Beauty Archives - Wine'ing Momma

Customized Hair Care from Formulate

January 3, 2019 by Alisha 7 Comments

I was provided with product for review. All opinions are my own.

I’ve been natural this go around for over 7 years! And during this time I’ve probably tried just about every product none to man. Thankfully I’ve finally mastered what works good for me! Can I get a curly girl AMEN! Even my 16yo has mastered her holy grail list of products to maintain her curls. Which leads us to the youngest, crazy curly girl in our household.

Morgan has the thickest and curliest hair out of the three of us. What makes it even crazier is that due to us all having different textures and lengths, none of the same products work the same on us. Morgan’s biggest issues are maintaining moisture and frizz control. Now that she’s getting older sometimes she wants to wear her hair out and all I’m envisioning is my baby walking around looking like she got into a fight with humidity and it won!

When Formulate contacted me about doing on a review on their customized shampoo and conditioner I was a bit skeptical. First I wanted to make sure that it could be used on all hair textures because I’m lucky enough to have a very diverse group of readers and 2nd I was concerned about the price. But we’ll get to that part at the end! [Read more…]

5 Ways My Black Won’t Crack!

September 22, 2018 by Alisha 7 Comments

Unless you’ve been living under a rock there’s an old saying of “Black Don’t Crack”. While this may be true in most cases, if you don’t take care of your mind, body and soul you’ll end up looking a hot ratchet mess! I for one am not about that life and would like to keep looking “29” LOL It wasn’t until I reached my 40s before I finally found a perfect combination of things to help me look and feel younger! Now my knees on the other hand haven’t caught on to that but hopefully they’ll catch on soon!

I’ve also learned that the price of a product doesn’t necessarily mean its going to work the best. Many of the items I use are over the counter and I splurge on a few products that I know will do what they promise and more.

1 | Maintain a Good Skin Care Regimen

I like to keep my skin care regimen very simple. My dad is knocking on 80 and I swear that man doesn’t have ONE SINGLE WRINKLE! And my mom also keeps her regimen simple and has been using Ponds Cold Cream since I was a teenager. My skin however is very oily and it took what seems like years before I finally figured out a good combination. I use Bioré® Deep Pore Charcoal Cleanser with my face brush, follow that with a hyaluronic acid serum with vitamin C and Garnier Moisture Rescue Refreshing Gel Cream. I’ve been dealing with my face looking like I smeared chicken grease on it toward the middle of the day and JUST learned about gel moisturizers. And once a week I’ll use my charcoal face mask from KJ Naturals. I’m also wanting to incorporate treating myself to monthly facials. 😉

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Knixwear is Reinventing Intimates for REAL Women

September 12, 2018 by Alisha 2 Comments

This past summer The Nash Gals asked for a few women to come for a body positive shoot they were doing with Knixwear while they were in Nashville from Canada. Since I’ve decided they 2018 is my year of doing things WAY outside of my comfort zone I jumped at the chance to participate.

When I arrived I wanted to run my butt right back to my car. All of the other ladies were blonde, white and not an XL like me! I psyched myself out and pushed through! I’m currently at my heaviest and definitely not anywhere near would I would like to be especially sitting in a racer back bra and leggings knowing good and well these picture would be out there for everyone to see 😳

I’m sharing these pics hoping that more women won’t feel alone and bombarded by all the “curated bullshit” feeds that are floating around. Hell even those people don’t look like that in real life. This bra is one of the most comfortable sports bras I’ve ever worn! 🙌🏾 Knixwear made this medium-impact sports bra to maximize performance and minimize distractions. I’m pretty sure it’ll be my new favorite seamless exercise bra.

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CoverGirl Features First Model with Vitiligo

March 1, 2018 by Alisha 13 Comments

If you’ve been with me for awhile you’ll recall when I first shared that Morgan had developed vitiligo. At the time I was mad, confused and felt guilty like it was something I had done. We all know how people can be sometimes by staring and asking questions in a very rude manner. I decided to educate myself more about vitiligo and I made sure that my main focus would be on celebrating how unique my daughter is and not harp on her differences.

Morgan

Over the last 3 years not only has her self esteem not wavered, I feel like she is so much more outgoing (and definitely more outspoken). From the beginning, I wanted to make sure that Morgan was able to see other people from all over the world just like her! And can you believe that as big as the vitiligo community is it only makes up 1-2% of the world’s population. Thanks in part to Instagram I’ve had a chance to “meet” some pretty amazing people.

A little over a week ago one of the people I follow shared an image of Amy Deanna. This beautiful young lady was just named as the first CoverGirl model with vitiligo! Can I just tell you that I screamed for joy like she was family?!?! For over 20 years CoverGirl’s trademark slogan had been “Easy, breezy, beautiful…CoverGirl!” Last fall they released their new theme I Am What I Makeup. This new branding is meant to evoke confidence, power, inclusivity, and self-expression. [Read more…]

*I was provided with product for review. All opinions are my own.*

I was provided with product for review. All opinions are my own.