Aussie Miracle Hair Insurance Leave-In Conditioner

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"There's more to life than hair but it's a good place to start" The Aussie Philosophy

I have been waiting for some time to share with you my new miracle hair product. I hesitated using the word 'miracle' just there as it is in the title of the product, but it is deserving of this self-granted title! A few months ago (probably quite a long time ago actually..) after coming to realise how badly damaged my hair had become from my rituals of bleaching and dying it, I was in boots and headed to the Aussie haircare section, picking up this leave-in conditioner as the third thing in a 3 for 2 deal. The other products I got were two hair masks, which I may blog on at some point, but I'm always unsure whether they have helped much or not. I didn't pay much attention to this leave-in conditioner until around a month ago, however, and since then I have not looked back.

This product costs £4.49 full price and you can find it at this boots link here. It is enriched with jojoba oil which nourishes damaged hair - your hair doesn't need to have been colour damaged, things like indoor heating, air conditioning and heat styling damage your hair too, stopping it from reaching its full potential of shininess and glossiness. It also smells divine. The packing is like eye-candy too - I especially love the little kangeroo silhouettes around the neck of the bottle.

I use this leave-in conditioner every day, immediately after getting out the shower when my hair is still wet. The product isn't sticky so you can spray a lot on - even close to your scalp - and still receive lovely results. What this product does is not only detangle your locks (so pretty nifty to spritz on after your shower!) but makes your hair so so smooth! My hair almost feels like its back to a more natural-feeling good condition! Even just a month ago the bottom section of my hair which was previously bleached and ombred felt horrifically dry and coarse, which is pretty unpleasant! I strongly recommend this to every one of you reading this! And it lasts seemingly forever, so it's a fabby investment!

Rachael XX

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So I didn't die..

HELLO LOVELIES!!

Time for the massive apology: I'm mega sorry. There we go, now onto an explanation.. I have managed to stray right off radar over the last three weeks! (A very long time for a daily blogger not to blog) due to stresses getting the flat, stresses moving into the flat, getting used to being in the flat, and, uhh Freshers' Week. That brings me up to last week, where I then failed to blog due to the complexity of finding my way around new university buildings, battling with my quirky printer to produce a whole load of course notes every day, and a very absorbing tiredness that made me zombie through life. 
Nevermind, I'm back! This is actually not a proper beauty blog post because I had too much to say to just slip it in before introducing something else, but on the cards just now I have:

♥ September Primark haul
♥  September New Look haul
♥  Topshop Shoe sale haul
♥  Week in Facemasks
♥  Mascara duel: False Lash Effect vs Lash Architect

(I've been shopping rather a lot..)

But I thought I'd pop some pictures into this post to brighten it up anyway! As well as tell you a slightly entertaining story. 

Firstly, I just wanted to share some pictures of the lovely flowers that are currently brightening my room! On the left is a gorgeous bunch of fresh flowers from my mum. The other is a little fake bunch of red tulips, which I got at the Freshers FreeSale at my university (basically you go in and grab whatever you want! I also got a lot of coat-hangers)

Recently I was sent an offer from Boots photo to get £10 off a photo calender of my choice. Finding a calender that was £9.99 I then thought it would be fun to create a rivasoave blog-themed photo calender! This was three weeks ago (It takes under 7 days for an order to arrive) and I had decided to send it to my local boots to save on postage fees. Two weeks worth of back and forth phonecalls, emails, and a general lack of a calender, and it was finally re-sent out. And I am now known by name by almost every team member in boots. Haha! Celebrity status is hard dahhlings.. I have my calender though, so here it is!

Hopefully it shall at the very least remind me to blog!

I have three weeks of reading to catch up on, so don't be offended if I haven't commented on your posts in a while!

Watch this space!!

Rachael XX

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No more Ombre! Schwarzkopf LIVE COLOR XXL Review

Hello!

Here as promised is a post on dying my hair. Until Monday night my hair was dark brown ombred to an auburny blondey brown at the ends. (There's really no exact colour I can say.. It changed depending on the lighting!) You probably know this already from photos on my blog posts! I had wanted ombre hair for the past couple of years, but it wasn't until late March this year that I finally took the plunge and got my friend to help me do it, DIY style.
Recently however I decided to go very dark, taking a leaf out of Snow White's book (Well, she had a new film made about her starring Chris Hemsworth what do you expect!)

 

My hair dye of choice was Schwarzkopf Live Color XXL. For weeks I have been checking out the available black hair dyes in Boots, and I've been reading reviews online. This one boasts its shine quality, and as I got it in colour 99: Deep Black, I was sure of the intensity I was going to get. 

 

My hair is quite long and thick, and from past experience I've known dye to run out, so I thought ahead and got two boxes! I've the experience of using 3 boxes of dye previous to this, each time from a different brand, and so I can safely tell you that this is just as easy to use as any other. Mix the color creme into the applicator bottle, shake and go! This bottle is actually handy, in that instead of snapping off the top of the applicator bottle you unscrew it! (Genius) This means if you have any colour left over you can save it for either checking you didn't miss a spot, or for re-doing your roots. I put extra dye on the ombred section of my hair. I wasn't sure what the result would be (if the ends would actually go black) - but luckily for me this worked, and they are as black as the rest. Unlike other brands, you use the entire tube of conditioner provided with it - although this can only be good for your hair. My hair is indeed a shiny deep black, so it does what it says on the bottle! 
I would say 'I'll be using this brand again' - but really I don't know where my hair journey shall next take me! But I'll keep you updated along the way! :)


Rachael XX
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