterday i also filmed a video, and while i was trying to edit it (which i failed at ofc because my camera only exports . mov files and MY COMPUTER DOESN'T PLAY them anymore even if i DO CONVERT IT! UGH) yeah : d i think i need to buy sony vegas pro 9. T_T.

here are some screenshots in the meantime :)




yay for being ultra happy about SOMETHING ;D guess what it IS :D

see you guys later!

at school.

blah, at school right now ): really want a strawberry-mango yogen fruz!!



well right now I'm in my CyberTECH class... trying to focus on my logo that I'm currently doing on Adobe Illustrator. but its not working so here I am on blogger, trying to see if I can actually post pictures without those dumb spaces that keep showing up like it did in my last post T_T.

I really want these CL's! I saw a pink pair that someone posted yesterday on the WDYBT thread and saying that they came out recently! I really want them now T_T <3 Too bad they're really expensive -sigh-


kay I should really work on my logo now.. and btw, i just got an email about the section editor thing, but I did have a feeling I wouldn't get it =/, my skills just aren't as good I guess -sigh-. At least I can still be Section Assistant, although Section EDITOR does sound MUCH better doesn't it? =)

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this week was CRAZY, in only a second week of school- i already have tons of things to do... but at least it's the weekend, and i can get more sleep =/ here's a list of things i have to do this weekend.






















































































































































































^blogger isn't being very nice to me so BEFORE my list.. i recieved this in the mail the other day =D samples from P&G cosmetics! boy do they take really long to ship..around a month and a half! got some pads, pantene brunette expressions samples, the hair mask & conditioning samples, some deodorant and not pictured is the olay cleanser i gave to my mom.




^ i also got these markers last week from staples =D since i felt too poor to get my all time favourite SHARPIES<3>


cyberARTS:






























































































- research & do more sketches of "what's missing" project in sketchbook.






























































































- finish 14 days of dreams sketchbook assignment.






























































































- re-do resume & cover letter.






























































































- think of ideas / sketch out thumbnails for "quote" 2nd assignment, think ORIGAMI?






























































































- possibly take out some anatomy books + origami box books




























































































































































































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- do finishing touches on 3 symbols on Illustrator.






























































































- do sketches of own LOGO design for letterhead.




























































































































































































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- read & try to understand chapters 1.1-1.4






























































































- do questions from 1.1-1.4






























































































- try and do review qs for make up test on next MONDAY.




























































































































































































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- make notes from textbook reading of 1.1-1.4






























































































- make cue cards to study for from readings 1.1-1.4






























































































- get permission form signed + check for gene cloning/mutating trip.






























































































- rewrite notes into notebook.






























































































- seperate lab sheets.






























































































- make tabs for binder.




























































































































































































ugh. yeah i know, tons of work.. T-T lets see.. right now i just got yelled at by my mom about not opening packaged cookies and to eat the ones that are seperated --. IM NOT THE ONLY one that ate them! my brother ate half too YET he doesn't SAY anything! oh wells.




























































































































































































BEFORE i got interuppted by my mom, i was cleaning my very messy, in need of cleaning room. ugh i hate the way my room smells atm, smells like the leather / some kind of cloth thing coming from my new Puma bag. i think its just that new smell that comes with all bag but seriously, when is this one going to fade away?! haha. yeah i recieved it in the mail a few months ago, but didn't recieve it till 5 days ago b/c my friend got it in the mail for me. =D thank you H!




























































































































































































got it on eBay for approx. 27-30 dollars + free shipping.




























































































































































































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also comes with a really long clip able adjustable strap but i've tucked it away inside the bag b/c i will mainly carry it over my shoulders like a handbag =D. i love it b/c it's so roomy and can fit alot of my folders, notebooks & stuff. only thing is when i bought it, i bought it in the WRONG size so it doesn't fit my binders! ): boo, so i have to carry them, which is alright.




























































































































































































i also recieved my xtensions from a lovely soompier who was doing a survey from pinkage, a korean site with many wigs and extensions. i don't have a picture right now b/c i left it at school, LMAO- but i will try to get one up by tmrw =D. its really lovely! it doesn't feel like fake hair and feels JUST like asian hair should! it's also veryyy long, it's around 23inches, and it goes down to nearly the end of my waist.




























































































































































































