Magenta Hair: My New Trend

So, this past week we were in Calgary visiting my sister and her hubby.  While there, in addition to her meeting Baby Ben, she colored my hair using a balayage technique and I am now the proud wearer of magenta/purple hair!!

I am so loving my new hair color and feel so inspired.  I've always wanted a crazy fun color but being that I work in a fairly conservative industry, I thought it best to be bold while on mat leave.  I should mention that my sis is a super talented stylist and amazing colorist and when given the opportunity to have her style my hair, I always jump at the chance.

Thanks, Lisa, you did a fantastic job!!

    

HOTD - Breezy Spring Style

This weekend was so nice that I figured it was time to pull out the maxi dresses.

For those that know me well, I practically LIVE in maxi dresses (in the summer) for a few reasons: 1, they hide any "imperfections". 2, all you need is the dress, a jean jacket and a statement necklace to look completely stylish and put together and 3, they are so comfortable.  Because of these reasons alone, I own 7 maxi dresses in different styles, colors and textures.

This was my outfit, hair and makeup du jour on Saturday.  Can I just say that I am especially loving my hair? 

I am so happy that it's getting longer but it takes forever to blow dry because I have incredibly thick hair so I've taken to drying it while scrunching, hairspraying it like crazy and pinning it up in sections.  I added a cute headband and was good to go.

 Now, my makeup.  I kept things simple with pink lips and minimal eye makeup.  The items I used are:
Covergirl Natureluxe Silk Foundation 

Physician's Formula Green Concealer 

Clinique Perfectly Real Compact Makeup 

Illamasqua Powder Blusher in Hussy 

Joe Fresh Fuchsia Lipstick 

Estee Lauder Magnascopic Mascara in Black 

Covergirl Eye Enhancers Bedazzled Biscotti Eye Shadow

That's it!  I tried to keep it simple and am LOVING that my skin can actually show through as being clear and blemish free.  Woohoo.

Hope you all had a great weekend!