Review | Tresemme Keratin Smooth Deep Treatment Masque

Today I thought I would bring something new and a little different to my blog. I have be reading so many beauty blogs recently and taking loads of inspiration I wanted to do a review of one of my better beauty finds over the past couple of months.

It has been a mini resolution of mine to take better care of my hair. With it being so unmanageable (you can read all about that here) it is a hassle trying to take good care of it as well as making it look good without using all the heat of the straighteners! The way I manage my hair now is to have regular hair appointments to have my ends chopped and what not, and now using this fantastic masque along with treatment shampoos and religiously using heat protection spray! I tend to only use the masque once a week at the moment as I don't tend to wash my hair that often with it being so thick. I find if I use this masque too often that it makes my hair feel a bit greasy after the wash.  I absolutely love the smell of this product as I do with all Tresemme items and I find that the smell tends to last quite a while which is great! I love getting whiffs of the scent at little points in the day.  The directions of use suggest leaving this on for 3-5 minutes although I have found leaving this on for slightly longer works better for my hair with it being so thick. The first time I did use it though I had really good results after only leaving it for around 3 1/2 minutes.  Another great point about this is I only paid £3.00 for it as it was on offer in Superdrug at the time! But even without that, the price is great for the quality of the product. I am all about great quality on a budget and this ticks all the right boxes.  If you're looking for a budget hair treatment, I would definitely recommend this one. I saw great results within a couple of uses and I still use it once a week on my hair to keep it as healthy looking as possible. 

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed and if you have had any experiences with this product let me know, good or bad I would love to hear about it!  Lots of love,

Thoughts From A Girl With Unmanageable Hair

Hey, how you doin'? I'm doing good baby, how you doin'?

Spot of Friends on a Monday morning! Anyway, back in the room Bea! 

From a very young age I have had to put up with an horrifically unmanageable bush on my head. Or as my mother says, I have been blessed with thick hair. 

Growing up with thick hair was an absolute nightmare and here are some reasons why.

1. Going to the hairdressers 

Going to get a haircut with thick hair is a serious task. I pretty much had to, and still have to for a matter of fact, dedicate an entire day to getting my hair cut. Every hairdresser I have ever been to is the same, they comment on how jealous they are of my 'lovely thick hair!' I used to think they should count themselves lucky that they don't have to deal with this every day, however as I've grown up I have realised I am blessed especially with the amount of times I dye it! I was never really sure how to manage my hair so would always go for something different every time I went to the hairdressers, I soon learnt that this was a mistake. It's best to just stick to what you know works for you and what you're comfortable with and once you know what that is, the management of it will fall into place! 

2. Jealousy 

Now I know that jealousy is a sin and what not but when you're a girl growing up with thick hair like moi, you just can't help it. All of my friends had amazing hair which was so easy to manage. They would have a shower and dry and striaghten their hair in the time it would take me to finish putting conditioner through it! The amount of time's I wanted to do a Miley and cut it all off, but then you had to have confidence to do that and I definitely did not have that! However, confidence comes with growing up and although i'm not at the 'do a Miley' stage, my confidence has grown, i'm writing a blog for Pete's sake! Just stick with it all you thick hair owners and get those GHD's on it and soon you will be feeling very Disney Princess hair - telling yourself that all the best Disney Princess' have thick hair is always a good way to get through! 

3. It takes forever to do anything

As you know, I love to go out and get my groove on. However one of the things that comes with going out and getting your groove on, is getting ready. Don't get me wrong I love getting ready and picking out an outfit, one which you know you've not worn in about a year so that you're socially acceptable! But then I have to do my hair. The almighty task. I spend the majority of my life standing in front of a mirror striaghtening or curling my hair ready for a night on the town (or just work). In all fairness, when it's done, I have grown to love it it's just getting through the tough part knowing that I'm going to be stood in front of a mirror for 40mins+ waiting for my hair to get to a point that i'm happy with. The majority of time I will have my hair curly, being a naturally curly haired person, it's easier to manage if I just go over the curls with straighteners instead of trying to force them to go as straight as possible, however I do also love having my hair straight, it just takes forever to do anything! 

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that having thick hair is a bad thing. I mean that's what you think it is when you're growing up with it but now that I am older and I have learnt to manage it and I know how I like my hair, now I feel blessed to have it. It's just another of life's little drama's of growing up in a society that wants you to have perfect hair. But I had way more fun looking all frizzy haired! You can also do a lot with thick hair, there's a lot more hair to play around with and although this can sometimes be a pain in the neck, it's great for experimenting with different hair styles! My fave is just having beach wave and a little bit bed head messyness, i'm not really a neat freak when it comes to hair or fashion to be honest so having it a little messy with a light wave, it really expresses my cool yet collected sense of fashion. 

I'd love to get in touch with some fellow thick haired girlies, let me know your favourite style for your thick hair! 

Looking a tad bit scary, but me rocking my fave beach wavy look! 

Trixybelle xoxo