Showing posts with label hair products. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hair products. Show all posts

Wednesday, 26 November 2014

Hair products I'm currently using


Hi guys!

Since going AWOL in June I've had a slight change up in the hair products I am using. Just change for the sake of change. Here are my thoughts :)

I always need some sort of hair serum or oil to be able to comb through my wet hair. I am currently using got2b's "oil-licious" styling oil. Despite the cringey name, this is a decent product. I do really like got2b/Schwarzkopf  products. This hair oil (gifted by mummy so not sure how much it was but goggle would suggest around the £4 mark)does the job well without being too oily. Initially I was using one pump but even if I get too excited and use 2 pumps my hair is still manageable and doesn't feel overloaded with crap.

I don't often use these types of products through my hair when it is dry, but on the few occassions that I have, again, it doesn't leave my hair looking overly oily. (If I do use this on dry hair, I go for not even one pump...teeny tiny is the way to go.)

Next up we have a product that I never thought I'd be writing about on this blog - hair mousse!

The last time I used hair mousse I would have been in secondary school #90skid Wow. Seriously though, hair mousse and gel were the way forward 15 years ago (omg I am old whaaaaaaaat) and everytime I think of hair mousse the word that springs to mind is "crispy". Second word would be, "crunchy". Third word, "no".

But then I heard whispers that hair mousse in the 00's (is that what we call it? I'm confused. The 2000's?) was no longer about crispy and crunchy and so I thought, let me be the brave warrior I am and give it a go.

V05 is often on 2 for £5 in superdrugs so I picked up this Plump it up mousse with my usual heat defense spray. The heat defense spray long finished before I worked up the guts to use the mousse.

I imagined that the first day would be ok but I was more fearful of day 2 hair.

So?
I like it. A lot.

I won't say I love it because I don't use it after every wash but I do reach for it often. This doesn't give me a ton of volume but maybe it poofs me up a bit. but I do like the overall extra control it has on my hair without weighing it down or looking greasy. And when I wake up the day after, my hair isn't much worse than it would normally be (I'm also a bit oily at the roots on day 2 no matter what).

Mousse in general - I will definitely be buying more mousse products in the future. Yay mousse. 

Superdrug has a new (?) own brand hair styling product line out.

I decided that you couldn't go wrong with a 2 for £4 offer so I got two heat defense sprays.

To be fair, I am no expert,  I just assume it is trying its best to defend my hair from heat damage and aside from that, it doesn't do much else.

I am never too sure if this is the sort of product that is better the more money you spend on it.
If you read my blog you will know that I am no brand/product snob, but I know for sure that the more you spend on washing up liquid, hairspray and mayonnaise, the better. I am happy buying a ton of stuff from the 99p store, but when it comes to the aforementione products, it has got to be Fairy, Elnett and Heinz. Heat defense spray? I dunno.

My heart kinda tells me I don't like this particular product. It stings my scalp, but so does Bumble & Bumbles thickening spray and I'm on my second (makes me wanna die expensive) bottle (thanks V!).

I just don't like it. I can't put it into words. (Shit blogger).

On that note, can any recommend me some heat defense sprays and mousse (volume) please?

Thank you for reading xoxo

Saturday, 26 October 2013

[updated] Hair Products

Hi Guys

I treat my hair terribly. I don't get it trimmed enough;I don't brush it enough,  I don't deep conditioner it on a regular basis and I murder it daily with heat.

So... the only 'good' thing I do is use heat protectant products. I don't know if they work but I don't think that they do any harm so why not.

For many years I've been using the Loreal Studio Hot Straight - as endorsed by Beyonce back in the day. I got pulled in by Beyonce and the pink bottle if I'm honest, and as usual I stock up when there's some sort of promo going on. I wash my hair, towel dry it, put serum on it, brush out my hair and then spray this roots to end, blast my hair dry and then run the GHD's over it. Easy peasy.

I decided on my last bottle that I wanted to branch out a tiny bit and try other brands in a similiar price range. It was nothing to do with the product itself, I just got a bit bored after approxiamately 10 bottles.

I picked up the Loreal Elnett heat protect spray (the volumn one) as endorsed by Cheryl Cole - I admit this time my purse was seduced by Cheryl. I'm an advertisers dream *shrugs* This is definitely on the higher end of my budget and even when it's on offer I feel a bit argh (rrp £6, 2 for £9 atm in Boots) but I really liked it. I like the bottle/spray design and the product did give me more volumn. I would definitely recommend it and I would repurchase (this would be my favourite out of the bunch if it was cheaper).

Next up we have a vo5 duo - one is a standard heat protect spray, and the other is a heat protect/volumnising product. I decided to give these a go as they were on offer for 2 for £5. Again with the both of them, they do what they claim.

I regards to the volumn heat/volumn sprays I would say that they don't give you massive massive hair just by spraying them in, you would need to do some fancy styling work but for what they are, and for what I want I'm more than happy. It's the 2nd day hair where these products are quite impressive - when I brush my hair out (hello tangle teezer I love you)  I have a little lion's mane....
...Did I mention a little lion mane? I might have meant mahoosive hair but with a greasy parting and that's where my can't live wihtout product comes into play - dry shampoo. If I wanted my hair out and didnt have dry shampoo I would have to wash my hair daily. Luckily dry shampoo does exist *phew* I've mentioned Batiste many times before so I won't go on about how great this is but this is my first time trying Cherry and I just wanted to share the pretty bottle with you :)

What's your favourite batiste? Any other drugstore dry shampoo brands you think I should try out?

To tame my hair and imagine that it's a bit less unhealthy I picked up some goodies from the 99p store :)
I got a argan oil hhydrating hair mask and a hair treastment/serum type thing - I've not used either yet but even if it's not miraculous I'm sure it'll sdd a bit of shine for a day. 


The hair polish has me totally confused. It's a solid-ish product in a giant twist up tube. Like a big lip balm. I've been doing some research and I think you just twist it up, wipe some onto your hands and do your hair. Hey, it looks fun and was 99p!

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