Schwarzkopf Essence ULTÎME Omega Repair range

I'm a genuine hardcore hair destroyer. It's not on purpose, I was just born with unruly, boring hair which has led to my terrible habits in reaching for the hair dye and the ghds far more often than the average female. My best friend refers to my natural hair state as an 80's throwback. I am hair obsessed, I will stop at nothing to make my hair perfect, I get hair envy very easily. Thus I always hold the hope that some miraculous product is going to live up to all the hype and do wonders for my hair. Nothing ever has, the only two true constants in my life over the past year would be the wonderous brazillian blowdry (or blowout if you're American) and my trusty bottle of L'Oreal Elvive extraordinary oil (the one with the yellow lid, the red one for coloured hair is not as good.) 

My latest bright idea: 3-day Juice Cleanse

Full photo credits to Soulmatefood's instagram for the pic, I didn't decide until the juices were long gone that I wanted to blog about it! 

I've been struggling of late to kick my crazy sugar and coffee cravings, so my latest bright idea came in the form of a juice cleanse. I've seen these advertised in magazines/ Instagram loads before and have always been really curious to try one and see what they're about, however they usually cost around the £150 mark which was a little to steep for me. So when I saw one advertised on groupon I jumped on the chance and saw it as a "quick fix" to getting into a healthy regime.

Oscar Fever

First and foremost, King Leo should have won Best Actor. The man is an absolute force, and I'm seriously astounded that he's yet to be awarded with one of those lumps of shiny liquid man gold. He's been the face of the big screen since way back when he was playing the baby faced hunk in early roles, such as "Romeo & Juliet" (1996!), "Titanic" and "The Beach." So yes, that means Mr Dicaprio has been lighting up our screens for around 18 years! He's not even just a pretty face anymore, he's come of age and shown serious star quality in grittier performances, such as: The Departed, Shutter Island and quite recently, the Great Gatsby. He's hollywood royalty, and for me, if Leo is starring, he is my main focus. He has an aura about him that you don't see very often. 

Cocoa Brown Fake Tan by Marissa Carter

I'm not a massive fake tan girl. I will usually put some on if I'm going out and feel deathly pale, or if I'm just having an off day and need to make myself feel better, because I am a firm believer that a summer glow can make MOST things better.

I've dabbled with different products in the past; Rimmel instant tan, St Moriz, Fake Bake, St Tropez. Yet I can't go more than a day in the week of putting it on because of the following reasons I'm sure most women can relate to:

Reviewed: L'Oréal Mega Volume Miss Manga mascara

So last month upon one of my daily strolls around Superdrug, I came across the beautiful new L'Oréal Mega Volume Miss Manga mascara. Now I don't think a mascara could get anymore "me" if it tried. The cute doll-girl and panda advertisements, the pink shiny packaging, coupled with the introductory offer, meant that I was taking this baby home regardless of what the brush looked like, or how good it was.

Style stalking: Pixie Lott

Ok, I'm really not ashamed to admit that I have a MASSIVE style crush on Pixie Lott. I think that she always looks incredible and immaculate, and her cutesy fashion choices are definitely the kind of things I would personally go for. Usually most of what she wears would be completely out of my price range, so I just have to look on and be jealous and try to recreate a look with something from the high street. For example the black Levi shorts and Marc Jacobs pumps combo above. I got hold of the same shorts but had to make do with some plain black pumps as I couldn't afford the MJ ones. I don't know why or how, but when I see a celebrity wearing an item of clothing, I can usually always track it down. I just seem to have a random knack for it. Genius. 

Tried and tested: Schwarzkopf color mask in Pearl Blonde #910

It's only since around November last year that I've been dying my own hair. Around late August I decided to go from highlights to an all over tint at the hairdressers, and although I really liked the even colour and the fact that it was cheaper, I hated the roots that came so quickly with it and the cost of up-keeping them as well as more frequent trips to the salon.

My current skincare routine.

From L to R: L'Oréal Skin Perfection, Ren Glycolactic Radiance Renewal Mask, Soap & Glory Scrubatomic, Garnier Moisture Match


Ok, so I would consider myself to have really AVERAGE skin. It isn't perfect, it isn't necessarily terrible. It's kind of dull and I have big-ish pores. It isn't dry, nor overly oily. I would say combination. I have breakouts every now and again like most people and it only ever looks close to perfect when I've been on holiday; sporting a summer glow, or I've got a full face of make up on. 

Up until a few months ago I would just use simple face-wipes to take off my make up, usually skipping moisturiser and any other face products. Then I went through about a three-week breakout where my skin was terrible. It was then that a friend told me how bad make up wipes are for your skin, how they spread bacteria and are just generally quite yucky. So I thought I would seek out an alternative, and on a standard lunchtime stroll around boots I thankfully stumbled across the L'Oréal skin perfection, on offer, so I thought I would give it a whirl :) (I'm on my fourth bottle.) 

It was after this that I decided to try some good face products and try to get into a proper skin routine that worked for me.