Perhaps the most difficult part about traveling with just a carry-on? Packing toiletries and cosmetics, who’s with me?? After all, there are the products I know and love, and yet they won’t all easily fit into my small luggage.
Which makes the news of this limited-edition Moroccanoil Customizable Travel Kit particularly sweet. Select any four of the travel-friendly sized products (ranging in price from $9 to $17) pack them into the complimentary croc-embossed bag (well, first into your clear ziplock bag if you’re boarding a flight) and you’re all set for your next trip when it comes to caring for your hair with the smoothing and hydrating benefits oil argan oil. After all, when you’re in different environments, plus the dry air on planes, your hair can use the extra hydration from these antioxidant-rich products.
May 23, 2014
In Las Vegas (where I ran the half-marathon with some fancy light-show nails in December and discovered healthy activities in Sin City, whodathunkit?), I had the chance to stay in a Stay Well suite at the MGM Grand, where amongst the healthy amenities in the Deepak Chopra-endorsed room, there is a nifty vitamin-C infused showered (see what it looks like over on my Instagram here).
The vitamin-C infused shower is said to benefit skin and hair. I was only there a couple of days, so maybe four showers wasn’t enough to reap the rewards, but I didn’t see my skin didn’t feel softer or feel glowier and my hair was the same old. But the contraption was fascinating nonetheless.
Enter, shower filter fixation. When I got home from Vegas, I had a handy friend install the T3 Source Showerhead (i’ts simple, you don’t even need tools — I was just reluctant to do it myself as I envisioned me breaking off the entire pipe-y thingamajig and water spewing everywhere like an old I Love Lucy mishap). Anyhow, once I made the switcheroo?
Like whoa.
I immediately noticed a difference in my hair. Without any product or blowdrying, my hair had more oomph to it, instead of being its usual fluffy, limp self. I stood in front of the mirror perplexed as to how my hair looked so decent, and then I remembered: the T3 Source.
How’s it work? The showerhead includes a special filter (of tourmaline, zinc, copper and calcium) that transforms the chlorine particles in water into particles too large to be absorbed by your hair or skin.
It promises to also boost shine, vibrancy, reduce frizz while also boosting comb-ability. I haven’t noticed any of those benefits (yet). But more body, oh yes.
So, sure, it may not be Deepak-endorsed like the Stay Well suite, but Health & Swellness approved? Yeppers.
T3 Source Showerhead, $150. Available at Murale.
January 24, 2013
The Discovery Channel’s got Shark Week; well, I bring you Sweat Week — a week of posts on surviving the heat waves this summer.
My fine, straight hair up until now hasn’t been the type that frizzes up, but lately when it’s very humid, it does kinda develop a mind of its own and poofs up. And while I typically will welcome volume, this uncontrolled every which way poofiness isn’t the same thing.
So my new favourite for taming this newfound frizz is John Frieda Frizz-Ease Secret Weapon Finishing Creme. It smells amazing, is lightweight and melts into my hair without making it greasy, while taming down the poofiness. I keep it in my handbag on days with humid forecasts (ie. every day, ugh).
(And to give my skin a quick little pick-me-up on the go, I keep Vichy Eau Thermale in my handbag, too. It’s got 15 minerals that’ll soothe, refresh and benefit your skin.)
July 10, 2012
