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Tuesday 27 January 2015

Product Review - Here Come the Curls Creme Lite by Lee Stafford.



This is probably one of my favourite hair products and I don't even have naturally curly hair! Although it can be used to give soft curls to straight hair, it works best on naturally wavy/curly hair. Well I'll get straight into it, this product smells amazing! The smell is a bit on the perfumey side but i think that's great most of the time, as it saves having to put any perfume on especially because it lasts nearly all day. I would definitely recommend keeping your hair down with this product in as its the best way to let the beautiful scent free all day long!


Quick tip: Wash your hair in the evening before bed, towel dry, massage in a small blob* of Here Come the Curls Crème Lite and French braid. When you wake up in the morning it should be dry, if not and you need to go out give it a quick blast with the hair dryer and then undo the braid. It will have created beautiful soft waves that will last all day because of the holding properties of the product, not to mention it will smell even more amazing! This should work with any length of hair that can be put into a proper French braid, I've only just been able to start doing mine again since I started growing it out. I would definitely recommend using this style on shorter hair like mine as it gives it loads of texture, similar in style to Taylor Swift's gorgeous wavy short hair which is going to be big in 2015 as it's a much more natural effortless look.

One of my favourite things about this product is it's versatility, it can literally improve any style, I love using it to keep my hair sleek and straight and as already mentioned wavy and curly, it has such great holding powers so even using it just to keep flyaways tame when pinning it back for a sleek up-do is effortless. Plus if your like me and don't really like the feel of most hairspray's or you just don't want to use them too often it works so well as a short term replacement for hair spray, although it doesn't have quite the holding power of hair spray it certainly tries!

So a quick overview of my conclusions...

1. Validity (does it do what it says it does?) : Yes,  7/10 however could produce better curls.

2. Smell:  9/10 Amazing!! Maybe not to everyone's tastes but I LOVE it!

3. Holding Properties: 6/10 Better than average, it holds my waves all day, but something stronger may be needed for more than just everyday wear, especially for full curls.

4. Packaging: 4/10 This is the one thing i think could be a lot better for this product, I don't really like the way the bar code is on the front, its not a very appealing front really.

5. Recommendation score: 10/10 I can't really recommend this product enough just to give your style just that little bit extra, I would definitely say try it once, if it doesn't work for you it's not that expensive so its not that much of an issue.

And that brings me nicely on to the last scale:

Price: 9/10 There may be cheaper alternatives out there, but I highly doubt they are anywhere near as good a value for money, I mean for £5.33 at boots its a complete bargain in my book!

*Quick note: My hair is quite thin and shoulder length and in this post I am going on personal experience so I would recommend using more if your hair is thick and fairly long.

*Disclaimer - I haven't been asked to do this post by anyone, this is my own product that I just really love!.*


Wednesday 21 January 2015

Perfect Purple Pout



I remember as a kid i was and still am obsessed with the colour purple, particularly a lovely rich dark shade of purple. Thankfully i was a 90's kid and happened to grow up in a time when people wore dark purple lipstick. So imagine my excitement when i realised 90's trends, make-up and otherwise are making a raging come back for 2015, Hooray!! :)



So... I've been scouring all of the best UK drug stores to find the perfect purple shade, unfortunately being a student I can't spend loads of money trying out different expensive lipstick shades, but to be fair a lot of the drug store options could be dupes of the more expensive brands such as MAC. Although if i could afford to I would love to buy as many MAC lipsticks as I could!
          Perrie for collection - Rimmel colour rush balm in Keep Mauving - Collection Gothic Glam in Scorned 


I set out onto social media and called for the help of my fellow lipstick lovers. I was surprised at the amount of responses I got, so I planned to make my way through the list using swatches on the back of my hand to guide me. Finally I thought my prayers were answered and I chose the Perrie lipstick for collection and the collection Gothic Glam lipstick in Scorned. I really love them and Owen (my partner) thinks they both look great on me too but I just don't think they are the perfect purple pout I was looking for, The Perrie one is still a bit too light and I really wanted to make a statement with this lipstick, whereas the Scorned one is a really strong dark purple but it doesn't stay that way very long.





Wearing: Collection Gothic Glam in Seduction
Wearing: Collection Gothic Glam in Seduction

So! I'm still on the look out for my perfect purple pout, I know its out there! and I'll keep you updated on my progress.

I'm making another call out to anyone who can give any more suggestions, please comment below!

 Charlotte Emma x


Sunday 18 January 2015

First Ever Post!

Hello everyone and anyone! The time has finally come! After doing mounds and mounds of research for my new lifestyle blog 'Charlotte Emma' I have finally got my template how I want for the time being, minus any crazy changes i make as my blogging style improves! I'm hoping to get my first few posts out soon , i''ll probably look to post a couple times per week because I'm in my final year of uni and want to make sure I can stick to a schedule. I'm really excited to start this blog, especially as i've been determined to write one for years but never really got round to it! I always loved writing as a child and i still do now, I just feel more confident in my writing since being at uni, its helped me develop in many ways! I constantly find myself online reading other blogs and i really thought creating a lifestyle blog was the best option for me as it allows me to write about different things that are close to my heart. Anywho, I hope you stick around for me to share this blog with you! See you later!
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Charlotte Emma x


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