My Everyday Haircare Styling Stash

I'm not one to spend ages styling my hair everyday - more often than not it's either roughly blow-dried to an adequate state of straightness or safely secured in bun or plait. However, even the simplest of routines can benefit from a couple of styling products and today I'm sharing four of my favourites.

Up first is KMS California's Free Shape Quick Blow Dry, this is a handy multi tasking product that works as a heat protectant and anti-frizz treatment. I apply this sparingly into towel dry hair before I blow dry my hair and it definitely speeds up drying time. Once I'm done, I'm left with much sleeker hair than I am when I forget to reach for it! When it comes to adding a bit of texture I really love V05's Give Me Texture Dry Texturising Spray and Toni & Guy's Casual Sea Salt Texturising Spray. Both add a grittiness to my hair that stops it falling flat and it helps define my natural waves. I particularly like using these when I curl my hair because they really help my style last. Last up is my (second) favourite hairspray, L'Oreal Elnett Satin Hairspray in Normal Hold. My favourite hairspray is the flexible hold version but I picked up the normal hold as it was on offer. I use this all the time for any and all styling problems and I find that it really does help keep my hair in place without leaving it feeling or looking crispy. 

Have you tried any of these products? If you have any of your own styling product recommendations then please let me know in a comment, I'm not too adventurous when it comes to haircare so really appreciate being pointed in the direction of new products! 

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Texturising Salt Sprays: The Good and The Bad

Toni & Guy Casual Sea Salt Texturising Spray £7.19 and James Brown London's Photo Fabulous Wave Spray £7.19.

During the summer months, like many other people, I've reached for salt sprays to add a little bit of texture to my hair. This summer I've used two in particular, James Brown London's Photo Fabulous Wave Spray and Toni & Guy's Causal Sea Salt Texturising Spray. One of these salt sprays has been far from fabulous and the other has been pretty darn lovely!

The first one I tried was James Brown London's Photo Fabulous Wave Spray and to be honest it put me off salt sprays for ages! I actually bought this last winter, used it a few times and then just gave up because it was infuriating. I'd seen what salt sprays could do to people's hair and this one, it just has no redeeming features. It sprays one thick line of product and if you're unfortunate enough to have aimed this spray at your hair (from any angle or distance) you end up with one hell of a soggy, wet head. In other words it doesn't spray a fine mist. Worse still, once you realise this is the state of affairs and you try and work around the problem by spraying this into your hand to then apply it evenly it dawns on you that this product is thick, sticky and just too heavy. Even when I apply this over my hair evenly after spraying the deathray into the palm of my hand it is just way too heavy for my fine hair. It ends up looking lank, weighed down and a little bit greasy. It's safe to say that I don't reach for this at all any more.

In a moment of pity upon the salt spray nation I decided to give them a second try. This time I picked up Toni & Guy's Casual Sea Salt Texturising Spray in a small travel size bottle (because I still didn't trust it). Anyway, turns out not all salt sprays are nasty. Toni & Guy's offering has a nice fine spray and the product itself is a lot, lot lighter making it not only possible to use but actually quite nice. I use this on the day that I was my hair to give it a little bit more grit and body, otherwise it can get a little bit boring and awash with fly-aways. As a budget salt spray I think it's very good and I'd definitely recommend it but I can imagine that more expensive varieties will be even better. 

To summarise, steer clear of the James Brown London Photo Fabulous Wave Spray - it will leave your hair soggy, sad and weighed down. And if you want to try a "drugstore" salt spray then Toni & Guy isn't a bad place to start!

Do you use salt spray?

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