A hairy adventure

Last week I headed over to my favorite hairdresser to touch up my foils. I always book a Thursday night appointment as it is slightly out of my way to get to but definitely worth it. At the end of a long day it is the perfect pampering session and I always feel so good afterwards. The visit always starts off with a latte and a small cake. This time it was a delicious apple and berry slice which was devine. Then it's time for a relaxing scalp massage before my foil and cut. Ahhhhh.. When this blog gets more popular I'll definitely give them a shout out. 

This visit was especially good as I was fortunate enough (and met the required minimum) to receive a showbag! It was a pretty good haul let me tell you.

Here's a photo of what was included as well as two products I purchased on the night.

The bag included a sample of Moroccan Oil, evo the therapist shampoo, evo self indulgence body creme and two samples of evo mane prescription protein treatment. My purchases were evo normal persons shampoo and matrix silver shampoo to keep the yellow tones out of my lovely blonde foils.

I'm really starting to trust evo as a brand. It's reasonably priced and the products smell great. So far they're working well in my hair. The self indulgence body creme I acquired is no different, it smells fab and is the perfect all over body moisturiser for these winter months.

I recently purchased Moroccan Oil volumising shampoo and conditioner from an online store and I was very disappointed as it left an oily residue on my scalp that I'm finding really hard to get rid of. My hairdresser seems to think it may have been a fake as she uses Moroccan Oil shampoo and conditioner in my hair every visit and it's never left a residue. So, back to the drawing board and I'm now using evo normal persons shampoo to get my scalp back to normal. 

It appears to have reduced the oil on my scalp a little bit, but I guess it will take a while to get my hair back to normal. Gah, hair issues.

On another note I'm absolutely in love with the evo bag all of my goodies came in.

Haha story of my life. 

This week I'll be posting some graphic design projects. Stay tuned.

M.

How does your garden grow...

The last couple of weekends have proven to be quite productive around the house. Besides cleaning, which always seems to take up a big chunk of my spare weekend time, I've started a vegetable garden. I've never been successful in getting anything to grow (even herbs) so this will prove interesting. Then again, I've never had a garden to plant anything in either.

This little guy here is an onion. After finding an onion sprouting in the bottom of the cupboard, I decided to plant it to see how it would go. After spending two weeks in a pot the little guy sprouted quite quickly so I decided to move him into his new home. At the moment he doesn't seem to be doing too well, but I did find a couple of new shoots today so fingers crossed. I've also planted carrots and in the next few weeks will attempt snow peas and spinach. That green foliage you see at the back is mint. Damn stuff has taken over the whole garden. Not my doing.

This beautiful flower is from a tree at the front of our yard. I'm not sure what it's called but we never have to water it, which is fine by me. 

Saturday morning I was in the mood for an epic 1000 kcal workout so the husband and I decided to go for a morning climb up Mt Tibrogargan. It took us 1 hr up and another 45 mins down but we've done it much quicker before. Will have to try and beat our time next trip.

Such a rewarding view at the top. Makes the sweat and possibility of dying if you freak out while climbing worth it. 

After our morning climb we headed down south to the inlaws who have a bit of land to go around. 47 acres to be exact. Much wine, cheese and toasted marshmellows to be had.

All in all a good weekend. Bring on the next couple of weeks where I will be working 14 days straight. 

 M.