5 good things

I have been MIA again for a few weeks, but this time i have a good excuse, starting with my first good thing:

1. I have started an NVQ in Beauty therapy (level 2), my job was really getting me down and i felt like i would be stuck behind my desk forever doing laborious jobs i don't enjoy, so i did something about it, and while i am still working for my company i wont be office based for much longer as i can do all of my work from home as it is all internet/computer based now. So i get to keep the job which will pay for the course but i also get to do the course until i qualify then i can find work as a beauty therapist instead. more to come on this soon...

2. Back to school supplies, starting a new course means buying stationary and other fun things like multicoloured metallic gel pens, highlighters, sparkly notebooks and Hello Kitty pencil cases  and who doesn't like buying things like that???, at least now i have an excuse.

3. This Bag!!!!

Its by Gloria Ortiz (Spanish designer) and is super duper sparkly in real life with silver and coral/pink stripes and nude fabric woven through the handles which are long enough to go over your shoulder. The minute i saw it i wanted it, the minute i looked at the price tag i had to have it, it was literally screaming my name (look it says CHARLOTTE!!!!!) and it was 70% off the already reduced price of 99€ in the Corte Ingles outlet store. I cant wait to wear it!

4. I downloaded an App for my iphone & ipad the other week and as i had paid 2.99 for it and wasn't very impressed (as i thought a lot of things could be easily altered) i emailed the developer and told them so, the next day the emailed me back to tell me i was AMAZING, yes really, and if it wasn't for people like me giving them in depth feedback and suggestions they wouldn't be able to improve anything as they had exhausted their own ideas AND to top it off they sent me a 10 dollar Amazon gift card to spend on whatever i want as a thank you, so sometimes it does pay to complain.

5. The lovely ring Jay bought me for our anniversary, anyone who knows me knows that i love crowns, so much so that i have one tattooed onto my back, this one was bought from a small artisan stall in Guardamar night market on a midnight stroll, it is sterling silver and cubic zirconia and i love it, he also bought me a great pair of studded shoes, happy Charlotte!

What are your 5 good things this week?

Review: Flormar 2x DUO chrome nail enamel

I bought this nail polish while I was out shopping last week and as with most Flormar polishes it is great quality, dries quite fast and is opaque in 2 coats. It was more expensive at 4.90€ than their regular range which is 2.90€ but it is still cheaper than most drugstore polishes and the quality outweighs most other similar priced brands.

I have the colour DC06 which is a lovely purple that changes to a greyish colour with a hint of mossy green, the duo chrome isn't that dramatic but it does add another dimension to the nails. It is available in a few other colours but this was the only one that really took my fancy at the moment. I think it will probably look even better with a matte topcoat but I haven't tried it yet.

Review: EZEspa travel rollerball

I hate long car journeys.... If i´m driving i get stressed out and then start to lose concentration after a few hours, if someone else is driving i feel really sick. So its a lose lose situation. "Going for a drive" is my worst nightmare, i don't understand how people can get enjoyment out of "going for a drive". The only reason i drive anywhere is to get to the location at the end and then get back home again.

So when i discovered EZEspa (sister brand of Kleeneze) had released a selection of essential oil rollerballs i decided to order a few and give them a try. I had the perfect opportunity this weekend when my mum asked me to come with her to Marina Dór, which is a resort town in Castellon.. a good 3 and a half hours drive from where we live. I was dreading the journey because i didn't want to be sick and every time i have been there before i have felt terrible after the long drive or got really ill on the way. But she bribed me with a trip to a new shopping centre i had never been to on the way home, and who doesn't love discovering a new shopping centre !? So i agreed to go.

The rollerball is in a nice glass bottle with a silver lid, it is designed to be applied to your pulse points ( temples, wrists, inner elbows, behind knees etc...) and its mix of essential oils (peppermint, lavender, geranium and eucalyptus) promise to ease travel sickness and prevent jetlag. I don't think i will be going on any long haul flights anytime soon so can only tell you about car sickness but for me it worked really well.

Image from Google

As soon as i got in the car i applied to my neck( just below ears), wrists, inner elbows and behind knees so that every time i moved i got a waft of the refreshing minty scent, i re-applied every 40 minutes or so when i felt it was starting to wear off and each time it gave me a bit of a boost and stopped me feeling sick. This is the first time i have ever been a passenger on a car journey this long and not felt nauseous or actually been sick so this was brilliant for me. I think the price is good at 5 pound/ 6€ as it will last a long time.