however, i think the texture of the hair is a bit off, the extensions are much more softer than my original hair, and despite it being "natural black", my hair for SOME reason is lighter than it bit a bit. i just noticed that i had browner hair now, especially at the ends.. don't know why b/c i haven't dyed my hair in a long time. :S




























































































































































































the extensions are also too nonlayered and need a trim, i'm going to give it tons of layers so that it matches my hair more, b/c right now- where the extensions start its like.. layered hair, then suddenly the flat straight hair.




























































































































































































when i brought it to school to show my friends, we decided to have fun with the "grudge girl" hair and put it on a majority of my friends who have short hair, but want long hair! haha, it was such a hilarious sight! especially for a friend of mine that we've NEVER seen with long hair before! she looked just like inuyasha! boy, i wish i took a picture of that ): but i didn't have my digicam with me that day! boo!


























































































































































































































































































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^this photo was from like a LONG time ago.. back when i actually had long hair.. think last year earlier in May or June. ): I miss my long hair!! anyways. I fooled around with this photo on cyworld, and i found this new like.. spread like frame you can use on your photos O_O"" some included a wanted sign, the seasons one, some sparkly ones.. but i liked this one the best =D even if it does say ellY girl and not ELLE girl. haha. thats fine =D probably cause of copyright reasons.


























































































^yay! so i just finished cleaning my room.. and look at the loveliness of this CLEAN BLACK TABLE =D. except for the school books + school supplies on it.. its pretty clean ^___^ hehe <3>






















































^anyways, on a more MAKEUP related note.. i recently cleaned up my makeup/dresser area.. and i finally took that time to throw away some ancient make up stuff i was still holding on to. haha. as i look back on my past m/u purchases, i gasp at how much i spent on a drugstore product compared to a high end product!! on this annabelle/ or was it... i dunno i forgot, OH YEAH- BONNE BELLE shimmery white/pink palette, i spent like 14 dollars on it!! and it wasn't even that good :S except for the whit eshimmery e/s. compared to my lovely mac products which i got for only like 5 bucks a pack + their pigment for 9.00, i definitely think i should have thought more about the actual product + price more. T_T thank god for MUA now!! :D <3>






























^ the amoutn of stuff i still have to do. i don't think i included a couple more notebooks/sheets or even my sketchbooks yet hahaha. i just put those to do for this afternoon. :S still have bio, data & notes to finish. + review ):


























































































































okay i think im done posting. :S blogger is being VERY slow for me.. takes me ages even to write a sentence!
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OMG. rant.

sorry this post won't have pictures cause i can't figure out how to do it on the newer verison of blogger. wtf. I tried adding a picture, but it keeps adding it to the TOP, and I can't move it to the bottom! T_T ugh. anyone HELP?

kay no photos for this post. even tho i have TONS to talk about, but I have already reserved another post for that. this is just basically my little rant post.

this beginning of the week has already been like )#$(*#. seriously. this morning was just a blur of bad happenings with me not understanding a WORD of what my adv. functions teacher was saying.. something about odd functions and me just kind of dozing off trying to research for my 20 ideas for art. -sigh-.

I was also late to Bio today which I was really sad about, I don't know why. --. probably cause my morning already kind of pissed me off, plus the fact that i basically didn't eat enough so i was so hungry during bio, and then i suddenly get called down to guidance involving 'my multiple timetable changes'.

i admit, i gave in 3 timetable change sheets, but the first one I messed up so i told them to cross that out. mostly everything was full so i still had to either choose, ADV functions or DATA.

in all honesty, i really didn't want to take either. but since i had NO choice, I just took data. at least my teacher is funny.

i am seriously piled in work. like literally.

i have like 10 more ideas to pull from my head, forms to fill out, notes to copy, quiz to study for, 3 symbols to choose.. sketches.. and to catch up on what i missed in bio and data.

and for some reason, my mom seems kind of mad about something. so i went ahead and asked my dad what was wrong, and he goes like- nothing? and im like, REALLY, and he just saids.. huh of course REALLY. --. for some reason, everytime my mom is mad, it seems like its AIMED towards me... even though i'm absolutely sure this time i didn't do anything? oh well. i'll ask her about it tomorrow.

anyways, this wasn't really a rant perse.. but more of a..... blabbing on post.

time to work on sketches. will update later with pictures.
this is stupid. my entire blog post just got deleted. T_T

-sigh- i'll rewrite tomorrow.

Munch Munch :)

So, I bet whoever is looking at this blogpost is wondering...

