Label.M Thickening Shampoo and Conditioner Review

Hello my beauties!!

You've probably seen from my previous posts that having big, thick healthy hair is very important to me.  Especially because it's so long, it's easy to loose volume as the weight pulls it down.  This is why I was super excited to try out the new Label.M thickening shampoo and conditioner.

On first impact, I absolutely love the packaging that is perfect for a girly bathroom. The product itself looks expensive with its sleek shape, beautiful logo and dark pink colour.  It comes in a strong solid cylindrical bottle with an easy lid that you press to open to squeeze out the product.  On a more practical note, the product is easy to use with a lid that you press to release the product.

Label.M Thickening Shanpoo and Conditioner

Did it thicken?

Yes.  The Label.M Thickening shampoo and conditioner didn't disappoint and delivered what it says on the tin and gave plumped up volume.  Applying the products themselves on wet hair felt like most other shampoos and conditioners, but when I was blowdrying after I could see there was a lot more volume in my roots which I am normally lacking.   Well done Label.M!

Results: Label.M Thickening Shanpoo and Conditioner

What about frizz!?

One of the pros of this product is that despite being for thickening, it still left my hair feeling sleek and smooth and not brittle.  This is a hugely important factor for me as my hair is so dry and frizzy.  This thickening duo seemed to not only give me thicker hair, but didn't leave  me with frizz which was what I was afraid of!

Any negatives?

I'm a bit funny with smell, I like my hair products to smell super fruity and fragrant whereas this smells like a professional haircare product...which it is.  It isn't a bad smell, but if I was to improve on this product, I'd like it to smell less 'salon fresh'. But that's probably just me being picky!

But on the whole, I would definitely recommend the Label.M Thickening Shampoo and Conditioner.  I think it would work wonders on fine hair as it worked great on my hair which is already fairly thick.  I love the extra volume it provided though and would definitely purchase in the future!

* Label.M Thickening Shampoo has a RRP of £12.25 and is available from www.lookfantastic.com here: http://www.lookfantastic.com/label.m-thickening-shampoo-300ml/10868902.html

* Label.M thickening Conditioner has a RRP of £12.25 and is available from www.lookfantastic.com

http://www.lookfantastic.com/brands/label-m/label-m-condition.list

PR sample sent for review and consideration

Saturday Night Special: great back-combed hair with Denman

Waheey! So Saturday Night is here! Are you lovely ladies up to anything nice?

This evening I'm going to a club  in Chelsea.  There will be a lot of glammed up people there so I want to make sure my hair looks its best!  I'll be going for the back combed look as it's a great way of adding fun and volume to your locks.

I've had a few emails requesting how I do it, so here's a simple guide using my must have tools from Denman and Elnett:

You will need:

•  Denman Large Porcupine Grooming Brush (D81L)
•  Denman Dressing out brush (D91)
•  Elnett Satin Extra Strength Hair Spray
• Elnett Heat protect Spray (straight)

Preparation

I think back-combing hair looks fab on freshly washed hair.  Try not to do it on greasy hair otherwise it can look slightly tramp!

1. Shampoo and condition your hair (I like Aveda's Smooth Infusions range (see post) which smooths and protects)
2. Protect your hair before blow drying with Elnett's heat protect spray.  There is absolutely no excuse not to protect your hair when all it takes is a spritz of this lovely smelling product, as not doing so leads to severely damaged dry hair.
3. If your hair is naturally smooth, then leave it be and go to the next stage. If (like me) the thought of leaving the house straight after a blow dry scares you, then run your straighteners quickly through it. Don't worry, it's still protected by the Elnett spray.

The Back combing

1. Brush through with a Denman porpupine brush (or similar). This lightweight brush is great for adding shine and conditioning the hair as well as smoothing out tangles.
2. Use the plastic pin on the  Denman dressing out brush to divide your hair  into two halves, about 2 inches below your natural parting and clip the top half up.
3. Taking an inch strand at a time, use the other end of the dressing out brush to gently back comb four or five times.  *You only need to back comb from about 2 inches from the root upwards.
4. Straight after back combing one strand, set it with a spritz of Elnett hair spray and move to the next strand.
5. After this half had been back combed. Unclip your hair and let it fall in to it's natural parting.  In the same way as previously, take one inch strand from either side of your parting and repeat the process and set with hair spray.
6. Use your fingers to gently run through your hair and push it upwards in order to achieve optimum  volume!

Hope this was useful! Have a great Saturday night girlies - photos of my hair from tonight will be up in a blog soon to follow!  xx x x

PR samples: 

*Denman Large Grooming Brush retails at £12.47 available from online or Boots, Superdrug, Asda and John Lewis

*Denman Dressing out brush retails at £2.87 available from online or Boots, Superdrug, Asda and John Lewis