They also have a few more in the range.. i have bought the calming rollerball (which smells like roses..LOVE) and the energizing rollerball along with this one and I'm dying to try the other 2 which are sleep well and breathe easy. All Ezespa products are available from here or from your local Kleeneze distributor (UK, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Holland).

Review: Bourjois VOLUMIZER mascara

I LOVE this mascara,

I first heard about it on Sarah Walkers youtube channel and despite the fact she has naturally mega long lashes this mascara made them look even more amazing so i thought it was definitely worth a try. I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with Bourjois cosmetics, some of their products are amazing ( little round pot eyeshadows, so laque nail polish, white chocolate highlighter.....) and some of their products are terrible (eyeshadow trios and some of the blushers i´m lookin at you!!) i have also had problems with some of their mascaras in the past especially the ones with fibres really irritating my eyes although i did used to love the volume clubbing mascara but its a pain to remove.

So i bought this mascara in a 3 for 2 at Boots last time i went back to England when it had just been released because obviously it wouldn't be available in Spain for months after it was released, it is available here now but Bourjois is so expensive here compared to the other drugstore brands.

So what did i think?  It was love at first try..  i was never overly impressed with the whole 2 step brush idea at first but after about 10 seconds of fiddling i realised it isnt even 2 brushes, there is only actually one brush!!

Step one is a thin brush that is scraped clean of most of the product ( buy the tube which is actually classed as brush 2) and is basically there to define and seperate your lashes...

Step 2 is the same brush but with none of the product scraped off, so it is fully loaded with thick creamy mascara...

The product looks so clumpy on the brush but it really doesnt transfer to the lashes like that, ( unless you try and add another coat when it is completely dry) i also like that if you apply too much of step 2 you can alsways go over it quickly with the step 1 brush to remove any excess and define your lashes again.

And the end result.....  hugely volumised and slightly longer lashes

Sorry i dont know how to crop photos so you get a lovely close-up of my pores

Overall the name is perfect, it does exactly what it says on the tin, the mascara is affordable and stays on all day, it is easy to wash off and doesn't flake, the only problem i have had with it is if i have cried or got watery hayfever eyes this does run into my eyes making them red and irritated and water even more, but that doesn't happen very often and i avoid it when my hayfever is bad.

Have you tried this mascara or any of the others from the Bourjois range?

Notd: Subtle stripes

I was starting to get bored of solid single colour nails so when I found a striping brush in my nail kit the other night I decided to play around. I only had a few nail polish colours with me so decided on a colour only a few shades different from what I was already wearing. I like the subtlety of the stripes and to add a little interest I added a fimo nail art flower to the ring fingers.

unfortunately the striper brush was a cheap one and it didn't hold the shape very well so when I have invested in a new one I will have a play around with lots of other colours. I think a really pale, possibly white base with pastel coloured candy stripes will look good

For this look I did 2 coats of some random cheap pinky/ purple colour then stripes of Kiko 313, I added a clear topcoat and applied the flower while it was still wet then added another coat over the top when it was dry. I am really surprised that the flowers have not come off or even lifted at all yet and they have been on for 5 days!!

Battle of the BB creams (pic heavy)

I´m sure by now the majority of people know what a BB cream is....BB standing for blemish balm originated in Asia as a post surgery cream that would help repair the skin and provide coverage, as they have become a worldwide sensation many brands have jumped on the bandwagon and created their own BB creams, the selection available now is extraordinary with all different degrees of coverage, spf sun protection and all promising different amazing things that they can do to your skin, how do you know which to choose????

With Spain being late on the bandwagon for everything i only managed to get my hands on my first tube of BB cream a year ago and i have to say i have never looked back. Of course, being a beauty junkie i had no intention of remaining faithful to the first brand i tried so as more were introduced to the market here i began to try out a few other offerings. here is a run down of the ones i have tried so far and what i really think:

 

Loreal Nude magique, KIKO BB cream, Garnier BB miracle skin perfector, Garnier BB miracle skin perfector oil free

i will go into detail with each cream individually, what i looked like that morning sans makeup... cringe and after applying the cream then with makeup.

 I don't use moisturiser before applying as the creams have moisturisers in them.

