Soft Hair For Summer Tips

Hi everyone!

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As you guys can probably tell I am getting way too excited about summer as recently nearly all of my posts have been about summer, and I'm afraid there is another one today. I don't know about you guys but I have still got fairly damaged hair from the wind and rain/snow. I really love having long flowing hair in summer and I would say I am about half way to my dream summer hair - but for those of you that still have a long way to go, here are a few tips.

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1. Argon Oil

Using oil on hair has become a big thing recently. There are products such as morrocon oil that are a the higher end of the market or there are oils from Primak that you can buy. I use an Elvive argon oil when I have damp hair on the ends of my hair and it has worked miracles.

2. Lather, rinse, REPEAT

I have just started repeating when I shampoo my hair because sometimes I would wash my hair and find that it was still a little oily. Repeating just helped really clean my hair through. 

3. Try not to use heat on your hair everyday

I know for some people this will be impossible because they don't like their nataural hair, but I am slowly reducing the amount of heat I use on my hair. I still use protection spray, but use straighteners say 3 times a week. Doing this will hopefully stop me getting anymore split ends and frazzling my hair so it's damaged for summer. 

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I hope you guys like this little post and don't forget to follow me on twitter for more updates when I blog - @allsparklesblog.

Holy Grail Of Hair Care

Hi everyone!

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Hair care has always been very important to me and because I use heat on my hair a lot, protecting it is essential. There are so many hair products available at the moment so I though I would share with you guys my personal favourites.

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I got this in Boots after I saw it on the clearance stand and it was £2. I couldn't resist it, one because of the price and two because the Glam Hair collection is one of my personal favourites from Umberto Giannini - it smells so good!

 I put this product in my favourite products at the moment post from yesterday and I did a mini review of it. I have almost used all of this up because it is so so good. It protects my hair against curling irons, wands, straighteners, and hair-dryers without leaving a sticky film. 

 I'm sure I have used this product before or mentioned it in a post but here it is again. All these 'argon oils' and 'morocan oils' are raved about so much so I decided that it was time to buy one. This is just an Elvive extraordinary oil from Boots so it's nothing expensive.

 Sorry about the awfully dirty packaging but this is the Label.m soufflé. Soufflé hair products are so amazing because they can sort out any fly-aways you may have or anything to be honest. It smells really nice and it's around £10 which is pretty good.

 L'oreal have an amazing studio silk and gloss available in most drugstores. This one is the hot straight spray put of course you can use this for drying and curling. I spray this into my roots for more volume and to control any fly-aways.

So these are all my go-to hair products for everyday use! Comment your number one hair care product at the moment and thank you for reading!

Beauty Bucket List

Hello everyone!

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I was planning to write another post today but the video wouldn't upload so I decided to write a beauty bucket list! I'm just going to get straight into this post because I'm really excited to write this one!
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1. Own one of every MAC product for a daily routine
I'm actually half way there with this and the only products I'm missing are - Primer, Foundation, Liner and Mascara then maybe a Lipgloss if it was really necessary that day.

2. Wear a red lipstick in the day
I'm far too scared to wear a red lipstick in the daytime. At night I would wear one but I have no confidence to wear one out and about say to go shopping.

3.Have a spa day
I'm only 14 so this is pretty difficult at the minute but when I get older I want to spend one day a month at the spa for a package like massages, facials and just relaxing.

4.Dye job
I know I recently got a new hair colour but it was pretty subtle so in the future I would like to go for a dramatic change in colour just because I love experimenting with my hair colour.

5. Own one of every scent from Jo Malone
Jo Malone is my favourite brand of perfume and even though it's a little pricey, for me it beats every other brand of perfume and my favourite scents are blackberry & bay, and pomegranite noir.
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So there they are! Comment your beauty bucket lists! Thanks for reading everyone!

New Hair!

Happy new year everyone!

