Topshop Tuesday

I can't believe it's that time of week again - Topshop Tuesday. Here are my top picks this week:

Cotton Cutwork Skirt £22.00, Textured Crop Top £15.00, 

Bird Print Kimono £55.00, Map Print Tunic Dress £50.00

Leo Bancroft Ultimately Intense Deep Moisture Mask

I'll put my hands up and say I'd never heard of Leo Bancroft before. Turns out he's an award-winning hairdresser, regular hairdresser on This Morning and hairdresser to the stars (clients include Gary Barlow, Abbey Clancey and Lily Cole). He has also brought out his own range of hair care products including shampoos, conditioners, styling products and accessories.

So anyway, on my life long search for gorgeous soft hair I picked up a sachet version of the Leo Bancroft Ultimately Intense Deep Moisture Mask, which was on offer at Tesco for only 79p! I was positively wooed by the promise of silky smooth hair (the price may have had something to do with it too).

So I jumped in the shower this morning and after shampooing my hair with my usual Tresemee I smothered this bad boy all over the lengths and ends of my hair. The instructions say to squeeze excess water from your hair, apply to the length and ends and leave for 15 minutes. The product also recommends that for additional conditioning goodness you should apply, put on a shower cap and gently blast with a hair dryer. Unfortunately I couldn't find my shower cap for the life of me so I had to give this a miss.

After the 15 minutes was up I jumped back in the shower and began to rinse the hair mask away. At this point I was a little concerned as my hair felt a lot heavier and weighed down than usual. However, once blow  dried I realised I had nothing to worry about. My hair doesn't at all feel weighed down. 

The conditioner itself has a lovely texture, a bit like melted marshmallow. It did have a slightly strange smell to it though and it reminded me of Play-Doh! Thankfully my hair didn't smell like this once dried.

Disclaimer: I take no responsibility for the offence that my makeup-less face my cause

So the end results... I don't think my hair feels much softer than usual but it does feel pretty nice. However I do think my hair looks very lovely, with a gorgeous natural shine to it. For the bargainous price of 79p I will certainly be picking up a few more of these. I think they'll be really handy to take on holiday to save on suitcase space rather than a big bottle of conditioner.

Topshop Tuesday

I have a lot more time on my hands now and as such I am going to be spending a lot of time browsing clothes on the internet. I've decided to set up a weekly post dedicated to my love of all things Topshop - Topshop Tuesday. The aim is to post a selection of my favourite Topshop items on a weekly basis, so here's the first.

Mirror Print Dress by Love £38.00, Poppy Devore Kimono £45.00, 

Rafferty High Gladiator Sandal £62.00, Casual Drap Top £34.00

Garnier 5 Second Perfect Blur

After some pretty hefty advertising I was convinced to purchase the well-hyped Garnier 5 Second Perfect Blur primer, which claims to visibly blue wrinkles, imperfections, open pores and shine. This product currently retails at £9.99 so not a bank-breaker. I bought this as I'm coming up to 25 and blinkin' paranoid about the fine lines on my forehead.

It smooths on so lovely and even just putting it on your hand you can really see that it blurs out the natural texture in your skin. It does the same job on your face and really does blur out fine lines and imperfections. It also gives your skin quite a nice dewy glow.

Unfortunately I am not a fan of this product for one very disappointing reason. After a few hours wear my under eye concealer and foundation goes very dry and flaky, which it never usually does. I've read reviews on Boots.com and others have said similar. For that reason I shan't be using this primer underneath my makeup again. I will, however, take this on holiday with me to wear alone and I'll see how it holds up then.

June Favourites 2013

Well, I can't blimin' believe it's July already! Where has the year gone? I'm really looking forward to July though, I have lots of lovely things coming up such as a weekend away in Center Parcs, holiday in Egypt for 11 nights and my 25th birthday! Actually I don't know whether to laugh or cry about the latter.

Anyway, of course with the turning of every month it is time for a new monthly favourites video. This one includes a couple of MUA products, shower scrub, pillow spray and brightening powder.

Oh, and the winner of my Babyliss Big Hair giveaway is announced in this video - how exciting!

I hope all you lovely people enjoy it.

love & hugs

Goodbye Google Reader

I'll be completely honest - I have no clue what all this shizznee is with Google Reader closing and what have you. However, there seems to be mass hysteria among the blogging world with lots of other bloggers asking their fans to follow them on Bloglovin' so I'm going to be a sheep and ask you lovely people to do the same.

I genuinely do love using Bloglovin' though. They have in iPhone app which is so easy to use. All the new posts from my favourite blog are in my news feed and I can scroll through and open the ones which interest me. The posts open within the Bloglovin' app too, so no waiting around for Safari to decide to do its job!

So yes, I'd be eternally grateful if you could follow me on Bloglovin' guys.

I'm back!

Hello lovely people,

I'm finally back after finishing my course and passing with flying colours! I do apologise for the absence however I can get back to blogging thankfully. My Babyliss Big Hair Giveaway has now CLOSED and the winner will be announced tres shortly! How exciting!

In the meantime why don't you check out my latest video: