Mani Monday - Polish for Tans, Models Own

The Gossip: brand new collection from Models Own, perfect for a night out in Ibiza, enhancing a light tan

The Price: £5 each

Where2Buy: www.modelsownit.com

The Polish for Tans collection is by the fabulous brand Models Own's and is the first collection designed to enhance and compliment a natural tan. 

With five summer shades with tan-enhancing neon-pastel shades are perfect to take you from beach babe to party chic!

The colours are easy to put on and last for around a week if you take good care! 

My personal favourite is Beach bag which has a peachy glow.
 

Colours:

• Beach Bag 
• Shades
• Flip Flop
• Bikini
• Sun Hat

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Time2: Frizz Off

Lee Stafford Frizz OFF Collection 

Price: Between £9.99 - £12.99

Where2Buy: Boots

The Gossip: Say goodbye to unwanted frizzy, dry and unruly hair with the brand new Lee Stafford Frizz OFF range

For smoother, straighter, frizz-free hair all you need is Lee Stafford’s Frizz OFF range. The new collection gives instant results, banishing frizz whilst moisturising hair to help tame static, making you locks calm, smooth and manageable.

The four piece collection has the ability to make every strand of hair feel silky smooth from route to tip and all products are sulphate and sodium free enriched with keratin to flatten the cuticle and keep frizzy hair under control. From the foaming Frizz OFF Shampoo and taming Frizz OFF Conditioner to the creamy Frizz OFF treatment, an intensive mask that really gets down into the hair’s cortex to replenish lost moisture and form a frizz barrier. 

Last but not least is the frizz off keratin blow dry smoothing spray a hairstyling hero which moisturises and strengthens to reduce breakage whilst styling. Containing collagen known for its rejuvenating effects.

All of these products have one thing in common...they are sulphate and sodium (salt) free which means they work wonders for people like me with coloured hair. 

Frizz OFF Shampoo and Conditioner

Cost: £9.99 each (250ml)

Key features:

- Sulphate and Sodium free

- Contains Keratin to keep frizz at bay

- moisturising formula

Frizz OFF Treatment  

Cost: £12.99 (250ml) 

Key features: 

- Sulphate and Sodium free

- This product forms a frizz barrier while still replenishing lost moisture

- contains Keratin, helping to reduce frizz and hair breakage

Frizz OFF Keratin Blow Dry Smoothing Spray 

Cost: £10.99 (200ml) 

Key features: 

- Sulphate and Sodium free

- contains Collagen to rejuvenate and moisturise and Keratin to reduce frizz

- Improves body, texture and manageability while smoothing split ends and cuticles

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Time2Get My Hair Cut

The Price: Half a head of highlights starting from £65 / Cut & Blowdry starting from £37
Where2Buy: www.ginaconway.co.uk
The Gossip: Head to Gina Conway for a hair care experience, including massages and relaxing scents galore.

So my hair was a mess, lifeless and I have to admit, due to the harsh dark colour coming through my blonde ends my hair was starting to look greasy. But help was on hand back in my old home town at Gina Conway Lifestyle Salon and Spa!

This hair colour and cut was more of an experience than just a cut. The 'artist' as he coined his job title started off by talking about what I wanted to achieve. Then he explained that with hair colour there are no colour samples/swatches to show as they do not show off what the colour will actually look like - which is so true more salons need to take this attitude.

My hair felt like it was in safe hands after describing how I wanted to go back to being a blonde, the expert suggested adding some warm honey tones weaving through, which sounded lovely.

Before the foils were brought out, it was time to relax. I was asked to shut my eyes and choose between two aromatherapy scents, I believe I choose lavender to relieve stress. This was then used to aid a stress relief, head, neck and shoulder massage, at which time I closed my eyes and began to relax.

My hair is very thick so getting through my hair with foils took a while. But my stylist was a perfectionist so when it came to the cut the basics were completed while the hair was wet. Then the precision came when my hair had been blow dried straight, we kept the length and gave me a long sweeping fringe.

Check out the fianlised look a few days after, to showcase a more everyday look:

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Bubble T

The price: Between £6 - £10

Where 2 Buy:  Fortnum and Mason or www.bubbletcosmetics.com  

The Gossip: Inspired by Bubble Tea, these beauty products are here to take your senses on a journey.

From the moment I heard of the brand Bubble T I was intrigued just from the name and the fact the products are so different, being tea-infused - inspired by Bubble Tea (the Taiwanese drink) blended with super fruit extracts like Acai berry or Hibiscus.

As you may know, I am a sucker for packaging and Bubble T's colourful, vibrant with a hint of quirkiness fits the bill.

The Bubble T Bath & Body collection has three distinct fragrances that are paraben, SLS and SLES free. Each offers a unique experience to suit your mood and emotions which aim to revive, stimulate and restore.

Boosted with natural super fruit extracts, goji berry is featured through the entire range and are rich in vitamin C and A. Bubble T has created a system call ‘an-t-oxidant technology’ within the formulas to enhance the bathing experience which provides a gentle exfoliation.

Each line contains: shower gel, body lotion, hand wash, hand creams and the indulgent bath bombs  available in large and travel sized:

Revive: Moroccan Mint Tea

Refreshing peppermint infused with white jasmine and sweet spearmint, enhancing the senses to energize and revive.

Stimulate: Lemongrass and Green Tea

An uplifting fragrance infused with lively lemon zest and citrus notes.

Restore: Hibiscus and Açai berry

Sweet Hibiscus and Açai berry tea is infused with cranberry and wild strawberry to calm and restore.

(From left to right)

• Hibiscus & Acai Berry Tea hand cream 100ml -  £5
• Lemongrass & Green Tea stimulating shower gel 300ml - £8
• Hibiscus & Acai Berry Tea Restoring bath bombs - £6
• Moroccan mint tea reviving hand cream 100ml - £5

            

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