Kerastase Cristalliste Event

Last night I popped down to Clipso Salon on Windmill St with Angel Armogida for a pink pamper party to celebrate the launch of Kerastase's new Cristalliste range of haircare.  I'm already a huge fan of Masquintense (it truly is worth the money compared to other high end haircare out there *cough* Federic Fekkai *cough*) so I'm really looking forward to getting stuck into this range which is formulated to give long hair cleansed roots, smoother ends and overall luminosity.  

I'm vainly trying to grow out my hair, and finding the ends are worsening in condition by the day as I have greasy roots and therefore need to wash my hair practically every day.  I'm really hoping the Luminous Perfecting Shampoo (I have both the formulations for thick and fine hair), Conditioner and Luminous Perfecting Essence will help me prolong the time between trims and finally let me get some serious length to my hair. The good old days of being able to wash and dry my hair without any styling products are long gone, but at the same time, because my hair is so fine and quick to get oily, I try to avoid using heavy products, so the lightweight Perfecting Essence looks like it's going to be a winner.  I'll report back in a month or so on how my hair is getting on with Cristalliste.

Some snaps of the night below - the good ones were taken by Angel, of course!

These may just convert me back to 'up do's'...

Spin Pins were on my US-wishlist for ages before I picked up them up in Miami last November .  I'd didn't expect a lot from them, but have been pleasantly surprised.  My hair is notoriously hard to keep up - because it's so silky, ya know? But these do the trick, and if the bun does work loose, you can get it re-fastened in a matter of seconds.  They're proclaimed to do the work of 20 grips - I've never had 20 grips in my hair at once, so can't comment - but they are pretty handy to carry in your purse for an emergency up-do.

These pics don't really do the Spin Pins justice, I had just had my layered, and so there are random bits of hair sticking out - but if your hair is all pretty much one length, these are a very good option for an effortless up do.  I don't mind my bun looking a little scruffy as I tend to just put my hair up when I'm at my desk at work and need my hair out of my face to get down to business.

Boots is selling them for £4.99 for two (I paid $6.99), so at least they've done the decent thing and at least tried to honour the exchange rate mechanism!  While I wouldn't rave about these as I don't personally wear my hair up much, if I was that way inclined they would be a must-have piece of hairstyling kit.

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