5 Essential Beauty Products For Winter

The barometer has finally dropped here in Phoenix, and our endless days of temperatures in the 80's have disappeared for a while leaaving us with bone chilling highs in the 60's.

You may laugh but I'm sitting in my house freezing, with thick socks, sweats and a fleece on!

The change in temperature means skin, hair and scalp need extra lovin, so I've been clicking away on Amazon.com (how did we ever survive without it???), re-ordering my winter staples.

5 Essential Beauty Products For Winter

Nioxin hair Dermabrasion Treatment 75 ml / 2.5 oz ANTI-AGING TREATMENT 

Just as the skin on your face needs exfoliating, so does the skin on your scalp. I've written about this magic product several times before - I use it at the beginning of each season. When you clear your scalp your hair grows in thicker and shinier. I always see a big difference in mine, it gets glossier, fuller and bouncier. And there's no time quite like the holidays to get bouncy hair!

Malin and Goetz Recovery Treatment Oil

Winter skin needs a booster product, and nothing beats a good facial oil. The Malin and Goetz Recovery Treatment Oil instantly makes skin look and feel smoother, softer, more supple and its proprietary blend of 9 natural oils and powerful antioxidants help combat signs of aging while making your complexion radiant.
You can buy it online at Space NK

Weleda Skin Food, 2.5 Ounce

I learned about this one a few years back when my friend Nico moved back from Milan. When your skin is dry, when it has to battle cold weather, when it's just feeling tired out, lacking luster, looking dull, Weleda Skin Food is the most amazing balm like moisturizer that is the best rescue product ever!
Find it at Target or at Amazon

Ouai Treatment Mask

cold weather, wind, central heating and hats all rough your hair up and dry it out. These deep treatment masks (there are 8 in the box)
repair hair and leave it smooth and shiny after just one treatment.
Fabulous.
Available online at Space NK

Dr Lipp Original Nipple Balm For Lips

It's no secret that one of the most effective products for cracked, chapped or dry lips is good old nipple cream. Anyone who has breast fed a baby will know all about nipple creams, and how healing and soothing they are both to sore nipples and to lips in need!
You can also use this to groom brows, add shine to cheeks, and even as a cuticle cream.
Find it online at Space NK.com

And The Winner Is....

Congratulations to Maria M from Dexter Michigan for winning the very fabulous Climate Control Duo from Ouidad!
And a huge thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway - your support is much appreciated!

My Ouidad Climate Control Duo by my pool. Its Summertime!!!

Ouidad has a new promotion running, which I will miss out on as I am about to fly out on the 2016 Glam Italia Tours - make sure you follow along on Instagram @ Corinnamakeup.
I have a link to the Ouidad promo here: “Curls-on-the-Go” Travel Size Event! Buy a 8.5 oz, Get a 2.5oz travel size FREE!

And a banner ad below. The Curls On The Go travel size products will be with me in Italy this year, keeping my curls glossy. (I also use some of the products when I'm blowing my hair out smooth. Just don't tell Ouidad...)

Enjoy your products Maria!

 

The Curly Girl's Guide To Gorgeous Summer Hair

Are you a curly girl?

I am.

If you have curly hair, wavy hair, kinky hair or tight curls, then this post is for you.

In my mind my curly hair looks like Ciara's.
Unfortunately in real life it doesn't.

In my mind I have luscious, beautiful, bouncy curls, but in reality I have that nasty curly hair that looks like a really bad home perm, gone terribly wrong. 

Although my kind of hair holds a blow out like no other, it can be brutal in the summer when you're going to the beach, pool parties, dealing with humid weather, traveling - basically anything that falls under the headings of "fun" and "summer". Unless of course, I want to spend the time blowing it out. Which especially when I'm on vacation, I don't.

Shakira's beach curls - I wish mine looked like this!

So I have been looking for something to help me both for everyday life and also for dealing with summer, and found these fabulous products courtesy of Ouidad, world renowned hairstylist and pioneer of the curly hair industry, and her fabulous line of products designed specifically for curly girls.
(A.K.A. lifesavers!)

One of the things I love about Ouidad products is that I can buy them in travel sizes. If you have curly hair then you already know that you absolutely must have products with you when you go on vacation or you will look like a frizzy, unkempt mess. 

