Sally Hansen Insta-Dri review

Through this post I may get a little excited. Just putting that out there. Because in this post I'm going to talk about a recent purchase, which has literally made my life SO much easier and I absolutely adore it! Yes okay, it is only a nail varnish but you'll see what I mean in a mo.

I'm talking about the clever geniuses at Sally Hansen, and guys I get down onto my hands and knees to you for this.
The Insta-Dri Top Coat Anti Chip nail varnish.

I actually stumbled across this by accident as I was browsing the Revlon stand at Boots. I found Revlon's insta dry nail varnish (which I am yet to try) and it got me thinking about the whole Instant Dry idea. Now I've always steered pretty clear of things claiming to make your nails instantly dry because truthfully I've never believed they'd work. And although I think I'm quite a few months if not years late with this whole idea, I just decided to give one a wack. Seen as I spend sooo much time doing my nails and even more time waiting for them to dry I figured why not. So in the end I picked up the Sally Hansen, mostly because what I've heard from other bloggers/internet people was that the Revlon one was very similar if not a little worse, so I thought I'd try Sally's first! 

It truthfully works. The instant drying part anyway. I can't put into words how much easier my nail time is now I don't have to stand wafting my hands around like some sort of flapping lunatic. It says on the bottle within two minutes your nails will be dry to touch. And they are! You don't even have to wait two minutes, almost instantly they are dry to touch. It makes that quick touch up even quicker or makes creating beautiful intricate nail art worth it! It just saves that excruciatingly long wait once you've painted a beautiful pattern and sit there wishing you don't smudge them! It also doesn't smudge and spread the nail varnish you've already put on, as long as you leave maybe a minute or so before applying the insta-dry. 

Unfortunately the 'anti-chip' statement from this nail varnish isn't so true. I've found that after two days or so the ends of my nails chip, and then the whole nail varnish will peel off in one piece almost replicating my own nail. It is infuriating, especially if I spend a lot of time on a nail pattern or print and within a few days the nail varnish has chipped off. HOWEVER, I do believe  that this is worth the money and purely having the product for the convince of drying time, and this is why I am so in love with it!! 

Congrats Ms.Hansen, I'm hooked!!

(Sally Hansen Insta-DRI Anti-Chip Top Coat £5.99 Boots)

Boots- Sally Hansen Insta-Dri

Toodlepip!

Red-headedness xo

Aveeno skin relief review

Before my recent holiday I was in desperate of a new nourishing moisturiser. I can sometimes find it super hard to find a moisturiser that ticks all my boxes and is still sensitive enough for my skin (possibly the most upsetting thing about being a red head!!)

Most moisturisers I've used before have either been super duper greasy (think horrible oily skin aftermath) or not nourishing enough. My body is pretty neglected moisturising wise because I'm so forgetful, I just put on clothes and I'm like woops can't do it now! My legs, especially in winter, crack and go extremely dry so I have to muster the determination to moisturise. And that should hopefully now be easier as I have found the fabbiest cream ever!!

I first discovered Aveeno after I acquired a sample from The Clothes Show live (an annual event held in Birmingham). Although I knew this was a well known brand I had never tried any of their products. The sample I had was for the skin relief Shea Butter moisturising lotion with naturally active Triple Oat Complex for extra dry irratable and sensitive skin (phew!!) as pictured above although here in it's full sized 300ml bottle. After trying the sample I fell in love and stocked up just in time for my holiday.
The creme is a fairly thick formula which when applied directly too skin sits a little like suncream. Although it's heavy and reminiscent of suncream BEFORE it's rubbed it, once it's correctly applied and rubbed into skin, it's a light creme which is intensely nourishing. It takes a large pea sized amount to cover a fairly good area e.g top half of a thigh. Once applied it soaks in quickly enough to not have yourself walking round your bedroom like a scarecrow, a plus for all creme I must admit, but it does still sit firmly on your skin. It isn't the quickest to dry that I've tried but it's worth the wait as it keeps your skin feeling so intently moisturised, with that just sank in feeling lasting up to 9 hours after application! For me anyway. This may mean you'd want to wait five or so minutes after applying before sitting down anywhere, which I know can be so infuriating, but trust me it's worth the wait!


Hope you enjoyed this new kind of post, and I'm very VERY excited about some fab future ideas I have for this blog in the near future so keep those eyes peeling.
Thanks!
Toodle-pip
Red-headedness xo