My Birthday Manicure and Makeup Featuring Enchanted Polish, Urban Decay and Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics!

Good morning my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Thursday to you all!  This is a very happy Thursday as I happen to turn 28 today!  I figured I would share with you guys the super fun manicure and makeup I'm rocking today!  First up is the nail polish which the lovely Chelsea from Enchanted Polish was kind enough to send me to review so stay tuned for that soon!  Now, without further ado, on to the polish!

Above:  Pointer and Pinkie - Kids, Middle and Ring - Time to Pretend

 Above:  Pointer and Pinkie - Time to Pretend, Middle and Ring - Kids

 Above:  Top Row - Kids, Bottom Row - Time to Pretend

I decided to do a swap manicure because we all know I have trouble with having all my nails be one color!  The Time to Pretend Collection is all multichrome holographic polishes that are just gorgeous!  I used Kids, which shifts from turquoise/blue/copper/purple, and Time to Pretend which shifts from purple/blue/red/copper.  The holographic effect is super strong and can be seen even in indirect light!  Basically, I'm obsessed with these.  Here are some macro bottle shots for your viewing pleasure:

 Above:  Kids Macro Shots

 Above:  Time to Pretend Macro Bottle Shots

Now, for my makeup, I knew I wanted bright pink lips and my fab Sarah Potempa Beachwaver hair so I pulled out some of my favorite products!

I used my favorite OCC Lip Tar in Anime for my lips and my eyes are all Urban Decay with eyeliner in Deep End on the bottom for a pop of color!  I figured I wanted something fun and bright but that I could still wear to work!

So there you have it, my birthday hair, makeup and nail looks!  What do you all think?

Some of the products in this post were sent to me for my unbiased review. Please see my disclosure policy for more information.

Rainy Day Giveaway: Sarah Potempa Wrap Up!

Good afternoon my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Thursday to you all!  I know I've been quiet on here for a bit but I have some REALLY fun stuff lined up for you all coming up!  So why not start with a super fun giveaway by my awesome boss?  As many of you know, I am the social media manager of Sarah Potempa Hairstyling Tools, a super fun and innovative company that creates amazing products like the BEACHWAVER, a rotating curling iron, and the WRAP UP which gives you the perfect sock bun every time!

Above:  Some of my favorite Wrap Up looks!


Since it's a rainy day in NYC, Sarah offered up one WRAP UP to one of my amazing Lacquered Lover followers!  All you have to do is "like" our Facebook pages and there are a few extra entries as well!  Just fill out the form below and good luck!  Be back blogging with you all soon!

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Lacquered Lover Goes to Work for Sarah Potempa!

Good afternoon my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Wednesday to you all!  Exciting stuff happening in my world these days!  I wanted to share with you all my amazing new job!  I am officially the Social Media Manager for Sarah Potempa Hairstyling Tools!  Now, some of you might know of my obsession with top knots and the first product I ever tried from Sarah Potempa's line was the Wrap Up during NYFW!

I was seriously obsessed with my Wrap Up on the runway!  Then  you may remember my Vine video about how to use the Wrap Up:

Finally I had the pleasure of meeting the Sarah Potempa team and once we decided it would be a good fit, I started yesterday!  So today, I got to try out the amazing Beachwaver curling iron!

LOVE the waves in my hair!  And how cute is the packaging?  The offices are also AMAZING!

Yep that's a beach scene!  All in all, I'm super excited for this wonderful opportunity with Sarah Potempa and be sure you check out her website, Facebook and Twitter/Instagram @sarahpotempa !

Guest Post by Christopher Box of Hair Extension Geek All About Hair Extensions!!!

Good evening my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Wednesday to you all!  Tonight, I have a really special post for you all!  As some of you may have seen, during NYFW I had the very amazing opportunity to get hair extension!  I had met a fabulous stylist, Christopher Box, while backstage at a show in February.  When he was coming back for Fashion Week in September, he asked if I'd like to try out some great tape in hair extensions from Easihair Pro.  Since cutting off my hair last year I've been missing my long locks so I jumped at the chance!  You can read all about my adventure at Lacquered Lover Gets EasiHair Pro Extension for NYFW!  

I absolutely love them!  Since then I've gotten a ton of questions from you guys all across my social media (as well as questions from everyone who has seen me in person) about the extensions.  Who better to tell you about them than the man who did them?  Now, without further ado, I give you Christopher Box!

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I met Carly at NYFW last season behind the scenes of Porter Gray. I was there supporting easihair pro extensions. You wouldn't believe how much extensions are used on the models of Fashion Week!

Carly was super cool and gave me some fab suggestions on restaurants in NYC. We swapped some conversation about her blog and mine: www.hairextensiongeek.com. She gave me her card and when I got back I checked out her blog site: www.lacqueredlover.com. I loved her style and I realized immediately that our sites were very much related. In my opinion, nails are extensions too!

Flash forward to Fally 2012: I was green lighted from easihair pro to do some makeovers on some beauty bloggers while back in town for New York Fashion Week. Carly was the first person that popped into my mind. I knew she would be perfect for easilengths tape hair extensions. 

