Review: HK Hair - Dirty Looks Hair Extensions!

Hey everyone! 


So I'm back to do a review of my NEW Dirty Looks HK hair extensions! I purchased them online from the Dirty Looks website http://dirtylooks.us/  and all I have to say is I LOVE THEM! 


I have purchased hair extensions and wigs in the past, but these are by far my favorite! Here is the link to the exact one's I purchased: http://dirtylooks.us/full-head-hair-extensions
I purchased the 150grams 12-14" hair extensions in the color "Spiced Auburn"
They don't match perfectly, but that is because I dye my hair to match them, and it's hard to get an exact match. Also, red hair dye fades super quick, and that sucks. BUT, you can't tell! They blend in so well with my hair its unbelievable! I have worn them straight, but I've been wearing them wavy. I have used heat on them, but what I like to do is dampen them with a spray in leave-in conditioner, braid them loosely, then leave them overnight. When I put them into my already wavy hair, they look just like my hair did when it was long! 


As far as wefts, you get a lot of them! It is definitely a lot of hair, and if you have thick hair I would recommend them, because I don't have a problem blending them in, or not having enough hair to work with. For wefts you get a 3 clip weft that is actually 3 wefts of hair sewn together, so it's the thickest of the bunch. This makes it excellent for blending into your natural hair. Then you get 2 more regular 3 clip wefts, 5, 2clip wefts, and 2, 1clip wefts. For me, I use all the wefts, even though I don't really need to. I just love the full look! The clips are comfortable and have a rubber backing so they stay put in your hair. :) As far as shedding, I haven't had hardly any at all. When they first came to me, a few pieces of hair fell out, but other than that they have not shed at all, unless I pull on them hard, then a hair or two might come out. 


Any complaints?
I do have one. After about 2 uses, one of the clips broke. I had to sew on another clip that I had already had from other extensions, but I'm okay with that. It does irk me a tiny bit, just because I paid so much money for them, and I didn't expect a clip to break that easily, with no extra force used. BUT, I had extra clips, so I just swapped out the broken one with a new one and they are fine now. 


Overall, I HIGHLY recommend Dirty Looks extensions! Altogether with tax and what not, mine came to be around $180, but I'm not quoting that, but I think that was about right. 
So if you're looking for high quality, thick, human hair extensions, check them out! They took a week to get to me, which isn't bad at all!


So I hope this helps! and here are some before and after pictures! 

Before extensions

After extensions, straight, with my bangs down

with bangs twisted to the side

waved with deep waver

waved using braids over night

Back to Blonde! (kind of)

Hey everyone!

So this is going to be a short, to the point post...but I wanted to share with you that after going from black to red, I decided to go even lighter and highlight my hair. I know it was soon after but oh well, that's what I do. lol

How did I do it though? One simple easy process and that is by using the Revlon Frost and Glow highlighting kit for medium to dark brown hair.
This is what the box looks like:

You can find it at drugstores, Wal-Mart, etc. I got mine at Wal-Mart.

Anyway...I just used this kit according to the directions, left it on max time, and ended up with golden blonde highlights! I plan on using a different kind of bleach and a 20 vol. developer in a month or so to go even blonder, just do some more highlights, so I'll post if and when I do that. But here are some before and after pics :)

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Sleek Haul! (my first purchase from Sleek Makeup)

Hey everyone! So I made an online purchase from Sleek on the 16th, and it arrived today (the 31st). It took 2 weeks to get here and I was DYING! it felt like an eternity! But it came in the mail and I decided to do some swatches =) So I hope you enjoy!!!

Things I got:
-Sleek divine mineral based eyeshadow palette in "Oh So Special"
-Sleek Pout Paint in "milkshake"
-Sleek Glisten Me Liquid Illuminator in "Empress"

Sleek eyeshadow palette: Oh So Special
Sleek Pout Paint: milkshake
Sleek Glisten Up liquid Illuminator: Empress

with flash

without flash

"Oh So Special" swatches: with flash

"Oh So Special" swatches: without flash

Sleek Pout Paint: milkshake & Sleek Glisten Up: empress: WITH FLASH

Sleek Pout Paint: milkshake & Sleek Glisten Up: empress: WITHOUT FLASH

milkshake & empress w/flash swatches

milkshake & pout paint w/flash swatches, blended in.

