I have quite thin hair which makes it easy to style, but unfortunately the styling does not always last super long if it e.g. is damp outside. To you who have the same problem, I want to recommend a primer for the hair!

You have probably heard of both face primer and eye primer, but hair primer is not as talked about. A hair primer has the same basic properties as all other primers - it prolongs durability.

Living Proof (the brand that Jennifer Aniston's hair stylist uses on her) has a hair primer that is very described and popular, and this autumn it also came in a variant for us with thin and fine hair! The spray is more precisely called "Living Proof Prime Style Extender Spray" and should double the shelf life of your hair styling.

I do not style my hair super often if I am to be honest, but the little I do but this spray I experience very positively! The spray itself does not feel at all in the hair, I think, which for this purpose is positive, and it smells fresh and good and is easy to apply!

When you have showered and towel-dried the hair, you spray the primer all over the hair, even in the roots, and when you then style your hair, you can supplement with more styling products if you want.

I have not found it on any Swedish website, but I think it is possible to order to Sweden from Livingproof.com. But the brand is found in a lot of hair salons as well.

Perfect investment for New Year's Eve perhaps? :)

Hug, Helena

My second make-up blog Helenaronnblad is filled with new New Year's make-up from time to time throughout December, and yesterday I made up Miska's mother to show you a New Year's make-up that is not on my young face for once :)

Before and after!

Make-up that lifts the eyes
Oili has really nice big eyelids, but they have started to hang a little with age so I chose to do a make-up that highlights and lifts the gaze, and which is both light and dark as completely dark make-up can feel a little too hard on people who do not usually put on make-up. Often.

To lift the gaze, you can apply all the dark above the eye, and not put makeup at all on the underside (I have not put anything at all under the eye, Oili has naturally dark lashes so they actually look painted already). Filling in the eyebrows, brightening the innermost part of the eyelid and just below the eyebrow also has an uplifting effect that gives a more alert look.

Eyelashes are also good for lifting the gaze, unfortunately we got in such a hurry that I only had time to paint mascara without donating so much more. But curved lashes (and preferably natural false eyelashes if you do not have a lot of lashes yourself) are recommended! Then automatically all sharp transitions on the eye shadow will also look more diffuse when you look straight ahead.

Choice of eye shadows
I have chosen to use almost exclusively completely matte eye shadows, as shimmer can emphasize fine lines. But I have finished with a shimmery shadow right at the bottom of the eyelid (where Oili has no lines) plus a really small glittery glitter dab a little on all the light.

If you dabble in just a little glitter, it is not around all lines, so then it usually goes well without them being highlighted, as long as you have, as I said, founded with a matte shade.

I also chose a nice dark purple color, which is colorful at the same time as it is dark and gloomy. Super nice!

Lips
I have not painted the lips at all, but I have highlighted the contours with the help of the basic make-up.

Basic make-up
Foundation, Yag mineral Mineralfoundation in the shade Soft Cream.
Highlighter (including under the eyes), Paese Kashmir Matte Light Eyeshadow (667 Candles)
Rouge, Golden Rose Powder Blush (out of stock but coming again soon!)
Sun powder, Yag mineral Bronz Mica

Eyebrows and eyeliner
I have used the same eyebrow product for the eyebrows and eyeliner, but different shades. It is a creamy white application and then becomes waterproof and rub-proof. It is Anastasia Dipbrow Pomade in the shades Dark Brown and Ebony.

Eyes
Purple eye shadow, Paese Kashmir Eyeshadow (shade 674)
Light, matte eye shadow, Paese Kashmir Matte Light Eyeshadow (667 Candles)
Light, shimmery eye shadow, Annika's Favorite Shadow.
Small-grained glitter, Kryolan (no retailer can be found on the internet)

Hope you were inspired! :)

I have written a post about professional teeth whitening on my blog Helenaronnblad.se, you can have a look at that post here!

For a smile is the finest make-up you can have, and therefore I have brushed up my teeth a little extra with a teeth whitening so that they can be seen even more :)

I want to write a bit about this on Modern Mom too, so that no one who is interested in this misses! This is because Emelie Nixon, or "Stjärnornas Tandblekare" as she is also called as she is an obvious choice for many famous people, she has now also started making bookings in Uppsala!

So all of you from Uppsala and near Uppsala, you no longer have to go all the way to Stockholm to get the perfect teeth whitening :)

Emelie works selected days at the salon Creative Make Up (in the middle of town, near the bus and train station) and you can call and book on 018 - 10 50 13 or text on 070 78 67 699! The normal price is SEK 4,500, but right now she has an offer for only SEK 2,900!

Here are before and after pictures of my teeth that Emelie bleached the other day!

Emelie uses Brilliant Smile, which is the leading method in clinic bleaching in Sweden. She is a trained dental nurse and is, as I said, very sought after, and if you look through her Instagram (@Enixontandblekning) you will recognize almost every smile! Most recently yesterday was e.g. Linus Svenning there who made himself smile-ready for the Melodifestivalen 2015, and 5 days ago both Agneta Sjödin and Tobias Karlsson were there and became Luciafina. And in November, she even faded in a live broadcast on Malou After Ten!

I think it is important to mention this with famous people, because they are people who are often seen and who probably ask around which is the best before they choose where they want to whiten their teeth. And since I write here on Laila and Pernilla's page, I can also mention that Pernilla's brother Niclas Wahlgren has also got a whiter smile from Emelie :)

If you want to read / see more of the treatment itself, click on mine blog posts about it, I have both written about how it works + posted the clip from Malou After Ten where you can see very clearly how Emelie works!

I wanted as white teeth as possible, and when we looked at the shade scale with different tooth shades before, I was 5 shades darker than the lightest on the scale. And after the bleaching, my teeth were even whiter than the lightest! :)

If you have any questions, shout out!