John Freida Frizz Ease 10-Day Hair Tamer Review

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for my very long absence.
Today I would like to review the John Frieda Frizz Ease 10-Day Hair Tamer.
My hair gets pretty frizzy no matter what season of the year it is so I figured I'd give this product a try. I saw pretty good reviews for it so I thought why not.

How my hair is:
I have long hair, it's color treated, nothing fun like blue or purple, just as close as I could get to my chestnut brown hair as I possibly could. My hair gets oily very easily so I have to wash it every day usually. Prone to frizz be it rain or shine, summer or winter.

The instructions say to apply the product to your hair until your hair looks "wet" then allow it to sit for 8-10 minutes. I tried it for 10 minutes. I rinsed it out washed my hair as usual. It worked pretty well I was pleased with it so far that is until I woke up the next day. Please know that I did this treatment at about 10 PM, when I woke up early next morning approximately 8 AM my hair felt like an oil slick...looked like it too.

I figured I just used too much of it so I showered again washed my hair. Three days later and three washes later, my hair is limp, my hair has lost its volume, it still has frizz not as bad as before but still existent (I wasn't looking for a miracle product but I wasn't expecting flat hair). All in all I think this would work on maybe normal to dry hair and not for people prone to oily hair. I will admit my hair does feel extra soft so I give it a thumbs up for that.

Hope this review is helpful.
Lots of Love,
Caroline

Visual Traditions of Japan Class Review

Hi Everyone,

As some of you may have read earlier in my blog in the month of April I attended an art history class at the Carnegie Museum. And I wanted to share with you my opinion of how the class was.

In just four classes we went from the Jomon period (prehistoric art) all the way to the Meiji restoration. I honestly really did enjoy this class although I did feel like I was the youngest person there which is kind of funny since I'm 28.

The instructor was Rachel Miller, she did a nice job at explaining architecture and the pieces of art we were seeing and trying to get us to understand the historical context of why and how it was made.
At times my dad and I felt there was way too much Buddha artwork and statues but I did like seeing them and being able to learn the difference between the Buddha artwork from India and Japan.

My personal favorite was the Edo period with all the prints, Ukiyo-e is a favorite of mine. Carnegie Museum has quite a few Ukiyo-e prints but the instructor said they seldom get shown because the art work is on paper and since paper yellows and deteriorates over time they want to limit the exposure it gets. Carnegie Museum did have an exhibit for them a few years ago which I sadly missed.

All in all I would take the class again and hope that one day they'll have more Japanese classes there.

If you're interested I know that Rachel Miller will be teaching an art history class later this year on Hindu, Buddhist and Islamic art in India if any one is interested, here's the link  www.coma.org-art history class  From what I can see it started last week, I apologize for not letting you know sooner. Though I think she will probably do some more classes in the fall if I understood her correctly.

Below are some pictures for reference of what I learned about.
Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend and I hope to get another recipe out soon for you guys!

Jomon Period

Ise Shrine

Ukiyo-e print from the Edo Period

Meiji Restoration

Snack Test #4: Yuzu Lemon Water

Hi Everyone,

I finally get to post about my so far favorite drink from Japan. I'm literally addicted to this stuff...well maybe not addicted but I totally buy all of them when I go to the store.

DYDO Yuzu Lemon is a citrus flavored water beverage. It's pretty much lemonade but made with yuzu and lemon juice flavor.





















The ingredients are:
water
high fructose corn syrup
sugar
citrus juice (I would say the yuzu)
lemon
honey
trehalose (according to google it is a sugar created by fungi)
flavor (gotta love that generic term)
citric acid
ascorbic acid

All in all....better than what's in a soda, although I do love sprite.

The bottle size is 350 ml and the entire bottle is 100 calories.
It has no carbonation at all.

I just love the flavor of this, it makes me think of sprite or 7up having a baby with lemonade, hey this is what my taste buds tell me so I'm going with it.

It costs $3.29 at the store I go to in Pittsburgh, and I say totally worth it.
It's a bit pricey because of having yuzu in it. Yuzu from what I can see is rather expensive, they had it there once and it was quite a bit of money to get 1-2 yuzu.

Now if you're wondering what yuzu is, it is a citrus fruit from Japan and it sorta looks like a lemon and its taste isn't as sour at least in my opinion. If I could get my hands on it more often I would.

Hope you guys give it a try some day, now if you'll excuse me Rilakkuma and I are going to be indulging in some yuzu lemon goodness. Til next time ^___^