Thursday, June 12, 2014

Inversion Method- 1 Inch Hair Growth in 1 Week

Good Morning lovelies~(ʃƪ ˘ ³˘)

So a week ago i was browsing YouTube and stumbled across this thing called the Inversion Method.
Supposedly in only 7 days, it grows your hair up to 1/2 to 2 inches 
I browsed around a little bit, since I was pretty skeptical, & it surprisingly had really good reviews.
since the ingredients are easy to come buy, pretty affordable, & the method sounds simple enough, I decided to give it a go. heck, why not? (ღ˘⌣˘ღ)

I ended up going by the first video i had seen
^(I followed this one as close as possible)
Since I had just relocated to a new apartment, & my roomie recently moved out
I was low on basic ingredients and had to purchase them, so I ended up using a bare minimum due to a very low budget o(╥﹏╥)o

Some good oils I had seen repeated in several videos were Coconut, Olive, Grapeseed, and Castor Oil.
& it was also recommended to include some essential oils (Teatree, Peppermint, ect. to help stimulate the scalp)

On Day 1 I did a Hot Oil Treatment using:
Coconut Oil
Olive Oil
 Herbal Oil mixture
(Not sure if you're supposed to use Extra Virgin Olive Oil...but i was on a budget lol )
If you can only afford 1 or 2 oils (like me) i'd suggest including one of these. Only ~$2 and contains a mix of the other oils like castor&grapeseed, & also has some essential oils in it such as fruit oils, sweet almond oil, jojoba seed oil, thyme, ginseng, sage ect. (found in the ethnic isle. Coconut and olive was found in the grocery section)
I got everything from the local Walmart
My Process:
  • Mix oils in a bowl (i used 2 tablespoons of each) 
  • Heat in the microwave for 15-30 seconds.
  • Massage the oils into your scalp and throughout the rest of your hair.
  • Bend over with your head facing downward (you can sit on a chair/bed)
    • This makes the blood run to your scalp and helps stimulate hair growth (this is where the magic happens, baby)
  • Massage your scalp in this position for 10 minutes. (so boring and youll feel ridiculous but worth it)
  • Put hair up in a tight ponytail and sleep in it
    • (It should be okay to sleep on your pillow, mine didn't get gross lol)
  • The next morning rinse it and do your normal shower routine


On Day 2 I did a Vitamin Spray (follicle booster)

  • steep Rosemary leaves and Sage leaves
    •  (the recipe recommends Dulce too but i couldnt find it)
  • steep 30 min
  • Strain
  • Put in spray bottle
  • Spray roots/scalp
  • Massage 10 min in the inverted position

I borrowed Sage from my landlady lol (~ ˘▿ ˘)~
If you have one of these tea ball thingies use it!! makes life so much easier
(~ ˘▿ ˘)~ I used a leftover Redken bottle ~( ˘▿ ˘~)
ended up using about 1/2 the bottle by the week's end

Day 3: Oil Treatment
Day 4: Vitamin Water Treatment 
Day 5: Oil Treatment
Day 6: Vitamin Water Treatment
Day 7: Oil Treatment

On Days 2 and 7 I included a moisture/hydration Hair Mask:
Day 2 Mask: I think you can get this at Walmart too. Left on for 1 hour
Day 7's Mask. Bought from Sally's. Left on for 30 minutes.
(I usually did these masks after rinsing the Hot Oil treatments in the mornings)

Other than that the only products I used were my regular shampoo and conditioner
Every other day i put this serum in my hair to help with the dryness-plus it smells amazing ( ˘ ³˘)♥

And after showers ill spray this in. I'm convinced anything with "Milk" in it is awesome (ღ˘⌣˘ღ)

And finally the results:
Left: Day 1      Right: Day 7

On Day 1 I measured the length of my hair starting from the bottom of my ear to the tips of my hair and got 12 inches.
On Day 7 i repeated the same method and this time i got 13 1/4 inches Σ(゚д゚lll)
That's insane! I kept re-measuring just to confirm and make sure i didn't make a mistake lol
But each time i definitely got a little over 13 inches ٩(●˙▿˙●)۶
(note:This treatment doesnt improve thickness/volume ect. The pic on the right is just freshly washed, blow dried, and straightened hair.)
However you can easily tell that the hair on the left is above my bra strap, while the right is definitely below ٩(●˙▿˙●)۶  ٩(●˙▿˙●)۶

