tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732420717459645702024-03-05T09:15:42.779-05:00If Blue Eyeshadow's Illegal, I Should Be In PrisonThe Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-86565603258777183172016-02-29T18:06:00.001-05:002016-02-29T18:06:56.918-05:00Review: L'Oreal Hair Expertise Extraordinary Oil
Over the years I have worked with a LOT of different shampoos and hair products. I can tell the good stuff from the bad just by rubbing it between my fingers. And this? It's top quality. This really is a great moisturizing shampoo and conditioner line filled with great ingredients to help smooth dry, damaged hair. It is also has a wonderful premium texture (they're dead on calling the shampoo The Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-65527600672013483592015-10-26T19:24:00.000-04:002015-10-26T19:24:10.961-04:00LashBlast Clump Crusher ReviewFor some reason, I've never been a big fan of CoverGirl's plastic wands since the original LashBlast came out. They just don't do the magical things for my lashes that everyone else gets so excited about. I was sent Clump Crusher to try (for free)
and I wondered if I would still feel the same.
I was using a cheapo Essence mascara at the time, and CC was head and shoulders beyond that. I got The Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-22168812214860946782015-01-13T20:25:00.001-05:002015-01-13T20:25:55.644-05:00Secret Scent Expressions ReviewIn December, BzzAgent sent me Secret Scent Expressions clear gel antiperspirant in Ooh-La-La-Lavender to try. (Yes, they sent it to me for free to to review, but the following post is my own opinion.)
It's been a while since I used a clear gel...I stopped in the past because I didn't like waiting for it to dry. I also find aerosols don't work as well as a stick. So how does Secret Outlast The Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-63028209275798709922014-09-09T21:31:00.000-04:002014-09-09T21:34:36.528-04:00Ombre Hair ColouringOne of the most frustrating trends I've come across (not nearly as bad as leggings-as-pants, of course) is ombre hair. And the reason that it frustrates me isn't because it's ugly. It's because ombre hair colouring is typically misunderstood and poorly executed. Ombré, according to Webster's dictionary, means "shaded or graduated in tone". This to me calls for a subtle gradient between a few The Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-47171026657232796432014-09-09T20:56:00.001-04:002014-09-09T20:56:24.452-04:00What's Pink with Cheetah Spots?The answer to the title is my sister's new fashion blog, apparently. If you like this blog but are frustrated with the profuse amount of beauty posts, thinking "There's just not enough fashion content here", you may want to check out The Fashion Cheetah.
The Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-1468335438233365642014-09-09T11:05:00.001-04:002014-09-09T11:05:32.536-04:00Powder FoundationWhen it comes to base makeup, I don't like to wear much. I've tried various foundations...Maybelline Dream Mousse covers anything but can look dry, CoverGirl Clean Makeup is cheap and works but that's about it. The best liquid I've tried, was one of Paula's Picks, Revlon ColorStay--but apparently it's been reformulated for the worse. While these all did the job for me, liquid and cream The Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-68806338116078759122014-05-14T21:32:00.001-04:002014-05-14T21:32:01.628-04:00Herbal Essences Touchably SmoothIn the market for a new shampoo and conditioner, I decided to try out Herbal Essences Touchably Smooth collection. I figured, having curly hair, a "smoothing" collection would be good for calming down any frizz and keeping curls neat.
Overall, this is not a bad shampoo or conditioner. The scent is pleasant, the product is pink. The shampoo is a fairly standard formula, probably a little too The Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-46903371705035079332014-05-08T19:42:00.000-04:002014-05-08T19:42:59.337-04:00Product Review: Biore CharcoalQuite a while ago I was sent a free sample of two new products from Biore: the Deep Pore Charcoal Cleanser and Self Heating One Minute Mask. I was pretty excited to try them out. According to their website, charcoal draws impurities out from the skin and cleans better than a normal cleanser.
