Category: Haircare

[productsample/affiliate] If ever a product has needed a re-brand it’s the no-water shampoo cap. I think they’re mostly intended for elder care or disability, but my curiosity was very much piqued because of Lucy’s accident a couple of summers ago. She was hit by a van as a pedestrian (she stepped out without thinking) and…

[productsample/affiliatelink]Bearing in mind my current (improving) hair woes, I’m taking a lot more notice of what I’m putting on my head at the moment. The Omorovicza Revitalizing Scalp Mask couldn’t be more timely and more needed right now and lived up to expectations, even at £55 a tube! It’s quite tingly in feel – camphor and…

[productsample/affiliate]. I’m an accidental convert to Batiste Dry Shampoo. Having never had oily hair in my life, I suddenly, about a six weeks ago, started to notice that my hair was going oily between washes. And, I mean, very oily! The more I washed, the worse things got. And therein lay the problem. I love…

When I first saw the Manta* hair brush I immediately thought it was a translation from French – la mante, meaning mantis because there is definitely something of the insect about this! In fact, manta translates in Spanish as blanket. As well as feeling completely comfortable in the hand, Manta is absolutely excellent at giving…

I’ve seen this treatment referred to as a detox for hair, which it isn’t really. Instead, the Rita Hazan Weekly Remedy Treatment is an intense, two step conditioning routine for once weekly use (twice if your hair is very damaged). Quite frankly, I have to stop myself using it every single time I wash my hair,…

This relatively new product from Christophe Robin is best used, in my view, for re-colouring roots after they start to grow through after a salon or home dye. I really come and go on dyeing my hair – over last summer, I didn’t touch it at all with dye and all these blonde highlights started…

If I was to list my most used beauty items, this hair brush would come up right at the very top. First. I use it every single day and have just ordered two more because I don’t ever want to be without one. It’s really hard to translate into words what this very ordinary looking…

In my Body Shop post on Monday, I didn’t have room for a mention of this funny little hair wrap – Bella The Bear. So, it’s getting a very brief post of its own because it’s fabulous! Made from recycled material, it’s just the best thing to dry your hair with and has a little…

There are so many skin care baubles and hangers around this year vastly outweighing the number of hair related baubles. And yet, so many people lavish attention on their hair (I’m not particularly one of them!) and love looking after it as much as they like looking after their skin. So, this little treat from…

This one is for hair fans! It’s absolute fact that when I sleep on a silk pillowcase, my hair is far less ‘morning-ish’ than if I use a cotton one. I don’t always use a pillow for sleeping because I tend to sleep on my front, but I’m trying to quit that habit which is…

Everyone knows that the beauty industry has peaks and troughs – one moment a particular product category is hot and the next it’s not. But did you realise that shampoo and conditioner are in a trough as dry shampoos rise in popularity and a generation of younger women are asking why they need conditioner in…

Anyone remember Concoction – the customizable hair care range launched by ex-Apprenctice, Alex Epstein?  It launched in the UK to great fanfare but for some reason, just didn’t resonate enough with Brits for it to continue, so it disappeared very quickly. I’d always assumed it just stopped trading, but no – apparently it does very…

I really don’t get stressed about my hair colour – I’m a frequent dyer but if I can’t be bothered I don’t care about a few stray greys. But because I’m lazy in that respect, my hair can go through many colour permutations from one week to another! At the moment, it’s really quite light…

This is the best thing I’ve tested in a while – it’s so simple to use and the results are very impressive. I’m not sure, despite extensively reading up, that I quite understand the nature of electrostatic bonds and positively charged dyes, but I can tell you that unlike other brow dyes, Talika Brow Tintation…