Honestly even while doing it I couldn't notice any difference in length, so i was pretty sure I'd see no new growth. Felt like i was doing all this for nothing _:(´o`」 ∠):_
(keep in mind i didn't straighten my hair or style it at all during this week. So i had curly hair the whole time which makes it difficult to see the true length anyways)

But this treatment does intense moisturizing
even if i hadn't got any new growth, i'd still have done this just to re-hydrate my hair
In high school I dyed my hair every month, and then one year i decided to go from black dye to platinum blonde- so my hair is extremely damaged, dry, and has tons of dead ends (。-_-。)
It had gotten bad enough that i had to take a year off from any hair dye to try and boost it's health back up, but as you can see the ends still have evidence of the bleach/dye jobs

But now it feels really soft again, and i cant help but keep touching it xD
it's amazing …⋆ฺ٩(●˙▿˙●)۶…⋆ฺ ٩(●˙▿˙●)۶…⋆ฺ
And you know when you try and straighten dead ends, they just wont go straight no matter how many times you pass the flat iron over it??
Well after 7 days of TLC those ends straighten easily and now it looks like i dont even have split ends anymore
 ~( ˘▿ ˘~) The sorcery (~ ˘▿ ˘)~
I definitely absolutely 100% recommend trying this.
If not for the hair growth then for the hydration factor

Overall Routine Summary: ☼ Morning routine/☾ nigh routine
Day 1:  ☾ Measured + Hot Oil Treatment
Day 2:  Shower + Hair Mask +  ☾ Vitamin Spray Treatment
Day 3:  ☾ Hot Oil Treatment
Day 4: ☼ Shower +  ☾ Vitamin Spray Treatment
Day 5:  ☾ Hot Oil Treatment
Day 6: ☼ Shower +  ☾ Vitamin Spray Treatment
Day 7:  ☾ Hot Oil Treatment 
Result Day: ☼ Shower + Hair Mask + Measured

Friday, December 13, 2013

iMAX Paris's Kiss Love Brown

Hi~~( ´ ▽ ` )ノ
This post will be complete the previous package ^^
yey~~~ (=´∀`)人(´∀`=)
This one is the other Paris's Kiss color: Love Brown
& once again, these were purchased from circlelens2u.com
(see post 1 for packaging details)

 Buy Here

2 versions compared Left: Love Grey Right: Love Brown
^ regular bathroom lighting
close up: looks more honey brown
*doesn't completely cover the gray ><

regular room lighting.This is how they usually appear~ kinda like hazel since they mix w/ my gray eye color
 darker lighting

& a cmas cheki with my mommies puppies~~ 
(extreme polaroid flash!!)
so difficult since they kept moving around (´Д` )
Polaroids always make my makeup (& eyebrows) disappear OTL
but the Love Brown Kiss' color came out nice~ (・ω・)b
 Description
Brand: iMAX
Origin: South Korea
Water Content: 42%
Diameter: 15mm
Base Curve: 8.6
Disposable: Yearly
Prescription? yes
Price: ~$25
Since my original eye color is gray, these lenses blend with it & the outcome is a hazel color. But since it does change my eyes from gray to brown-ish, that's okay.  The smaller effect is kind of expected since these aren't opaque, so not disappointing ^^ 
Although, it would be nice if they looked more honey colored all the time (once again, i believe that's due to my eye color & not the lenses)
Despite their size, these are pretty natural & blend well~
They're watery, yey~!  ヾ(@⌒ー⌒@)ノ) & get a halo sometimes ^^

As for enlargement, these are enlarging (obviously with a 15mm lens) but since there isn't a limbal ring they won't appear as large as a 15mm lens with the ring. 
I wear these a lot. Perfect if I'm wearing less makeup since i wont look quite as scary with the super huge lenses.
A lot of people think they are my real eyes ( lol ) & many of my friends have even forgotten i even have gray eyes (not sure if that should be funny or sad (´・_・`) lmao)
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

iMAX Paris's Kiss Love Grey Circle Lens Review

Good morning guys~!
This will be a continuation of last weeks package~~
Gray lenses this time~!! ⊂((・x・))⊃
I'm very addicted to brown eyes and I always buy brown lenses, but my 2nd go-to color would be gray since they blend so well

