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Beauty Through My Eyes

26 Sunday Apr 2015

Posted by Lorellay in Beauty

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To me, beauty means femininity. I think it’s important to notice that nowadays beauty is not a word only for women, even though we are the beautiful sex. Men are more and more involved in the beauty or fashion industry and I’m not talking here only about the professional level, but also about men’s interest in beauty products, treatments or their desire to be remarked, appreciated or just younger. So yes, beauty to me still means femininity, even though I respect those men interested in it.

Beauty’s definition is self-confidence. But one can’t survive without the other. It’s such a complex subject, but in a way so simple. Imagine this: 2 women, same make up and hairstyle, one feels good in it, the other doesn’t. Which one of them will be more beautiful? I think that explains it all. Just be yourself and wear whatever makes you feel good, but try to always add something new into your style. A small piece at least, like a hat or different type of sunglasses, rings or necklaces, a different shade of lipstick. For me it works this way, something new gives me more self confidence. I think it applies to many women, though. What means beauty for you?

I wrote this, on my sunny balcony this morning, after I got the invitation to Stockholm Beauty Week tomorrow, where, of course, beauty will be the primary subject. Last year’s event took place in So Stockholm and so is this year. Isabella Lowengrip, aka Blondinbella, was one of the guest speakers, to introduce her cosmetic line LLC. I will attend the press & media events from 10:00 to 13:00, and some of the afternoon seminaries. I’m so excited to see the new trends in beauty, and mostly, to find out what newbies are on the Swedish market. Follow my Instagram, @ByLorellay, where I’ll be posting pictures and videos from the event and stay tuned, next week I’ll be writing here about it!

beauty through my eyes

You spin me round, round, baby, round, round! 🙂

Until soon..

With love,

L

My beauty rituals #1 – Miracle oils for hair growth and hydration

02 Monday Feb 2015

Posted by Lorellay in Beauty

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Darlings, we all know how important it is to look fresh, healthy and young, no matter the age. At the beginning of the year I made a post regarding new trends in fashion, home interior and lifestyle where I mentioned that staying and looking healthy is very important for us women. Beauty comes from the inside, indeed, but our skin, hair and nails need a boost every once in a while, so that we could shine like a diamond and keep ourselves young. With all the external factors that are damaging our skin and hair as makeup, temperature changes, hair painting or the tools we use in hairstyling, we need to keep a balance in order to look healthy.

There are lots of tricks that I’ve learned and experienced and that I have been very satisfied with.  And now I want to share them with you. I will show you some general homemade tips for hair hydration and hair growth. Remember, I always experience new things, so I change my beauty routines every once in a while. And I suggest you do that as well. Each season our skin and hair goes through different changes and the products we are using must be adapted to our needs.

The best way to hydrate and repair your hair is by using natural oils in combination with good hair care products. Usage of oils is the oldest form of cosmetic, Egyptian men and women being the first ones who discovered that they could use different types of oils to clean and soften their skin, to mask body odor or to treat different areas as lips, hair or sunburned skin. 12.000 years later, we are still using them to repair the damages that other commercial products are causing. Irony! 🙂

As for the homemade treatments, these are few of my favorite combinations of oils for hair:

                      Hydrating Natural Oil Mixtures

Oil mixture coconut oil olive oil and honey for hair hydrating. oils for hair

Coconut oil, olive oil and honey mixture. I use this every week to hydrate my hair ends.

 

  1. Coconut Oil + Olive Oil + Honey
  2. Coconut Oil + Argan Oil
  3. Argan Oil + Almond Oil
  4. Olive Oil + Smashed Avocado
  5. Argan Oil + Honey + Few drops of Tea Tree Oil

 

How to use 

  • The quantities depend on each hair size and volume, so just go with your instincts, but try to add almost equal measures.
  • Do not add the combinations on your scalp. These combinations I use only for my hair, WITHOUT APPLYING ON THE ROOTS. They are very fat and will make your roots greasy.
  • Spread your hair in 7 – 10 parts, apply the combination and massage very gently on each part. When you are ready, tie your hair and cover it with a shower cap. This will help the oil get into your hair fiber, because oils are activated only in warm and wet environments.
  • Try to sleep all night with it and wash it off in the morning. If not possible, leave the mixture at least for 2, 3 hours and then wash.

There are so many combinations you can make between these oils, the important thing is that you apply a treatment every week.

                              Oils for hair growth

Years ago I used to have much shorter hair and I suffered really much because I wanted so badly to have long hair! The reason for that were the bad quality products I used before I learned more about beauty. Hair grows faster if you boost up the speed little bit with natural oils as castor and tea tree oil. I haven’t tried them together yet. Use castor oil once a week by massaging your roots and scalp with it. I also use it for my eyebrows and eyelashes! For an easy use, soak in a clean mascara brush! It is really amazing, and 100% functional! It gives volume to my eyelashes and it is a long term alternative to fake lashes.

