What I'm Using #1

I took inspiration for this from Ebruska's Make-Up Blog, which is fantastic and as sophisticated as one day I hope mine will be.

Basically, I have a little No7 make up bag that I carry around with me full of the make up I'm currently using. You won't see me anywhere without it; it's on my "things to never leave the house without" list. I work with make up all day and I test alot of make up in my free time, so every product in this bag has my absolute seal of approval. Here is a list of the products that I am currently using...

Primer

Bourjois Flower Perfection Translucent Smoothing Primer

No7 Airbrush Away Primer 30ml

Foundation

17 Photo Flawless Foundation - Natural

Maybelline FIT Me Foundation - 115 Nude Beige 

Concealer

The Body Shop Concealer Pencil #01

Bronzer

Rimmel Sun Shimmer Compact Bronzing Powder - Light

Blushes

Maybelline Dream Touch Blush  - Berry

Rimmel London Lasting Finish Blush - Pink Rose

Bourjois Little Round Pot - #37 Rose Pompon

bareMinerals i.d. Blush - Vintage Peach

Highlighter

Rimmel Wake Me Up Instant Radiance Shimmer  - #001 Flush of Pearl

BB Cream

No7 Beautiful Skin BB Cream Normal/Dry

Eyeshadow

Maxfactor Smokey Eye Eyeshadow Stick - Bronze Haze

Maxfactor Smokey Eye Eyeshadow Stick - Purple Mist

Rimmel GlRam Eyes Quad Eyeshadow - Sun Safari

17 Smoky Eye Pallette

Mascara  

Loreal Volume Millions Lashes - Black

Maybelline Volume Express Rocket Mascara - Blackest Black

Eyeliner

Boots' Natural Collection Kohl Eye Pencil - Black

Boots' Natural Collection Kohl Eye Pencil -Olive Green

Maybelline Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner

17 Tatoo Me Semi-Permanent Liquid Eyeliner

Lipsticks

Rimmel Kate Moss Matte Collection #107

Rimmel Kate Moss Collection #01

Rimmel Kate Moss Collection #22

Rimmel Moisture Renew - Soft Coral

Loreal Colour Riche - #252

Lip Stain

Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain - Precious

Lip Balm

Nivea Lip Butter - Vanilla and Macadamia

Vaseline Ltd Edition - Pink Bubbly

Lipsmacker Lip Balm - Fanta Orange

Skincare

Boots' Essentials Cucumber Facewash

Neutrogena Visibly Clear Pink Grapefruit daily scrub

Montagne Jeunesse Peel Off Anti-Stress Masque -Cucumber

Sanctuary Spa Covent Garden Salt Scrub

Soap and Glory Smoothie Star Body Milk

                    No7 Completely Quenched Body Moisturising Lotion

  Boots' Coconut and Almond Body Lotion
 Boots' Cocoa Butter and Mallow Body Lotion
Palmers Cocoa Butter Formula

Haircare

Aussie Colour Mate Shampoo

Aussie Colour Mate Conditioner

Pantene Heat Defence Gloss spray

Boots' Coconut and Almond Leave-in Conditioner

Batiste Blush dry shampoo

Elnett Supreme Hold Hairspray

ColourB4 Results

Ok so just to recap, I used Colourb4 to try and get rid of the red in my hair instead of bleaching it, because I was worried that my mission to go blonde would end up as a mission that makes me bald.

Firstly, the smell isn't fantastic. It's like a burnt rubbery smell; my hair is now dry, I've sprayed Boots' own brand coconut leave-in conditioner and some Pantene heat protection spray and nothing is covering the smell.

Apart from smelling like I've been in some sort of rubber-fueled bonfire though I'm quite pleased with the results. When I first stepped out of the shower I could see tints of orange that put the fear of god into me, but once they had dried they're more of a light brown. There are a few orangey looking tints and I probably wouldn't be comfortable keeping my hair this shade - which is much lighter than my natural hair colour, but as I'm going blonde anyway this isn't too much of an issue.

Here are the before and afters:

Before

                              












After

My hair is slightly dry, but that's nothing that a decent conditioner won't sort out. Yeah, I'd reccommend ColourB4, as long as you're not ridiculous and dyeing your hair every other week then it's an absolutely fab product to use.

ColourB4

So basically, if you know me you know that my hair is probably my favourite thing in the world. Well, I say that about a few things but just to give you the general gist of my warped priorities it goes something like this ...

1. Family/Friends and other boring stuff I need to put first
2. My Make Up
3. Ed Sheeran
4. My Hair
5. Everything Else

 So you see, number 4 .....that's pretty well up there. Anyway recently, I've decided to go back to being a blonde, from has been dyed "Passion Red" every 6 weeks without fail, for two years. Anyway someone at work recommended ColourB4, it's bleach free, ammonia free and basically excludes all those things that kill damage and destroy hair. As stripping my own hair is usually up there with "cutting my own hair", I decided to seek professional help ....

I asked Facebook.

And I got a lot of feedback, and everyone had a little debate and went off on hair-related tangents, but overall everyone gave me something helpful to think about. And almost everyone who'd used it assured me it wouldn't go bright orange.

So here I am, about to go off and give Colourb4 a chance, and praying I don't come back bald.
Wish me luck!