Garnier BB miracle skin perfector OIL FREE   shade: medium

This is my favourite BB cream, it gives natural looking medium coverage and stays put all day on me (without powder), even in the 40 degree heat here at the moment, whilst i did like the original version it does give me a shiny t-zone in the summer months which is why i was keen to snap the oil free version up as soon as it landed in the shops here, it is very affordable ( around 12€ i think) available in all of the big supermarkets and perfume shops. The packaging is nice but the formula is very runny which i wasn't expecting, although it does make application very easy. i think the colour ( medium) is a little pale for me ( even though it is the darkest shade available) whilst i have a tan but that's nothing a dusting of bronzing powder wont fix. Unfortunately that means that it wouldn't really be suitable for people with skin any darker than mine.  

Clean face

with Garnier BB oil free

Garnier eye roll on which i always use after applying my BB cream

With the rest of my makeup

                                                                                   

This is pretty much my every day makeup look, i can do my whole face in less than 7 minutes and be ready to go to work.

1. Apply BB cream then Garnier eye roll on, i then get dressed while it sinks in.
2. Apply a light dusting of bronzing powder down nose and across forehead, cheeks and chin using real techniques powder brush.
3. Apply Sleek blush (flamingo) using real techniques blush brush.
4. Apply champagne coloured eyeshadow over whole lid from lashes to brows and inner corner, then apply darker taupe shade in the crease.
5. Apply liquid liner and flick out at the corners- maybelline master precise ( review coming soon)
6. Apply mascara- Bourgois Volumizer ( review coming soon).




Next up is LÓreal Nude Magique (medium) .... this one is odd, its ones of those runny grey liquids with little purple flecks in it, as you rub it into your skin it changes colour to match you skin tone perfectly (according to them, i´m not too sure about that, after it has sunk in properly it does change to a good colour but it still feels a little grey to me, The formula is a little scratchy which may be a problem if you have sensitive skin but i´m ok with it. I do like the packaging of this one the most, it is reasonably priced and give a nice satin finish more on the matte side but this is a bonus as it does not need to be set with powder and lasts most of the day.

Clean skin

After applying Loreal Nude magique

With Makeup

Next is Kiko BB cream (shade 2)  This one has the thickest consistency and that strange grey colour changing technology like the Loreal formula, you need to use quite a lot of product and it has buildable coverage, it is slightly sticky ( kind of waxy) in texture and feels like a primer ( which means you need to give your hands a good wash after application. This brand has the biggest colour range with 5 shades available and is again really affordable at about 11€  it is available worldwide from their website here. It lasts all day and does not need to be set with powder although due to its thicker consistency i don't use it much in the day time because it is too hot here in the Summer, although it is great for nights out and is water and sweat resistant too.

Clean face

With Kiko BB cream 

With Makeup

And Last but not least.... Garnier BB cream (medium) This is the original BB and was the first BB that i tried as it was the first BB cream to be released in Spain, according to the big signs up everywhere that was stocking it. I do like this, it is easy to apply and has a nice gel like consistency and sheer coverage, which is quite buildable but not as much the the other creams, this one is better for me in winter when my skin is drier and i don't get a shiny T-zone, i do use the light colour in the winter when my tan has faded, i like that this is just so quick and easy to use like a tinted moisturiser, you barely need a mirror and you know it will even out your skin tone, This is probably the most easily available and again is a good price, although i do prefer the oil free version.

So that's a round up of the BB creams that i have tried, I am quite happy with the oil free Garnier BB for the moment and will just use up the other as and when i can but probably wont repurchase them, there are so many available now that it is overwhelming and i don't want to spend a fortune on one that wont do a much better job than the cheaper ones will, i hopes this helps somebody try and find something for them.

Have you tried BB creams? which is your favourite?

Rockstar nails

After searching high and low for the holy grail of glitter nail polishes ( full coverage, mega sparkle, affordable) i gave up and decided to give rockstar nails a try. Wearing flip flops for 8 months of the year means perfect feet and perfect toenails at all times so spending time on my feet is a must, and who doesn't want pretty fingernails to match....

Rockstar nails are real loose glitter adhered to a base of either gel or shellac and then coated with a gel topcoat to seal in the glitter and give a smooth feel, it also ensures that there is no chipping or colour fade, surprisingly none of the sparkle is lost and you can use whichever colour glitter your heart desires or even use a few different colours for a gradient effect similar to what i did here .

  I used the same technique, base coat of gel and cured, another thicker coat of gel and cured then sprinkled the glitter into the sticky dispersion layer, pressed into place then applied gel topcoat and cured then repeated with the topcoat and cured again. The only disadvantage with using gel is that it has to be filed off, unlike shellac which can be soaked off.

