Sebastian Hydre Conditioner | Review

Generally I don't always use the same shampoo & conditioner from the same brand or particularly the same product line. I've been using Wella SP Colour Save shampoo for a little while now but I've been switching in between conditioners with Wella & Joico. We've had the line Sebastian in for a little while now, but I didn't think it out until hearing lots of clients have been loving a few different shampoo & conditioners, so what did I have to loose!?

So I only wash my hair 2-3 times a week if I need to, because I don't feel oily too quickly except if I've had an extreme workout or the weather has been warmer. When I use the Sebastian Hydre conditioner I only need the tiniest amount & although the lotion is fairly thick, it is easy to apply to the mid-lengths & ends.
I always clip my hair up after conditioner & continue on with the shower. After 3-5 minutes I rinse it out, and my hair feels unbelievable soft. It also has such a lovely scent to it.
My hair isn't as dry anymore as when it was when I had bleached ends, but if I was using this or the Penetrate conditioner (for damaged hair) I think my hair would be in way better condition & not feel so dry & damaged on the ends.

It is easy to open up in the shower even with slippery hands by pressing on the opposite end of the lid to pop out the top & to control the amount of product with the small opening. You definitely don't want to use too much or your hair as it is quite heavy & you will feel the need to wash the day after.

Overall I will continue to buy the Sebastian Hydre conditioner for as long as I can because I love how healthy my hair feels afterwards, but I would probably alternate it between something lighter in the summer time to avoid it being too heavy or switch to the Penetrate conditioner which is good for restoring the condition of hair, which is needed from sun, wind & water after that period of time.
 
I think you can probably buy this from most salons that supply Wella products but you can also buy it online from BeautyBay.com which I haven't purchased this from, but they have a great selection of Sebastian Products.

Have you tried anything from the Sebastian line?
xx

Product paid for with my own money, not a sponsored review!

April & May Empties/ Producs I'm chucking out

I decided that I need to put together at least 2 months worth of empties/ products I'm chucking out instead of every month because I feel like I do not go through enough in a month but if I leave it too long like I have been doing I have way too many to go through. I know I may have hoarder tendencies but it annoys me to leave them hanging around for so long when they belong in the bin.
Anyway here are the products I'm throwing out since April & May.

   Nivea Daily Essentials Facial Cleansing Wipes: I'm not a fan of Nivea wipes, I feel like they just push around on my skin making me work harder to take my makeup off at the end of the day. I always cleanse after anyway & it leaves my skin feeling refreshed but I feel like there is still quite a bit of makeup on. I much prefer the Garnier Wipes, so would I repurchase? Only if there was no other choice at the time of looking.
  Cutex Moisture Guard Nail Polish Remover: When I pick up NP remover it's usually just whatever is there when I'm looking for it. I've used this brand before and it's pretty good, the nail polish comes off easily and it doesn't feel like all the natural oils have been stripped. Repurchase? More than likely
  Sex & The City Lust Body lotion: I got a couple of these lotions in a kit from Christmas, I've just been trying to use them up as quickly as possible but there's nothing special to them. Repurchase? Nope as it came in a kit.

   Wella Sp Colour Save Shampoo: I've been using this shampoo for ages and really like it, as my hair colour has an infamous tendency to fade fast, using this along with rinsing my hair with cold water & using a colour protectant spray afterwards probably prolongs the life of my hair colour, but it's had to tell because I wouldn't want to go without using this. Repurchase? Again & again!
   Joice Moisture Recovery Conditioner: My hair is quite dry and as I use conditioner I always leave it in for a couple of minutes & my hair always feels super hydrated afterwards. Repurchase? More than likely, I'm using another one at the moment but I would def. buy this again some time down the line.

 Colgate Optic White Toothpaste: I forgot to include this in the main pic & toothpaste isn't normally included in these posts haha but this was something different that I started using a couple of months back. It is meant to whiten your teeth over 4 weeks but I only found a slight improvement at first but then nothing. Repurchase? Only if it was on special, to give it another try.

   Smashbox cream liner duo: I bought this off a blogsale a few years ago and only really used the black side, and I tried to start using the brown side more but I just find myself never wearing brown eyeliner. It had also started to dry out a bit. Repurchase? No.
  Maybelline Line Allure eyeliner: I bought this in Thailand a couple of years ago and while there was still product it was quite dry & hard to work with although I like the matte finish it had. But whenever I used it some would go in my eyelashes & become quite hard, ruining my mascara. Repurchase? No, you can't get it over here anyway.
  Prestige Brow Gel: This used to be clear, trust me, but after dipping it back in after using it on my filled in eyebrows just made it look a lot grosser although I'm sure the actual product is fine. I just never bothered with brow gel anyway. Repurchase? No
  Max Factor False Lash Effect: Really liked this mascara, I had it for about 10 months until I decided I should finally throw it out as it had dried up quite a bit anyway. Repurchase? I already have a back up so not for a while!
  Too Faced Shadow Insurance: My first proper eyeshadow primer I had ever used, and I had been using it a couple of years. This is my second tube and I could still cut the end and dig a lot of product out so I am not officially just throwing it out, but by the time I come to my next empties post it should be well & truly gone. Repurchase? Definitely, just trying out others for a bit.

