Four Most Used Hair Products

My hair is my favourite thing about me.  It has always seemed so healthy and nice looking.  But years of dying and straightening had taken it's toll and it got to a point in the spring where my hair was looking a little dull and excessive amounts of hair seemed to be falling out every time I touched it.

Back in July I made the decision to grow my hair, and I decided that I was going to take it seriously.  No more dying, and no more straightening!  I prefer my hair short and red, so this has been a real challenge.  I haven't touched a single drop of hair dye and well, I have straightened my hair, but only the bare minimum.  The last five months of no hair dying has been so tough.  Each time I go in to the supermarket I eye up the hair dyes before reminding myself NO! The roots, don't get me started on those light brown roots!

So what products have I been using on my hair?  There are four main products that I have been using.


Renewing Moroccan Argan Penetrating Oil

I randomly picked this up in the supermarket when looking for a hair oil before dying my hair.  I immediately fell in love with it.  Firstly it smells so good!!  I could smell my hair all day.  I apply this to damp, towel dried hair.  I then comb it through and blow dry.  This oil makes my hair feel so soft and creates a little shine.  My hair is no longer dry and feels so silky.  I will purchase this time and time again.  My hair has never felt so soft!


Batiste Dry Shampoo - Cherry

My Mum once told to never use dry shampoo as it's bad for your hair.  I honestly have no idea how true that it.  But I didn't listen to her and went ahead and bought the stuff anyway.  Then again, and again.  I first bought dry shampoo went I went to a festival and felt like it really freshened up my hair.  Now I use it in between washes.  I don't wash my hair very often.  Only once, or twice a week.  Gross I know.  I do have some excuses though.  Firstly, I have my hair up in a bun every day for work.  Newly washed hair and buns just don't go well together. Also I have such a busy life and... ok yes I would get time to wash my hair. Maybe I am just lazy.  Anyhow, using this dry shampoo in between hair washes gets rid of the oil leaving it feeling fresh and cleaner.  The cherry flavour smells good too.  Just make sure you massage this product through your hair!! The first time I used this I didn't and ended up with grey looking hair.  Not a good look!


Head & Shoulders

I use this product as I feel it is one of the few shampoos that gives me a thorough wash.  It smells so good, my hair smells like apples!  My hair feels so clean after using this product.  If I have been adding a lot of hair spray to my hair styles I feel that this product completely washes that out.  I will always have a stock of this shampoo.


Johnson's Baby Shampoo

Babies can use it.  So can I.  Don't you just love the smell of baby shampoo?  I feel like this stuff gives my hair a good enough wash.  I give my hair one wash with Head & Shoulders first, then Baby Shampoo for the second wash.  Another plus of using this is that I get shampoo in my eyes all the time, with this product I don't get that awful red eye puffy look after my shower.  I am sold!


Can you recommend any hair products to me?

Mmmm Chocolate

For ages I have been dying to dye my hair.  My faded red hair and light brown roots were really starting to annoy me, but I couldn't decide on whether to go red again, or brown, or stick to my natural hair colour.  However in the last week I made up my mind to dye my hair dark brown.  So today I went along to Boots, and bought the hair dye.

The hair dye I used was L'Oreal Casting Creme Gloss in Chocolate (535).  I always use this brand of hair dye as it has never failed me before with the colours I have chosen, and it smells absolutely lovely!  Here are the results...

If you want to see what my hair looked like previously, then you can do so in my previous post.

I also took a couple of outfit pictures as I am in love with my red tights!

Dress:  Primark
Tights: Topshop

I am so tired, I even look horribly tired, so I think I need a good nights sleep before university and lots of essay writing tomorrow!

Back To University!

Yesterday I packed my cases (I had accumulated far too much over the last few weeks), loaded the car and headed back to university. I wasn't looking forward to coming back, I was quite comfy at my parents house and would have quite happily stayed for another few weeks. However I had classes today so had to come back.

As I had not seen everyone in a few weeks I wanted to look nice. I'm not quite sure why, my housemates have seen me make-up less, wearing pajamas and generally looking like a tramp but nevertheless, I felt like wearing nice clothes.  Here's what I wore (with a lovely view of half of my university room):

Blouse: Republic
Black vest top: Primark
Shorts: River Island
Belt: Primark
Leggings: Primark
Shoes: Schuh

I also had a haircut yesterday!
Before:

After:

I think this may be the first full picture of my face on this blog.
I need to learn to smile in self-taken pictures!

Not exactly a lot of difference but I'm trying to grow my hair!

Hope you all have a good week :)

Twenty-Twelve

The year is almost up!  It's had its ups and downs.  In fact, if I'm honest, it's mostly been downs.  But in the last month things have turned around and become good again.  I am not here to remember the bad times though, so here I am with the good times of 2012.

So 2012 didn't start off too bad.

Then in April I saw Lostprophets in Wales and Birmingham (where I met a few of them).

I went to Download Festival in June.

I went to the Olympics.

I got pierced.

I started doing pole dancing.  I started boxercise classes.  Also in the last 2 months I have lost 1 stone (although have probably put it all back on in the last week).

Then there's my different hairstyles of 2012.

So there's my 2012.  I hope you all have a great 2013!!