From last September to December 2013, I had the chance to study in Denmark. It meant, I had the pleasure to be able to try a product, that I can't find here in Belgium. As I was leaving there for 4 months, I didn't bring a huge amount of everything, especially when it came to beauty and hair products as I could buy them there. One day, my shampoo went out and I had to buy some. I spotted the brand Aussie, which I've heard good review, and jumped on it and bought it. My hair was colored (and still is), so I choose to use the " Colour Mate Shampoo ". Of course, I couldn't stop just with the shampoo, so I got the " Colour Mate Conditioner " and the " 3 Minute Miracle Colour Deep Treatment ".
What they say about these products: - Shampoo: " Our unique formula, with Australian Wild Peach extract, smoothly cleanses to help protect colored hair from chemical damage and to keep your colored hair looking vibrant."
Conditioner: "Our unique formula, with Australian Wild Peach, extract, smoothly conditions the hair, leaving it with radiant shine and vitality."
- Deep Treatment: " Our unique formula, with Australian Wild Peach extract, is an amazing concoction that takes only 3 minutes to help revitalize dry dull hair for vibrant, luscious yummies."
What I think: First of all, the whole line smell so good and peachy! I love it. Iseriously invite you to go in your shower and wash your hair! Usually, I try to wash and condition my hair every 3 days and once a week I would use the deep treatment. For my hair, they do their job. I have nothing bad to say about them. I love them. They make my hair smell wonderful, make them smooth and keep my colour vibrant I'm not using them now because I bought a new shampoo a couple weeks ago, and I don't like to mix my hair routine. So once I finish the shampoo I'm using, I'm going back to them because I don't love what I'm using but I bought it so I need to finish it.
Have you ever tried product from Aussie? Do you love it as much as I do?
Take care,
J-C Lynn
If you are interesting in buying Aussie's products and you can't find them where you live. I recommend you to check this site. I've used it more then once and never had problem: www.feelunique.com
I wanted to make a blog post a little bit more personal so you could know more about me.
I have change some question as they don't apply because I'm not on Youtube. A blog is already enough work.
1: What are you wearing?
As I'm writing this post it's 10 pm, so I'm going to go with my PJ.
2: Ever been in love?
Yes
3: Ever had a terrible breakup?
Yes, but with time you grow up and you know more how to handle thinks.
4: How tall are you?
I'm a shorty 1m 60.
5: How much do you weigh?
Let's say that I would love to weight 56-55 kg, but I'm not that far.
6: Any tattoos?
Yes, 4 but one is divided in 3.
7: Any piercings?
Yes, 7 all in on ears.
8: OTP?
If someone know what is the question tell me!
9: Favorite show?
I'm going to talk about my current favorite and who are on TV because I don't want this post to huge; Orange is the new black, Game of Thrones, True Blood, ...
10: Favorite bands?
Band? I prefer to go with singer. For the moment, I've listening Paolo Nutini and Ed Sheeran a lot. These days, I've been obsess with this song from Paolo Nutini.
11: Something you miss?
My Step Dad.
12: Favorite song?
Give me love by Ed Sheared.
13: How old are you?
25 years old.
14: Zodiac sign?
I'm a Sagittarius.
15: Quality you look for in a partner?
Has to like adventure.
16: Favorite Quote?
" Life is really a shit sandwich sometimes! ". True Blood
17: Favorite actor?
Leonardo Dicaprio.
18: Favorite color?
Pink.
19: Loud music or soft?
I love any music who can make you cry, so I'm going to go for soft.
20: Where do you go when you're sad?
Usually, I go in my bed and cry.
21: How long does it take you to shower?
It can go from 5 minutes to 15. It depends on what I have to do.
22: How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?
I'm going to say 45 minutes.
23: Ever been in a physical fight?
No, and I hope I will never.
24: Turn on?
Guitar.
25: Turn off?
To much alcohol.
26: The reason I created a blog?
I wanted to do something out of my comfort zone.
27: Fears?
