heart your hair

While giving my wardrobe a clear out for the new year, and a having a wee revamp of my makeup routine, I thought I may aswell give my hair some TLC too. My mum is a hairdresser, and she does not approve of me dying my hair at home, or giving myself a trim either for that matter. But let’s face it, if I let my mum have my way with my hair she would still have me looking like THIS for the rest of my life!

So, sorry mum. I will get into the salon soon, but a bit of home dying in the meantime keeps me happy 🙂 and a ‘shiny haired haggis’ like the awesome Kel enjoys calling me! Kel is also a hairdresser, and her blog is brilliant and full of lots of hints and tips, and good banter of course. So pop on over and say hello if you haven’t already ♥

Now, onto my weapon of choice:

This is Garnier Herbashine in ‘Ice Mahogany Brown’. Costs about £6 from boots (wubbish memory, sorry) But I am a bit of a wuss to be honest, this is the only boxed dye I have ever used. This exact make, and this exact colour. About 10 times now! I’ll ponder about the shelves for a while, read a few boxes but always end up just picking this one up. It is semi permanent, and only needs to be on for 10 minutes. But once Ive added the tube to the bottle and shook it up, I then go into a mad panic to get it all on. When I did this the other day, its the first time in ages that my hair has actually been ‘long’ when applying it (well I say long, but to me my hair right now is the longest it’s been in ages) Sometimes I get David to help me do the back – he’s an awfy good boy.

First I have to wrap my blonde flash up in tinfoil to avoid getting it ruined. I have had this flash since I was 16, which is geekily where my username Rogue comes from. Rogue in X-men has blonde flashes down the front of her hair, and I guess at 16 I thought I was hella’ COOL making it my username for almost everything! (myspace, bebo, etc) And to this day it lives on in my twitter and formspring 🙂

Once it’s all on I can finally relax, but the actual getting it all on, from roots down to the ends, is a major stress for me. I flicked a tiny bit on the carpet and can’t get it out 🙁 I’m going to be in big trouble, anyone got a miracle stain remover suggestion? Here’s me hiding my guilty makeup-less face.

Once the 10 mins is up, you simply rinse, apply the conditioning lotion for a few mins, rinse again and hey presto! No need for shampooing. Heres the before:

And after:

The lighting in the above picture is much warmer, but you get the idea. It actually came out super dark on me this time, but I’m not too fussed 🙂

Here’s me shiny haired and caped up to the max for my dinner/cinema date with the boy last night. I have managed to keep my hair in pretty good condition despite having it dyed lots over the years. I’ve never had any ‘drastic’ changes mind you, my mammys watchful eye always making sure of that 😉 But even my blonde flash is in good condition. Has often made me contemplate WOULD I SUIT BEING ALL OVER BLONDE?!

Answer, No. Thank goodness for costume wigs. A year ago I attempted to do a little ‘hair history’ post, which you can have a nosy at here. Here’s my current go-to products to keep my hair shiny and happy:

 Left to right, back row:

Aussie Colour Mate Conditioner
 & Aussie Colour Mate Shampoo
I was my hair every day, so this combo is a godsend and actually makes my hair feel really clean, without lots of build up, If you know what I mean?! Would love to try the 3 minute miracle moist from Aussie too, heard lots of good things about it.

Batiste
My best friend for a freshening up on ‘inbetween’ days. Was an absolute godsend when we were travelling last summer! I know its not good to wash your hair every day, so whenever I can I try not to. And good ol’ batiste helps me still look presentable. Never been 100% keen on the smell though. Blush and Original are probs the best two for smell, if I had to choose.

Tigi Rockaholic Hairspray
Fave hairspray EVER! It smells and feels brilliant. When I have pennies I love to stock up on the matching shampoo and conditioner, but it is quite pricey. 

Left to right, front row:

Bed Head Brunette Goddess Shampoo
I have combination hair, and since it is normally always coloured I try to go for colour friendly shampoos. I know the current Aussie ones I have are colour mate, but my mum got me this Bed Head mini in my christmas stocking so I’ll probs mostly use it at times like just now when my hair is freshly dyed.

Paul Mitchell Super Skinny Serum
Currently having a battle between this and the Marrakesh Oil to the right. I asked my mum for some Moroccan Oil for my christmas, but she got me these two instead (The Marrakesh oil comes in a kit with a candle which when melted, the wax can be used as a moisturiser – wierd!) I know for a fact that she coulda got me a Moroccan Oil set for the price of getting me these two. But there you go, awkward woman that she is! Mother knows best eh 😉 Both have to be applied to damp hair, then blow dried/styled as normal. Yet to work out which one is better. Maybe I’ll just stay indifferent until I get my hands on some Moroccan Oil. Mmm hmm.

This is a picture of me and an old friend when we were 16. Thats my natural hair colour, and I’ll admit I do have extensions in… but my goal this year is to grow my hair as long as possible! I’m aware this length pictured would probs take much longer than a year. By which time I will have gotten very bored. But a girl can dream eh! Let’s see how I do, and if you have any hair growing secrets you can share with me then fire away 🙂

Also want to quickly mention that one of my best girls, Leah, has started blogging! She had a tumblr before, but has converted over to blogger. So I’d appreciate if you’d head on over and say hello. Shes a great girl and I know her blog is going to be super. Also got some items up for sale in my blog shop, including topshop, h! by henry holland, primark, and new look. Everything is under £6, so if you fancy a bargain then go have a peek! Happy weekend folks, lots of love.

Ayden x