Halo Hair Extensions - Part 2

So hopefully you will of all seen Part 1 of my Halo Hair Extensions post... Here I bring to you Part 2! In this post I will be including some before and after shots of my hair, and a simple step by step guide to applying your halo extensions and achieving a natural look!

Here is me with my normal day to day hair! No hair extensions; all real! I hate my hair because It never grows past a certain length and so because of this I love to invest in hair extensions to give it more length and volume. I have tried everything to get my hair to grow but as much as it must do because I get roots, it never seems to get any longer!

What you will need to create your new look!

To help you easily apply your new Halo Hair Extensions you will need a brush, a parting comb, some clips and your straighteners if your going for the 'straight hair' look. For the purpose of this post I am keeping my hair straight to show an everyday look.

I love that Halo Hair Extensions include instructions with their products. Even if you know what you are doing with extensions and can apply them with your eyes closed; its good to have something to look back on. These instructions provide you with general guidance on how to apply your halo hair. Some people choose to apply theirs in different ways, its completely up to you as you will know where your hair needs more extensions once you start to put them in. 

*Please ignore my horrendous roots in photos that you are about to see, I am booked in and waiting to get my hair done- which can't come quick enough!! Also the lighting is funny in some of the photos as today has been quite a gloomy day and it has gone from dull to sunny to dull and so on. Some of the photos you see you may think 'omg those extensions do not match her hair colour' but trust me they do. I just have so many different blonde/brown shades in my hair and like I mentioned above the lighting shows them in different colours. The end product photos are more natural and you can see the colour match much clearer*

Step 1

Gathering your Halo Hair Extensions together.

When I get new hair extensions, I am always so excited to open them! First you need to untie them from the packet.  Be careful that you do not cut any hair off when trying to cut the ties!

The next thing I like to do when applying my hair is sort out the extensions into piles which have the same amount of clips in. This just makes applying them easier as you can see which ones you still have left in terms of width.

These extensions as mentioned in my Halo Hair Extensions Part 1 post are in the shade Golden Brown/Sweedish Blonde Mix - #12/20. They are 20" long, and cost £99.99 to buy as part of their Deluxe clip- in set. The photo above shows them to be a lot more browner than blonde, but they aren't its literally just the lighting. They are a lovely mix of brown and blonde shades.

Step 2

Applying your Halo Hair Extensions.

First either using your fingers or a separating comb, tie up the majority of your hair leaving the bottom strand free. The idea with extensions is that you work your way from the bottom up to the top.  Here are those nasty roots that I have warned you about... I have been trying to be good and not get my hair coloured as much to try and let it grow, but because of that I now have major root-age going on! This post is as real as it comes, I obviously could not hide away my roots as I needed to show a separation of the hair picture. We're all girls anyway right and have seen them before?!

After separating your hair and clipping it up, you need to start off with the extensions that contain 'two clips'. The set that I am using is a Deluxe set and contains 12 hair pieces! Perfect for my hair because its so thick. Pick up the extensions piece, open the clips and grab them onto your hair then close them. Its as simple as that!

Here you can see the fitting close up. I attach them right to the top of the hair as this prevents them from slipping down and gives a tighter fitting. Once you have applied your first one. Separate and pull another layer of hair down and do the exact same as above. You use all of your 'two clip' pieces until you get to the top of your ears.

What I have noticed when applying my Halo Hair Extensions is that the clips are firmly attached to the extensions. I have brought some hair before where the clips were originally attached, but after applying them they became loose and eventually I had to sow them back on. This is not what you want when you pay out all that money for lovely hair. These clips are attached well and you can really feel the grip when you place them in your hair. 

Once you have used up your 'two clip' hair pieces. Its time to move onto the pieces of hair that contain 3 clips. These are wider to fit around your head as you continue to work your way up to the top of the hair. Separate your hair now so that all the hair that is above your ears is clipped up. This is obviously the middle part and for me this is my main area where I need to apply lots of hair pieces to keep it looking natural with my hair being so thick. 