To die or death in general (I know it's creepy).
28: Last thing that made you cry?
The 12 of June, my mom and I went to the movie to see " The Fault in our stars".
29: Last time you said you loved someone?
About 5 minutes ago to my puppy.
30: Meaning behind your blog's name?
JClynn8.
JC = Jessy (from Jessica).
Lynn = it's my middle name.
8 = special number for me.
31: Last book you read?
" The Fault in our stars " John Green. I wanted to read the book before I saw the movie.
32: The book you're currently reading?
I'm currently reading nothing but I would love to read Bobbi Brown's "Makeup Manual".
33: Last show you watched?
Teen Mom 2. I do love my reality TV shows.
34: Last person you talked to?
My mom.
35: The relationship between you and the person you last texted?
She's one of my best friends.
36: Favorite food?
American food.
37: Place you want to visit?
Australia.
38: Last place you were?
As another country, I'm going to say Denmark. And as like today,I was in Waterloo. I had a driving lesson.
39: Do you have a crush?
Yes but shut !!!
40: Last time you kissed someone?
5 minutes ago, my puppy kissed me.
41: Last time you were insulted?
Probably during my driving lesson. I'm sure I was not going fast enough for the cars behind me but for my defend, I was driving to the right speed.
42: Favorite flavor of sweet? Cookie dough.
43: What instruments do you play?
I'm currently learning to play the guitar
44: Favorite piece of jewelry?
My ring Illumination from Alex and Ani.
45: Last sport you played?
I don't know if it counts but I went to a walk with my dogs.
46: Last song you sang? Can't remember.
47: Favorite chat up line?
I don't have one.
48: Have you ever used it?
It's difficult to use it if I don't have one.
49: Last time you hung out with anyone? Yesterday with one of my bests friend.
A couple years ago, I was obsessed with having blond hair and I went for it as you can see on the picture!
I was blond for about a year and a half. Then I went back to my routs, being a brunette (yeah I know my profile picture). I'm not going to lie, I'm getting bored with my hair, so I want to change it to GINGER !
I'm all ready making the transition but it's not as ginger as I would like (but baby steps).
You can see my hair is a little bit damaged from all the blond.
When it comes to changing your hair, I think it's important to take at first a baby step then the more step you take the more crazy you can go and to trust your hair dresser. I've been going to mine since a was 10 years old, and never been disappointed except went I went somewhere else!
Hair defines your face so be careful.
What do you think? Will it suit me ? And do you have any recommendation for damaged hair?
Usually Sundays are the day off the week where I have more time for me. This sunday was no different so I decided to do a chocolate cake. The recipe was made for 8 - 10 people so I cut it in 2 as it's just my mommy and me, Silly me, I put in a bigger pan then what I needed so it was as big as a 8 - 10 but way finer but still delicious! Here are the ingredients you will need:
- 130 gr of granulated sugar - 60 gr of unsalted butter, softened at room temperature - 150 gr of chocolate chips - 60 ml of boiling water - 4 eggs, separated - 1teaspoon of vanilla extract Process:
1) Preheat the oven at 190 °C, grease your pan with some nonstick spray or butter.
2) In a bowl stir the egg yolks, chocolate chips, sugar, vanilla extract, butter and BOILING water (if it's not hot enough, the ingredients wouldn't be able to combine) until you get a nice smooth mixture. 3) In an other bowl, whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form. 4) Pour the chocolate mixture over the egg whites and fold the 2 together. 5) Pour your batter in the pan. 6) Bake it for about 40 minutes or until the cake looks puffed and cracked. 7) Allow it to cool completely before eating it
I don’t
know about guys, but here in Belgium, the weather has been poorly for a
couple days. It really looks like it’s autumn and I think the sun has decided
to go on holiday. Hopefully for us, not too long please.
Meanwhile,
when the weather is bad, I like to cheer me up with a bath at night after a
long and crappy day.
