HAIR CARE KIT REVIEW: WEN

Hello Everyone,

I posted a few days ago that I was waiting for my Wen hair care kit... Well it came a day later after I posted. I was really excited to try it, but I had already washed my hair :(. Now that my hair is dirty (not really dirty) I'm going to  wash it and see how my hair reacts to it and how it styles etc...

Overview:
Wen Hair Care Kit includes

1. Cleansing Conditioner 12oz (350ml)
2. Restorative Spray 2oz (60ml)
3. Re Moist hair treatment 2oz (56grms)

Cleansing Conditioner: This was interesting to say the least, the texture is thick and creamy, it feels like a normal conditioner going into the hair. Once you add more water to it, it gets a very light lather but it still feels creamy as you run it in. I noticed that as you rub it into your scalp it kind of tingles, which I believe is from the peppermint. The directions say to "rinse and repeat", so I did. After the second wash I noticed something, my hair seemed softer and the curl of my hair seemed more curly. Does that make sense?

Re Moist hair treatment: This hair mask is thick and creamy as well, but it really "locks" onto the hair and stays put. The directions say to leave it on for 30-40 min for best results, it also states that it can be used for an over night treatment.

Restorative Spray: The spray is light and does not weigh the hair down, it helps with blow drying and getting any knots out. It also is a "leave in conditioning treatment".

* NOTE * ALL OF THE PRODUCTS SMELL STRONGLY OF MINT. If you don't like that then I would say try and find the other scents it comes in like lavender.

The first thing that I noticed when I was washing my hair was my scalp tingled, it was refreshing and made me feel like it was really cleaning my scalp and stimulating it. It was strange that I was washing my hair with a conditioner but it did have a light lather once you added a little water.
My hair right now is short, not boy short but close to it (a cropped cut). So I didn't need the 10-15 pumps that it suggested, the first wash I used 6 pumps and on the second I used 4 pumps. After rinsing my air out I did see that my hair felt soft and the curl of my hair seemed more defined ( I do not wear my hair curly because its to short, I wear it straight most of the time).  Then I used the re-moist mask. The only issue I had was how long I had to leave it in 30-40 min is suggested, I just wanted to put it in and leaving for 5-10min; but since this is a review I followed the directions. It didn't notice any change to my hair, it didn't feel any different.To be honest it felt dry.The restorative spray smells nice, but once again I did not notice any difference, I prefer my Ojon mist.
I styled my hair and noticed that it wasn't as soft as it normally is but its did have a little bit more body. The cleansing conditioner was good but it left my hair a little dry when I first used it. By the second and third wash I had started to use a deep conditioning mask afterwards, and that made my hair soft.

Over all I only liked the cleaning conditioner, the mask and spray made my hair dry and I was not happy with that.

P.S My sister had also used WEN and it was the same for her, her hair has be relaxed for years and is now in the process of growing out the relaxer in her hair. She brought me two more products from the WEN line to try: 1. Styling Creme & 2. Texture Balm.

The styling creme looks like a gel and I really didn't like it, it seemed to make my hair sticky and harder to blow dry. The texture balm is okay but I will not be using either of them again.

These are the pictures of my hair:

BEFORE

When it was wet after washing

AFTER- Blow-dryed and straight 

The back of my head

I didn't really see a difference, but you guys might. Let me know.

New Hair Care

Hey Guys!

I wanted to let you all know that I'm currently testing WEN hair care (Chaz Dean). Its new here in Canada and available at Sephora. I finally got the call today that my Hair Care Kit is in stock and on hold for me. (Happy dance).Wen hair care has many followers and so many women and men love these products. The kit includes the cleansing conditioner, revitalizing spray and hair mask, the sent is sweet almond mint.

The funny thing about this product was I had never heard of it, which to me is crazy because I love hair care products. (I will get into more detail about my hair when I post the review) 


I saw an infomercial on TV and thought that it would be a good idea to try. I looked it up and found out where it was being sold. I'm very excited to try it. Have any of you tried it? And if so let me know what you all thought.

P.S 
The review will contain photo's of the hair kit and shots of  my hair before and after.


