Rainbow Hair Balayage with Honey Highlights on Medium Brown

Very happy with my rainbow hair!  My thanks to my hairdresser Dolly for her fabulous work.  Honey highlights.  Rainbow colours being blue, purple and red.

Here is a picture of the colour when taken outside.  Different light, different perception.

Update:  
First wash one week later (dry shampoo during the week) with cold water.  Conditioner only wash to help retain colour.

Update #2:
6 days later, wash #2.  Bought sulphate free L'Oreal color care shampoo to use.  Washed in warm water as my shower has no cold and then conditioned with Matrix Biolage Detangling Solution which also contains no sulphates.  Lots of blue dye going down the drain.

Update#3:
Wash #3 6 days later.  The honey highlights at the bottom are definitely morphing as they take on the darker colors.

Bahia Principe San Juan a la Carte Restaurant & Menu - Part 3 (Takara) - January 2016

Please see Part 1 for information related to all a la carte restaurants at the resort.

Takara

 

Interior views of the restaurant.  Please note this is not fully enclosed.  There are some big open windows should you feel the need for a sweater in winter months.  Sorry, we had seating at 7pm, not our usual 6:30 slot so the pictures have more patrons in them than usual.
 

 This a la carte restaurant is also not full sit down.  Again, the buffet is for the appetizer and dessert.  You just choose your main course.  You can see the buffet in the picture directly above.

Welcome drink was lime tasting.  

 

My husband's appetizer selections.  Spring roll, crab claws (not tasting too much crab, probably just fish), sushi (definitely not to Oriental standards!), smoked salmon, some tempura

 I chose some crab claws, a spring roll, a beef satay skewer (or is it a lamb brochette?), some noodles, shrimp cocktail and a fried shrimp crisp.

My main course was the Emperor's Caprices - shrimp and squid tempura (apparently that means one each), and duck yakitori.  I do not know where the sushi is or was but it was not there.  It came with a sweet dipping sauce.  The duck was moist as was expected and tasty.  The tempura was nice too.  All paired well with the sauce.

My husband chose the chicken brochette with pineapple and a sweet sauce. He did not like the sauce himself.

As usual I had ice cream for dessert. I took this picture because of the unusual plate.

Bahia Principe San Juan a la carte Restaurant & Menu - Part 2 (La Dolce Vita) - January 2016

Please see part 1 for information that applies to all a la carte restaurants at the resort.

la Dolce Vita

This is the entrance to the restaurant.  Please note this is not enclosed so you know how to dress.  When we went (this pic is not taken that day) it was raining a lot.  We were in the middle but the overhang is over far enough not to affect patrons.  Water was dripping in areas and there were towels on the floor to catch water and prevent spills.

  

This restaurant is not full sit down.  As you see from the picture directly above, you go to the buffet to select your appetizers and dessert.  All you have to do is choose your main course.

  I chose a small pizza, grilled zucchini, one ravioli, shrimp, squid and fish tempura.  I am not much of a fish eater (though the resort is full of fish) but the fish tempura was very good.  The pizza is a cross between bread and a biscuit texture.  Not too keen on it.   Welcome drink was yellow and strawberry daiquiri as usual. 

My husband's appetizer plate.

I chose the lasagna bolognese.  Not bad considering the pasta is the usual gumminess. 

My husband chose the four seasons pizza.  It was huge.  He could only eat half.

We had ice cream again for dessert so no need to take a pic.  Just know their ice cream is nice and creamy when it is nice and cold and firm.

Bahia Principe San Juan a la Carte Restaurant & Menu - Part 1 (Orquidea) - January 2016

As with all a la carte restaurants, dress code in effect.  Long pants and shirts for men.  Ladies, since the men have to dress nice, do not come in shorts.  A la cartes are nice restaurants.  Please dress appropriately to match (i.e. simple resort maxi dress and flip flops).
First available bookings start at 6:30pm.  Please note as with all resort a la carte restaurants, they only do one full seating for the night so while it may look like many tables are empty, they are reserved for later times.
Remember they have to cater to people's tastes from all different parts of the world so if you do not enjoy your meal or are not satisfied with the portions, a short walk to the buffet after should do the trick.

Orquidea

This is the Mediterranean Restaurant.  Full sit down meal. 
Please note there is a door leading out to the buffet but is really an exit only.  The buffet workers told us we could use that as an entrance and we ended up waiting inside while everyone else was waiting outside for the doors to open.  Felt like we jumped the line which was uncomfortable. 

 

Below are some pictures of the interior of the restaurant.  Restaurant is fully enclosed.

 

 A welcome drink is served upon arrival in each restaurant.  I ordered a strawberry daiquiri as well.

My husband ordered a mojito.

We both ordered the velvet crab bisque soup with mushroom ravioli.  Very deep crab flavour.  We laughed at the single ravioli.  Please remember this is the Dominican.  Their pasta is very similar to Mexico and is quite pasty in texture.  The only pasta where you may not notice that texture difference is in the spaghetti.  Please do not eat this thinking it will be like North American pasta or you will be disappointed.

I ordered the mixed salad with goat cheese roulade with a french dressing.  The goat cheese is breaded and crisped up and in the picture look like two light brown balls on either side of the lettuce.  There were two prunes as well.  The sweet tastes with the salad were very nice along with the cheese.

My husband ordered smoked salmon and shrimp twists with Caribbean fruit.  The salmon was a tartare style.  He would have preferred if it had been sliced as the texture was different.

I decided to go vegetarian and ordered the classic ratatouille.  It's vegetables.  Should I comment?

My husband ordered the lamb mignonettes with thyme and honey.  This was a home run for him and he would definitely re-order.

We both ordered the chocolate and cream cheese semifreddo with forest fruit coulis.