My Hair Care Must Haves!

Bed Head Dumb Blonde Reconstructor & Vitapointe Leave In Conditioner

Bed Head Dumb Blonde Reconstructor

I never really needed to do anything to my hair in regard to conditioning etc up until I went Blond.

I went from black to blond but I was quite sensible about it. I did it gradually but that was purely because...

1. My Mums a hairdresser and she would have killed me if I had just blitzed my hair with bleach!

2. I'm a big chicken when it comes to messing with my hair!

I took my time and gradually got there however I don't think anyone can go from black to blond without incurring some damage at least. To cut a long story short my hair was like cotton wool even after doing it gradually... (bad times!!)

I invested in Dumb Blonde Shampoo & Reconstructor and I can honestly say I have never looked back and I doubt I ever will. This product literally saved my hair and I recommend it to anyone with damage.

Its not just for blond hair it's for all hair colours so don't be deceived by the name.

It can be used as a hair treatment or just an every day conditioner, I use it for both.

It is quite pricey at approx £10 for 200ml, I buy mine in 750ml tween sets, its around £26 in salons? But I get mine from the hair warehouse where I live. However whatever the price it is 1000% worth every penny in my opinion. 

My hair felt a lot better even after day one, I remember saying to my mum I thought it made my hair feel 'hard' she said ''No love its just what hair is supposed to feel like'' haha.. ( I was used to a bush of wool on my head)

Oh and it smells AMAZING!!! (Like all Bed Head Products! )

100% - 10 out of 10 in my book.

Vitapointe Leave In hair Conditioner -50 ml

Morrisons - £1 (Offer)

I use this now and again, my Mum told me to get it after my hair reacted with the bleach when having my roots done. Luckily just the underneath was affected the worst. My hair basically melted and I only realized because the foils burnt my neck when I went to stand up :/ My mum just ripped it all off my head (it had only been on ten mins) Of course I was left with multi coloured orange roots on top as it had only been on a matter of minuets... I left it a week or so and walked round like id been wazzed on by a traffic cone then decided to buy a toner... I should have known not to use said brand but I was stupid/in a rush so picked up the closest that would tone out orangey tones. My hair was fine for a few days but when I washed it the so called permanent colour washed straight out of my hair and left most of it lifeless, brittle and well falling out... I dunno. I cried for ages anyway because I loved being blond and it took so much time, money and effort!! One toner ended it all. :'( - Well I tried all sorts, nothing worked so I decided I had no choice but to change colour. I went Red (love it now) but my hair was still incredibly damaged...

I saw the Vitapointe in Morrison's on offer so I bought a few tubes. You're supposed to use a pearl sized amount but I just slapped the whole tube on my head (dry hair) before bed and slept in it. It is like pure grease and oil on your hair its disgusting. Next morning it took approx 3 washes to get the grease out but my hair was SO much better I couldn't believe it.

I searched the Internet and couldn't really find much on Vitapointe, not even on YouTube, I did find though that its seen as 'an old lady product'???apparently anyway, probably because its so cheap and has been around for years!

It just goes to show you don't have to spend spend spend to find something that works just as good if not better than many of the top brands, especially the rival brands in supermarkets that seem to the hiking their prices up as of late!

So if any of you suffer from damaged hair and have spent countless £££/$$$'s on products that promise amazing results but in reality don't really do anything I do recommend these two as they have both worked wonders for me.

I put both these on here together as I thought it would be good to show examples of brilliant products from both ends of the price spectrum and hopefully my terrible experiences with my hair can help some of you going through the same thing even if you have a limited budget or not.

xxx



Models Own Nail Polish Review.

Models Own Nail Polish - Champagne £5

I firstly discovered Models Own through the Free Gift set In the News of the World news paper so I may be a tad behind. I didn't recon much to the free gift, I thought the mascara was dreadful and the eyeliner was a soggy mess and found it impossible to line with the tip. However I gave it the benefit of the doubt as it was a free gift in the paper after all and really what can you expect for free... :p

I went ahead and bought three polishes From Boots on a random shop on the way home from Uni.

I bought Champagne, Bronze Rage and Silver Fox.

  

Bronze & Silver for my Mum for Mothers day so I don't have those with me to take pictures for now but I can update at a later date.

All three are absolutely GORGEOUS!!! I was quite shocked by the quality of these and with them being on 3 for 2 its a must have bargain!

As you can see from the picture below they are so true in colour, I will also say I found I didn't really need a second coat with these unlike many brands you can buy on the high street. I have been wearing this since Thursday now with no top coat and there aren't really any chips apart from the odd minor that is hardly visible... for me that's AMAZING as I seem to have no choice in caking the top coat on usually.

I have worn this with the silver fox over as a top coat & I will post a picture of below along with a picture of  it plain too. One VERY important factor for me would be removal... YOU NEED A CHISEL TO GET THIS OFF YOUR NAILS!! For some of you this may be a con rather than a pro but for me its definitely a pro! It may be a little time consuming trying to get it off your nails... but for me its better than having to re apply every morning, noon and night. That's just a waste if you have to do that.

So to cut a long story short... If you are a nail fanatic, love to have a wide array of true colours to chose from but you just don't have the time to keep re applying Models Own is almost certainly for you! :)

Layered With Silver Fox as a top coat ^

Plain Champagne ^

Katie :)

xxx