Is Self Employment Saving My Hair?

Having green hair ain't easy guys. It's all high maintenance, dead/dry ends and plenty of damage being done unfortunately. Of course there are a whole range of products out there that are aimed at tackling these problems, and I do have some favourites (I'll get to that), but I'm starting to think the greatest friend to my locks is self employment! Allow me to explain...
At the start if this year I did share some of my hair care/dying tips for colourful hair; and these still stand true if you'd like to check this out. However the greatest problem I always had was heat. Now we all know to avoid heat like the plague if you want your hair to stay healthy; but it was so hard for me! I have thick, wavy hair (sounds lovely doesn't it? It's not) which takes ages to dry. So when I used to work full time, I had to come home and shower, and blow dry my hair - no allowing it to dry on its own; I'd be there for days. I'd use the cooler settings, but it's still heat and not great for already damaged hair of course. To top things off, 99% of the time my hair looks like crap if left in its natural state. It's frizzy, big, puffy and not at all sleek or even bouncy. The best and easiest way to fix this has always been straighteners. I adore my GHD's and will never ever give them up; you'll have to pry them out of my cold dead hands I swear. But I felt I had to straighten my hair every single day for work, to look half decent at least, and this amount of heat was unbearable. I'm already attacking my hair with bleach/green dye each month, so this on top was practically a crime.
Things are SO different now though, it's hilarious. Working from home means I'm not leaving the house every single morning, and I don't have to worry about my hair to be honest. I'm not saying I always look a mess (okay maybe sometimes though), but it's certainly much less pressure to look all made up. These days it's much rarer that I blow dry my hair, and if I do it's on the coolest setting possible, and I only half dry it; allowing the rest to finish naturally. I wear hats almost everyday now with the excuse of colder weather, and straightening my hair might happen once a week at most.  I cannot tell you the improvements I've been seeing already in the past six weeks; I'm so happy! I've felt I've been so much kinder to my poor green hair, and it's thanking me for it. 
Now for my favourite products, as promised. I won't make a list as long as my arm; I simply have two recommendations for you guys. In fact, I've photographed them both at the top of this post. We have Lee Stafford Hair Growth Conditioner and Milkshake Incredible Milk Leave In Conditioner. Both of these products are now my favourite thing EVER, and will continue to be added to my basket on a regular basis. The whole Lee Stafford range is amazing, but I especially love the conditioner. Aimed at encouraging hair growth (yay!), it leaves my hair feeling super soft and healthy after each use I'm happy to say. Then there's the Milkshake leave in conditioner - DEVINE. Buy this now, just go, NOW. Let me start by saying it smells like heaven in a bottle, I simply cannot stop sniffing this stuff when I apply it. But best of all, a few sprays of this on my locks, and I'm left with hair that feels stronger and shinier than I've ever seen it before. I honestly can't rave about this product enough!

So there we have it; work from home, avoid heat, buy those two products and your hair will love you! Let's just hope mine grows much faster now that I'm being really nice to it eh?



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Hair Product Haul

So today I kind of went on a determined shopping spree. If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen me moaning last night about the fact my hair grows reeeeally slow, and I want it much longer. It's annoying because I already knew I was planning on dying it - I'm finally in a job where they don't mind bright colours, so I'm gonna experiment with purple/turquoise. Of course I've had bright hair colours a lot in the past, and I know bleaching it will not help me in my quest to grow my hair. However, I've not had my hair a bright colour in about a year or two and it's killing me! So I've decided I'll go for it, and once it's done I'll concentrate on treating it like princess hair! I will nourish it and nurture it like a baby.
You can see all the products I went out and bought above, including the bleach I need to lighten my hair (I've used the Jerome Russell ones for years), coconut oil (a godsend) and the blue, turquoise and purple dyes I'm going to try over the next few weeks (eep!).
I had many suggestions on Twitter for products that will help keep my hair healthy, and even more excitingly; help it to grow! The Lee Stafford Hair Growth Treatments were recommended to me at least 10 times, and I've decided to give them a go. I've picked up the tub treatment, the leave in spray, and the conditioner. I'll be using them all pretty frequently, and I really hope I see a difference in the health and length of my hair. I'll give it at least a month, but you can be sure I'll do a follow up post about how it's gone so keep your eyes peeled for that.
And you can be sure I'll get photos up as soon as I experiment with my new hair colours! I'll try find a chance to do them in the next week :] eep. 
So what products work for you guys? Do you have a holy grail product that makes your hair feel super healthy and nourished? Or have you tried the Lee Stafford Growth range? Let me know! x