I started out with the face cleanser, which was a somewhat unappetizing colour due to the charcoal. I The Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-88527817280508479912014-05-08T16:34:00.002-04:002014-05-08T16:34:32.285-04:00The Apprentice is BackUniversity has been keeping me busy the past few years with little free time to spend blogging. However, I have finished all of my classes for my final year and am looking forward to my graduation in June. This leaves me with a lot of free time on my hands, although I'm spending a lot of it searching for a job. You can expect to see me posting a bit more often now!The Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-81629432925135626072011-12-29T10:30:00.000-05:002011-12-29T10:30:03.542-05:00Hair That Rocks: Down to the Core of it AllWhen one thinks of the connection between rock and hair, the first thing to come to mind may be the glam rock hair bands of the eighties (see Figure 1). With a little more information, this idea may be discarded faster than David Lee Roth's shag. The parallel drawn here refers to actual rocks: sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic.
Figure 1: Twisted Sister, a typical Hair Band of the eighties (The Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-10349592453185189082011-12-28T10:30:00.004-05:002011-12-28T10:30:02.263-05:00Suave Surfactants: Maintaining the Integrity of Your ShampooThere is nothing quite like awakening to the screams of a woman (or man, for that matter) bewailing the efficacy of their shampoo. “I trusted you!” they moan, “you promised me everything, for better or for worse, wash, rinse, and repeat...”
Storming into the hairdresser's in a fury, however, is not the best approach to take. They will listen professionally to the dilemma, calm irascible nerves The Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-73288248678451390392011-12-27T17:47:00.000-05:002011-12-27T17:47:06.018-05:00I'm Still Alive and CuttingHow do you stay in touch with the hair and makeup world when you're no longer in it?
It doesn't hurt to have a teenage sister who stays savvy with all the Youtube makeup gurus. I'd have no idea what "Baby Lips" is were it not for scouring four stores until I finally found the pink colour for her Christmas present.
I wrote my hairdresser's final back in July and passed with flying colours. A fewThe Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-29821907927118813312011-06-15T14:41:00.000-04:002011-06-15T14:41:16.234-04:00Coco does GaultierWho says Canadians are limited to parkas and Sorels? Coco Rocha, a graceful and talented model hailing from the country I call home, has posted a video of her shoot for Elle magazine wearing all vintage Jean Paul Gaultier. There is a Gaultier career retrospective at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts should you happen to pass through Quebec. The video is well worth watching, although it's fairly The Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-28956113296729325142011-05-17T00:15:00.000-04:002011-05-17T00:15:23.563-04:00Fill your nails, and your time!Now that I'm out of school and in employment limbo, I have rather a lot of empty time slots. I've been reading, catching up with my friends, baking chocolate chip cookies with Oreos inside (I KNOW), singing, and doing the three things that are impossible to regularly participate in with a heavy courseload:
(1) Sleeping
(2) Eating
(3) My nails
And I have been so inspired by nail art lately! The Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-83132076691647532062011-05-14T23:47:00.000-04:002011-05-14T23:47:47.153-04:00Just plugging my sister...The regularly scheduled program has been interrupted for some shameless blood relative promotion.
If you'd happen to be looking for a blog just as amazing as this one, more along fashion lines, why not head over and check out Ponytails's My Passions for Fashions? For a taste of what my stylish sibling serves up, here are a few of my favourite posts:
5 Fave Thursday, Spring Edition
T-Shirt The Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-22478449445434853812011-04-27T00:02:00.000-04:002011-04-27T00:02:14.451-04:00Take a Shot for Skin's SakeEver been sitting back with a glass of wine enjoying the antioxidants, resveratrol, phenols, flavonoids and tannins...when all of a sudden you begin to wonder what the benefits of your favourite alcoholic beverage are? Oh, sure, we've all been informed about the increased mortality, prevention of heart disease, kidney stones, Alzheimer's, atherosclerosis, blood clots and hypertension. And the The Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-22211141341428039412011-04-20T22:50:00.000-04:002011-04-20T22:50:02.342-04:00The Binary Hair SystemHow many of you know what a binary star is? Basically, this system occurs when two bodies orbit around their common center of mass, resulting in something that looks like this:
These systems are helpful for calculations and observations because they have certain predictable features, and also because if a star appears to be acting in a binary system, yet has no detectable partner, it can The Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-145949293204571422011-04-20T00:17:00.000-04:002011-04-20T00:17:34.006-04:00Where am I now?Well, folks, it's that time of the year again, the time of year where I make my annual blog post saying ohgoodnessitsbeenalongtimesinceipostedilovemakeup. To be honest, I have a selective memory like a molecular sieve and the fact that I even have a blog tends to fall through the holes most of the time.
