Showing posts with label update. Show all posts
Showing posts with label update. Show all posts
So it has been about a month since my last post, I have been quite busy the past month so that is why I haven't posted!

Since my last post I have gone back to my ombre hair, which I am glad I have as it is so much easier to deal with no more dying my hair! I did have to cut about 3 inches off my hair though because it was so damaged from the bleaching to create the ombre. I am still using the Lee Stafford hair growth mask so it is growing a lot quicker but it is just annoying that I had to cut so much off! I have therefore this week brought myself some extensions which I never thought I would do again. The extensions are about 5 inches longer than my hair, but I shall so another post on this in more detail.

I have also been carrying on with the weight loss, although it is at the rather annoying stage at the moment where I seem to be going up and down a few pounds each week! I am going to try exercising more than I am at the moment to try to get my weight down to my goal which is about half a stone away now!

I have also gone out of my comfort zone and begun wearing lipstick. I never thought it would suit me but I do love wearing it! I shall do a post on the few colours I have brought recently and which ones I like the best.

I have also found some really good websites for getting some lovely clothes which I shall do a post on. I shall also be doing some haul posts and out fit of the days.

My plan is to get back into blogging, hopefully be doing a couple of posts each week as I do like doing it! I have also joined the Blogger Programme which I heard off a Youtuber and blogger Melon I shall put her links below. This programme is to help bloggers who have just started or need a bit of help. I think it is a great programme to be apart of!


Melon:

http://www.youtube.com/user/snakebitesparkles?feature=watch



04:07
I haven't done a hair update in agesssss! I am not too sure how long I have been using this product for now.

My hair is still growing, it is now below my bra strap at the back. I hadn't been using it often a few weeks ago for about a month just because of my uni work piling up I needed to have quick showers. Sometimes I would have to be in uni from 8:30 til 8! So the last thing I wanted to do was have a really long shower I just wanted my bed!

I am now back into the routine and it is defiantly growing quicker again. My roots are coming through more from when I tried to dye it lighter a few weeks ago. My layers seem so much longer and so does my fringe!

I haven't straightened my hair in a while just because it is easier to leave it natural and messy/wavy. When I do end up straightening it I shall take a photo to show how long it is now.

Not much has changed from my routine, I am using a silver shampoo at the moment to try to tame the brassiness of the darker blonde that I dye my hair. I am still on the second pot of the product, I am hoping that after the 3rd pot has gone I won't need to buy anymore because it will be the length I want it to be, I hope anyway! I think I have about 5 inches or something until I get to my ideal length, I have decided that I want to longer than what I first planned just because I have never really had naturally long hair.
06:45
I think it has been about 8 weeks now since I started using the hair growth treatment. I am still on my first pot so it has lasted 2 months! I have only about one treatment left in the first pot so I am glad that I stocked up on it when Boots had its 2 for 3 offer on.

The longest layers of my hair is now touching my bra at the back so in the past 2 weeks it has grown 1cm-2cm. I hadn't put it on every time I had washed my hair over the past two weeks because I didn't have time to have a long shower where I can wait around for about 10 minutes with it on my hair, and sometimes I have just forgotten! I plan to get back in the routine tomorrow though when I wash my hair.

So over the past about 2 months that I have been using this product it has grown about 2 and half inches to 3 inches maybe. I am really pleased with the results as my hair looks longer and feels like it is a better condition. My fringe is getting really long as well, I am now able to wear it down but curl is slightly so it stays out of my face.

I am looking forward to the next few months where my hair will be getting even longer as my ideal hair length is about another 6 inches. So hopefully this wont take that long to achieve! I am hoping that by my birthday which is in September I will have my ideal hair length. Fingers crossed!


09:57
I haven't used the L'oreal conditioning toner in lilac since I first tried it. I am not sure why I haven't used it for a while, I think it may be because I felt that my hair needed to be longer so I could have more lilac on the tips that I felt comfortable with. Since my hair had grown a lot since I first used it I decided to try it out again a few days ago.

I put the toner on wet hair about 2-3 inches of my ends. At first the product didn't really take to my hair to made about half an inch of the ends of my hair slightly lilac/grey but not very much. I left it on for about an hour as well so I hoped it would of taken to my hair a lot more than it had done.

The next day I decided to try to do my hair again, this time I did it on dry hair as before I found that it took to my hair more when it was dry not wet. It took to my hair a lot more this time, as I had left it on for maybe 2 hours. It still hadn't took to my hair as much as I had wanted it to though, some bits of my ends were still blonde for some reason even though I had checked maybe about 5 times that all of my hair that I wanted to be lilac was covered.

I think that my hair wasn't light enough, after trying to dye my hair lighter a few weeks ago, my lighter hair had gone more of a blonde than quite a light blonde like it was before. As I had some light blonde hair dye I decided that I would reombre my hair just to make it more lighter at the ends so hopefully the lilac will take more to it next time. I also put purple shampoo through my hair to make it even more lighter.

I had reombred my hair with the lilac still on my ends, it has gone a lot lighter now almost a silver which I do quite like. I think that now because my ends are a lot more lighter the lilac should take to the end of my hair a lot easier. As I did want lighter hair for the summer my plan is to once a week purple shampoo the light blonde hair of my hair to keep on making it lighter and less brassy.

