The Rager Wager Blog : Hair Care

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I have been trying to keep my outgoings low this month. But, as ever, I struggled to resist the urge to buy products to try out. So, here's the list of things I bought. Some are re-purchases, some are brand new to me.

John Frieda Precision Foam Colour in 4BG Dark Chocolate Brown: The formula works best with my thick, course hair. One bottle covers my roots and any lighter patches. It is one of my favourite brands to colour with. Previously, I used Nice and Easy, but I find the finished result better with this brand.
Indeed Laboratories Set of 3 Samples: I am reading some good reviews about the products from this brand so I cant wait to give them a go.
Oral -B 3D White Brilliance: Featuring a toothpaste on my blog feels slightly strange. However, some many beauty bloggers have raved about the results of this whiting formula.
Models Own Nail Varnish in Shade: Utopia I picked up this pretty little number for Spring. I am a massive fan of pink nail varnishes and this will refresh my pink collection
Models Own HyperGels in Shade: White Light I was in the market for a nice off white shade as I want to recreate a look I've seen on Pinterest
Tangle Teezer: The Original Detangling Hairbrush My older hair brush has been better days. So I decided to pick up a new one from Tangle Teezer. Are they worth the hype? I am about to find out!
Bio Oil: This is a repurchased. I absolutely love this product. It's my all year around moisturiser.
The Body Shop Vitamin E Overnight Serum in Oil : This is a new product from The Body Shop which I cannot wait to try out.
The Body Shop Tea Tree Oil: And lastly, I needed something to target an breakouts. My skin is doing much better at the moment and wanted something I could use to tackle and reduce any form of pimple.

All the products mentioned above have been linked. Click on the links to see more details of where you can purchase them yourself. If you have tried any of these products, let me know what you think.

Thanks for reading!

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Dove Damage Therapy Colour Radiance Shampoo & Conditioner Review

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For the majority of my life, I have been a massive fan of the skincare products from Dove. My Mum absolutely raves about Dove and she swears by Dove soap for everything beauty related. So since growing up, it’s always been in my life one way or another.

Dove expended their range years ago to hair care products and it’s only in the past two years that I’ve slowly worked my way though. I’ve tried almost every single shampoo and conditioner but never really blogged about them until now or one in particular.

So, on my weekly food shop, I ended up browsing down the toiletry ails and I bought the Dove Damage Therapy Colour Radiance Shampoo & Conditioner. They just happened to fall into my trolley – honest! ASDA had a good 2 for £3 deal (for 2x350ml) and I needed to try them out.

Now, given the success of the other ranges I’d used (intensive repair was the best), I am bitterly disappointed to report that this did not meet my expectations. If fact, I am close to binning the rest of the bottles. I hate wasting products, but this has not worked for me at all.

You don’t need much of the shampoo – I’d say no more than 2p sized as it lathers up nicely. However, when I rinsed this out of my hair, it left is extremely knotty and oily feeling. At first, I’d convinced myself that I hadn’t washed it all out so I spent a good 5 minutes under the showerhead. It felt like a greasy film all over my hair.

I continued on to use the conditioner, applying it to the ends of my hair and left for a good 5 minutes. As my hair is frequently coloured I like to leave the product on longer. Then rinsed, and rinsed and rinsed, and rinsed…

After drying my hair it felt awful. It looked greasy, flat at my roots and frizzy on the ends. No matter how I tried, I couldn’t get any volume going and it would become greasy the next day.

I’ve repeated this process for about two weeks and ended up with the same results. I’ve tried using less conditioner, more conditioner, more shampoo and so on but it just didn’t get on with my hair.

I am very disappointed. In future, I will stick to using the Intensive Repair from the Dove Shampoo and Conditioner. It wont put me off trying other Dove products but I don’t think I will be recommending this.