Quote of the day

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

-- Confucius

DIY: Banana hair mask

I recently came across this hair mask after watching The Doctors. They had a segment about using natural products for your skin and hair. I've tried everything they mentioned, except the banana hair mask. It's great for strengthening dry and damaged hair. I've been outside a lot, therefore my hair has a lot of sun damage.

"Bananas contain tryptophan, a rich amino acid that is known to be extremely beneficial for hair and skin. They are chock full of potassium which adds super softening properties to the hair shaft. Along with vitamins A, B, C and E bananas contain rich natural oils and carbohydrates. All these goodies shore up the natural elasticity of the hair and prevents split ends."
Source: http://www.hairboutique.com/tips/tip937.htm

I'm about to try it right now, because I have 2 bananas that have turned black and I don't want to throw them away. Also it's that time in the week when my hair needs to be washed!

Let's get started.

Materials and Ingredients:
* 2 ripe bananas
* 3 tablespoons of mayonnaise
* 1 tablespoon of olive oil
* Blender
* Spatula/spoon
* Tupperware container

Directions:

Step 1: Put the peeled bananas into the blender. Puree until smooth and all lumps are gone. The consistency should be creamy.

Step 2: Add the mayonnaise and olive oil. Blend until smooth.

Step 3: Pour the mixture into a Tupperware container.

** Depending on how much hair you have, you will have enough hair mask for one to four treatments. The rest of the mixture can be stored in the fridge.

Step 4: Apply the mixture on your hair before you shampoo. Leave the mask on for 15-30 minutes.

Let me know if any of you try this mask!


UPDATE:
The mask worked great!
Usually my hair stands up while it is wet, because of heat damage, but this time my hair was soft and no frizz!
I recommend everyone try this mask, preferably once every week. Although my hair is still wet, it is still soft and shiny.

Product Update

This is an update for the Clearasil Acne Treatment Cream. I have been using it for little over a week now and it has worked wonders. Here is my quick review on it.

Pros:
- diminishes pimples overnight
- a tiny amount is needed
- prevents acne with regular use
- my skin didn't burn or I didn't experience any irritation

Cons:
- dries out skin, a lot!
- very medicated smell
- carefully use it on sensitive skin, it might cause irritation
- instantly works on smaller pimples; takes about a week on cyst types

Overall, it is a great product. Only a tiny amount is needed therefore it is worth the money, however, be careful how you use it. If you smear it all over your face it will dry quickly and the next morning it takes a bit longer to wash off.

I give it 3.5/5

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Saudia

Canada Day Long Weekend

Thursday July 1st 2010 Canada turned 143 years old! I didn't get a chance to blog about it. So happy birthday Canada! I've been living here since 1994, it's a great country.
Go Canada! I'm proud to call myself a Canadian

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Fashion Haul

Again, I apologize for the late posts. I'm horrible :(

Sunday my cousin and I dropped by Vaughan Mills. We walked around, not expecting to buy anything. However, she had mentioned she was looking for a great collared shirt for interviews, etc.

There were a lot of things on sale, but we couldn't find the perfect item. We stopped by Costa Blanca, and looked around. She found a great gray collared shirt.
I didn't see anything for myself. So we walked across the mall to Urban Behavior, which is the sister of Costa Blanca.

I looked and looked, there were some great pieces but I didn't want to spend too much money. I controlled myself :P Then, I came across this great dress!


Went to try it on and the colours were amazing. It looked really great against my skin tone. It was on sale for $20 so I had to pick it up! I'm going to style it with a very dramatic rocker type belt. I wish I had a really great party to wear it. I have a lot of dresses, but no where to go!



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This is how it looks on me.

So after the clothing stores we dropped in at Claire's. Again we weren't expecting to buy anything. I love Claire's, but only one part of the store is my style. It's usually the section with the bronze and bohemian style.

As we were browsing we stumbled upon this Alice in Wonderland rack! My cousin and I flipped out, we just started going through the stuff that they had. Key chains, earrings, charm bracelets, wallets..

As my cousin ogled at the Alice items I went to look at the rings. I ended up picking out this one.



I fell in love with it. This ring fit so well and is very comfortable, meaning it wasn't heavy. After that I continued to browse Claire's. I chose this bracelet:



I loved the simplicity of this bracelet; I was looking for something to wear every day and this was perfect. It also fits well and the colours are great. I really love delicate simple bracelets. They look great with very chunky bangles. I really love that balance and the various textures.

As I was paying for the ring and the bracelet I saw this wallet and I've been looking for a really nice one, literally for 1 year now. I love the print on this; kind of like splattered paint.



My Claire's purchases:


We were at the mall for about 3 hours, it was a great shopping trip. My cousin did end up getting a bracelet from the Alice in Wonderland collection.


It had all the charms related to the characters! She removed some because they was too many. She gave me this one that says Drink Me. I'm seriously going to make a necklace out of it.


Take care bloggers!

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Saudia