   Physcians Formula concealer stick: You can see that I have officially finished this product! I liked it but the coverage wasn't the best, but it was a good colour for over the top of my foundation to cover blemishes. Repurchase? No, trying out others.
  Bourjois Touche Healthy Mix Concealer pen: All the writing has completely rubbed off but this was a nice sheer concealer for underneath the eyes, but you would want to use a full coverage one underneath. Good for brightening & reflecting light. Repurchase? Maybe one day, I want to try the Maybelline Lumi Magique or the Clarins one next.

These are two other random things I'm just going to throw out, the top one is an old school eyeshadow kit thing I think my mum used to use, I got it from my Great Aunty years ago before I really had any other makeup so I used it a little bit then, but now I have a larger range I never use it.
The bottom one is clearly fake MAC that I got from Thailand because I was curious of the quality, it swatches well but that's about it. These were just wasting space so I want to get rid of them!!

*Phew* that was a lot more than it seemed like at the time haha. I might just leave it a month in between if I can finish any products until now & July!

How well do you do with finishing products?
xx

Recent Empties + MsAmericanPie's Giveaway!

Agees ago I announced my "Project Empty" but I haven't really posted anything official about it. So I'm slowly getting there, and I mean slowly, haha. I hate to waste products so I'm going to try and use every last ounce. But I think I will give up with most things like blushes & lip products which will take ages to hit pan on. So I'm not really sticking to it properly but who really follows rules :P
So this post will include other products that I did not mention in my other post.

Hair & Skin Products

-Wella SP Colour Save Shampoo
-Wella SP Hyrdate Conditioner
Now it normally takes me forever to use up my 'poo & conditioner as I only wash my hair 2-3x a week.  (Sounds ew but my hair doesn't need any more, trust me.) So yaya I finally finished them, getting every single drop out haha.
-Bio Touch Color Protecting Conditioning spray
I always use a similar product to this after every wash to help my colour last longer, so now I have finally used this up. yaay.
-Avon Body Lotion (sparkling cherry blossom)
Not a special lotion but it does the job.
- Australian Emu Oil
 perfect for applying straight out of the shower. Must.Buy.More!!
-DMK Biogen C Cream & Herb & Mineral Mist- Daily uses for me but now the bottles will come in handy for other things!

Cosmetics

 -Verry old Covergirl concealer. In P.E it was almost empty anyway, but now that's one chunky item I can get rid of :D
-Rimmel Cream blush- This is another extremely old item and since I've hit a bit of pan, it really is too gross to use anymore. & Good riddance I say!

Top Left-Mode Concealer - looks like a lot more is left than what there is.
-Nyx Concealer Magic wands in Medium & Light. Couldn't tell buy the bottles but they are actually see through. I will keep using it for a little while as there is still some but then I can finally get rid of these. Woohoo :)

Eyeliners-  L'Oreal Voluminous eyeliner. Useless as you can see. Lancome Artliner; I bought this as a 'tester' off ebay so I don't think it was genuine anyway (for $14 I highly doubt it!) but it starts off well but then dries out after a few swipes. I have other eyeliners I like better anyway :D

So that's it for the empties for now, for some reason I lost my E.L.F Eyebrow kit but that was almost dunzo anyway! I was also on a non-official  no buy for the month of august (after my last haul) & most of september (going to the city to haul, YAY!) I did last well except for a lipstick I bought on sale- Hey I could have bought more, right!? :)

Thank you for taking the time to read this if you did. (pat on the back- not the most exciting post in this world.)

One more thing- I want to mention a giveaway that MsAmericanPie is holding for her fairly new blog if you could check it out it would mean a lot to her.

Cute, right? There are 3 more cute prizes like this to win as well. Click her name just up there to enter.

P.S darling if you read this for some reason I can leave a comment but it wont let me scroll down to read enter the captcha? So if you see this my comment is- I would love to try them all, especially the blush & lipgloss!
Goodluck to everybody else entering it. :-)


xx Ashii

My Hairs Best Friend: Moroccan Oil Review

Rightio, I have been using Moroccan Oil for over a month now & let me start by saying it is amazing!! Now time for introducing my hair (lol) which is very thick & wavy, dark, medium-ish to long length & i would have to say it is in good condition. My hair is also fairly dry on the ends (gets oily on the scalp about 2 days after washing) but that's about it. It needs all the moisture it can get.


I'm not going to lie Moroccan oil is expensive, it is about AU$49.95 for 100ml, but let me just say that a little goes a loong way. Since using it, i have rarely made a dent in it; with that being said I don't use it every day, only when I wash & style my hair which is about 3x a week.
 After using it my hair is noticeably softer, less frizzier, shinier & feels moisturized! I could do with a moisturizing treatment once a week as well because my hair is *that* dry, however i think that this could also be used as a treatment, but i like it as a serum.




Pros:
 -Not too runny, not too thick: pours nicely into the hands & is easy to distribute evenly throughout the hair
 -smells great! nice summery smell
 -doesn't make your scalp feel oily(unless you've used too much or put most of it on your scalp instead of your ends)
- uhh well... it works! hair feels uh-maze-ing!! 
Cons:
-ummm... i don't think there is any!!

How I use it:
Just before I blow dry my hair I pour about the size of a 10c coin into my palm, rub my hands together and distribute it evenly throughout my hair, concentrating on the ends rather then the roots. Sometimes i need more since i have soo much hair.
I then blow dry my hair and after wards I add just a tiny bit more oil & smooth it onto my hair. But theres been some days where i haven't blow dried my hair after using it and my hair hasn't frizzed like it normally does!

Overall.... i can see why Moroccan Oil is quickly becoming a cult product & i will definetly buy again when (and if) i run out. 10/10!