Ilamasqua Berber Pigment and Zala Hair Extensions

Red eyeshadow is something I would have previously associated with the mad hatter, 90's goth and general illness. However I have been collecting the Illamasqua pure pigments which have by far the best formula I have tried. Berber is a shade that I swatched every time I went into Selfridges but never bought, my mum bought it me for Christmas and I have been obsessed with it ever since.

Berber is a dark red copper shade but definitely more red than orange, with stunning fine glitter particles similar to those in the Ore pigment.

Red smokey eyes are now one of my favourite staple looks, being dramatic and glamorous yet more edgy than the standard brown or black smokey eye.

My extensions from Zala Hair, an Australian extensions brand  are my pride and joy. I'm like a proud show pony with all the wefts in, they're the only extension brand I found that have a shade light enough to match my white hair and the best part about these extensions is that they are a true white pearl shade with silver undertones - hence no toning required! I would highly recommend this brand as the customer service team are incredibly helpful - being an idiot I ordered the 16 inch set trying to be cheap, before realising that my hair is nearly waist length....

Hope life is going well for you - side note pls try Ben and Jerrys Dough-ble impact core. As my housemate said it makes every moment of living before its discovery 'fade into irrelevance.'

Tresemme Keratin Smooth: The worst shampoo I have ever tried...?

Judging by the title you can tell this is not going to be a positive review of this product, however as there are countless blog entries raving about must-have beauty items I thought I would share my views on a few things that I definitely would not recommend, starting with this shampoo.

What the product claims to do:

The new TRESemme Keratin Smooth range restores Keratin and replenishes hair to make it smoother and easier to style. The lower sulphate conditioner is suitable for use even after a salon keratin treatment*. Stay salon smooth with up to 48 hours of frizz control.

Tresemme Keratin Shampoo gently cleanses and restores Keratin.

Formulated without sodium chloride to prolong the results of a salon keratin treatment.

Right. Let me start off by describing my hair type for you, I have colour treated, long, thick, very wavy hair that gets frizzy easily. I took a break from dying my hair in order to restore it to a good condition and purchased this shampoo thinking that it would help, after all, it does promise up to 48 hrs of frizz control.

However after using this shampoo my hair felt very dry, even after using my regular conditioner and a Tresemme leave in conditioner. I allowed my hair to dry naturally overnight and woke up to find my hair even more of a tangled mess than usual! My curls were not defined like they usually are when I leave my hair to air dry and the texture of my hair was extremely dry. After using this product my hair felt worse than it had done after I tried to go platinum blonde on a whim.

This result was not only experienced by myself but my mum and sister also used this shampoo and complained that their hair was dried out, damaged and impossible to brush.

This product may work for those who have naturally straight, non-frizzy hair despite the claims on the packaging, however I suggest anyone with even a slight natural wave to steer clear of this shampoo unless you want to resemble Hermione Granger circa Chamber of secrets at best.

Has anyone else tried this product? xx

New hair!

It's been ages since I got my hair cut as I had been growing it as long as I could. However it was in really bad condition after I ombred it and it was so annoying not being able to just put it up when I felt like it. I wanted a change and so I asked for it to be cut just past shoulder length with a lot of layers for movement. I'm really happy with how it turned out and I feel like it's a lot more sophisticated.

For my makeup I paired a simple cat eye with MAC rebel lipstick which I haven't worn in ages.

Eye: 

Liner - Maybelline studio gel eyeliner softened with MAC carbon eyeshadow

Lid - Urban decay W.O.S

Crease - Mac kid eyeshadow

Lips - MAC rebel

OOTD

Cut out shoulder shirt - Forever 21

Guns and roses body - Republic

Leggings - Primark

Wedge boots - H&M

Ombre hair results

So here are the results of my DIY ombre hair :) I am happy with the results overall but I did buy a purple toning shampoo to get rid of the brassy yellow tinge that was left by the bleaching process which I was freaking out about initially. I got the beachy look I wanted and I would repurchase this kit again. The only thing was I am going to need some intense conditioning over the next few weeks to get my hair back to healthy condition again as after the bleaching it feels a bit straw like at the moment!

Ombre Hair

I know the hype about ombre hair has died down and almost every other person you see about town has that harsh bleach line, i have decided to go ahead and try to achieve a more subtle graduated look with the Loreal Preference wild ombres kit.
I am planning on growing out my current hair colour and returning to my dark blonde roots as I am currently having to dye my hair every 4 weeks as any colour fades to a brassy yellow blonde with dark roots, which is really not cute. Also it was costing me £10 a time which I know is a lot less than the salon but still, soon I am going to have to begin saving for university and it is an expense I could do without.
I figured if my hair is ombred then when my root regrowth comes through it will just look like another graduation of colour... well that's what I'm hoping. Other than that I want something to add a bit of life and interest back into my very long hair and I like the beachy look.

I purchased the wild ombre kit in shade No3 which is made for blonde to dark blonde hair. There are a lot of bits to this kit, included are:

• Instruction leaflet
• Expert brush
• Lightening powder
• Developer creme and applicator
• Lightening creme
• Conditioning shampoo
• Colourist gloves

This is the look I am hoping to achieve, bearing in mind I have never done this before so we will see how it turns out. I will post the results after it's dry!

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