Curl Essentials Travel Set

I just got the Ouidad Curl Essentials Trial Set which includes what I call travel sizes, of their famous essential core products:
The Waterworks Clarifying Shampoo, to cleanse the hair without stripping away essential nutrients and moisture.

The Moisture Lock Leave In Conditioner, a lightweight leave in product that gives a breathable moisture foundation that keeps your hair hydrated without weighing your curls down.

Botanical Boost Curl Energizing Refreshing Spray energizes and reawakens curls, both the day you wash your hair, and the following days when you need to liven it back up. (Especially good for those of us who can't shampoo our hair every day without looking like a brillo pad)
Climate Control Heat And Humidity Gel fills each strand of hair with the optimal level of moisture and then seals it in, preventing expansion in even the most humid conditions (stops you getting frizzy), but doesn't leave a greasy or heavy residue. 

Another Ouidad product that is totally amazing for curly girls is the Ultra Nourishing Cleansing Oil. Curly hair can get really dry, which makes it brittle, causing breakage. When curls dry out they look dull and lifeless and to make it worse they get frizzy. 
Sometimes the answer is in the way we cleanse our hair. 
Ultra Nourishing Cleansing Oil turns even the driest, lackluster curls into bouncy, gorgeous curls, adding moisture from the inside out, and then coating them in CR4 Repair, binding the moisture in and making your hair glossy and shiny. I'm ordering this next!

There is a BOGO on The Ultra Nourishing Cleansing Oil at the moment, so you can buy one and get a second one half off.

Read about Ouidad and her lifesaving line of curly girl hair products here.

The Ultimate Accessory For Fall ~ Shiny Bouncing Hair

What is the ultimate accessory for fall?

Shiny, glossy, bouncing hair.

Hiya!
Selfie time - my hair using Simply Smooth Magic Potion

After a long summer of slicked back and pulled up hair, fall's trench coats and jackets, fluffy sweaters and long sleeves are best complimented by hair that has luster and shines and moves, stays groomed and doesn't look constructed or labored over.

My hair while I'm working on a product shoot for a magazine.
Fall in Phoenix still has pretty gorgeous weather. Simply Smooth Magic Potion is keeping my hair smooth and manageable.

 For me that is quite a handful as my hair has a natural wave that looks like a really bad home perm. So I am completely reliant on great products to both give me control of hair that wants to take off in every direction, and to give my hair a super silky shine.

Simply Smooth Magic Potion keeping my hair smooth and shiny on a magazine shoot

For the past few months I have been using and loving Simply Smooth Magic shampoo and conditioner, and the Simply Smooth Magic Potion.

The Simply Smooth Magic Potion collection is sulphate free, paraben free, and sodium chloride free. For those with extreme gluten and wheat allergies, this line is completely gluten free too.
It's color safe and seems to be able to fix pretty much anything.

The Magic Potion detangles, soothes and smooths, hydrates the hair and calms down any frizzy-ness. If you are like me and have tons of really thick hair you will notice a speed up in blow dry time.
My hair, left to it's own devices, wants to fly away. It gets frizzy and most control products normally just weigh it down and take away the bounciness. Simply Smooth Magic Potion products make it incredibly manageable and leaves it super soft.

For the past week my poor assistant Katie has had to make a photo diary of my hair for this story, on an iPhone. No slick edits, no fabu-fixes, just me and my hair.

Today, walking out of the makeup room and heading out to set.

Behind the scenes in the makeup room today

Behind the scenes - in the makeup room today

Behind the scenes - today on set, shooting an ad campaign.
My hair is bouncy, soft and shiny, and in this light is looking brown!

The product line is keratin and collagen infused.
Read more about these amazing hair care products here

Simply Smooth Magic Potion

Want to know more about Simply Smooth Magic Potion?

Here is a product breakdown on this amazing hair care line.

I'm obsessed!

Simply Smooth keratin reparative magic potion has been an amazing success story and that success has been expanded on with the introduction of the Simply Smooth Magic Potion Collection. Known for its incredible capacity to “fix everything,” the new products in the collection include Magic Potion Shampoo, Magic Potion Conditioner, Magic Potion Blowout (a reparative blowout treatment) and Magic Potion Intense Blowout (an in salon professional reparative
blowout treatment).

