ROAD TO HAIR RECOVERY - AUSSIE MIRACLE HAIR INSURANCE LIGHTWEIGHT CONDITIONING SPRAY

It goes without saying Aussie products are A-M-A-Z-I-N-G, my favourite being the 3 minute miracle hair conditioner re constructors, I swear by them. They're affordable, work wonders and smell amazing.

The Aussie Miracle Hair Insurance lightweight conditioning spray for weak, distressed hair promises to protect and detangle "our special formula with a drop of Australian Jojoba seed oil detangles and helps you to protect your hair from everyday wear and tear" is basically a leave-in conditioner. This stuff smells gorgeous, it DOES help to detangle my hair and makes it easier to brush through and does give a little softness but whether it protects my hair, I'm not sure. I also have the Take the heat version of this which protects against heat damage which doesn't smell nowhere near as nice but I feel like it does the job in protecting against heat (Though in my eyes nothing can beat the Tresemme heat protectant spray). I was a little, (only a little!) disappointed in this just because I had such high expectations as all of the other Aussie products are brilliant!

                                   (Sorry for the really dodgy awful quality photos, lol!)

Both sprays by Aussie come in a standard plastic 250ml bottle with a spray pump. The product itself is long lasting, so far i've had mine 2 months or so I use them on a daily basis and it's more than 3/4 full! The sprays are around the £5 mark each, deals for 3 aussie products for £10 are on a lot in places like Asdas, Superdrug, Boots.

PROs-

• Price
• Smell
• Works to an extent

CONs-

• Doesn't live up to other Aussie product standards!

Have you used any Aussie products? What are your favs?
M
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DAVIDOFF COOL WATER WOMAN - EDT REVIEW

DAVIDOFF COOL WATER WOMAN EDT is the PERFECT summer scent. If I was to summarize it in two words it would be fresh and energising, it's just a really lovely fragrance and isn't too heavy. Described as "A fresh aquatic fragrance with energising notes of citrus, waterlily and jasmine". For 30ml the RRP is £28.00 for the 50ml its £36 and for the 100ml it's £48 which I think is pretty reasonable for a scent. Currently the 100ml is on sale in The Perfume shop for £24.99. It's a shame it only comes in EDT as far as i'm aware of anyway as I always get EDP. If you don't know the difference between EDT (Eau de toilette) and EDP (Eau de parfum) the EDP contains a higher concentration of the perfume/scent making it stronger and longer lasting then the EDT.

PROs-

• Perfect for summer!

CONs-

• Doesn't come in a EDP
• Could be longer lasting but that's down to the fact its a EDT I suppose.

ROAD TO HAIR RECOVERY - KERASTASE ELIXIR ULTIME REPLENISHING AND BEAUTIFYING SCENTED OIL FOR DAMAGED HAIR

As I explained in my previous blog all about my hair nightmare (http://rosaliebeautysecrets.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/my-hair-nightmare.html )  I'm going to be writing about products, tips and tricks that have worked for me, products that haven't , what I recommend, new products i'm trying out to get my hair back to healthy!

Anyways, i'm going to tell you all about my experience with KERASTASE ELIXIR ULTIME REPLENISHING AND BEAUTIFYING SCENTED OIL FOR DAMAGED HAIR (The green bottle) selling at a hefty RRP of £35.50 for 125ml I thought this was rather expensive for a hair oil but gave it a shot anyway. Described as a luxury product, "enriched with the Oleo-Complexe and Immortal Moringa extract". The bottle itself is a plastic bottle, with a standard pump, which was rather disappointing for me after paying just over £35 for the product.

                                                 (Sorry for the battered box!)


There are a few ways of using this product

• Mixing it with your conditioner
• Using before blow drying
• As a finish product
• As a touch up product
• Pre-Cleanse

I personally use it as a finish product and before blow drying. I can't lie, it does give a gorgeous shine to my hair and my hair feels and looks 100x healthier. I use 1-2 pumps of oil in my hair and concentrate on the ends and the front (If you've read my hair nightmare post you'll understand why) I wouldn't use this with my conditioner simply because I use a decent shampoo and conditioner and feel like this would just be wasting product? It doesn't make your hair look greasy and really absorbs into the hair giving the perfect shine... It is light enough to be used as a daily product, which I love about it.The smell of this product isn't gorgeous but isn't horrible... I can't describe what it smells like, sort of florally I suppose?  I do really like this product and it has helped my hair alot but I don't know whether i would re-purchase simply for the fact of the price of it and I feel like there are cheaper alternatives. 

