Macadamia hair products.

Hey guys, as you might have seen in my last post that I have been loving and trying new hair products lately and that includes these two little beauties : the Macadamia nourishing leave-in cream & the Macadamia healing oil spray. I bought these products a while back from Fragrance Direct (http://www.fragrancedirect.co.uk/) for a very little price. I think they were less than half price of the normal price on the Macadamia website, so bargain! I used these for a little while but then moved on to new products and completely forgot about these two little gems til yesterday when I tried them out again. And fell in love with them as much as I did the first time I used them. I have always wanted to try the deep repairing mask from Macadamia but have never got round to buying it yet. Anyways, the nourishing leave-in cream is my favourite one out of these two, it leaves your hair feeling soooo soft and the disappearance  of split ends is amazing, you can hardly tell you have any! You put this cream in towel-dried hair, mainly on the ends and then I like to blow dry it and the result is just so good, I have never had such soft hair before! I got the 60ml bottle so it's quite small but you only need to put a little amount on your hand to work through your hair and so the bottle does last quite a long time and it only cost me 2 pounds 99. I think I still have about half the product left. Also, the smell is amazing, I'm not really good at describing smells but it's just one of those smells that leaves your hair smelling gorgeous. 

The second product is the Macadamia healing oil spray, this product isn't as good as the other one but I still think it does a good job and I just like to use it as an extra on top of the leave in cream. You can use this product on towel dried hair or dry hair after styling it. I normally use the 'leave in cream' first before blow-drying my hair and then use this product afterwards to give it that extra softness and shine. This is also a 60ml bottle and also lasts quite a long time although I wouldn't say that it would last as long as the bottle of cream. The only downside I would say is the smell, it's not a vile or horrible smell, but it's just not as nice as the 'leave in cream'. Again, I am not very good at describing smells, but this smell is kind of musty, not very flowery or fruity I would say, it's just not my ideal scent for a hair product. Both of these products are made from Macadamia and Argan oil.

Have you tried any Macadamia products? Which ones? 

VO5 Plump it up.

Hey guys! Today I am going to be showing you one of my new favourite hair products. So lately my hair has been feeling and looking a bit 'meh'. It doesn't have much volume or a nice texture and doesn't really look in the best condition either. My hair used to be really bad and had so many split ends and so throughout a whole year I stopped using heat on it completely (CrAzY!) At first it was so hard for me as not being able to dry my hair made it lose a lot of volume and not straightening it made it look a bit all over the place but after a while it didn't actually look that bad as my hair was in better condition. Of course just before I did this I cut my hair so most of the split ends had already gone. My natural hair is neither straight or curly, it's kind of a mix, if that's possible. When I was about 3 my hair was just pure ringlets, it was so crazy, but weirdly this only lasted a year, after that it went dead straight and I don't even know how or why! By the age of 10 my ends started to go a bit curly and then up to today it has never been pure straight again, my hair has really loose curls and just flicks all over the place but also bits that are dead straight, it's kinda hard to explain but I am sure this is a natural thing. Anyways, after that year of NO heat, I ended up liking using my hair dryer again as it gave me so much volume and made my hair feel quite smooth. Now I know this is ruining my hair, some days where I have to go somewhere important or going to see someone I have to use the hairdryer, but if I am just at home then I won't cos I'd be ruining my hair for nothing haha. So when I last went to England in May, I popped into Boots as they had a 3 for 2 deal on all hair products so I thought why not see if I can pick up something that will help give my hair a bit more boost and fullness. I picked up 3 different products of course, and my favourite one is the VO5 Plump it up spray. This spray claims to give to 'Volume and thickness with natural bounce.' and I certainly agree with this. You spray it on your hair when you have towel dried it and just before you blow dry your hair. I spray it all over my hair and mainly near the roots underneath so it kind of pushes it up and gives me volume there. And it works a miracle, I can definitely see more volume in my hair and it does last a good 4 hours which is amazing, maybe even more! One more amazing thing about this product is the fact that it also has heat defence! It's kind of like a two in one, how brilliant! I don't have any downsides about this product, so if you are looking for a product which gives you a bit more volume definitely pick this one up. I can't exactly remember how much it was but it was no more than 5-6 pounds. 

Have you ever tried this product before? 

Sephora eyeliner.

Hey guys! Yesterday when my exams had finished I couldn't help but pop into Sephora as I was desperately in need of a new eyeliner. I was first, very tempted to buy the new Benefit 'They're real' liner but when I tried it out, I wasn't too keen on the way in worked, the fact that you had to twist it for the product to come out on the plastic bit, I just found it hard to apply. Maybe it's just me? I don't know.. The one good thing I will say about it though was the shape of the applicator, it was angled. So after being a bit disappointed about the product after trying it out, the Sephora 'smart liner' caught my eye with it's bizarre shape. The shape of it is meant to make it easier to do a smooth, winged eyeliner in one move pretty much. And that's what is does! I was pretty impressed with how much easier it is to apply and how quick you can get your eyeliner done. Now personally, and I'm pretty much the only person who does, I take about 5 minutes to get my eyeliner done perfectly (with my old one anyway).. But with this product it is done in 2 seconds! The line it creates is so precise as well and you can do thin lines and thick lines with it which is great. The applicator is kind of like the 'felt-tip' eyeliners and it goes really thin at the end. I will say it is kind of hard to get used to holding this shape eyeliner at first, but after trying it out once or twice you don't even realise that it is kind of an awkward shape. It lasts a long time on your eye and doesn't smudge, although it is not waterproof so maybe it will start to smudge once touched with water. There is two things about this eyeliner though, is it I don't think that it will last very long (I mean the product in general not on the eye) just because it is one of those 'felt-tip' ones and they tend to dry out really quickly, but also the cartridge inside is very small so I take it that there is little product which is a shame as I will be using it on a daily basis as I am in love with it. Also, I find it quite hard to take off, I don't know whether it is my make up remover that isn't great to take it off, but I think that you will need something like a waterproof makeup remover to get it off easier. I paid around 12.99euros so about 10pounds I think which isn't too bad for a Sephora eyeliner, I just hope it lasts me long enough to get the most out of my money!  

