Kevin Murphy - Hydrate-Me Shampoo & Conditioner

Hey everyone! Today I have a review of the KEVIN.MURPHY - Hydrate-Me Shampoo* and Conditioner*. The Kakadu plum infused shampoo and conditioner helps moisturise hair by giving it a silky feel and a sensual touch. It is suitable for normal to dry hair and is sulphate and paraben free! It is so obvious this product is luxurious - even when I poured some into my hand before applying it to my hair I noticed how silky it felt. It makes my hair feel wonderfully soft and I adore the scent. To me it doesn't smell like a plum (although, i've never smelled a kakadu plum) but rather it smells of a subtle musk and I love it! If you want a really good shampoo and conditioner that leaves your hair noticeably softer and shinier after one use, this is the one for you! The shampoo retails for $32.95 and conditioner retails for $33.95 and can be found at selected salons nationally. 

What's your favourite KEVIN.MURPHY product?

Justice Professional - Protein Spray & Detangler

Hey guys! Hope you are having a great day! Today I have the Justice Professional Protein Spray* to show you! This protein spray helps protect hair from damaging heat styling, UV rays and Chlorine. It helps to detangle and de-frizz without boring flatness. It also gives a soft shine and flexible hold. Plus, this product smells ah-mazing! It smells like floral-ly clean hair.. I wish my hair smelled that good all the time! This has been my saviour after a shower and even coming home from work for a pick me up and revitalizing scent! You can buy this product from here, as well as Just Cuts salons in Australia and it retails for $18.95 for 250ml.

Justice Professional (Just Cuts) Product Review

Hey guys!! Today I have a new brand to introduce you too called Justice Professional which has been created by Just Cuts (for those not from Australia, this is a chain group of low to medium price ranged hair services). They have just released 14 products ranging from stylers, cleansers, treatments, holders, oils and moulding products. Today I will be sharing with you the Cool Mint Shampoo* and Conditioner*, Violet Shampoo* and Argan Oil*. These products can be found at www.justicehair.com and Just Cuts salons.

I love the Cool Mint Shampoo* and Conditioner*. I love products that can make your scalp feel all cool and tingly. The Cool Mint shampoo is sulphate free but lathers up really well. It is enriched with pro-vitamin b-5 and nourishing wheat protein to leave the hair feeling moisturised and revived. The conditioner really awakens my scalp, giving me the strongest tingly feeling when it is rinsed out! The scent is really nice; a mixture of mint, rosemary and lemon. The Cool Mint shampoo and conditioner do not weigh my hair down and I have noticed my hair feeling weightless and very bouncy since using it for over a week now. The Shampoo and Conditioner both retail for $16.95 for a big 250ml bottle and I really like the packaging and sleek body of the bottles.

The Violet Shampoo* is a product I wanted to try, but to only use on the ends of my hair (as I have balayage hair) and i'm so glad I did! This product is sooo confronting with the violet dye-like product that literally looks like it is going to stain every surface of the shower and your body - but thankfully it does not! If you have bleached, grey or white hair then it is a good idea to use violet shampoo as it helps to remove brassy tones and restores vibrancy in your hair colour. Whenever I dye my ends blonde and wash out the dye I noticed the lightest parts of my ends looking grey when they are wet, but this eventually fades with time - but since using the violet shampoo I can see the lightest parts of my hair becoming brighter and looking grey when it is wet (which is a good thing as it dries very light blonde!) I adore this product but the smell is a bit funny . . it smells sort of bad, but covered with a grape scent. . so it smells half bad than if no grape scent was added lol. This retails for $16.99 for a 250ml bottle.

The Argan Oil* is a hair oil i've been dying to try for so long now. I've tried just about everything else but Argan oil surprisingly! I love that this bottle has a spray nozzle on the top so you can either spray it into your hand or directly onto your hair. I do really like how shiny and soft my hair has been since using this oil, but I have noticed that my hair is less wavy as a result of being weighed down. It would be cool if there was a "light" version of this so hair isn't weighed down as much. Nonetheless I will continue using this and have glossy, luscious locks! This retails for $24.99 and comes in a 100ml bottle.

Let me know if you try some products - I'd love to try their protein spray next! Thanks for reading. 

