MY HAIR TRANSFORMATION @ NO.48 BURY ST EDMUNDS

Valentines Day was always more of a one sided thing for me & K. I mean, he isn't exactly the most romantic of people at the best of times! But this year he absolutely blew me away by surprising me with a voucher to have my hair done and not only that, he had actually booked me an appointment the same day. I had been dropping hints for ages, as one of my mummy friends had re-opened the salon. K has very selective hearing so I doubted that he took any notice but the boy came through!!! Major brownie points.

I had never actually been in the salon before but I can't praise the interior enough. I genuinely think it would probably be very similar to the way I would decorate if I had a salon myself. There are lots of different textures and patterns, which all work amazingly together and my favourite part, lots of rustic wood around the place as you can see from below.  

They are a small team, made up of 4 lovely ladies who all in fact knew each other before opening the salon which gives it such a lovely vibe as you can tell they are all genuinely good friends. I knew my stylist Amy from school so we just spent the whole time catching up which of course was lovely! Also, as if this place wasn't ticking the boxes enough, for Valentines Day they were offering prosecco & orange juice along with heart chocolates! WINNING!

K had booked me in for ombre/balayage, which again I was surprised he remembered that was what I wanted. I'm not going to pretend I know anything about hair so won't be able to get very technical I'm afraid, but I know I had it curled and look how pretty it looks!! #HairGoals.

I am absolutely in love with my new hair, I'm going to be going back in a few months to get it even lighter but for now, this is as light as my hair will get without damaging it. You can find their website here, their Facebook page here, and the most amazing Instagram here where they are always posting the best before & after pictures which I am obsessed with!  

*Disclaimer - I haven't been paid  to post this, nor am I receiving anything in return  for posting! K paid for this in full

Yves Rocher Summer Ready Hair

Yves Rocher Summer Ready Hair

You may have recently seen that I worked with Yves Rocher on a smokey eye makeup look (if you missed that you can find it here). I was super impressed with everything I tried and over the moon when Holly asked if I wanted to try some hair care bits. I've mentioned it loads of times on my blog now but I really do not take care of my hair at all. I know I should try a lot harder than I do but I'm just lazy, there isn't much more I can say about the matter so I was excited to get using these.

Yves Rocher Raspberry Rinsing Vinegar - £5.65*

I really wanted to save this until last as it is by far my favourite product out of all these but I didn't want to go against the order of the photo (ha ha ha!) but this product is just indescribable. I have never, ever heard of anything like this for your hair. Why on earth would you want to put vinegar on your hair?! It literally made no sense. Then I smelt it. And uh. If you follow me on Twitter or have liked my Facebook page you would have probably seen me writing about this on there because this thing is just insane. I cant even describe it! The smell is incredible. After smelling this all day on the day I got it, I had to make raspberry jelly later that night. I've never smelt any kind of hair product like this, it smells so good I could honestly eat it. I recently went blonder and have been using Touch Of Silver shampoo and although the shampoo is amazing and does a great job, it leaves my hair dryer than dry. I have been using this afterwards and not only does it leave my hair smelling lushious, it 100% leaves it very shiny. I will definately be repurchasing this once I've used it all up.

Yves Rocher Lagoon Hair & Body Wash - £1.95*

I'm such a sucker for a 2 in 1 product and this hair and body wash is exactly that. The idea that you don't have to take two separate products excites me. Yup, I am lazy I'll admit. This product has a smell that I just cannot put my finger on and honestly, I've sat smelling it for ages and I still cant work it out. I want to say play-dough but I know it isn't that, I just cant work out what it is! I have been using this daily and it's a really nice body wash. It lathers really well and the scent does stay on your body too. A super body wash for the price and again, I think I shall be repurchasing again! 

Yves Rocher Precious Dry Oil - £8.50*

If I'm being honest I haven't actually put this on my hair yet as I was worried about it. As I'm blonde, I was so scared that it would tinge my hair as its slightly orange BUT I have been using it on my body (I'm not even sure if it's for the body?!) and it is such a lovely product. I can imagine applying this on my legs and arms when wearing a summer dress as it adds a really lovely glow and has tiny glitter particles in it too which reflect in the sun. It has the same scent as the body wash which is lovely and again, lingers on the skin.