I got her scheduled and ended up applying the extensions in a teeny tiny tic tac sized hotel room. She was a great sport about the cramped space. I think maybe the wine helped a little. When I got done I was in love with her big sexy hair. She really knows how to carry the look well. A lot of what makes something work is the attitude behind it. 

I realized when I got done doing Carly's hair extension makeover that she probably would be getting lots and lots of questions about her new look. That's why when I got back to Hair Extension Geek Headquarters I went through our archives and put together my top 10 Favorite Hair Extension Blog Posts.

Educational and Entertaining, these posts will give you all the info you need to get your very own hair extension makeover!

Top 10 Best Hair Extension Blog Posts

1. How Much Do Hair Extensions Cost | Part 1: Just how much do they really cost? Find out some basics that will get you pointed in the right direction. It is all about the research.

2. How Much Do Hair Extensions Cost | Part 2: DR Hanson (not Doctor, it is pronounced D like the letter and R like the letter) travels the Route 66 researching just how much exactly do hair extensions cost. He hits up 3 salons and they weigh in on this much debated question.

3. Hair Extension Myths and Facts: Move over Big Foot there is a new mythical beast in town. Get the scoop on what is real and what is hype.

4. Sex and Hair Extensions | How to Handle an Intimate Moment with Style: It is okay to blush. I did when I asked Extension Expert, Jennifer Pompa, to write this. It is well written and is a question that my clients over the years have asked many times.

5.  Bad Hair Extensions | The Tale of Happy Meal Barbie: Turns out Barbie doesn't have everything. Have seen her bad pastic wig? A guide on how to avoid her fatal mistake that finally drove Ken away.

6.  Why Your Stylist is Running Late | It’s All Your Fault: Ever wonder why your stylist is running late? Here is the true story and how to help avoid this situation.

7. The JPompadour Extension Style Tutorial:  What do with your hair once you have extensions in. Styling hair extensions can be a little different than styling your own hair. This is a cool style that marries the pompadour, a braid, and a little bit of messy boho chic.

8. Easilengths Tape in Hair Extensions | A Review: This is the kind of hair extensions that I used on Carly. This video breaks down how the product works.

9.  The Truth about Hair Extensions | The Horror Story: Cue the theme from Halloween. Get some popcorn and dim the lights, we are about to go on a journey of some scurry weave ladies.

10. Where Hair Extensions Come From: My personal journey to China with easihairpro. I got to see how hair extensions are manufactured and produced. Be nice, this video is my personal journey and was not intended to be anyting but a rambling mess of fun!

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So what did you guys think?  Would you try tape in hair extensions?

Lacquered Lover Gets Easihair Pro Hair Extensions for NYFW!

Good morning my fellow Lacquered Lovers!  Happy Saturday!  Today, I have a really special post for you!  As some of you might remember, about a year ago, I cut 14 inches off my hair to donate to the charity Locks of Love.  Fast forward to February NYFW and I met a fantastic stylist named Christopher Box who was there styling for the Parker Grey show!  I was a little lost as it was one of the first shows I ever attended so Chris and his awesome team were hanging out with me and we hit it off!  Fast forward to this week and in preparation for the NYFW shows this week, Chris very kindly offered to give me extensions so I would look fabulous!  Let's start with my before picture:

Don't judge my bad hair, it was a million degrees in NYC and SO humid that day!  :)

 Getting started!  Chris was fantastic!  The way these extensions work is that they take a very small section of your natural hair and sandwich it between two of the Easihair Pro extensions!  It's totally painless and the transformation is amazing!

 Here is one of the panels of extensions and the brochure for Easihair Pro!  Since my hair has an ombre thing going on now, he used a bunch of different colored extensions to make sure they blended!

Yep, they gave me wine, that always helps when doing a hair change!  I purposely was facing away from the mirror because I didn't want to see it until it was all done!

A close up shot of Chris sectioning off some hair to attach some of the extensions!  You can see some of the length there already!

And here is the final result!  I absolutely love it!  It's so full and voluminous and they feel like my real hair!  I love that you can't see the attachment at all and since it's human hair, I can style it as usual!  These were so painless and easy to have applied and the final result is amazing!  I've gotten so many compliments on these in the last few days and I can't wait to start showing it off at Fashion shows today!

My new favorite stylist Chris is based out of Dallas but luckily for all of us, he has all sorts of amazing websites and social media we can check out!  Easilengths Tape In Hair Extensions is the brand that makes these awesome tape in extensions that were used on me!  I was hesitant and didn't want to do anything like sew in ones and these are an amazing alternative!  If you want to find a salon near you to have them done, check out Hair Extension Geek!  And check out Chris's own blog at Christopher Box!   He has great posts all about Fashion Weeks he participates in and all sorts of fun stuff!  A HUGE thank you to Chris for giving me gorgeous locks to rock for NYFW!

What do you think of my new hair?  Have you ever done extensions?  Would you?