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Hair

  • Get hard

    Get hard

    "It leaves your hair with a slightly wet look and soft to touch. I found it easy to restyle after a rumble with my kids, as opposed to hard gel, which doesn’t give that luxury…

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  • Super Smooth

    Super Smooth

    Looking for organic botanicals in a hair product with no nasties? Wanting to retain your expensive hair colour and not wash it out? And most of all, looking to smooth out the frizz? Here’s a new product that has it all…

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  • The girl with the curl yearning

    The girl with the curl yearning

    Lucy is a girl with a curl or two and as such is perfect to road test Redken’s Curl Collection for us. "As a long time sufferer of thick curly hair this product has let me enjoy my curls again and I love it" says Lucy…

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  • Someday my tints will come

    Someday my tints will come

    If you’re colouring your hair at home, there haven’t been many healthy options available apart from the slightly hippy henna route to take. Tints of Nature are a range of ammonia-free, paraben-free home hair colours in stylish chocolates…

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  • Premium quality

    Premium quality

    Kérastase Paris has created Age Premium, a line of restorative hair care to meet the specific needs of mature women aged 55+. The Age Premium collection works to give hair more lift and support to its structure, strength and resistance.

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  • Pure therapy

    Pure therapy

    Not many shampoo and conditioning treatments transport you to tropical islands with their fragrance, but Purity by Andrew Collinge almost puts that coconut drink right in your hand, even under a shower on a cold autumn morning.

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  • Mind your own Frizzness

    Mind your own Frizzness

    Herbal Essences’ new serum called "None of your Frizzness" gets A+ for a super cute name and colourful design. I felt happy just picking up this sweet little product!

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  • Let us Spray

    Let us Spray

    I remember the classic Elnette hairspray in my grandmother’s bathroom and the fascination it held. Things are just as fascinating these days but the products sure have changed; these hairsprays range from the organic to the positively charged!

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  • Bunfight

    Bunfight

    I wanted to create The Beehive hairdo. How on EARTH girls did this every day in the 60s whilst still being able to get a healthy amount of sleep – I don’t know. No wonder they turned to gin and tonics and smoked like chimneys, says Lucy Telford…

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  • Rachel and Renee hit town

    Rachel and Renee hit town

    We attended the brunch for Rachel Hunter and daughter Renee Stewart on Friday and saw a sleek, trim Rachel sans extensions and a fresh-faced Renee who wasn’t going to go into modelling but apparently the dance student is a natural…

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