I shall try the lilac hair dye again, maybe on the weekend or sometime next week. I shall take photos of this as I forgot to take photos of the lilac hair dye this time.

05:36
The Boohoo dress that I had ordered turned up the other day. I was really excited as I wanted to wear it to a family meal last Tuesday as the weather in the UK was very warm at the beginning of the week and now today we have had a thunder storm! Good old British weather ay!

The dress turned up on Tuesday as it was a bank holiday on Monday, it had been sent out straight away on the day that I had ordered it which was great as I thought I would of had to wait for a long time to get it.

I tried it on as soon as it came, I really liked the material and the floral pattern was beautiful however the dress just wasn't for me. It squished my boobs a lot which made them look weird, I even got the dress in a bigger size than what I normally would have done because I had not brought anything from there before. The top half of the dress was very fitted and the bottom half came out at my waist but then went back in at the bottom of the dress which you can't really tell it does in the photo I saw of it. It is quite hard to explain but it was basically tighter at the bottom which made the skirt bit of the dress poof out in a weird way.

I am a girl with curves, I have boobs and a butt so the dress made me look even more curvy than I actually am, plus it gave me an even bigger butt which I do not want! The dress would of been great if it had fitted me correctly on the boob area and if it didn't go in at the bottom like it had done. It was a very different style of dress from what I normally wear. I think it would suit a person who wasn't as curvy as it would give curves to the figure, unlike mine where it made them seem even bigger than they were or totally flatten my boobs.

So I sent the dress back, the good thing about Boohoo is that they do a free delivery which was great! I just stuck the returns label onto the package and dropped it off at the post office. So in a few days I shall have my refund back in my bank account.

It was a really nice dress and it is annoying that it didn't look nice on me but I am glad that I tried something different.
12:41
I think I am on week 6 of the update but I am not sure as I have been really busy with uni work. Not much to say really about my hair, I was going to take a photo of my roots but then I decided to try to make my hair lighter last week, which didn't work so I don't have any roots anymore.

 I have noticed that the length is a lot longer again, I think it has grown about nearly 2 inches since I started using this product, so it is working out that it is doubling in length almost. I haven't trimmed my hair since I started using it, it really needs a trim because of how fast it is growing so I plan on trimming my hair later on today, just to even everything out.

 My hair is nearly to my down to my bra at the back now it is about a cm off which is great! My fringe before I was having trouble wearing it down because it was at that awkward stage, however now I can wear it down. A few bits of my fringe are still a bit short but it is getting really long, most of it is nearly to the end of my nose and some of it is even longer.

 My hair seems really thick as well, I used to have thick hair when I was younger which I used to get thinned out a lot because the hair dresser just used to thin it for me without asking, I wish I had said something now! My layers are getting really long I think it feels like they are growing faster than the rest of my hair, but I just think that is because I have a lot of layers in my hair so it is making it seem like that. The shortest layers are to my shoulders now whereas when I started this they were about to my chin.

 So there has been a lot of hair growth! I am still doing the same routine when washing my hair with the product. The only thing I have changed is that I will put conditioner on my ends when I have put this on my roots and then I tie my hair up and wash my body etc. Then once I have done this I will wash it off. I have found that this is a lot easier so I am not waiting around for 5 minutes until I can put my conditioner on which I normally leave on for a few minutes. I have about an inch left of it in the pot now so I am glad I brought the other two pots.
00:40
Bit behind on my update been rather busy with uni work! I have a few more posts to upload as well when I get the chance, a haul and some reviews to come.

 Anyway just over 4 weeks since I have been using this product. I went out and brought some more that was in the 3 for 2 Boots offer, I ended up just getting 2 more pots and something else (which will be featured in the haul post). 

 I haven't used up the first pot yet, I have just under half of the pot left. So it has lasted me quite well, I think maybe I haven't been putting as much on as some other people who I have seen/read reviews on this product. I have only been putting it on my roots though and massaging it in, I have stopped putting it on the rest of my hair because I feel like I don't need it. My hair is in pretty good condition as it is, I hardly ever put heat on my hair (about once a month normally) I let it dry naturally and I always put on oils and deep conditioning treatments on the ends of the hair. So I feel like putting it on the rest of my hair is just a waste. 

 Lately I have really noticed how long it is getting which is great! I think maybe it is because I have had my hair in a bun a lot as I haven't been out much so I haven't had the need to have my hair down. I measured my roots at the beginning of the week and they were nearly an inch long which is impressive. It is growing nearly twice as fast I would say as it normally does. I have defiantly noticed my layers getting longer which is making my hair look thicker which I love. 

 My fringe is still in the awkward stage at the moment so I have been pinning it under some of my hair so it is out of the way. This I feel makes my hair look longer as well as my fringe was quite chunky I had quite a lot of fringe and so when my hair is down it looks like I have really short layers when it is just my fringe. If this makes sense? I have found it a lot easier to wear my hair in a side parting rather than in the middle like I used to because I can pin my fringe easier. 