 The hair pieces with 3 clips attached are my absolute fav. This is because they cover almost all of your own hair, meaning it is all hidden and you start to see the beautiful hair that you are now wearing! Start from the side and work your way around placing in your '3 clips' pieces. Once you have covered the layer of hair all around ... separate and pull another layer down and do the same again! You should use all of the '3 clip' pieces, and hopefully like me you will find that now all of your hair has been filled with your new halo! Once you have finished these steps pull down the last top layer of your own hair and it should hopefully blend in with your long locks!

After concentrating on the back of your head, its time to finish off by using the '1 clip' pieces to fill in from the front your hair that is around your face. 

Here you can see what I mean about the lighting from todays weather! Excusing that... once you have used your single clip-ins at the sides of your face... Your halo is officially in!

Step 3

Styling your new halo hair!

There are so many different styles you can create when you have long hair. For me my two favourite styles are straight and wavy. I like to keep it simple as just having that added 20" long hair is a bonus alone for me, and Im happy to keep it plain and simple. Start by brushing your hair. This blends in any of your own natural hair that may be poking out. I sometimes have to separate my hair at the sides again to straighten it out which is what you can see me doing below. 

For this post I chose to keep it straight to show a natural day to day style as I mentioned at the beginning, but here is how I finished off my look...

 I absolutely love my Halo Hair Extensions. Regardless of some of the funny shades of lighting on my photos, from the two above you can see how naturally they blend in with the rest of my hair. I love a mixed blonde look rather that one plain colour. Not only do I now have lovely long hair, the actual hair itself that is 100% Indian Remy Human Hair is so so soft!

Here are some before and after photos for you to see the difference a halo can make! I have loved being a part of Project Halo!

I can defiantly see my Halo baby! Will you be ordering yours? 

*You can find Halo Hair Extensions using the following links*

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*This post comes to you as a review - products sent to me by Halo Hair Extensions in relation to Project Halo*

Changes in my life...

Hello my fellow bloggers, it's been a while, a long while. I apologise for my absence, I've just not been myself recently and felt really out of it so my blog took the fall for it but I'm feeling better in myself now so I'm going to think of some new blog posts for you all.

This little post is just to let you all know about a change that's going to be happening... I'm going to change my hair! I've been blonde for so many years of my life, I went brown then black then back to blonde, but I've just had enough of my hair looking yellow, and having to keep on dying it because of having dark roots... It's such a nightmare; especially trying to get it all the same colour without it going golden/gingerish. So from being fed up with it I have decided to go a nice auburn colour! I think I'm going to do this monday.. You've obviously seen pictures of me with my blonde hair, but il do a before and after post once it's done, but the colour I've chosen is below! I'm quite excited but mega scared too! I just feel like I need a big change ready for my new job in just over a week, and seen as I think summer has officially gone, I love the thought of having darker hair for the winter :)

Hope your all well! Bye bye till the next time :) xxxx

A 'NEW' Lush for your hair!

This is just a short post on an amazing new product i have recently purchased at Lush! The other day at work i was complaining to one of the girls about my hair, saying how its just not growing. I told her i used the Lee Stafford products (you can find reviews on my blog here and here) and that ive just not really seen a difference. She told me about this product and i went straight to Lush to buy it, anything is worth a try!

Basically this is called 'New'. It costs £5 for one bar, and it lasts for approximately 80 washes! I can believe this as I've used it once and the amount of lather that you get on your hair is just amazing! It is indeed a shampoo, which contains natural extracts to help stimulate your scalp and help your hair to grow!
The websites description states:

'New Shampoo bar has two tasks; to give amazing shine and stimulate hair follicles to maximise growth.

Nettle and peppermint infusions give shine to the hair.

Rosemary and nettle absolutes are included to protect, soothe and clear the scalp and also give shine.

We have included bay oil, clove bud oil, and cinnamon leaf oil, which together work to stimulate the scalp and hair follicles for healthy hair growth. Peppermint oil stimulates the blood flow, which in turn gives follicles a boost'

I obviously couldn't take pictures of how to lather the bar up, or what it looks like when lathered as i didn't want to get any water damage on my iPhone, so my plan is that when i was my hair again tomorrow i will get someone to take pictures for me so that you can all see what its like. Basically in a nutshell you wet it just like a bar of soap, you rub it a couple of times on the back of your head, then put it down just as you would with soap and just lather it up in your hair. I felt off 3 rubs like id used half a bottle of shampoo it lathers that much, its just fab! The smell is very strong; cinnamon, rosemary and nettle and peppermint are just a few of the natural ingredients in it, but you still use just a normal conditioner after washing your hair with this, which actually helps to calm the smell down. 

