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Hair colour for sensitive scalps and coconut oil

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Hi guys, Vivienne again.
I added a post a while back about using olive oil to repair frizzy hair. I still use this for chlorinated hair, but now also use a coconut oil mask every other month. I just put a rounded tablespoon of coconut oil into my palm and rub my hands together until it melts. This is one of my favourite overnight treatments.

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I concentrate on the ends to start with, then rub my hands though my hair until the oil has vanished from my hands. I sleep on a towel, and in the morning all the oil is absorbed by my hair and it looks amazing. The effect last several days. Highly recommended.

I am a great fan of coconut oil. Its is economical and smells delicious! it’s great rubbed into my nails after I have removed the varnish and I also use it to soften dry skin on my feet. (Sorry if that was a little gross!)

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Back to hair,  I have recently changed my hair colourant as I have been getting more dry patches on my scalp. Switching to Garnier Olio  has eradicated the problem. This is claimed to be the first oil powered and ammonia free permanent home hair colour. When I apply it it smells lovely and does not irritate my scalp. It lathers up well and is much easier to rinse than other products I have tried.

The shade I currently use is Soft black as it is really a dark brown colour, more than black, and that blends with my natural colouring. Since using this I have had no issues with dry ecsma type patches on my scalp and my hair looks glossy and natural.

Incidentally when I first purchased it came with a weird tear drop shape bottle that must have been designed my a man with large hands. You may see on other reviews that it was far too big to hold and it toppled over unless wedged in the box. They have now switched to a regular applicator bottle which is easy to use.

How to repair your hair!

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Hello this is Vivienne, I haven’t blogged for a while but need to share this tip with you as it has taken me by surprise and I am amazed with the results.

I have been colouring my hair for a while as I have the odd grey hair. Okay, I know that was a bit of a shock to read, but I am coping… My hair is naturally wavy, straight at the top falling into ringlets. Recently it has become straighter, dry and frizzy at the ends and I was really putting it down to my age! So, to make matters worse I started to use tongs to curl it, bought heated rollers and always blow dried it. Yes, you guessed it, the dratted ends got even frizzier.

oil Somewhere in the back of my mind I remembered reading that Jerry Hall used to treat her hair by putting olive oil on it over night.

I was a bit skeptical, but after trying umpteen frizz ease products I was willing to give anything a try. I put a drop of extra virgin olive oil on my hand and rubbed my palms together before running them through the ends of my hair. A little goes a very very long way and I didn’t want to end up with greasy hair.

I slept on an old towel and washed it out in the morning. There was an immediate improvement. 4 more nights of doing this and the frizz had completely gone and I had my ringlets back. I know it sounds unbelievable but for the cost of a few pence for olive oil I banished my frizz.

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The problem wasn’t the dye but my hair drying out due to swimming regularly in a chlorinated pool and then drying it with a hot dryer. Now I can just treat my hair with a little olive oil as soon as it loses its bounce. Just to fill you in, I use L’Oreal Excellence Cream in natural darkest brown as it matches my natural hair colour perfectly. I just use a brush to colour the grey then put the rest all over for the last 5 mins to make sure that it blends in. The colour comes with a protecting lotion for the ends of your hair and also a special conditioner. Its a really good product if you are looking for a natural looking permanent colour.

Hope you find this olive oil hair repair tip useful too.

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Envy Haircare

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Okay.

I’ve been putting off writing this review, because the product(s) I’m about to tell you about are almost a little secret miracle I want to keep to myself.

Envy’s philosophy is  one product for all hair types. They use 6 ‘intelligent products’ that promise to help repair, tame, lift, add shine, enhance colour, reduce frizz and make blowdrying easier.

Normally, all-in-one haircare products make me nervous. They never work like they’re supposed to, and they’re always overpriced. Not so Envy’s Blowdry set!

This is a £40 good-hair-day ensurer and is definitely worth the price*. I’ve been using the full treatment for almost exactly a month and I’m soooo happy. My hair has never been shinier or softer, and it takes exactly one minute longer than my usual washing routine, so it’s not at all time consuming. Even the conditioner is better than any I’ve ever used, including the one I used basically religiously before finding Envy, leaving my hair tangle-free for ages.

Because I’m nothing but good to you people, I even got a discount for you! Use discount code BLOG40 to get 40% off until the end of March.

Eloise

*Full disclosure, I got this set for free, but I’m definitely going to buy this product again, and at full price this time!