ELEVEN Australia Haircare Products

Hello everyone! Today I have 3 products by ELEVEN Australia to show you. ELEVEN is a new brand developed for people who want a simple solution to quality haircare. Today I am showing you the Hydrate My Hair Moisture Shampoo* (RRP $20.95) and Conditioner* (RRP $21.95) as well as the Miracle Hair Treatment* (RRP $24.95) They are available from selected Ozdare salons and online here. First of all I need to mention how amazing these 3 products smell! The shampoo and conditioner smell like the Jelly Belly watermelon flavour - such a lovely sweet candy smell and the hair treatment is so decadently delicious with a nice coconut smell to it. I am getting way too excited about washing my hair these days ever since I've received these products! Not only are they all super hydrating but I have definitely noticed my hair is so much softer! After shampooing my hair is so smooth and hydrated that I almost didn't need to condition - which I haven't experienced before! 

The shampoo and conditioner are very light-weight and has not made my hair feel heavy or dirty - actually quite the opposite, full of volume and so soft! The miracle treatment is very light as well and you can use so much without it weighing your hair down - which I love to do by smothering it all over my damp hair after a shower! I seriously recommend this product to anyone with normal hair conditions - or even someone with very dry hair - as my ends are seriously damaged from all the blonde dyes I use! This is definitely my new go to hair products and I absolutely love the simplicity of the label and packaging - no muss! Let me know if you guys try this brand out as I have a feeling it will be very popular soon!

Fudge - Ends (Hair Treatment)

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Hi lovelies! Today I have a product from Fudge to show you called Ends* (RRP $18.95 for 50mL available at Hairhouse Warehouse). It is a miracle smoothing treatment for soft silky ends. It is full of powered proteins to repair and seal dry ends preventing hair breakage. I applied a small amount of product through the mid-lengths and the ends of my hair and let it air dry naturally. My ends are so damaged from all the blonde dye I put through it that I'm always on the hunt for a product that will make them look healthy! Obviously there is no quick fix but I really love this product. It is quite a thick balm-like product but rubs in easily once applied to the hair. I have been using it every time I wash my hair and have noticed how much healthier my hair looks. Not to mention my hair smells like candy...yum!!

What's your holy grail hair product? Let me know so I can go try it out! Thanks for reading and have a great day!

Clairol Professional - Deep Moisture Intensive Mask

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Hey guys today I have a review of the Clairol Professional - Deep Moisture Intensive Mask (RRP $13.99)* to share with you! This mask is ideal for hair that has been left battered by cold winds (or over-dyeing). Indulge dehydrated and stressed hair with a hydrating replenishment of moisture – this intensive mask delivers care to where it’s needed most, reviving hair with softness, health and vitality. It has a very subtle but sweet honey and mango scent to it and leaves my hair feeling really soft! One problem i've encountered with dying the ends of my hair blonde is how porous and pliable my hair is. If i slept on my hair funny where it was all crimpled, when I would wake up it would look so strange as if I curled my hair but really really badly with hair going in every direction. Since using this mask 2 times a week for the past 3 weeks i've noticed my hair doesn't even budge or take on a new shape during my sleep! I love this mask and would definitely repurchase. I love nothing more then relaxing in a hot shower with a deep nourishing mask in my hair!

Sorry it looks a bit empty, i've been using it religiously!

 So tell me, what's your favourite hair mask or treatment? I would love to know! Thanks for reading.

Scunci Hair Accessories + Hair Tutorials!

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Hey guys! Today I have 2 Scunci hair tools to show you for achieving some really cool hairstyles! The first one is Hi-Styles Volume & Lift*, which is a hair volume builder, perfect for that awesome beehive (not that i'm a huge fan of that hair style but the soft, half up 60s style version I am) Here's a nice example that comes to mind!

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Here's a quick overview of the product itself and the exact instructions as on the box.

 Here's my tutorial on how to achieve a subtle, yet voluminous looking head of hair.

I'm not going to lie...I struggled with this tool...big time. It took me numerous attempts and tantrums to get it and finally after some much needed time out I got it! I just found that it wouldn't stay in my hair well enough, so make sure you really tease your hair, as it helped it stay in place a lot! Would I use this again? No, probably not, as teasing my hair would have done just the same thing.. but if I wanted a more beehive/60s pin up girl look then yes, definitely I would use it! Also, the direction that the tool goes should be obvious, but the arch is align with the arch of the head.

