Inglot and YSL Haul

Yesterday after IMATS myself, Charly and Leanne went to Westfield shopping centre and ended up in Inglot.  I also realised after the event that I met Leanne's friend Matt who does youtube videos, but as I am a bit dappy I had no idea! Sorry hun.

So here is my haul and the reviews and swatches will come through once I have tried them all but if you want anything specific first then please leave a comment.

Although some of the things that I bought are for my 500 follower giveaway so I won't be swatching everything since nobody wants to win something that has already been used (eww).

So here is my haul!

IMATS 2010 HAUL

Right I went to IMATS today and had a great time, I say great I am never the most enthusiastic person when I am forced to get up at a ridiculous hour and travel on the tube with, wait for it, REAL LIFE PEOPLE. not blog people, not twitter people just real life horrible people.  Urgh its bad enough during the week for work.

I met some absolutely lovely people today but unfortunately didn't get a chance to meet everyone that I know went so hopefully we will meet at another event or meeting etc. as it was a real shame.

Here is my haul video.  If you are interested in anything particular then let me know and I will post about it.  Did you go? What did you buy? Did you see me? And where you those people who helped me find the bus stop? Cos if that was you then thanks!

New Name and IMATS

Just  a quick update girlies to let you know that after a very confused.com day yesterday I managed to change my domain to be http://www.iheartcosmetics.co.uk/  this won't change anything for you but for me it just makes my site a nice name, and make it easier to remember. I figured most people would think of me in the context of Sarah from I heart cosmetics anyway..?

Thanks to everyone that gave me advice and didn't call me a plank when I thought I had deleted my blog hee hee!

If you are going to IMATS tomorrow then please let me know or if you recognise me when you are there please say hi!

Current Skincare Routine

I saw this post on Jo's blog  http://www.beautyliciouslove.com/ and thought it was a good idea.

Products

Makeup remover - Lancôme Huile DouceurRemove-All Deep Cleansing Oil Face & Eyes

Cleanser - Korres Magnolia Cleanser, this lasts for ages I haven't even used half the bottle it's crazy!

Toner - Elizabeth's Daughter toner - review here

Serum - Olay Aqua Physics and No.7 Protect and Perfect, because I lost the No.7 one and found it after I had bought the olay one!

Eye cream - Olay derma pods

Moisturiser - Korres Wild Rose and Simple Derma

Mask - Korres Honey and Thyme

Exfoliator - The Sanctuary or Dermalogica microfoliant

Lipbalm - Korres lip butter in Jasmine

General - epaderm  (not pictured as the tub is massive and wouldn't fit in the shot)

My routine:

First thing in the morning I start by using Epaderm on my face which is an emmolient such as aqueous cream you can wash with if you have psoriasis or eczema etc. you can get it from behind the counter at boots. I then use my serum all over my face and neck and if I am using eye cream then I apply the dermapod (you can only use these three times a week).

Straight away I use my wild rose korres moisturiser and let that sink in while I get dressed and have my coffee and take my vitamins. I then apply my primer and then make up. I have to apply moisturiser before primer as my skin is so dry it just drinks up the primer otherwise but if you have regular skin then i would just use moisturiser OR primer its just because mine is so so dry.

My night time routine is quite different. First off if I go to the gym after work I just quickly use an Olay wipe. When I get home from work or the gym I use two pumps of the Lancome Huile all over my face, I dab it gently into my eyes and lashes as well and then give it a minute or so to dissolve the makeup, I then spash my face with some water and wipe with a muslin cloth or a cotton pad, then i rub the Korres magnolia cleanser into my face and remove with a warm wet flannel or cotton pad, then I spritz my face with the Elizabeth's Daughter toner.  I then apply my serum and then the simple derma cream straight afterwards. Before bed I apply some lipbalm like Korres jasmine lip butter.

Additional Products: Sometimes I use a face mask which is Korres honey and thyme but to be honest since I can't have baths anymore this is quite rare, I have no idea how people with children manage since I don't have any and still struggle to find 15 minutes to just wear a facemask! I also exfoliate once or twice a week either with Dermalogica Microfoliant which is a great product that comes in really annoying packaging that spills everywhere or the lovely Sanctuary warming face scrub, which comes in normal packaging that isn't irritating (can you tell which one i prefer)!

