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DEAL ALERT: Keratin Treatment

May 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment

I need to go off-topic for a moment. Back in February I posted (see that post here) about how I got the Keratin treatment done at Bernard’s Salon in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. It was a life-changing experience and I don’t know how I survived without the Keratin treatment in the past.  My hair is so much healthier and definitely easier to manage. I’ve been telling myself that in the next month or so it’s time to get another treatment done. I had my first treatment done about 4 months ago, and I feel like it’s getting time for another. Rosa did an amazing job on my hair and I look forward to her doing this process again.

So imagine my happiness when I saw that today’s Groupon is for a Keratin treatment at Bernard’s Salon! Click here to get the awesome deal! You get the Keratin treatment, highlights, and a one-hour blow dry styling for $199! This is an awesome deal.  This deal doesn’t last forever though – you must get it by Thursday June 2nd at 11:59pm. Once the clock strikes midnight the deal is DONE!

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A trip over the bridge to Jilly B’s Boutique & Treats

April 27, 2011 by 3 Comments

I had an appointment at Bernard’s  Salon and Spa in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. I arrived a few minutes early and I noticed that a few doors down there was this cute little boutique called Jilly B’s Boutique & Treats. I had a few  minutes to kill before my appointment, so I figured I’d browse around. When I first walked in I noticed my favorite – CUPCAKES!! I’m always up for trying cupcakes from different places so I wanted to pick up a few. They also had frozen yogurt with many different flavors and toppings, chocolate covered pretzels, candy, cookies, beverages and other treats.  They also sell other things such as aprons,  accessories, gift baskets, jewelry, vases, stationary, etc.

The staff was very nice – I was asked if I needed help with anything and I appreciated that. I love when the workers interact with the customers and genuinely show interest.  I mentioned that I had an appointment a few doors down but I’d definitely be back to buy somethings.

I decided that I was going to pick 4 flavors of cupcakes. It was VERY hard to narrow it down, but I did. Here’s what I picked:

The flavors that I chose were Cookies n Cream, Chocolate Cupcake with Chocolate Buttercream, Vanilla Cupcake with Chocolate Buttercream and Vanilla Cupcake with Vanilla Buttercream.

Now let me start off by saying that I had to pick flavors that would interest both myself and my other half. Although I’d love to eat all 4 cupcakes myself, that was just not something that would be good for my waistline! Mr. Curly Fry is into chocolate big time – so I knew I was safe going with a few cupcakes that involved chocolate in some way, shape or form.

Cookies n Cream Cupcake with Vanilla Buttercream and an Oreo garnish:

I’m a sucker for all things Cookies n Cream so when I saw this cupcake I just knew it was going home with me.  It was a pretty good cupcake – the cupcake itself didn’t wow me like I thought it would. It was a vanilla cupcake with oreo crumbs throughout. It was generously topped with some Vanilla Buttercream. The Vanilla Buttercream was good, but not the best that I’ve had. I felt like it was missing something. I think vanilla bean added in would have gone perfectly in the buttercream. Another suggestion would be to top it off with Oreo Buttercream icing – that always wins me over!

Chocolate Cupcake with Chocolate Buttercream:


When it was time to break out the cupcakes for the tasting, Mr. Curly Fry went right for this one.  I barely got a bite of it! The cupcake was very good – nice and moist. The Chocolate Buttercream was outstanding – definitely the best icing out of the bunch. It was the perfect sweetness and it just left me wanting more.

Vanilla Cupcake with Chocolate Buttercream:


This Cupcake had the Chocolate Buttercream on it as well, so you should know that I barely got to taste it! Mr. Curly Fry gobbled this one right up. The Chocolate Buttercream was the star of the show yet again! The Vanilla Cupcake was good – I definitely can’t complain. But out of the Chocolate Cupcake and the Vanilla Cupcake we would pick the Chocolate one, hands down.

Vanilla Cupcake with Vanilla Buttercream:


Part of me actually regrets choosing this flavor. It had the exact same icing as the Cookies n Cream cupcake, and by the time I got to this one I was kind of over the Vanilla Buttercream. I *almost* chose the Carrot Cake Cupcake, but decided against it since Mr. Curly Fry doesn’t like that flavor. But now I wish I got that one. I’m confident that it would’ve had a Cream Cheese icing of some sort on it and it would have been a change for my taste buds. But aside from that, the cupcake was good.

So it seems that the stars of the show were the Cupcakes with the Chocolate Buttercream – next time I’m in that shopping center I’ll pick up a few of those for Mr. Curly Fry and I’ll pick up a few new flavors to try myself.  I will also be picking up some of that Frozen Yogurt to taste.

Checkout their store menu so you can see everything they have to offer.

Check out Jilly B’s on Facebook!

STORE ADDRESS
100 Springdale Road
Cherry Hill, NJ 08003

STORE HOURS
Sun, Mon, Tue: 11:00am – 8:00pm
Wed, Thu: 10:00am – 9:00pm
Fri, Sat: 10:00am – 10:00pm

 

 

 

 

 

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Keratin treatment

February 14, 2011 by 2 Comments

I know this blog is 99% about food, but I have to go off topic for just one post. Over the weekend I finally bit the bullet and got a Keratin treatment done on my hair. I have naturally curly hair but I’ve been straightening it. Because you know how it goes – everyone that has curly hair wants straight hair, and everyone with straight hair wants curly hair! It would usually take at minimum a half hour to blow dry my hair every morning. And that always involved three different brushes — your flat brush, your small barrel brush, and your large barrel brush.

A little while ago I saw a LivingSocial deal for highlights and a Keratin treatment for $199 at a Salon & Spa that I tried out once for a massage & facial. This was just the little push that I needed to give it a try. So I bought the deal and knew from that point on I was locked in. Fast forward to my appointment on Saturday. I had to schedule an early appointment since that day was my niece’s 4th birthday and we were celebrating it with dinner and of course cake!

I arrived at my appointment and the first thing up was my highlights. I wasn’t planning on getting any highlights, but it came with it so why not? We actually decided to do a more natural color for my highlights so that it blended my hair a little better (I am growing out highlights from a year ago) and I LOVE how it turned out.  So the next part was the Keratin treatment.

Since I got the highlights first, they had to blow dry my hair and make sure it was 110% dry before starting the Keratin treatment. Once my hair was completely dry, she started the treatment. In sections she sprayed the treatment on my hair and combed it in. Once my whole head was completely done, I sat there for about 10 minutes. The next step was to blow dry my hair. Again, it had to be completely dry. The final step was to flat iron all of my hair in small sections.

So needless to say this is quite a process, and it definitely takes time. I was there from about 9am – 2:15pm. So it’s not a quick thing to have done. But I will tell you this – it’s DEFINITELY worth the time and the money. Instead of the 3 brushes and 30 minutes to blow dry my hair, this morning it took me less than 5 minutes and I didn’t even have to use a brush while blow drying it. I was shocked – I knew that the whole process would be easy, but I didn’t think it would be that easy!

So it’s safe to say that I’m thrilled with how it came out and I don’t know that I’ll be able to live without it now! It lasts about 40-50 washes. So it could be anywhere from 3 – 4 months.  I know that I will definitely get this done again. So a shout out to Rosa at Bernard’s Salon & Spa in Cherry Hill, NJ. She did a wonderful job and I would totally recommend that you go to her if you live in the area.

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