Lazy Ombre Hair

A new or old hair fad is the 'ombre hair'. Ever heard of it? Here are a collection of a population of ombre hair looks on Tumblr.

I think it trended last year and then it was gone or back, who knows but I definitely read more about it now. When done well, it looks nice but when not, I agree that it does look like somebody was tooooo lazy to get their roots done.

The other day, a teen summer student in the lab commented on my hair on the rare days I let my hair down. "Wow, you're hair is ombre. Did you just get that done?". It took me 2 and a half seconds to process and realize that she was talking about the leftover red/brown hair color from a dye I got almost a year and a half ago. I was sort of embarrassed but answered gracefully with a ...yes! And it took a year to process!

I just looked over some pictures I took over the weekend and I can now clearly see what she was talking about.  I rarely get to see my hair from the back like this.

I really need to dye my hair already or leave it and embrace my new 'OMBRE' look :) Does this count as a DIY?

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Biodome de Montreal

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Gimme some cat love [Timo Weiland dress]

Getting some kitty love while resting on the floor in my Timo Weiland cocktail dress I bought at the 'Of A Kind' Roadshow! I took this picture after returning from a wedding. I don't have any good pictures of me in the dress so I guess I'll have to show it off another time.

The cat actually has no love for me. He was stretched out comfortably resting in the middle of the floor so I decided to bug him by resting my head on top of his tummy. He sniffed me, contemplated and then got away.

Tender hair care [Josie Maran's Argan oil]

After years of neglect, absent use of hair conditioner, I hope to finally treat you right, hair.

After using Josie Maran's daily face moisturizer for over 2 months now and seeing something different, I decided that Argan oil will also do some good for my hair. My poor poor unloved brittle hair. I just don't like the greasy residue conditioner leaves in my hair AND bathtub.

Share your miracle hair care with me? But it has to be super low maintenance as I can't commit to anything that takes more than 3 minutes :)

xx

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nykeiko eats: NYC Restaurant Week 2012-Park Avenue Summer

This Restaurant Week we tried two new places. 'Park Avenue Summer' is the first one and it was highly recommended by a couple of my colleagues. I was really excited about this one. I'm always excited about restaurants that serve recipes based on seasonal availabilities. You're guaranteed to taste the freshest of the crops. So I learned that 'Park Avenue' not only changes their menu with seasonal transitions but also the entire interior decor.  Subsequently, the name of the restaurant changes too...

  

The food itself was quite interesting. You can taste every flavor of every ingredient on your plate and there was definitively freshness in everything. 

We were 6 people and therefore got to order a lot of things from the menu and we shared a couple of bites from each other's plates. Surprisingly, the free range chicken was tender and flavorful but not so much can be said about the rest of the entrees. The puree that came with my salmon was not fantastic but I still ate all of it. Someone said..it has a little bit of a 'Windex' taste which is definitely NOT a good thing but it was more like wheat grass taste too which is really not a flavor that everyone can appreciate. My favorites were the appetizers since everything tasted delicious. 

The menu

A nice amuse bouche (watermelons) while we looked over the menu

The APPETIZERS

Muscle and Squid Ink pasta. Spicy and salty.

Crispy soft shell crab

A nice beet (yellow and red) salad

The MAINS

Free Range chicken

Organic salmon

The Trout

DESSERTS

Praline parfait with extra crunchie something

The Pana Cotta

Would I recommend this place? Yes but not for Restaurant week although the price is worth it!

Enjoy!

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