Monthly favourites

I think I say this every month, but I cant believe its been a month already. I'm off back to university next weekend after having a 5 month summer holiday, it only feels like a week ago that I was coming home from university for the summer.... crazy, anyway that's not the point of this blog post lol.

I have quite a few favourites this month, mainly because I went on a crazy spending spree this last couple months and have accumulated a lot of new things that I just seem to love. There is a lot more stuff that I have got that I love and old products that I still love, but I think the blog post would be to long if I added everything.

As some of you may (or may not) know, iv dyed my hair a lot lighter than It naturally is, I had it done professionally and I think they used bleach on it. Now my hair is pretty dry and doesn't feel very nice, so I bought a new leave-in conditioner by Umberto Giannini, iv already done a review on it here, I love it.

You might be thinking 'what the hell is that red thing', well its a shampoo bar by Lush called 'New' and its designed to help promote hair growth, I bought it on a whim after hearing the lady at Lush trying to sell it to another women. It smells sort of like spices and lathers really well. A full review on this will be soon, but I am  really enjoying using it.

The body shop coconut body mist is great, I have had a lot of people asking me what perfume I'm wearing when Iv used this, including my step dad and men don't even pay attention to things like that so it says a lot. Even the women in the post office stopped me and asked me about it haha Its such a nice smell and seems to last a long time considering its a body mist.

If you follow me on twitter, or just read my blog a lot, you might have seen the influx of Lush posts and mentions about Lush products. I must have spend at least a million pound at Lush this last few months... ok maybe not a million but I did spend a lot.

Ro's argan body conditioner is the first ever product of this sort that Iv used. It smells amazing, Im not usually a fan of rose but this smells so good I could just eat it. It leaves my skin feeling so soft and smelling great.

Cosmetic lad is a facial moisturiser, I realise im not a 'lad' but the lady at Lush said it was ideal for my skin type (combination, irritated and occasional spots), it smells nice, as do most of the Lush products and it leaves my face feeling so hydrated and plump.

Eau roma water is a toner, yet again by Lush, (your all fed up of Lush now arnt you?) Its a very simple toner only consisting of rose and lavender water but it really helps to calm any irritated spots, or redness on my face.

Help me is a retinol cream by Philosophy, the women who works for them that I spoke to told me this product contains the highest legal amount of retinol thats aloud in the uk, It is meant to work wonders on the skin and is great for people with acne, scaring and redness. I love this so much, retinol creams are fantastic.

The little kabuki brush is by Eco tools, its one of the softest brushes iv ever felt and is ideal for carrying in your make up bag.

This Barry m nail paint iv already reviewed here, its such a good glittery colour and inexpensive.

The lipstick and the gloss are both from No7, Iv talked about them both already here, they are lovely and high quality. I'm so glad I bought both of these.

And finally the last thing is the lip pencil in 063 eastend snob by Rimmel, this lip liner and the pink lip gloss above is such a pretty combination.

The body shop Rainforest moisture shampoo

I order a load of stuff of the body shop website the other day and blogged about it here, that blog post explains more about the deal I received and this sample shampoo.

Rainforest moisture shampoo is designed to clean your hair and restore moisture without weighing your hair down and making it look flat. But leaving it shiny, healthy looking and nourished. It contains pracaxi oil, maketti nut oil and community trade honey and sugar which allows for the ultimate amount of moisture to be put back into your hair when you wash it. Its also silicone free so it doesn't just coat your hair making it feel soft, it actually put moisture into the hair itself, its paraben free and has no colourants, making it a more natural shampoo that doesn't have lots of chemicals in it that can cause your hair to dry out.  

I really like this shampoo, its the first one iv ever tried from The body shop and I really do rate it. As I have naturally curly hair, it is very dry and this shampoo really helps. Its doesn't weight my curls down like a lot of moisturising shampoos can and It leaves my hair feeling nice and soft.

Its £6 for 400ml, £4 250ml and £2 for 60ml so there is a good amount of choice with the size of bottles, if you want to just test this for yourself you can buy the 60ml bottle and not have to worry about wasting money if you decide you didn't like it. 

Trevor Sorbie - Beautiful blonde

My hair is naturally a light brown/dark blond, I dye my hair with a 'at home' medium/light shade of blond dye, I'm sure many of you know that when dying your hair blond from brown you risk turning your hair slightly orange and trust me It has happened to me far to many times! The Trevor Sorible beautiful blond- ice cool platinum shampoo is a life saver for when disaster strikes, it is a lilac shampoo which helps to reduce the brassy orange tones in blond hair making it more vibrant and blond and allows you to brighten and alter the brassy orange-ness without having to dye the hair again. This shampoo has semi permanent dyes in it (but doesn't smell horrible like hair dye) to help brighten and rejuvenate dull blond hair, as blond hair can often look a lot less shiny than brown hair due to the pigmentation and also the fact going blond often involves heavy bleaching to the hair which causes serious damage to hair follicles. This shampoo iisn't just for coloured hair, it can be used on natural blonde's, highlighted blond or even people with white/grey hair to help enhance the natural colours. It can also be used on all hair types, from fine to thick, curly to straight. Making this shampoo fantastic.

 As well as helping enhance the blond colour in your hair without having to keep dying it (which then causes more damage and makes your hair look even more dull) this shampoo also contains heat protection, which is great for someone like me as I don't really use heat protection- Bad I know, but I'm just so lazy! (I don't really heat style my hair that often so Its not so bad I guess). There is also shine and colour enhancing technology within this product, it really does help to make the most out of blond hair.

I found my hair looked brighter, healthier and felt softer. I'm not sure how this shampoo does so many things but I really love it! It has helped to lighten some darker more gingery sections of my hair and hasn't caused more damage like dying it would

The photo above shows the travel size shampoo that is 75ml and cost £1.99, I suggest this size would be perfect for someone who wants to try this product without having to commit to the £6 odd price tag of the full size product. You can also buy the matching conditioner in a travel size bottle, the conditioner has been formulated to be paired in conjunction with this shampoo for optimal effectiveness. It is also easily accessible and can be found in places such as Boots. 

It really is a great shampoo for blonds, I often find purple based shampoos take so long to show any sort of result in my hair but this one worked after a few washes, I take my hat of to Trevor Soribie for this brilliant and genius shampoo.