BACK TO RED! How I got rid of my black hair!

Hey everyone!


So I no longer have black hair, and after being several medium/dark shades for a while I decided it was time to return to my natural hair color. I LOVED my black hair, but it was slowly becoming a hassle due to me having to dye my roots every 3-4 weeks. Also, I want to grow out my hair and I knew that if I wanted to grow it out, I would have to get my hair healthy, and dying it all the time wouldn't help that situation. So, I conquered getting the black out of my hair, and my hair back to my natural color (well close), and this is how I did it:


1. I first had to bleach out the black hair dye that was in my hair. (note: I had only been using black hair dye for about 3 months, some semi-permanent, so it wasn't built up in my hair over years or anything, which helped with the removal process. the longer black permanent dye has been in your hair, meaning you've dyed black over black over black, the harder it is going to be to get out).


2. I did so by bleaching out the black using Clairol Born Blonde Maxi from the drugstore. I bought 2 boxes to ensure I had enough to cover my hair, put it on, and left it on for up to 90 min. as listed on the box. My hair was a neon orange, which is what I wanted it.

3. After the first bleaching, I still had dark splotches around my root area from where the bleach didn't take. So I had to go back over with another box of bleach (same kind) and just put it on the dark ares, left it on for about 40 min. this time. 


4. Between each bleaching, and even before I made sure to DEEP condition! I used Dove Intense Repair conditioner. 

5. After my 2nd bleaching I was ready to dye over it. I used Revlon Colorsilk dye (2 boxes), number 56- which is one of their newest shades. The name itself I don't remember, but it was along the lines of "natural auburn" or something like that. I tried finding a picture of the box but couldn't. 




After all of this my hair turned out the color I wanted it. It has since faded a bit, but I plan on doing a semi-permanent over it in a couple of months. But for now I am going to focus on repairing it. This process did of course dry out my hair majorly, but with conditioners and serums I am getting it hydrated again. It didn't break off my hair at all, and I thank that to the kind of bleach I used. The Clairol bleach is by far the most gentle bleach I've used from the drugstore, so I recommend using it for lifting color and dying over. 


My hair now:

WHY I have been gone SOOOO long! Plus wedding update!

Oh my goodness, you all probably think I am terrible :x I'm so sorry for being gone for so long, but I will tell you why I have been.


I was planning for my wedding, and was so super busy with that plus school that I had no time to film. THEN I GOT MARRIED!!!!! I got married Dec. 17th :) And then we went on our week long honeymoon, got back, then it was Christmas. 
Right after Christmas though some personal problems happened, along with my mom going into the hospital for a serious health condition. =/ She's still recovering and has to have surgery in 2 weeks, so I won't be making videos for a while longer, or posting much. I am going to try very soon to make a video but I am also dealing with finals right now as well. yuck. 


But here are some pictures from my wedding and from the honeymoon :) I really hope to be back soon on my blog and on Youtube once things calm down and get back to normal! 


THE WEDDING:

THE HONEYMOON:

The amazing jacuzzi tub that was in our hotel room! Our King Suite :)

The BEAUTIFUL Michael Kors purse my hubby got for me :)

The CHEESCAKE FACTORY WAS AMAZING!!!!

My fave outfit of the whole honeymoon :)

Our Rings!! :)

Long awaited post!

Oh my goodness! I have so much to update on! yikes! I just keep forgetting to sign into my blog and keep it update. With school, family and friends, wedding planning, my youtube channel which is branching off into a vlog channel as well, I just get so lost!

BUT, I am back with some exciting news that I think you will like! I dyed my hair...AGAIN! haha

It is now a medium brown shade! I used Clariol Perfect 10 Haircolor in Medium Ash Blonde (swift chocolate) and I am loving it :)

 I also got a new HD camera so all my pictures and videos on my channel will be in MUCH better quality! So make sure you follow my channel as well! I also got a twitter if you'd like to follow me on there: @heyitssamyrae

But that's all for now! I'm waiting for some things to arrive in the mail so I should be doing some giant makeup hauls on my channel very very soon! I'll try and do swatches of all the products, both NYX and ELF! eek! So excited. There are some new products that I am dying to try out! Anyway, I will try and stay posted, and here is my new hair!