Where have I been? The past couple years have been me finishing up highschool whileThe Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-5194876574605668382010-03-17T19:52:00.003-04:002010-03-17T20:16:48.260-04:00The Meaningless, Empty and Futile quest for cream eyeshadows...I took full advantage of the Mark brochure's recent/current B2G1 sale and bought a few of their Hook-Ups. Last week when my Avon lady showed up she said she was sorting through her order and she kept finding all these little tiny boxes..."Oh, that's for the Apprentice!".At any rate. Something I'd been wondering about for quite a while now are their Mini Mark-It sticks. Basically, short and fat The Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-40999742689541126432010-03-05T12:54:00.002-05:002010-03-05T13:12:02.877-05:00Thinkin' About SpringWay up North here us Canucks have finally been experiencing some warmish weather and sunshine, which is rather unusual for March where we usually trudge through the slush for a whole month in our warmest parkas and let the car warm up while we heave the fluffy white stuff out of the driveway. So I've been thinking about spring.The best things about fashion in the spring is that one no longer The Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-51130505370614385772010-01-18T17:14:00.001-05:002010-01-18T17:16:03.078-05:00BehoodedSo I'm not a huge Lindsay Lohan fan. But I really would love a sparkly dress with a hood! Just sayin'.http://cocoperez.com/2010-01-18-lindsay-lohan-in-the-hoodThe Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-19667998268445465972010-01-04T20:27:00.003-05:002010-01-09T21:43:09.452-05:00SlashER MOVIESBack in the summer, my local drugstore had a rather intriguing sale where all mascara was 50% off. So I stocked up, because it's one of the only things I actually run out of. And I actually had this particular post in mind when I was in the checkout line: I'd wait until I'd used them all and then write a post summarizing them.Ha-ha.Prestige Lash MatrixSupposed to "tube" your lashes like Kiss Me The Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-59733521297285945202010-01-04T19:50:00.002-05:002010-01-04T20:27:23.051-05:00Back from the GraveWell, hello. Sorry I haven't been around, but school has been insane! So in addition to being back from the grave, my latest struggle has been trying to not look so. Because, despite the Twilight craze, the deathly pallor thing isn't hot. And the final week or so of school before the break kicked in, I had zero time for makeup in the mornings and the eyeliner/mascara combination I was using The Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-50630477791699524282009-11-08T19:01:00.001-05:002009-11-10T17:19:30.654-05:00Virginia Soaps and ScentsYou'd think I would be the one getting the beauty packages in the mail, but this time my mamasquirrel received her very own to review as part of a review squad she's on. Disclaimer: these were sent free to us to review.So I got a chance to comment on the variety of soaps that arrived from Virginia Soaps and Scents. They are made by a homeschooling family with nine children in rural Virginia and The Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373242071745964570.post-51053236507418310012009-10-23T21:34:00.000-04:002009-10-23T22:28:24.612-04:00An Exclusive First Look...at nothing particularly special. But I thought some of my readers might be interested in the stuff I use absolutely-every-day. I've reviewed most of the items before and I will link to the reviews where appropriate...but this way they are put forward in a comprehensive regimen. So here you are, an Exclusive First Look at the inside of my everyday essentials traincase.Clean SlateI start off in The Apprenticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893145143042353532noreply@blogger.com1