VO5 hot oils used to be part of my summer routines to help keep the natural oils in my hair after swimming every day. VO5 has stood the test of time and has even upped their game recently with a new line of VO5 Salon Series™ professional shampoos, conditioners, hair styling

I will forever be the girl who wants to look pretty, but feels clueless on how to make it happen. I’m not by any means shy, I ask stylists and friends tricks of the trade. I search Pinterest endlessly for tutorials and secretly try them all out, usually failing miserably

Ouidad, known for catering to the curly hair types, wants to take you to the beach, well, at least make you look like they did. Who doesn’t love that fresh-from-the-beach windswept, tousled hair?  Nothing says summer like beachy waves and now you can have them without the peak season crowds

Having natural wavy hair means a little more time goes into fixing it each day…especially being that it is long. I have tried so many straightening irons only to severely damage my poor hair after using them. Thankfully, Sultra offers a great line of products to make getting ready each

I’m a finicky perfume wearer. I love when people can smell it, I hate when it’s too strong and I get annoyed with it’s too soft. Maybe I just have issues. The thing is, I absolutely hate the smell of alcohol under perfumes. It gives me such a headache. So

For a few years now, I’ve seen girls randomly at the gym, running, on TV, you name it with their hair pulled back in adorable pony tails and this ridiculously cute head band to hold their hair back as well as to dress up the pony. I’ve gone to every

I’m a mom to a boy. It’s all bugs, zombies, cars, and golf around here. Living in a house with all boys, I sometimes crave girly things! Luckily, photographers need props : )   This brings me to Chic Pretties! When I found this Etsy shop I couldn’t control myself.