The attempt to save my hair part 2

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How I ruined my hair in the first place

SO
Today I tried shoving some avocado and bananas into my hair, and added some coconut oil for good measure. I'll be missing that out next time I try this because in this case I really think its more of a hinder than a help.
I used;

x2 bananas
1/2 an avocado
some coconut oil melted in the microwave (its solid at room temperature)

I cut all the fruity stuff up and blended it, poured the coconut oil into it, gave it a stir and then massaged it into my hair, which wasn't too bad except I got it all over my bathroom.

I left it on for abouttttt 30 minutes, its only recommended to leave it for 15 but I got distracted by youtube.

When I washed it out it felt gross again like with the mayo/egg fun the other day
It felt so so dry even in the shower, and I had to put a load of my coconut conditioner in to make it feel softer
BUT
Lo and behold, as before, once it started to dry it felt better, and this time it actually feels sort of soft? ish??
It did strip a lot of my hair colour out though (brown, pink and purple over bleach blonde) which isn't too fab as I've run out of pink and only just discovered the pink/purple combo.
But I do have purple and blue left.
ANYWAY
So far so good!
I'm going to try the whole banana/avocado thing again in a couple of days without the coconut oil (I always WAY overdo it) and see how that turns out.
I have high hopes!!

Also;
I tried the Bleach London hair mask a bit the other day and from what i've seen its really great, and smells amazing, but i'll go more into that once i've used it a few more times.

Tiny Baby Hair Haul

Here's a few things I picked up today that I'm going to whack into my hair in the hopes it'll feel a bit better.
Like I said in the last post, when I woke up my hair actually felt better from the weird mayo-egg-coconut-olive oil concoction that I thought had made it worse yesterday, so maybe I won't have to chop it off after all.

So here's a quick rundown of what I got;
(All my stuff is cruelty free as far as I know!)
Superdrug Coconut & Almond Shampoo and Conditioner : Coconut is a fab moisturiser and I used to use this shampoo all the time but didn't get round to buy any more since I moved out. I smells good too!
Superdrug Coconut Oil : As above really. I love this stuff. Its great for skin too!
Bleach London Hair Mask : I'm dead looking forward to trying this. Its got some wheaty stuff in it and kinda smells like porridge. In a good way.
Banana & Avocado : Apparently mixed together they make a great hair mask! So we'll see about that one.

The attempt to save my hair part one

So recently it's come to my attention that my hair is absolutely ruined. It feels dry and straw and still turns into a birds nest on top in the shower. So I've set myself an ultimatum; try some intensive homemade hair treatments over the next 2-3 weeks, and if its still terrible, it all comes off. Considering i've been trying to grow this mess for months, this is a pretty big decision, but right now it seems like its going nowhere. But, I don't want to give up on it just yet! Tonight's the first attempt at my own hair mask, and here's the ingredients;

- x1 egg
- a bit of Heins light mayo
- a tiny spoonful of Superdrug coconut oil
and
-a some olive oil

I heated the olive and coconut oil in the microwave for 30 seconds to melt the coconut oil (its solid at room temp) and then mixed the egg and the mayo in afterwards

I applied it onto my hair (dry) like any shampoo or conditioner, and it smelt awful! And it made my hair feel dryer! I thought this might just be how it felt on my hair before rinsing, but after waiting 20 minutes and washing it out it took 2 lots of conditioner to make it feel half decent again.

Back to the drawing board!

UPDATE!

I woke up this morning and now my hair's completely dry it feels a tiny bit better. So maybe this stuff is working!

Dying my hair pastel pink!

I've wanted to dye my hair pastel pink for ages but I wanted to wait until I'd had my roots done! When I had my roots done I had a full fringe cut and decided it would look even better if it was pink ;) I used Crazy Colour Candyfloss, after their Marshmallow has absolutely no affect on my hair... I had to use 2 bottles and it still came out patchy, so next time I'm going to try Directions Pastel Pink and see if it's just my terrible hair dying skills that are the problem! Here's the finished product!

 

And here's my video on how I did it :)

Thanks for reading! ~

How to make a fake tattoo tutorial [video]

Here is my tutorial on how to make a fake tattoo! I hope you enjoy it :D

Fake tattoo tutorial coming soon!

I made a fake tattoo today and filmed myself drawing it :)
I'll be uploading the video in the next few days, but heres some photos of how it turned out:

My first tanning experience!

To start off; I'm not a beauty therapist or a health professional. I'm basically useless in both those areas. Tanning has been linked to a lot of bad stuff, so please do your research and speak to a beauty therapist or a health professional before undertaking any type of UV tanning. Thank you! ~

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So I've got a little holiday coming up at the beginning of next month, and I thought that since I've been pasty white all my life, I might as well give tanning a try. My favourite beauty place has tanning 'showers' where you stand up, rather than the scary look-like-you're-gonna-be-shut-in tanning beds, so if you're looking for a review of those, you've come to the wrong place!

The place I go to is really great; they're very straight forward and pretty cheap (I think!). They got me sorted out with some tanning lotion that suited my skin tone (and smelt like peaches!) It was £5.50 for 5 minutes tanning and some lotion which, since I'm only planning on going once or twice a week, is pretty good! They also offer more if you buy sessions in bulk, so ask at your local beauty salon if they do a similar deal.

The tanning showers are really neat, they're stand alone, each in their own little changing room so if you want to get your kit off no ones going to see you! The showers are token operated; basically one token is 2.5 minutes tanning. I was provided with a little hair net and goggles (since the UV will hurt your eyes if you leave them unprotected...imagine staring directly into the sun for 5 minutes then times that by 100).

So you pop the tokens in and shut the doors: simple!!
Unless you're me and don't realise that you have to close the doors until halfway through, and up until that point have been turning yourself around to make sure you get every angle...ummm. What makes it worse is I remember the beautician telling me exactly what I needed to do.
Also don't be alarmed by the second token falling into the slot....its not someone about to open and see you in all your pasty white glory.
Oh, and when the shower turns off....no...there are still lights on....just take the goggles off
(Maybe I should emphasise this was my first time tanning!!)

So, once I'd actually shut the doors, it was like being in a very hot bright room, but not in an uncomfortable way! 5 minutes was just long enough for me, I'll probably go for 5 next time and then 7.5 after! I don't want to overdo it since my skin really isn't used to it!

I'm only going down south for my holiday but its quite a bit hotter down that way and I'd rather not get burnt straight away! Hopefully having a few tanning sessions will help my skin get used to the UV and I won't burn as much, but I don't really want to make it a regular thing. I'm also hoping it will help my acne a little bit, but we'll have to see :)

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Thanks for reading!

If you want to find out how I got my white(ish) hair please go here for part 1 and if you'd like to read my review of LostWorldClothing go here

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