Unfortunately I didn't take as many pictures as I had wanted to and I also don't want to bore you guys with an essay so I'm going to try to keep this short and sweet.

I had gone to the salon to get my nails redone, a well needed eyebrow tint and wax and decided to throw in a facial as well.  

I have never had a facial done before and wanted to give it a try for the experience.  Because I have Rosacea, the lady used all sensitive products.  She didn't really explain a whole lot even with my repetitive questions so that was kind of a bummer but I got the gist of it so that's alright.  I opted to go for the half hour facial which was a few oils rubbed all over, an extremely moisturizing cream, eye circle things, and an oatmeal facial mask.  She explained how oatmeal is great for sensitive skin and that is why she used that type of mask, which I can appreciate.  To set the tone, she put on some relaxing music and dimmed the lights.  There was also what felt like a massage involved and oh my god!! That felt great-probably the best part of the experience.

Post facial, my skin was pretty red especially around the cheek area.  After the facial, she told me that my skin wasn't nearly as red as before but I thought it was more red than before. Despite my skin being red after, it was pretty moisturized which was the main goal after the really cold winter we just had.

My overall thoughts were:  I really enjoyed the atmosphere with the music and dimmed lights, and I loved the massage.  I don't regret getting it because like I said I wanted the experience, however next time I might opt for a massage instead.

When I get my eyebrows done I get waxing and tinting.  I needed this done badly because I hadn't gotten them done since October and they were looking ratchet. 

 Not the best quality of photos but you can tell that they do indeed need grooming.

During the tinting process I look like Bert.

Basically all tinting consists of is this dye sitting for about 5-7 minutes then rubbed off, it's not too detailed just something to do if you are planning on getting hair color that isn't your natural tone.  For me, my eyebrows are just a little light and I would prefer to have them darker.

The after product.  It looks alright, not what I had really wanted but it will do for now.  I prefer more of an arch but I'm just happy she didn't make them too thin and me not like it.  I really appreciate the fact that she is so cautious at what she does, the last thing you want is an angry customer.

I never break out but this is a reaction from the waxing or lotion and my picking at it isn't helping either!  I get it and I'm sure other people get it too and I'm not entirely sure what causes it whether it's the waxing itself or the cream/lotion they put on afterwards but it will go away in a few days.

Overall I liked this experience and with her being the first time going to her for my brows(I'm really fussy) she did a good job.  We will work on the shape for next time, but I definitely will go back.

Because it's Easter and spring time I wanted to veer away from my dark and deep colors and be festive for once.   When I went to get my nails filled I had an idea of what I wanted but not completely, so with a few pictures from pinterest I went in and grabbed some colors that might suit and we talked about them pondering ideas off of each other.

This is the pinterest look we ended up going by.

 

 This is the final look and I gotta say, I NEVER want to take these bunnies off.  I love everything about this nail look and wouldn't change anything about it.  I'm not sure how much more Easter and festive this can get.  On the opposite nails all I did for decoration and spunk was overlay the bottom part of my nail with an iridescent sparkle, it just picks up any color in the light and looks really pretty without overpowering the bunny and carrot. There's not much else to say about this but that I love it and couldn't have asked for anything better and this must have been the highlight of the entire experience.

So I've gotten my eyebrows waxed before and it has always been either a hit or miss with me and I have yet to find someone to go to permanently locally, UNTIL TODAY!
So basically what happens is I go into the salon and show them a picture of what I want.  The girl looked at it and told me right away she couldn't do that UNLESS she tinted my eyebrows because they are too light.  Now, generally when I get something like that thrown upon me I tend to steer away from what they're trying to upsell me. But since this girl actually had common sense in her I agreed and went with it, plus I have never had them tinted before so I figured why not, let's give it a try!  Especially since I have dark hair to begin with, my eyebrows should be dark anyway.
Let's just get a visual here of what they looked like before and compare to what they look after.

When you go to get your eyebrows tinted it is basically just a semi permanent dye going into your brows. It lasts for 4-6 weeks then you go back and get it done again.  That's pretty much the time period you wait to get them waxed as well so it really works out well.  I didn't take any pictures during the process but basically.. I looked like this:

Generally you keep the dye in for 3 minutes but since it was my first time going there she put it in for about a minute just to be safe because she didn't know how my hair soaked in the dye.  It's better to be cautious than careless. She put the dye back on for about another minute.
Then she did the waxing.  I am not sure what it is about getting my brows waxed, it just feels relaxing.. even though you are getting hot was on your skin then it being ripped off lol.  Plus the aftermath you look more clean and polished. Eyebrows really do make the face ladies! Cannot stress that enough.  I am extremely picky with my eyebrows so I wanted just the right arch and yeah.  She did a pretty damn fantastic job, she told me that she was a perfectionist.  Great minds think alike!

 So this is the end product, I apologize for the bad quality and lighting of the pictures.  Images really do not do the color justice, but this is what we have to work with for now haha.  After going to two separate places prior to this,  I am extremely impressed with the finished product. :)  Now before I forget, I do have Tigi eyebrow pencil on with this so you can't exactly see the tinting itself in the pictures.  If I don't get a picture of the tint this time around I will get one next time.  It is too unpredictable as to how long the dye will actually stay in at it's full color.  This is a new thing for me and I'm excited to see how it plays out. I hope the color stays in like it is right now for the length she said it is supposed to!
Also before I forget to mention, I really appreciate a person who is going to talk about everything beauty related and give me as much information as possibly rather than just sit there awkwardly while they do my eyebrows.. lol. I'm sure you have had that experience before.  In my roserose shop haul I had mentioned that I have a red blemish on my face, well the first thing she picked out was that I had "rosacea".  She went into great detail about what the symptoms were and what triggers it and she also gave me tips on how to reduce it.  Not only that she had offered to get professional products that will help me reduce it even further when I was ready to purchase them.  Now most people would think "oh you want me to spend umpteen dollars on so and so for something that will have the same affect as this at a drug store for a portion of the price?"  But nooo, she had said to not go to drug store because all you are paying for is the packaging and the cute products rather than a professional product you are paying for the ingredients. Again, that makes so much sense.  As much as I am against putting chemicals and crap on my face other than water I don't particularly want white spots on my face come 10 years time lol. so I am pretty tempted to try these products out that she speaks of.