WHY BEAUTY MUNCHER?!
IS IT LIKE THE COOKIE MONSTER?

Well, my dear readers who I probably don't have right at this moment- it is because.. well I basically munch through everything beauty related. x] I know that doesn't seem to make sense, so I'll break it down for you. Firstly, I was never really your.. like really girly girl who goes shopping all the time and loves to do my hair and make up.

NUH UH.

I was the tomboy of the group. I guess you could call me some kind of wannabe daredevil because I would always try to do all these stunts and stuff like the rest of the guys in my neighbourhood. This included riding a bike MUCH bigger than myself all the way down a huge stairwell and jumping a huge step. FYI, it doesn't seem much- but when you're only 13/14 with no life except attempting stupid things to impress your guy friends, it's a HUGE thing.

Let's just say that after that BIG incident..which resulted in this huge butt ... thing on my knee with scraps everywhere from crashing into the neighbour's fence- I said I wouldn't do that again.

Anyways, I think that's when I started to TRY and become..you know..more..girly? I tried to get into the aspect of clothes, makeup and the guys that every girl my age always talked about. Did it work?

NOPE.

It only resulted in my mother asking me why I looked like a raccoon and to wash it off- saying I was too young -- .

Anyways- I actually forgot what I was going to say... LOL because it's been awhile since July 1 which I originally posted this up!

SORRY FOLKS.

:) You read all this fo rnothingg.


14.02.09: Valentine's Day! <3

So firstly- Happy Valentine's Day everyone and hope you spend it with all your loved ones <3

....forget it. :) Not my birthday no more.

I'm old now. :D
Never wanna eat cake...again.

11.02.09 : Semi Formal

So I had this really FANTASTIC idea where if I tell my mom last minute about dances and such, she will have no choice but to let me go! :) Unfortunately this time, it backfired on me. She let me at first..making me feel all bubbly inside because this was SEMI-FORMAL!!! But then... asked if there was a price to it.. I hestitated and said it was thirty dollars..+ the fact that my friend was helping me pay for the other ten dollars... but then she said it was too expensive- and that made me pissed. I was like, what the hell... she just told me that I'm a grownup now and I should be able to make my own decisions YET she goes around and makes my decisions for me! God.. sometimes I think she can be a big pain.

So I try and plead for her to let me go..but she makes up more excuses saying how i have to take care of my brother..although he's ALMOST 14 ! It's not like he can't take care of himself for 3 hours? I find that really unfair. Even I, at age 12 was already staying home by myself! So I try to sleep last night... yet I keep thinking about semi, and then wake up every 1-2 hours and not being able to fall back asleep. Finally at around 6:20ish AM, I decide to finally get up since I realize I'm not going to be able to fall back asleep any longer...it was almost 7:50 anyways... so I get up and eat my cereal.

Finally at around 7:30ish, my mom comes down... and asks me why I'm awake so early. Is there a REASON for me to be early? Why can't I just be early ? So I ask her again and she LSKJDFLDSk's at me... which causes me to erupt ... in tears. It was ... really stupid. I don't know if it's pre-PMS or I'm just bummed out that everyone is backing out of my birthday party, the guy I like doesn't like me back.. and school is stressing me out. Just call me a stress puppy ;)

So I grudgingly go to school... and instantly gets cheered up by recieving a rose during first period. :) it just made me smile that my friend cared. Even if its just ONE ROSE :) tyvmt<3

Next period is Biology..which I literally dread. I don't dread the subject itself since Biology is one of my favourite courses, but the permanent sub. that is in for the usual fun Ms. W is really.. something. I don't want to go into detail, but it just feels like he never runs out of breath! -sigh-

Also today I recieved this strange green sheet from my HF teacher regarding an issue of me owing a fine/ late library material? Turns out it was this big fine for some stupid book from 2 years ago AKA A Thousand Suns..which I discussed back in 2007 to the librarian that I never took out! She took it off...and nothing comes up till today. Why did they suddenly decide to have it pop back up again? The fee was too much- 18.10?! Might as well buy a new book!

I explained to the libararian, who said to talk to the head lib. who said that she didn't remember..but looking at my history (Late fees for 4 books aka thanks to my EX-friend) she can't just let me off, so I had to pay- but decided to take 8.10, but I still had to pay ten bucks! So unfair lah! >< -sigh-

Anyways, this was my BLAH for today :) feeling very tired at the moment.. just want to drift off to sleep...

xoxo
PB