woo hoo i finally edited the video for the prom hair and make up i did this year for my cousin cecily.

and i have to shout out REL for letting me use his music.  to listen to his other tracks from Out of Veiw check this site out:  http://rel.swtbrds.com/

brought the ombre back

a couple of years ago, i finally decided to lighten my hair.  i only trust certain people with my hair and being that my hair was virgin at the time, i was really nervous, so of course i turned to my cousin charrie.  (she is now does make up for celebrities.  check out her site:  http://charrielanette.com/) 
after awhile, of course, in true mel fashion, i let my hair grow out and didn't die it to cover it up.  but, i was approached by a friend and she asked me who did my ombre die.  i had to let her down and let her know that i actually just let my hair grow out.  lucky me, my hair was in fashion and i didn't even know.  lol
so i've rocked the ombre on and off for the last couple of years.  and i wanted to bring it back again.  i found a picture that i was inspired by and showed it to my friend iya.





we scheduled time before i went to coachella and this (picture below) is what she did for me.  to be honest with you, i was a little leery at first.  i am actually always like that with everything.  but, i told her to let me sleep on this before i decide to make any other changes. and i'm glad we didn't change anything.  i woke up in the morning and LOVEEEDDDD my hair.  and so did everyone else.








if you would like to contact iya for any of your hair or makeup needs, you can do so at melizza.ferrer@gmail.com.  she does any type of special events as well, weddings, prom, all that good stuff...hair and make up!

prom hair and makeup

my little cousin cecily, got asked to prom again this year. and she asked me to do her hair and makeup again. being the nice cousin that i am. of course i said yes. lol
here's what i did for her last year:

(original blog post)

i asked her how she wanted her hair and she sent me this:

here's my variation. cecily has HELLLLLAAA hair and it's really really thick. and of course i wanted it to be a little different.

i added little twists here and there. there is one on each side, one distinct one on top. and if you look closely you'll see a couple of twists hiding in the curls.

i was quite pleased with myself when i finished. i always liked playing with hair, but in no way am i a professional. and to be honest with you, i was quite nervous doing her hair last year. this year, i was actually a little excited to try it out.

here's what i did for her make up:

no flash

with flash

and here's the final look:

nyx chaos

found another red that i like. i usually have a really hard time finding a red shade that i like b/c it if it has orange undertones it makes me look really orange.

but i've found a couple that i really like. in the wet n' wild matte collection, 906D LOOOVVVVEEE that one. loreal's infallible line, the beyonce red. and now this!

up close!

since, i bought all those lipsticks from hautelook, i guess more lipstick blogs are coming your way. lol

hautelook = devil

oh hautelook you are the devil. oh man. it's almost like target to me. you go there looking for one thing and then you end up with $100 in your cart. and the deals on hautelook are just sooooo good.

i'm always on the look out for nice reds, pinks, and nude lipsticks. and nyx had a deal a little while back. i just couldn't help myself. oopsy! look what i ended up with



i've been wanting to try the nyx lipsticks for awhile now and they had all the types of shades i wanted lol. looks like i get to try out a whole lot. and i'm really into blush sticks so i'm going to try those out too.

whoa! bebe is now selling bridal gowns

As I was going through my personal email this morning, I noticed an email titled, "Perfect bridal gowns for every wedding setting." And the sender was bebe.com. I knew I read it, but I just didn't know what to expect. Here's what I saw when I opened up the email:
A little more curious, I opened up the site:



The dresses are really cute. I don't know why I was so initially shocked to see that they would eventually venture into bridal gowns. I mean bebe did start as a women's tailor shop, customizing suits for women.

Ladies, I guess you have more more place to dress shop when looking for you bridal gowns. They have bridesmaids dresses too, but not may styles available just yet.

check the site out yourself: http://www.bebe.com/Bridal-Gowns-BRIDAL-Products/b/4955128011?extid=em_0312_bb_wk5_bridal_locations_us&noredirect=yes&ep_mid=114534676&ep_rid=1199096316

thank you groupon

i've wanted to try bikram for awhile now. and i never did b/c the studios were always far and it's always HELLA expensive. so, with that being said i was always reluctant to try. and then i got an email from groupon giving me a chance to try 20 classes for only $30. and the studio is in daly city! enter glowing lights and me chanting ahhhhhhhh!

so i bought the deal. and it just so happened that my friend janelle bought the same deal. so we chose a day to meet up and i've been going ever since. my bikram routine is on tuesday and thursday nights, but they keep saying to get the full benefits of bikram you should go 3 times a week. so i'm trying to incorporate a weekend day in there somehow.

the first day i tried it, i honestly did not know what to expect. i got through the whole class, and did every single pose. i was even surprised that my balance was still pretty good. but, definitely felt exhausted after class. i really felt like i just finished a marathon, light headed and a bit foggy. lol

in the second and third class, i was pretty disappointed with my balance, but again i did every single pose.

but last night, i definitely felt some improvement. i felt like my standing poses were so much better, less wobbling and leg dropping. and i just felt good about the class. and this was the first time the instructor never opened the door until the very end. whoa, i was definitely spoiled by the other classes where the teacher would let some fresh air in. and this was the first class that i wore only a tank and shorts and i felt like this class was the class i sweat the most in. lol

i'm enjoying my bikram routine and am honestly dreading the day my groupon deal will be over. b/c again membership is just soooo damn expensive. hopefully i'll be able to find another deal.