Next up we have the Scunci Perfect Pony Volume & Lift* tool. This tool will help achieve a thicker, more voluminous ponytail as opposed to a thin, droopy one!

And here's the tutorial to achieve the look!

This tool was so much simpler and easier to use and I really liked the result! Although it felt funny in my hair, it really gave a nice, thick pony tail to my look and I would definitely use this again for a sophisticated night out. P.s it's really obvious what direction the tool is used but just incase, it goes with the pony tail direction (so the long chamber sticking out the same way a pony tail does)! So guys what do you think of these? Would you ever use them? Let me know! Thanks for reading! 

Remington - Hot Pink Curl It Curler

Hi guys! Today I have something a little different to show you, a curler by Remington called Hot Pink Curl It* (RRP $38.95). "This Remington curler provides a shortcut to beautiful, celebrity inspired curls in a flash. It has a sleek conical tong that uses premium ceramic technology and features 10 variable heat settings".  It comes with a glove so you can safely hold the wrapped hair in place. First of all I want to say I LOVE the packaging! I do like a bit of pink in my life (cough cough my electric kitchen beater and my UV lamp cough cough) but the curler itself isn't pink .. ah well! Misleading name or what!? This curler gets very hot quickly and can go up to 210 degrees Celsius. You have to press the power button and then choose your setting and that's it! To turn it off you hold the power button until the screen turns off as well. 

Before I curled my hair I washed it as normal and let it air dry with a few sprays of Sebastian Volupt Spray* (RRP $34). The volupt spray is a volume building spray-gel that you spray into damp hair and you can either blow-dry it or leave the hair to dry natural, I never use a hair dryer so I did the latter. I did find that the spray gave me more volume especially in the body of my hair, but it also went a bit hard and crunchy like hair spray and I do not like that feeling!

Curling my hair was easy on one side, but pretty challenging on the other side (I don't think i've perfected my hair curling technique yet). I managed to make some really nice curls and very easily too but I did struggle a little bit. When I would wrap my hair piece around the tong I noticed the hair would slide down and I would only be able to curl the bottom half of my hair. I did find a way around that, by quickly twisting the hair around the tong but nonetheless it was a bit annoying having to go back higher in the hair just to curl the top half of my head. One thing I really loved about this curler is how quickly the curl forms. I only kept my hair on the tong for about 10 seconds per curl and they were lovely and bouncy!

Once I curled my hair I went out for dinner for about 4 hours and when I came back my hair was still nice and wavy/curly and bouncy! They last so well and I didn't even use hair spray! Take a look at the photos below and let me know what you think!

 

 

 

Front - Before (Stupid face..sorry! Lol)

Front - After

Back - Before

Back - After

Back - After

Side - Before

Side - After

Well there you have it! My review of the Remington - Hot Pink Curl It and I would rate it a 4/5! Very inexpensive and gives gorgeous curls and volume! Thanks for reading and let me know what you think below :)

Pantene PRO-V - Intensive Damage Repair Oil

Hi everyone! Today I have Pantene's PRO-V Intensive Damage Repair Oil to show you – RRP $9.99 (but bought it for $4.99 on special at Coles).

My hair is no stranger when it comes to damage and lots of hair dyes! I dye the ends of my hair a very light ash blonde every 3 months or after every haircut to keep my balayage/ombre look intact. I’ve been doing it since October 2011(!) The ends of my hair get seriously brittle so I knew I needed a good treatment which is why I thought I’d give this Pantene oil a go. . Plus it was on special! It helps repair and seal every strand of hair and reduces protein loss. It smells just like regular Pantene shampoo and conditioner and the oil is clear when you pump it out of the bottle. I only used a 5c piece worth and it was more than enough for the ends of my hair. My ends look much shinier and smell great but after 1 use I can’t see a dramatic improvement. I do really like this oil and think it works well to style hair naturally and help keep it hydrated as well as helping you have a good hair day!. What do you think?

Aaaaanddd... a sneaky pic of me front on!

 Thanks for reading, I hope you liked this post and have a lovely day!