Beyond Basic Bun

This is Adriana's requested look

Video tutorial available here: 

Simple updo

Here is the video tutorial 

Yesenia's pin up hair!

I made a video with a subscriber. It was a lot of fun.


Here is the hair style she requested

Here we are together once we were done. She decided to wear the curl going down instead of up. 

Yesenia has a beautiful family that she really loves. I was very lucky to meet such a sweet and humble person.


After our video, we sat down and talked about self esteem. We were able to record our conversation, so be sure to subscribe to my vlogging channel IrisVlogging on YouTube, so that you can see and hear that!

Hair tutorial video

No Bake Vegan-Healthy peanut butter chocolate cookies

Here is the recipe that I got from Allrecipes.com.
As you can see, I excluded the coconut oil and flaked coconut. You can add them in if you want!

As mentioned in the video, you can also add vegan chocolate chips, ground flax seed and or protein powder.

Rated: Submitted By: KESSIANNE Photo By: SugarPlum♥ Prep Time: 10 Minutes Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 12

"This no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies features coconut and peanut butter for a quick and tasty treat."

Ingredients:

1 cup honey 1/2 cup coconut oil 1/2 cup cocoa powder 2 cups rolled oats

1 cup natural peanut butter 1 cup unsweetened flaked coconut 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1.	Combine honey, coconut oil, and cocoa powder in a small pot and bring to a boil; cook at a boil for 2 minutes and remove from heat. Stir oats, peanut butter, coconut, and vanilla extract into the hot honey mixture until the peanut butter melts and the mixture is smooth.
2.	Drop mixture by spoonful onto waxed paper. Set aside to cool until firm, about 20 minutes.

My Clairol Hair Color Change Experience

On Saturday, I had the opportunity to get my hair styled by professional celebrity hair stylist, Gilbert Muniz. "His celebrity roster includes Abigail Spencer, Alison Brie, Brittney Gastineau, Patricia Kennedy, Paz Vega, Aubrey O' Day, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Jaime Ray Newman, Jonathan Bennett, and Natalie Zea, just to name a few."



Arriving in Los Angeles, and admiring the scenes...

This will actually be a photo blog coming soon through Clairol, but I wanted to give you a peek at what happened that day!
The color we chose is called "Coffee Creme" by Clairol Natural Instincts.

We started off with some natural looking makeup for my "before" picture:

Here is my "before" photo, also posted on instagram (Instagram name ILoveGerard0)

I applied the color myself and was now working on adding the final conditioning step. They took photos of me during the process for their photo blog.

The last step of this process smells SOOOOOO YUMMY ANNNND, it leaves your hair feeling like a silk scarf!

 

Now, it was time to get my hair styled by Gilbert!
Here is his website in case you want to know more about him.
http://gilbertmuniz.com/index2.php#/home/

And now, my hair is done!

Time for makeup!!Kimberly's make up on me made me feel like a whole other woman! I loved it and wish I could do my make up like she did it, every day!

TADA!What do you think??? Like it?

This is Jose! He is the one who gave me this opportunity.

Pictured below: Me, Gilbert Muniz, Make up artist Kimberly Bragalone and beautiful YouTube guru, Giselle from http://www.youtube.com/user/SprintingStilettosTV

We did take some professional photos, but those are to come! I will make sure to announce when they are up on Clairol! It was a fun filled day and something that is definitely out of the ordinary for me. If you follow my vlogging channel, you know my life is pretty average :)

After the shoot, hubby and I went out on a date to Hollywood and then Beverly Hills. No need to waste this good hair and makeup! (Not my hubby in the photo)

Just walking around site-seeing:

I had the salmon and veggies. Hubby had the steak and fries!

I hope you enjoyed coming along with me on this trip! I asked hubby to take as many photos as possible, so that you all got to see too. Thanks for reading my blog and I hope you are having a good day so far!

Healthy Ice Cream Treat!

I posted this picture last night on my instagram

 

Here is the final outcome! YUM! Try it!

Check out my recipe here. Subscribe to my vlogging channel: 

My favorite long hair gurus and their advice on obtaining long hair

When people ask me about how to get their hair to grow long, I can't help but to want to direct them to ALL of these videos. I truly believe in everything that they are sharing. I know the videos are long, but they will educate your mind and guide you toward your long hair journey. I am personally trying to grow my hair long and am hoping that I can achieve it by following all of this advice:

Dez, from the YouTube channel DeziredBeauty, is just one of those women who will forever be envied by the entire world, because she is so beautiful! I kind of feel bad for her for being so stunning and smart! Why do I feel bad for her? Because you know that people are mean to her for just existing hahaha! To add to that, she was blessed with amazing locks of hair. I admire her for not keeping her beauty secrets to herself. She shares them with the world on her beauty channel.  Here is her video on how to grow long hair.




The next videos are from bishonenrancher, not only is this woman so beautiful, but she is knowledgeable and speaks  intelligently. Sometimes the way she speaks makes me forget that I am watching youtube and instead I am watching some sort of documentary hahaha! I love how she puts detail into everything that she shows us. What I also enjoy about her channel is that she features her her corsets and even does occasional corset giveaways. I am obsessed with corsets and wish I could wear them every day. 

Here are her very informative videos on hair growth:







Next is torrinpaige. Torrin is like that awesome neighbor you wish you had. She is always so bubbly and chatty and she makes delicious treats which she occasionally features on her channel. You should also check out her unique, annual Christmas tree theme; you won't be disappointed. Of course, her channel is hair related, so she does offer tips on taking care of long hair. Here is her informative video:





I recently started to watch this channel beautyklove, and am still not familiar with her 100% but I know that English is not her first language and she lives in the Philippines. She seems very sweet and her tutorials are pretty! Recently, she has been posting a lot of fun "no-heat" hair tutorials. I am sure you will enjoy her channel if you subscribe. Here is her video on long hair.



Here is my video on my channel, ilovegerardo, on my best advice to care for hair for the benefit of growth. 




And if you are a guy trying to grow long hair, check out Justin's channel:
Musique3579 Justin is a very kind man with a happy heart! Justin is musically talented and played music for my Rapunzel video!
Here is his video on how to grow long hair...


Let me know if this blog turned you to new YouTube Channels or if you are already subscribed to them!