New Hair and Superdrug Own Hair Dye Review

My Guide to Home-Dying

To some of us dying our own hair is a total doddle to others it is a little bit scary. From my own experience if you are dramatically changing your hair colour I would recommend a visit to the hairdressers however like myself I refuse to pay the prices at hairdressers when I can get the same result at home :)

I left my hair quite a while this time before I decided that it really did need doing. Whilst packing up my house I found in the bathroom this Superdrug hair dye which I bought a couple of months ago and thought I would use it up.

 It is Colour Preformance in 5:0 Natural Medium Brown, permanent = £3.49 - bargain!

I have coloured my hair numerous times over the years (that makes me sound really old but I started dying at about 14) and I have been everything from disastrous blondes to vibrant reds. But as I was saying this colour was in my bathroom and I thought I should use it up before the big move.

 

Ewlll yukky gingery colour before hand....................................and a close up shot :)

Every box of hair dye recommends a strand test, I am stating here that this is my own review and it is up to you whether you do your own strand test or not. I have coloured my hair lots and lots of times and had various henna tattoos over the years and haven't fingers crossed touch wood had any issues dying my hair but please conduct a strand test for yourselves. 
Ok so the important part over.....

So here are the bits and pieces from the box, if you have dyed your hair before you know the drill. Put the conditioner into the shower for later then put on the plastic gloves.

Oh I forgot to mention above that I always brush out my hair completely and have to hand various clips and combs for use whilst dying the hair. And also remember to put a towel down and wear an old t-shirt.

Mix them up to a scary looking orange colour....

 So this is my tried and tested method for home dying, on yourself with no assistant (husband, boyfriend, any friend, mum etc)......

Parting the hair in the middle do a squirt along the hair line then rub into the roots, I always do the roots first regardless because I always have growth. oopps please ignore the washing in the background. At least it weren't pants, ewl yuk sorry please keep reading....... 

Giggle at yourself once you have roughly done the roots all over, including as best as you can the back. I use a clip to hold the front forward whilst I do the back.

Ohhh a bit scary, I apologise. Once I have done all the roots I use the rest to rub together really well and comb slightly the rest of the hair. I then start to time when I am confident it is all over. This was 30 minutes. I usually clean the bathroom in this time, wipe my face, drink some wine etc etc.

And the result was..............

Quite a nice dark brown ish colour with some red included. I do have a lot of natural red in my hair and the colour always regardless of what I do take more to the ends for a week or so until it has calmed down a bit.

I was quite pleased overall with this product, as good as the leading brands and for the price the colour and amount of product you get is good value for money. It has quite a strong ammonia smell like most hair dyes, comes with the home dying I suppose.

So do you home dye, what would you recommend? 

I hope you like it!

Lauren 

xx

Vintage Items for Sale

Hey Guys, 

I am posting some pictures of items for sale before I put them up on Ebay so that you can have first refusal. 

Please let me know if you like any of them and I will send you more details. 

This fruit bowl has a lovely design and I date it around the 1940s - £10

These little book ends are pretty cute, I cant date them but they are £7

I love this vintage briefcase which is 1970s, it is faux leather and £15

These pretty napkins, set of 6 are £6

 

Set of 6 napkins and table cloth with lovely pretty vintage design - £12

This set has a couple of small stains but nothing major, there are no tears or wholes.

Kitchen Utensils pot - £5

Bean Soup cup - £4

Lovely pretty design, oval shape plate would look perfect as a centre piece or coffee table top - £15

Enoch Woods scenery large bowl, one small chip - £10

The cutest, art deco salad servers - £12

Silver plated Coronation cake slice - £12

Silver plated, 6 spoons and desert server set - £12

Cake/Bread knife - £7

Vase or Jug which would look lovely in a country style kitchen - £5

I can't date this cake stand but I love it and is yours for £15.

This is a set of 4 rose prints - £8

Unique chinese style pot which would look great on a dressing table,  £7

Art Deco vase  - £10

Very cheesy but got to love it Diana and Charles commemorative plates - £5 

Vintage style milk jug, sugar and plate set. £8

Art deco plate - £8

 Huge pile of vintage plates :) various prices, if you are interested please message me or email me.

Brass Hooks - £5

Tea strainer - £15

Paisley tea lights - £5

60s tea cannister - £9

Cake/Sweet stand - £15

Cute vintage glasses - £15

Unique green cup and saucer, no chips - £12

Short cream gloves - £15

Long black evening gloves - £20

Long red gloves - £20

Short gloves, £15

That's it for now folks. If you would like to purchase any of these items before I put them on Ebay please message me or email me direct at scarletrealm@gmail.com or for more information follow Facebook at 

http://www.facebook.com/ScarletRealm

Lauren xxx

House Move Eeek

On Friday we was told that we are likely to get an exchange date within the next couple of weeks for our old house that I live in with the in laws in the annex. All very exciting you may think but we have not packed anything yet, so I started freaking out slightly. I decided to tackle my wardrobe first of all as I knew many clothes were summer clothes and I would take some back to my parents house, hehe good parents!





Well when I got to my parents I failed to remember that my old wardrobe was full and my underneath of my bed also full of old clothes, shoes etc. Me and Mum spent all Monday on clearing out the wardrobe and bed and took 6, yes 6 black sacks down to the charity shop.

Finally, I could actually fit the majority of my summer clothes back into my old wardrobe for 6 months whilst the new house is being built.

We have decided to stay with the in-laws for 6 months whilst our new house is being built, 1 because we cant afford a house by ourselves and 2, actually we have such a great house to move into and my father in law is building me and Rocky an annex. Such great times!

I am a little nervous about living with the in laws for 6 months but I'm sure it'll be fine.

I will be blogging over the next few months pictures of how the house is progressing and im really excited about designing our annex and how I want it to look, cue utility room and CUPBOARDS :-D 

I haven't interior designed before but I am really looking forward to getting my creative juices going. 

This week has been pretty productive and we have packed 2 boxes away each day, now all we need to find is some storage places to store majority of our stuff for 6 months.

This is what I really want to be like...

but actually I feel like...

Have you ever interior designed or designed your house, do you have any tips?!

xxx

Halloween

So I have been thinking of ways to increase customer numbers to the shop and how I can earn extra income before Christmas and one thing I'd love is a part time job, to supplement my income from the shop. I have been applying to tonnes and tonnes of jobs over the coming week, its no wonder we have so many people unemployed  nothing is easy when it comes to applying for jobs.

I was getting pretty stressed about it but I am keeping calm and carrying on so that the best outcome can come out of it.

In the mean time I am thinking about H-A-L-L-O-W-E-E-N which is soooo exciting, I love Halloween and the closeness we get with the spirit world, which is pretty up my street. This year I really want to dress up and cant think of what to go as, last year I was this....

Yes its a zombie school girl outfit but this year I was thinking something more vintagey... 

But low and behold ill probably end up going in this devil outfit as I already have it,

Most excitingly though it is time for homemade soups and pumpkins, hehehehe I love it!

Have you got a Halloween event this year, what are you dressing up as?

xxx