My Favorite Hair Product

             

   My favorite hair product is TRESemme Thermal Creations Heat Tamer Leave-In Spray. I've been using this spray for several months. When my hair was longer I used it before I curled my hair to protect it from all that heat but then I started spraying it in my hair before I blow dried my hair everyday. It claims to keep your hair shiny and soft. I think it does that quite well. Before I started using this product I'd burned my hair by using hot rollers and curling irons. Ever since I started using this my hair looks and feels the same even after I've used a ton of heat tools on it. Plus it smells great. Its hard to describe what it smells like but its really good. A bit like hairspray but better! Using this product is quite simple, after I wash my hair I spray around 5 mists of it all around my hair then I brush my hair to make sure the product has gotten everywhere, then blow dry and that's it. I would recommend this product to anyone who uses heat tools daily! 

 

 

http://www.tresemme.com/product/detail/353275/thermal-creations-heat-tamer-spray
                                                                       
                                                                          Much love,
                                                                             Amanda

Gluten Free, Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

   I love chocolate chip cookies! This recipe is my favorite. I'm not vegan anymore but since I'm allergic to eggs and dairy pretty much everything I bake is vegan. My Mom is allergic to gluten so I also try to bake things gluten free for her. This is my gluten free, vegan chocolate chip recipe. This recipe was influenced by Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar. 

 

                                                        1/2 cup brown sugar

                                                        1/4 cup white sugar

                                                        2/3 cup canola oil

                                                        1/4 cup rice milk

                                                        1 tablespoon gluten free flour mix

                                                        2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

                                                        1 3/4 cups gluten free all purpose flour*                                   

                                                        1/2 teaspoon baking soda

                                                        1/2 teaspoon salt

                                                         3/4 cup chocolate chips
                                                   (Trader Joe's has a gluten free one)

 

 

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Put the brown sugar, white sugar, canola oil, and rice milk in a medium size bowl. With a fork whisk until it is smooth and silk. Add in the 1 tablespoon gluten free flour mix and vanilla. Whisk again until the mixture is thick and smooth and beautiful. Add in 1 cup of the gluten free flour mix, baking soda, and salt. Stir until smooth, add the remaining 3/4 gluten free flour mix and stir until smooth. Mix in the chocolate chips.

Spay baking sheet with oil. Spoon about 2 tablespoons of the cookie dough onto the pan. The cookies will spread so I recommend putting 8 cookies per sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Let cool on the pan for a couple minutes then put them on waxed paper to cool.
* I use a gluten free flour mix from Bob"s Red Mill

The cookie dough

 

Once they've been baked

The cookies!!

                                                                         Enjoy!!! :)
                                                                        Much love,
                                                                        Amanda

Great Lash Maybelline New York Wink of Pink Limted Edition

   My sister needed a new mascara a couple days ago so she went to Target. She was just going to get black mascara but ended up with pink mascara! She hadn't realized it was pink until she opened it. She is really didn't want pink mascara so I took it. :D It is a really pretty bright pink color. Its kind of strange to have pink eyelashes but its really pretty. I have brown eyes and I think that the pink looks pretty with them. The down side to having pink eyelashes is since its a lighter color is they aren't as dramatic looking from far away. Of course having pink eyelashes is dramatic in its own way. I put 3 layers on and it seems pretty build able. Of course it isn't a lengthening or volumizing  mascara so don't expect those things from it. I think its fun to try different color mascaras, I wore blue mascara for a couple months once. I think its fun to try crazy things with makeup. Pink mascara might not be great all the time but every now and then its good to do different things. I think makeup should be looked at as a way of expressing yourself not a way to hide what you don't like about yourself. I think makeup should be fun! You should be able to find Wink of Pink at Target!
                                                              Much love,
                                                                Amanda

Neutrogena Mineral Sheers Compact Powder Foundation Review

   I purchased the Neutrogena Mineral Sheers Compact Powder Foundation a couple weeks ago and I have been loving it ever since. I use this powder foundation on a daily basis. I rarely use liquid foundation anymore. This powder foundation is light to medium coverage. I wear the shade Classic Ivory 10. It is a tad light when I first put it on but after it sinks in the color looks really natural. It has SPF 20 in it which is nice. It comes with a sponge applicator which I never used because it didn't look like it would be a very good way to apply. Instead I just use an E.L.F total face brush which does the job perfectly. It has 0.34 oz. (9.6g) of product in it. I like the packaging, the powder lifts up and underneath is a place for the spongy and a mirror. The mirror is really nice and big. It has the very faint smell of makeup/SPF but I don't notice it unless I'm smelling the powder. (which I don't do very often :D) It's a higher end drugstore product so it costs around $12. But it is a way better product than some of the less expensive powders I've tried. It doesn't get cakey when I touch up my t-zone during the day. It stays matte for a couple hours. I would recommend this powder foundation to anyone looking for a natural coverage foundation.

http://www.neutrogena.com/product/mineral+sheers+compact+powder+foundation.do

 

I hope you found this review helpful!

Much love,

Amanda :)