A week or so ago, I was lucky enough to stumble across this literally ‘miraculous’ hair product by Lee Stafford. My hair is still, after two years, recovering from serious bleaching. Even with deep conditioning and no application of heat, it both frizzed up and looked lifeless once it had dried - and the more I brushed it, the worse it got! As for the magical blow dry I get at the hairdressers, I’ll never kid myself that I’ll ever be able to do that at home.

So, during a beauty buying spree in Boots with Jess, as we searched the hair-related aisles for this blow-dry in a bottle, I was won over by the ‘ARGANOIL’ logo, and I’m so pleased now that I fell so shamelessly for the brand advertising! This hair oil is fantastic. It keeps stray hairs and frizz down, without making the hair heavy or appear greasy. Although it doesn’t cure split-ends (because let’s face it, nothing does except for a good ol’ haircut), the oil does smooth the split-ends away and creates the illusion that they’ve vanished. I’ve also found that, after using the oil quite a few times, my hair generally feels and looks healthier, even after washes. An application for me is simply one pea-sized dollop in my hand, so for £11.99, this product is worth it’s price. And it smells really, seriously yummy. Buy it here.

I recently tried creating my dream hair colour, dark electric blue, and had researched possible ways for ages. I get my hair dyed blue-black anyway, but it’s never blue enough for me! So to really make my black hair shine blue in the light, I tried tinting it with Manic Panic’s Shocking Blue Amplified hair colour. The internet said it would work, but it failed miserably! I don’t have any photo evidence because there was nothing to show. My scalp went bright blue but my hair didn’t, it was so disappointing because I had left it in all day with cling film wrapped around my head like a freak. My friend Holly said that the cling film may have stopped it from reacting and actually dying my hair? I’m hoping she’s right, I can try it again, and it will work this time. What do you guys think, have you used Manic Panic before? At the moment, I’m thinking that this dye is for porous, bleached hair only - so it would have worked for me a year ago. Why didn’t I take the opportunity then?.. sigh.