A reminder and something very fun

While I have enjoyed putting together this auction and watching so many people come together to help Becky I really need to move on to the next project on my enormous list, so please make your donation and email me your confirmation number. That way, I can get you whatever great thing it is that you won and cross your name off the list in my butterfly notebook. I know, how quaint right, I'm using paper and a pencil to organize all this.

Now on to the fun stuff...

I have had this idea running around in my head for a while, but have been a little bit unsure if I should really put it into play or not.

You see, I was looking at a blog a while back that was showing off something crafty and giving instructions on how to make it, and even though I enjoyed the how to and the really cool craft, I have to admit I was a teensy bit jealous of this person's amazing talent. However, after a little self pity party about how un-crafty I am (I do try but it's not always that great) I finally remembered what I am always telling the young women at church. "Everyone has their own talents." Just because I can't whip up a before dinner skirt, doesn't mean I don't have anything to offer.

So, along with boring most of you with picture after picture of my kids, I thought I would throw in some stuff I've learned along the way about hair and probably hair removal, and whatever else I'm in the mood to talk about. I think it will be fun, and I hope you do too. And please feel free to give me your own tips. I love to learn new things!

I thought I would start out with the one product I am always telling people about. Smoothing serum! It's actually called a few different things, but basically it's that oily anti-frizz stuff. Don't freak out because I used the word oily. You don't lather it on your scalp. In fact, that's the last place you should put it. Use a pea size amount and start with the ends of your hair and then work your way up. If you have have dry to normal hair you can run your hands along the top once most of it is off your hands, but if you have oily hair just stay away from your scalp.

Now, even though I like this product because it does help smooth out the frizz, more importantly it is a thermal protector. Even if you don't color your hair it is probably more damaged than you think just from your daily styling. So, that means anyone who uses a flat iron, curling iron, or even just a blow dryer should be using some sort of smoothing serum. I use a little bit before I flat iron to protect my hair and a little bit when I'm done to make my hair smooth and shiny.

My two favorites are Matrix's sealing serum

and Pureology's shine max. Pretty much I love anything from pureology

The Matrix usually retails for $12-$15 and the pureology is usually $15-18 depending on where you can find a good sale. If you can't afford that much and you don't have a really cool hair stylist friend who can get you a good deal, you can also get similar products at (I hope I don't get struck down for saying this) Wal-Mart or any store that sells hair products. They aren't quite as good of course, but they will be cheaper and still do a decent job.

Did you think that was the "something very fun?" well, if you did you were wrong. The really cool thing is that because I do get my hair products cheaper and because I love to give presents to people I am going to give someone a bottle of the Matrix sealing serum. (I also love it when people do give aways on their blogs and I sometimes do want to be a little bit like everyone else. Not very often though.) So, just leave me a comment telling me what your favorite styling product is, or why you don't use them at all, and on Thursday probably sometime after my kids are in bed and I can actually sit down at the computer I will randomly select a winner. Fun huh?