Hey everyone!
Kayley, your friendly, neighborhood hair stylist here.
And today we're going through three days of hair styles,
from start to finish, using only drugstore products.
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So, I've noticed that a lot of you guys have been asking
for drugstore product recommendations,
and I though it would be fun to pick out some products
that you can get at Target.
So, I both looked for some old favorites that I already own
and went into Target to pick out some new stuff
to try in today's video.
So, you've got a fun mix of tried and true favorites
and a couple new things that I wanted to try out.
We're going through everything.
I'm giving my hair a deep treatment,
I'm washing it, I'm blow dry routining it
and then I'm doing three hairstyles.
So, it's gonna be a fun time.
I mean it's very front heavy
with all the products we're gonna talk about.
But the hairstyles themselves,
super easy and all now part of my current rotation.
So, I hope that you guys enjoy it.
Let's get into it.
And welcome to me, pre shower.
(laughs)
I wanted to hop on the camera real quick
so you guys can see my trying out the beauty and planet
lavender and argan oil, natural oils infusion.
This little dude is suppose to be either
a pre shampoo treatment or a leave in treatment.
Because my hair is really fine
and can get weighed down really easily,
I'm gonna do the pre shampoo treatment
'cause that will go better.
Anyway, let's put this on the hair.
A pre shampooing treatment can do just as much
as a deep conditioner,
but it can be good because it's sitting on your hair
outside of the shower.
So, you're not using any extra water
while you're letting the oil sit.
And you can leave it on as long as you want.
A few minutes, you could leave it on overnight.
You could put it in your hair,
put your hair in a tight bun,
go work out, come back, wash it out.
Any number of things.
It can be super, super versatile.
So, I'm gonna stick my hair in a braid
and let this sit for a few minutes.
And then I'll jump in the shower.
And see you guys after.
And I am back from the shower,
the mask rinsed out just fine.
I did double shampoo just for safety.
And for my shampoo I used the
Kristin Ess micellar shampoo.
It's one of my favorites.
I have a whole review video on her scalp line
and this is in it, if you want more information.
And then for conditioner I used
her daily scalp and hair mask.
Even though it says mask, it also says daily.
And I find that it's on the same level
of moisturization as other conditioners I like to use.
So I did that.
That being said, let's take my hair down.
And for leave in conditioner
I have the Kristen Ess leave-in conditioner.
Now, I looked through Target so much for a new one
that I haven't used before.
However, I kept coming back to this one.
It just really de tangles well.
It adds shine.
It adds smoothness.
It's just a home run. (laughs)
And my final product,
I feel like we've talked about
a whole lot of products at this point. (laughs)
We've done shampoo, conditioner,
a deep treatment and leave in.
Those are the categories
that I often employ in my shower routine.
But I'm gonna add in a new one today.
And this is the Salon Grafix NYC So Whipped whipped mousse.
This is for frizz free curls, weightless hold
and long lasting style.
When I did my fine hair tips and tricks video,
I mentioned how helpful mousse can be.
And then you guys were asking for a mousse recommendation
and I realized I have not been using mousse in a while.
So I picked this one up to see how I feel about it.
Now this mousse says that you can use it
on natural curls or waves to help augment them,
but it also says that it adds lasting hold.
So, it will work for somebody like me,
who has, you know, straighter hair,
and I'd wait to curl my hair after.
It puts the hold in your hair.
And that hold will hold whatever you do.
Whether it's a blow out, using a curling iron
or just letting your hair air dry.
Alright, so I'm just going to get that on my hands
and then bear claw it into my scalp.
Once that's done, I'm going to
wipe my hands together again
to get the product back on my fingers.
And then use that over the ends.
That way, you get the most at the roots
to help you with volume or taming,
whichever way you need.
And then you have the extra on the ends to add hold.
And now, as for my usual routine,
I'm going to use my Kristen Ess blow dryer.
This is a drugstore hair tool.
And I'm gonna flip my hair upside down
and dry it until it's dry.
Now this dryer is a little bit more expensive
than you typically think of when you think of,
like, a drugstore price point.
But, to me, hair dryers are something that you buy
every, like, fivish years.
And so, I'm okay with spending a little bit more
if I know that five years worth of blowing my hair out
is going to look better.
So, it's not supposed to be a volumizing mousse.
But because I dried my hair upside down,
there should be some volume there.
What do you think?
Is this more volume
than I typically have? - [Woman] Ooo.
For sure.
- Okay.
- [Woman] I see more, like body and volume
in your ear height than--
- Yeah, that's what I was thinking too.
Like, more fullness.
- [Woman] Yeah.
- Which I'm always here for.
My hair looks puffy, but that's because of the way I dry it.
So far, it feels very soft.
Very silky.
I think it's gonna look it's best once I finish curling it.
Or, conversely, if I was leaving my hair straight,
after I let it sit for an hour or two.
My strategy is always to over poof my hair
because it's naturally flat.
So, if I over poof it, then an hour or two later,
it'll look right. (laughs)
So, for my curling iron, I am using the
Kristin Ess one inch curling iron.
