I’m always looking for products that make my hair shiny, soft and supple and at the moment, I’m loving Wella Professionals Elements range. I feel like I’ve been so lucky in finding more and more shampoos and conditioners that I really love these days! So much so that I use up the whole product completely before trying something new.
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A new hair do as as good as a holiday! And what better way to start the new year than with a fresh new do? This week on StyleScoop, we’re giving away two fab hampers of the all new Schwarzkopf Palette Deluxe hair dye range as well as goodies to dye your hair like a pro, each to the value of R500. Sound good?
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72 hours of frizz free smoothness for hair…. Done! Say hello to the latest gem of haircare awesomeness from PUREOLOGY, called Smooth Perfection and my new hair BFF, PUREOLOGY Fabulous Lengths. PUREOLOGY is a range of 100% vegan hair care and styling products. From the very contents to the the re-cycled packing to the soy based inks they use for printing not to mention the use of non-petroleum energy printers, this brand is the real deal! They have a range of products to suit all hair types, but for today, lets stick to the new and amazing Smooth Perfection – a range of hair care products designed for all hair types, and gals (or guys too) who are looking for that perfect blow-wave and long lasting smoothness and shine. PUREOLOGY Smooth Perfection combines the best of smoothing, colour care and heat protection into one smooth styling range. Smooth Perfection is packed with moisturizing and conditioning properties; like the lightweight and fast absorbing Camellia Oil which will ease your blow dry battles and fight off that frizz. Plus, the thermal anti-fade complex helps to protect hair from the colour-distorting effects of heat. I love the fact that when I use the Shampoo and Conditioner with one of the styling products, I don’t need an additional heat protectant and my hair and colour stay protected in the shower too! The shampoo and conditioner are an…
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While we all have different hair types, one thing remains… we all want fabulous hair! Am I right? Today, I’ll show you four new hair ranges, formulated for very different hair types. So even if your hair isn’t naturally flat, and lifeless (like mine) you’ll likely find one that talks to your roots. Best of all, these ranges are all fairly inexpensive for good hair goodies… My Hair Is: Flat, Dull, Lifeless As a girl with this hair type, I can tell you from experience that fine, flat hair is no fun! Finding a shampoo and conditioner that will give your hair a bit of oomph, while still keeping it shiny and bouncy is a tough one. Often, you have to compromise one for the other. But now you can have it all! You Need: Dove Advanced Hair Series Oxygen Moisture. As part of their new Advanced Hair Series comes Dove Oxygen Moisture Shampoo and Conditioner. This beautiful shampoo and conditioner combo will leave your hair clean and shiny, while still giving it a bit of life. My hair often falls flat around my face, but this definitely gave it some noticeable volume without the need for adding tons of product to give it lift! Price:…
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Kerastase Elixir Ultime is one of my favourite hair care ranges of all time. It smells amazing, its uber luxurious and is truly one of the gold standards in hair care! It makes my hair feel silky soft, well cared for and looking beautiful! Plus I mean it looks just glorious in my shower! When the Kerastase Elixir Ultime range launched in SA in July this year (read my review on it here), it came out with a shampoo, hair mask and a single leave in oil treatment. Now the Kerastase Elixir Ultime familia has grown, with the addition of two new products to the range; a Conditioner and a second hair oil, specifically formulated for colour treated hair. They’ve also upped the glam factor with gorgeous glass packaging for the hair oils – making it even more luxurious. Since I’m all about sharing, today I’m sharing my good hair days with you, which means I’ve got one beautiful Kerastase Eixir Ultime gift to give away to one lucky StyleScoop reader, worth R1680! But first, let’s take a quick look at the range and the new goodies… entry details at the end of this post. The Bain Elixir Ultime Shampoo (R290) is a silicone and paraben free shampoo that gives you a…
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If the winter frizz has your hair feeling drab and down, difficult to style and just not looking it’s gorgeous self, then I’ve got some great news for you! The new Moroccanoil SMOOTH Range launched last month, and it features four amazing products enriched with the one and only Moroccanoil argain oil blend, argan butter and coconut derived fatty acids. A Shampoo (R350), Conditioner (R370), Smoothing Mask (R570) and a Smoothing Lotion (R430) that offer high performance hair smoothness that you can see and feel. I’ve been using them for about a week now and I’m obsessed. I was fortunate enough to experience the entire range, so my hair days have started with the shampoo, conditioner and the mask – which I leave on for about 5-10 minutes. After I’ve showered and towel-dried my hair, I apply two pumps of the Smoothing Lotion and that’s it! Although I’ve been a long time fan of Moroccanoil’s iconic hair oil, which I’ve been using since November 2011, my hair was so silky, soft and shiny even without having to apply the oil. These products work really well and leave your hair looking incredibly soft, shiny and healthy, but the best part for me, was how much easier my hair was to manage. Since my hair is very fine,…
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Oh my gawsh girls! I have to tell you about this amazing hair range that I’ve fallen head-over-heels in love with! Love I tell you, LOVE! It’s the Kerastase Elixir Ultime Oleo-Complexe range. A complete system for all hair types (including my fine, no longer flat hair) that’s super nourishing, without weighing the hair down! In one word, it’s heaven! At first, I was a little nervous. The words “elixir ultime” and gold packaging scared me a bit as I thought it would be one of those super luxurious ranges that would leave my hair oily. Since my locks are dead straight, and my hair is very fine, generally super indulgent ranges end up being too indulgent for my hair. But the Kerastase Elixir Ultime is pretty amazing! After the first use, which included shampoo (Bain Elixir Ultime), followed by the mask (Masque Elixir Ultime) and then the “rock star” oil (Elixir Ultime Multi-Use Oil), my hair was noticeably softer, with a beautiful healthy shine, that lasted for three days before I had to wash it again. That’s always a huge benefit for me, when I can enjoy “clean hair” that’s manageable without having to wash it every, single day! To add to that, during those three days, my hair…