So if you want to do yours then either tell me below or let me know you have on your blog and I will come and take a look as I love to know what new things people are using! x

Sale Info - Models Own Nailvarnish

I have a lot of posts to upload but I am so exhausted that I have been in bed since I got home from work around 7pm!  I don't know what is up with me today I have had cramp in my feet and legs since around 5pm and my left food has been cramped up for the last half hour and I can't even stand up!

So I can't really type for very long as I have to keep grabbing my foot but I wanted to let you know that firstly

MODELS OWN NOW SHIP INTERNATIONALLY!

And secondly they are having  a massive sale on Friday and here are the details:

Click Here To Go To Their Site and Bookmark It!

Blog Sale 2

To buy you need to

1) If you want an item, say so (and what you want) in the comments below along with your Paypal email address. I will then send you an invoice

2) Paypal is the only method of payment accepted - it's just easier and more secure;

3) Please ensure you pay for the item immediately upon receiving the invoice - or at least some time within

the next 24 hours; otherwise the item will be reposted and will not be reserved for you

4) Prices are in £....I am sorry that I can't provide a full currency breakdown but £'s are what I know :)

5) Shipping to anywhere in the UK is £2.00. For anywhere else in the world £3.50

6) No returns

Eyeko Bronze Tinted Cream £3.00 Never Used (this was a backup)

Mini 24/7 Urban Decay liners in Eldorado (top) and

Graffitti (bottom)

Swatched Once Each

£3.00 each

Limited Edition Emanuel Ungaro Cream Colour Base

Fresh Morning

Used once

£8.50

Mac Dsquared Greasepaint Stick in B (it does have a lid by the way lol)

Used Once

£8.00

Mac Notoriety Eyeshadow Quad from the Photorealism Collection September 2009

The two left hand colours used twice, the right hand two used once

£16.00

Mac Lipstick In Glaze - these were not available for individual sale (was in a kit)

£8.50 - Used once

If you wondered why I am having another blog sale so soon I have two words for you

MAC

PRO

Oh yes I went there today, and my debit card nearly melted (!!!!)

How to Depot Your Mac Eyeshadows

Firstly I want to say a massive thank you to Sinead at daintydollymix who sent me the magnets for me to use for my depotting, she and Jo are always so sweet and send me stuff that I can't get/they don't sell down South xx

This is just my way of doing things, there are plenty of different ways of depotting shadows you can google if you don't like my version.

You Will Need

Some Mac eyeshadows in pots

An old knife with a metal blade and a plastic or wooden handle, no metal handles

Magnets for the back of the shadows

Scissors

Step 1

Using your gas ring or hob or a lighter, heat up the knife making sure not to burn yourself and once it's hot slide it through the plastic at the front of the pot aiming it slightly downwards.


Step 2

Once it's in push the knife up against the bottom of the eyeshadow pan to pop out the top part of the pot and the top bit will pop out as in the picture above.

Step 3

Once again heat up the end of the knife, hold it flat against the bottom of the pan as above and slowly, gently push the pan out of the plastic.  You have to be slow or it will ping out and possibly smash, not a good idea!

Step 4

Once your pan is free, stick the magnet on the bottom and if you want to you can microwave the rest of the pot to melt the glue and the name label will peel off the bottom once the glue's melted and you can cut it down and stick it on over the magnet so you remember the names of your depotted shadows.

I hope that helps!

Review of The Brush Guard

I don't know about you but when I put makeup in my makeup bag to travel with I have to take brushes, I try as much as I can to take cream products but  for eyeshadows, powder and bronzer I really need to take brushes. The problem I find is that the makeup bags are often not long enough and if they are sometimes the brush hair gets caught in the zip which is not only a pain it can be really damaging and if you have spent a lot of money on brushes such as Mac or Bobbi Brown ones you really want to look after them properly.

Enter the brush guard! Basically I look at these and think "why didn't I come up with that"? According to their website it's a "stretchable, breathable tube which slides over a brush handle onto the bristles". This compacts the bristles and protects them so they can't get caught on anything and makes it so much easier to store your brushes when travelling or if you keep them in a brush roll.

Apparently you can also put these on after you have washes your brushes so that they dry in the correct shape which is really good, I hate when they look missshapen after you wash them. Al you need to do is slide the corresponding sized brush guard over the handle and down towards the bristles, obviously you don't do this the other way round as it might rip out the bristles.

Start off like this then

Voila!  They only cost around £5.00 for a pack

I got my brush guards from ebay store Ultimate Beauty Gems which is my favourite makeup shop on ebay And Ria from Ultimate Beauty Gems is the only authorised UK seller of these Brush Guards in the UK!  I have the variety set which includes: 1x shadow, 1x blush, 1x foundation and 1x kabuki protector and I think this is perfect as that's the amount of brushes I would probably take on a holiday or business trip.