Until Further Notice
Brittany

Changes

Hey ladies and maybe guys,

Its been awhile since I posted something about my life. The reason for the absence is that I just did not want to write anything, after Blue eyes decided that I was not worth speaking to I just did not know how to deal. I stayed away from my blog so I wouldn't write and publish something I would regret later.

The title says change and this means that the entire blog and what I write about is changing. Yes I will no longer be writing about my personal life, I'm going back to what I had planned this blog to be. Fashion and Beauty, I'm also creating another channel on you tube about it ( I already have one with my singing). I hope that this blog gets more views and reads then it does now. I will most likely take down the old posts or I may just leave them up since, not to sure yet.

Anyway I'm excited to start blogging about things I know. And as of now I will be signing with my real name, I will always be Couture but I said it was time for a change.

Until further Notice
Brittany

Sadness

The Pages… of my life

Something changed, I don’t know when it happened but it did. Blue eyes and I started to see each other exclusively, yes that is not a typo. After everything was said and done he finally saw what I was waiting for him to see, me. Don’t get me wrong at first I didn’t know if he was ready, I was scared I was going to be a rebound and that he would just get over me. I’m not going to get into to much detail about us because I’m actually posting something that is a sensitive issue.

Sunday night one of my best friends Sarah decided that she didn’t want to be here anymore, yes she committed suicide. Last year her boyfriend who I had known since I was 6 years old did the same thing. Sarah found him and after that day she was never the same, it traumatized her and she just stopped being the amazing person that we all knew her to be. The pressure became too much and she had enough. I’m sad that family and friends could not bring her back to the person that she was before, I’m sad that I have lost another person who is so dear to me. And I’m sad that I have to say goodbye. What is strange is that she said she wanted to be with Jay again and now she is, that is nothing to be happy about. It is a bittersweet ending to a love story, almost like Romeo and Juliet.

I miss Jay so much, I’m not over him being gone and now his girlfriend has decided to leave as well. I have no idea how I’m supposed to deal with this, let alone wake up and realize that I will never see her smile, hear his laugh etc… All of this loss is becoming too much for me to even handle, and I’m a strong person a really strong person but right now I don’t have any strength left.

I thought I had someone in my life that I could depend on. Blue eyes. I thought wrong. The night I found out I called him 7 times and he never answered, I sent him messages and he never replied, I was and still am confused and what I could have done to deserve such treatment from someone that is supposed to care about me. My friend is dead and he didn’t care, I was in shock and he didn’t care.

My friend Matt who was apart of our group came to my house and picked me up, literally. He stayed with me in my bed as I cried my eyes out, he held me as I screamed from losing another friend. He was there. He watched as I tried to call Blue eyes over and over again, it got to the point where he took my phone away from me. I’m going through something traumatic and the guy that I adore doesn’t have time for me. He didn’t care.

Lady and Sass are not impressed; it hurt them to see me crying over my friend, they didn’t know what to do since they didn’t know her as well as I did. They have never suffered the loss of a friend taking their own life, unless you’ve through it you can’t understand. All your friends can do is tell you that everything will be okay and hug you. It’s sweet but not enough.

When I finally was able to get a hold of Blue eyes he said to me “I’m a little busy right now… I understand that you are hurt, but I have things that are bigger than me to take care of. I’m sorry couture” This is how much I mean to him. He didn’t even ask if I was okay, he didn’t say I’m sorry to hear about your friend… nothing. 

I’m an idiot! I was there for him through everything, I never told him that he put himself in that situation with Curl, I never told him no I can’t talk to you. NEVER! I WAS ALWAYS THERE; I LISTENED TO HIM NIGHT AFTER NIGHT. NEVER JUDGING HIM BECAUSE OF HIS POOR DECISIONS, JUST LISTENING AND BEING THERE. BUT FOR ME I CAN’T HAVE THAT, NO IM SO UN DESEREVING THAT I GET NOTHING BUT A FUCKING TEXT THAT HE IS TO BUSY! MY FRIEND IS DEAD: SHE IS GONE. I needed him, and he just checked out. I obviously need to stop since I can barely see the screen now.

If anyone out there reads this who is thinking about committing suicide please don’t, you have people who love you and want to help you. If you honestly feel alone, I will help you. But please just reconsider and live.

