Hair oil is a product I use on a daily basis, so always glad to welcome another one to my beauty life – this time is the Superdrug Hair Therapy Oil with Argan.
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Review: The Wet Brush
You know that story that you shouldn’t brush you hair when wet? Yeah… Then comes The Wet Brush to make the practice safe (sounds serious!).
Product review: Garnier Ultimate Blends Marvellous Transformer range
Oh, the British weather. It plays havoc with our locks. My hair took a battering since moving to London many moons ago. And for ladies like me, Garnier is launching the Ultimate Blends range.
Since going to the launch event, I have been using all products of the Marvellous Transformer line, which aims to restore shine to dry, lifeless hair and contains a shampoo, conditioner, 1-minute treatment mask and hair oil.
They contain argan and camellia oils to deeply nourish and restore much needed life and glow to the tresses.
Product Review: Original Mineral Frizzy Logic Shine Serum
Original Mineral, a multi-award winning Aussie haircare brand, is now being stock by Selfridges, and they threw a little hair-styling party to celebrate.
Apart from my lovely waves, I left the event with a bottle of their Frizzy Logic Shine Serum, which my hair is very grateful for, especially at this time of the year.
London Fashion week beauty
MAC eyes for Vivienne Westwood; hair for Topshop Unique
Of course I love the clothes, but what really caught my eyes were the accompanying nails, hair and make up during LFW.
The nails, hair and especially make up at Vivienne Westwood’s Reb Label show were simply amazing – MAC delivered exotic peacock eyes and burgundy defined cheeks and nails were painted each in a different shade of green/blue. I adore bold eyes and will try to replicate at home soon! Also growing fonder of the mismatched nail colours, quite daring for me as to this day I have always painted all my nails one colour at a time!
Nails for Topshop Unique, House of Holland and Vivienne Westwood
Topshop Unique delighted us with sensational, “gold-plated” locks (applying gold leaves on hair) and blue, gold and pink painted nails with hieroglyphics – pure “Queen of the Nile” lush.
House of Holland gave us “ombre” nails – colour at the bottom, no colour at the top of the talons. Elle has even published a “how to“, if you’d like to try – I don’t think I will myself, as the final aspect doesn’t seem very tidy, but I might try the technique with two colours!
Hair and make up for Meadham Kirchhoff's show
Mary Kantrazou‘s models brought bold coloured lips to the catwalk, including blue, green and grey! Quite enjoyed seeing it.
I feasted my eyes with the styling at Meadham Kirchhoff show – a circus-like bonanza, with bouffant wigs, neon and pastel lips and eyes, colourful nails with the cutest motifs (mainly, there was a vagina one!) and plenty of glitter.
I can definitely spot some trends here, such as each nail painted on a different colour, patterns and bold eyes, as well as pastel colours on make up for the summer. The fresh-faced, natural look with barely there make up also graced a lot of shows.
As far as make up, nails and hair on the catwalk go, London outdoes New York by a mile, and even though light beige nails and a more natural make up, which were predominant in NY, have been spotted here, the opposing variety in London was far greater, and in my opinion, better and more fun!
French and fishtail plaits
At the moment, I am very much into doing different things to my hair. I have always been a straightened-hair-down kinda girl, mainly because I suffered from severe acne in my younger years, and used my fringe to my best advantage.
Two courses of Roaccutane and advancing age later, I am much more comfortable in my own skin (literally) and I am even welcoming the pull back dos (check my post on ballerina buns) , which were a big no-no in the past!
Plaits were, as well as the ballerina buns, a big part of my life when growing up. My mum was a big fan of many forms of plaiting and side ponytails. I learnt how to plait my hair very young, and for most of my life, they played the “bad hair day” ally part.
What I never learnt was to do a French plait – this was always a frustration of mine. And I had never heard (or seen) a fishtail plait until very recently.
So, as with all the things I like, I decided to give it a go. Armed with a comb and Youtube, I found video tutorials to help me fulfill my plaited dream.
Holiday hair - but where's the sun?
I found the French plait particularly useful for when on holidays. When done in the fringe, it kind of tidies up the frizziness of the whole hair, resulting on a “polished” wild look.
As for the fishtail, I just find it prettier than a normal side plait; it is more interesting, I like the texture on it – after finishing it, I usually scruff it up a bit, to get a more natural, less tight look. It also helps to keep the strands of hair that are too short for a side plait tighter. For both, it took me a few attempts to get it right, but now I am able to do them quite quickly!
Here is the tutorial I used for the fishtail plaits and the French plait, both by FoxyLocks on YouTube.
It is so nice to wake up and think we have options that won’t take you ages to achieve, before reaching out to the good old straightener!
Bad hair day bun
Not too bad hair!
A bad hair day, for me, consists mainly of unwashed hair. Apart from dirt, there is nothing ghd‘s won’t fix.
I wash my hair pretty much every day. This week, however, a 2-day unwashed hair got me. Let me explain: while for most people, washing their hair every two, even three or more days is quite normal, for me is unbearable. Not only because my hair is quite fine and looks dirty quite easily (really, in 24 hours), but also because I KNOW it hasn’t been washed, and that causes me paranoia.
I found a friend in Batiste, the dry shampoo, which has saved me from many sticky situations in the past. However, for my fine hair, after a few hours the Batiste effect starts to fade.
I’ve always had a love affair with ballerina buns – probably because I spent a lot of my early life wearing them.
The fact they sprung back into fashion made me quite happy, but my hair is so fine it doesn’t amount to much, even though it is long – only a pathetic tiny drop sitting in the middle of my head.
So I bought a ballerina bun foundation ring, which gives me the volume I need, and produces perfect buns in a few minutes! I have fallen in love with the hair buns all over again.
Now my bad hair days are not that bad!
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