You can find more information about them on the item listing at ultimate beauty gems and there is also an instructional video although I doubt you would need to watch it to be honest its easy to use!

GHD Replacement Needed!

I think my GHD's are on their last legs!  As you can see they appear more to be called GD's since even the H has worn off the logo.

You may be wondering what that white sticker is, and the reason that is there is because my GHD's were purchased in January 2005!  And they have been used and used and used and ...used!  My hair used to be very long and blonde, then short and blonde, then short and dark!  And through all of those changes my GHD's have been there along with me.

I thought you could all use a Sarah-pre fake tan laugh!

They have been sent back to GHD twice to fix the plug when it stopped working (that's when they put the sticker on).  I have always been very impressed with the GHD's and the fact that they have repaired the straighteners for free both times, I have just had to pay for the postage.

Which brings me to my dilemma which I hope you all can give me some help with.  What straighteners shall I buy to replace these?

I have heard a lot about these Cloud Nine straighteners

These cost £129.95 and are from Cloudninehair

Then obviously there are the newest version of the GHD's IV styler

These cost £119.00 from ghdhair

And I have read about these straighteners in Vogue magazine who say that they are the 'dyson' of hair straighteners, which I hope means that they are good rather than they get dust out well ;)

These cost £129.99 from Corioliss

I wish decent hair straighteners weren't so expensive.  Which is why I didn't automatically pick the new version of the GHD's as they are the cheaper of the three. 

So which one do you use? And would you recommend it?  If you have done any reviews please do link them in the comments box below xxx

On another note my gorgeous friend Sinead is having a giveaway here daintydollymix.  There is also a link to the right in the sidebar to her giveaway so go and check it out! 

My Contact Lens Terror

Ok first of all I apologise if you read my tweets, because you will probably be doing a massive eyeroll now and thinking GET OVER IT!

Now my New Years Resolution for 2010 is only small and to some might seem really minor.  It is to

Go and get contact lenses!

Spurred on by quite a few people on Twitter and in real life I made an appointment for Sunday 31st at 12:00 at my local Vision Express for my first appointment with them. It's a bit expensive in my opinion, for £50.00 I have the first appointment with them, an appointment where they show me how to put them in and then 2 weeks of trial lenses, if I decide to have the lenses and take up the direct debit I get the £50 back but then I have to have a direct debit for who-knows how long, or I can buy them in cash and get £25 back. 

So I suppose that's an incentive to not be a big baby as I will lose money.

Why am I scared? Well firstly I am a baby who would rather have a full scale operation than have a stranger touch my eye and secondly I don't really know anyone who wears contacts so I don't really know much abou them.  In fact it took Louise telling me that you could get contact lenses that you put in on day 1 and remove after up to 30 days for me to have ever heard of them.

Now that sounds right up my street as I hate touching my eye I am sure I could manage to do it a couple of times a month rather than a couple of times a day.  They also apparently have new lenses for people with astigmatism called Toric lenses! Who knew that?!  I decided to make myself a photoboard on Polyvore as inspiration to get the contacts as I would love a pair of designer sunglasses, I mean I have a pair of Gucci prescription sunglasses but apart from the fact that they are eye-wateringly expensive to have made into prescription ones, I don't really like them that much!

I like the sort of Nicole Ritchie style glasses

So I will keep everyone updated as to how it goes. I will have a busy weekend 29th/30th/31st January!

I have a blogger event on Friday 29th in London, IMATS on 30th and scary contact lens test on 31st!

Oh and if you are going to the event on the 29th or 30th then please do let me know it would be nice to know a friendly face when I get there!

This Really Needs To Stop

I just read this article in the slighty chav tastic New Of The World's magazine:

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/fabulous/features/677953/Lipgloss-and-self-loathing-Eating-disorders-cosmetic-surgery.html

All of these young girls think that they are fat, ugly and need cosmetic surgery.  I was just so saddened to read this story as they are all gorgeous, in my opinion slim and so young.  One of them even mentions getting rid of her chubby cheeks with surgery! It took until I was about 20/21 for my chubby cheeks to go but that's just your 'baby fat' going for some people, my whole family have round cheeks and took until their 20's to grow out of them.  These poor girls are so self conscious and are wasting their teen years focussing on these unnecessary things that they don't even need.

