The Body Shop Wild Argan Oil | First Impressions

You may remember I received this pack from The Body Shop from my amazing boyfriend for my birthday last year. I have been slowly working my way through the products and there are a few I would definitely purchase again.

One of these products is the Wild Argan Oil for skin and hair. Whilst I haven't tried this product on my skin as yet, I have been using it my hair recently and I am absolutely loving the result! I love trying to leave my hair as naturally curly as possible, however it tends to frizz quite badly throughout the day.

I have been using the Spray Gel for Curls by Toni & Guy on my hair for a few months now. I still love this product, however as much as it makes my curls stand out it doesn't have that all day protection from the frizz!

The pictures below show my third day curls using The Body Shop's Wild Argan Oil. I have never used a product that makes my hair stay this nice for so long! All I do in the morning is get up and go - no styling needed.

One of the things I really love about this product is that although it is an oil, it doesn't make my hair feel or look oily (as long as you keep it away from your roots!)

One spray on each side is enough to keep my hair frizz free for a good couple of days.

Have you every tried the Wild Argan Oil from The Body Shop before? I would love to know which products you use to help keep the frizz away!

What I'm Wearing
Crocheted Dress (Blazae- a few years ago)

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Birthday Body Shop Skincare Haul | Beauty

I was very lucky to receive this amazing Body Shop skincare pack for my birthday recently. I find these packs can be a bit hit and miss sometimes - some have products that I would never use! However I love everything that came in this pack and cannot wait to try them out.

Here is what was included:

Wild Argan Oil Massage Soap & Shea Soap

Shea Body Whip & Shea Shower Cream (I am using these at the moment and am in love! The shower cream smells amazing, and the body whip leaves my skin silky smooth and hydrated)

Wild Argan Oil Shower Gel, Wild Argan Oil Body Butter & Wild Argan Oil for Body and Hair

Mooring Body Butter & Mooring Body Scrub

All in all a great pack of skincare! I will definitely be trying out everything in this pack - which also came with a pretty blue body scrubber and a gorgeous 100% bamboo bowl. 

xx

 

30 Day Snap | Almost Did It!

A recap...

 

 

 

I have finally given up on my 30 Day Snap attempt at day 24! It was definitely a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. I got a bit behind and then started trying to catch up but never quite got there.

 

I love the idea behind the 30 Day Snap - to try and get us using our camera's and noticing our surroundings, but it's definitely a stretch. I think It would have been easier over summer, rather than the middle of winter!!

 

I hope you enjoyed my little posts - I've got a few post ideas up my sleeve and a few goodies in the next week. I've also started using my partners swanky camera to take my shots and I think they are definitely making my photo's look more professional.

 

- J x

30 Day Snap - Day 17

Birthday!

It was my partners birthday yesterday and I decided to bake him an AFL cake! The top photo shows the cake before and the bottom picture shows the aftermath. He blew so hard, the coconut went all over the table and on the floor! He even managed to blow off some of the piped icing!

- J

Crafternoon Delight!

Last week, a couple of friends and I decided to have a bit of a "crafternoon" around at my house, and we were actually quite productive!

 

One of the major "crafty" (more like DIY) things we did was repaint my chest of drawers. I have been wanting to do this for ages as it was a completely different colour to the rest of my bedroom furniture! And for the cost of the paint, it was a lot cheaper to paint it rather then get another one.

 

What you will need:

 

- A sander, just to get the old varnish off (I picked one up from Bunnings for $34)

- Paint (I chose Gloss Paint and it made all the difference!)

- A paint brush. Now the man at Bunnings did say to use a roller, but the paint went on so much nicer with the paint brush.

 

Step 1.

Remove the handles from the drawers.

 

(NB: For the next few steps, you need to be somewhere well ventilated!)

 

Step 2.

Sand the varnish off of the drawers with the sander.

Step 3.

Find a container that will allow you to drill holes in it and drill enough holes so that all of the handles have something to dry on (if they are circle!)

 

This is what I did and it made painting the handles so much easier!! Placed the screws from the handles through the holes and then screwed the handles back onto them!

 

 

 

Step 4.

Paint the handles and the drawers.

 

These will need to dry overnight and then you can put it all back together!

 

This is what my chest of drawers looked like before:

 

 

And this is the finished result!

 

 

So much nicer!!

 

 

The other project that we completed was flower pots - with a twist! These are so so cute and easy, and would be a great gift for somebody.

 

What you will need:

 

- A tray for the pots to sit on

- 3 x pots (or however many will fit on your chosen tray)

- Soil

- Plants (these could be flowers, herbs etc)

...and the twist....

- Chalkboard paint!

 

Step 1.

Paint the pots with the chalkboard paint, making sure all of your brush strokes are in the same direction. Also, ensure you paint at least half of the pot inside so that you cannot see the original colour once the plants are in.

 

Step 2.

Once they are dry, place the plants into the pots

 

Step 3.

Fill the pots with soil

 

Step 4.

Place on the tray, write whatever you like on them, and you are done!!

 

I have a few other projects to do this week, but I won't be able to put them up until after my sister's birthday as they are for her! (he he he)

 

- J x

 

 

 

Birthday Nails!

It's my friends birthday today so we decided to paint her nails all pretty to celebrate!

 

How gorgeous do they look!!

I used Starlette (#134) and Sky's the Limit (#266) from BYS. 2 coats of each (you can do more for the sparkles, depending on how sparkly you want the nail polish to be)

Inspired by this picture.

P.S. Happy Birthday Ash!!

- J x

 

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