Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Stop and Smell the Roses: Volume 4

Stop and Smell the Roses

I cannot even take myself seriously in my video this week but hey, this is ME. I get excited about the the little things and according to Mark, that's a good thing.

I'm the oldest of three girls and my dad is most definitely a "minority in the sorority". I cannot even begin to count the times our dinner conversations revolve around one thing: HAIR. "It's all about the hair" my dad always says and well, sometimes that's true. He likes to harass us about the hours we collectively spend, each week, just on our hair. I wish I had some of these conversations recorded.

I'm a hair product hoarder and will try any new product that I see or hear about. I'm so non committal when it comes to shampoo and conditioner. I barely get through half of a bottle before I'm itching to try something new. Read: this drives Mark CRAZY. On a positive note, our house guests always have a huge variety of shampoos and conditioners to choose from since the guest bathroom seems to be the lucky spot to hide all of my unwanteds.

Last week, AP let me in on a little hair secret. We share a mutual love for avocado and, well, I'm singing the praises of the avocado even louder than before. Thank you, AP for changing my (hair) life.


Speaking of my sisters, they tell me when I wear this ruffled shirt that I look like I have an animal around my neck. I now see what they are talking about.

Are you smiling about something this week? Stop and Smell the Roses, film a 2-3 minute video, and link up with us! Check out House of Rose for more details.

*I forgot to mention this in the video but after rinsing out the avocado + olive oil mask, shampoo and condition then style as you normally would. Also, if you don't have a shower cap, you can use tin foil to wrap your hair up while you wait.

14 comments:

  1. I for one LOVE the ruffle shirt!!! Great blog girlfriend. I didn't realize you were from the Chicago area. So am I!!!

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  2. I think the shirt is great and a fantastic color on you! Good to see you this week and I'll have to try the hair mask! Have a great week friend xoxoxo

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  3. Ok, this excites me. I would've been nervous to put olive oil in my hair otherwise, but I think I'm going to try this! Also, I love that you called your dad "a minority in the sorority"! I need to come up with one of those cute phrases about being the only girl in my house full of boys. {Anything good rhyme with fraternity?} You look adorable as always, animal around your neck or not. :) Haha! In all seriousness, the shirt looks super cute and the color is great on you!

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  4. LOVING this! And I personally think the shirt is adorbs! :) Can't wait to try this on my hair! P.S. I'm pretty much the same way about hair products! Terribly non-commital! XOXO. :)

    Kenzie @ www.lifeaccordingtokenz.blog.com

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  5. You're seriously so adorable and upbeat! I love it! :)

    I haven't heard about this avocado trick, but I am totally stealing it! In fact, if it weren't so late here in England I'd be at the grocery store stocking up on the little green gems this minute! Ha! Thanks so much for sharing! I'm hopeful that this simple home remedy will tame my hair on bed head days so I won't look quite so frizzball-ish and unruly! Haha!

    Can't wait for next weeks vlog! :) xoxo

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  6. DOING THIS ASAP! and ps just bought coconut milk for that mousse!! yum!!

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  7. You are the cutest and I personally think that shirt look great on you!! My hair has a tendency to be kinda oily...I seriously can't go more than 24 hours without washing otherwise I look like a total grease ball! Do you think this would make my hair more oily? I wonder if it would work as well with short hair?

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  8. I seriously cannot stand how much I love you. There, I said it. I love your shirt- it makes me miss my pre-pregnancy style like WOAH. I wish we could hair-mask togetherrrrr!! I would totes bring the wine, for sure! ;) Can't wait to see your sweet face again next week! I promise I'll be linking up!

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  9. Oh my gosh you are so cute! I am so glad I found you blog through Mandy's link up. Keep those beauty recs coming. And yes it totally sounds crazy and I can totally see my husband thinking I lost my dang mind but I just might have to try this. Sounds easy enough.

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  10. Such a fabulous vlog friend!!! You are stunning and your hair looks amazing!!! You best believe I am trying this out asap!!! :)

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  11. Ok...I'm off to the store for small group snacks and now I have just added avocados to my list! Seriously....you think I could convince J to let me skip group tonight so I could stay home and try this on my hair? I'm totally intrigued! I'll let you know how I like it!

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  12. By the way...that comment was suppose to have posted like a million hours ago. Just came back to the computer and noticed I missed the word verification so it never went. :) I'm really bad at word verification.

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  13. Ok I love this and I died laughing through the entire explanation because you were so awesome. I love picturing you walking around with guacamole on your head!! hahaha. I love it. And love the shirt! xoxo

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