Now I hadn't particularly planned to ever make a nod to the fact that I personally have had plastic surgery but I wanted to address is now in case anyone thought I was being hypocritical.  I personally had breast implants when I was 23.  I had lost 3.5 stone between the ages of 19 and 23 and while I had always had 1 breast bigger than the other when I had lost the weight it was extremely noticeable and I was so self conscious that I had basically one flat side of my chest and 1 B-cup breast, in fact it made me miserable to have to pad one side of my bra every single day, and while I would wear a bikini on the beach as I refused to let it bother me, I did hate seeing everyone on the beach topless with their big bouncy and even boobs!   I have kept the photo I took of myself the day I had surgery and even now I look at the picture and think bleurgh how vile!  I thought about it for a year and saved up the money to pay for them in cash, as I decided it would be weird to pay for my own boobs on a credit card or loan, like someone else owned my baps!   At the end of 2008 I had my surgery and followed to the letter every single thing the doctor said to do and not do. 

Now I am sure from all of my pictures you cannot tell that I have fake boobs, nobody usually believes me!  Up close they look quite big but in general nobody can tell which is exactly what I wanted and I went for a surgeon who was adamant that was the look that he wanted for me as well.  Obviously one implant is a lot bigger than the other and also the bigger one had to be uplifted and the nipple made smaller as that was also a lot bigger than the flat boob side, but fantastically, amazingly they are almost the same size now, only a few millimetres different, I don't have to pad either side and I can wear a normal bra! It takes a few months for them to drop and settle and one day I just looked down and burst out crying because I was just so so happy that I didn't feel so unhappy about them any more. It's been over a year and I love them.  I know in the future I will have to have them redone but in my opinion the cost was better than years of hating my body.

I think my story is a bit different to these girls so I don't think that I am being hypocritical but you can disagree, that's ok ;)  All I will say is, having a boob job or nose job won't fix you or your mentality.  It might give you a boost of confidence or it might not but at the end of the day it will change your body not your mind, so remember that if you are having something done.

I am more than happy to give any advice that I can about pre or post surgery things to do or any tips but I am not going to post it here in case nobody wants to know!

This is a picture which I took 4 weeks after my boobjob was done.  Even right after they were done they didn't look fake.  Please ignore that dodgy top I went out and bought any low cut top that I could since I had spent so long covering them up and trying to conceal the fact that they were wonky lol!

So what the hell is my point? Well I just don't think that at 14 you should be wanting surgery and thinking you are ugly and fat when you are a size 8! I just think we need to encourage young girls to feel good about themselves so they don't feel they have to live up to ridiculous standards. I don't know what can be done to help though really, I mean magazines aren't going to change and I think so much damage has been done already.  I overheard two girls on the bus the other day who I assume were around 17-21 looking at an article in a magazine about the planned increased usage of larger models in 2010 and going forward.  They were discussing how fat and disgusting these models were and how they wouldn't want to read the magazines any more if people were so 'obese and disgusting'.  So I don't know how people are going to change the mentality of size 8 being fat and size 14 being disgustingly obese, it's so wrong as long as  you are healthy and happy then that's what is important.

Anyone else have any feelings about this?

Products I am Using Right Now

I always love reading these types of posts, I am so nosy!


1) Primer: Laura Mercier (I want Hourglass's primer though)

2) Foundation: Nars Sheer Glow and Korres Ginger and Vitamin, oh and Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse

3) Concealer: Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer for undereyes and Cargo Blu Ray concealer for redness/blemishes

4) Powder:  Cargo Blu Ray or Benefit One Hot Minute

5) Bronzer: Chanel Bronze Universal and Korres Monoi Oil

6) Blush: Mac MSF in By Candlelight

7) Highlighter: Benefit Highbeam and Nars Multiples

8) Eyeshadow Base: Mac prep and prime

9) Eyeshadow: Mac vanilla, modelette and brown down, Nars Surabaya duo

10) Liner: Mac Stubborn Brown

11) Mascara: L'Oreal Voluminous

12) Face Wash: none

13) Cleanser: Simple cleansing wipes, Lancome Huile Douceur oil cleanser

14) Eye Cream: I use No.7's protect and perfect serum and Olay dermapods (you can only use dermapods 3 days a week)

15) Serum: No.7 protect and perfect and Olay Aqua Physics (again I alternate)

16) Moisturiser:  Korres Wild Rose SPF 6

17) Body Moisturiser: Gym - M&S coconut body butter, Morning - Korres fig body lotion, Evening - Lush strawberry massage bar

18) Shampoo: Trevor Sorbie Beautiful Volume

19) Conditioner: Trevor Sorbie Cool Coffee for Beautiful Brunettes and Treatment conditioner - Redken Real Control

20) Perfume: Day- Juicy Couture Couture, Couture or Viktor and Rolph Flowebomb, Evening Chanel Allure

Delance Fashion

Just a quick update of a new website which belongs to one of my gorgeous followers Emilie and yes she really is gorgeous check out her blog here blog.delancefashion

And this is the website

Delancefashion

I would definitely suggest going and joining the community if you like clothes/fashion/accessories and makeup, it's really cool.

