Category: Haircare

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Of all the beauty bits and bobs I’ve collected from various boxes to use as travel products, shampoos and conditioners are the least present. I’ve quite often decanted my own into travel bottles but that doesn’t feel ideal or ‘holiday-ish’. There is something lovely about buying products especially for your holidays – I think…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] My perceptions of leave-in conditioners still lie in the time they became a ‘thing’. I think in the early 2000’s but please correct me if I’m wrong. I never found them to be anything other than awful – too heavy and too much for my hair not to look dull and laden. With the…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I am totally a sucker for any hair care that flags ‘glossing’ as an asset. I had to look up Chris McMillan as he is better known in the US than here as a celebrity stylist, but when I say he created ‘The Rachel’ you’ll have a reference point straight away. I think that…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I could swear that I’ve featured this TIGI product before – but it’s not showing up anywhere on my site and I must have had it in my bathroom for about a year. I remember trying it and being super impressed with it. Luckily, I picked it up again last week and have used…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/prioradrelationship] I really got to know The Body Shop hair range with the Ginger Anti-Dandruff shampoo and conditioner last year and have since gone on to buy more. While my scalp is enjoying some flake free months, I’ve used it as the opportunity to try lots of different hair care, including The Body Shop Moringa…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’m really a fan of Aquis towels and wraps that wick water away from your hair so in that lying-on-the-bed time after your shower or bath, you can reduce the amount of time and effort your blow dry will take. By doing nothing. Well, that’s my routine anyway – and I’m sticking with it.…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] As soon as I saw this Vitamin C infused detox, I wanted to try it. Long time fan of Elasticizer, which is what brings most people to this brand to start with, Philip Kingsley is a trusted brand. Actually, it used to be a regular rumour, before adverts were more heavily monitored, that models…

[unpaid/sample] I love the scent of coconut – it’s just a happy scent that’s always uplifting – and I quite often buy coconut water (although I seem to remember there was some marketing nonsense that it’s more hydrating than water and I fail to see how that can be). Years ago, when Vita Coco first…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Honestly, it was really on a whim that I decided some redness was needed in my hair. I emailed the PR to ask if there was any point in trying an actual dye rather than a temporary spray on my dark hair. Whilst we could have a rough idea of what the result might…

[unpaid/sample] I’ve finally managed to get Honey into the bath to test this dog-friendly duo properly. She is very fragile now at 17 so I don’t wash her unless I absolutely have to because she finds the grooming so arduous. But it was a warm day yesterday which meant I didn’t need to blow dry…

[unpaid/purchase/affiliate/ad] Much as I love this stuff for giving me smooth and silky hair, I don’t love the application method which is by a nozzle. On the side of the bottle there is a bar that marks how much you should use for each dose, but my hair doesn’t need that much and I’m not…

[unpaid/purchase/affiliate/ad] I’ve waited almost a year since I started using the Elvive 8 Second Wonder Water for it to be available in the UK. I managed to get some back in March from the USA and instantly, instantly loved it. So much so that I’ve bought subsequent bottles, also sent from the States. It’s silicone…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’m going to try and do a few of these ‘three of the best’ because it’s such a good way to round up products that I’m using as I go along. I took a long time to take to dry shampoo but now that my hair has got naturally a bit more oily I…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Well, this turned out to be an unexpectedly lovely hair treat. I know it’s a given that we are all seeking sensory comforts with candles, bath oils and fragrances (sales bear this out) because they give us a bit of a lift, and this is no different – I was absolutely smiling at the…