Wednesday 11 February 2015

Dry Shampoo ~ Product Review

Hello once again and welcome back,

Quick little post today, with short reviews on recent purchases from the world of dry shampoo. Let me just start off by saying, I cannot live without dry shampoo! Not only do I use it when I really just can't be bothered to wash my hair but I will use it most days just to make my hair smell and look better.

I wanted to review two particular products, one is awesome. The other, well in my opinion...not so great. Before you read on take a guess which you think I prefer and leave a comment below!

Fudge Urban Crisp Pear and Sweet Vanilla Dry Shampoo

Okay, in all honesty I was drawn to this product in Superdrug for three main reasons: firstly, the scent sounds amazing, secondly the packaging is also incredible and thirdy it was on offer the day I was in there. Win Win Win!
I was so excited to try this product out that I tested it out as soon as I got home, the results though. Well. Not so great. (Bet you didn't see that one coming!)
I was so surprised because I had heard great things about this brand and was looking forward to finally trying one of their products, also considering the usual retail price for this is £5.99 (200ml bottle), you would expect it to be of a better quality!
The main reason why I really didn't get on well with this product was that it really made my hair feel disgusting, once I had used it my hair felt like straw and it had lots of powdery residue in it. Luckily I have blonde hair so you couldn't really see any powder, but when I wore a hair bobble and took it out it was covered in the white powder of the dry shampoo.
So for all you dark haired ladies out there, you may want to steer clear of this as it leaves a ton of white powder in your hair, although it still smells incredible!

COLAB Dry Shampoo Tokyo

I'm presuming that many of you reading this will have heard of Ruth Crilly from 'A Model Recommends', well this is her product line which I believe was launched last year maybe? (Don't quote me on that!) 
I had been wanting to try it for ages after hearing such good things about it and well my dreams came true when my lovely best friend Jess (you better go and check out her blog here :) ) bought me a bottle for my birthday.
Okay, no word of a lie. This has taken top spot in my dry shampoo list, it has completely knocked Batiste out of the league and we have a new winner!
Firstly, it smells so so so good and the scent lasts in my hair all day! It also doesn't leave any residue at all, yet still gives me a ton of volume once I have massaged it in a little. Also at the price of £3.50 for a 200ml bottle you seriously cannot go wrong!

I would love to hear of any recommendations or thoughts on these products if you have tried them yourself. Thank you so much for reading! Until next time, Adios Amigos! 

Love Beth x



Sunday 8 February 2015

You Should Never Judge A Book By Its Cover

I'm sure that everyone reading this has heard of the phrase 'Don't judge a book by its cover' which basically means that what you see on the outside doesn't generally reflect what is happening on the inside.

I suppose this is how you could describe me, well with regards to my tastes in music. I have recently (the last year) developed a taste for rock music, it started off with a You Me At Six obsession and has now slowly developed into listening to Metallica and Bring Me The Horizon.

At first my friends were really shocked because I really do not look like the type of person who listens to that type of music, I even ended up talking to this random girl on the train because she was wearing a Bring Me The Horizon top and she was really shocked when I told her I listened to them.

I still dress exactly the same as I used to and nothing has physically changed with my appearance, but I'm sure that when people see me walking down the street with my earphones in, they wouldn't believe I was listening to some (pretty god damn awesome) rock music.

So I just wanted to give anyone reading this a little update on some of my favourite bands right now! 









So obviously as I am new to this genre of music, I really would love to hear of any recommendations you may have! Thank you so much for reading and as always comments and suggestions are always welcomed! Until next time, Adios Amigos! 

Love Beth x

Tuesday 3 February 2015

There Are Seven Days In A Week...

...and someday isn't one of them.

Guess who's back?
Back again?

meeeeeee

Does anyone have one of those things on their bucket list that they would love to do, something they've been thinking about doing for years, something they've though about doing but never got round to it?

I have and I've done it, well I haven't done it yet but the date has been set and it will be going ahead in approximately six months time. The tickets are booked, there is no going back.

This thing I am talking about may seem like a tiny thing to some people reading this but honestly for me, this was a huge step and I'm still kind of shocked its going to happen.

READING FESTIVAL 2015
The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend. The Reading Festival, the original and senior of the two, is the world's oldest popular music festival still in existence. It has had various musical phases over the years, as detailed below. In the twin-site era, rockalternativeindiepunk and metal have tended to dominate.
So in August of this year I will be going to Reading music festival with some of my closest friends for the bank holiday weekend, there were a few reasons for this decision being made:
  • I have never been to a festival before and I actually really enjoy camping
  • One of my closest friends has been the past two years and insisted I would love it
  • I am hoping to go to Brighton University in September and so will be living five hours away from my friends, I hope to make the most of the time with them over the summer and make some amazing memories
  • I've recently got into the music genres that play at Reading
  • METALLICA ARE HEADLINING
  • I'm trying to say yes to more things, do more and enjoy being a teenager
I think the last point there is one that personally is the most important, I always remember watching the video Zoella made last year called 'Just Say Yes', this is basically the background to me doing the things I have done this last year. I've tried to say yes to doing more things and in all honestly I would encourage anyone reading this to do the same.

I'm going to try and keep this post short and so I will leave you with a little thought, don't let new opportunities pass you by, grab them with both hands and run with them. Because if you don't a few years down the line you might regret not taking the decision to do something. Life is too short to wait.
Thank you so much for reading and as always comments and suggestions are always welcomed! Until next time, Adios Amigos! 

Love Beth x