Yves Rocher Low Shampoo - £3.45*

This shampoo is a non-lathering shampoo and contains no sulfates or parabans and is silicone and colorant free. It is inspired by the 'no shampoo shampoo' hair regime that came from America. Although I do like my shampoos to foam so that I feel they are actually working, I do really like this one (and I am usually very fussy about shampoos!). It's a really thick consistency, much like a hand or body cream which feels wrong putting it in your hair. You start at the roots and work down, however I tend to use waaaay too much product because I don't feel like I've covered it all!

Again I am very impressed by Yves Rocher! This brand is hitting the beauty blogging world by a storm and I am a huge fan! Have you tried anything from the brand?

Hair consoltation / What should I be using on my hair? / FatbeautyxGuest Post

Hi there Daisy's Followers!

My name is Lucie and I have a blog over at www.Fatbeautyx.co.uk.
 I'm 25, A qualified hairdresser, Studying to be a Make Up Artist and far too quirky for my full time desk job, so back in November I started a blog! I post about Beauty, Fashion ( plus size fashion mostly as I'm reppin' the curves :P) and some lifestyle posts. 

 Every time I get together with some bloggers or even friends, we end up talking hair, The do's, The don'ts etc, and I'll make a comment and my hairdresser lingo comes out and I get busted and then all the questions come flooding in, the one I always get " what should I be using on my hair?" So I figured I'd play hairdresser with you lovely lot on Daisy's blog and give several "one to one's" as I would do in the salon if you came in to have your hair done with me.

Now I made this little chart and gave each one numbers at the end, so all you have to do is follow this chart and whatever number you get is the products I'd recommend for you to be using on your hair. Now I tried to do my best with the questions but there may be some people that fit into more then one category and I'd need to ask more questions so if thats you feel free to comment below and I'll be checking them out and can give you your own set of products depending on your hair :) even after you have read your number, its totally worth reading the others to the end where I have a final message and round off the post :) x

METHOD BEFORE WE START :

Now remember to shampoo twice and focus on the roots. This helps take away and product build up and really cleanses the hair and scalp. Then with the conditioners or treatments. Apply to midlengths and ends running your fingers through your hair then run it through to the roots and leave for 5 -10 mins while you do your other shower/ bath activities. Then rinse hair till clean making sure you remove all product, pat and squeeze dry in your towel, dont rough your hair up in your towel, this will just scruff up your hair cuticle and make it feel and look damaged. Then apply any heat protection or detangling or whatever products you are using to your towel dry hair from your mid lengths to ends and dry with your hairdryer on a medium cool heat with the nozel facing down so it blows the hair down. This will help the hair cuticle lay flat instead of drying your hair in every direction which will make it appear more fluffy and dry.

right, lets get started

Hi there, Nice to meet you. I'm Lucie and I'll be your hairdresser for today, Lets take a seat and have a little chat about your hair !

1. So your hair is coloured, It's been bleached either with highlights or your whole hair has been bleached to get it lighter ( maybe you want a funky colour on it or maybe you just like that light blonde platinum look ) The fact that your hair is thick probably means when you blow dry it it looks and feels dry not to mention you are rocking this cave man troll look. ( sadly we can't all pull it off though :( )

Now depending on how damaged it is, when your hair is wet, if you pull it, can you feel it pulling a bit like an elastic band? That's the hairs elasticity telling you to stop bleaching it and put a protein based treatment in it like the ones I'm listing below for you! If its not too stretchy then there may be hope for us yet to save your hair! haha. When you are bleaching the hair you are stripping the keratin in the hair. ( If you have bleached your hair at home you will notice one of the final stages is the yellow stage.) The yellow in your hair is actually keratin and should always be toned and not coloured over but I know alot of people now a days bleach with no regard to what it's doing to their hair, So its important if you are bleaching, to put back keratin ( which is protein ) in the hair to make it stronger, and eventually get back shine and will help with dryness and frizz.

You said your hair was thick so it's going to be ok to use some hardcore treatments without fear of making your hair greasy. If you DO suffer with greasy roots, I'd recommend checking out the products mentioned for number 2 just in case!

High End 

Shampoo - Kerastase Bain Force Architecte 

Conditioner - Masque Force Architecte as a conditioner.