Until Further Notice

Couture 

Seriously ... shut up

The pages... of my life

So this is going to be a really random post. Why? Because Blue eyes decided to be dick! Blue eyes had
given me a recipe  for this veggie dish he even gave me the glaze to top it with, I was thankful because it came out well and I didn't need his help. When I sent him a message to thank him and also tell him how much everyone liked it, he completely ignored me! The short story is I had pretty cool news to tell him TWO of BLUE JAY players had been in the mall I work in and were shopping, I had gotten something pretty cool for him signed and was excited to tell him. Sadly he kept ignoring me. So last night i sent him a message to ask him if I could call him when I got home from work, I also asked if he would be okay with it since it would be pretty late. Do you know what he sent!? "Can I be honest for a second, can you relax a little" WTF!?!?! So now I'm pissed and sent back "Sorry I wasn't trying to upset you or pester you" and that was the end of that. I can't believe after all those night staying up till 3:30am talking to him about his girl troubles became this, I did not want anything from him that jackass! Well he wants me to relax then fine, I will be so relaxed that he won't hear  a word from me.

Once again I have been used. I thought he was my friend and I was supposed to be "his best girlfriend". Yeah, my ass.

Until further Notice

Couture

I'm sending my self crazy

The pages… of my life

Another one bites the dust…

Well ladies and possible gentlemen who are reading this, as the title states I have yet again failed at being with the person I want. The funny thing is, it has nothing to do with Blue eyes not thinking about it. Hmmm. So yes he thought about it and I didn’t win. Curl did (obviously). To be honest this isn’t even a real post it’s a rant about how I can’t seem to get it right. I couldn’t get it right with my ex and now I’ve failed with Blue eyes.

I have never been very good at showing my feelings when it comes to someone I like; I keep them to myself because I can never work up the courage to say anything. All of a sudden my loud and crazy personality disappears and I become a mouse! Blue eyes knew I was keeping something from him 50% of myself as he put it was his friend and supporting him with his pursuit of Curl and the other 50% wants to be with him; I told him the truth. Yes I want to be with you, but what I feel does not matter because you want someone else and sadly I’m not her. 

Blue eyes had a hard time talking to me. He wanted to say something but couldn’t find the words to say it. Blue eyes told me that he has thought about dating me, and that if he told me he hadn’t then he would be lying, he wanted me to be honest with him and tell him what I was feeling. We made a deal if I told him how I felt then it would stay between the two of us, obviously not since I’m writing about it and you all are reading it.

“Yes I like you, but it really doesn’t matter since you like someone else. I will always be your friend. You can still tell me everything, because I care about you and love you” That’s what I told Blue eyes. To be honest he was happy that I would be able to still be there for him, and that it wouldn’t change just because of how I feel about him, I’ve come to accept that right now he and I wont be together unless he wakes up one day and sees all the things I do for him. I talk to him every night, make time for him, and when he’s sick I check on him just to make sure he is okay or if he needs anything. I’m punishing myself aren’t I? I’m trying to make myself not want him, but the more I do that the worse I get. The feeling of loving him and wanting him becomes stronger and then I’m back to where I started. Doesn’t Blue eyes understand that by telling me that he has thought about dating me, being with me makes it so much harder?  I know I would be good for him, I know I would love him and never let him go. He would never have to worry about being alone again. I never thought I would love anyone as much as I loved my ex and then Blue eyes came into the picture and have me hope. Hope that someone could love my crazy personality, my stupid jokes, the fact I’m loud and independent etc… He gave me that and now I’m watching him want someone who could care less about him. What do you all think?  To know that someone likes you, wants you but won't make a move because he was talking to someone else first… Curl who couldn’t care less…

Until further Notice

Couture

The Aftermath

The pages…of my life

Aftermath

Nothing. That is exactly what I feel. It wasn’t supposed to be like this, it was supposed to be different I’m not sure how but it sure as hell was not supposed to be this!