When i used it on my hair it left it feeling like i had intact got new hair. It wasn't as busy as it usually is after washing, it was soft and straighter, and it just felt so healthy with a lovely shine to it. 

Id recommend buying a soap dish or a little bowl to put this into so that it can dry out properly before your next use. It is honestly amazing, I've read some reviews too on Lush's website stating that people have had their bar for 3 months and its still the same size! Really good value for money!

My first impression of this product is a good one, and id rate it 9/10 even after only using it once.. i can just tell these are going to be a hit!

The 'New' bars are available inshore or online at www.lush.co.uk. Look out for my upcoming mini tutorial of how to use this product if you are unsure of how it works. 

Have you tried this out yet? 

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Im as free as my hair...

So as you all know a while back i decided to try out a new product that Lee Stafford had launched. Basically it is called 'For hair that never grows past a certain length; treatment' (£7.99 for 200ml)  ... You can find my review on it here. It is simply a cream treatment that you put on between washes which helps to strengthen your follicles on the scalp to allow your hair to grow to its potential length. Im still using the same pot of this as i haven't been using it that much because i had my hair cut quite short, but for the past couple of weeks i have used it frequently and shall continue to do so.

Anyhow the other day before work i was wandering around boots and i noticed that some of the hair care products had offers on, and some of Lee Stafford's was included in this. I decided to purchase the 'Hair Growth' shampoo and conditioner so that i can get the maximum effects out of using all of the three products. The shampoo and conditioner retail at £6.99 each, but the current offer was two products for £9!

The shampoo and conditioner bottles are both 200ml bottles, so there is not much in terms of it being quite expensive for a shampoo/conditioner. The packaging is clearly pink just like the treatment tub, which i really like as it makes it stand out. The shampoo and the conditioner does have slightly more information on the packaging informing you of what it actually does...

'This scalp stimulating, moisture balancing shampoo with Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, helps to stimulate blood flow to the root of the hair, giving better body and leaving your scalp and hair feeling softer, smoother and healthier'

'Apple and Lemon Extracts add shine to your locks, whilst antioxidant Green Tea Extract helps protect your hair from environmental and heat damage, reducing free radical formation caused by UV and heat styling'

Ive used this product today for the first time. Im not too sure on my opinion at the moment as it is kind of a mixed reaction. My hair has gone super straight but still has volume which is always a bonus, but at the same time it does feel a little dry. I suppose i can't complain as it is not a normal shampoo conditioner which is quite thick in texture making your hair soft...  the whole point is to make your hair grow. Alls i can do for now is continue to use the products and once they have all ran out i shall let you know my thoughts, and whether i shall be continuing to buy them! I am hoping for them to work as i do want my hair to grow; dying it doesn't really help though!

Have you tried these products before? xxxxx

(All prices based on Boots)

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Everything changes but you...

First of all, this is my 59th post!! WOW! :) ...So anyway just recently i have not been very happy at all. I have been feeling quite insecure and, well i just don't know, like horrible! Ive decided that the way i am at the moment has to change so that hopefully it will change how i feel.