Low End

Shampoo - Redken Extreme 

 Conditioner - Redken Extreme Strength Builder Plus 

2. If you picked 2 then that means your hair Is still pretty damaged but its not thick so we don't want to be using any conditioners or treatments that are too intense as that will weigh your hair down, make it limp and even possibly greasy! You can still use the shampoos above but instead of using each range's treatments as conditioners we are just going to use the conditioners which will be moisturising enough for your finer yet still damaged hair!

High End 

Shampoo - Kérastase Bain Force Architecte 

Conditioner - Kérastase ciment anti-usure

Low ish End

Shampoo - Redken Extreme 

 Conditioner - Redken Extreme 

3. So you colour your hair, it's not being bleached so your hair isn't overly processed but i'm sure it's pretty damaged and dry so we want to focus on adding moisture to it to get back that soft, shiny all round good condition hair. The good news is, it's probably not that bad but we want to go in with some treatments to bring your hair back to life.

 So all you 3's out there, I'm recommending Kérastase 's Bain Satin range which is great for restoring moisture back in the hair. Because we want it to be extra moisturising. If you have thick hair you can use the masquintese from the range which is a treatment, but use it as your conditioner focusing it on the mid-lengths to ends and leaving it on the hair for 10 mins and rinsing it out. If you do prefer something lighter then I'd suggest looking at number 4 which is good for moisture but better for finer hair!

High End 

Shampoo - Kérastase Bain Satin 2

Conditioner -  Kérastase Nutritive Masquintense

Low End

Shampoo - Elvive Full restore

 Conditioner - Elvive full restore treatment 

4. If you got 4 that means your hairs coloured, but its not bleached and you are not using all over tint on it so it might mean you are using funky colours all over, that don't have peroxide or anything or you are trying to achieve something colour wise, either way that means its still damaged but its not that bad so I'd still recommend the Kérastase Bain Satin Shampoo and the Elvive Full Restore Shampoo but instead of using the treatments as conditioners like the number 3's, these may be a little too much for your hair so I'll suggest a different product to use conditioner wise below.

High End 

Shampoo - Kérastase Bain Satin 2

Conditioner -  Kérastase Lait Vital

Low End

Shampoo - Elvive Full restore

 Conditioner - Elvive full restore 

5.If you got a number 5, your hair isn't damaged from colouring but you said it was dry and thick so we want to focus on putting some moisture into the hair and helping keep it smooth and sleek so however we are styling it, its going to be looking soft and healthy! So seeing as you have thick hair, we can use a slightly more dense masque on your ends to really help tame any frizz and bring it alot of shine so I have listed some products below, If you think these deep masques may be a bit too much for your hair or you often find you get greasy hair, then go to number 6 for a slightly lighter conditioner.

High End 

Shampoo - Kérastase Oleo Relax

Conditioner -  Kérastase Oleo Relax masque

Low End

Shampoo - Elvive smooth and polish

 Conditioner - Elvive smooth and polish masque

6. We still want something moisturising but nothing too heavy that will make your hair lank or greasy so these would be great on your hair to help promote moisture and give your hair shine!

High ish End 

Shampoo -Redken all soft

Conditioner -  Redken all soft 

Low End

Shampoo - Elvive Nutri-gloss shine

 Conditioner - Elvive smooth and polish masque

If you picked 7 or 8 your hair is probably in pretty good condition, has a good-ish shine and is relatively healthy, so shampoo wise you could be using the nutri gloss as above or anything that will promote shine and nourishment but maybe unlike 1-6 where you need products to help your hair from colour damage, you may have come to 1 and 2 because you use alot of heat on your hair and you need to protect it.

There are loads of heat protecting sprays out there, but my personal favourites are 

the lee stafford flat iron heat protecting spray and the GHD heat protecting spray.

I personally use the lee stafford both when drying and straightening and any other styling involving heat. The smell reminds of me the perfume angel and I find it does a great job!

It's pretty hard to match up every single persons hair as a generalisation without seeing the hair and the condition but as a rough guide I have outlined  most categories and listed products that I have personally used and found I got the best results. 

I hope you enjoyed my little hair post here on daisy's blog. Hair is one but many of the beauty topics I talk about over on my blog www.fatbeautyx.co.uk. I hope maybe you will come over and check out some of my posts or add me on my social links!

Lucie xx

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