From last night you have all read what happen, so this is just update on what occurred after I posted. So after talking to me Blue eyes asked me about a tweet I had put up (I forgot he could read mine, for at the moment I was venting) called me and as usual his phone always dies, but before it died he told that he was “head over heels” for this girl and he wanted it to work out with her because he hasn’t felt this way in a long time. Blue eyes even went as far as to tell her that she is everything that he is looking for and no matter what he will wait for her, to get her life in order and be able to trust him. That’s sweet right? (Couture dies a little inside).  Then his phone died… Once we were able to text he really got into talking about he wants her so much, and that he knows how much Curl wants him. Did I mention he is aware I like him? Anyway moving on. Blue eyes then remember his pervious question. My tweet. At first I avoided it and tried to act like I wasn’t going to answer but then I just did  “I want you to be happy, I can tell you care about her and I want you guys to work out. And the tweet… it was about you. But that doesn’t matter really, I just want you to know that you can always talk to me no matter what” That is the exact text I sent him, Blue eyes was a little surprised after all I’m here telling how great it is that he is so happy while at the same time I like him… RANDOM. To be honest I could never push my feelings on someone who cares about someone else and I told him that, I also told him to ignore what I said and that at the end of the day I will always be there no mater what I feel. His happiness means more to me then my own feelings, I’m not sure if that is being selfless or just plain stupid. You guys can be the judge of that.

By the end of the night I told him that he needed to sleep. But that didn’t last long. About an hour after I went to sleep he texted me, but I didn’t hear my phone so he called me (He called me at 2:17am) and was freaking out a little. But after talking to me he was able to clam down so he could sleep, he said something to me “You have become my new girl best friend. You are now number 1” then blue eyes said “thank you so much, I love you already with all my beating heart. Thank you.” Then I said to him “Your welcome. I love you too, you are one of my closest friends.” Lets just say the conversation went back and fourth about how much we both care about each other. When he finally went to sleep I stayed awake thinking about the mess I just got myself into, now I’m his new GIRL best friend. Which means I will hear about everything that happens between Blue eyes and Curl. I need to turn off how I feel. Every time I start to care about someone they find someone else and because I don’t want to loose them as a friend I push it aside and just deal with it. Wow… this happens to me way too much. Hmm… When it all goes down you all will be the first to know.

Until further Notice

Couture

I'm good with Heartbreak

The Pages… of my life

Heartbreak Hotel

Just as the title states this post is about heartbreak and how easy it is for anyone to start falling in love, or to just fall in love and not realize that it has happen till its to late. I’ve been in love before, it was so consuming that when he would walk into the room it was as if the world stopped he would look at me and I would forget how to breathe. Funny how easy it is for it to happen, a snap of the fingers lighting strike or something crazy like that and all of a sudden your heart is no longer yours. That was how I felt when I was with my ex, and then one day reality happen and I saw that he was not my everything and that I had been played. I had my own love used against me to gain what he wanted; I was used and tossed aside like a rag doll an old toy. It almost broke me. No that’s wrong it did break me. I told my self that I would never let myself fall that far again, because of the fear that it would happen all over again. I swear I have the worst luck with men, I used to think it was something that I wasn’t doing; and then I realized that maybe my love was overwhelming or to strong. I needed to find someone who not only loved the way that I did, but would love me regardless of my faults and insecurities. They would be able to look past it and see the woman that I’ am, the woman he loves. What a foolish dream.

Then I met Blue eyes and something started to change…

Remember the pervious post about him calling me and all that jazz? Well we did go out just not alone his friend Stone was with us; Blue eyes said he brought my company for the game, which at the time I thought was sweet. By the end of it I had met and befriended Stone, and Biggs and re-introduced myself to Stash. What happen next was unexpected and shocking.

As we left tonight Blue eyes started talking about Curl (this girl he likes) and that he was waiting for a text from her to confirm he was going to see her, now I’m sitting in the back seat behind Stone and my entire body just froze. No matter what he say’s about me being this wonderful person, caring, understanding did not change the fact that he LIKES someone else. Just like that my reality shattered and it dawned on me that I was not it. Once again.

As Blue eyes was driving I had to call Lady, I needed to be told that everything was going to be okay. I needed my best friend. Lady as usual is amazing and never lets me down, she knows how sensitive I can be and knew that if I called her it must have been something big. It got worse.

