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Whenever I talk to people about my hair, they tell me that I have the sort of hair that people lust over. Naturally I have very thick and curly hair which you may have seen me rocking in some of my blog posts in the past. However I also have the luxury that it suits me straight as well which a lot of the time tends to have been my style of choice (although these past few months I have been mixing it up and doing both)
So as you can imagine rocking 2 different styles, I use a variety of different products and I thought I would just share with you what my favourites are at the moment.
I just kinda piled it all together and it wasn't until after that I thought maybe I should have separated straight from curly but anyway here they are.
- Lee Stafford Heat Protection Spray - £7.99
- Schwarzkopf Got2bSexy Volumising Moose -
- Charles Worthington Salt Spray - £6.99 (this one is the old packaging)
- Its a 10 - $17.99 (I brought this while in the US)
- Umberto Gianni Curl Smoothing Balm - £4.99
- Tangle Teezer - £10.99
- Vo5 give me texture creme wax - £3.89
All of the products above (apart from the its a 10) are from Boots.
Regardless if I have straight or curly hair, I always start by washing my hair in a shampoo called SP Colour Save by Wella which I pick up from my hairdressers. I love this shampoo and it really works well on my hair. Then I whack on whatever conditioner is lying around at the time. I then put into a hair turban which I picked up for £1 from Wilkos. I usually leave it in there for 10 or 15 minutes while I do my make up. Then onto the styling.
Straight Hair:
The first step I do is to brush my hair through with the Tangle Teezer to remove any knots or tangles. Then I spray on some Its a 10 and do again. Then I put on some of the volumising moose focusing on the roots of my hair. I then dry my hair and straighten it using my GHD straighteners. While straightening I use the Lee Stafford Heat protectant spray. Then to finish it off and give it a little bit of choppiness I use the give me texture wax and just oomph it a little bit as I don't like it to be too polka straight.
Curly Hair:
Curly hair starts pretty much the same as straight. I use the Its a 10 spray and my Tangle Teezer. Then I use my fingers to run through and curl it back up. This just stops my curls being overly frizzy and knotty. I then spray on some Salt spray. I like the Charles Worthington one but I have also used the Toni and Guy one too. I then run the hair dryer over the bulk of my hair apart from my fringe which I then use a brush to dry straight and then run my straighteners over. Depending on how the curls have dried or the type of look I want, I run my curling wand over it to make some more defined curls. Then I finish off with a pea sized amount of Umberto Gianni Smoothing Balm.
And that is your lot. At the moment my staple hair care item is the Its a 10! - I love this and will be sad when it runs out. I love my GHDs as well and think they are extremely worth the money.
I have been doing soooo well with not buying any make up bits but when I went into town there were a couple of things I wanted/needed to pick up.
Tony and Guy Salt Spray 75ml - £2.19
L'Oreal Ever Sleek Shampoo - £5.99 - Boots - Currently £3.99
Turbie Hair Towel - £1 - Wilkinsons
MUA Brozer (Shade 2) - £1 - Superdrugs
Maybeline Concealer - £6.19 - Boots
Maybeline Chromatics Eyeliner in Teal - £4.49 - Boots
Maybeline Chromatics Eyeliner in Purple - £4.49 - Superdrug
Maybeline 24 hour colour tattoo in Pink Gold - £4.99 - Boots
Umberto Gianni Silky Curls Smoothing Balm - Boots
Umberto Gianni 3 day frizz free spray - Boots
Umberto Gianni 2 for £8 at Boots
Maybeline currently 3 for 2 in Boots
I was desperate for a new concealer and when I went into Boots I spotted the Maybeline stuff on 3 for 2. I had seen the new Maybeliene Chromatics eye liners and I was particularly in love with the Teal one - I have a collection one which I love but is nearly running out. I decided to pick up the 3 for 2 and the Teal eyeliner and Maybeline's 24 hour concealer fell into my basket. I also decided to pick up (another) one of the 24 hour colour tattoos in Pink Gold. I love these and have been wearing these quite a lot especially in the hot weather as they stay put. I have been lusting after this colour for a few weeks. I also picked up the Purple eyeliner too as I loved the colour of it. I picked this up from Superdrugs as they didnt have it in Boots.
A couple of the other things I picked up are just standard things I needed. I spotted the shampoo on offer and thought I would give it a worth. The hot weather had been making my hair particularly frizzy atm so i picked up the one for Frizzy Hair.
The little salt spray I picked up from Boots is for my gym bag. I took this on holiday and really like it so I figured I would pick another one up to use on my hair post shower at the gym.
I will keep you updated on how I am loving the products. I wore the teal eyeliner yesterday and I can say I am already loving it. I can definitely see this is going to be a staple in my make up bag.
Have you tried any of these new products? What are you loving?
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