Whilst I was in Sephora, I couldn't help but pick up a couple of these little cute things aswell. These mini body washes are so cute and so handy if you are travelling or going on holiday via a plane as you are only aloud a certain amount of ml's in your hand luggage. They had a huge amount of different scents and unfortunately the one I wanted the most (caramel) had sold out! But these ones sounded just as nice. I got Lagoon, Cotton flower (one of my favourite incense stick sense) and Coconut. I am a huge fan of every single body wash or moisturiser that is coconut scented, mhmmm! I can't wait to try them out when I go on holiday and I might just have to pick up some more before I go! I will let you know once I have tried them how good they smelt. They were 0.95euros each so around 70/80p which isn't bad for these little things. They have big bottles of each one in the shop too but I thought I'd just stick to the mini ones til I found the scent I love the most.

My free samples! As you probably know, everytime you go into Sephora you get little perfume samples and I got these two by Guerlain Paris. They are both called 'La petite robe noire' but have two different dresses one shorter one and one long one. They both have a different scents but they both smell amazing! And the actual packaging/bottles for these perfumes are so cute! (Had to have a little look in the shop after getting these). I think my favourite one out of the two is the long dress one. It is quite confusing that they both have the same name and I don't know if there is a name on the actual bottles to mark the difference between the two. I also found that they had a third 'La petite robe noire' aswell whilst in the shop but I didn't get a sample of it. If you are in need of a lovely girlie perfume one of these three is definitely for you, I would really recommend them for a lovely summery girlie perfume. 

Garnier Ambre Solaire BB cream with spf 50

Hey there guys, today I have a little review for you on one of my latest make-up buys which is the Garnier Ambre Solaire BB cream with spf 50. As soon as I saw the product on the shelves I was immediately attracted to it just because of the fact it had spf 50 in it, and for me this is amazing. I am ginger and have quite pale skin so I catch the sun very easily in summer and turn red like a lobster and suffer for a few days. I'm not too keen on wearing sun screen (even though I have no choice), especially when it comes to wearing it on my face, I just find that it is too oily and too thick. So when I saw that Garnier had a BB cream with spf 50 in it, I just had to get it! In the summer I mainly go for a BB cream as I find that foundation is just too thick on a hot day, especially when it just melts down my face haha! I payed around 10euros for it in France which is about 7 or 8 pounds, which isn't too bad but is nearly double the price of the normal Garnier BB cream that I normally buy out here in France.

The BB cream does feel quite thick (but not too much) which I find with all the Garnier BB creams to be honest but once blended in it does feel a lot lighter. It does give quite a dewy finish, it's definitely not matte which I don't know if it's a good thing or bad thing in the summer, it depends on your skin type really cos I know that I have combination to oily skin and sometimes in the summer my face gets more oily than in the winter and so something that gives me a dewy finish is not always the best but either way I am still going to be wearing this product most of the summer. Secondly, the colour. Now to be honest, I was very shocked when I saw the colour that came out of the tube. On the box it says that it is for pale skin people who catch the sun easily, and this BB cream doesn't have on the front weather it is for light or dark skin, but to me, according to what is said on the back of the box it sounded like it would be a light colour and that it would blend in perfectly into your skin tone. Ok, so when I squeezed a little bit on my hand and started to rub it in a bit, it was orange, and I mean ORANGE! I was like 'Oh my god no! I just wasted money on a product that sounded so amazing!' Yes, it sounded amazing to me haha. But then I thought I'd try it again and use my real techniques expert face brush and started to blend it, and yet again, it was still orange, until I kept on blending it more and more. Hallelujah! It was blended into my skin perfectly, damn, I was so relieved. About the duration, it does last quite a while, I would say it lasts about the same as the normal Garnier BB cream so for around 6 to 8 hours maybe if you are lucky, which is still really good.  I haven't quite worn it out in the sun for a whole day so I'm not too sure if it will protect you from the sun if you were out from morning 'til evening in the sun but I wore it out for a good few hours in around 26 degrees and to tell the truth, it did it's just, not one single bit of red from the sun on my face!

So yeah, I definitely recommend this product for people with pale skin who catch the sun easily on their face as it has an amazing spf 50 in it and lasts a long time but also for people who just want a BB cream but have the benefit of an spf 50 in it just in case! Hope this helps you guys and see ya soon! 

THE BB CREAM WHEN BLENDED IN GENTLY

BB CREAM AFTER BEING REALLY BLENDED INTO MY SKIN, PERFECT!