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The Future of Beauty Shopping

Michelle Martin — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:30:15 +0000

So how many ladies have run in to the same dilemma as we have… You run out of a make up product, head to your favorite beauty store and end up spending hours looking for the next best thing. The testers and used makeup palettes are not so appealing or by any means hygienic. Then the sales associate attempts to apply the product on your hand to get the idea if it will match your face? And at some point you just give up, check out, go home and discover you don’t even love the product at all and will end up going right back where you started. Sound familiar? Recently we discovered Choix, a new way to try and buy makeup online. We are convinced that this start-up company is the future of beauty shopping in the most convenient way possible. We know this because we had the pleasure to try them out ourselves by picking a few samples online, from our favorite brands such as Chanel, Dior and Benefit. And after trying the products out for a few days and knowing for sure if they truly work for our skin type, we then proceeded to purchase the full size product knowing […]

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The Ultimate Blowout + Giveaway

admin — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 13:46:21 +0000

Every few weeks I seem to fall deep into what I like to call a “hair rut”. I get bored or frustrated with my current look and want something fresh and new. I usually start texting my stylist, Ashley, around this time with different photos I have found on Pinterest of ideas I want to try. And since she is located in Warrenton, I usually can only make it out to see her once every 7 weeks. After studying Ashley’s techniques and filming multiple tutorials with her, I have started to catch on a bit more about how to style my hair but I never seem to achieve the greatness that I leave the salon with at home. That is where the professional blowout comes into play. I have to admit, I was a blowout virgin and before my experience with Cherry Blow Dry Bar and I am so happy they invited me in because now I have a solution to my hair boredom and a way to pull through until my next salon appointment. Cherry Blow Dry Bar in Arlington has created a space where customers can come in, get a professional wash, the ultimate blowout and a unique style all at […]

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