Fingers

And toes....

 unfortunately glitter is really hard to photograph with an iphone camera, which is all i have at the moment, in real life this is beyond sparkly.

This lasted a good 3 weeks on my fingers before i started to get bored of the colour, there was only one small chip missing from one finger so this would be ideal if you were going on holiday for a few weeks and didn't want to risk your mani/pedi chipping. Although i don't think many people would go this hardcore on glitter for everyday wear on their fingers it is probably a lot more acceptable on toes, I've had the purple glitter on my toes for 3 and a half weeks now and so far I've only lost a tiny chunk of the corner of my big toe from when i walked into something, it isn't even noticeable enough to bother repairing yet so i will wait until it starts to grow out before i change the colour.


Have you tried rockstar nails? or have you been lucky enough to find the holy grail of glitter nailpolish???

Excuses, excuses & 5 good things

So.... long time no blog.

I never wanted this blog to be negative, i wanted to be able to look back and remember the good things, and forget the bad things ever happened and its easier to forget them if they are not documented. I have really been struggling in the last few months to find anything good to say and i was always told " if you cant say anything nice, then don't say anything at all", which hopefully explains my lack of recent posts. And while i could sit here and blabber on about nail varnish every day, who actually wants to read that? nobody, not even me!

I really cant think of 5 good things every Friday any more, in fact i´m lucky if i can think of 5 good things per month at the moment, so i seem to have failed the challenge that i set myself but surely something is better than nothing so here are this months 5 good things.....

1. After getting over the initial shock that my brother who is 2 years younger than me is getting married before me, in February next year. I am more than happy that they have asked me to be a bridesmaid and.... i get to pick my own dress... yay  as long as it is dark red and long i can pick whatever i want so hopefully i can lose a bit more weight before then and find a nice dress here otherwise it will be a last minute order anything half decent from John Lewis, BHS and Debenhams and get it delivered to England so i can pick whichever fits best when i get there and send the rest back.

2. Bargains, the sales started properly here on 1st July so me and my mum hit all of the shopping centres in the first few days to snap up the things we had been wanting and hoping they had been reduced, which most of them were. I got a few things i had been wanting for a while; a few Guess bags & Shoes, but i didn't go mad with clothes, i really don't need anymore. In fact i was sorting out my wardrobes the other day and wondered how many dresses i had, so i counted them and was horrified to find that i had more than 100 dresses!!! Two things i did pick up in the sales though were items that i had been trying to find for almost 2 years, first a pair of nude slingback peeptoe heels, i actually ended up getting 2 pairs, a pale pair to match my skintone in winter and a darker pair for summer with a clear heel, it has been so frustrating trying to find the right colour, they are always to yellow or brown or pink. The other thing was a black blazer, the right cut, length. colour and price, so my wardrobe is now complete.

3. Fennel tea..  I love fennel and fennel seeds so when i saw fennel tea in the supermarket a few weeks ago i had to try it and it is divine, i love it, apart from water its all I've drank in the last 3 weeks, i went through a whole box in a few days and had to go back to stock up, definitely something to try if you like herbal tea.  It is also good for digestion and water retention and apparently helps suppress the appetite.

4. Skin weft hair extensions. If you don't know what these are, basically they are small wefts of hair sewn into a clear band approx 1 1/2 inches wide with double sided tape attached, you section you hair and stick one weft underneath a section and then another on top, sandwiching your own hair in between, if you take good care of them they can last for up to 10 weeks then can be removed, re-taped and put back in, they can last for up to 3 years if looked after properly.  My hair grows really slowly and i desperately wanted hair extensions so i did a bit or research, i had heard about these years ago so did a bit more digging now i want to grow my hair, there was no way i could afford to have normal hair extensions and i was wary of the damage they can cause to your own hair so these seemed like the perfect option, they are affordable, you can do them yourself ( or with the help of a friend) and they can be re-used. so i had a look on ebay and bought some last week, they arrived a few days ago and seem to be a good colour match but i will probably get them highlighted to match my hair exactly anyway. I am waiting until the end of the summer to put them in because i think its a bit pointless at the moment while I'm swimming so much, i don't want to ruin them with the chlorine and washing my hair so often. I will blog about my experience with them when i do put them in though because i think its always good to read other peoples experiences of these types of things.

