Bridal Hair Trial!

I'm so used to posting up trials of girls that I do, I totally forgot to post up pictures from my own bridal hair trial!!!! 

Some of you may know, I am opting to do my own makeup because I'm just so particular about the way my makeup looks. Even if everyone in the world thinks a certain look looks amazing on me, there is still a particular way I like to see my own makeup!! (so anal i know ha!) I know that my hair, although I can do it myself, can be a bit of a frustration on my wedding day.. so I knew I was going to get a hair stylist. 

Ever since before my sister's wedding, when my sister's friend got her hair done by this hairstylist.. about 4 years ago, I KNEW i wanted to book her. IMHO, she's one of the BEST! 

I booked Sachiko Yanese, who was originally trained in Tokyo and was a top hairstylist and makeup artist. Because she wanted to test her skills and she came on over to NYC and has been here for the past 15 years. I even had the honor of working side by side with her at on of my friend's weddings! Her upbeat and infectious personality, and positive attitude made this experience so easy and fun! 

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Here was the inspiration photo. I really wanted something that was romantic, loose and curly. I didn't want it to be too 'bun'-ish so I could take my hair down later on in the day and so I could put lots of hair  accessories in my head! 

so sorry, i don't have the source for this, i just screenshot it!
if anyone knows, please let me know so i can source it! 

And here is how my hair turned out. Omg I am in love. My friend is making hair pins for me, so I didn't have them on hand, but I will be wearing the feather for the reception [weegardens, etsy] and that headband fascinator [off saks] for pictures! (I also have a little top hat thing that I totally forgot to bring) 

[Also remember at a hair trial, she doesn't really use hairspray so she can keep changing up the hairstyle as needed!]

closeup!

side view

back view

back view with the headband fascinator!

I loved how soft and free flowing my hair looked. I think it looks so romantical and perfect! I was so happy with the look! 

Because we had some extra time since I already was set on this hairstyle, I told her about our afterparty and how I wanted to look rockerchic haha! I also had this gorgeous headband that I wanted to try to use - so she had a ball bumpin' up my hair SO high and letting loose some curls! I loved this look, it was totally fun! She even gave me some extra pins and hair products to help me do my own hair for that night! 

If you are in the NY area and need your hair or makeup did, i would 10000% recommend using Sachiko. You can check out her website here :) 

And look for a vlog soon ;) 

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Weight Watchers!!!!

Much of Felix and my relationship was long distance where I kind of lived my life and he lived his life and our lives came together every other weekend. My life was pretty healthy in that I ate and cooked at home a lot, did a good amount of walking, was enrolled in a gym and did lots of activities with children that were more active.

Ever since I moved back to New York -- Living in NYC and adjusting to Felix's life styles were tough. As Felix and I spent more time together, we began eating out more (since the city has so many options and half the time I didn't have a kitchen) and I took on Felix's odd hour eating habits. He also has a love for fast food, which I naturally picked up as well. Sadly, I can honestly say that we've both gained weight since the early years.. :(

This year, Felix and I are getting married YAY, which soon, we'll be living together... which can go in two directions:

it can make it even easier for our lifestyle together to become a more "living to eat" mentality, especially since we both love food... 

OR

we can begin to build good eating, exercise and living habits together so we can begin taking on a more healthy lifestyle - which can not only help us live longer (lol) but can also be passed down to our family, friends and in the long run... our children. 

so... that is how we decided for our "New Years Resolution"  (AKA LIFETIME resolution), Felix and I are going to embark on the Weight Watchers Online program together. Although I've tried it before and was 'eh' with it, I lacked a motivation to really get healthy, get involved in a community and build accountability with others. This time around, with Felix by my side it helps to give me the motivation to work toward healthier lives for our future-- and it's always cool to have a tool to help us track just how much we are eating.

We decided to choose WW over other plans because this is closest to our own lives.. - it's more about changing your lifestyle. That way, when we do get "off" off WW, we would've developed good habits that don't necessarily have to change. Other plans, if you get food sent to you and you spend a ton, what happens when you stop using their plan? You will obviously revert to what you know... and thus, gaining back all the weight that you lost! 

In addition to that, one of my classmates, good friends and fellow blogger/wordpress-er, has been on WW.. and she got featured on their site! You can check out the story here... but I was so impressed with her story and her dedication and motivation, I was like OK.. now I have a bit of community and accountability to go along with my whole plan. So thanks Robyn for encouraging me to join! xx

So here I am, pouring our my thoughts to you - because we need your help to keep us accountable for our actions and thoughts. I will try my best to post weekly about our progress and what we've been learning and some of our struggles along the way! I'm super excited (and hope to stay that way!) - Can't wait to share this journey with you all!

Right now, they are having a deal - if you join for 3 months, you don't have to pay the start up fee of 29.95. So you just have to pay the 18.95/month! whoohoo! So for any of you that have been THINKING about it - it's worth a shot, and we can be WW friends ;)

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