Aussie Dry Shampoo - Miracle Dry, Mega Instant

Like most people I know, I'm a sucker for a good dry shampoo.

We all have days where our hair looks greasy, but either don't have time to wash it, or, in my case - can't be bothered :)

I've always been a fan of Batiste and have used every scent they have, but more recently I realised that Aussie have just started doing some. Again being a sucker for all things new, I had to try some.

I always spray dry shampoo on at night time as I find it leaves plenty of time for it to settle into your hair and in the morning it has  a bit more volume.

The Aussie dry shampoo is definitely going to be my new 'go to' dry shampoo.

When you spray it into your hair, it's a bit like hairspray which I do find a little strange. But after a while it dries and gives the most amazing volume I've ever known! Not to mention how good it smells :) 

It's quite a small bottle (180ml) in comparison to Batiste and is also a bit more expensive (£3.33 on offer at Boots at the minute, usual price £4.99) but I do believe you get what you pay for with things like this.

Whats your favourite dry shampoo? Do you know of any other good ones? Let me know in the comments.

Becca xx

An apology and a review

Two things for you today.

The first is an apology, for being so slack with my blog recently. Life has gotten so unbelievably busy for me. I really don't know where time has gone and as a result this blog has been neglected.

But I'm back! Hopefully for a good few days, I have quite a bit planned for the blog, mainly reviews and a mini haul.

On with today's post. Recently I've been really struggling with the dreaded blackheads and nothing I use seems to get rid of them.

I went into Boots today and decided to try Biore Deep Pore Charcoal Cleanser.

It looks disgusting I won't lie. A thick, black/grey (well charcoal I suppose, duh) liquid, that you're supposed to rub on your face. Well I'll give anything a go once. It also smells a lot better than it looks.

I use about 4 pumps, which might seem like quite a lot and I'll probably only use 2 pumps in future (after looking at the bottle now it's all settled, 4 pumps is waaaaay too much!)  Rub your hands together to create a foam and then wash your face. It feels amazing - my face has literally never felt so clean. It tingles and makes your face feel really cold which I love.

I must admit that even after just one use my blackheads look a lot clearer. I read the other day that Millie Mackintosh (from Made In Chelsea) has a rule to use all new beauty products for month - this way you can really make the decision about whether it's good for you. So this is what I'm going to do :)

Biore Blackhead cleanser cost me £4.99 but so far I'd have to say that it's money well spent.

Have you ever tried any of the Biore products? Or what do you use to get rid of blackheads. Let me know in the comments.

Becca xx

My top 5 summer songs.

Summer has finally arrived in the UK! How long will it last? Who knows. 

One thing I love about summer (and it's probably the only thing as I'm not too fussed on being warm) is driving round with my windows open and songs blaring. 

I decided to do a 'Top 5 Summer Songs' that I'm enjoying at the minute.



5. Rixton - Me and My Broken Heart

This song is, in my opinion, the summer song for this year. It's incredibly catchy and you find yourself just singing along to it. I know there's a lot of people loving it at the minute. You can listen to it here.

4. 5 Seconds of Summer - Amnesia

I know Heather will kill me for having them on here...but I love love love 5 Seconds of Summer at the minute. I've seen them twice (with Heather and she secretly loved them) when we went to see One Direction! Yes we are 21 and 23 but whatcha gonna dooooo?! :) This song is so lovely and quite deep I suppose. But it's perfect for long drives. You can listen to it here.

3. George Ezra - Budapest

What's not to love about this song? You could imagine yourself on a nice hot beach, cocktail in hand just chilling out and listening to this. Aaaah bliss. I know that's not strictly driving...but I could drive to the airport? You can listen to it here.

2. Haim - The Wire

I've been a fan of Haim for ages, but only recently bought their album. This is one of my favourite songs off it. It's without a doubt a great driving song, but also something that would be amazing to hear live at a muddy, british music festival. It's one of those songs that just makes you feel good. You can listen to it here.