He went to go see her after he dropped me off (yes he dropped me off and went to her) which of course surprised me, and hurt a little. Blue eyes told me he would text me once he was home, so pretty much after he leaves her he would talk to me. Did he wait that long? No. Roughly 15 min later I received a text from him, he was happy that he could take me out and I could blend with his friends so easily; he was happy that I was nice to Stone etc… then he dropped a bomb. Blue eyes told me he thinks he LOVES Curl, I didn’t see that coming and my heart was not ready for it. I sat on my couch pretending that I was happy; I asked him if he had told he yet. Blue eyes said that Curl knew but they were taking it day by day. I thought he was home, oh no! He was still with her, and talking to me. FANTASTIC! (Notice the sarcasm). Then Blue eye told me he was going to lay down with her and text me when he was on his way home. So now here I sit typing this, and I told Lady that I was foolish I had allowed myself to feel for someone who obviously does not see me like that. I was falling in love with Blue eyes, but now I have to turn it off and support him because he is my friend. His happiness means more to me then my own feelings, if he decides to fall for another then I will there telling him that everything will be okay.

I told myself that I would never feel this way about any man again, and then Blue eyes happen. Foolish me thinking that maybe I could have love, but as it would seem heartbreak is better suited for me. I wonder if I will find it hard talking to him and giving him advice while I feel this way… I don’t know the answer. Lucky for me I know he doesn’t read blogs so I’m safe here for now. So what will he tell me in the hours to come? Hmmm. Once I know all of you will know.

Until Further Notice

Couture

What to do now?

The Pages... of my life

So something crazy happen, Blue eyes called me! With some help from Lady telling me that I should text

him and ask him to call me, I finally did and bam! he called. As said in the last post he just went a-wall

and I had no idea why he did, I thought that maybe I had done something to make him take off or he was

really into this other girl (I'm still not sure about that). The conversation was only 5min, but for the most part Blue eyes said he was sorry.

He also told me why he was cutting me out, something bad happen he lost someone very close to him and had some arguments with family. This made me feel bad since I had this idea that I had done something (makes me seem full of myself), when in reality he was just trying to get over what had happen. I was still a little upset that he didn't want to talk to me since I'm supposed to be his friend, but I understand where he is coming from some people have to deal with things on there own. They retreat into their own world and no one is aloud in.

He told me something sweet, he is a sweet talker and he knows it. Blue eyes told me he missed my voice and it was nice to hear from me, and he said he would call me later. Sadly I'm really looking forward to that (I know sad). So here we go...

Until further Notice
Couture

The Pages...

The Pages… of my life

I always thought my first blog would be about fashion and everything that comes with it, instead I’m writing about my life and the life of my friends. I have had a lot of crazy things happen to me and so have my friends, its like living in our own movie with a not so happy ending. I’m sure that everyone has something like it happen to him or her. So lets get this started…

I have always been a little bit awkward when it comes to relationships and the idea of a

Dating, manly because I always thought that the guy would loss interest, hurt me and or just finds me weird and takes off. In my life there have been 3 major events that have affected me and have changed how I view everything (the 3 events will be told in another post).  I’ve had boyfriends but the one that I really consider my first real relationship did not happen till I was 18 and in college, I had not seen this person in a year and when I saw him again it was as if I was struck by lighting or something weird like that. I knew I had cared about him at some point; I even grew to love him at a young age but never said anything because I wasn’t sure. I was with him for 4 years, in those 4 years I had many beautiful memories and I had some horrible ones as well. I choose to hold on to the good ones. He left because I wasn’t what he wanted, which surprised me because he was my everything, everything that I had ever dreamed of. I sometimes wondered why he stayed, why he kept coming back, afterwards it dawned on me that he just couldn’t break the “habit” (the habit being us, we were used to each other). The sad part is I did not just lose my boyfriend I lost my fiancé, yes fiancé. It was as if my life stopped, all of the air in the room felt like it has been sucked out, I couldn’t breath, feel, or even sleep. I had a breakdown.

When I recovered I told myself I just couldn’t date, I still wanted to be with him even after everything. I had wanted to be with him for forever, but forever was a lie and it was one that I still wanted to believe in. I don’t believe in it anymore, he was able to move on as if I never was apart of his life. He chose to forget about me, so I made the choice to remember him and move on. It’s not healthy to forget, keeping the memories of all the good times is nice. For him it’s not like that, he believes that if he forgets then it’s as if he doesn’t have to deal with it. I guess to him I’m not worth the thought. How could I love someone like that? Someone who wants to forget and act like I never existed, for the life of me I couldn’t tell you. But what I can tell you is that I’m not in love with him anymore, I will always love him but just not the way that you do when you want to be with someone. He was my first real love, which you never forget.