Great job Emilie it's so cool!

New Korres Lip Butter and Japanese Rose Update

Today I received an order I made during one of my recent 'snow days' at home from Lookfantastic which is on of my fave all rounder sites for makeup, skincare, hair etc. and they had a sale on so I picked up another Korres lip butter, this time in plum.

But I am having a bit of trouble with it as it is so pigmented I look like I have been eating jam and it's smeared all around my mush! Anyone got any tips?

As an Aside

You may have guessed I adore Korres products as they are natural, do what they say they will, are super kind to skin and smell lush. So I found out some news and I thought I would pass it on in case anyone is interested.

Korres Japanese Rose range is being released with a showergel, body milk and body butter. I would always recommend the body butter as the best product out of those three. The scent description is that is smells of “elegant eastern rose petals” which sounds gorgeous, I love the wild rose products that I have tried from Korres and people always comment on the scent when I use my wild rose moisturiser.

JAPANESE ROSE SHOWERGEL  will be £7.00 / 250 ml

JAPANESE ROSE BODY MILK  will be £9.00 / 250 ml

JAPANESE ROSE BODY BUTTER will be £11.50 / 150 ml

Available from January 2010 exclusively through bathandunwind and from February 2010, Korres stockists nationwide.  Hope this helps out any other Korres obsessives like me!


 

Nailtiques Formula 2 Plus

Nailtiques Formula 2 Plus

After a particularly sad month of terrible nails I though I would fess up and admit...this is the state of my nails at the moment and the reason why that even though I have around 7 new nail polishes to try I haven't done any NOTD.

Yikes! This is due to having acrylics put on that were not done properly. A lot of people have tried to lecture me about having acrylics on my nails every 2 weeks, and derr I know this is not the best thing you can do for your nails in the whole world however the above incident was not done by my lovely Louise who normally does my nails (she was in the hospital at the time so I had to have them done by someone else) and happened as the acrylic was applied too thinly at the cuticles and too thickly at the tips, so the cuticle area started lifting, got caught and ripped most of my nails off. My normal nail technician does not use a drill nor does anything to my natural nails rather than a very swift file over the top with an emery board style file, she doesn't hack at my natural nails or file them down until they are paper-like and when they are soaked off for me to have a break they don't look scary or anything like that. So as you can image I was completely devastated lol, yes I am shallow.

Wearing a layer of acrylic over your own nails, no matter how well they are applied is not a great idea and your nails will eventually suffer in one way or another. Thus I have decided (and it has been a difficult decision as I am a fan of 'faking it') to start trying to grow and repair my natural nails until they return to their former glory. This may in part be due to Helen telling me how naughty I have been lol. After being advised by lots of lovelies on Twitter - namely (lizzclare, HelenNiceThings, Get_Lippie and LouLou699) on a few products to try which were Sally Hansen, Mavala and Nail Envy by OPI I went on the search for them. But unfortunately I came up against a few problems.

 Sally Hansen Nail Growth Miracle hasn't done anything, my nails are still splitting, breaking off and chipping even with at last count about 5 coats of it on, also it keeps peeling off which is a right pain. OPI Nail Envy - this was offered to me by my mum who was snowed in for ages so I haven't been able to get to her to borrow it! And Mavala Scientifique which I was most interested in purchasing, but was out of stock in online shops that I like to use and at my local stockist John Lewis (grr).

So after some research I came across Nailtiques Formula 2 Plus for excessive nail problems which was also in stock and in the sale at one of my favourite all purpose beauty shops online Lookfantastic. They state "the salon tested formulations offer special combinations of ingredients including hydrolyzed keratin and protein in combination with gelatin and calcium. As far as I know these are components that your natural nail is made up of.

