Maple Holistics Shampoo & Conditioner Review

Maple Holistics reached out to me several weeks ago to try some of their products and since I am all about natural hair care I was like sign me up. I decided to go with their tea tree oil shampoo since my hair can be oily and is sensitive. I also got their silk 18 natural hair conditioner as well. I have been using them since November 8th so I think that has given me plenty of time to have some thoughts on these two products.

The Degrease Tea Tree Oil Shampoo has a very natural woodsy scent to me. It kind of reminds me of frankincense even though there is none in it so it must be the rosemary mixed with the tea tree & lavender that is giving off that vibe. Either way I personally like the scent. I used it for a week with the silk 18 conditioner and for some reason it made my hair over produce oil. I can usually get away with washing my hair every other day but could not with this combo so I switched back to my regular coconut shampoo and used it with the silk 18 conditioner and that worked perfect. I do still like the tea tree oil shampoo though but more for a clarifying shampoo so I have been using it once a week to get any build up off my hair.

The Silk 18 Natural Hair Conditioner is definitely my favorite. It straight up smells like yellow cake batter and makes my hair so soft. This might be replacing my all time favorite Desert Essence coconut conditioner and ya’ll know how much I love that stuff. A bonus that I just realized while perusing their site is for every bottle sold Maple Holistics donates $1 to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. How awesome is that!!!

They have page on their site so you can try their products as well. Just go to their site HERE and fill out the form.

Sorry for two posts today but while I was grabbing links for this post I saw they were having a sale on their site for Cyber Monday and I did not want anyone to miss out if they wanted to take advantage.

Happy Monday again

November Ipsy Bag

I honestly think the bag this month was not that pretty and they said you could use it for a night out…I’m gonna go with a big fat NO on that one!!

The first item was the Bridgewater Candle Company sweet grace hand cream. The scent of this was way to strong. I put it on my hands before bed and even after my shower the next day I could still smell the perfume scent it has. So it was a no for me but I sent it to my sis-n-law and she loves it. So if you like sweet/spicy/floral scents that are strong and last forever then this might be right up your alley. Full size retails for $12.00 (IPSYBRIDGEWATER)

Next up is this collab between artist Lisa Frank and Glamour Dolls. It is a bronzer in the shade bitten & bronzed and is a matte bronzer. The packaging is just the cutest plus I really like the bronzer so definitely a keeper!! It retails for $4.99 but is currently sold out.

I also received a Tarte Amazonian clay 12 hour blush in the shade Feisty which is a dusty rose. I swore I had this shade in another name but when I looked at them side by side they were a shade off of each other. Either way this is definitely the type of shade I use in the winter months so I like it! Retails for $29 but they are on sale for $20 today and of course I could not find this shade on their site.

I got a Manna Kadar Cosmetics HD perfecting powder. It’s good but not a Makeup Forever HD powder good if ya know what I mean. I like it enough to use it up though. Full size retails for $29.00 (IPSY2017)

Lastly I received the Bang Beauty lip gloss in the shade spice. This is my kind of gloss it smells good, the color is perfect and it is not sticky at all. It retails for $18.00 (IPSY20)

Happy Monday

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xoxo

Wordy Wednesday

“Without vision, even the most focused passion is a battery without a device.”

~ Ken Auletta

Happy Wednesday!!

Wordy Wednesday (Halloween)

I made my son into Pennywise this year and spent pretty much the end of September through the day before Halloween making his costume. I watched a bazillion tutorials and even when I was half way through his makeup the day of which took 5 hoursstill thought this isn’t gonna turn out how I want it too, but it did and he was a hit in our friends graveyard. We took inspiration from both movies and the book so that is why he has multi colored balloons, more redish hair and his costume is a combo of regular clown meets old harlequin clown.

He looks like a one of my friends animatronics in this picture. LOL

I decided to have a little fun with some of the pictures I took and place him in some composites. Thanks to some guidance from one of my FB photography groups I perfected them and I am pretty proud of myself. LOL

Background for this picture was free from Santana Dykas in my FB photography group.

I know this post is a little late but I hope you all had a Happy Halloween