January 06, 2016

Huge Drugstore Hair Product Haul! - Bleach London, Lee Stafford, Schwarzkopf

All these sales got the best of me! But i'm happy of the purchases I made today~ ^.^ I wanted to pick more stuff up but 1) Needed to control myself 2) The bag was getting a bit too heavy for me to carry home and lastly 3) I was starting to look a bit cray cray with amount of products to my flatmates. xD Anyway here are the items I got:

Bleach London - Total Bleach Kit
Schwarzkopf LIVE Color XXL Ultra Brights 94 Purple Punk
Primark - Silver & Gold Bobby Pins

XHC Revitalising Coconut Water Conditioner
Creightons Sunshine Blonde Tone Correcting Shampoo
Lee Stafford Breaking Hair Conditioner
Lee Stafford Breaking Hair Detangling Spray

L'Oreal Elvive Colour Protect Masque Pot UV Filter 300ml
Lee Stafford Repair And Build Hair Treatment Mask
Herbal Essences Dazzling Shine Intensive Hair Conditioner Mask

Have you purchased anything hair products recently? ^^

January 04, 2016

ONLINE AVENUE - Itzel Retro Metallic Strap Heals Review

Hope everyone had a lovely start to new year! ^__^ Starting my first 2016 post with these killer heals Online Avenue sent me. I love how glamorous the metallic gold straps makes the heals looks!

Online Avenue is online retailer that sells on trend women and men shoes for an affordable price. The ones i'm wearing were only £23.99 and the quality is still good! *^* I don't really like to spend much on heals as I only wear them on special occasions. Unless the heals are chunky! Chunky heals/boots are a complete winner for me~ (will wear them everyday if I could). With thin heals, I get really paranoid it may break and I just find them uncomfortable in general. Does anyone else get this problem? xD

The heals i'm wearing is the "Itzel Retro Look Metallic Strap Court Shoes" in black. There are also 5 other colours available. The platform balances out the height of the heal and actually makes walking very comfortable. The material is suede. These are perfect for a night out or dinner party~ ^.^

OV also offer a lot of other similar shoes or you can find something completely different if you want. I am currently eyeing up these "Dolcis Yaretzi Platform Chelsea Boots" *^* So so so so so bae!

Lemme know what you think of Online Avenue? ^.^ Or you can tell me how you spent your holiday!
Once again I hope everyone had a lovely new year and good luck with 2016! ^__^

*This post is sponsored by: Etail Pr & Online Avenue

December 30, 2015

DARIYA ☆ Palty Bubble Hair Dye - Walnut Latte Ash Review

It's been a while since I've reviewed a hair dye aye~ Nowadays i'm in a committed relationship with pink hair :') Although I will occasionally have it blonde during colour correction phrase. ^^ So I haven't changed my hair colour~ I dyed my friend Jessie's hair blonde. ^^ She purchased this Palty dye in Walnut Latte Ash, it's one of Palty's newly launched 2015 colours. She got it when she was in Japan, so i'm not too sure of the price, sorry! But you can get it online from eBay/Amazon. Starting with the review and process~

Colour On Packaging:

Contents In The Box:

Mixing Tub
Instruction Leaflet and Gloves
Colour Cream
Liquid Developer
Mixing Tool
After Haircare Treatment

Instructions & Process:

***I tried to follow the instructions on the back, but since I can't read Japanese I did one step wrong, which was very crucial! ><

1) First I mixed the developer and colour cream together in the tub with the tool given. BEFORE you do this, you will need to the shake the liquid developer 20 times prior using it. The shaking helps to make the dye foamy/extra bubbly. I wasn't aware of the shaking before use at the time (because you're suppose to gently mix for Liese's Bubble Dye), so my dye mixture was quite flat.

2) Then I applied the mixture onto dry hair and left it for around 25 minutes. Jessie's hair is very long so one box wasn't actually enough to cover her whole head. I had to drag the already applied dye on her head to the ends to try cover everything.

