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Monday 21 July 2014
No Bullshit Beauty Review: Elegant Touch Press on Nails 7 day Manicure
Happy Monday, everyone!
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I thought I would give you a quick "low-down" on the nails I Instagrammed over the weekend (can I use that as a verb?)
I popped into Boots for nail glue originally, as I had some Primark French polish nails I wanted to use, but the glue had solidified waaay back when. I was instantly attracted to all the bright fun nails in the Elegant Touch range, that just so happened to be on 3 for 2.
Initially I wanted the Ice cream nails that the lovely lady at the Fashion For Lunch blog has shown off. But I settled for something plain and bright instead, in the pink. I also bought some black ones, shown below.
Application was relatively easy, though the little sticky peel off things are a bit tricky - I'd suggest taking them off ALL the nails BEFORE you start applying, otherwise it just gets fiddly.
Now although they looked amazing, I have to take issue with the 7 days point - It is now Monday and I applied them on Saturday morning. I had to remove them last night (Sunday) because the colour tips had started to flake - I have no idea why they would make the base of the nail so thick and strong, and the tips so thin and weak. They need to be the strongest part, as they are most likely to come into contact with hard surfaces!
I'll be keeping back my set of black nails for an occasion - although they were a little on the flimsy side at the tips, the adhesive was solid, so I can't fault them in that department.
For my next extra-adventurous forray into nails, I might be tempted by these bad boys! Lego!!!
I think now that I have some decent nail glue I can go and buy out Primark's super cute nails collection - at £1 a pop, it's a no brainer.(Blog post to follow I suppose!)
Thanks for reading!
Tuesday 8 July 2014
No Bullshit Beauty Review: Herbal Essences Honey I'm Strong Hair care
Ok, so I thought I would try something new with this blog: No Bullshit Beauty.
I'm scientifically minded. I'm the sort of person who calls out bullshit in TV adverts. "18/25 women agreeing isn't statistically significant!!!" I hate bad stats, I don't like it when brands throw around big words to confuse the layman. Just because someone is wearing a lab coat in the advert, doesn't mean that the XYZ of chemicals actually do anything, right?
So what if I just used stuff and told people WHAT it actually did, regardless of what the advert says it does?
So here I go, with Herbal Essences and their Honey I'm Strong range.
Worth debunking right away, is that these products do not give orgasms in showers. Nor could you achieve hair like Nicole Sherzinger in an air plane toilet, a camper van or similiar. Water pressure? Electricity? Salon proffesional etc etc?
Back to the product itself.
Smell: Amazing. Subtle, and not overpowering.
Feel: Gooey. It's shampoo...
Taste: What, are you nuts?
Results
I have lots of fine long brunette hair, with a tendency to go greasy at the roots and very dry and brittle at the tips.I don't have the budget to get my hair cut every 6 weeks - I'm lucky if it's every six months (between trips to the salon I get my Mum to trim the ends off!)
Normally I have to wash and condition my hair everyday because I exercise a lot and need to shower often (yuck). I was surprised that with this, I don't even NEED to condition! I only need to do it every other time, just to keep it manageable, but the fact that I can skip conditioning means my hair stays more manageable for longer, and plus it saves £££ in the long run because I always run out of conditioner faster than shampoo!
I'm scientifically minded. I'm the sort of person who calls out bullshit in TV adverts. "18/25 women agreeing isn't statistically significant!!!" I hate bad stats, I don't like it when brands throw around big words to confuse the layman. Just because someone is wearing a lab coat in the advert, doesn't mean that the XYZ of chemicals actually do anything, right?
So what if I just used stuff and told people WHAT it actually did, regardless of what the advert says it does?
So here I go, with Herbal Essences and their Honey I'm Strong range.
Back to the product itself.
Smell: Amazing. Subtle, and not overpowering.
Feel: Gooey. It's shampoo...
Taste: What, are you nuts?
Results
I have lots of fine long brunette hair, with a tendency to go greasy at the roots and very dry and brittle at the tips.I don't have the budget to get my hair cut every 6 weeks - I'm lucky if it's every six months (between trips to the salon I get my Mum to trim the ends off!)
Normally I have to wash and condition my hair everyday because I exercise a lot and need to shower often (yuck). I was surprised that with this, I don't even NEED to condition! I only need to do it every other time, just to keep it manageable, but the fact that I can skip conditioning means my hair stays more manageable for longer, and plus it saves £££ in the long run because I always run out of conditioner faster than shampoo!
I couldn't finish this post without a picture of the little guys that help to make the key ingredient of these products. Herbal Essenses website states "did you know honey is nature’s golden elixir? once a luxury reserved for kings and queens, honey has been revered for centuries as a natural healing remedy and beauty secret for the hair." I've heard of the healing benefits of Manuka, though I'm unsure of the science behind why/how this works... All I can say it, it DOES WORK.
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