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Beauty tips for Women: Blow drying your hair using Turbo Power’s Turbo 1500

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Of all the beauty tips for hair that I have heard and practiced, the one that is the most important to me is the investment in a good blow dryer.  I’m not a professional hairdresser, beautician, hair stylist or nail technician but I do enjoy dabbling in those areas.  I host what I like to call Blow Drying parties.  I mainly do friends and families hair Fridays for the weekend or Sundays to start off the workweek.  So I need a reliable blow dryer that will get the job done.

Here is a picture of my trusty blow dryer made by Turbo Power Inc. – Turbo 1500.  I purchased this blow dryer in 2001, so that is 11 years with the same blow dryer.  The Turbo 1500 has never broken down on me.  Granted I do clean it and take care not to mangle the cord.  This Turbo 1500 is a professional stylist blow dryer made in Italy.

Until I had purchased this 11 years ago, I would go through blow dryers like water.  I have curly hair and can blow dry my hair straight without any issues using this blow dryer.  Here is a picture of my hair curly then blown dry straight with the Turbo 1500.

Here is a picture of a blow dry I did over the weekend along with the products I used.  I totally forgot to take a picture of her hair before hand.  The hair care products are Organix Moroccan Argan Oil Shampoo, Aussie 3 Minute Miracle, John Frieda’s Frizz-Ease Leave In Conditioner.  As you can tell she has highlights that look awesome but all the dying has dried out her hair.  The combination of products used gave her hair a lot hydration and conditioning, which she needed.  I used my trusty Wet Brush to detangle her hair and an oval shaped brush from Goody – Get Smooth Volume Natural Shine Boar Bristles (Review coming) to dry her hair.

To finish everything off I did a simple manicure that goes with everything using Essence Modern Romance and Space Queen over it.

If you are looking for a blow dryer I strongly recommend a blow dryer made by Turbo Power Inc.  Mine is an oldie but goody and is still working great after 11 years.  So you can imagine what the newest ones can do.

 

I give Turbo Power 5 brains and recommend you to get more information from this site.

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear – Blue It Review

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My first beauty product review is of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Blue It (250). This was my very first nail polish. I picked this stunning blue up at Ulta on clearance. It is almost like a royal blue with a bit of shimmer to it. The formula is wonderful. It wasn’t runny or streaky.

I started off by doing a pedicure and one coat was all it took; pardon the cleanup job. I added a decal, which made the pedicure even pop more. Clearly Spock approves … lol …


I still couldn’t get enough of this color and opted to do a manicure. I had also just picked up a set of Mash dotting tools (review coming in the future). I did a clear base coat using Sally Hansen Green Tea + Bamboo Strengthener, which is a base and topcoat (review coming in the future). I placed tape on the diagonal to cover part of my nail and the exposed part painted with Blue It (250). One coat is all it took. Then added black and white alternating dots. Covered with the Green Tea + Bamboo Strengthener and was done. This manicure lasted over a week with no chips. I was truly amazed.

Since I am into stamping I wanted to share a sample of how Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear – Blue It performs as a stamping polish. I placed a quick swatch of black polish and white polish over my tester stone (thanks so much to soguesswhat11 for that fantastic idea, check her out on youtube). It picks up nicely on the stamper and transfers well on white but does not show up well on the black. So a thumbs up on light colors and thumbs down on dark colors. The image stamped is from Bundle Monster plate BM06.

I give Sally Hansen – Blue It 5 brains

Welcome to Blue Brain Reviews

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My goal is to share beauty product reviews, beauty tips for hair, hair product reviews, deals and freebies. I’m a mother, so I will also be sharing product reviews on children’s products. Also I might toss in some crafting product reviews since that is something else I’m into.

But lets start off first with beauty inventory. I love seeing other beauty blogger’s inventory. You get to see some pretty awesome stashes and collections that you may have missed especially in the nail world. Also it is great to see that other people share the same passion that you do for nails, makeup and hair. So I would like to share my modest nail polish collection. I own about 143 nail polishes, which is nothing compared to what I have seen from some of my favorite nail bloggers. I own some Konad plates, Bundle Monster plates and Salon Express plates. I own a Rada Pro Portable Nail Station.

As for hair care, this is just one cabinet shelve full of my hair care products. I have another cabinet just of Dominican Hair Care products and other Caribbean Hair Care products. I’m always looking for brushes, combs and any other hair care gadget to try on my hair.