The phenomenal new collection has the same attributes as Simply Smooth Magic Potion such as
botanically blended, keratin and collagen infused, color safe and sodium chloride free. What’s exciting?
The new additions are FREE of sulfate, paraben, and, to offer protection to people with wheat allergies, they are FREE of gluten! These new items deliver the same incredible magic potion qualities: detangle, hydrate, strengthen, calm frizz, tame flyaway hair, heal split ends, speed up blow dry time, create smoothness, thermal protection, etc., all with the intoxicating exotic aroma of pineapple coconut. The Simply Smooth Magic Potion Collection is safe on all hair types and is formulated to benefit hair whether or not a Simply Smooth professional keratin treatment has been applied. When used after a Simply Smooth professional keratin treatment, it will prolong its duration.

“Today’s consumer not only seeks fabulous hair, but also highly effective, quality, and socially
responsible ingredients,” says Doreen Guarneri, creator of Simply Smooth and owner of The Look Spa Salon in Greenlawn, New York. “Since the new Simply Smooth Magic Potion Collection is sodium chloride, sulfate and paraben free, along with color safe and botanically blended, these products are a win-win.” 

Simply Smooth xtend keratin reparative magic potion shampoo is a color safe, botanically blended,
keratin and collagen infused daily shampoo that is remarkably strengthening and repairing. This gentle
hair cleanser restores and revives, transforming the overall look and feel of all hair types. Unique
ingredients restore depleted keratin into hair fibers, repairing damage and building up to three times the
strength from within. Designed to deliver optimal anti-breakage benefits, this exceptional shampoo
reconstructs and protects the surface of the hair creating a healthy, brilliant shine. It’s the perfect
anecdote for dry and damaged hair! Helps calm frizz and keep hair smooth even in extreme humidity,
and consistent use will help protect hair from future damage. Sodium chloride, sulfate, paraben and
gluten free.

Simply Smooth xtend keratin reparative magic potion conditioner is a color safe, botanically
blended, high quality keratin and collagen infused, lavishly hydrating and reparative daily conditioner that will transform the overall look and feel of all hair types. Extraordinary detangler promotes ease of combing while imparting moisture to continually hydrate, reduce frizz, tame flyaways and leave hair smooth, silky and illuminating. Exclusive technology restores depleted keratin into hair fibers to seal cuticle, strengthen, restore and protect. High performance marine active ingredients provide color fade protection, preventing color washout and photo oxidation. The combination of strengthening and repairing, along with color-locking, revitalizes the hair from daily stresses and future damage resulting in healthy, lustrous, supple hair. Consistent use will improve the texture and quality leaving hair feeling and looking like it never has before. It’s the perfect anecdote for dry and damaged hair. Sodium chloride, sulfate and gluten free.

Simply Smooth xtend keratin reparative magic potion blowout (home use) delivers a bouncy,
voluminous, long lasting, easily achieved blow out that will transform the appearance of the hair and
reduce frizz for up to three shampoos. Along with creating an amazing style, Simply Smooth xtend
keratin reparative magic potion blowout increases hair’s strength to reinforce the cuticle; delivering anti-breakage benefits that dramatically improve damaged hair. By infusing botanicals, keratin and collagen into hair fibers, this extraordinary formula reconditions hair resulting in reduced frizz,  ease of combing, and reduced styling time. Excellent for dry and damaged hair as well as all hair types, it imparts intense hydration, prevents color washout, and adds thermal protection, leaving hair smooth, silky and lustrous. Adding heat will intensify the repair and Simply Smooth xtend keratin reparative magic potion blowout will activate easily with at home styling tools. Sodium chloride, sulfate and gluten free.

Simply Smooth xtend keratin reparative magic potion is a color safe, botanically blended, high quality keratin and collagen infused, all-purpose styling and conditioning potion that transforms hair
without adding weight. Outstanding elixir with nourishing proteins and healing botanicals instantly hydrates thirsty locks, detangles, seals cuticle, defrizzes and smoothes while adding thermal protection.
Unique formulation restores depleted keratin into hair fibersrestoring and rebuilding damaged hair,
enhancing strength and elasticity and protecting hair from future damage which results in improved hair growth. Vitamin and nutrient enriched botanicals stimulate a healthy scalp, promote volume, and enrich hair color, leaving hair with a luxurious satin smooth finish. Simply Smooth magic potion is a perfect
every day choice to be used alone or prior to using another Simply Smooth product as it FIXES EVERYTHING!