Beauty Tips for Women: Beer rinse for curly hair

Yes you read correctly, beer is good for your curly hair.  The benefits of a beer rinse are softer hair, shine, volume/bounce and revitalizes curls. Buy hair volume enhancement, to get the volume you are looking for. I wondered if this would be good for my 3a/3b low porosity curly hair.  I decided to give it a try.

What you need is a bottle of beer.  It is recommended that the beer be non-alcoholic.  Non-alcoholic beer is more acidic so you get the best results.  I didn’t use non-alcoholic beer because I didn’t want to invest in a 6 pack that cost $8.  I had a bottle already that I could use and it wouldn’t cost me a thing.  The beer should be room temperature and flat.  So just open it and leave it out overnight.

I decided to wash my hair in the sink because I wasn’t down with the idea of a whole body beer bath.

I started off by cleansing my hair with NYC Curls by Carlos Flores.  I took the opportunity to detangle my hair at this point.

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Next I poured out the beer into a measuring cup to make it easier to pour.  I placed a large pot in the sink to catch the beer as it fell off my hair. I would pour back the beer into the cup and pour it on my hair again.  I did this about 4 times making sure to really saturate my hair.  I scrunched my hair several times working the beer into my hair.  I would say this process might have lasted about 5 minutes. During this rinsing process my hair felt soft.  I rinsed out the beer with plenty of warm water.  My hair had a faint beer smell. Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 458

The last step was to condition my hair.  This step is optional.  Some people do it and others don’t.  But it does help eliminate the beer smell if the water rinse didn’t do it.  I conditioned my hair with EO Essentials lavender & aloe conditioner mixed with two spoons of honey.  I saturated my hair with the mix and combed it through.  I then rinsed with warm water.

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I styled my hair as usual.  My hair was super soft.  I had a lot of volume in my curls and at the top as well.  I did notice a bit of frizz at the top but it wasn’t too bad.  My hair was very shinny and my curls did look more tightly coiled.  I am very impressed with how this rinse worked out for me.  If the results were good with regular beer I can only imagine they will be even better with the non-alcoholic beer.  I will definitely be investing in getting some non-alcoholic beer to do this again on my hair.

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I give beer rinses for 3a/3b curly hair 5 brains.  BRAINrate5

Source: https://www.macgregor-hairdressing.co.uk/beauty-salon-edinburgh/.

Beauty Tips for Women: National Pink Day Manicure

June 23rd is National Pink Day, so to celebrate the day I did a pink manicure.  I’m posting it a day late but still wanted to share.

I started off with two coats of Zoya Michelle and two coats of Milani White On The Spot and topped it off with Seche Vite.

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I stamped the image from Cheeky Jumbo Plate A.  I have had this plate for a bit and this was my first time using it.  I had such problems picking up the images.  I kept getting a lot of bold spots, which was very frustrating.   I tried several stampers and still had the same results.

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After stamping the image I had to go back and fill in the bold spots as best I could. Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 454Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 455

Over all I was happy how the manicure came out.  Happy National Pink Day!  Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 456

Beauty Tips for Women: V shape manicure

I have always loved the look of the V shaped manicure so I decided to give it a try.  Here are the supplies I used to make this manicure. Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 442

I started off with two coats of Sinful Shine Sailor’s Delight and two coats of Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer Newborn Solstice Sun.

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Using the tape I made a deep V shape and used Newborn Solstice Sun to fill it in. Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 445Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 446Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 447Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 448Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 449

I really liked how this manicure came out.  The V shape gave the illusion that my nails are much longer than they are.

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