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I hope you all had lovely days yesterday and are enjoying the new year so far! If you didn't see my google+ post yesterday, I told you all that I was getting a hair cut and I did! I got about 3 inches cut off and a gloss colour on top in a chocolate brown colour fading into my natural blonde colour giving an ombré effect. I really love it so I thought I would post a few pictures today! It was cut and coloured at Toni&Guy and cost around £100 for eveything.
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So as you can see it's a pretty big change length wise, but the colour is very subtle! Tomorrow I will be posting a few looks with my MAC palette! I'm really excited to write that post so get ready for that post tomorrow! 

Love Claudia

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Requested: What I Got For Christmas AND what I wore!

Merry Christmas everyone!

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Today I promised everyone of my readers a what I go for Christmas post, so here it is! I want to of course thank my parents and grandparents for my presents! I was planning on doing a review for each of my presents so you guys can get my opinion of them if you were looking for some products to spend any Christmas money on. Also there are a few what I wore pictures mixed in with the presents! Sorry that I can't give prices for the products because I don't know any of them!

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So I wore black TopShop jeans, a 'tomato' TopShop cami, a silver TopShop chain bracelet and River Island ankle boots.

 

This was from my lovely auntie Sarah and it is an Elf Highlighter and I already love it!

 This is the Elegant Touch rapid drying spray that I actually used this morning and it actually works really well.

 A closer look at my camisole.

 This is the Bourjois Chocolate Bronzer that I have wanted for forever! This is colour 51.

 Sorry you can't see the colour but this is an Elf Nail Varnish and it's kind of glittery and a dark blue colour.

 I have no idea where this bracelet is from but I love it, and my nails are of course fake as my nails are really short!

 One of my favourite gifts, a MAC Studio Fix setting powder!

 Probably my second favourite gift - Laura Mercier Creme Brulee moisturizer!

 This is a look I did with my new MAC palette using Bare Study Paintpot on the lid, Naked Lunch in the inner corner and Sketch on the outer corner, with a No7 Stay Prefect liquid liner.

 My (Mums Side) grandparents gave me a £50 MAC voucher that I will use on Saturday so prepare yourselves for a MAC haul!

 My favourite gift - a MAC palette x4 with the colour Sketch, Orb and Naked Lunch!

 A large Clean On Me body wash!

 A new The Body Shop Wild Lily Body Mist!

 MAC Bare Study Paint Pot, which I absolutely love!

 And finally The Body Shop Wild Lily Body Lotion!

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Well I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas and enjoy your gifts, comment what you all got!

Love Claudia

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No.7 Beautifully Matte foundation No. 7 beautifully matte foundation

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So i have decided that on week days it would be much more interesting if i write product 

reveiws rather than say what i have done in my day (only school stuff). What i thought was if i 

reveiw my make up and beauty products starting from foundations, to concealer, powder,

blush, eye liner, mascara, lipstick, lipgloss, hair products, moisteurisers and 

bath products (bath bombs, bubble bath, bath salts). 

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Anyway i could blab on forever about products but today i will be reveiwing my No.7 Beautifully

matte foundation. I actually went to boots just looking for a drugstore type foundation, then

i saw the No.7 colour matching stand, and i thought i should give it a go. The lady

said i was the colour 'Calico', and gave me two options - the Beautifully matte one

with 14 hour full coverage, or a BB cream with lighter coverage. I opted for the 

Beautifully matte foundation as i definately feel more confident wearing it. However when

i got my foundation home i tried it on and discovered it slightly dried out my 

skin and it was a little too dark. Before this foundation i had a Bobbi Brown foundation and 

i loved it. It was a water based foundation so it was super light on my skin

and i love foundations that feel nice on my skin, but i found that it came off very

quickly and made my skin a tad oily. To resolve my foundation troubles i mixed my Bobbi

Brown foundation with my No.7 foundation and it made a lovely coloured foundation with

the perfect consistency and coverage.

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In conclusion i would certainly recommend this foundation as it gives really good coverage

and lasts almost as long as it promises. It was £14.95 and i have no idea

how much that would be in US dollars or Euro's but I'm sure it would still be available there!

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I hope you enjoyed this review and there will be another one tomorrow, again

on foundation! :) have a good evening 

Claudia 

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