Get Ready With Me: Festive Edition

Yesterday, I went out for some food with my family and I decided to be festive. About half way through getting ready, it occurred to me that I haven't done a blogpost in a while, as I've been busy, so I decided to do a festive 'get ready with me'. This is usually a thing beauty vloggers do but who cares? Anyway, enjoy!

After several cups of tea and biscuits, I had a shower and used some of my new Soap and Glory products I bought a few days ago.

 Just before getting in the shower, I took off my eye make-up I had been wearing during the day so it didn't run down my face and leave ugly black stains; that is never a good look.

 After getting  out of the shower, I used the Soap and Glory body butter, 'The Righteous Butter', all over my body.

Whilst my hair was damp, I put some curling mousse in it and sprayed it with salt spray (it sounds weird to use two, I know, but I feel like they work well together when curling my hair).

 I then moisturised my face with Clean&Clear Dual Action Moisturiser.

Next on the list was my make-up. Since I was going out with my family, I didn't over-do it on the make-up; I kept it quite simple.

I used my Real Techniques Stippling Brush to apply my foundation, Revlon Nearly Naked in the shade '120-Vanilla'. I love the way my Real Techniques brush applies my foundation; it blends it really well.

 I used a cheap, bronze eye shadow palette from Superdrug on my eyes: I used a light gold (the bottom colour on the palette in the picture above) in the corner of my eye, a rose gold colour (at the top) all over the lid and and then blended the dark brown in my crease (left). All of these colours were shimmery so I thought it made the look extra festive. I then put some white eyeliner from Elf on my waterline, did a little cat eye using my Seventeen liquid eyeliner and used Rimmel Scandal Eyes- Retro Glam Mascara on my eyelashes. I don't have a close-up picture because the ones I took were utter garbage.

Next was my Collection concealer that I can not live without. I put this under my eyes and on any blemishes. I set this, and the foundation I applied earlier, using Rimmel Stay Matte powder so it would stay in place much longer.

I bronzed my face and neck using Bourjouis bronzer and used a Sleek blush in 'Rose Gold' to give a lovely 'rosy cheeks' effect. This blush has a slight shimmer to it so it also highlights my cheekbones.

To add the tiniest bit of colour to my lips, I used a Palmers lip balm underneath and applied a tiny swipe of Barry M lipstick, in the middle of my top and bottom lip and blended it out using my finger.

I curled my hair using a Babyliss curling wand and sprayed some more salt spray before brushing it out slightly. For extra volume, I flip my head upside down, shake my hair about with my hands and flip it back up. This isn't a long-lasting fix but it's perfect for when you're having pictures taken and your hair's flat.

You can't see my outfit very well on these pictures but they're the only ones I got (I'm hopeless!). Here's a list of what I'm wearing and where I got it from, if you're interested:

• Jumper- H&M
• Skirt- New Look
• Necklace- Etsy
• Boots- New Look
• Socks- Primark

I hope you liked this post; I know I haven't posted much. This is due to lots of exams and illness. This could possibly be the last post before Christmas; if so, have a lovely Christmas!

Ciao For Now

xx

Birthday Fun

On Saturday, 30th November, it was my birthday! I thought I'd do a post about how lucky I am; I have the best friends and family.

First of all, I just need to say thank you to all of my family and friends who got me cards and presents; I've been so lucky to be given lots of lovely things.

Whilst I'm writing this, I'm listening to music on my phone through my new docking station from my mum. It was such a surprise and it feels good to blast music through the house with it. My friends got me some amazing presents including a dress, jar of lights, nail varnish, Lush shower gel, magic poo (yes, you read that correctly) and lots of food. I guarantee that I'll have devoured all the food by the end of the week. I also got a lot of tea/hot beverage related things: twinings tea, 2 mugs, a teapot and enough hot chocolate to last me a lifetime (wow, I'm going to be putting on a few pounds!).

I went into town (Manchester) later on in the day and spent a lot of my birthday money. I got some clothes that I'm planning on using in a 'Wintry Wardrobe' blogpost later on this month (if I remember...). I also spent quite a lot of my money in Lush; I might do a Lush haul soon (again, this is just an idea and may never happen as I am lazy, forgetful and have too many ideas). We went into HMV and I finally purchased AM by Arctic Monkeys and Midnight Memories, One Direction's new album. I also may have bought Dirty Dancing because why not?

