Review: Kerastase Masquintense

I'm sure many of us have been there where we've purchased an expensive product with high expectations only to feel disappointment and frustration.

For a very long time, I've been eager to try out Kerastase products and been eyeing on the Kerastase Nutritive Irisome Masquintense. This is a hair mask designed to nourish and deep condition your hair.

Although I try not to wash my hair everyday, sometimes I find it inevitable because I'll go to the gym or been out on a night out so I'll have to wash it. Washing it frequently obviously strips the natural oils from your hair increasing the fragility of it.

My hair is quite thick and can feel quite dry sometimes so this hair mask really did what it claims to do. I apply an almond sized amount onto towel dried hair and leave it for 20 minutes before washing it out. The scent smells great and you really don't need to use much for it to work. The texture is like cream, it's not sticky at all and you won't feel it in your hair at all. 

It's priced at £18.60 for 200ml. I purchased mine at www.lookfantastic.com (a great website with free shipping). It came in a nice package and took me less than a week before it arrived in my mailbox. There are two types of masks, one is from thin and fine hair (Kerastase Nutritive Irisome Masquintense Cheveux FINS) and the other is more thick hair  (Kerastase Nutritive Irisome Masquintense Cheveux EPAIS). If you don't know French make sure you get this right! The first time I had no idea and bought the fins one by accident so had to repurchase the one for thick hair.

Again, this product is expensive but you do not need much per treatment. I've received many compliments from friends saying how healthy and smooth my hair looks, so you'll definitely see the benefits of this immediately. 

Let me know if you've tried any Kerastase products and what you think about them!

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Review: MoroccanOil Treatment

Two words: Hair Envy!

I'm a big fan of silky smooth hair and will take the means to achieve the hair of a Herbal Essences advert. Sometimes I think I spend my time blowdrying my hair than my six university modules combined! Ha, I hope not but you get the drift of how obsessed I am with nice hair. 

source: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/504614333220608497/

I have used MoroccanOil Treatment for over a year now. I purchased my first bottle off www.feelunique.com where there was a promotion. The price of the 125ml bottle was sold for the price of the 100ml one. I believe this promotion is ongoing and is sold for £31.85. Now this may seem a lot for a bottle of oil but believe me, I have been using this every other day for a year and I still have not finished it. I believe they also do a 'light' version which is for people with fine or lighter hair.

This product is to be used after washed hair and claims to leave your hair with a natural and silky shine without a sticky residue. I can vouch that all this is true. I try to wash my hair every other day but sometimes fail to do so as going to the gym or a night out will result in washing my hair more often.

I apply this treatment on towel dried hair for about 5 minutes to let the hair absorb it and then I usually blow dry my hair. However this is NOT a heat protectant. You must use a heat protectant with oil (I tend to put heat protectant before putting on the oil). This treatment, it honestly does leave my hair very silky and smooth. You only need one pump (blueberry sized amount) to style medium length hair. I apply this mainly to the ends of my hair where it is the driest.

The product smells great and it does not leave a sticky residue at all. I've tried using the Macadamia Natural Oil Nourishing Leave-In Cream which does leave a sticky residue at the end and does the compare to the MoroccanOil treatment. The price of the MoroccanOil is double the price of the Macadamia one but definitely a thumbs up and I've recommended and raved about this to friends and family.

Leave a comment if you've tried this or if you want to try this and have any questions!

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