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Pantene Beautiful Lengths Challenge- Natural Hair

Pantene Beautiful Lengths- Natural Hair

You may or may not know this, but I have naturally wavy/curly hair. Some days I straighten it and some days I let it go crazy. Either way, I try to treat my hair with care, which means only shampooing two to three times a week, and using only conditioner to clean my hair on the days in between. My other huge hair care secret is taking a daily multi-vitamin. I swear it makes my hair grow faster and stronger and let's not forget the amazing things it does for the rest of your body.

So here's my little guide on how I style my wavy hair.

Pantene Beautiful Lengths- Natural Hair

Step 1: Clean your hair. If you're going to use shampoo, first put conditioner on your ends for protection and only shampoo your scalp. If you're going to use only conditioner, really work it into your scalp focusing on your hairline, temples, crown and neck.

Step 2: Lightly towel dry hair by grabbing different sections of your hair and carefully squeezing. Try not to squeeze up because this will ruffle the hair cuticle causing it to frizz.

Step 3: Use leave in conditioner to protect the hair before gently combing into place. How you set your hair when it's wet, is how it will dry.

Step 4: In the same way that you towel dried your hair, apply hair gel, focusing on not disturbing the waves/curls.

Step 5: Air dry or if you're in a rush, use a diffuser attachment on your hair dryer. Make sure the settings are on low for both speed and temperature.

Overall, it's pretty easy. Even if you don't have wavy/curly hair, you can create some movement by letting your hair dry naturally and the less you expose your hair to harsh treatment, the more healthy and beautiful it will be. Also, if you have bangs and want a more polished look, blow dry just your bangs using a paddle brush.

If you have any further questions, email me or formspring me.
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I've created a special Pantene Beautiful Lengths Challenge (PBLC) page where you can find the facts you need to donate, plus all my PBLC posts will be in one place.

Just look for this button on my sidebar to take you straight to the PBLC page.
Pantene Beautiful Lengths Challenge

Happy Saturday!
Maria Sig

Pantene Beautiful Lengths Challenge

Since I've been growing my hair out, I've decided to go all the way and grow it so long that I can donate it to Pantene Beautiful Lengths.

So here's a starting photo of my hair now. I want it to grow so long that the ends are past the bottom of the photo. I'm thinking it will take me about a year to a year and a half. Luckily, my hair grows really fast.
Pantene Beautiful Lengths
About once a month, I plan on posting new hair photos, along with tips for growing healthy hair.
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I actually donated my hair to Pantene Beautiful Lengths back in July 2008. Here's a photo showing how long it was before the cut.
Pantene Beautiful Lengths Hair Donation-2008
The two ten inch ponytails that I donated.
Pantene Beautiful Lengths Hair Donation-2008
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Anyone else up for the challenge? I know it seems time consuming and scary, but it really is so amazing to be able to help women who have lost their hair due to cancer. I have several women in my family who have survived the struggles of breast cancer and had to lose their hair during the treatments. So to me, it's a very personal cause.

For more information, please check out the Pantene Beautiful Lengths blog.

XOXO
Maria Sig

Hair (& style) Inspiration Courtesy of Anthropologie

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When we arrived home from our Royal Oak dog sitting escapade, the Anthropologie Issue 4, Spring 2011 catalog was waiting on the doorstep begging to be immediately opened. I always get quite excited when a new Anthro catalog arrives and this one, shot in Cartagena, Colombia, did not disappoint. Not only are the photos and styling (especially the swimsuits & sunglasses) lovely, the hair in particular is quite amazing. Staring at the 50s inspired 'dos, I now find myself contemplating the arduous task of growing out my bangs. Which, to be perfectly honest, I have been waffling about for months. Hmmm.
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Photos scanned with iPhone using Shake It app.
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Sorry, no picnic photos today. Cole and I waited till too late to take any photos, but we did have a wonderful time sitting outside enjoying the beautifully warm evening.

Yours,
Maria Sig 2

Bob's your uncle

My new 'do...
Curly Bob
A new healthier chin length bob. Even my wavy curls have come back!
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Hope everyone had a lovely weekend!

New photo shoot tomorrow!

Yours,
Maria Sig 2

File Under : Big Hairdos



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In the name of Johnny Lavoy !! Please give me these hair once in my lifetime !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Flor

Fluffy Hair Is Just For Models ?!?!?!?!?!