Here's a rubbish collage of some of my fabulous presents and purchases-

I spent the night of my birthday with my best friends. We ate pizza, chocolate and sweets until we felt sick and kept the neighbours awake until about 3am.

Overall, if you didn't guess already, I had an amazing birthday. All that's left to say now is 'hurry up Christmas!'.

Ciao For Now

xx

Revise Like A Pro.

Recently, I've had quite a few exams and I've come to realise that I am the worst procrastinator when it comes to important things. Therefore, I made a little plan to keep myself from procrastination and thought I'd share it with any of you having similar issues.

So, firstly, get yourself some 'revision supplies' (snacks) to keep yourself from going hungry. I chose these-

Before you start any revising, do any urgent jobs/tasks/things that will distract you whilst trying to revise. This includes things such as tidying your room, washing pots, showering etc. 

Clear a space for you to revise; make sure you're comfortable and will be able to concentrate. If you're sat at a desk, make sure you won't get restless sat on a chair and, if you're sat on your bed, make sure you don't get too comfortable and fall asleep.

Make sure to tell people who may distract you (friends and family) that you're revising so they can leave you alone and try and keep their noise to a minimum. 

Unless you really need it, turn your phone off to keep you from going on Pinterest, Tumblr, Twitter etc. You can give yourself small breaks every so often so you can go on these for half an hour or so. Only do this if you know that you will definitely be able to go back revising and not sit on the internet, accidentally, for hours.

Last of all, don't over-do it. If you're getting worked up and stressed, staying up until stupid hours of the morning trying to remember everything, have a few hours to yourself to just relax and not think about it. If, like me, you like to revise at the last minute and end up panicking over it, just take yourself away from it all for an hour or two and have a bath; whatever calms you down. 

I hope this has helped you in some way. This is a bit different to my usual posts because, not going to lie to you, I'm being lazy. I have some beauty posts planned but it's my birthday at the end of this week (yes, I'm playing the 'Birthday Week' card) so I'm taking a break. I'll be back soon though with some better blogposts. 

Ciao For Now

xx

Busy, Busy, Busy.

Hello... It's been a while hasn't it? I do have a valid reason though, I promise. The last fortnight has been really busy for me: 

The first week of my nearly-two week absence was spent revising and stressing over a Spanish speaking exam. I managed to get an A* so it all paid off, luckily! I'm currently planning a revision guide blogpost to help anyone who, like myself, struggles to sit themselves down and revise.

On the Sunday before my exam, I went to see Vampire Weekend at Manchester Arena with my friend, Georgia. It was a really great night; not only did I get to see Vampire Weekend, I got to see Noah and The Whale as they were their support act. Both bands were incredible live and played some great songs. 

On Wednesday, I went to see Ghost Town play at The Roadhouse in Manchester. It was such an unbelievable night. Not only did I finally get to see Ghost Town after hoping for so long that they'd come to the UK, I then met them and Sam Pepper afterwards! Then, as if meeting them once wasn't amazing enough, Georgia and I were leaving The Roadhouse when Kevin and Alix (from the band) came and spoke to us. We then got another picture with Kevin and had a hug; we proceeded, afterwards, to jump into her dad's car, squealing and shaking slightly. if you haven't heard of Ghost Town before, you can have a listen here- 

On Thursday, I went to see Catching Fire and had an emotional breakdown. I won't go on about it because I'm going to do a separate post on it later this month so watch out for that!

Anyways, I'll be back next week with several posts; it's my birthday in a week! I will be doing some actual fashion and beauty posts soon; I haven't forgotten what I actually made this blog for in the first place. There's just been so any exciting things that just aren't beauty/fashion related!

Ciao For Now

xx

Rainy Weekend...

(I posted this on Monday but my phone didn't post it ugh!)

Hello, good morning and happy Monday! There's probably nothing happy about your Monday on this (probably rainy if you live in the UK) Monday morning. I'm walking to school and thought I'd do a little weekend update. 

(Apologies for lack of editing, I'm writing this post on my phone; well, I'm walking to school so obviously it's not going to be on my laptop.)

So, besides a lot of fuss with a lack of trams, nearly breaking my finger at wok and getting caught in the middle of a thunderstorm, I had a really nice weekend! 

