Batiste Dry Shampoo

I HATE washing my hair. Maybe it's something derived from Sunday nights spent having my waist length hair washed as a child and the tears as all the knots got brushed out.


Now my hair is really fine and as disgusting as it sounds sometimes it needs a little grease for it to hold any style.
My love of dry shampoo started a good few years ago and it means I can have clean looking hair, but without having to wash my hair every other day.


Good news too - they now come in 400ml bottles!

I've recently been using the 'tropical' can - great scent and at the rate I get through them it means I'll have this bottle for at least a month.


You can also get travel size bottles - great for weekends away or to keep at your desk ready for a bit of a pep up before nights out.


Here's a quick how-to guide for those new to the world of dry shampoo...How to use Batiste Dry Shampoo

Palmer's Cocoa Butter Natural Bronze Gradual Tanning Moisturiser

I'm a big lover of a faux glow, but in these winter months giving myself a full fake tan is sometimes just a little too much effort. This is where gradual tan becomes my good friend!


I've tried a few but I keep on going back to Palmer's gradual tanning moisturiser. It's got all that coconut scent that comes with the usual cocoa butter moisturisers and I manage to wake up patch free.

A word of advice though - although it's only gradual so won't give you a massive difference (you'd prob need to put it on a couple of nights in a row before you got an impressive tan) I'd still recommend wearing latex gloves when you apply. Orange hands and stained nails are not a good look! 


The best part? It's only £5.35 from Superdrug.

Shu Uemura Skin Purifier

For the past couple of months since I've started wearing gel eyeliner I've found that my usual method of washing off my make up with Dove just doesn't cut it.


Step in Shu Uemura Cleansing Beauty Oil. This product has gone straight to my must have list.

At first I was dubious about using an oil on my face...it just didn't feel right. It's so effective though. 


Firstly you put a small pump in your dry hands and rub over your face, this helps dislodge all make up and starts lifting it on. Next wet your hands and use another pump to create a slight foam, wash over and voila, make up is gone and your face is gleaming.


It's quite pricey at £28 for 150ml, which you can buy here but for stubborn make up I couldn't recommend it more. Definitely one to invest in.

Honey Blonde

I've been toying with the idea of a colour change for my hair for a little while.

It's normally a case of every 3 months going for a full head of foils to go as light as possible.

About a month ago I'd booked myself in but when I mentioned I'd been using John Frieda lightening spray on my roots they couldn't colour my hair as the salt would react with the dye. Sure enough a test piece shows that my hair would've crumbled and quite frankly I'd rather have 3 inch roots than be bald.

My roots are so bad now that if I pull my hair back I look full on brunette and the worse the roots are getting the more I think I should probably have a bit of a change with my hair.

I've been having a look over the past few days and I still want to go blonde but more honey blonde, something a little softer and less maintenance, although of course getting my hair done 4 times a year...eeek or more like 3 isn't really an arduous task.

These are the kind of colours I'm really liking right now. Really drawn to Jennifer Aniston's colour but just news to remember I won't actually come out of the salon looking like her.

Roll on the colour change!

Harvey Nics Christmas Ad

A little bit slow to post this but over the past week I've been in love with Harvey Nichol's Christmas ad. 


The perfect amount of mystery to draw you in and you've no idea where it's going until the last few seconds.


Check it out here:

I have hair!

I'm a bridesmaid twice next year and I am now realising that no amount of hair growing pills or hair treatments is going to make my hair grow about 4 inches between now and March.

I decided I would try hair extensions...which to be fair with my length hair (about half way down my neck) doesn't look great - but what fun! 

I got these ones from eBay as they were dirt cheap and I didn't want to splash out something that my doubt I'll end up never actually wearing out the house.

From the front it looks ridiculous as my roots are SO bad right now, but pinned back like this they actually look okay - even if they do feel like hessian! 

I'm going to attempt to put them in again once I've had my hair coloured next week and see how they look then. I'm slightly worried they look a bit green and don't necessarily match my hair colour, but if nothing else they may come in handy if I ever decide to go to a fancy dress party as Pamela Anderson!