Question of the Week: Healthy Hair

Hey everyone! So I know I have been slacking in the blogging world but I have an excuse I promise! Last week was the first week of school & it was so stressful! I mean between having to find all of your classes, new teachers, exc. it can be really overwhelming. I will do better from now on though I promise!
Anyways, I got a question from one of you readers and it asked me if I have any tips to have healthy hair.

If you want to have healthy hair read these tips:
~ Don't wash your hair everyday. Now when you read that you probably thought gross but I promise its fine! My hairstylist told me and a lot of magazines have posted about it too. Washing your hair everyday can damage the ends and dry out your hair. Now when I say don't wash your hair everyday doesn't mean don't take a shower for a week because that is just Nast to the ay (Nasty). I wash my hair every other day so on the days that I have oily hair from not washing it I use dry shampoo. Basically its kind of like a hairspray but it takes out the oil of your hair. The only thing that I am not a fan of is that if you put it a little to close it can either make your hair look gray or look like it has dandruff. Yucky! I use the tresemme dry shampoo and it works really well to take to oil out. Here's a picture of what the bottle looks like
~ Another tip is if your trying to grow your hair out long then make sure to get a trim regularly to cut off the dead and split ends. The dead and split ends provent it from growing longer and make it look frizzy and out of control and no one wants that type of hair.
~ Always apply a heat protectant to your hair whenever you use a hot tool, including a blow dryer. For somereason so many people don't apply a heat protectant when they use a blowdryer but you need to becasue your still applying heat to your hair!
~ Lastly, take vitamins! There are specific vitamins that are made to make your hair grow longer and be healthier so look out for those!

Thanks for reading and I have another post coming up soon!
P.S: Do you guys want to see some of the outfits Im wearing to school next week?

Haul: e.l.f cosmetics

Hey everyone(: So as many of you know it's almost time to go back to school! Where did summer go! I feel like I just started summer but in reality its over since I start next week. Bummer.... don't get me wrong I love high school but between the homework and drama it can be a bit stressful. But back to the blog I ordered a few things from E.l.f and honestly I am so surprised by the quality of the products. Most of the items I got were a dollar. You read that right - one dollar, crazy hugh? Anyways, they sell e.l.f in select Target's but the selection online is so much better. I got brushes, pressed powder in tone 2, face primer, brush shampoo, one liquid lipstick in baby lips, one hypershine gloss in fairy, one lip conditioner in vanilla crem'e, one blush in Flushed, one facial whip in lilac petal, one all over cover stick in lilac petal, two bronzers-sun kissed and matte brown, liquid eye shadow in sexy silver, eye widener in pearl white, eyeliner pen in black, one tinted moisturizer in apricot beige, and a concealer in apricot beige. Now I got a lot of stuff and this is the amazing part, it was under $30.00. Here are a few pictures of what I got:














So I definetley reccomend this product to all you ladies! Also, when you buy online there always giving you so many free stuff when you purchase a certain amount. Like right now you get 40 eyesahdows free when you spend $20.00! That amazing considering how pigmented these eyeshadows really are. Just use the code: EGEYEFREE. Or if you want to get free shipping all you have to do is spend $30.00 and then bam free shipping! Use the code: Thirty. The only thing that I find is a bit annoying is you can't combine coupons so you have to decide which one you want more.

To order go to http://www.eyeslipsface.com/ & hope if any of you reading this go to school have an amazing school year!

P.S: Im going to be starting a question/tip of the week so if you have any questions you can either write them as a comment or e-mail them to me at vivalaglammakeup@yahoo.com (:

A little about me(: 20 questions!

1. What’s your name?
Katie(:

2. What can you not leave the house without?
My cell phone & either a chap stick or lip-gloss since I always have the driest lips!

3. Favorite brand of makeup?
Mac & Benefit

3. Favorite animal?
Dog

4. Favorite Clothing store?
Forever 21

5. Favorite Perfume?
Fantasy by Brittany Spears or Princess by Vera Wang

6. Heels or Flats?
I wear flats but I love heels!

7. Favorite Color?
Lime green!

8. Favorite Soda?
Even though its so bad for you Dr. Pepper!

9. Favorite Makeup item?
Mascara- just wearing it alone can totally make you look more beautified

10. Do you like to swim?
I love too!

11. Favorite Season?
Summer- Beach, Pool, Hanging out w/ friends, and No School!

12. One place you want to visit before you die?
Hawaii- its seems like such a beautiful state

13. Favorite Moisturizer?
Olay

14. Do you want to get married?
Ew marriage? Just kidding! Since I am only a teenager not anytime soon but eventually yes(:

15. What do you want to be when your older?
Not quite sure yet, maybe journalist?

16. What’s your favorite feature of yourself?
My eyes even though there just brown, although I see a little green in them

17. Do you like scary movies?
Yeah I love them, although I am the type of person who will be closing her eyes the entire movie!

19. Favorite food?
Curly Fries!

20. What are you most thankful for?
I am thankful for GOD for giving me life, I am thankful to my parents for being the best parents anyone could ask for, my sister for being such an amazing role model to me & for getting me into the whole beauty world, my best friend for always listening to me and always being there for me, and last but not least you guys! My awesome readers & followers! It really means a lot to me & I am so appreciative! Thanks you all so much!


P.S: I have a giveaway planned to show my appreciation to all of you when I reach fifteen followers so hopefully it will be soon! (: Also, if you have any questions you can leave a comment here! Thanks again!

Books! Books! Books! Classy & Sephora- The Ultimate Guide to Makeup, Skin, and Hair From the Beauty Authority

Now if your like me for summer you like to take a book to the pool or to lay out then you have to check out these two books! I guess you could say I'm not a "big reader" but when I find a book I like I fall in love and won't stop reading it until I finish it. Let me tell you, I have never loved two books as much as I loved Classy and Sephora- The Ultimate Guide to Makeup, Skin, and Hair from the Beauty Authority.

"Classy" by Derek Blasberg is a hilarious book about how to be the best woman in today's society. The way Derek write really captivates you as well as making you laugh the entire way. This is my favorite book to date and I doubt anything will be able to top it. I recommended it to a bunch of my friends and they all loved it! So ladies go pick up a copy of this book because it is the bible of being classy.

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Sample Page - Love the outfit on the right!

"Sephora- The Ultimate Guide to Makeup, Skin, and Hair From the Beauty Authority" by Melissa Schweiger is really good for those who are just getting into makeup. It teaches you how to apply makeup and gives your good tips and tricks. When I was first getting into makeup I checked out this book and it helped me so much! It taught me how to care for my skin, about makeup and application, and how to have healthy hair. This is a great book for those who are wanting to learn!

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These books are available at Amazon and Barnes&Nobles if you would like to purchase them.

Leave me a comment about what you favorite fashion/beauty book is!

Product Review: The eos lipbalm

The newest craze in the world I call beauty is the eos ( evolution of smooth) lip balm. For some of you, you know exactly what I'm talking about while others are thinking to them self what the heck is she talking about. Now if you have heard about these lip balms then you know that everyone is obsessed with them and they swear that there the best lip balms out there. I personally love these lip balms for some various reasons such as there 95% organic, 100% natural, make your lip's super smooth, and cost only $3.50! Now, there not the softest lip balm out there like soft lips is, I mean if you tried those you know it feels like butter on your lips, but they do work good and really moisturize your lips. I absolutely love how unique the outside looks because its sure a conversation starter! I got the summer fruit and honeysuckle honeydew scents and they smell amazing! The summer fruit one comes in a pink container and smells like peaches while the honeysuckle honeydew one smells like sweet honeysuckle, well the name pretty much describes it.