Lily Loves Lola purchases

I came home today to my Lily loves Lola order. Victoria has just recently launched her own shop of chunky knitwear & sweet friendship bracelets. I usually look at a shop & save it for possible later purchasing but with it being £1.75 for a bracelet I couldn't help myself & bought a few things. I really love these, not only are they ridiculously good value but they'd be nice little somethings to add to gifts. I love a collection of bracelets so these aren't going to any of my friends at the minute, but that could be another future cheeky purchase, the scarfs look amazing too.

Fake Bake beyond Bronze range

There has been a lot of posts regarding great tanners but I'm writing this post to tell you of some not so great ones. It's all good knowing great products to buy, but it's disappointing when you spend £20+ on something & end up using it once. I've tried all of these, the mousse, the lotion & the spray. All give great colour at first, a nice warm colour not orange at all. But when it comes to a morning shower after letting the tan develop over night, I emerge from the shower just as pasty as I was before the 20 or so minutes of applying tan. With the lotion I applied this religiously every day & still after a shower I came out my natural colour, maybe with a slight tinge of tan, definitely not a beyond bronze colour. Both the mousse & spray (VERY messy) give great initial colour, but same results after having a shower. I'm not scrubbing myself clean with a brillo pad & I'm giving the tan more than enough time to develop, so I gave up. It seems the new formula of Beyond Bronze is pants. It's a shame really because I used to love the old formula in the purple packaging.

Review: Aveda Damage Remedy™ Intensive Restructuring Treatment

What it is:
This is a hair treatment to use for that little extra care for your hair.

What you get for your money:
This retails at £18.60, which is quite steep. For the exchange of your money you get 4.2fl oz/ 125ml of product, it's not a lot, but it should last you a while. You can also buy a larger size which is 16fl oz/473ml for a massive £42.09.

What it claims to do:
(Taken from the Aveda website) Our intensive weekly treatment deeply penetrates to help repair, seal and smooth even the most damaged hair. Using the power of pure plant oils and quinoa protein, it restores health, silkiness and shine.

Our intensive weekly treatment deeply penetrates to help repair, seal and smooth even the most damaged hair. Using the power of pure plant oils and quinoa protein, it restores health, silkiness and shine.

•	part of a three-step restructuring system
•	helps strengthen hair weakened by chemical processes, heat styling and environmental exposure
•	quinoa protein penetrates the hair shaft, working from inside to help strengthen and repair
•	phellodendron and barley seal in moisture
•	castor, jojoba and meadowfoam seed oils smooth hair's surface

How to use:

After shampooing your hair, smooth treatment from roots to ends, leaving on 2-5 minutes before rinsing. If wanting to treat your hair a lot, leave on for around 10 minutes with a hot towel wrapped around head. Of course Aveda suggest you use their other products in conjunction with this, but I used my usual John Freida shampoo.

My thoughts:
When first using this I realised how the smell of the product was like no other. It wasn't full of fake-like floral or sickly smells, it smelt pure & this is due to the product's key ingredients which are: Barley, Caster oil, Jojoba oil, Meadowfoam seed oil, Phellodendron & Quinoa protein. I liked this because you know you're using a product that mainly uses natural ingredients to care for your hair. The consistency of the product is very thick & creamy, you would normally think you'd need more of a product which is quite thick, but a small amount distributed through my hair nicely. I left it on for a bit while I soaked in the bath & then rinsed it in the shower. After drying my hair it does feel slightly stronger, a lot softer & definitely a lot shinier. If you have seen my other pictures on my blog you'll probably notice that my hair seems quite dull, this is purely due to the years of many highlights & bleaches whilst being blonde. I was getting frustrated while the lack of shine brittleness of my hair so this seemed like a pefect product & you can see in my picture that my hair has shine! Thank god! I've only blow-dried my hair here, no straightening & no styling products, only a heat protectant. It's still slightly fluffy at the ends, but nothing compared to what it usually is when I've dried it.

Overall I do really like this product, my hair feels gorgeous & it finally has some shine, but the price is quite steep. It'll just have to be my little treat.