Pink Haired Princess

Post contains affiliate links (which when clicked, can earn the blog a small commission on purchases made).  No PR gifts included in this post, promotional (gift with purchase) items are noted. Beauty Lately is a selection of mini reviews of makeup and skin, body and haircare products I've been using lately and good, bad or in-between, I discuss them. It's been a while since my last post (beginning of September), but you can find it here if you missed it. Today I have 6 items for you.

Hmmm, a bit of a mixed review for this one. I've been a fan of Soap & Glory skin and body products for years, but this was my first time trying the Glad Hair Day Shampoo £5.50.

You may have noticed I'm sporting another new hair colour this week (one that I'm pretty excited about). You know me and my ever evolving (or should that be revolving?) hair colour! Well, I'm always on the look-out to try something different or new and am very pleased to see Schwarzkopf introduce their Ultra Brights collection to the Live Color XXL range. This means 'alternative' hair colours available on the high-street, something I've personally waited a long time for! I have to buy my colours online and when you factor in that the majority of them are shipped in from the US (bumps up the price) then you've got a delivery charge each time, it can be quite costly. The Ultra Brights range are £5.49 each and available from the usual stockists: chemists, supermarkets, Boots and Superdrug etc. Schwarzkopf sent me two gorgeous shades (Purple Punk 94 and Shocking Pink 93) and it's the latter I'm reviewing today. Some of you know my history with ...

If you follow my Facebook and/or The Shoe Girl Diaries , then you'll already know that I now have blue hair! A slight change to my regular turquoise. When I was lilac and looking for a new colour, I decided to go purple. I did the research, bought the dye (Manic Panic Amplified 'Ultra-Violet'), then my Mum freaked out at the colour in the bottle, telling me it would stain her new bathroom and I was banned from using it. A strop a 3 year-old would be embarrassed by and a whole lot of sulking later we compromised by using an unused tub of Manic Panic Amplified 'Atomic Turquoise' I had left over from before the lilac phase. It was that or the unattractive yellow/bleach period I was in, so there wasn't much choice really. I wasn't best pleased that I hadn't got my own way and although I like the turquoise, I'd already had months of it and wanted something different. So when it came to what to do next, I had an idea that I hoped my Mum would go f...

It's that time again, where I'm pondering a new hair colour! I wanted to keep the lilac a little longer, because I simply love the colour, however I hate that it doesn't cover the newly bleached hair. After a week or so, it's lilac with a considerable amount of dirty greenish yellow and even immediately after application you can notice some yellowish bits! It would mean double-bleaching the regrowth each time and I don't want to go down that road. I think as much as I love pastel hair colours, they are not for me because you need to be prepared for recolouring every couple of weeks and/or putting up with sections that don't take or using the colours as an extremely temporary measure. I'm too fussy for that! I was going to do a poll, but have decided to leave it open to your suggestions. I don't necessarily want to go straight back to turquoise (although I loved it)-I'd like to try something new. I won't go bright pink again because ...

I hate going to the hairdressers. I pretty much always have and can't understand how anyone would see a visit to a salon as a 'treat'. No offence to any stylists out there, but I seem to bring out the bitch in them, the second I walk through the door. I don't know why that is, it's completely unprovoked and unfounded, but it's been that way since I was a teen-so I avoid it by cutting and colouring my own hair. Lately my Mum has very kindly offered her 'services' keeping my hair trim, but this week I was home alone with a pair of scissors and in a flash of boredom/frustration I reverted back to my fail-proof 1 minute cut. Honestly anyone can do this, it's the simplest thing and works wonders. When I had much longer, bright pink hair, I'd always cut it myself like this.  So I've decided to put together a quick step-by-step guide for anyone that might be interested and here's the finished look below! Excuse the camera-phone images an...

Some of you may know I've been contemplating a new hair colour for some time now and I finally took the plunge last week. I say 'plunge' but actually when it comes to colouring or cutting my hair, I am surprisingly nonchalant about the whole thing. I'm not someone who will cry for days over a botched fringe or bad dye job. Yes I would like 'perfect' hair every day and yes I often have 'bad hair days', but it's not the end of the world, it will grow back and if it's bothering you too much, there's hats and scarves and all sorts of pretty disguises! I know you were interested in a step-by-step guide for how to go about a big change like this and what to use, so here it is. My main tips are: *if you're looking for a vivid 'unnatural' colour, it's likely you'll have to use bleach first to get the desired look unless your hair is already light blonde (colour on dark brown or black hair will just add a sheen/tint). When y...