PROS-

• quickly absorbed non greasy feel
• gives a gorgeous shine to the hair
• is perfect for daily use

CONS-

• the price
• not too keen on the smell

M

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MY HAIR NIGHTMARE!!!!

A month or two ago I was on a mission, to have red hair again but I wasn't ready to wait around and go about it the slow way, i wanted it NOW... baring in mind I had quite a lot of color build up and had previously bleached the front of my hair to have pink in it in August 2013.

I had brown hair now and I decided to set about going red by bleaching my hair and then putting the red on, BIG BIG BIG MISTAKE. I bleached my hair twice, my hair went bright ginger with the front where it was previously bleached going platinum blonde, it was patchy and I knew I couldn't put the red on this.  So i left it for a day and went out and brought a hair lightener, did an amazing job, I should have used this in the first place it would have done the job (Clairol Born Blonde hair lightener)  by now my hair had lost ALL of it's strength, moisture, everything, it was like elastic when it was wet. 

Now I put the red on, I used LIVE XXL REAL RED it was HORRIBLE it had an orange undertone, feeling how straw like my hair was I kept this for a good two weeks (it felt like a year!) I then dyed my hair with Garnier Nutrisse Ultra Color in Vibrant Red 5.62 , it was a gorgeous color and this dye didn't feel harsh on my hair atall. I decided, I needed to have a trim, my hair was growing out from a style where it was shorter on one side longer on the other.. I made a hair appointment for that weekend, my hairdresser trimmed up my hair and took loads of the damage off, it felt so much healthier. She recommended me products to buy, treatments to use and now i'm on the road to recovery, (I'm going to write a blog posts on what is working for me, what hasn't worked, reviews on loads of different hair products ect) 

As you all know red is a very hard color to keep up with so i'm using CRAZY COLOR to try and keep it decent looking, my regrowth is around 1.5 inches at the moment but i'm leaving it as long as I can to dye it probably when it's around 3 inches of regrowth, i'm thinking to dye it with MAJIROUGE in 6.66. 

My hair now at the front is so damaged it cannot take any dye and fades to a baby pink, my hairdresser has cut some of this hair into a fringe in attempt to get as much of the damage off as possible. I go back every few weeks to get this trimmed just to keep cutting away this damage so eventually it will all be gone. My hair is slowly on the road to recovery, if I could tell you all one thing from my experience it would be to GO EASY ON THE BLEACH, and try and avoid it at ALL costs!

**** I will try get some decent photos of my hair now and during the process and upload them to this!

Have any of you had any nightmare experiences with your hair?

M

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GARNIER body tonic firming lotion - REVIEW

Summertime is quickly coming around, with this product  promising "smoother looking skin from 7 days" and an extra promise of firming skin who wouldn't give this a shot?! I know for one i want my skin to be looking smooth and feeling soft. Garnier claims that the product has "phyto-caffeine" which is known for its stimulating properties, in turn, firming your skin.

The consistency of the product is a gel formula, which is very nice to work with and doesn't leave skin feeling greasy, blends easily and skin feels instantly hydrated.

PROs-

• Gel formula
• The product is quickly absorbed into the skin, you're not left feeling yucky and sticky! (Perfect for when your in a rush and can't wait for your moisturiser to be absorbed and dry!) 
• As soon as I put this on my skin as the back of the bottle claimed my skin felt instantly firmed and hydrated

CONs-

• I can't think of any other than the citrus smell, if you don't like citrus smells this one isn't for you!

**** Garnier body tonic firming lotion sells for £6.99 in Superdrug for 400ml, currently on offer for £4.66!

Thanks for reading, let me know if you try this product out or any similar and how you get on!
M
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