Padlocks are probably my favourite type of lock; I love the satisfying click when you close them. Combination locks are the absolute pits. You know the ones? You had to have on your locker in high school and at my school they were compulsory and it sometimes took a good seven minutes to get into my locker, not my strong point. As much as a could carry on about all the different types of locks and my urge to marry a locksmith because it's my favourite type of dinner conversation, this of course is a beauty blog. So I am going to move on to my second favourite types of locks.
Locks of hair!
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| Though my dream locksmith husband is not Trevor from Broad City (Excellent Show #1) |
My Hair - A Day Time Soap Opera
Like most of the characters on my favourite daytime
soap opera 'Days Of Our Lives', my hair is a psychotic mess of a bitch who will
never have its life together. I don't know what happened to me when I was in
the womb to get stuck with such difficult hair but I did. Maybe it was all the
KFC my mum ate when she was pregnant with me. Lets say it is that. Thanks
Katrina. I got blessed with having a cowlick part at the front of my hair
and a double crown part at the back. Which means my hair will never sit nicely
without a bucket full of hair products or heat styling, hooray.
So, like sands through the hourglass, so are the
days of our lives here are the products I am currently using on my mop!
Shampoo and Conditioner
I use the EverEcents Organic Lavender Shampoo and Conditioner and I have never loved hair care products as much as this brand. Silicone, sulfate and paraben free. Safe for coloured hair. An accredited non animal testing brand. Australian made and owned. No artificial fragrance or perfumes. All products are biodegradable AND for every product you purchase 5c goes to the wonderful people at Camp Quality to help them continue to do the wonderful things they do for children and their families living with cancer. How darn wonderful is that?
All the products are so wonderful, gentle and
nourishing on the scalp and deliver fantastical results. I got recommended this
brand by my old hairdresser Jade; because along with being genetically blessed
with unruly hair I also get dermatitis behind my left ear which gets inflamed
mainly by stress but can also get really sensitive depending on which shampoo
and conditioner I use. While using EverEcents I never have a problem with it,
but if I run out and don't have time to make the 20-minute drive to stock up
and have to resort to using something off the shelf at Woolies, oh boy do I
notice a difference. I really do need to just stockpile it in my bathroom
cupboard because this is a wonderful brand with fantastic products. I really
could go on and on and on about it, but I will stop. Right now.
Hairdryer and Straightener
This year I took a big step in my life and finally
brought a new hairdryer. I threw $200 down on a sweet as GHD Air. I wasn't
settling because this was essentially the first hairdryer I had ever brought
for myself, seeing as I had the same blue Conair one since I was eight years
old. Whenever I need to buy something super expensive I always think of 'Cost
Per Use'. Am I going to use that hairdryer constantly or will it just sit in my
bathroom not getting used? I think there is some beauty and hair care products
you should splurge on and some you should save on; and like foundation and
primer, a hairdryer is definitely something you should splurge on. A great
hairdryer can last you decades, my little blue Conair is a perfect example.
A great straightener is also something you should
splurge on. And in the summer of 2010 after saving all my dollars working at a
truck stop cafe on a highway where the cooks didn't wear shoes and sneezed on
all the lettuce, I brought myself a GHD Gold Series straightener. Considering
it is something I use at least once a week and I’ve had it for so many years I
would say the quality is really worth the price. And if you buy a GHD you can
do so many wonderful things with it like straighten (of course) and create lots
of different types of curls. It is a nugget of multi tasking wonderfulness.
Curling Wand
As much
as I love my GHD for creating delicious curls, sometimes its a bit too much
effort to use a straightener. Which is why I was pleased as punch when I got a
Babyliss Pro Conical Wand for my birthday. Because it's conical shaped you
basically have to do nothing for fabulous curls, you just wrap a piece of hair
around it and it does all the work for you. None of the twisting and turning
you have to do with a straightener, it's great! Though it does look like
something you would find at a Sexyland, but hey it gives you amazingly sexy
hair, so I think that is a great compromise. Sexy hair. Sexy
life.
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| It's no 5000 Candles In The Wind though (Excellent Show #2) |
Heat Protectant
I used to
be one of those naughty people who would never use heat protectant. Then my
hairdresser yelled at me when I kept coming in whining about my split ends and
made me buy a heat protectant. I never use the same one twice because there are
so many and I haven't really found one that has wowed me enough to come back.
