Hello Everyone!
Week 6 (well it is currently week 8! :/) of #BritishBloggerSelection and the theme for this week is haircare. Six weeks have gone so quickly (It's like the whole of the summer holidays, woah), I have loved being part of a blogging community sharing ideas on the same themes. It has also helped me to stay on top of writing at least one blog post each week, as sometimes struggling with what to write is very common for me.
I do love my hair, it's so long which means I have to take extra care of it. Saying that.. I haven't as of this moment had a haircut in about 2 years, I have just let my hair grow to the length it is today (No, it isn't down to my bum, aha). But do not panic, I am getting it cut very soon, and am awaiting the hairdresser to moan at me! However, when I was talking to my friend about this topic- she too was shocked about how long it's been since my last trim- she said that my hair doesn't look like it hasn't been cut for 2 years which I suppose is a good thing. It must all be down to the products I use;
The first product I use in my hair is Herbal Essences Beautiful Ends Split End Protection Shampoo. As you can probably guess from what I said above, I have split ends, so many that my hairdresser might have a breakdown! aha :/ So I like to think that this shampoo will help to protect my hair from further damage. It smells of raspberry, which I LOVE (it's my favourite fruit!) and it leaves my hair smelling gorgeous for days inbetween washes. This shampoo is my fave, the herbal essences collection, as it makes my hair feel and look so nice and shiny.
Another product I use to protect and repair my split ends is the Herbal Essences Beautiful Ends Split End Protection Cream which is like a conditioning lotion that you put through the ends of your hair. You put it either on dry hair, or towel dried hair and leave it in to work its magic. As this is in the same collection as the shampoo, this also smells amazing and it doesn't make your hair seem greasy or sticky like how I imagined it be.
The last product I use in my hair is the Alberto Balsam Sun Kissed Raspberry Herbal Conditioner (Yeah that's right, it's Raspberry again!) This is such a nice conditioner, as it too smells amazing and leaves your hair so silky and smooth. I never really used to use conditioner, it was just something that seemed to take too much effort to use. So since then I have come up with a solution to this and it was recommended to me by a friend. Wash your hair with shampoo and then when it comes to the repeat section I use shampoo and conditioner mixed together.
That's everything I use in my hair, it's not a lot, but I guess I like to keep it simple! Either that or I'm just lazy ahaha :D
Hello Everyone!
It is week 5 of the #BritishBloggerSelection and this weeks theme is all about skincare. This is something that some may treat like a chore as it can take up so much time which you could be spending doing other, more exciting things. But this is not the attitude to be expressing if you want to have great skin! I think most people suffer from/have suffered from spots or dry skin patches at some point. It can be very hard to find a ‘get rid quick scheme’ that’s right for you, as everyone’s skin is different.
For me, the first product I use is Simple’s Kind To Skin Purifying Cleansing Lotion to cleanse my face, to clean my pores and remove some of my make-up that is blocking the pores. I use Simple for this task as I have very sensitive skin, my skin is so often irritated by every product I use, and this seems to really work with my skin. I use a cotton wool to smooth this around my face in the morning, when I wake up and at night before I go to bed to remove my make-up. Mainly I cleanse my face around areas prone to break outs.
Most people use face wipes to remove their make-up, I go through phases of using them and then not. If I do I would only use it around my forehead, avoiding my mouth as the face wipes have always brought me out in a rash. (Ooo how lovely.. aha) When removing my make-up after a long day, I tend to use a flannel and some warm water as I feel that this is a really good way of not irritating the skin.
I'm really bad when it comes to using moisturiser, as my skin can get so dry and irritated by the simplest product, so I have to be careful what I use. (Even Simple's products have caused a reaction many a time). The doctor once gave me some prescribed cream to use as a moisturiser- Aqueous cream which can be very watery and can sometimes bring you out in spots. I have tried Garnier's moisture match moisturiser (the start a fresh one) which is for normal to dry skin types. This did work, however I sometimes get lazy with things like this.
When I get a break out of spots I find sudocrem a great go-to as this works wonders on spots. I use it mostly during the night, putting it on the individual spots and sleeping with it on my face (kind of like a face mask). For when my spots get very bad I either use Lush's Cosmetic Warrior natural face mask 2-3 times a week or Garnier's spot roll-on.
Another skincare (if you can class it as skin!?) product I use is Vaseline as in the winter I get super dry lips, they're always chapped. I go through pots of this like no-ones business, people always seemed shocked at how quickly I use them! This is a must have in my bag at all times of the year, my lips really do suffer without it. When my lips are so dry, I cake my lips with Vaseline. Then I use an exfoliating hand glove to rub off the dry skin and make them smooth.