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The Hair Tag

If there ever was a tag MADE for me, it'd be this one. It's like the gorgeous Amy from Von Dork perfected this tag and made it just for me, haha! When I seen this on her blog, and seen I was tagged no less, I was super excited. I have had so many different hair colours/styles in the past, some good, some bad. I'm here to share the tales of my tresses, lets go!..

What is your natural hair colour? 
Mousey brown. Very boring, wishy washy.

What colour is your hair currently? It's like a golden brown. The below photo was taken like 2/3 weeks ago, and it's a shade or two lighter than this now, and no more red tones. I'm in the process of lightening it a lot, but gradually. I want pastel pink/lilac hair ^__^

What hair colour would you love to have?

As I say a very light pink/lilac. Something like this, but with pink too..

What is your everyday hair style?

I've just stopped straightening it on a daily basis. It's not helping it grow and so I'm keeping it to my natural waves, maybe with a braid or pinning some back to tame the waves. Sometimes a messy bun. I want long locks goddammit! 

How often do you dye your hair?

Well right now its often because I'm gradually making it lighter all the time. So like every 2 weeks. But once I get the colour I like it's once a month or so. But at least I'm not bleaching the hell out of it all in once go, like I used to. I've wrecked my hair many times...

Is there a hair style you would love to have, but can't do?

I haven't mastered a fishtail braid, and I'd love that. I just don't get how people do that without help! Also I can do nice soft waves in my hair, but it never stays for long - my hair goes limp and then neither straight or a 'good' wavy haha.

Honestly, how often do you visit the hairdressers?

Only like every 2 months, maybe 3. I'm really trying to grow it so I only get a small trim when I really have to give in lol.

What's the worst hair style you ever had?

Ughh, in school very young it was stylish to have your hair all completely slicked back into a ponytail really tight. I looked awful. Even now if I have a ponytail, I make it loose/messy and have a side fringe. It softens the look, which I need.

Any hair disasters?

I bleached my hair too much at one point, and the ends were ruined. But hey! I loved my pink hair!

Over your various years of having hair.. What are the biggest things you've learned about hair care?

Less heat! Less bleach! Give your hair different styles, don't rely on straighteners. Also, brown hair dye will ALWAYS turn out darker than on the box. So if you want a medium brown? Buy a light one. Haha. Otherwise you will have black hair. Personally I'm pretty laid back with colours. If a colour turns out completely wrong, most of the time I'm still like, 'Oh ok, cool.' Like when my hair was orange. I still didn't mind.

Any shampoos and conditioners you swear by?

I pretty much love Aussie products. I use Lush ones too every now and again as a 'treat' lol.

Anything you regret?

Definitely not any colour I've had. I love crazy colours and they were all awesome while I had them. But not avoiding heat on my hair was a mistake! I wish I'd not felt I had to have poker straight hair. And I wish I'd used more hair masks!

How do you keep your hair happy and healthy?

Hardly any heat these days! Let it dry naturally, or only use the cold air setting on my hairdryer. Don't use straighteners unless I have to, even then use heat protecting products. Use lovely serums, and give it lots of moisture!

So yeah, as you can see I've had lots of colours and I'm pretty damn sure that my brown 'normal' hair right now wont last long. I have my eyes on you pink/lilac hair!...

Hope you guys liked this post or at least learned from me to look after your hair haha!

I nominate.. well, anyone who fancies taking this tag! I wanna know all about your hair history!