At the moment I am using the Cedal Blow Dry Faster, which I received in my June
Bellabox. So far I have no complaints, I’m pretty sure it's protecting my hair,
but how can you ever really tell? I haven't noticed an excessive split ends so I
guess it's working. The smell isn't the greatest and it does leave your hair feeling a bit strange and the only way I can describe it is like Barbie hair. It
leaves your hair with a nice shine but feeling a bit plastic like, but it does
an alright job and I’m always determined to finish products.
I'm also using the Treseme Thermal Styling Heat
Spray and this is probably my favourite heat protectant I’ve used so far.
Smells as good as you can probably get, priced fantastically and leaves your
hair feelings somehow hydrated even after you've essentially ironed it. I will
probably always go back to this one!
Hair Spray
I always use the Cedal hairspray because I think it
is just the absolute best. Love the smell. Love the magic it works on my hair.
It is just great. But after working and attending Melbourne fashion week this
year I have bathroom cupboards overflowing with everything L’Oreal. I basically
got given bags upon bags of the stuff. Shampoos, conditioners, nail polish,
primer and hairspray. SO. MUCH. HAIRSPRAY. L’Oreal is a legend in hairspray and
you will find it everywhere from Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Week all
the way to the big guns at New York Fashion Week and I am gradually making my
way through my hairspray supply.
The L’Oreal hairspray in question is the Elnett
Satin Very Volume Supreme Hold and having difficult hair I always use a pretty
strong hairspray. Well I thought I was, until I started using this one. They
should really start selling this product in Bunnings next to the industrial
strength glues. Once you've got your hair do all sorted, spray some of this in
your hair and it will not move. I'm talking some serious Fran Fine-esque hold.
It is amazing. But the smell. Oh god the smell. It is absolutely terrible. If
you are willing to sacrifice the smell of your bathroom towels, this is the
product for you!
Tangle Teezer
I love my Tangle Teezer so much, probably as much as you love yours right? Wait, what? You don't have a Tangle Teezer? That is absolutely ridiculous because these babies do wonderful magical tricks on your hair. The detangling brushes are designed with sharp little teeth to get through knots and assisting in gently brushing through your strands without pulling or grabbing and causing breaks. So you end up with beautifully healthy and shiny hair.
I was a tad apprehensive at first because they reminded me of the curry combs that i used on my horses, Sugar and Mischa, when I was growing up, but as someone whose hair gets knotty at the breeze from an inside door shutting, it is now the only brush I use and I could not live without it. Awesome tip, BeautyBay sell them for $14.60 with free shipping, while Priceline has a retail price of over $29. Which is a tad ridiculous, so pick one up on BeautyBay!
Dry Shampoo
2013 was the year I first used dry shampoo. I know
right, for something that has been out for so long and has been so popular it
took me a while to get there. But I’m glad I did. Whatever the reason I had for
not washing my hair (working late nights/studying late at night/late night
possum catching) dry shampoo is my little miracle in a can. I even use it if my
hair isn't dirty because it gives such AMAHZING volume. Pair it with the L’Oreal
Very Volume hairspray and no one will be able to see through your hair do if
you sit in front of them at the movies. They will have to peek through your
hair.
I use the Batiste Dry Shampoo in Floral &
Flirty Blush. Smells divine. Works miracles. Could basically be Beyoncé. To get
extra volume I spray it all through my roots and then tip my hair upside down
and massage it in. That way you get heaps of sexy volume and you also don't get
little bits of dry shampoo all over your clothes. Win win. I'm also of the
personal belief that you should have a can of dry shampoo with you at all
times. In your purse, car, flying machine and Priceline sells minis for $3.99
so you have no excuse. A quick spray of it in the middle of the day will leave
your hair looking as fresh as the moment you left the house.
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| Penny from Happy Endings is my spirit animal (Excellent Show #3) |
So in conclusion I would like you to take away the following:
- Marry a locksmith
- Always have dry shampoo with you
- Anyone who doesn't like the shows Broad City, Parks and Recreation and Happy Endings is a terrible person
- Don't eat KFC when you're pregnant because your child will end up with unruly hair
- Splurge on your hairdryer
- Sexy hair, sexy life
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