Lush Caca Rouge - A Review

I LOVE Ginger hair, like seriously love it! My pinterest 'Hair' album is full of ginger pictures, and so when I heard about Henna for hair being really natural and safe to use i thought i would research it a little more and eventually bought some from Lush :)

Now to be honest, at the moment I am mostly blonde/ginger, and i'm happy with this.

I had recently used ColourB4 to get back to my blonde hair/brown roots. I did about a week of it and decided it was just a bit too blonde, And so i put a Clairol Nice and Easy Natural Auburn dye on it to give it back its ginger tinge. However the ends didn't really take to it and are still very light.

I like it though. I think lighter hair compliments my skin tone.

This is before i put the Auburn on

So this brings my onto my next point...i'm not quite ready to go fully ginger, especially with Henna. It's hard to remove Henna, it's so permanent! Because Spring and Summer are approaching i think i will want to keep my light hair, so my aim is to go ginger next Autumn.

In prep, I decided to use my Henna to dye my hair extensions, plus i really didn't want to have to sell the Henna i had bought.

My extensions, are currently a mess, half ginger half pink! (Don't ask) I can't wait to get them ginger!!.

A Review Of Lush's Caca Rouge

The Henna came wrapped in a bit of cardboard paper, so i stored it in a tupperware until i was ready to use it. The day i decided to use it, i opened it up and was surprised to find it came with gloves! I don't know why i was surprised as it is hair dye, but i just didn't expect it. It also had instructions inside on how to prep and use it.

I decided to snap it in half, as i knew i wouldnt need it all, i probably split it 60/40 and used the 40. Then i got a knife and started shaving bits off it (see below)

 Whilst i was doing that i boiled the kettle and poured some of that water into a perspex jug. As i chopped the henna i added it to the boiling water and stirred. I read a lot of reviews of people putting the perspex bowl over a pan of boiling water, i didnt feel the need to do this. It mixed very well. Maybe it is because it was chopped pretty fine.
Once it was all added and stirred it was a nice consistency, a bit like...hmm..a bit like a thick sauce.

I popped the gloves on and went to the sink to put it on the hair extensions.

And then the fun began!! 

I just realised i didn't take a picture of them covered in the Henna, doh! I did make a timelapse though, thats on my instagram if you are interested.

I wrapped it in cling film and then in a towel and placed it in a warm room near the radiator :) I hear warmth helps it to develop. 

I left it for about 5 hours because i went out. I think it usually takes 1-2 hours but you can leave it as long as you want. 

Then I washed it off in the bath below, and it was really easy to be honest and my extensions didn't feel damaged. I have to say the smell of Henna isn't too pleasant, it stinks :)

Here's how it turned out...

In the picture above it is semi-dry, basically it was left overnight to dry. I haven't done anything else with it yet, I plan to dry it fully and then straighten.

Overall i really liked using the henna, i can imagine it'd be messy to do it on your own head but i definitely want to do it eventually. 

I hope this helped a few of you, if anyone actually reads this. And i will be doing another review when i do it to my hair in Autumn 2017.

Brockwood Hall Lodges - Millom, Lake District - NYE 2016

*that awkward moment when you forget a blog post is just a draft and not live!

I really sucked at doing Blogmas, i'm sorry! I am completely crap at keeping blog promises. So my resolution for 2017 is to not promise anything. And thats a promise!

I have been away for New Years Eve so i thought i'd tell you a little bit about it, and show you pictures... Me and my group of friends decided we wanted to go away again this year, we did this 2 years ago and as couples & kids we all went and stayed at a lodge. It was brilliant so we really wanted to do it again this year.

We booked this almost a year in advance! :) Brockwood Hall Lodges in Millom.

The Drive:

We set off on the 30th December, and on this day last year i passed my driving test. This is the first long drive I have done since passing, quite shameful i know. I only went on the motorway for the first time in November when Rick and I went to the Trafford Centre in Manchester, so this journey was a little daunting. 

Honestly though, it was a breeze. There wasn't one moment i felt uncomfortable or out of my depth. The car however did struggle. It's only a 1 litre Peugeot, poor Peter Peugeot struggled getting up those lake district hills...Sometimes i had to get into 2nd gear to get to the top! When we turned into the road that Brockwood Hall was on i had to actually get into first gear half way up. Hahahah. But other than that it was great, i felt like i was starring in my own Top Gear episode zooming through those roads.