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Over the past couple of months, my hair has gone through many transformations… I went from rocking Ombre (for almost two years), to dying it a plum purple in January, to red a few weeks ago, and recently adding a bright pink semi-permanent colour. All these changes have led to very dry hair! Since my hair is naturally dry, the overload of colour changes had just made matters worse. Matters of frizz, split ends and very “crunchy” hair. So when the new MATRIX BIOLAGE HYDRASOURCE products landed on my desk, they couldn’t have come at a more perfect time! I’ve been using the HYDRASOURCE range for just under two weeks, and my hair is finally looking happy again! I couldn’t feel a big difference straight away, but slowly my hair is getting back to it’s healthy state again. I wash my hair every second day (sometimes daily) and I’ve been using the HYDRASOURCE Shampoo (R170), followed by the HYDRASOURCE Conditioner (R185). Then, on every second wash, instead of the Conditioner, I replace it with the HYDRASOURCE Aqua Immersion Crème Masque (R195) instead. The Biolage HYDRASOURCE range helps optimise moisture balance for healthy looking hair, and leaves hair up to 15X more moisturised. I’m totally in love with this range. It doesn’t leave my hair feeling weighed down at all –…
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It’s a New Year, which means New Hair! I started 2015 with a brand new hair colour – Aubergine/ Purple – a big change from my beloved Ombre – and I’m kinda obsessed with the new darker do. There’s also a couple of products that have me loving my hair, in addition to the new colour… Fountain Food Supplement: The Hair Molecule I’ve started downing this new beauty supplement to get my hair in tip top condition. It’s a concentrated liquid that contains Silicon, Biotin and Hyaluronic Acid, which works from within to support hair and let it grow strong, healthy and full of shine. Just what the hair doc ordered! I’ve only been using it for about a week, and I can already see an improvement in the condition of my hair. It’s so much shinier. I must admit, it doesn’t taste great. It’s not horrible either, just not very pleasant. But if it gets the job done, I’ll keep on downing it. Available from: Clicks Price: R299 Moroccanoil Root Boost Another product that’s given my hair new life is Moroccanoil Root Boost. It’s a volumizing spray that gives your roots body and lifts them without the need for…
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I’ve narrowed down my holiday hair products to the bare essentials. Moroccanoil Light, Batiste Dry Shampoo and a big ol’ Wool floppy hat. That’s it! I cannot live without Moroccanoil Light. Seriously, it’s the best invention ever – and while there are other hair oils out there (and so many of them are fab), I love my Moroccanoil! I have the “big boy” (aka full sized bottle) sitting on my dressing table, and I like to keep this baby bottle in my travel bag, to make sure I don’t ever leave it behind. It’s happened before and lets just say, I did not have a good hair day! Then, my just-in-case hair essential is Batiste Dry Shampoo. It’s just one of those products… you never know when you’ll need it. On holiday anything can happen… hotel has no hot water, you oversleep and can’t wash your hair, (or another drama) and lets face it, nobody likes to go through the day with dirty, stringy hair! These are also sold in miniatures (and different scent options) so they make for the perfect little travel companions. And last but not least, my big ol Wool Floppy Hat! I’m very much a hat-on-holiday kinda girl, because they protect your hair and face from the sun, but also add that extra…
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I don’t know what it is with my hair, but as soon as I find something that “works wonders”, after a while it changes and I need to find a boost of something different to whack it back into awesomeness. Lately, I’ve been loving the new Moroccanoil Clarifying Shampoo. I use Moroccanoil (the oil) on my hair all the time, and it’s one of my all time MUST HAVE hair products. Now I have found a new love for the brand. This shampoo is really, really great! It clarifies the hair, ridding it from any product buildup, while at the same time, keeping my locks nourished and hydrated. With normal clarifying shampoos, I find that my hair is super dry, and can usually feel the difference in texture straight away in the shower. So, I normally don’t like clarifying shampoos because of that. This one, changed all of that for me! It left my hair feeling great in the shower, and made it super shiny and so much more manageable – even without my daily dose of Moroccanoil. I can go two days without washing my hair (which is a lot for me since it’s fine and gets greasy quickly), and even on day two it’s…
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I wont lie! I’m not loving my hair in Jozi winters! The colder it gets, the warmer I dress, the more my hair stands up like the bride of Frankenstein! I’ve searched high and low and done “everything” to try keep the frizz down and for the first couple of weeks, nothing worked! But I kept searching, and I have finally found my fix! It’s a combination of a few things, but this combo really works. It’s really dry in Jozi, and the dryness doesn’t help with my hair. When I first moved here, Chantelle, AKA Not Another Poppie suggested that I “just get a humidifier” and not wait, since it was needed in Jozi. It took me a while, but I eventually got one, and it’s really made a difference in my hair (and my skin for that matter). I’ve only had it a for a few days, but it’s a great little helper. After I wash my hair, I add a little bit of Moroccanoil to it while it’s damp. Then, I use a little bit more to smooth down the ends after I’ve dried and ironed it. Don’t laugh! This step is probably the game changer that made all the difference.…
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