First off i am proposing to start healthy eating again as of the Monday coming. This is something i always struggle with because I've had an eating problem since i was little, and now alls i tend to eat is chicken, or chips, or toast etc... so its quite tough for me to become healthy when i don't like many foods! I don't feel fat fat, so its not as if I'm saying I'm going to diet, i am simply going to start healthy eating to just loose a few pounds to make me feel like i am achieving something.
I suppose to go with this will be exercise, yep that one dreaded thing that we all hate (well some of us!) I really want to start running or jogging, but i daren't do it alone as i fear i will look a bit sad, even though lots of people do it.. its just i have a fear of judgement. Im going to come up with an exercise plan so that i exercise at least 3 days a week, as also my job means walking around quite a lot... With exercise and healthy eating i should be on a nice little track there, a balanced lifestyle!
My next mission is my teeth! I drink quite a lot of tea, therefore its hard to have the 'perfect smile' with white teeth. Ive been trying a lot of different toothpaste's just recently, but to be honest i don't think any of them work! If any of you know a good one then please let me know as i really want nice white teeth. Also sometimes due to working late and being tired, or just forgetting... i sometimes can't manage the whole 'brush your teeth twice a day' routine, but i am pledging to get back onto this, and i have done so for the past 5 days!
Onto my hair, as you will of noticed from my last blog post on the velcro rollers, i am on a journey to change my hair! I have had a really good cut today, about 4 inches cut off. My hair has been ruined from dying it a lot so I've calmed down on the hair dye. Also i had a lot of short snappy layers cut into it, which i now regret as i want my hair to be one length, so having a big cut this morning means that most of these layers are now gone! I don't really like short hair on me as i think it makes my face look fat but for now until it grows i will just put it up... which is another reason why i had a lot cut off it; to help it grow again as i would love love love for it to be long! I will maybe blog my new hair cut in a couple of days once I'm a bit more comfortable with it :)
I also need to start saving money, as i fear i spend more than i actually earn, which is never a good thing, especially when you've just finished university and are still only in a part time job as its so hard now to find decent jobs!

Anyway this is what i aim to do, I'm going to write up some proper food and exercise plans... Im not too sure when as Monday & Tuesday are quite bad days for me the up coming week...
Also if any of you have any tips or suggestions with toning your body, especially your sides!! Then please please let me know, and i could do with all the encouragement i can get :)

Lots of love xxxx

Retro with the Velcro!

Hi guys! So I'm quite obsessed at the moment with S Walker Makeup ... This is a lovely girl called Sarah who blogs and does video tutorials via youtube. Iv never actually spoken to her but she seems lovely and is very pretty!


Anyway i was browsing her blog yesterday and saw her Hair Tutorial: Velcro Rollers ... I have loads of velcro rollers; big ones, little ones... you name it i have them! i used to experiment with these a few years back but to be honest i completely forgot i had them until i saw this post! I decided to get mine out and follow her tutorial! Heres a few pictures for you all... Please ignore my HUGE forehead, its one of my insecurity's but obviously i cannot make it smaller....

 After about 25 minutes the above is the result i got. Now if you go onto her blog and check out this fab tutorial, you will see Sarah's hair looks so so so much better! Mine did not take very well at all but thats partly due to my curling irons being old, and the fact that my hair is shorter with lots of layers which i hate! The only thing it did to my hair was make it really thick and volumised, with tiny waves!

I am having my hair cut on Friday, I'm going to have quite a bit cut off so that it can all be one length and to help it to grow, so once it has grown again i am defo going to be trying this and many more of her featured styles out!

How do you like to do your hair? xxxxxxx

Follow up to hair care!

So a couple of months back, August i think, i blogged about this...
(You can find the blog post here to find more out about this product )

I have been using this product every time i have washed my hair, either when it is wet or dry. I didn't want to blog my thoughts about it as soon as id used it because i wanted to try it out for a long period of time to see if it had an effects. At first when i first used it properly i did think it had made a difference to my hair; my hair was soft and it did smell nice. Im really disappointed in this product because it is for 'hair that gets greasy easily' ... but this seems to make it greasy itself?! It is supposed to be a leave in conditioner except it now leaves my hair feeling very very dry after using it. I do still love the smell and the packaging but overall i would probably rate this product 4/10. It may work for other people but for my hair it is a no go!

Have you tried this product? What are your thoughts? xxxxxx

Hair care

So the other day i was wondering round Tesco doing the local shop and i came across this...

I do use the L'Oreal Paris Elvive shampoo and conditioner for highlighted hair, but they didn't have any of this featured product that matched my usual selection so i opted to try this.

It is a 'Nutri-Gloss light conditioning shine spray for daily gloss' It is for 'Mid to long, fine hair that turns greasy' . It cost me £3.79, and it is a 200ml bottle. The smell of this product is gorgeous, every time i spray it i feel like i have washed my hair!

It is 'a leave in shine enhancing conditioner that you can use everyday, a spray that's light and quick to use'

The idea of this spray is that as mentioned it is a leave in conditioner. You can use this on dry or wet hair. I have actually tried it both ways and it works just as well. It leaves your hair really soft and smelling lovely, and also gives a nice little shine to it. 