I got my nails done by my friend, Annabel, who works at Pretty Me Nails (have a look at their twitter @pretrymenails and, if you live near their shop in Manchester, go and get your nails done). Here are mine:

 Rae and I then went to costa where I think I found my winter obsession: salted caramel lattes. Also, look at the festive costa cups:

That's me done for today now anyway. Hope you had a lovely weekend and have a fab Monday. 

Ciao For Now

xx

October Favourites

Hello! It's November and guess who's monthly favourites post is late? Yup, it's mine.  

I've had quite a few favourite things this month. Quite a lot of them are non-beauty favourites but I'm going to share them with you anyway. Let's have a look then...

Beauty Faves

ELF Makeup Brushes

I ordered these brushes from ELF after a few people had recommended the brand to me. I bought a 10 piece set and, although I didn't like some of them, these five are really good for the price I paid. I use them on a daily basis and they're the perfect size to fit in my makeup bag. I think I'm going to do a review on ELF products as a separate post so I'll elaborate then; otherwise, this post will be way too long and boring.

Rimmel, Stay Matte Translucent Powder

I've wrote about this powder in a previous post (this one) so I've already rambled about how great it is. I'm on my 2nd/3rd purchase of this stuff because it's just so great. It sets my foundation and concealer so well and mattifies my oily skin for several hours. I will continue to use this religiously until something better comes along; I don't know how much better it could get though.

Seventeen 'High Drama' Liquid Eyeliner

I bought this a few weeks ago in a dash to buy a cheap eyeliner in Boots. I saw this one for around £4 so I thought I'd give it a try. Any other cheap eyeliner I've purchased has crumbled off my face (sounds disgusting, I know) after a few hours but I was surprised to find that this lasted the whole day. I find the applicator really easy to use and very rarely have to re-do my eyeliner. As well as long-lasting, it's also quite thick so, unlike I've had to do before with cheap eyeliners, I don't have to put a few coats on until it's actually black and not grey. 

T-Zone Nose Pore Strips

Again, I've written about these in another post (this one) so I won't go into too much detail. These little strips are my nose saviours. I think my nose would just turn into one huge blackhead without them. I feel so fresh and clean after using them and my skin feels spectacularly smooth.

Barry M Lipstick: Shade 162

This is one of the things I bought during my Boots haul and it is amazing. I wore it to Arctic Monkeys and a few other events last month. I love the colour of this; it's just such a flattering, autumnal, berry red colour. It's also quite long-lasting so I think I may have to purchase some more Barry M lipsticks.

Palmer's Dark Chocolate&Mint Lip Balm

If you didn't know already, I adore mint. I love the smell, the colour, the taste; everything and anything mint! I finished my first one of these (as you may be able to tell from its physical appearance) about a week ago and gosh I miss the smell of it. It smells like an after eight chocolate mint and it is truly divine. It has also worked wonders on my lips; I can feel them going dry after just a few days of not using it. If you like mint, I seriously recommend this. 

Non-Beauty Faves

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

(photo courtesy of Google images)

Gosh, these things! When in doubt on a lazy/ill day, eat peanut butter: this is my rule for days like that. Of all the peanut butter products available, these are my absolute favourite. I'm absolutely obsessed with them and, whenever I see them in shops, I just have to buy a packet (or four...). Peanut butter and chocolate is, hands down, the best food combination to ever exist. Whoever decided that it would be a good combination deserves every award, ever.

IKEA Blankets 

(bad quality picture, apologies!)

I recently had a trip to IKEA and bought two of these blankets for £3 each, absolute bargain! (...I sound like an old woman, oh dear) They're so cosy and perfect for chilly Autumn mornings; the christmassy colours are also a plus. I love the cute scalloped ends, it's just a really pretty detail. I can't imagine they'll last very long but, for £3, I wouldn't expect much anyway. 

Options Mint Hot Chocolate

(bad photo again, sorry!)

Oh, would you look at that? Another mint flavoured thing! This is two of my favourite things in one packet: mint and hot beverages. I don't know what I did on pyjama/junk food days before discovering these. I would happily accept a lifetime supply of mint hot chocolate. Nothing more to say about these other than, if you haven't tried them yet, go and buy a sachet! (unless you don't like mint, obviously)

Lastly, I have a favourite song from October: No.1 Party Anthem by Arctic Monkeys from their recent album, AM. I went to see them in October (I wrote a post about it) and I sang a bit too loudly to this song; my friend could hear me two seats away. It's such a perfect song when you want to relax and be happy.

