Ombre Hair Care

So I have ombre hair and I love it. It adds texture and volume to your hair and gives you the ability to look super boho or like the classiest girl in the neighborhood, unfortunately it is also very hard to take care of. Over time I have built up a collection of products that I find work the most effectively at keeping ombre (or any dyed/bleached hair) looking lush.

The first thing I would recommend is a good heat protector, this will stop your hair from getting even more frazzled by straighteners, curlers ect. The one i use is the Aussie Dual Personality Heat Protection.  I find that it works well plus it smells amazing.

The next thing I love is a big floppy hat, my ones was about £6 in primark.  The reason I love these is because sun and hot weather really damages your hair regardless of it being dyed or not , so my big floppy hat not only protects my hair from becoming even more damaged and looking worse it also shades my face.

Bleached blonde hair can turn gingery after a while and a great way to get around this is toner (Bleach London has a great one) but unfortunately after a while it fades so I like to keep on top of my blonde colour by using a toning shampoo. These are great because you can just use them like a normal shampoo as well.  The way this works is it has purple and blue tones in it which cancels out the copper and brass tones leaving fabulous blonde hair.

So those where my three ombre Hair care essentials be sure to like comment and follow

Change your Lifestyle Little by Little

Everyone thinks of Christmas as the time when we gain weight but I was thinking to myself yesterday and I am pretty sure I gain more weight in July than December. You may be sat here reading this and thinking that I'm out of my mind (and to be honest your probably right) because December is the time of turkey, Christmas cake and gingerbread *drools* but for me (please realize this may be completely different for you) summer is the time of ice cream, lounging around and not having to get up as early and going through thousands of bottles of sprite just to "keep cool". So this got me thinking, if your eating bad and being lazy all through summer then obviously you won't feel as good as you could. So i decided to make a list. A simple list with a few tips for making little changes with a big difference!

1.  Have a piece of your favorite fruit every time your craving something sweet

2. Make delicious smoothies with all your favorite ingredients instead of guzzling down liters of coke and lemonade

3. Do five minutes of yoga/stretching every morning or night (don't do it right before you go to bed or you won't be able to sleep)

4. Always remove makeup, if you get really bored,  forget easily or can't be bothered get some cleansing make up removal wipes. The Tesco pro ones are great for the price

5. Have a herbal tea instead of a coffee or hot chocolate,  I often find these not only taste good but make me feel a whole lot better on the inside AND help my hair, skin and nails (it's still hydration therefor makes your skin softer, hair shinier and nails healthier) Peppermint is my favorite flavour

6. Make sure the first thing you do every morning is SMILE the more positive you make yourself look the more positive you will feel

7. Use argon oil. I get mine super cheap from T.K Maxx, this stuff not only keeps hair looking healthy and helps detangle it also smells lush, just be careful not to use to much as it will make your hair look greasy.

8. Try to limit your Internet time (I can talk ha) seriously though it will help you sleep and give you a healthier outlook on life.


There you have it, eight tips on how to improve your lifestyle little by little. By the way please don't feel compelled to do all of these maybe pick 3 and add one each week.

MUA Alexandra Burke Lip Boom review

This lipstick has got to be one of my favorites ever. I purchased this when I was shopping with a friends and came across it in a Superdrug shop, the packaging caught my eye and although this isn't the colour that I originally intended to go for after seizing them all up (and trust me I did A LOT of seizing up) I decided this colour was the one! The colour i chose was "Its A Situation" and it is a deep purple. I was actually so excited to try this that I ran into the changing rooms at primark because I couldn't wait to get home! My first impression was that it was VERY dark and for a horrible minute I thought I had bought a colour that didn't suit me at all (to be honest that probably wouldn't have mattered as it only cost me about 3 quid!). Luckily my friend had a lip balm with her so what we decided to do was to apply the lip balm as a base coat and a top coat to sort of soften out the colour a bit and I have to say it looked great! The colour stays well and although the lip gloss included is very nice it's a bit thin and you have to apply about 5 coats for it to have much effect, also its VERY VERY sparkly so I prefer to not use it, still 100% worth it as I would have paid more than the price for even just the lipstick, I always find MUA is great value for money!

P.S Sorry for the crappy photo quality,  these where taken using bad artificial lighting and on the messy surface of a chest of drawers.