I will always be using this product from now on as it has just made such a massive difference to the way my hair looks once it is styled. 

'Results: Weightless detangling, mirror shine & cashmere touch'

What to you use to maintain your hairs condition? xxxxx

Hair products of the month

This month i have had two new products for my hair that i am actually loving! I have tried both products so i can tell you my exact opinions on them both.

 To start off with i will start with this amazing product which i will now continue to use until whenever i cant... BED HEAD TIGI; Superstar. I had heard of the 'Bed Head' range before, but never actually seen it in shops, and i didn't know anything about them. 2 Weeks ago i had my hair done at my local salon, and as i usually do i was having a little rant to my hairdresser about what a bore my hair is from the fact that it never has any volume, it is always just flat and dull. Following this she put the product onto my hair (i did not know it was this at the time) and then continued as normal starting with a blow dry. I was totally amazed, my hair was full of volume, and looked as if i had spent 3 hours backcombing it! I asked what it was & she told me it was this 'Bed Head Superstar'. Anyway a couple of days after i washed my hair myself and with no surprise it was back to being boring and flat, so i decided to take another trip to the salon to buy this product. It costs me £10, and i have been told that it is only sold in most professional salons; which i am not sure of considering as i said earlier i have never seen it in shops before.

It states on the bottle 'Blowdry lotion for Thick Massive Hair' and it 'inflates hair to extreme volume'. It also states that it can be used on wet or dry hair, but i have only tried it on wet hair, but the results are just amazing. It comes in a purple bottle and looks really stylish. It is really easy to use, you just place a small amount of the lotion in your hands then massage through to the ends of your hair. I know £10 is a lot of money to spend on one product but if you have limp dull and flat hair like me you will not go wrong with this product.

Secondly i just wanted to tell you all about how much Batiste Dry Shampoo has changed! I've always been a fan of this product, and i'm sure i don't need to bore you with all the pro's and con's. They have changed the size of the bottles which are now bigger, and the design on the bottle is also really nice now rather than just plain and simple. I usually just use the original one, but this time i brought the 'a hint of colour light & blonde' type. I'm really glad i chose this one because it really takes away the greasy and dull look that people with blonde hair get. It retails at £3.99 from Boots, a £1 dearer than the normal ones but so worth it. It instantly refreshes the hair. 'It banishes oily roots and boosts body giving dull, lifeless hair the makeover it needs... A hint of colour compliments light and blonde hair tones and helps blend in root re-growth of colour or bleached hair' ... This really does do exactly what it says on the tin! My hair looked like i had just had a full colour put on top, i was really happy. I'm pretty sure this product is available for brown hair too. 

This month i am really happy with the two hair products that i have found... 

Have you got any favourite hair products this month? xxxxx

Hair product of the month.

Well this month I have brought a lot of beauty products. Firstly I am going to blog about a hair care treatment that I have found. As you can see it is by Lee Stafford. It cost around £7.49 from Boots. It is a 200ml bottle, and the smell is just gorgeous. The aim of this treatment is as it says, to help hair to grow if it is struggling to grow past a certain length. Obviously it is not going to make your hair grow loads, but I do have a good feeling that It will repair the hairs condition, and allow it to have less brake-offs meaning your hair is still at a good length. The packaging is lovely with the pink girlie colour. It has a good description of what it is for and how it works, and as mentioned before the smell is just amazing. 
  I have only used this product once so far. You are supposed to put an egg sized amount on to your hair and leave it for 5 minutes before conditioning as usual. I did not use an egg sized amount, as with it being quite a pricey item, I do not want it to run out before it has to. I used a small amount, but because of the texture it goes on quite soft and covers a lot of hair. Afterwards it left my hair feeling so soft and it smelt beautiful. Time will tell whether or not this product actually works, but I'm hoping that it does as my hair never grows past shoulder length, and I hate wearing extensions because of the tag you seem to get attached to you once wearing them!
I would rate this product an 6/10 so far... I will blog about it after a month or so to say whether it seems to be working or not but I would recommended this product to anyone who loves fab hair.