Io mi chiedo...Perche' a me non vengono mai cosi' fighi nonostante conosca a memoria tutti i tutorial video di Johnny Lavoy !??!
Ma le modelle hanno anche capelli " speciali " diversi dai comuni mortali !?!?
IO MI CHIEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Flor

The Bob

You are all probably getting whiplash from my constant hair changes...
60s bob with bangs
Dried and fried ends gone- my hair feels so light and healthy! Abbey Lee Kershaw was my inspiration.
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Yours,
Maria Sig 2

Ok, now STOP IT...




We didn't say a word about the white highlights, the curls à-la Prince, and the overall crazy hair.....
BUT THAT'S TOO MUCH!
STOP IT RIHANNA STOP IT!


Ruby

Blonde on Blonde

As my roots grow in, I'm wondering what shade of blonde I'll do next...Blonde on Blonde

I'm equally drawn to both medium blonde and light blonde- but I don't think lighter would suit me or my fried hair.
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Yours,
Maria Sig 2

Finding My Color Season

As many of you have guessed- new hair color means new clothes. Not new clothes per say, but figuring out what pieces in my wardrobe suit my new coloring best. Feeling a bit frustrated by this conundrum, I decided to revisit my color season analysis and see how things have changed...
color seasons
Photo Credit: The Chic Fashionista

While I used to consider myself a warm or soft autumn, it seems that I am now more of a warm spring. The trickiest thing for me is that I have color-changing eyes and neutral skin tone which really is neither warm nor cool. While it's easy for me to peg down my hair color, I feel that my chameleon eyes create a challenge- they can be green, blue-green, olive green and even grey-green leaving the options open for Warm Spring, Soft Autumn and Warm Autumn. But in the end, what this all boils down to is a dress, more specifically the lovely Ava dress by Pinup Couture.
Pinup Couture
Wanting it for holiday parties, I need to know- would I look better in jade green or teal blue? Opinions needed! If all else fails it does come in black!
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Yours,
Maria Sig 2

Wicked Hair !!! ..........Well.....MAYBE ?! :s




Not sure about this ........

BAH!

Flor

Red Eyebrows

After dying my hair I wasn't very happy that my eyebrows didn't match. Knowing that the salon couldn't dye my brows, I did a little googling and decided to bleach them myself using Jolen. It was a little risky but after a few two minute bleaching sessions, I finally reached the right shade of blonde. Once I got my brows light enough, I went to Sephora to buy some light auburn eyebrow powder. I'm quite happy with the results.Red Eyebrows
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Anastasia Strawburn powderRed Eyebrows
Brows filled in
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What do you think?

Yours,
Maria Sig 2

Red Hair and a Velvet Bow

Red Hair and a Velvet Bow
Thank you so very much for all the very kind comments on my new hair color! It really means so much to me! Sadly Cole won't be home in time for a daily shoot so I thought I would show you a more clear hair shot. I definitely like it so much better with my hair naturally curly but I still can't get over the shock of color! Ha. Random side note- I'm thinking about making velvet hair bows for my shop again. Would anyone be interested?
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Don't forget to enter the Sew Shoe Me Giveaway!

Yours,
Maria Sig 2

Before and After

Here's a sneak peek...
Before and After red hair color
Mind you my red isn't as bright as the picture looks, but it's pretty out there. So far I like it, but it's going to take some getting used to. ;)
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Yours,
Maria Sig 2

Goldie locks : UPDATE

Sooooo....apparently our Lovely commenter Tina said it right....Queen B WAS ALREADY BLONDE BEFORE!



And she is so damn pretty she could be cute even with green hair, but we'll always love her like this! With THE WALDORF BRUNETTE HAIR!




Ruby

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

I made a tough decision today. After a few months of deliberating with my conscience I've decided that I will no longer be growing my hair out for donation. While it pains me to do this, I've wanted to change my hair for some time now and that just isn't possible while trying to donate it. I still have about seven months of hair growth left and I really can't wait that long. With things still being so shite with my thyroid, I feel so stuck and unhappy and while I know it won't change my life I feel like a new look will help bring me out of my funk. I hope you understand and can forgive me for not going through with it, but I just really need to do this for myself.

Now onto fun decisions- what color should I dye my hair? It’s been eight years since I’ve done something different and I want to go drastic. So you tell me, should I go Bardot blonde or Rita red?
Brigitte Bardot or Rita Hayworth
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FYI- Bardot started off as a brunette, I used to be blonde and redheads run in my family! Plus if it doesn't look good I can always dye it back.
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Yours,
Maria Sig 2