That's all for my October favourites. Happy November everyone!

Ciao For Now

xx

Halloween Fun

So, how was your Halloween yesterday? I hope you had a great day/evening; I certainly did.

Yesterday was a busy day; after a lot of faffing and fussing, I ended up hosting a Halloween sleepover/party (I'd say we put enough effort into it for it to be labelled as a little party) for two of my besties, Georgia and Shay, and myself. I must say, it was pretty fun.

When I mentioned faffing and fussing a few sentences ago, I wasn't exaggerating. It was a lot more of a faff than I thought it would be. Considering this, we still managed to get some pretty cool- I mean, um, scary and spooky *inserts spooky synonyms* decorations and fixed up my room until we were content with it's spookiness. I got some terrible pictures of some of the decorations-

Even though we weren't really going anywhere, we all still dressed up: I decided on a cat, Shay was a doll (courtesy of my fab makeup skills) and Georgia made herself into a pretty great skull queen.

During this sleepover, we bought and carved, what seemed to be, last three pumpkins in the whole of Manchester and made one hell of a mess in the kitchen. They did turn out pretty great though; I was extremely proud of my cat carving. 

Saving the best until last, of course, we bought lots of treats and baked some yummy red velvet cupcakes-

After carving pumpkins and eating pizza, sweets and cake, we sat and chatted for the rest of the night. It was a successful evening, if I do say so myself!

I'll be back very soon with my October favourites as it's officially November, yaaaay! 

Ciao for now

xx

Spooky Playlist!

Happy Halloween!

Having a fun Halloween tonight? I quickly whipped up a Halloween themed playlist this morning for the sleepover I'm going to tonight if you fancy a look! It's very Ghost Town based; if you haven't heard of Ghost Town, you need to have a look! They're such a great band and I'm going to one of their gigs in November. 

It's quite a varied playlist but I think the songs are certainly relevant. Here it is- http://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL19bEAYInDTZq1uYsEgj2Ycl4gBRvJ1Ej

Have a scare-tastic (bad pun) Halloween and I'll be back tomorrow with fun pictures and more from my Halloween sleepover! 

Ciao for now

Xx

Arctic Monkeys Live: What A Night!

On Wednesday night, I went to see Arctic Monkeys with 3 of my besties: Shay, Georgia and Jess.

I can honestly say that it was one of the best nights of my life (apart from having beer thrown all over us half way through Brianstorm and smelling quite strongly of it for the rest of the night...)

Their support act, The Strypes, really got the audience pumped and ready for Arctic Monkeys. I've never heard of them before then but they were really good. Have a look here at one of their songs.

After The Strypes, about half an hour was spent waiting in anticipation for the band to come on, they finally came on and opened with Do I Wanna Know. The atmosphere was unreal. . Alex Turner, oh my. He was wearing a, what looked like suede, forest green blazer... wow. It was quite a sight. We were seated as we weren't old enough to get standing tickets (you had to be 16, damn.) and, looking down on everyone standing, it looked incredible. Everybody was jumping around everywhere and going insane as the beat kicked in on each song. I was quite jealous;I'm not complaining though, I still had an amazing time

Time flew by in a singing, dancing blur and, before I knew it, Alex was announcing that it was their last song of the night. We all went home singing happily to AM in the car and feeling as if our lives had just been made.

Throughout the concert, I took so many videos that my phone ran out of storage. I'd post some of them but my embarrassingly loud singing is too much for the internet and my dignity.

Ciao for now

xx

Boots Haul

This post is a few days late because I'm a lazy, procrastinating, hopeless case. I've had it written up for days but I completely forgot about it because of my baking excitement. Anyway, I've remembered it now!

The other day, I went to boots and bought some things so I thought I'd show you what I got-

Firstly, I bought this concealer. I've purchased this a few times now but I just have to renew it whenever it runs out; I really love this concealer. I think I'm going to look into purchasing some other concealers soon to see if I'm missing anything; I've had a look around but only at reviews. Until then, I think I'm going to stick with this because it's just so great! I highly recommend it for getting rid of dark, under-eye circles.

I was recommended this Maybelline eyebrow pencil  by my friend, Rae . I've only very recently started filling in my brows so I'm looking around for a perfect brow product. I couldn't find my exact shade, this is slightly lighter than I would have liked, as there wasn't a variety of shades to choose from (the next shade down was way too dark). I tested it out when I got home though and it seemed to look okay.