I feel like you guys have seen me use this a lot.
Because I have.
And while that bad boy heats up,
I'm going in with the Kristin Ess dry conditioner.
And I promise I did not mean for all of this
to be Kristin Ess.
It's just my favorite drugstore line, okay?
So, this is actually meant for the second day,
to help add shine and moisture back into your hair.
It also adds heat protection.
But I have been playing around with it on the first day hair
and I really like it on first day hair.
So, that's what I'm gonna do.
Okay, so now for the actual curls.
I'm feeling a little lazy today.
So, what I'm gonna do is go in sections.
But I'm just gonna wrap my hair
around the curling iron and let it go.
That's it.
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Now I'm gonna rake through to break up the curls.
And let's see how this looks.
Oh, Anna!
What do we think?
- [Anna] Oh, wow!
- Oh.
I got a wow.
- [Anna] I like the volume.
- You think that there's volume too?
- [Anna] For sure. - Okay.
It looks like it's holding the shape of the curl better.
- [Anna] And in your roots in the back.
- Yeah, 'cause this area usually doesn't hold a curl at all.
I didn't even think about that.
So it works. (laughs)
- [Anna] I would say so.
- Alright, seven dollar mousse from Target, come through.
You know, I've been leaning a lot more towards
the loose curls and waves
'cause that's just been what's happening
when I curl my hair.
But, I think the mousse made a difference
'cause I see more of a curl.
Especially up here,
where I typically can't get a curl to stick at all.
Which is a good sign for those of you guys
with hard to curl hair.
Okay, and those are the curls.
I'm feeling so good about them.
They are full of volume and bounce.
And I don't feel like they're falling as quickly as usual,
which is a great sign.
I am gonna use one more thing.
I wanted to try the Under Control finishing spray.
This is also from Salon Grafix.
And this one is medium hold and resists humidity.
Which is good, because it is raining outside. (laughs)
Just gonna do a little spritz
and that's gonna be it for today.
I feel like I typically have some kind of spray in my hair.
So, it's good to have the hair spray.
That way everything's pretty controlled and normal.
And there we go.
This is how I often do my first day with my hair.
Because I've gone through washing it,
and drying it and curling it.
I don't always add another style on top of that
because I want to give my hair a break
and I'm probably done by that point. (laughs)
So, tomorrow I'll come back and give you guys
some second day hair inspo
and we'll see how well these curls held up.
See you then.
Welcome to day two.
Check out the curls.
I feel like they did very well.
We can only see this much of my shirt.
I look a little bit like a preacher.
Little bit.
So the only thing I would really touch up
is maybe the curls around my face,
'cause I didn't do those very tight yesterday.
And now they've loosened up a little bit.
And then the always problematic,
the nape of my hair straightened out a little bit.
However, overall, this looks really good,
and help up very well.
I would say even better than usual.
So, I am quite please.
For my day two hairstyle,
I want to utilize an accessory that I found at Target.
I though it was really cute.
It was supposed to be a headband,
kind of tied like this.
But somebody had untied it and left it behind.
And I thought that was even more brilliant.
I mean, now, you could tie it here
and make it into a little pony tail scrunchie
with scarf ties.
You can wear it as a headband.
You can braid it in.
You can wrap it around.
There are so much room for activities. (laughs)
Also, I wanna try these.
What are these? (laughs)
I saw them at Target and I was like,
no I have to try it.
I have to know.
They are plastic bobby pins.
Riddle me what?
I don't understand what these are supposed to do.
Why are they plastic?
Is it for aesthetic?
Are people allergic to metal?
Why? (laughs)
But y'all know I had to try it.
So, we're gonna try to do today's hairstyle with these
and see how it goes.
Why?
It feels like cheap plastic.
The spring back is a joke.
The one cool thing that I am seeing
is that there are little, tiny teeth
underneath the bumps to help grab the hair.
Maybe that will be useful.
Let's do our hairstyle.
First thing's first,
we're going to put the hair into a half up pony tail.
And I'm going to leave down some hair around my face
to help frame it.
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Next, I'm gonna put the hair into a bun.
I'm going to back comb it first.
Then wrap it.
And then try to use these clear, plastic bobby pins.
Dear sweet, bobby pin Jesus, help me.
Just gonna try sticking it in.
I'm afraid to move, but it seems to be holding. (laughs)
They're hard to push in.
I don't know why.
'Kay, I'm slowly moving my head.
Seems okay.
These feel about three times as thick as a normal bobby pin.
Well, you cannot criss-cross those, that's for sure.
Alright, there's three in there now.
I'm shocked.
Well, there we go.
It's moving a little bit, but it held.
It feels like you're putting
a full happy meal toy in your hair. (laughs)
Oh, it's not staying in your hair?
Your hair's thicker than mine.
So, that makes sense.
Let me just see if I slide it along,
as if I was trying to pin back a piece of hair.
Ow!
It hurts.
The teeth, like, grab on.
You can't--
That's as far as I could get it in.
