When Nicole told us one of her photo’s from Brittany’s session was going to be in the May Shape magazine we counted the days until the magazine was on the newsstand. We of course ran out and bought several copies to commemorate the moment. Moments like this you want to freeze in time. I mean how cool is it that our work is inside a magazine with Hilary Duff on the cover. hair/makeup: Janna Huget styling: Stefanie Carlson and Janna Huget photo: Nicole Ashley
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Ever since Stefanie magically transform my hair to a dreamy pastel peachy-pink from a red ombre I have been experimenting with a few different products that have helped prolong the color. I figured I’d be gracious and share some of these tips and tricks I discovered for making fun new color last longer! I gathered this knowledge from reading countless hair blogs and from Stefanie (duh, she’s my hair guru!) and then put them to the test on my own hair. Of course these things aren’t going to work for everyone out there but feel free to ask any questions and I can have Stef respond 😉 1. Have a professional get you to a light enough blonde for the pastel color to show. I would never suggest bleaching your hair yourself and for my really long hair I would not trust anyone but a professional. Stef used Olaplex while bleaching my hair to ensure the strength of my hair. When she did my hair she did two rounds of bleaching my hair with Olaplex to get rid of all the stubborn red left behind before coloring my hair peachy-pink. What is Olaplex you may ask?? Well we have a post here explaining it, but basically it protects you hair during a color or bleaching process. To keep any dryness from the bleaching of all my hair at bay I have been using the take home Olaplex treatment. 2. Wash your hair less and when washing use cold water I have been loving the Bumble and Bumble Pret-a-powder dry shampoo- I can add it to my hair at night and in the morning I awake to fresh hair with some serious Texas volume. I also have been liking the Kardashian Beauty Take 2 Dry Shampoo. It works in a pinch to absorb oil, give texture and also acts as a sort of hair perfume. Cold water keeps the hair cuticle sealed which means your color is less likely just to rinse out. 3. Use color depositing conditioners and color safe shampoos I create a custom concoction of Davines red conditioner and copper conditioner mixed even parts with my Davines Oi Oil conditioner that is a regular white conditioner so that way I have a soft pink/peach pastel conditioner that I leave on towel dried hair for up to 30 minutes. If your hair is more of a true bubble gum pastel pink you could just use the straight red conditioner mixed…
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Since we do so many different things for our work and site we decided to split up our weddings of 2014 and 2014 year in review into two separate posts. Click here to check out all of the lovely brides we had the pleasure of working with in 2014! This past year has definitely been the year of adventures, travel and frequent collaborations with the talented Nicole Ashley, Kristina of Inspired by Lynne and Hunt Amor, and best of all – the new additions to our crew with Selah arriving in July. Scroll down to see what kind of adventures we were up to each month.In January Janna traveled to Cuba to second shoot a wedding with Nicole Ashley as well as style the bride Jazmin’s hair. The full post on her adventure can be viewed here. We then traveled to LA to attend the IMATS conference, aka makeup heaven, there and of course did a post on everything we spent all our $$ on. Janna then traveled to Vancouver with friends to watch Volcano Choir perform and Stefanie stayed back in Edmonton to attend the Swept Bridal show with Kristina and Nicole which Kristina wrote about on her site. In February Stefanie did hair and makeup for a styled shoot that is also featured on our 2014 brides. February seemed to be a month of photo shoots ranging from styled boudoir with our model Brittany, boudoir marathons as well as some maternity and engagement shoots. In every shoot this year with Nicole Ashley we got to use the stunning locally made jewelry by Hunt Amor. March was full of meetings about an upcoming collaboration shoot that then got featured on the Wedluxe blog. All the hard work really paid off and it was amazing working with some of the best in the business. I wanted to take a moment to also acknowledge the beautiful mother/daughter shoot we had the opportunity being a part of with Nicole Ashley-these three beautiful souls Ronna Kayla and Brittany are the types of clients that imact your life and I am so glad to have met them! March also brought an opportunity to attend every woman festival at Lexus south point with our friends Amor (from Hunt Amor) and Nicole Ashley. It was at this event we did our first donation for their silent auction. Teaming up with Nicole Ashley for hair and makeup in a boudoir marathon- and the…
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Now that it actually feels like summer here in Edmonton with over 25ºC temps I figured now is the perfect time to share some of my go to summer staples. SPF is important all year round and especially in summertime for everyone and even more so for me as I do not tan at all and a mere 10 minutes in the sun can leave me looking like a lobster. After I put on my moisturizer in the morning I have been reaching for the Neutrogena clear face sunscreen in SPF 60. It has not broken my sensitive skin out yet and it has light reflectors the help blur imperfections. On days where I want more of a medium coverage finish on my face I have been using the IT Cosmetics CC cream that is SPF 50. After I finish using my CC cream I have been applying this amazing cheek stain by Tarte called fearless and on my oily skin which usually breaks up blush in under 5 hours it has been lasting over 10 hours. It leaves the most beautiful coral stain on my cheeks. A bonus is that it smells just like fruit loops and it can be used as a lip chap also. You can see me using it in our Boho Bronze makeup tutorial on Kristina. Lips I find are the most forgotten about when it comes to sun protection. I have experienced burnt lips first hand and trust me even though your lips swell up to Angelina Jolie status it is so not worth the pain. So when I am out in the sun I have been using the Ombrelle SPF 30 lip balm. The best part is that it is clear so I can layer any lipstick or gloss over it. Lets face it everyone wants bohemian beachy waves with the least amount of effort in the hot summer heat. I love this Davines ‘This is a Sea Salt Spray‘ as it gives me the right amount of hold when sprayed into my damp hair without getting that 90s crunch. Stef also featured this spray in her pregnancy favourites. Last but not least my two fail safe summer staples are my Ray Ban Wayfarers and of course a floppy hat to ensure the sun doesn’t burn my scalp to a crisp! Let me know what your summer staples are!
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We are back this week with a new video tutorial on how to create soft curls on short hair. Check out our video last week on the makeup look shown above. Kristina our model is going to be posting a full outfit on her blog to go with this hair and makeup look.
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