 

Oils for hair growth

                                     Leave-in oils

Leave in hair oils Kerastase Elixir Ultimate Argan Oils for hair

 

Dried or broken hair ends need a special attention, if not the scissors. From my experience, if they are already destroyed, you can only use oils or treatments to prolong cutting them. But in the end, you’ll anyway need to use the scissors… To prevent damaged hair ends, use a hydrating mixture of oils on them every week, before bath, and every day a drop of any of the preferred cosmetic oils for hair. I personally use Kerastase Elixir Ultimate on my hair ends every day, because it’s not that greasy and for a thin, fine hair as mine, leave in oil is kind of destroying the hairstyle. In the past, I used also Morrocan Oil light blonde and Lee Stanford Argan Oil which are great, but I always come back to Kerastase. And my favorite of all is Liquid Crystal Oil from Technique System Repair, not sure that is the full name, I used to get it from my friend in Romania, she exclusive imported the products in the country, but once I moved to Sweden, I lost track of it. The coconut version of the oil smells incredible, it’s the least greasy and the effects on the hair are really visible after a few weeks of using it. The product is so much cheaper than anything else on the market, so if you find it anywhere, just go for it!

 

oils mixtures. oils for hair

 

These oils literally have done miracles for me. I am truly satisfied with my hair now, even though I still don’t have the hair of an oriental woman, as you can see in the picture above. My hair is thin, silky and very easy to damage, therefore it needs a high maintenance, especially since I love using the straightener and curler often. But with the help of these products I try to keep it healthy as much as I can. And of course, even though I feel so unhappy when I get a haircut, I do clip the ends every 3 months.

Take care of your hair and tell me if you tried these products and if you see any visible results in time, as I did. What other oils are you using that you are satisfied with?

Truly yours,

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Get Ready for New Year – Video

31 Wednesday Dec 2014

Posted by Lorellay in Lorellay TV

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Hey girls!! I added few more info in the post that I haven’t been able to add in the video!

New Year caught you unprepared? You are not the only one. Maybe you’ve had projects with short deadlines to finish until the end of the year, or didn’t have a plan on where to spend the New Year, or simply planning is not your thing. You realized it’s few days left and no time for you to book you hairstylist, make-up artist, or even buy a new dress.

Been there, done that, and I have few easy tips for you that you can apply on the last hundred of meters, in order to look stunning and sexy and beautiful in the night between the years. So don’t panic! We will fix it!

Get Ready!

Hands

First thing to do is to make sure your nails look good and clean, so if you didn’t succeed to book a time on the last minute to manicure, you’ll have to do it by yourself! I m ust mention, this is hard and it can get Dirty!

At least in my case, which is why I never make it by myself. If you are one of those lucky girls whose left hand can paint the right hand, go ahead and do it! If you aren’t, one fast option would be to use foil nail stickers, which you can buy from almost any beauty shop in your area. My New Year preference would be something glammy, but classy: Silver. Not bad would be also black matte and gold. Your choice!

The Dress

No worry, look again into your wardrobe, you sure have something over there that you haven’t been seen into. We all have an outfit that have been missed! If not, the easiest way to make yourself remarked, is by attracting people’s eyes from the dress to you. In this case, you should give value to the dress, and not opposite! My suggestion is that you use the outfit in which you feel at your best, of course, respecting the dress code of the party you attend. Or simply wear a very sexy black dress that you have in your garderobe. Pencil shaped dresses with stilettos rocks, don’t forget that! This way, you’ll feel self confident, sexy, beautiful and you’ll turn peoples eyes into you, not your clothes.

Tips: Add on accessories: an statement necklace can do as 10 new dresses, believe me!

Hair

Even if you are a brunette, or a blonde or a redhead, the most easy but glamourous trick for your hair is weavy hair. Or big curls. Every girl has to a have a curler or a straightener home, now it’s time for you to use it! Depending on how long or thick your hair is, curl only half of it, so that you create the volume effect but not look like grandma in the ’60. Don’t get me wrong, retro is chic and fashionable, but you’re not planing to go to a masquerade are you?

Face

Smokey eyes and nude lips are a perfect choice for an occasion like that, with a dress like that and a hair like that, but you can also chose to wear a pin-up make up: black touche and red lipstick.

I hope these few informations are helpful and don’t forget that the ultimate accessory is your smile! It’s only few hours left until New Year, so go get ready!

Happy New Year full of prosperities & love!

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