He will always mean something to me, but I refuse to put myself out there for him again so that he can use me as he sees fit and then just leave me for someone else. I’m better then that and I deserve much more then that. In a nutshell that is my ex-relationship and a little about why my life is crazy.

I really didn’t think that I would be ready to go out into the dating world, primarily because dating takes a lot of effort and I’m looking for something serious (not a fling or one night stand) those just aren’t me. I was in this mind set that I would watch my friends be in relationships and be crazy etc… And then my friend took me out one night, and I met this guy she was kind of into, him and his pretty blue eyes. Little did I know that in a few short months she would be in a serious relationship? And not with blue eyes! Instead Lady set me up with Blue Eyes and lets just say it was interesting. Maybe I should tell you what happen.

I need to take it back to 2011 and to October…

The setting is a bar downtown on a weekday I believe and it was the first time I would be meeting Blue eyes, Lady was very excited about it. Giddy. I had been acting funny the entire night, mostly because she was so nervous and I wanted Lady to laugh. When we walked in and saw Blue eyes leaning on the bar with his friend, I kind of just stopped and thought WOW! You are attractive…. Anyway, we had a few drinks and talked for most of the night, it was fun. To bad Lady and I didn’t notice something very important, we would come to realize it much later. It was a whirlwind; it went from blazing hot to ice cold in a few short weeks. And then the Christmas party happens. After ignoring Lady for who knows how long Blue eyes brought a 12 year old to the party (no she isn’t actually 12, she just looked it) Lady and myself were surprised. All of a sudden he was the biggest jackass alive and Lady officially hated him and because she is my best friend I hated him to.  I was still trying to get Blue eyes to talk to her and tell her why, but nothing I did seemed to work. It didn’t matter because Lady found someone amazing, and he is Giant, he makes Lady happy and that is all I ever wanted for her.

Now let’s fast-forward to 2012 and spring, I (Couture) needed a date and the first person that Lady thinks of is Blue eyes. Why? Well that was because we had a lot in common and seemed to hit it off (yes she and I were aware she used to like him) but at this point it didn’t matter because she was happy with Giant. So at first Blue eyes didn’t call me because he thought we were trying to screw with him, which we weren’t and Lady and myself were offended. When he finally called me it was nice, I was on the phone with Blue eyes for hours and then we were texting everyday. We had set up a date but then he had to cancel, a family matter came up (that is a good reason to cancel), then we planned another date and he FORGOT!!!!!!!!! Yes he forgot about it and made plans to see a concert, so at this point I was upset and little thrown because he seemed up for it. Then a day after that HE. JUST. STOPPED. For a whole week I thought I had scared him off, and I felt like crap. Lady and Sass could not believe he was doing this to me; he had done it to Lady and now me, so obviously Lady, Sass and myself made assumptions about what was going on and why he was cutting me out. It took a week and half before Blue eyes spoke to Lady and told her the reasons why. It had absolutely nothing to do with me, something had happen to people close to him, and instead of trusting me and letting me be his friend he just stopped. It hurt me more then I realized because I REALLY liked him, I didn’t realize how much I liked him till he stopped talking to me. So because he wasn’t speaking to me I went all high school on his ass and wrote him a note. (Yes I did this) in the note I told him that I didn’t expect anything from him and that if I gave him the impression that I wanted more that it was not my intention, I just wanted to get to know him and if we ended up wanting to try a relationship then we could talk about it and see what happens. But then I found this out from Lady, Blue eyes is kind of hung up on this other girl he met. So for all I know he had lost complete interest and may have already moved on but it gets better, the girl has a boyfriend! Oh blue eyes. As of right now everything is at a stand still, Lady gave him the letter and he read it now I’m waiting for him to talk to me. But he still has his blue eyes on someone else.

That is all I have for you guys right now, since I’m still waiting for a reply.

Until Further Notice

Couture.