I went to the Rimmel aisle next to renew my amazing Stay Matte setting powder (seriously, this stuff works wonders on my oily skin). I saw that Rimmel had added a foundation to their Stay Matte collection so I thought I'd give it a try. Since I love the powder so much, I have high expectations of this foundation. I've never really ventured into foundation products before (I'm aways scared it will make me look caked in make up) but its got to the point, on bad skin days, when I use way too much concealer; I decided to give in to my cakey-face worries and just buy a foundation for these days. I'm hoping that the next product I bought will help to make it look evenly spread and blended...

Ah, yes, my ultimate buy of the day- a Real Techniques brush. I've been drooling over these brushes every time I spot them in Boots but I've had to drag myself away and stick to my list. I finally decided to put this stippling brush on my list and purchased it. I've heard so many good things about these brushes, I'm excited.

The last aisle I went to was the Barry M aisle. I was browsing through the nail varnishes for an Autumn shade and saw that they have a new matte collection. When I spotted this burgundy one, of course I had to buy it. I also had a glance at the lipsticks, reminding myself that I've been wanting a berry red lipstick for autumn. I've never really looked at the Barry M lipsticks before but I'm glad I did! When I saw this colour, I didn't think twice about purchasing it. I've been wanting a lipstick in this shade for a while now and I think it will look great with neutral eye make up.

So, they're the things I bought from Boots. I hope you've liked this. I love seeing what other people buy and talking about my own purchases; I think I'll do more posts like this!

Ciao for now

xx

Autumn nail art

Hello! Just a really quick post showing off my nail art...

It's been a while since I've put in the time to make my nails look pretty. I think I'll get back into the habit of it.

I used two Barry M colours: Crush from the Matte collection and Cappuccino. I think these colours go really well together and create a lovely, simple yet effective, Autumn-style nail art. I bought the matte one on Saturday so this is like a sneak peak of my little Boots haul that I shall be uploading today or tomorrow.

Ciao for now

xx

Chocolate Chip Cookie And Brownie Recipes

Hello and Happy Monday! As I promised in yesterday's blog post, here are the two recipes for chocolate chip cookies and brownies...

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

• ¾ cup unsalted butter
• ¾ cup brown sugar
• ¼  cup caster sugar
• 1 large egg
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups plain flour
• 2 tsp corn flour
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• ½ tsp salt
• Chocolate chips (as many as you want)

Directions:

• Cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
• Mix in the egg and vanilla.
• By either using an electric mixer on a low speed or by hand, mix in all of the dry ingredients (including the chocolate chips) until a dough is formed.
• Wrap the dough in cling film and refrigerate it for around half an hour.
• Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and line 2 baking trays with greaseproof paper.
• Form small balls with the dough and flatten them down slightly.
• Put them in the oven for 10 minutes.
• Make yourself a cup of tea and test out your delicious treats.

Brownies

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of chocolate (any kind you like)
• 4 tbsp unsalted butter
• ¾ cup caster sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ¾ cup cocoa powder (we used hot chocolate powder; it’s basically the same thing)
• 1 cup of plain flour
• ¼ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt

Directions:

• Melt the chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl in a microwave (do this in 30 second intervals until it’s completely melted) or melt in a bowl over a saucepan with simmering water; set the mixture aside.
• Using a separate bowl, beat eggs, sugar and vanilla together, either by hand or electric mixer, until thick and pale yellow.
• In another bowl, mix all of the dry ingredients.
• Pour the dry ingredients into the eggs, sugar and vanilla mixture; mix until incorporated and add the chocolate and butter mixture.
• Refrigerate this for half an hour.
• Pre heat the oven to 180 degrees.
• Line a baking tin with greaseproof paper and pour the mixture in.
• Bake for 20 minutes.
• Poke it with a cake tester/skewer; if there's still mixture on it afterwards, leave it for another five minutes and check again. 
• Leave to cool for 5-10 minutes
• Cut into rough squares and enjoy! 

I hope you give these recipes a go and enjoy them as much as Shay and I did. We didn't come up with these recipes ourselves; we got the recipes (before tweaking them slightly) from Pinterest. Here are the links to the original recipes-

Cookies- http://kirbiecravings.com/2013/05/best-soft-chocolate-chip-cookies.html

Brownies- http://www.sandraseasycooking.com/2013/09/chocolate-fudge-cookies.html

Happy baking!