3) After 25 minutes, I rinsed out the dye from her hair and used the aftercare treatment given. I feel that there was very little product in the treatment. I would be nice if Palty increased the amount of product given in the treatment sachet. ^^

Results:

Hair on the left was before dying it - bleached hair with orange tones. Hair the right was the results after~ A medium ashy blonde. The colour is very ashy so it covered a lot of the oranges tones which is great! But the colour doesn't match the box. A average dye, it might of had a better performance if I shook the developer before hand. However the dye was very drying! (you can see the dryness/fizziness in the results) Lastly the treatment given was not good at all, a normal conditioner would have probably done a better job.

Rating: 4/10

Have you tried Palty Bubble dye's before? ^^

& have you got anything planned for New Year's eve? :')

December 28, 2015

Mini Uni Beauty Haul~

Hope everyone had a brilliant holiday!~ ^^ Been super busy the last few day but i'm hoping to get a few more reviews up before 2016. (Ironically posting a haul rn xD) Anyway, I completely forgot about this haul oops >.< These were some of the few items I purchased before heading off to uni~ I just got some makeup essentials that I use on a daily bases and a random hair dye because I wanted to test it out~ :')

Sleek Make Up Face Form Contour and Blush Palette in Light
Sleek Eye & Cheek Palette in All Day Soiree
Collection 2000 Illuminating Touch Concealer in Natural and Glow
MUA Eyeshadow Palette in Heaven And Earth
Schwarzkopf Color Mask in 910 Pearl Blonde
MUA Blusher in Bonbon

BaByliss 5116U Turbo Shine 2000 W Hair Dryer

Picked up a hairdryer too because my hair takes forever to dry! When I was at uni I was surprised that most of my flatmates didn't use hairdryers, maybe it's a girly or beauty thing to use hairdryers? No idea. xD

Did you purchase any beauty items before you headed off to uni or brought already owned makeup? ^^

December 24, 2015

COCOWHITE OIL PULLING MINTY FRESH REVIEW

Cocowhite | £19.99 | link

2015 has been the bandwagon year of coconut oil craze; everyone is using for the various beauty benefits it offers. Coconut oil and activated charcoal are known natural, chemical free teeth whiteners. I came to know of CocoWhite because it was spammed all over my Instagram and Twitter feed! As my curiosity always gets the best of me, I purchased a box to test them out myself to see if it's really worth the hype~

Coconut oil removes harmful bacteria from your teeth, banishes bad breath and whitens teeth. It works by drawing out the toxins. CocoWhite is basically flavoured coconut oil. It comes in 3 flavours - minty fresh, light lemon and vanilla swirl~ I opted out for Minty Fresh because I love that classic cool feeling and don't particularly like the other 2 flavours. I would be fricking fantastic if they had a strawberry / any-berry flavour! (CocoWhite please take that into consideration~ ^__^) Anyway they do also offer an assorted option so you can get all 3 flavours in a box. Each box contains 14 sachets, 1 each day for 2 weeks~

Instructions on how to use it:

I recommend you to heat up the sachet in your hand slightly so that it's easier to squeeze out the oil from the tube. ^^ I like to keep mine in for 15 minutes for the maximum effect. The oil melts into a liquid after a few minutes. 15 minutes with oil in your mouth can be a mission sometimes, I get distracted really easily so I find myself forgetting to swirl it oops. >.<

After using it for 2 weeks, my teeth are whiter, smoother and not damaged. There's isn't much of a difference after the first sachet, you have to keep using it to see the results. I did begin to see results after the 6th or 7th day. I really really like it, even though it's overpriced. Normal coconut oil works the same, but many people can't stand the taste of unflavoured coconut oil. Also one thing to note* one my flatmate also uses Cocowhite, however he didn't find the results as effective as I did because he's a coffee drinker. So if you're a coffee drinker, he suggests you don't drink any during the 2 week course as coffee can prevent whitening results~ ^^

Rating: 8/10

Have you tried oil pulling? ^^