Here are the products I use, The Palmolive Naturals: Bain Moussant to put in my bath. This bubble bath is rich in vitamins and proteins, it leaves the skin smooth and soft. It moisturizes the skin perfectly. I also find these little oil bath balls so I thought I would use them.
I think bath time is the best time to do a face mask as you are just laying in the water. I've been testing the Freeman Facial Clay Mask: Chocolate & Strawberry. I don't want to say that much about it because I would like to do a special post on it, but all I'm going to say is that I'm quite impressed with it.
I also like to treat myself with a nice hot drink. This time, I went for a hot chocolate with hazelnuts syrup from Starbucks which is delicious.
Once all is prepared, I light up candles and go in the bath.
This weekend, I went to a wedding. The weather was maybe poorly but it was still a beautiful day. The bride was so pretty with her white gown.
It was a small wedding so, I didn't want to be over dress. I wore a pink with white flowers skater dress for Newlook and some high hills scandal for Esprit.
On the make-up side, I kept it simple but went for a bright lip.
I begin putting my Maybelline : Baby Skin efface pore minute all over my face follow by my Vitame E Tinted moisture lotion form The Body Shop. I then put a little bit of Rimmel : Wake Me Up concealer in classic beige under my eyes, in the middle of my noise and side, and on my chin.
For the blush, I used my Bourjois : Blush Excessive, a lovely baby pink. For my eyes, I used a small eye shadow palette from Hema number 48. I put all over my lids the beige and shimmer shadow and on the outer corner the pink and shimmer shadow. To bright the inner corner of my eyes, I used a little bit of my white 2B crayon. On my water line and very close to my upper lashes I wore the Rimmel : Scandaleyes Waterproof Kohl Kajal in bronze (just bought it and it's amazing, very creamy and easy to work with. I already want to buy the taupe one) and as for mascara, no change it the Maybelline : The Rocket Volum'Express in brown. As you can see, I went for brown color like I always do. If it was a late wedding with something at night, I'm pretty sure I would have gone with black and not brown.
And finally on my lips, I went for Rimmel (surprise) : Lasting Finish By Kate Moss Lipstick in 20, a bright fushia pink.
I also painted my nails with these colors. On my hands I used a beige/brown n° 856 from Hema, where I put on my of my finger this gold color from Tiger in n°71. And on my toes I used in light pink (I can't tell you what it is, the written has been erased).
I don't have any picture of me from that day, but once we have all the picture, I will post some.
I don't know about you, but June went so fast (thanks to my finals). Here are my June favorites. Hair: Last year, my hair was quite damaged as I had bleach them blond for 2 years. My hair dresser recommended me to try this conditioner Kevin Murphy - Hydrate Me Rinse. And it changed my hair, they become much softer. I don't know but I kind of forgot about it. So I decided this month to reuse. I wash my hair (twice), rinse it, put the conditioner on, leave it on for 2-3 minutes and thenrinse everything.
Skincare: I have the driest skin ever, so I'm always on the hunt to try new thing. A couple weeks ago, I went to Lush and they give me a simple of their Nirvana moisturizer. It's quite a thick cream, but it really works and the smell isn't bad at all. The only problem is that it's quite expensive 50,95€ the jar.
Make-up: My favorite make-up items this month is the Rimmel Lasting Finish by Kate Moss Lipstick in 110 which is a lovely orange/red. I really like the Kate Moss Lipstick, they aren't expensive, have really nice color and have a nice stay.
Food: I've been obsessed with Lemonade this month. For those, how doesn't know what is lemonade, it's a citrus and sugary beverage. You dose the powder in water and then you have lemonade. (Sure you can do it with lemons, sugar and water but we use the " Country Time ".
Music: I don't think it's going to be a surprise: ED SHEERAN !!! Can't wait to be the 4 of November to see him in concert!
Tv Show: I may have been passing my finals but it didn't stop me to find something new to watch. One day I couldn't study, so I begin to wonder on internet and stopped on " Orange is the new black " and I'm hock since. I don't want to say too much but all I'm going to say is " woman " and " prison ".
