SovereignShe
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Highlighting and contouring done properly takes beauty to the next level. Keyword properly. Lol
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Sali Hughes in The Guardian seems to know her stuff - I was intrigued by her piece on contouring today and dipped into her previous pieces. Any thoughts?
Satin, do you think I could just curl my hair on hot rollers instead of the iron, then break the curls and proceed as she did after the she took down all her pin curls? I'm so much more proficient with hot rollers than I am with a curling iron. Granted, not all the rollers are the same size, but do you think that will matter much?
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You're welcome, CnC! I hope it works better for you than it did for me. Today's trial run was an epic fail. I will say that I don't have the setting lotion right now, so maybe that was part of it? But she's also working with a curling iron, and I haven't done that in ages. Although my hair is not layered, when I was curling it and trying to catch in the ends, there were these little under layers that kept falling down. It was so irritating! My curls were NOT all nice and smooth like hers were.
I have a suggestion that might work for you. If you watch her, you can catch this every now and then. She has long hair, let's say it is 18" long for the sake of ease of conversation. She curls the bottom 9" closest to the end of her hair first. Once she has a spiral curl there, she drops it and moves up and curls the top 9" section closest to her scalp until it is a spiral. This reduces the amount of hair on the iron at one time, and increases the heat to the hair, which in turn increases the hold of the curls. Learned that from one of my hair dressers. I have quite thick, curly hair, and I have to use this method to curl my hair. Maybe you can use a curling iron this way successfully as opposed to curlers, if you want to try again
I did miss that, so thanks ever so much for pointing it out, CnC. I picked up the setting lotion today (was able to find the one you talked about, Satin), so we'll see if that helps too. I'll give it another couple of trial runs before I give up on the iron.
I can't see how an oil could lead to dryness unless you were using JUST coconut oil on your skin, had naturally very dry skin, and didn't use a moisturizer afterward.
Remember, oil CANNOT moisturize. Only WATER can. It "Feels" wet due to the fact that it's a liquid, but in fact all oils are technically "dry".
Oil makes an emollient barrier that traps the water INSIDE your skin and prevents it from evaporating, but in order to actually moisturize the skin, you must apply something that contains water in it.
I just wanted to thank you for this Satin! I use grape seed oil on my face (which works better for me than anything else) but I still had dry flakes at times. I started wetting my face down a bit before applying it and it's working even better! Whohoo!
Any and all things about hyper pigmentation!
I have the WORST problem with it. It takes dark spots FOREVER to fade. I was using Clinque's "Even Better" daily moisturizer, but at $50 a bottle, I recently switched over to Ambi's daily moisturizer for a more cost effective fade. I can't say I'm seeing the same results, so I guess only time will tell!
Do you have any good recommendations for spot fading that isn't a bleaching cream? I know that Ambi has a spot fade cream, and Palmer's (my go-to for other skincare rituals) has a Even Tone night fade cream I've been tempted to try. I've also heard good things about OST's serum (a Korean beauty product).
Hi Satin, I'm wondering if you've ever run into hair color fading due to retinol skin care products. I color my hair dark and it seems as though it fades fast at my hairline. I use RoC serums and moisturizers and I'm trying to keep them away from my hair. Just curious if you've ever seen this happen before.
Thanks!
Here it comes!
No, because giving them the satisfaction is exactly what they want.
The trolling was reported to the mods and I'll leave it at that.
My thread is too important to derail.
Hi Satin,
What is your opinion on waterproof mascara? Do you feel it damages lashes? I've been using waterproof for about 10 months and haven't noticed a difference but now I'm getting paranoid about lash health. (What can I say, there are certain things I get a little neurotic about.)
Thanks!,
Red
I heard you are a fraud.
No, she's satindesire. Smelling vaguely coconutty.