Beauty and Madness

Cologne collections - cologne for women that men love

By ruth_ramos On 4:29 AM

1. Green Tea - The Face Shop - Cody Perfume Mist
I accidentally bought this mist at The Face Shop because I need to go to a public toilet at the mall. I fell in love on the smell that's why I bought it immediately. Even my husband loved it. I literally use it as an air spray, toilet and room spray. It freshen myself and it's great that you can spray it on almost anything! I love the clean smell of green tea and lavender. A must have on your purse!

Green Tea perfume mist - The Face Shop

2. Herbench body spray - Bare

This is my favorite body spray when I was in high school. I love the citrus sweet like candy scent. Cheap and just right for the teenagers.

Bare - herbench body spray

3. Victoria Secret - Pure Seduction and Love Spell
These are my all-time favorite. Very feminine and men loves it.

Victoria Secret

My perfumes collections - perfumes makes a man melt when you pass...

By ruth_ramos On 4:05 AM

1. FEMME - Hugo Boss - Perfect for office wear
This is my top 1. The scent is so unique, sophisticated and remind me of a woman with a strong and sexy personality. This is Boss best-selling fragrance and shouldn't be stop producing. Try it and your boy will hook on the smell!

Femme - Hugo Boss for Her

2. Lady Million - Paco Rabanne for Women - Luxury in a bottle
My top 2. I love it displaying at my office desk because of the unique and classy style of the bottle. The scent is so feminine, rich and interesting. The smell is like a juicy raspberry dipped in sweet honey. A very popular perfume because of its brand.

Lady Million - Paco Rabanne

3. Madonna - Truth or dare - My first collection of celebrity fragrance
It's a blend scent o f a sweet flower and an explosion of tuberrose. This is not a typical Britney, JLo perfume but a unique and old fashioned classy yet modern scent. People may dislike it because of the flower and fruity mixtures but once you smell it to your body and wear the whole day, you will really love it. A real different Celebrity scent.

Madonna perfume - Truth or Dare

4. Lady Gaga - Fame - An eye-catching and gimmickly bottle of masterpiece
A sweet in the beginning but when it settles down it's pretty gorgeous and unique. This is best for a special occasion.

Lady Gaga perfume - Fame

What about you.... what are your perfume collections?

My 2nd Digital Perm at Korean Salon - Dubai

By ruth_ramos On 3:21 AM

Since I have chosen big curls on my first perm, the curls looses easily. So when Korean Salon offer their promotion, I grabbed the opportunity to redo my curls.

My hair after 5 months, 1st perm

They gave me a 25% off on my 2nd perm. This time I chose small curls and up to my ears so the curls will lasts longer. I only paid 650 aed without hair color.

Here's is the result of what I want. Even though it's different on my 1st perm, I still love it because it gives more volume. But on the 3rd day after I wash it, I find it hard to manage so I went back to their Salon and my hair stylists showed me how to blow dry my hair.

She also cut some hair at my back so curls are more balance and well-done.

Digital perm at korean salon Dubai

My hair after 5 months, 2nd perm

To all girlsies there who wants to try digital perm I would suggest to find a good salon first with good reputation and magnificent reviews. Searching at the internet, forums and blogs is the best thing that you can do to find answers to your questions and you will fortunately get tips according to their experiences.

For me, Korean does it well because of the product they are using. It is not cheap that's why you will just get what you are paying for. At the end of the day, you will be happy on the result and you won't damage your hair. The number rule you should consider before trying something is.... ASK AROUND!

My 1st Digital perm review

By ruth_ramos On 2:34 AM

Since straight hair was become trendy, I am one of those girls who have a straight hair for so many years (over 10 years). I have a long-wavy hair before and having a straightening (relax and rebond) treatment every 2 years helps my hair in control. But due to hair loss (post partum for 2 times) my hair gets very flimsy and thin. That’s when I decided to curl my hair.

At first I am a bit confused because I don’t know how to take care of it. They said, you shouldn't comb or brush your hair to avoid damage. There is one Korean salon in Dubai specializing hot or digital perm. The price is expensive but I can say that it’s worth it. My hair never gets dry and the perm lasts for 5 months (it depends on the size of your curls). I made my 1^st digital perm last March 2012 and it only lasts until August 2012 (5 months). Here’s my 1^st digital perm in Korean Salon – Dubai.

It took me more than 5 hours including hair colors and costs me around 1,200 dirhams for the whole package.

This is what they recommended on my hair so it will give more volume. But this is not the final result - It might because I have very fine hair.

After long time of waiting, finally, I was amazed on the result. I got lots of compliments from my friends, FB friends, colleagues....

First two days, you are not allowed to wash your hair.

Here’s a photo of my digiperm after 2 days.( night before I wash it)

I used LOREAL Expert Liss Ultime which costs me 60 aed (this is what my hair stylist recommended me) I notice that some part of the curls loses.I applied the serum which they also recommended to use, but this will only gives you an oily effect but it helps your hair to prevent dryness.

So I tried other products and got this Studio Curl Power of LOREAL. It works well on my hair at first until I realized that mousse makes your hair heavy and loses curls more. It should have a bouncy and light effect and doesn't look flat.

TIPS IN TAKING CARE OF YOUR DIGITAL PERM:

2 things I am doing in making my digiperm lasts for many months....

- Use gentle shampoo and conditioner. I recommend LOREAL Liss Ultime but if it's out of your budget, you may also try HIMALAYA Herbal shampoo and conditioner; LOREAL Conditioner. I am also using Herbal essence shampoo but I notice that this makes my hair dry.

- After washing, just let your hair dry 50%. Then tie up your hair by twist and rotate it on your own hair and make a big bun. Let it stand for 15 to 20 minutes then remove your bun and enjoy you bouncy hair!