Dove Damage Therapy Conditioner

As someone who colours and uses heat on their hair, damaged, dry hair is something I know well. In attempts to make the texture of my hair feel a lot nicer, conditioning is a must and possibly my favourite thing to use on my hair. In my opinion, you dont need to spend a fortune to find a moisturizing conditioner. Other professionals may not agree with me, but I have found many lower end products that have worked well at making my hair soft to the touch that I cant comprehend spending more than necessary for virtually the same results.

This one from Dove was actually my moms. She bought it on a whim, and when I was blowdrying her hair after her first use a few months ago, I couldnt help but notice how soft her usually dry hair felt. Not to mention it also smelt awesome and was the majority of the reason I snatched it from her shower to try on my own hair. I cant explain the scent, but by golly is it nice and if your in the store and see this I recommend having a sniff and seeing for yourself.

This leaves my hair uber soft, that I just want to run my fingers through it all day. This does claim to restore the hairs softness, which is does temporarily but will not actually aid in the overall structure of the hair., which I think seems a bit misleading with the lines name.

Overall, I think this is a great conditioner and would recommend it to anyone with dry hair in need of moisture.

Empties #3

La Senza Body Kiss Indulgent kiss me cupcake Swirl Cream
I loved this stuff. It smells amazing (like cake!) and leaves my skin feeling super soft and moisturized. I can see myself repurchasing this when i finish my other body creams.

Rimmel Volume Accelerator mascara
I bought this after using the original accelerator mascara that I really like. The only thing lacking for me from that one was volume. So when I saw this existed I ran towards the store. But it is awful. It does absolutely nothing to my lashes - the brush doesnt even glide through the lashes with the oddly shaped brush. I dont usually like throwing out products I havent used and usually suck it up and use it anyway, but after sitting in my makeup drawer for months, its time for this to go in the bin.

Burts Bees Thoroughly Therapeutic Honey and Grapeseed Oil hand cream
I did a review on this here where I expressed my hate for this product. I hate the smell and taste of honey, and this has a very strong, overwhelming honey scent that lingers on the skin for what feels like forever to me. Because it was kind of expensive, I refused to let it go to waste and forced myself to finish it. But about a quarter left in the bottle, I couldnt take it anymore and decided to just throw it away and stop torturing myself. The product wasnt even that good anyway.

Stiff Hair Stck Up Rock Hard Gel
Ive had this for years. I used to love using gel when I left my hair natural, scrunching it into my hair to get nice waves. But over the years my hair has lost a lot of its curl and I stopped wearing it natural, thus leaving a lot of products sitting around unused. This had very little left so I figured Id just through it out. I did enjoy this back in the day, but when I want to wear natural waves, I prefer spray products now.

Avon Liquid Liner in charcoal
This was a nice eyeliner, a dupe in my opinion to my holy grail Annabelle liner. It has a felt tip and is easy to use and lasts all day. I wouldnt buy this again only because the annaelle liner is easier to get a hold of, but I would recommend it.

Revlon Photoready in vanilla
This is my favourite foundation. It is the only foundation to date that I have found that matches my skin tone perfectly. It leaves a slightly dewy finish to skin, and looks very natural. As you can see in the picture I have tape around the bottom as I dropped this on the floor and the bottom broke but still managed to stay together so I didnt have to say goodbye to it just yet. It is a whopping $20- which for drugstore foundation is pricey to me, but well it worth it. Will definitely be buying again.

Degree Nature Effects Orange Flower and cranberry deoderant 
Degree is my favourite brand for deoderant. That may seem a it weird, but if youve ever had white marks on your clothes or skin youll know why. This goes on invisible, which every brand claims but most lie about, and smell so nice that throughout the day several times I have caught a sniff of this and wondered what smelled so nice. I must say it is surprising when you discover that it is your armpits, as usually when youre smelling something from that area its not a good thing. Ive tried of few scents of the nature effects and they have all smelled lovely. 

Bonnebelle lipbalm
Ive had this for a while along with a lot of other lipbalms and figured it was time to use them up. The packaging of this reminds me of lighter, the way it pushes the product up which is kind of odd. I highly doubt they still make these and wouldnt really want to repurchase it even if they did. It didnt do much to the lips.

Ive really been enjoying watching and reading peoples empties posts, so if you have one id love to see it!

got that summertime sadness

dress / Costa Blanca

belt / random

 

Wishlist

Benefit Erase Paste

Bumble and Bumble Hairdresser's Invisible Oil

KMS Freeshape Quick Blowdty

Redken Real Control Overnight Treat

Caudalie Beauty Elixir 

Marc Jacobs Daisy Eau So Fresh

Nars Sheer Glow Foundation

healthy hands, nails and cuticles

Since moving, ive found myself under a bit of stress. And when im stressed, I pick at my nails and cuticles. It looks ugly and drives everybody insane who sees, especially my boyfriend. So ive been paying special attention to my hands lately in hopes of making my hands a little prettier. 

Buffing Block
If youre not familiar with a buffing block, they are four sided files used on the surface of the nail to improve texture and appearance. They help increase blood circulation beneath the nail bed allowing healthy nail growth and strong nails. Doing so will also aid in the longevity of your nail polish, which is a plus.

Etre Cuticle Oil
Ive had this stuff for years and never used it. I got it in a set from one of the kiosks in the mall (the ones where the employees hassle you as you walk by into trying/buying their product). It includes sunflower oil, grapeseed oil, sweet almond oil, apricot kernel oil, and many other ingredients to nourish cuticles. The stuff has a bit of an odd scent, and once ive used it up I plan on trying something different, but it works nontheless.

LaVanilla Healthy Body Butter in Pure Vanilla 
Ive had this hand cream for a while and had forgotten about it until recently. It has a pleasant vanilla scent which lasts on the skin and sinks in quite quickly. It has lovely ingredients in it including shea and cocoa butter for moisturization, goji berry kakadu plum to deliver 30 essential vitamins and minerals for healthy and smooth skin. I apply this as my final step to moisturize my hands and my hands are done!

song of the week: rush of blood to the head

I have been loving a little bit of old school Coldplay lately, so this weeks song is going to be just that.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay

my room

 Im moving! And by I, I mean my family as im nowhere need ready to move out yet.  I am a little sad as this is my childhood house- ive been here since I was a year old and this tiny town is all I know. So moving is slightly scary but exciting non-the-less as I have been dying to get out of this town a while now. That being said, I thought I would share some shots of what my current room looks like. Ive always loved this room regardless of its odd shape and the fact that there was never a good place to set up my furniture in the way that I want it, which is why it looks really random with a tv sitting on a nightstand, etc.


Over the past few months, ive made small changes for show purposes when the house was going up for sale. The mirror and pictures were put up after sitting around for practically a year to make the walls less bare, and some furniture has been taken out of the room. I had been packing when I took these photos so the other side of the room is filled with boxes if you were wondering, which I dont think anyone really wants to see.


The bed spread is from walmart, along with mirror. Dresser and night table are from ikea years ago and are not sold anymore, and the chandelier is also from ikea.

I am now in my new house, hating my red walls and living out of boxes. I finally got internet today so posts should be more frequent, yay!