I bought these from circlelens2u.com
Packaging: These came from the same packaging as last post:「iMAX Rainbow Brown」
Buy Here


2 versions compared: Left: Love Grey Right: Love Brown

Description
Brand: iMAX
Origin: South Korea
Water Content: 42%
Diameter: 15mm
Base Curve: 8.6
Disposable: Yearly
Prescription? yes
Price: ~$25

Since my actual eye color is gray these blend perfectly on my eyes (*≧∇≦*)
 They are very watery and shimmery due to the design and also the best thing about these is that they have the 'Halo Effect'
In my opinion there's two types of lenses: The opaque ones vs. the watery looking ones. Each one has their own  appeal~

so What is the Halo Effect?
This term is used to describe the small crescent shape on the bottom of the circle lens.  It's where the circle lens either shifts/is larger than your iris so that part of the contact is over the white of your eye creating a highlight.  It looks super cute and dolly and teary eyed 
 (づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ

I consider these lenses to be quite natural (i know i know, the size is anything but natural lol) 
And they do come out as the advertisement suggest.
I think these look very natural on lighter eyes and would be lovely on brown eyes d( ̄  ̄)

I love that these have the halo effect.  Last time i got that was with the GEO Nudy series, but unfortunately I'm now addicted to 15mm lenses so i haven't been able to find a pair large enough to achieve the effect
 (。-_-。)

However, most of the lenses I've been wearing recently have the dark limbal ring- and these do not (so imo they come off very light and natural- not something I'm quite used to)
Maybe once i figure out how to change my makeup to suit them better I'd wear them more and more often~^^



Here you can see the halo ^^
 regular lighting
 bathroom lighting~ 
a closeup of the design ^^ VERY natural blending

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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

iMAX Rainbow Brown Circle Lens Review

Hello everyone~ ( ´ ▽ ` )ノ
Today i received a package in the mail~~
So i will do a review on one of the pairs of lenses i bought from circlelens2u.com d( ̄  ̄)


For some reason though they only sent 2 lens cases...ヽ(´o`;
haha luckily i have extra cases but... ><
** for someone who hasn't used vials before**
Circle lenses come in these nifty glass vials, but when i first got a pair i was so confused on how to open them lol The only problem with opening them without using the trick, is that the top is covered with metal- so its quite easy to a) cut yourself and b) make it super difficult to open it
So the trick (that took me a a few vials to figure out lol) is that on the metal is 3 arrows that look like this: ︽
so pull the lid open from there as a starting point, all the way back- you'll have to use some force ^^
Then it should 'segment', making it easy to open~

find the arrows, pull up and all the back~
on the left is one vial i opened (badly ^^')  breaking the metal leaves very sharp edges so take care~
The right vial is properly and safely opened xDD one piece yey yey~~ (^O^☆♪



Description:
Brand:  iMAX
Origin: South Korea
Water Content: 42%
Diameter: 15mm
Base Curve: 8.6
Disposable: Yearly
Prescription? available
Price: ~$23

My original eye color is gray, so unfortunately it is quite visible when i wear these. 
 Usually i buy lenses that uses designs to blend with my natural color (i used to buy opaque lenses but haven't in quite some time)
and these are very opaque (good and bad). 
 I do think that they do come out like the advertised pictures, and would be perfect for dark eyes ( ^ω^)b 

-from a distance i love these lenses~! perhaps one of my favorites even.  
But up close reveals that they are quite..fake haha (mostly because of my gray color showing through)
 Although after a few hours they have been growing on me~
-the color is very true and pretty♪
 *these lenses are of a super large size and bright coloration- so i would recommend darker makeup to balance it out☆
I think after a few days -despite the flaws I've mentioned, these will become a favorite of mine ^^
what can i say? i love huge contacts, and these definitely provide that ヾ(@⌒ー⌒@)ノ
bathroom lighting (pretty true to the color)
 (no color edit~ light orange-brown)
outside lighting~~
darker lighting
The gray doesn't come out too bad in pictures (just leaves an interesting ring-ish effect)
Side view- you can see how opaque they are

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