Tag: styling

it’s a 10 miracle leave-in product

Over here at Belle Belle we’ve got lots of things going on. The beauty closet is overflowing with goodies in the pipeline to be reviewed. So, occasionally a product goes rogue. I heard a fellow blogger raving about it’s a 10 miracle leave-in product and I knew I spotted it in last month’s Birchbox but I couldn’t find it anywhere!

Well, this Friday night, cleaning out my hair products drawer (I know… I am so exciting), Eureka! I found it. Then, much to my delight, this quarter’s New Beauty Test Tube that arrived on Saturday contained it’s a 10 miracle leave-in product! Birchbox had sent the “lite” version. I’m delighted with both! But I think my drier, colored hair prefers the original formula.

This spray is designed to be used on damp hair before styling. And it is tough to name one thing it doesn’t do. Off the bat, here are 10 things that it does:

Repairs dry, damaged hair
Adds shine
Detangles
Controls frizz
Seals & protects hair color
Prevents split ends
Stops hair breakage
Creates silkiness
Enhances natural body
Flat iron spray & thermal protector

I use it on both damp hair and also as a conditioning treatment on dry hair. I love the smell. The “lite” version might be slightly more floral. And this multi-tasker is idea for travel or the gym. Made in the USA.

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Kérastase Couture Styling Range

Ever since my salon visit at Jara Herron salon this past spring, I’ve been having a love affair with Kérastase products. Everything from their concentrated in-salon treatments to their at-home products perform beyond expectations. The luxurious scents and formulas make up a line that can address all hair types and concerns.

Kérastase newest launch is a line of styling products with innovative formulas for soft, touchable hold and protection. Off the bat, you’ll notice these products smell amazing. The formulas use micronized fixative polymers that wrap around hair for natural style memory with movement. Inspired by skincare, the finish products have lasting power without rigidity.

The Construct and Finish collection has nine products. While I love them all, I decided to ask a true expect, Jara Herron herself, to tell us which are her favorites and how she uses them. Her selections:

Powder Bluff: multi-use dry shampoo that can be used on fine hair for extra texture and volume especially in between shampoos.
Spray À Porter: the best beach spray on the market without any stickiness and I love to spray on damp fine hair before blow dry style. Leaves the hair bouncy and voluminous with lasting hold. (editor’s note: this is my favorite from the line)
Boucles D’Art: a super light weight foam works great on all hair textures. Adds great volume with an airy light feel in the hair. Wonderful to define curls.
Touche Finale: a truly weightless shine serum, without any oily feel. I love to use it on frizzy unmanageable hair to polish and add luster and glow. I look at it as an instant anti-aging for hair.

And some of my thoughts: The Laque Dentelle and Couture are hair sprays that give touchable hold and a beautiful finish and offer both a flexible and medium hold respectively. Lift Vertige is one of the first products I’ve found that easily gives my fine hair natural looking lift at the roots. And I selected Spray a Porter as my favorite fall launch over on Makeup.com.

Kérastase products are available at Jara Herron or find your closest salon here.

For those of you in the Tulsa area, I highly recommend Jara Harron for your salon or spa needs. I’m particularly crazy about the talented Shawna. Their beautiful space is located at 3410 S Peoria Ave, Suite 300 and you can reach them at 918.742.3223.

Ferrum Professional Hair Styler

After finally mastering a round brush blow out this summer, I actually enjoyed the process of drying and styling my hair. Unfortunately, the novelty wore off and I’m saving that round brush for special occasions only. For now, I rough dry my hair. Then I flip my head upside down and use a paddle brush to work out the waves in the back of my hair. Overall, it does a decent job and I look presentable. But my locks definitely could benefit from a little flat iron touch up.

My main beef with flat irons is that they so often leave hair artificially straight and my fine hair is left totally flat. Enter the Ferrum Pro, specifically designed to create straight but natural-looking hair. Truly innovative, this flat iron has the traditional ceramic plate on one side and a breathable static-free fabric on the other side. Together, they create more volume and less damage.

The fabric plate actually allows hair to retain moisture and this in turn prevents strands from drying out. Moisture is key for volume. Dry hair is more prone to breakage. And like tradition irons, the tourmaline plate adds that shiny finish.

The Ferrum Pro is a great size, portable but not too small at 9 inches long and about one inch wide. It also offers adjustable temperature. I recently read that anything over 350F can damage locks, so I love that this iron offers temps from 140-450F. And for those of you always running late, this thing heats up in a jiff.

Available at folica.com.

And some news about steals and deals: BaubleBar is having its friends and family event, offering 10% off orders of $50 or more (enter FRIEND10), 15% off orders of $100 or more (enter FRIEND15), and 20% off orders of $150 or more (enter FRIEND20) till Oct. 13. Some of my favorites: