Garnier Ultimate Blends Plumping Hair Food Watermelon Shampoo & conditioner

Watermelon scented beauty products are all the rage at the moment and why wouldn't they be?

Watermelon offers a sweet, soft, juicy aroma that lifts the spirits and reminds you of tropical climes!

When I saw that Garnier had launched a trio of watermelon hair care products there was no question that I was going to get them!

Garnier Ultimate Blends Plumping Hair Food Watermelon Shampoo & conditioner  have been formulated specifically for fine hair.

If like me you crave volume and a boost to inject some depth and movement to your lank locks then these are the products for you.

Blended with Watermelon & Pomegranate, the clear, gel-like shampoo offers a light foam to gently cleanse to boost your hair without weighing it down. 

Vegan friendly, free from silicones and formulated with 96% Natural Ingredients, this delightful, aromatic shampoo gently and softly cleansed your hair, imparting the most deliciously tropical aroma.

If like me you suffer with both dry, damaged AND thin hair, conditioner can be a tricky product to use. 

Many offer silky soft locks, but the trade off is the product weighs your hair down, meaning you lack volume.

Garnier's Ultimate Blends Hair Food Watermelon Conditioner offers an ultra lightweight, melting texture that effortlessly detangles stressed hair.

Quickly absorbed, your hair is left feeling soft and fresh in no time. 

Similarly to the shampoo the conditioner is also vegan friendly, features no silicones, is Comprised of 97% Natural Ingredients and is housed within a 100% recyclable bottle. 

The duo smell incredible, sweet, soft and addictive however the conditioner doesn't offer quite as much nourishment that my long dry ends require for a truly deep conditioning. 

That said, if your hair is healthier than mine then you're in for a winner and my hair definitely felt lighter and post blow drying, had a little extra volume.

You can try them for yourselves now at Boots .  

Pantene Hair Biology Defrizz & Illuminate Collection

 Give your hair a radiant, healthy makeover this summer with Pantene’s new Hair Biology Defrizzand Illuminate collection.

Created especially for those of us who suffer with dry, dehydrated hair and stubborn frizz, it deeply protects and conditions your locks leaving your hair feeling silky soft, smooth and luminous.

Everyday life take its toll on your hair, from colouring, brushing and styling which can result in lank, dull looking locks.

Pantene’s Hair Biology Defrizz & Illuminate range features a tailored blend of nutrients for your hair’s biology needs. 

 

Presented in bottles featuring natural, neutral tones with the words ‘hair biology’ scribed in luminous, rainbow font, you should begin your transformation with the Shampoo (£5.99).

Thick, creamy and wonderfully rich, this restorative shampoo is free from parabens, colourants and mineral oils.

 

 

Featuring a blend of hyaluronic acid, Omega 9 and active Pro-V nutrients, the shampoo works into a soft, frothy lather to gently cleanse without stripping your hair of its essential moisture to keep it looking and feeling healthy.

Follow with a generous dollop of the conditioner (£5.99).

It is thick, silky and smells wonderful; think fruity but fresh and light.

 

Apply to damp hair and leave for a couple of minutes to let it work its magic before rinsing off.

If your hair is need of some serious TLC Pantene also have a matching Mask (£6.99) from the same line.

The mask deeply hydrates strands right down to their core to repair damage caused by styling and colour while helping to build your hair’s defence against frizz-causing humidity and stressors.

As you may expect, the mask is thicker than the conditioner and the longer you leave it on damp hair before rinsing off, the better.

Then, simply dry and style as usual and enjoy hair that has been revived and restored to its former glory.

 

Even my super dry, coloured hair felt softer and smoother plus it had a gorgeous, fresh dazzling shine to it which to be honest, I hadn’t seen in a while!

Pantene’s Hair Biology Defrizz and Illuminate trio of products are available now from Boots.

XTAL♁ Rose Quartz Shampoo Conditioner duo

It's shampoo & conditioner but not as you know it.

Say hello to the XTAL♁ Rose Quartz Shampoo Conditioner duo (£49.99).

XTAL♁ meaning Crystal Earth is a range of luxury, high performing hair products that have been developed and designed to nourish and replenish your locks.

Their vegan friendly shampoo and conditioner range uses 93% natural ingredients plus are free from parabens, sulphates and silicones. 

Infused with Rose Quartz this shampoo formulation is designed to balance, nourish and breath fresh life into tired limp hair. 

 XTAL♁ focuses on holistic energy and regards chakras as an "energy point" within our bodies.

The Rose Quartz is associated with the heart chakra and is the symbol of love and trust. 

The high energy of Rose Quartz gives it the potential property to encance all forms of love.

In turn, this can help to lower stress levels and restore a sense of peace and calm in your life.

 XTAL♁ hope that by using these products they can help to enhance your sense of calm and soothe away the daily stresses of life.

Infused with Rose Quartz to dissolve stress and tension from heat damage, they also contain Apple cider vinegar to removes toxins and product build up to create a fresh,weightless shine.

Featuring an opulent floriental fragrance with top notes of bergamot and pepper, floral heart bouquet of rose, jasmine and red berry undertones, the fragrance is wrapped in a base of patchouli, creamy sandalwood, firery amber, soft musk natural moss.

Imagine a relaxing spa experience and you're pretty much there.

Housed in iconic, futuristic looking, multi-faceted stunning bottles complete with your very own precious rose quartz Crystal, it is a unique and fantastic new look at haircare.

The XTAL♁ Rose Quartz Shampoo and Conditioner duo is available online now from CrystalEarth and costs £49.99 for both the shampoo and conditioner. 

Redken Soft But Sassy Christmas Gift Set

Give the gift of gorgeous, glossy hair this Christmas with Redken’s range of fab haircare gift sets.

Whether you’re looking to keep your locks vibrant and fresh or rejuvenate sensitive, dry hair, inject some much needed moisture or create ultimate softness Redken have a collection to grant all your hair wishes.

If like me you suffer with dry, brittle hair then I can highly recommend trying their Soft But Sassy Christmas Collection (£30).

Available in Redken salons nationwide now, the Soft But Sassy collection comprises of their all soft Shampoo, all soft conditioner and  One United all-in-one multi benefit hair treatment.

Perfect for long hair that suffers with breakages and damage along the length of the hair, the all soft duo are infused with argan oil to provide 15 times more conditioning power, in turn, strengthening the hair’s core.

It features a keratine-enriched complex to replenish your hair while adding intense softness and contains their new RCT protein complex in which three proteins treat the hair at the root, core and tip.

The shampoo itself smells divine. Fruity, fresh and with a distinct note or Argan Oil it lathers beautifully creating a soft, frothy foam that gently cleanses your hair without stripping it of moisture.

The conditioner features the same soft, additive scent and despite its rich texture is surprisingly lightweight. 

Applied to damp hair I left it to work its magic for several minutes before rinsing off to reveal gorgeously soft, smooth hair that pretty much glided through my hairbrush- and this is before it had even been dried!

The One United leave in hair treatment actually boasts 25 different caring benefits, many of which compliment the all soft shampoo and conditioner.

This lightweight spray provides conditioning, manageability and protection in one. 

It conditions, nourishes, reduces dryness, detangles, prevents breakage from brushing, prevents heat damage & split ends, controls frizz and adds shine making hair feel silky, soft and thoroughly nourished from the inside out. 

It’s easy to see why it’s their hero product and the perfect companion to the all soft duo.

Redken’s Soft But Sassy set is available now along with their other gift sets in Redken salons nationwide.

Kérastase Résistance Extentioniste Collection

I love having long hair. I love it that much that I’ve pretty much always had super long hair, apart from a period of time about 10 years ago when I lopped it all off, got some tattoos and piercings, immediately regretted it and bought hair extensions but that’s another story!

What I do not love about long hair is the amount of upkeep it takes to keep it looking healthy.

It’s hard work and finding the right products that help to keep your hair looking its best can be tough.

Thankfully Kérastase have recently launched a brand new range designed specifically for long hair called Résistance Extentioniste.

Kérastase recognises that long hair needs personalised training to go the distance and remain strong and beautiful so they have created a daily hair training programme which helps to strengthen your hair from root to tip.

The path to long, luscious locks is not an easy one thanks to the damage and stress that affects hair health on a daily basis from elements such as pollution, over processing and aggressive mechanical damage.

All of these things work against your hair and can result in split ends, dullness and ultimately, unmanageable hair where the only resolution is to have your damaged lengths and ends cut off.

The new Résistance Extentioniste programme of products have been created to help stop this from happening by combining scalp care and reinforcement of the structure and surface of the hair fibre to help keep hair’s elasticity, its glow and its strength from root to tip. 

The Kérastase Résistance Extentioniste Line Up comprises of;

Bain Extentioniste (£19.50): A Length Strengthening Shampoo

Fondant Extentioniste (£22.90): A Length Strengthening Conditioner

Masque Extentioniste (£31.70): A Length Strengthening Mask

Serum Extentioniste (£49.50): A Scalp and Hair Serum 

The hero element within this range is something called Creatine R™, which is a powerful fusion of Creatine and Ceramides.

The Creatine R™ Complex works in two ways to help reinforce and protect the hair fibre from damage, firstly by working on the surface to mimic the hair’s natural lipids and smooth the hair fibre and secondly by helping to form temporary bonds within the hair fibre which helps keep hair looking healthy as it continues to grow.

The Creatine R™ complex has also been combined with Taurine and Maleic Acid which capture mineral ions such as calcium in the hair and together help to encourage length and fibre fitness to deliver superior care for long hair.

The entire range possesses a really delicate, fresh and gorgeous scent. Soft and refreshing it isn’t overpowering or heady and breathes an air of lightness into your hair.

Begin the programme with their Bain Extentioniste - a lightweight shampoo that lathers beautifully and rinses to leave hair feeling soft and thoroughly cleansed without being stripped. 

Follow with the Fondant Extentioniste, a lightweight yet highly nourishing conditioner that helps to detangle and impart softness and manageability to your locks.

If your hair is in particular need of some extra TLC now is time to apply the Masque. Thick, nourishing and decadent, apply to damp hair, leave for five minutes then rinse. It offers a more intensive treatment than the conditioner but doesn’t need to be used daily.

Finally complete your treatment with the scalp and hair serum. Once your hair has been towel dried, apply two or three full pipettes along your scalp and using the tips of your fingers massage into your scalp.

This serum helps to create stronger hair right from the root and only needs to be used once or twice a week.

I’ve been following this programme for a number of weeks and I can say that from day 1 I noticed a change in my hair.

I love how air-light and free my hair feels despite how nourishing the products are. My hair isn’t weighed down at all and it smells beautifully fresh.

The collection somehow managed to impart a healthy shine along the entire length of my hair, even the ends which if I’m honest, are more than a little damaged.

I think it’s great that Kérastase realise that long hair needs to be treated in a particular way to ensure health and vitality and their new range of products certainly help to deliver that.

The Kérastase Résistance Extentioniste collection is available now.