Tousle Me Softly

As someone with a natural wave in her hair when I saw the advert for Herbal Essences Tousle Me Softly I thought wow! I won't need to straighten my hair in the morning if I had this miracle product that would give me rock star smooth waves with very little effort.
I was excited to use it so the day after I received it I made sure I set aside the time to apply the intensive mask which recommends that you leave it in your hair for 5 minutes.
After washing the product out, my hair felt as soft as it does with a standard conditioner but this did leave the trademark Herbal Essences sent lingering in my tresses.
Next it was time to apply the finishing touch cream. This I applied from the mid lengths and ends while my hair was damp as instructed. Then came the blow dry....
To say I was a little disappointed was a slight understatement as my hair felt quite stiff in texture and not really as wavy as I desired. Therefore I opted to add another coin sized amount to my hair to scrunch and hopefully achieve a wavier look.
My hair eventually waved as desired but still had the sticky stiff texture.
I wouldn't opt for this product over any sea salt spray option as I found the finished look very similar.

I'm afraid I wasn't tousled softly at all and easy rock star locks they were not.

Dark Soul

I've always toyed with the idea of wearing an intense all black eye make up look but have never really been brave enough. It's difficult to apply a cream shadow without it eventually creeping in to the creases no matter how much primer you use.
Yesterday I decided to pluck up the courage and try the intense look I had thought about on numerous occasions.
Due to the darkness of the colours I was using I applied my foundations to my eye area only and then applied the primer. (I used Superdrug's MUA eye shadow primer which I think retails for about £3)
I used a black kohl liner to line my eyes just around the socket line. For this I used Macs Smoulder eyeliner. Then I applied an Illamasqua cream eyeshadow in Entangle. This provided a great base for the pigment to stick to. If you don't have a cream eye shadow applying a black kohl liner to the entire lid will provide a simple alternative.
Then with a flat eyeshadow brush I pressed Mac's Dark Soul pigment in to the cream eyeshadow on my lid. Making sure the lid was covered with layers of pigment ensuring an intense look. I blended the edges outward to soften the line on the upper part of my lid.
Finishing with a dab of Benefits High Beam to highlight under my brow line and lashings of mascara plus my trusty Illamasqua no.14 lashes and the look was complete.
You can then proceed to apply your foundation and the rest of your make up easily without having the nasty drop out that normally occurs if you apply the pigment last.
I finished the look with a candy pink blusher and nude lips but I think any blusher and lip combo could work. If your really brave I'm sure red lips would look fab!