Brockwood Hall:
The Hall itself was impressive as we drove up the hill, such a sight! And the scenery around it is glorious. You can see for miles!
We had arrived before check-in so we parked up and waited in the Hall for our friends to arrive. One couple had already arrived and their lodge was ready so we decided to nip there for a brew. The staff were so friendly and helpful during the whole stay. Housekeeping came everyday and asked if we wanted them to clean etc. If we ever needed anything they would get it...(like an extention lead we really needed)

We ended up all going for a meal at the Hall on New Years Day, there was around 19 of us and they put us in our own private room. The food was great value for money and so so tasty. We had no complaints at all. The only thing i could fault was the Coke, it tasted awful. But they didn't charge us for it, so that was great service.

On the site they have an indoor heated pool, which i am ashamed to say i didn't actually go in (i spent a lot of time in the hot tub) Others in our party did though and they said it was great; there are changing rooms in there and its right in the middle of all the lodges. Right next to it is a childrens' park.

 Entrance to Pool (above)

The view from our balcony - Pool Entrance (above)

The Lodges:

The lodges are cozy and each one has a Hot Tub :)

We had a few problems, the first night a few lodges had a power cut, so a lot of us only had tea around 10:30pm which was a bit of a nightmare especially when you have kids. Ours thankfully was fine though. One of the lodges had to have a bedroom door kicked through because it got stuck/locked in, so the maintenance guy has to kick it in and replace it. Sounds more dramatic than it was, they fixed it in the end. In another the mirror fell off the wall. But other than that there were no complaints. They were tidy, stylish, warm and had everything you need.

I forgot to take pictures when we arrived, plus it was dark so here are some just before we left.

 This tub did have a side panel but the guy was here to clean it as we were leaving.

My messy room, we had put the bed together but i put them back as they were when we left.

We went on a few walks, and we had a trip to Lakeside aquarium on Windermere whilst we were here but the rest of the time we chilled, drank, played Monopoly Card game and relaxed in the Hot tub :)

If you're visiting Brockwood Hall or for any reason would like to ask me any questions, feel free to do so in the comments. Peace out and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Almost Famous Review - Manchester GN

Thinking back I can't actually remember why or how i heard about Almost Famous, but when i did the first thing i did was Google it and look at the pictures. From that moment, i was sold!

I went to the one in the warehouse (Manchester GN), Lucha Libre is right near and i think there is bowling in that building too. Anyways, I have now been 3 times and I am ashamed to admit that i have had the same thing each time. (if i like something i find it hard to stray)

Here is the menu:

I had the Butter Blood and Bleu with Bacon Bacon Fries. And a Cherry Bomb Cocktail :)
£21 of goodness, just for me.

My fiance had the Triple Nom and Bacon Bacon Fries.

It's just completely delicious. It is a massive burger and i had to cut it in half to eat it and i also always remove most of the steak and eat it with the fries just so i can fit the burger in my mouth. The chips are my fave. They are just pure awesomeness. They have Baconnaise and bacon bits on them and they are fries and sweet potato fries mixed.

Service is quick and the longest we've had to wait was 40 mins and that was on a Saturday (i think) The first time we went was a Thursday night and there was just the two of us and we got a table straight away despite it being packed. The second time there was 4 of us and we waited 40 mins and the last time was a tuesday lunch and we got a table straight away as it had only been open half an hour.

I can't recommend it enough!!

PaleJay got a bit of colour! - Loreal Feria Pastel Pink Hair Dye Review....

I have decided to do a review. I haven't really done one of these before so please bear with me :)

Recently I have gone back to blonde, i go through phases of tumblr'ing blonde hair and aching to get mine the same. It never happens but i give it a good try. Whilst on tumblr I came across a pastel pink haired girl n thought 'wow' that looks great!
It's also trending at the moment (Fearne Cotton!) which in a way i hate, because everyone thinks you've done it to be cool. Oh well.

With blonde hair i always look washed out, because i am so pale. I also have pink undertones in my skin so it clashes with the blonde so I think the pink will really work well with my skin tone. 

I searched the net for some reviews from other bloggers and was determined to try Bleach London but when I went shopping today they didn't have it in Boots! Argh. So I picked up one bottle of L'Oreal Feria Pastel Toning Conditioner S01 Pastel Pink Panther. 

There was only one bottle left so i had to just get that but i normally would have picked two up. Luckily one bottle was enough, in my opinion. I had medium length hair with isn't thick but also isnt very fine its kinda normal.

Here is a before picture:

As you can see its more of a yellow blonde than the recommended White blonde that you should have when applying this kind of dye, but I was already preparing myself for a peachy pink colour anyway. 

I smothered the dye on my towel dried hair and left it for 25 mins (its recommended 5 mins for newly bleach hair or 15 mins for hair thats been bleach 2 week ago or more)

Here is how it turned out:

Looks different shades in different light, i wonder what the staying power will be!

What do you think? 

Do you like odd colours for your hair?