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Tuesday, 20 January 2015

My haircare routine

Helloooo,

This post is going to be centered around my hair routine because I've never had one until recently and I can't even describe how much easier my hair is to manage. I guess you could say I have quite long hair and it's curly so I find it really hard to handle. Now, my hairs become just so much easier to maintain, it's less knotty and my curls are more defined and less curly. 

I'll start with the basics. I wash my hair either every two days or every three days, depending on what it's like. I rarely use a hair dryer and I straighten my hair once a week but sometimes I go a while without straightening it.

The first product I use (after wetting my hair, obviously) is the umberto giannini pure curls detangling shampoo. I don't use a lot but I use enough to cover my hair from roots to ends. I leave it in for about a minute and then wash it out.
Once I've washed the shampoo out I squeeze the water out to make my hair dryer. Making my hair damp means that I don't have to use as much conditioner and it moisture sit better. I put the curl enhancing conditioner from my ears to my ends and leave it in for about ten to twenty minutes.
Once I've washed the conditioner out, I squeeze my hair dry and scrunch this nourishing oil by umberto giannini. This smells soooo nice, the best way I can describe it what you'd expect a hairdressers to smell (extremely nice, I wish you could smell it). This has been helping to make my hair less frizzy and put my ends in better condition.

I then use this scrunching jelly, this is what has really really been helping my curls. I don't know if it's just me but as my hairs gotten longer my curls aren't as curly, if that makes any sense? But, this is what's been getting my curls back to how they used to be and I know it'll be a repurchase.


After a day or two of not washing my hair I use dry shampoo by batiste, I'm sure you've heard of it. It's super affordable and really helps with extra volume.

Thank you for reading, I'll be doing my next post on Thursday. It's a review.

All my love,
A British Brunette xo



Sunday, 18 January 2015

Ten things that make me happy

Hellooooo,

So today's post is really short but hey ho. A lot of people write down their ten reasons to be happy every morning and/or night because it supposedly puts you in a more positive mindset. I think it's a really good idea but I literally have no times in the mornings and I have loads to do at night so I thought I'd compile my ten reasons into one post.

one. Coffee. I know it's just a drink but coffee makes me so unbelievably happy, is that weird?? It's just so nice and warm and mmmm

two. Pretty Little Liars. I'm watching it now and I can't believe what's just happened WHAT!!!! I won't say incase I spoil it for anyone but if you haven't ever watched it I highly recommend it.

three. Summer. I used to think I preferred winter but no, I definitely prefer summer and I can't wait any longer for it to come around.

four. I love my bed and sleep, who doesn't? My bed is so so comfy and I just love getting into it and being all warm. I hate when I'm tired but overthinking and can't sleep, it's so annoying.

five. This sounds really cliche and cheesy but my friends, particularly my bestfriend. I actually don't know what I'd do without her, we really annoy each other but when we we're together all we do is laugh and talk about anything and everything.

six. Makeup. I probably wouldn't of started this blog if it wasn't for makeup so I HAVE to include it. I really like how you can decorate your face and make it look like however you want.

seven. Evenings. I really like evenings, especially rainy ones. It's so nice just getting tucked into bed and watching a movie ahhhhh I just love it.

eight. Traveling. Visiting new places makes me really happy.

nine. Car journeys.

ten. Finally, the beach. The beach makes me happy because it such a nice place to be.

Thank you for reading, what are ten things that make you happy?

All my love,
A British Brunette xo


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Thursday, 1 January 2015

Hello, 2015 | Resolutions


I'm sitting in bed with the heating on and with my candles lit - I don't think I could get any more cosy. It's always when I'm not doing anything in particular that I can reflect the easiest so, I decided that this is the perfect time to think about 2014 and make my resolutions for this year.

It's the end of a year which means the start of a new one (obviously). A new year means many different things including New Years resolutions. I make them every year but never seem to keep them. In order to stick to them, I'm writing mine out for you to see.

Like I've said, every year I make them but don't seem to keep them, the reason for this is because I'm ridiculous when I write them out. I found my ones for this year (I don't think I completed a single one) and there was a whole list of about thirty resolutions. Yes that's right, THIRTY! So, this year I'm going to keep it minimal and only set myself three. 

01. Get healthy. This is probably one of the most if not the most common resolution for a lot of people. I ALWAYS set it and ALWAYS don't keep it. This year is going to be different though, I'm going to get healthy. I don't just mean this as in getting toned (that is a benefit though). What I mean is feeling healthy. I don't want to feel tired anymore. I definitely don't want to get out of breath either. This is going to be suuuuuper hard because I love lying in bed watching a series for about ten hours straight and eating all the junk food under the sun, but I'm determined to do it.

02. I want to get rid of anything negative from my life. Whether it be a person or a thing or whatever, if it's restricting me and holding me back then I'm going to get rid of it. I feel like doing this will help me become a lot more confident in myself as everything will be a lot more positive (hopefully).

03. My last resolution is a mixture of a goal and resolution. I want to start trying really hard in school because I have six months left (six months that I wish would hurry up) and I need to achieve everything I can out of them. In order to do this I need to be more organised and stop procrastinating (that's the resolution side of it)  as I procrastinate every single thing I do. Literally, you can give me something to do and I can easily put it off to the very last minute. 

Aren't these just the most cliché resolutions you've ever heard? Anyway, what are your New Years resolutions? I'm really nosy so comment them below and I'll read them. 

I hope you have the most amazing year so HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

All my love,  
A British Brunette xo 
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