ColourB4 - Before, after and review.

The joys of being a girl eh.. wanting to change up your hair colour every few months (or is that just me?!)

It was only a few months ago I decided on a drastic change of my kind of dirty blonde to a dark purple/ red.. it took me probably a few weeks before I got bored and wanted to change it back. It wasn't it didn't suit me, but it didn't suit my lipstick choices!

Before

During

If you do pick this product to use, I warn you now.. do it when you have a cold! It's the worst smelling thing I've ever smelt! If you've ever smelt that burning hair smell.. it's like that mixed with a little rotten egg. Not nice.

Straight after rinsing

After first proper wash (It's a little darker than this)

Minus the smell, this product worked really well for me as you should be able to tell by the above photo.. It's a little on the orangey side as I fully expected, but I can work with it.


Review:


Availability + Price - It's very readily available in places such as Boots, Superdrug, Tesco, Savers etc.. and if your unfortunate enough to not be able to find it in those stores I believe you can even get it on Amazon. As for price, it's reasonable.. it's at the £10 mark but can be found on offer. I picked mine up for £6.99 per box, in Savers. It does say on the box if you have longer than shoulder length hair and/or hair that's on the thicker side.. to use two boxes.. alas.. I have both and only needed one box and still had a little left over.

Application - I got my sister to do mine for me just to make sure I got my whole head, but I don't think I really needed her to do it.. it's a very liquidy product, a lot thinner than the hair dye consistency I was expecting, making it much easier to evenly distribute (and get all of your hair :)).

Removal - This stage was an utter pain in the arse! Depending on the thickness of your hair it suggests you rinse your hair under water for 5-10 minutes (I think I managed about 6-7 as I was doing it over the side of the bath and got bored very quickly of massaging my own head!). After the initial rinse, you have to use part 3 - the 'buffer' , apply like shampoo, lather it up and wait 1 minute then further rinse for 5 minutes! (I'd suggest you had a shower at the same time for all of this, rather than doing it how I did). Last step, apply the other half of buffer, lather and just rinse.. once it's out.. it's done (no more waiting under the water!)


All in all, I really liked what this product did. I'm not 100% happy with the colour, but It's not as orange as I thought it would go so I don't mind. It caused 0 damage, it smelt pretty funky and took a few hours between application and final rinse.. but it worked and was cheaper than buying multiple bottle of hair dye and gradually taking it lighter!! (Yawn!)

Would I use this again?  If I needed to, I definitely would. But I'm hoping I won't make sure drastic changes in future.. I think I definitely suit blonde better.. so It's gonna stick around for another year or so :)

Vicki xo

Beauty & Accessory haul

I'm so excited to be able to share this with you, as the reason I've been able to go shopping is.. I have a job at long last :D I've been out of work a little over 3 months and it's been probably the worst 3 months of this year (despite the stress from my old job).
Anyway, I shan't ramble .. I'll just get on and show you what I've picked up over the last week or so :D

Excuse the creepy face, it's the only photo I had of my snazzy new notebook & post it notes (not that you can see them, but I'll include them in a post sometime soon). Both were from Primark for £1.50 each.

I managed to find this gorgeous tartan scarf this year in Newlook for £14.99. It's so big and cosy, I can't wait for the weather to get colder now.

(All from Primark) Necklace - £5. Bracelet 50p. Earrings - £2. 

On to the make up..

I finally picked up the Makeup Revolution Iconic 3 palette for £4 in Superdrug. As I was never going to buy the Naked 3. I have the Original and Naked 2, so didn't see the point.  

Slight splurge on the MAC studio fix fluid (NC15) - £21.50 & Foundation pump - £4.

As the No7 vouchers are back I thought I'd pick up a few bits in the form of the quick thinking wipes (not photo'd as they're boring) for £2 (usually £7 - Fools!!) and this essential moisture day cream for £4 (usually £9).

Kiss sultry lashes - £5.99.

Rimmel match perfection concealer - £5.99. Rimmel nail polishes - £2.99 each. And as I spent over £10 on Rimmel I got the lash accelerator endless mascara free :D (usually £7.99). I also picked up the Rimmel Clear complextion pressed powder - £3.99.

Other random bits..  Colgate max white one mouthwash - £1.99 (half price). Herbal Essences shampoo - £1.89 (half price). Charles Worthington texturising spray - £5.49 (with a voucher I had, noramlly £6.99).

So yeah, my fix has been satisfied for now. I'm so happy to be back to work. Please bare with me for a while though as I'm on a zero hour contract, but trying to fit in as many hours as I can before Christmas.. and I've got a house move due in the next few weeks. So blog posts and YouTube video's may be a bit far and few between.. but I shall try my best to fit in a schedule once my rota's are up at work :D 

Hope you enjoyed my little haul, 

Vicki xo 

Review - Vo5 Dry Shampoo

There's countless amounts of dry shampoo on the market now a days and it's a struggle to know what's worth it. I've tried a fair few myself from Asda's own to Philip Kingsley..


Today I'm going to share my views on Vo5's offering.. the 'Refresh me quick' dry shampoo for normal to oily hair.

Now I wouldn't say I had particularly oily hair, but I always need a decent DS knocking about for those lazy days when I was throw my hair on top of my head between washing.

Before 

After

As you can see from the above photo's, it's very effective! The photo's almost write this review themselves. So I'll keep it short and sweet and tell you some good points: 

• My hair looks freshly washed after using it.

• It doesn't leave any kind of residue. 

• It smells like regular shampoo. 

• It doesn't leave a white cast (as you can see from my badass roots!)

Those are the thing I tend to look for in a DS, that and it's super cheap and very readily available. #

I have absolutely nothing bad to say about this product.. I was never a fan of the Batiste DS's, I just think they're way too over hyped and not worth it. Whereas this, I will most definitely repurchase!

Vicki xo