5. Revlon lip butters.. i know everybody in the blogosphere has been going on about how amazing these are since they came out at the beginning of the year so i knew i had to try them, but with Spain being so slow on the bandwagon i had to wait until they were available here, i was so excited when i finally found them, even happier because there was 25% off all cosmetics in that particular shop. I ended up buying 4 and i can honestly say they are totally worth the hype i love, love, love them. They are so moisturising but they also last quite a long time, i love the packaging and they leave such a lovely sheen on the lips, i will probably review them, if anybody is still interested.

so what have you been loving lately?

Twinkle toes

I´ve been getting lots of inspiration online recently for different ideas to try and toenails, at first i was keen on the idea of a swarovski crystal pedicure but because i swim most days in the summer i didn't think they would last too long, plus i heard it takes about 2 hours to apply all of the crystals and it would use up loads.

so i went for second best... Glitter!
in fact i went one better and used holographic glitter in 3 different shades.

lilac blending into pale pink blending into hot pink

i applied one layer of gel and cured then another and cured again, then i applied the loose glitter with a brush for more careful placement to the tacky layer of cured gel, i finished with a gel top coat, cured and applied another so that the glitter is smooth and wont come off

and here is the finished result... i love them

 They do look much better from further away, apologies for the feet pictures, i know a lot of people don't like feet but i don't think mine are particularly awful

next time I'm going to use a finer milled glitter with the gel, i tried a really fine purple glitter on a practise nail and it looked amazing.

nail of the day

I was starting to get bored of the chrome effect nail polish so decided to update it a little bit with the help of Kiko rock top nail laquer in lilac , i love the way the silver underneath shines through and the cool tone of the colours makes my hands look more tanned.

Any suggestions of other colour combinations to try???

Friday 5 good things

I know its been a while since i wrote a 5 good things post but i have been so busy lately and it was easier to think of 5 bad things than 5 good things, and as the saying goes... if you cant say something nice then you're better not saying anything at all.

1. Its heating up here, it was 32º c here yesterday and its going to be even hotter over the weekend, which means...

2. The pool is warm enough to swim in again, so today i got to have my first swim of the year and it was wonderful, now i have no excuse not to get some exercise.

3. the other week one of my friends that i haven't seen since college came over to Spain with her mum to stay with family for a week, so we met up in Benidorm which was about half way from both of us, it was lovely to see her and her mum and we walked about 5 miles round the old town and the full length of the promenade and back.

4.The business opportunity i mentioned a few posts back is going well, i am still working full time at my current job and having to fit in this project in- between which means i have practically no spare time but if it helps us secure a future for ourselves then it will all be worth it.

5. Chrome effect nail polish, this was a bargain from mercadona supermarkets own Deliplus line, they have a new nail effects range out and this was one of the base coats for the crackle range and was only about 2€, i also bought it in gold.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend,
what are your 5 good things this week?

Glittery butterfly nails

I felt like getting a bit creative the other day when I was infilling my gel nails, so I raided my nail art kit. I found a stamp machine similar to a Konad stamp, I've had it for so long that it actually came with an instructional video (VHS)!!!

I liked the butterfly design best which was a 2 part stamp ( a solid background and a detail outline) but i wanted my French manicure to show through so only used the detail outline stamp to press butterfly's randomly across my nails,

I then applied gel top coat and dipped the tips in iridescent white glitter then used a small brush to sprinkle more into the gaps between the butterfly's then cured for 1 minute, I applied a second coat of gel top coat to seal the glitter and cured again... Voila sparkly butterfly nails

They would look great for a wedding or if you used a different design or colours would look great for Christmas as the glitter looks a little like sparkly snow. You can buy Konad ( or similar stamps) from
Beauty supply shops and eBay

The power of make-up

For most of us, we use makeup to cover our flaws and enhance our features, for other people it can allow them to take on a whole new persona, this amazing youtuber has transformed herself into male and female celebrities and film characters through the power of makeup, here are a few of her videos and of course you can subscribe to her for more...

enjoy x

35

Happy 35th birthday to my lovely boyfriend x

5 good things

1. Now that the clocks have gone forward it's light when I drive home from work at 8pm every night, where I live in the countryside, there are no street lights and the roads are full of potholes which are difficult to see in the dark so I much prefer driving when it's light outside.

2. Unexpected days off work, I have had 3 extra days off work in the last two weeks because of Spanish holidays or strikes that we didn't know about. Most are marked on the calendars as red or blue days. Blue days are bank holidays where you can choose to close your business ( so we only open in the morning) or red days where it is compulsory to close. But these were extra days off that werent on the calendar. I love an extra day off.