Ciao for now

xx

What A Busy Weekend!

Hello! How has your weekend been? I hope it's been fabulous.

I've had a very busy weekend which means I have a couple of blog posts. There are going to be two this week:

On Saturday, I went to Boots and bought a few things (or maybe more than a few) so I'm going to do a little haul later on this week. I also had a sleepover with one of my best friends, Shay: we watched Kick Ass, ate shortbread dipped in caramel that she made and had hot chocolates with cream and marshmallows. On Sunday, we baked chocolate chip cookies and brownies; they were amazing (I'm actually eating a brownie as I write this). We decided to do a kind-of blog collaboration and I'm going to post both of the recipes tomorrow so be excited!

                                      
That's all I have to say today so I'm going to go and watch Doctor Who (I'm re-watching them from Christopher Eccleston to Matt Smith). Come back tomorrow for two awesome baking recipes!

Ciao for now

xx

Lazy Day Braids

Being British and all, we use the word 'plait' instead of 'braid' but I think 'Lazy Day Plaits' sounds a bit odd so I went with 'braids' instead. Anyway...

Everyone has those days where they just can not be bothered to spend a lot of time on their hair. For me, this is most days. Plaits and braids are easy to do, they look really great and they're perfect for those days when you only have 20 minutes to get ready (which, again, is me most days). This is my first tutorial-style blog post so I'm not sure how it's going to turn out; I'm not the greatest at instructions but there's a first time for everything. So, I went and had a look on my Pinterest board of hairstyles and got some inspiration for a few simple braid/plait hairstyles.

Side-Braid

This one is probably my favourite; it reminds me of Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games. When I first saw something similar to this on Pinterest, I thought I'd never be able to do it as it looks quite complicated but it's really not! As long as you know how to do a French-braid, like I've done at the top, this hairstyle should only take you five minutes at most. 

Step 1: If you don't already have a side-parting like me (if you do, you can skip this step), you need to choose a side and brush it into a side-parting. 

Step 2: French-braid your hair, starting at the root of your parting, down to around the bottom of your ear. If you need to, you can take a small elastic band and tie it around the braid to hold it in place. I, personally, prefer not to do this, I think it looks like it flows into the second plait better without it.

Step 3: Joining the braided hair into it, plait the rest of your hair as you would in a regular side-plait and tie a bobble at the end.

Easy, right?

Plaited updo

This was actually my first attempt at doing this hairstyle and it was really simple. I'll be using this one quite a lot now, I love it.

Step 1: Split your hair into two on either side of your head and plait each side like this:

Step 2: Cross each plait over your head: wrap the left one behind your head, towards the right and over towards your parting; use grips/bobby pins to secure it in a couple of different places to keep it secured all day. Do the same with the plait on the right but bring it behind to the left.

Here's a pretty bad demonstration picture:

Step 3: Use more grips/bobby pins to keep in any loose bits of hair. Try not to use too many though or you won't be able to see the actual hairstyle. 

That's it, you're done! Another simple yet effective hairstyle for bad hair days.

Fishtail Plait

This one is probably the most difficult to do, it took me a few tries when I first learnt how to do it. It's also really difficult to explain so, instead of trying and miserably failing to show you how to do it myself, here's the tutorial that I used-  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyZkowmdZv8. Once you've mastered how to do it, it's a really quick style to do.

Little Extras

To make your side braid/plait even cuter, simply tie a ribbon at the end of it; look at how great they look:

To keep my hair neat and tidy all day, I use L'oreal salt spray:

I've gone through quite a few bottles of this stuff; it's a really great product. Not only does it work as a sort-of hairspray by keeping my plait intact all day, it also gives my already wavy hair (or 'Hagrid Hair', as I like to call it) a great boost of volume and texture when I decide to leave it natural (which is usually when I wake up late for school and have 10 minutes to get ready). I simply just spray it onto my hair after having a shower, while it's damp, and then plait it. I do this before I go to bed sometimes and then take the plait out in the morning, give it another quick spray and I'm good to go. I seriously recommend this product, especially if you have wavy hair.

That's all for today. I hope you liked these little tutorials; I think I'll do them more often.

Ciao for now

xx