What I'm Loving Wednesdays!

So many things to love on this 2nd to last day of June!!

• First off: I am soooo happy to be on vacation!!! Technically my last day was Thursday,  but I went into school on Friday and Monday to pack up my classroom (I'm moving to 2 new schools in my district so I can finally be full-time!!) It was glorious to be able to sleep in past 7 AM yesterday morning! Some of my days this summer will be jam packed, but I'm especially looking forward to the days where I wake up and my first thoughts are "Hmm, what will I do today?"

• Now that the warm weather is here, I'm not always reaching for my hair dryer/straightener after I hop out of the shower. Instead, I'm letting my hair go its natural wavy route, with the help of a few amazing products:

I used this stuff a few years ago but completely forgot about it til a few weeks ago when I was in CVS and spotted it on the shelf. After towel drying my hair, I'll comb through it, throw in some anti-frizz serum (see below) and then use this pomade, working through the ends first and then upwards towards the roots. Then I use the diffuser attachment on my hair dryer (ok, so I guess I DO use my dryer, even when it's hot out!) so I don't mess up the waves. This pomade is very light and doesn't gunk up my hair. Because it's a creme and not a wax it's very manageable too. I've used waxes before and always had a hard time getting the product out of the container!

The anti-frizz serum I use (same company that makes the Argan oil I use too!)

• The 4th of July seems RIGHT around the corner!! It's one of my favorite holidays and this will be the 2nd year in a row that my band is the headliner at a huge celebration (actually held on the 3rd) right on the beach with an enormous crowd! So of course I've been trying to plan my outfit for the past week or so and I'm totally stuck on what to wear. I do know I'll be sporting Essie's Mesmerize:

Here are a couple of picture's from last year's gig (Look how short my hair was!!)

I'm thinking maybe I'll try to find either red shorts or a red top to wear. Or maybe a fun patriotic-looking dress? Decisions, decisions!!

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Rainy Days = "fluffy" hair

The weather in New England this past week has been down right AWFUL! It's been raining every day since late Saturday night and for someone like me with wavy hair, rainy, dreary weather = frizz!!!

Yesterday I finally decided it was silly to waste time blow drying and then straightening my hair. So I let it "do its thing" and used my favorite Aussie spray (shown below) to create a wavy, kinda-messy look.

I do this look a lot in the summer when it's hot and I don't want to blow more heat around, so my students rarely see my hair in its natural state.  The looks/comments I get from them are priceless. One 2nd grader told me yesterday that I had "fluffy" hair..so cute!

Here's how it looks the 2nd day

Not as "crunchy-looking" as it usually looks on Day 1, but I can always add more Sprunch spray if it starts to fall flat.  I literally just spray it into my hair and then use my hand to "scrunch" it up..sometimes I'll use a blow dryer afterwards to give it some more volume.

Here's another angle:

I wish I could wear this style every day, but my hair can be very unpredictable and doesn't always want to cooperate!

And just for fun: here's what my hair was looking like a year ago today (that's my niece Lyla!)

Fun haircut (and a lot blonder!) but I'm happy it's growing!!

What I'm Loving Wednesdays!

Yay it's Wednesday!!! Link up at www.littledaisymay.blogspot.com to post what you're loving today!

Here's what I'm loving today:

• My current hair routine, which consists of the following products:

  

Yikes, that's a lot of crap I'm putting on my hair!!! The John Freida stuff is great, especially the lightening spray - I got my color done about 5 weeks ago and I have to say it still looks pretty amazing! No brassiness, just a nice summery-looking blonde. Love my moroccan oil too, especially when I flat iron my hair. Oh, almost forgot - I use this flat iron balm by Got2Be:

• Only 18 more teaching days of school!!!!!!!!!!! It's at this point in the year where both my school calendar and home calendar (as well as my husband's school calendar) start to fill up with events almost every day: retirement parties, concerts, awards night, graduations, end-of-the-year staff parties...whew...
• This yummy cereal I picked up at Target a few weeks ago:

I like the fact that it didn't turn my milk all weird colors when I was finished, and it actually tasted pretty good! Definitely a smart substitute for Lucky Charms! Click here to check out the rest of the cereals they make. 

• The last thing I'm loving today is a video of my select chorus at their Spring Concert last Thursday night. I was in a production of "RENT" last year and this song holds a special place in my heart. It was an absolute honor to be able to teach and conduct these talented students.