1. One Direction - Story of My Life

I couldn't not put this in. Who doesn't like to sing their heart out to this song? It's one of those ones that you literally just let all your inhibitions go and sing like nobody's watching (even if they are). In fact there's a lot of 1D songs that could go in here. But you can listen/watch Story of My Life here.




What are your top summer songs? They can be new or old, let me know in the comments!

Becca xx

Beauty Scenario Tag

So I stole this tag from my lovely friend Heather's blog. As she mentioned, I too love tag posts and always enjoy reading other peoples.

So here goes...

Q1: You have to get rid of all your foundations and you can only keep 1 drugstore and 1 high end. Which do you keep?

To be fair I never really wore foundation until a few weeks ago. I always used BB Cream. So for arguments sake I wouldn't pick a drugstore one, but my high end one would definitely have to MAC Face and body. It is the best foundation I have ever used. At £21.00 it's not cheap for a 50ml bottle but I'll certainly be buying this again. It gives great lasting coverage and is build able. What more could you want?

Q2: You go for an interview and the lady interviewing you has some lipstick on her teeth. Do you ignore it and not tell her, or do you let her know?

I know this is really bad...but I probably wouldn't! I'm one of these people who gets embarrassed telling people something like that. If I know the person I'd tell them.

Q3: You're not feeling quite yourself and you need a pick me up lipstick! Which do you go for? 

I'm not really a lipstick kind of girl. I prefer lip glosses. I really like Borjois Effet 3D Lipgloss

Q4: You go back in time for a day to your teenage years, how would you do your hair and make up differently?

I would get rid of the side fringe. It didn't suit me and I certainly couldn't carry it off when it was greasy! This was a time before I discovered Batiste. I'd also tell myself to not go blonde...it did not suit me. I'd probably be a bit more daring with my make up. I really played it too safe.

Q5: You ask your hairdresser for a shoulder length Pixie Lott hair cut, but they hear you wrong and give you a pixie haircut. Do you, a) Smile, say thank you, leave, call your mum and cry hysterically, b) Cry in the chair and things get awkward, or c) Complain to the manager and demand a refund?

A all the way for me! I hate making a scene so I'd rather smile and pretend I like it then go away and cry haha!

Q6: Your friend surprises you with a 4 day city break and you only have 1 hour to pack! Which do it all palette would you take with you and why?

Ooo how exciting! Erm I'd take the MAC Neutrals pallet as it has all the colours you'd need for natural make up, and the sleek contour pallet (I'll do a review of this soon). It has contour, highlighter and blush so you'd be sorted.

Q7: Your house has been robbed, don't worry everyone is safe, but your beauty stash has been raided! Whats the product that you really hope is safe?

My mascara! I literally look about 12 years old without mascara.

Q8: Your friend borrows your makeup and returns it in awful condition. Do you, a) Just pretend you haven’t noticed, b) Ask them to repurchase it, or c) Secretly do the same to something of theirs?

I would probably have to go with C. As I mentioned before I really don't like confrontation. But then again I'd have to go with B as well. Why should I spend my hard earned money on stuff for someone to go an ruin it? :) 

I hope you enjoyed that and I tag anyone that reads it to do it too. If you do this, tag me in it so I can read your answers as well :)

Is there anything you'd like me to do a post on? Let me know in the comments.

Becca xx

Hello mouthwash

This is a bit of a random post, but I wanted to share my new find with you all!

Brushing your teeth is part of your everyday beauty routine (or at least I hope it is!) so why not have a new mouthwash to shake it up a bit?

On Saturday I discovered 'hello' mouthwash. It comes in three different flavours:

Mint

Mojito mint

Pink grapefruit

Being a mojito lover I naturally went for that. 

It's a weird flavour when you first taste it, almost a bit sour, but gone off sour. Keep swishing it round your mouth and you get a lovely tangy flavour. Once you've spat it out, the mint comes through so your mouth feels really fresh :)

It's on offer at boots at the minute for £2.99. 

It's alcohol free so I imagine it will be suitable for kids as well :)

Have you tried any of the 'hello' range? Let me know in the comments. 

