Sorry to my Daily Fix subscribers; this post should have made it into your inboxes yesterday, but I was transferring some video files and my internet had a meltdown. It can’t handle anything more taxing than sending an email attachment, so trying to transfer 1.5GB of video just about killed it off. But anyway, here we are,…
Something of a momentous post, this one, because today is the day that my dry shampoo range, COLAB, launches. What dry shampoo range? I hear you cry. This is the first I’ve bloody heard about it! Apologies, my dearest readers, but I’ve been under a bit of a gagging order and haven’t been able to talk about the range…
I am officially in Hair Transit. I have left the realms of Near-Brunette-dom and am now en route to my true hair home, the Kingdom of Blonde. I don’t know what possessed me to go quite so dark in the first place – I always go a little darker in the winter, but this year…
Ah. Another product purchase motivated entirely by scent. The scent in Pureology’s Essential Repair Shampoo is supposed to be “Jasmine, Ylang Ylang and Rosewood” but to me it smells almost exactly like fig. I know we’re not supposed to choose our shampoo (or any beauty product, really) based on fragrance but this is amazing! By a stroke…
Trevor Sorbie has launched its new Salon Approved Collection. A proper “cabinet re-shuffle” with loads of new formulations and different, more up-to-date packaging. Fear not if you have firm favourites from the old Trevor Sorbie ranges – you’ll still find them in the new re-organised system! If you have any problems locating your old formulas then…
I love this conditioner! I cannot believe that I have only this year discovered it – I think that it is definitely right up there with my most favourite haircare products ever! It’s very light, so perfect for finer hair like mine, but also very very conditioning, so great if your hair is coloured, chemically-treated or a…
Just when I thought that Tangle Teezers couldn’t get any better, I spot one in animal print! This style is called Feline Groovy and is one of the “compact stylers”. Now I don’t really get the compact stylers – they have a protective cover for the teeth, but I find it a faff to get on and off and…
Don’t worry, I haven’t actually gone brunette. It was just for the day. I think that me going brunette would be a little drastic, and my lovely bookers at Models1 would probably have heart failure! I’d have to re-do my whole portfolio… I often have to have temporary changes made to my hair – usually…
Whilst browsing M&S for some cotton pants (as you do) I stumbled across these beautiful hair kits from Tara Smith. Tara Smith makes vegan, cruelty free haircare and has relaunched the range this year into Marks & Spencers with the most amazing packaging! I remember when they used to sell Tara Smith in Tesco, many…
I get asked questions about dry and split ends so often. “My hair is so dry at the ends, it’s like straw. Nothing I do helps!” or “I’ve tried everything to mend my split ends but they just won’t go away.” I have three words for you if you are suffering with rubbish hair ends,…
I would never usually use the phrase “best buy”, but this hair treatment has me a little stunned. It works in under a minute (leave it on for a couple and you do see extra results) and it leaves the hair smooth, shiny but without any slimy residue or heaviness. It reminds me a lot…
I shot a video with Babyliss recently, showing how to use their heated rollers. The results were incredible! I did have some help from a hair stylist (Bev C), but still. I reckon I can replicate this look at home! I have had these Babyliss rollers for years -I bought them in the Boots on…
Does this shampoo tube not remind you of Batman? Perhaps I have Batman on the brain – the new movie comes out this Friday and I am a big fan of the other Christian Bale episodes! Look at that shiny, sexy, sleek packaging though – fit for the most chic of bathrooms. (I’ll stop thinking…
Behold my new hair saviour: the Percy & Reed No Oil Oil. Sounds a bit stupid to say – “no oil oil” – but that is the beauty of online shopping. You never have to ask for things with embarrassing names and you never have to worry that you’re pronouncing things in the right way! You…
This should be a handy little video for anyone wanting to get life and volume into their hair with the minimum amount of fuss. For volume-adding, you need two things: heat and product. The heat (from a dryer, rollers, whatever) gives the hair lift at the roots (be prepared to spend some time with your…
I just bloody love this shampoo and conditioner. I can’t think of a bad thing to say about them. They have been formulated for colour-treated hair so that the colour will be protected from fading and dulling just that little bit longer. The blurb claimed to make the colour last “for twice as long”, but…
Wow, this is a blast from the past! I remember my Mum buying Paul Mitchell’s The Detangler for my long, knotted hair, many moons ago. My little sister and I were instructed ‘not to touch’ the Paul Mitchell products because they were very expensive and only for grown-ups – using them felt like a real…
When Liz Earle launched their Botanical Shine range of hair products last year I was instantly a fan. The shampoo left my scalp and hair really clean without stripping it with harsh chemicals, so it swiftly became one of my most-used shampoos. The conditioner, on the other hand, didn’t completely rock my boat. There was…