1 month into The Great Pixie Growout!

I know I said I was going to wait until 6 weeks to update but I feel that a 1 month progress shot is needed.  In the last month my hair has grown almost 2 full inches!  This is awesome for me!

I have been using ItWorks Hair skin and nails vitamins.  I am NOT a distributor for this company, but I do have an affiliate link.  Basically I get referral points, but no commissions or anything like that.

So on to my one month pictures!

The Great Pixie Grow Out

Approx 10 months ago I decided to cut my hair.  I went with a cute pixie.

I played around with my color and the cut for a few months. 6 weeks ago this is how my hair looked

I decided that I wanted to grow it out and I found an amazing Hair Skin and Nails supplement. The one I use is by Itworks. (I am not a distributor, I just love their products!)

So I started taking the supplements three weeks ago.  The bottom part of the back of my hair was shaved to maybe 1-2 cm.  In just three weeks my hair has grown over an inch!

I will update again around the 6 week mark and the 3 month mark, and of course until its all grown out and long again!

No 'poo *GASP*

I have decided to give the no 'poo method a try.  Since I dyed my hair a very light blond and then had to chop it mostly out why not use this time to use a natural method on my hair?  Dying my hair severely damaged it. 

If you are not familiar with no 'poo here is the break down:

Wash:  Mix 1 tbs baking powder with 1 cup of water.  Keep in a squirt bottle in the shower.  This will not sudz up at all, and the mix should last about 3 washings.  This goes on your roots.

Rinse:  Mix 1 cup water with 1 tbs Apple Cider Vinegar (with the mother)  Again put in a squirt bottle and keep in the shower.  Rinse just the length and ends of your hair.

Once a week I do a Coconut oil mask and will continue to do this.  Transition will last 1-2 weeks with your hair seeming to get more greasy before it evens out and finds its natural state.  You may need to wash more often or less often then using conventional shampoo and conditioner, but I promise you, your hair will love you for this!

Jamberry Wrap review

Have you heard about Jamberry wraps yet?  These awesome vinyl nail wraps are a great way to get salon quality designs at a fraction of the price.  They last on finger nails up to 2 weeks and 4 weeks on toes.  Jamberry has over 300 amazing designs to choose from too!

So here are some on my nails.  They really do last up to 2 weeks!  I get so many complaments when I wear them!

Ulta Haul and Why I haven't blogged recently

I want to start with an explanation.  On July 31 we moved into our first home!  Super exciting right? Ya there was no internet here until 2 weeks ago.  I had to use the data from my cell phone plan so I could stay current in my college work.  That said we have internet again and it is glorious!  Also last month I had major surgery on my shoulder.  They moved my biceps tendon, shaved down a bone, and removed inflamed bursa sacks.  I have a 6 month recovery time but I am getting stronger every day!

Now on to the good stuff, yesterday's Ulta haul!

I love Ulta this time of the year!  They have the 5 items for 5 dollars table!  So what all did I get?

-Peppermint hand lotion- 1 dollar
-Plum hand lotion- 1 dollar
-Pedi set- 1 dollar
-Blue Ulta mascara-1 dollar
-Purple Ulta mascara- 1 dollar

- Fit Me foundation in the shade 110
-Benefits push up eye liner
- Maybeline highlighter
-The body shop coconut hand cream
- Ulta lip crayon

Julep unboxing!

The May Julep box was pretty neat. 

 I love how pretty they package these boxes!

 In this box along with 2 nail polishes was a brush extender.  This is super helpful for painting toenails and surprisingly it was very easy to use.  I will get a full review of the brush extended up next week!

 Over all I am very happy with this Julep Maven box.  I have been disappointed in the past, but this box has helped me to continue on with Julep!

We are building a house!!!!

We found a great new development that is still in the building stage.  We have our floor plan picked out and they will be starting our first ever house very soon!  I am super excited. We have never owned a home before.  I will be posting updates as its coming along.  Here is the floor plan and a rendering of what the outside will look like!