Oh, and now I can't slide it back out
'cause the teeth are grabbing it.
Oh, that scares me.
I've got, like, three or four of those in my bun.
I'm not putting those things in my hair again.
I don't care.
Once your bun is in,
if you have a cute little accessory like this,
you can wrap it around the base and tie it and it's done.
Unintended bonus.
With the earrings and the turtle neck and the scarf,
this feels kind of 70's and I like it.
Hey-yo.
Guess who forgot to put on lip product?
Pardon me while I put on some lipstick
to complete this look.
Can I just say,
Luminesse sent me their Lion King collection.
So good.
And then, I really like the hairspray that I used yesterday.
I don't feel any crunch or weight on my hair at all.
And I do feel, like, between the mousse and the hairspray,
my curls stayed well.
So, already, a thumbs up for those.
Like, there's no weird texture on my hair or anything.
I will absolutely use them again.
So, now that I know I love those,
let's try something else. (laughs)
I'm gonna use this TRESemme compressed micro mist.
And this is their hold level one.
Just because I don't wanna add anything
super holdy onto my hair, 'cause then it could contribute
to the texture or crunch as the days go on.
You always have to think about that.
If you're adding products in,
you're adding onto all the stuff you've already done.
So you don't ever want to go too hard.
Which is why we're doing this one.
Just gonna keep these curls rocking to the next day.
Oh yeah.
So, that it our second day hairstyle.
Again, I put so much work into the first day,
so that my second and third day are the easiest ever.
This takes like two minutes.
It looks really cute.
And I really like this.
I think I'm gonna put it in my rotation
for whenever I'm running behind.
Which is, always.
Hello, and welcome to day three.
Alright, things are holding up pretty well, I think.
Now the curl pattern is a little bit looser.
There's a little bit more oil up top.
But, all in all, I've gotta say,
the volume and the curl stayed.
So, ten out of ten.
Loving the products I used at the beginning of this.
So that being said, let's do today's hair.
Now, my roots are not betraying me too badly right now.
However, as we all know, as it goes throughout the day,
you get more oil.
So, to keep everything looking good,
gonna use some dry shampoo.
I've got an old favorite.
This is the Herbal Essences Cleanse
white strawberry and sweet mint dry shampoo.
This stuff smell bomb.
And if you can hear, (shaking bottle)
there is not much left in there (laughs).
I like the Herbal Essences dry shampoos
because there's not a lot of fanfare.
Like, they help to clean and absorb.
But, it's not super texturey or anything like that.
It's just very lightweight and it gets the job done.
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And now, for the hairstyle.
I'm going to start by loosely sweeping my hair back
into a middle pony tail.
Short hair, just switch this to a half updo,
and continue to follow the steps.
There you go.
And if you want to utilize some pony tail tricks
to make it a little perkier, fuller, whatever,
go ahead and do that.
Be my guest.
I'm gonna stop here, 'cause I think it's cute.
But I want to use another accessory that I found at Target,
because this is so cute.
I love this kind of blush, beige leopard print.
I'm just gonna put this right on top of my head
and then pull it around and underneath my pony tail.
And from here, I just wanna make a couple adjustments.
First things first,
I'm going to loose some of the hair around my face.
Folding under part of the back of it,
just to kind of take down the volume right here.
Then I'm gonna loosen up the hair behind the headband
and wrap some hair around my elastic.
And this is done.
And there's our day three hairstyle.
It is cute.
It makes the most of whatever texture you have left.
And, if necessary, the headband can cover your roots.
But, you know, dry shampoo can also help with that.
Headband, dry shampoo.
One or both, always good.
And there you go.
Those are three days of hairstyles.
From literal start to finish using only drugstore products.
I had such a fun time making this.
It was really fun to both shop my own stash,
but also go into Target and pick out things from there
for this video.
If you guys also enjoyed it,
you can hit the like button
and tell me in the comments
if you'd like to see more of this.
I was thinking it could be super fun
to do this at places like Wal-Mart or CVS, as well.
So, if you'd like to see that, let me know.
As far as the products that I used in this video,
I think all but the plastic bobby pins were a home run.
(laughs)
I really enjoyed the oil treatment and the mousse.
I though the hairspray was definitely good.
But the mousse and the oil treatment are the ones
I'm most excited about.
Continuing to use as time goes on.
I also hope this was some good hair inspo for you guys.
I know that I go in with the intricate hairstyles a lot.
But every now and then it's fun to just throw together
something that literally takes two minutes
and looks super cute.
But if you want to see more intricate stuff
or you like this kind of laid back stuff,
let me know in the comments.
Always want to know what you guys wanna see.
With that being said, that's it for today's video.
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Muah.
Bye!
Nailed it!
♪ Gotten what I started fightin' for ♪
- [Kayley] Oh my god, right in the nostalgia.
I can't wait for four.
Wait, is that coming out on my birthday week?
'Cause that's when the new Pixar's coming out.
Oh my gosh.
I'm gonna be a 30 year old watching Toy Story
for my birthday.