3. Discovering a new shop, someone told my mum about a huge outlet store of a Spanish department store "el corte ingles" so we checked it out the other day, it was huge and had some really good bargains. I ended up with a few pairs of shoes, amazing jeans with corset detail up the back of the legs and a few tommy hilfiger and Ralph Lauren tops for quarter of the original retail price.

4. Tomorrow the boyfriend and I are going to a meeting for a business opportunity we have been invited to become part of, if everything goes well this could really help us and our future.

5. Celebrations- April is a month of celebrations for us, my mum, brother and boyfriend all have April birthdays so we have been out for a few meals and we have Easter coming up on Sunday. I am not religious so Easter for me is all about the chocolate and I have a box of Belgian chocolates that my grandma sent for my birthday to eat while jay tucks into the Easter egg I bought him.

Happy Easter to all of you who celebrate it xxx

Tiffany inspired nails

I had to file my nails short this week as i have a lot of typing to do and long nails really are´nt practical for typing, so i seized the opportunity to try a colour that would look a bit silly on long nails. I picked up this lovely pale blue colour by Astor in the supermarket last week, unfortunately it needed 3 coats to be opaque which is why there are little marks in the polish. I just added a row of crystals to the ring finger for a Tiffany inspired look.

Nail of the day: Kiko nail effects

I spotted Kiko had some new nail colours out this week and i couldn't resit snapping up a few of them, so after infilling my nails at the weekend i tried out 2 of my new purchases.

I love this colour, its a really deep raspberry (red toned pink) and as with most Kiko polishes is perfectly opaque in 2 coats.

This is from the "rock top" shatter range and it is a white gold shimmer (number 615) with a shatter effect, it tones down the darker colour nicely and adds a different touch, i think this would look nicer over a paler or brighter colour. I love that these dry in seconds too, so if your polish is starting to chip or you are getting bored with the colour you can just add a layer of shatter and with a few minutes your good to go.

You can see the full range of nail polishes and buy online at Kiko´s website nail polishes start from less than 2 pound and are excellent quality.

Disclaimer: i am not affiliated with this brand and the products were purchased with my own money

Review: Maybelline Volum express Falsies flared

Ive been using the new maybelline falsies flared for about a week now so i can now give my honest opinion on it, i have used some of the other volum express mascaras in the past and quite liked them, apart from the fact they tend to flake towards the end of the day (this one included). This one has that same smell, really plastic and artificial smelling which i don't mind too much as it disappears once dry.

                                                                    image from google

The mascara itself is just a basic black mascara, i don't think there is anything special about it, it volumises a little bit, doesn't really lengthen but on the plus side it doesn't clump at all. Although this product is marketed as "flared" and is supposed to curl and wing out you outer lashes- it doesn't do this for me at all.

No make-up

One coat of mascara

2 coats of the mascara

The brush is nice and easy to control and i like the pink packaging, it was around 7€ here and i know it is even cheaper than this in the UK so for the price i think it is a good every day mascara but if you are looking for the wow factor this one does not provide it.

Nail of the day:

It's Saturday, it's sunny and spring has certainly sprung so today I chose an on-trend ice cream colour for my nails...

W7 nail polish in 63 sheer mauve - a lovely lilac with a cream finish, opaque in 2 coats

I found it in the beauty section of a British cash and carry close to Benidorm last week and it only cost 1.50€ Bargain!!

Perfect hair

After years of trying to find the perfect solution to my thick, wavy,  frizz-bomb hair i have finally found my perfect hair routine, here it is....

Step 1. Wash and condition with Gliss Asiatic straight shampoo and conditioning treatment which contains keratin to smooth and repair the hair and has completely changed the texture and condition, it smells lovely too. I´m not sure if this is available in the UK or USA but it is easy to find in Spain.

Step 2. John Freida 3 day straight, a few sprays of this followed by a blasting from my hair dryer and my hair is quite straight but still frizzy. Available in Boots and most supermarkets in UK.

Step 3. GHD straighteners. i now remember why i used to love my first pair so much, they are the only ones that seem to keep my hair straight too. I then apply a bit of the John Freida Sheer blonde Gleam cream from mid lengths to ends and that seals the deal.

Finally perfectly straight hair for 3 days

And here is my self inflicted injury from my conical curling wand on my birthday, hopefully it wont scar too badly.