 Not much else to say really, I am going to try to take a photo of my roots for the next post to show how much it has grown. 
14:23
My hair feels like it has grown quite a bit, I haven't measured it this week but I can see that it is defiantly grown a lot since I have been using this product. My hair feels like it is a lot thicker as well, I have quite a few layers in my hair and because of how fast it seems to be growing the layers are growing out which will make it seem thicker. I have noticed that my fringe is getting really long too, it is now nearly to the bottom of my nose and it is much easier to wear I find that I don't have to clip it back.

 I think that it also seems thicker because my hair is in a better condition, it feels so soft! I haven't been putting heat on my hair apart from about once a month I like to straighten my hair to see how long it is straight as normally I wear it naturally wavy. The last time I did this (apart from last night) was about a month ago and my hair was about 2 inches off the top of my bra strap, it is now only about half an inch off. So that means that my hair must of grown quite a bit since using this product.

 I thought I would take a photo of the back of my hair to show the length it is now and I shall take another photo like this in about a months time. (My room doesn't have very good lighting as I took this at night).





14:01
It has been the 4th wash since using the L'oreal conditioning toner in lilac and the colour has nearly completely gone. There is still a tiny bit of colour on the tips of my hair.


By using this product it has allowed me to add a pop of colour to my hair without the worry of it staining. I will be defiantly using this product again as it hasn't done any damage to my hair and it added a nice temporary colour to my hair. 

 I plan to use it again when the weather gets better as I think it will look really nice in summer as I do like wearing pastel colours in the summer and I think it will look even better when my hair is a bit longer!
10:58
It has been two weeks since I have started to use the Lee Stafford hair growth treatment. I have defiantly noticed a change, my hair feels a lot more healthy, it feels very soft as well. 

 My hair has grown about half an inch which it does normally grow in a month so it looks like it is growing twice as fast. I want my hair to be about another 6 inches long which is about a years worth of hair growth maybe more because of regular hair cuts. So hopefully this time period will shorten because of using this product. 

 I have noticed however that my roots seem to need washing after the second day when normally it is the third. This may be because I am not fully washing the product out of my hair so I will have to make sure I wash all of the product out. I may even try washing my hair again with shampoo after as this may help remove all of the product. Or it may be that my hair is getting used to having a different product near my roots apart from shampoo and so it may clear up after my hair has gotten used to it. 

 I still have a lot of the product left which I am glad because it costs so much! I will try to pick some more up soon so I am ready for when I have ran out. I know that some people I have read/watched talk about this product have used up the tub in about a month. I doubt this will be the case for me as I don't need to wash my hair often and I am only putting it on my roots and a tiny bit on the rest of my hair. 
12:55
I washed my hair for the 3rd time after putting on the L'oreal toning conditioner. The colour is still slightly there however it isn't very lilac now it is more of a silvery blonde, almost like an ash blonde. 

I was hoping that the product lasted for the 5 washes which is the longest it says it will last, but this doesn't look very hopeful. I will still use the toner when I feel like having a pop of colour in my hair. 
03:57

Just a quick update about my hair growth:

I said in my last post about this product that I had noticed my roots coming through. It is quite hard to tell because they are only slightly darker than the dark blonde my hair is dyed. As I had noticed that they had grown quite a bit so I decided to measure how much they have actually grown, I was quite impressed as they have grown about 1/2 an inch. I did try to take a photo of my roots but they weren't showing up very good on camera.

My hair normally grows this much in a month so to grow this in not even two weeks yet I am so impressed! I haven't even used the product that much either, as I wash my hair every 2-3 days. As my hair seems to be growing more quicker because of this product I am wanting to use it more but I am trying to resist the urge!

I have noticed as well that my hair is a lot softer than it used to be. I noticed this mostly yesterday when I washed my hair and left it to dry naturally I couldn't believe how soft it felt once it was nearly completely dry.

Fingers crossed that my hair keeps on growing this fast!


09:27


I have been using the Lee Stafford hair growth treatment over the past week now. So far I have noticed that my hair seems to be in better condition, I have only used it 3 times as I wash my hair 2-3 times a week. I have also noticed some slight hair growth.

 I have found that the best way to distribute the product is to section off my hair starting from the front and working backwards. I take about a 2 inch section of hair and take a bit of the product (I normally dab my fingers into the product not taking too much and then rub my fingers together) and massage it into the 2 inch section of root and continue this throughout my hair. This way I am making sure that I am massaging the product into all of my root area. I then take the same amount I put on my hair for each root section and distribute this through the rest of my hair. As my hair isn't in a bad condition and I want to stimulate hair growth I put most of the product I use on my roots.

 For the hair growth I have noticed that my hair has grown 2-3mm over the past week. I can tell this because my natural hair colour is coming through, it is a dark blonde but a slightly different shade to my dark blonde hair dye that I used to turn my hair ombre. As sometimes my roots annoy me I do dye them with a dark blonde dye, as I did this last week and there was no hair growth when I started using the product I can tell that is has grown.

 Hopefully this type of progress will continue, my hair normally grows about half an inch a month so I am hoping by the end of the month it will have grown more than half an inch!
E xo
04:15
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