Becca xx

Product review: Fudge Ends

Earlier this year I was sucked into the latest trend and got my hair dip-dyed.
As I wasn't too sure how it would turn out my hairdresser decided to just do a very subtle colour. After 4 months I loved it so much that we decided to put more blonde through it.

I love, love, love it and I personally find that dip-dyed hair looks so much better when it's curled than straight.

However the only downside to having part or all of your hair bleached is that it can become dry if you don't look after it properly. I think this is the only downside to it.

Naturally I have very curly hair which over time has gone into more beachy waves which I prefer. I don't tend to straighten it very often and I think I've used every product out there to, protect, straighten, curl, tame frizz...you name it, I've had it.

I recently was getting concerned that my hair was falling out and that it was too dry from the bleach so I've completely shook up my hair routine. I wash and condition it as normal, use a tangle teezer to brush through the hair, then put more conditioner in (I use Aussie Mega leave-in) and then I found the holy grail of hair products.

Please enter - Fudge Ends.

This product is a life save for dry hair and smells bloomin' amazing as well. Sweet and vanilla-ery (I've just checked and it says it smells of vanilla bean, which it totally does. It tastes so good you could eat it - but please don't.)

It comes in this really cute, almost test tube like, bottle:

You only need the tiniest bit, maybe a 5p piece size. I put the majority of it on the ends but then rub the rest of it through the hair. I can't begin to describe how silky it is once I've straightened it. As I mentioned though I don't do this very often.

I've only recently discovered Fudge hair products, well my brother used to use the gel and in all honesty I thought that's all they ever did. But I also bought some of their salt spray which I'll save for another post.

You can buy fudge ends from here and at £6.25 it's suitable for all budgets.

Have you tried any of the fudge products? Are there more that you can recommend to me? Let me know in the comments.

Becca xx

My top 5 fragrances...

If you know me, you'll know that I absolutely love perfume. I'm one of those people that spray so much of it it makes you sick! 

I don't like not smelling nice and if I have a day where I don't wear make up, I always have to wear perfume. It makes you feel so good even if you don't.

I have a cabinet full of perfume and even store some on top of my wardrobe. I'm not a girl that has a wardrobe full of shoes, I have a wardrobe full of perfume!

So anyway, I decided to pick my top 5 favourite perfumes that I'm loving at the moment.

First up is CKIN2U:

I love the smell of this, it's quite 'heavy' in comparison to what I normally wear however I spray this in a morning and can still smell it later on in the day. I've also seen this quite cheap in shops lately. I think somewhere was doing a 100ml bottle for £20 the other week which is a bargain!


Next up is Hugo Boss Orange:

My mum bought me this about 3 years ago for christmas (not this actually bottle, I've had replacements since then) but it's one of those fragrances that is quite light and, I know this sounds weird, but makes you feel really happy. As you can see from the photo I've used quite a lot of this...I'm not sure it'll last until Christmas!


Third on my list is Kate Moss:

I remember when this perfume first came out. I liked it because it was an affordable scent. It's quite floral, but not so much that you smell like a granny. Again, it's like the CKIN2U, in as much as you can spray it on in a morning and still smell it later on in the day. I've tried one of Kate's other perfumes (I think it's called Lola or Lula? I can't remember exactly) but I always come back to this one. I think you can normally get a bottle for around £15 so it's affordable for any budget.

Next is Katy Perry 'Purr':

Just like Katy this scent is fun. That's the only way to describe it. I mean the bottle is even shaped like a cat with a collar...what's not to love?!

Last, but not least, Chloe:

I feel so rich and luxurious wearing this (cringey right?) but my goodness, I never realised a perfume could make you feel like that! One of my friends at school always used to wear and she always smelt lovely. When I realised what it was I knew I'd never be able to afford it. However it was on offer once so I thought I'd treat myself. Then I treat myself to another bottle and as you can see I've not used much. This is my *special* perfume for special occasions. It smells of roses and is just so so so feminine. It's lovely.

What are your favourite perfumes? Do you like any the same as me? Have you got any you can recommend to me? Let me know in the comments.

Becca xx