Wen Hair Needs Help - A Review 1.0

So my husband got me a gift card for one of my favorite stores- Sephora. I have just about every beauty product they sell so I couldn't decide what to get. I had my mind set on a hair or skin product since thats what I have the least of. As I was walking up and down the store, sniffing everything, I came across the notorious Wen hair products. You know the ones- you see Alyssa Milano pitching this stuff on those long infomercials. I have always been curious but looking online I saw a mix of reviews. Everything from praise to horror stories about peoples hair falling out! So I started sniffing. Yes, the scent alone can be enough to tempt me to try a product and this stuff smelled really good! I am also very very lazy when it comes to hair and make up, despite my arsenal of supplies. So switching from shampoo and conditioner to one single product that will cover both those needs AND supposedly perform miracles on my frizzy wavy hair? IM IN!

I went with Wen SIXTHIRTEEN. The Sephora lady told me it was an extra conditioning version and I need all the help I can get. It smelled the best so that made it the winner! It has a soft, powdery and sort of herbally smell. The bottle says it smells like lemon, rosemary and vanilla. It was about $32 or close to it.

Here it is in all its glory!

It feels tingly when you apply it and I like this. My hair didn't require as much of the product as it suggested I should use despite my hair being pretty thick. I have used it twice now. After rinsing most of it out my hair, it was very easy to brush and felt squeaky clean and really soft. It doesn't feel waxy at all like some of the reviews suggest may happen. My hair is really shiny too. So far, not bad. Its far from a miracle though. My hair is still really frizzy and not at all like the hair in the commercials. Maybe I need to use it longer?

And here is my hair in all its not-so-glory!

So this is review 1.0 while I continue to use this product. I will post more reviews as time goes on and let you know if anything changes.

It might not be a miracle so far but I am happy to only use one product now and it smells and feels great in the shower. Stay tuned for future updates!

From Meh To Oh My!

I have this dress that I got from the thrift store. When I got it was too big and I wasn't in love with the combination of white-blue-green. But I had a plan.

Meh... not totally feeling it. 

The first thing I did was throw it into the washing machine with some Rit Dye Powder in Royal Blue.

I wanted to mute some of the contrast and get rid of some of the green. It worked! Next I took in the sides about 1.5 inches each. The first try wasn't enough so I took it in about a half inch further.

I sewed right over the top of the lining which turned out just fine. Next I had to do something about the straps because they were no longer in the right spot now that I took the dress in. I didn't want to move them so I cut them off, folded the edge over and sewed it down. You can't really see the stitching on the front of the dress where the straps were so this worked out ok. If it was too visible I would have added a strip of ribbon across the top seam of the dress.

I pinned the straps down first, then cut and then sewed.

I didn't really get enough during images because I got so wrapped up in this refashion but hopefully you get the idea. Here is what it looks like now:

Messy hair is just my thing I guess!

3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies!

Seriously the easiest and most delicious cookie recipe I have ever come across! I found this on Facebook when a friend liked it. I wish I could find the original video I watched for this recipe but it has gotten lost in my forever long Facebook feed!

SOOOOOOO yummy!!!!!!

What you need:
1 cup sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 egg

Throw all of this in a bowl and use an electric hand mixer to mix it into dough. Or you can do it by hand if you like a work out!

Once its all mixed up, use a teaspoon of dough and roll it in your hands into a little ball. Like so:

Before placing into the oven use a fork to press gently on the dough like this:

It will come out like this:

Preheat your oven to 375 and bake for 10 minutes.

Thats it! They come out with a soft crunchy chewy yumminess. They are all of those things! They are sooooooo good! I will never mess with a more complicated recipe again! I made about 30 cookies total.

Seriously. Look at this again:

You know you want some!

Kimonoesque To Awesome Dress

I got this sorta-kimono-looking dress from a thrift shop. It was in new condition and I fell in love with the print.

This is me not being impressed. Also not being awake yet.

So this thing was pretty big on me and had these long wide sleeves. It was bigger in real life than it looks in this picture.

The first thing I did was chop off those sleeves. I forgot to take a picture of that process. Oops. I used pinking shears to prevent fraying. I really hate sewing sleeves because it is hard to get the stitch straight on my machine with such a small area to work on but it had to be done!

Next thing to do was take in the sides about two inches with the help of my dress form. She still needs a name btw!

These sleeves had to go!

Time to take those sides in!

Thats was it for this refashion. I decided to leave the length as is. I may add a couple buttons in the center so the front doesn't flop open, but I am other wise super stoked on this one. This is my favorite refashion so far. I love the transformation of this dress!

Impressed now, but still not awake! Coffee pronto!

Im considering breaking out my work camera and taking actual decent photos soon because this phone camera doesn't create very clear images. I will update this entry once I do!