It is a nail protein treatment that is specially for former wearers of acrylics, gels, wraps, tips etc. The Nailtiques protein formula comes in Formula 1, 2, 2 plus and 3. You are supposed to start with 2 or 3 and then use Formula 1 as a maintenance I believe. I bought Forumula 2 plus as if I have been using a nail miracle treatment for 3 weeks and my nails are a good example of having 'excessive nail problems'!! You use it on clean polish free nails and apply a thin coat avoiding the cuticle area and making sure you do not wave your hands about to dry them, this is apparently banned. Then applying another coat each day.

So I will do an update - depending on whether it works or not after a couple of weeks.

Anyone else tried any Nailtiques products? What did you think?

My Current Hair Styling Products

These are the hair products that I am currently using

Shampoo and Conditioner - Trevor Sorbie

Trevor Sorbie Beautiful Volume Thickening shampoo 250ml

Trevor Sorbie Beatiful Brunette Cool Coffee conditioner 250ml

I picked these up in Boots as they are having a 2 for £7.00 offer at the moment.  The beautiful volume collection does not have a wash off conditioner in the range so I opted for the beautiful brunette cool coffee conditioner as I don't like leave in conditioners unless I am on holiday.  The shampoo is really nice, thick and gel like in consistency but when you rub it in it is really light and washes through easily.  I definitely think this does make my hair look thicker, more so than the volume enhancing ones I have tried before.  Prior to this my favourite was Tommyguns and while that smells a whole lot better I think this Trevor Sorbie one produces more volume.  The conditioner is just OK.  It does make my hair shiny but it isn't as soft and moisturised as with other brands. The consistency is rich and creamy which I prefer as if conditioners are too thin they just seem to slip out of my hair and drip out (as I tend to leave my conditioner on for 3-5 minutes each time). I would say there are much better conditioners out there so I wil continue to search.

Volume Boosting Styling Products

On the day of washing I use either a mousse (L'Oreal's new Studio Silk n Gloss Volume Mousse) or a root boosting spray (Tresemme 24 hour volume root boosting spray).  This really just depends on whether I want volume all over or just at the roots if I am wearing my hair up.  When using the mousse I use about half a golf ball sized amount as my hair is very thin, this does make your hair and hands feel horrible and sticky while it is still wet and I have to dry my hair upside down but it does create a lot of volume and bounce.  The root boosting spray  is easy to use, just spritz around 4-5 times at the roots concentrating at the crown and blow dry for some great root volume, this is non sticky and the spray is really good for directing the product where you need it.

Heat Protection

I have been using the Chi Keratin Mist for about 6 weeks now and I am really impressed, I picked it up for around half the retail price in TK Maxx as well so it was a bargain.  The bottle is large so it's going to last a long time and I find my hair is looking less frazzled after blow drying now I use this.  I spray it all over damp hair after putting on my volumising product, specifically on the ends.

Blow Drying

My house is so cold, even with the heating on.  During this snowy and icy weather I have been carrying a hot water bottle around with me and wearing a hat so to be honest leaving my hair to dry naturally just isn't going to happen, my hair is very fine and needs serious blow drying for it to have a bit of uplift.  I use a combination of techniques to get a bit of volume.

First I blow dry my hair upside down until it is about 80% dry.  Then I put some velcro rollers into the front and crown sections of my hair

Then I blow dry the rest of my hair using a round brush, usually the big one from the picture is the easiest to use, it's by Denman

Then I blast the velcro-rollered hair with hot air to finish them drying and then cool air to seal the curl/volume that I have created.  I carefully unwind them and then smooth it with the smaller round brush from above, it's from Superdrug and cost a couple of pounds.

Shiny Ends

I have two products to give you sealed split ends (in the short term).  I either use BC Bonacure colour save sealed ends which you can get from Feelunique or Trevor Sorbie serum, which is much thinner in consistency than the John Frieda serum which is good if you have fine hair as it doesn't weigh it down.  It also really helps hair look smooth and shiny if you need to slick your hair back into a pony tail.

Obviously this whole thing takes ages! Everyone in my family has fine, thin and frankly rubbish hair.  I wish I had lovely thick locks!  So I only wash and blowdry my hair every other day, or longer if I can manage it.  In the days in between I use the Batiste dry shampoo to keep my hair non-greasy and give it some 'guts'.  I much prefer the normal dry shampoo as these coloured ones don't seem to give me much volume, yes they are coloured so you don't end up with grandma white hair if you are a brunette but they don't seem to work the same - has anyone found this?  I am looking for a new dry shampoo if anyone can recommend one.

What is your hair product routine?