Hairdryers

My fussiness is not restricted to cosmetics, oh no. I apply it to every area of my life, so once my Hairdryer starting to smell of burning, I knew I was in for a hairdryer hunt. Much as I loved my Toni and Guy, I just couldn’t get on board with the joystick control, coupled with the fact I always seemed to be accidently pressing the cool shot and thinking the dryer was broken (not so bright me sometimes!).

I did my internet research of course and then took a trip to both Sally’s and Boots, much I’m sure to the assistants dismay in both shops as I preceded to ask them to unbox about 4 hairdryers a piece so I could examine them. I finally settled on the Babyliss Bellisimo 2400W and the research was worth it, I don’t even need a “Good Points/Bad Points” paragraph :0)

My requirements for my hairdryer of perfection were as follows:

• Lightweight – I don’t want arm/neck ache after each blow dry
• Salon length power cord and a hanging loop
• 3 Heat and 2 speed settings
• Concentrator nozzle
• Super fast drying speed
• Any high tech stuff a bonus – ionic, ceramic, etc

The babyliss bellissimo has all of the above. It’s extremely lightweight and has shaved quite a few minutes off my drying time, and it has both ionic and ceramic technology (not that I know what these do but they sound impressive don’t they!). At around £50, it’s not cheap, but worth the investment I’d say.

 

Also worth a mention I think is the travel dryer pictured above by Mark Hill. I don’t know about you, but I haven’t found a hotel hairdryer worth using thus far in my life, and I’m pretty sure I have bought every travel dryer on the market only to be further disappointed by the lack of power and/or heat/speed choices. That is until I bought the Mark Hill style and go dryer. It’s a little bigger than most travel dryers granted, but it produces impressive power and heat, and what’s more, it’s currently half price in boots at the moment so just £19.99. Bargain. 

Now all I need is to find mini/travel straighteners that can do more than warm my hair up a bit! 

Benefit Posie Tint

Benefit Posie Tint is my most recent purchase and so far, I love it :0)  I tried the Benefit benetint but it was just that little bit too red for me. I have fair complexion to say the least, with a few freckles, and I wanted to achieve a nice light pink flush rather than a “been on the treadmill for hours” look!  

Good points – the liquid is a bit thicker than the Benetint version so it doesn’t dry quite as quickly, which gives you the chance to blend it. It has a lovely creamy texture on your skin and you can build it depending on how intense you want the colour. In my opinion, it’s the perfect natural looking pink colour.

Bad Points – The only very small bad point is that the bottle is quite large and cumbersome. I did however find a mini version on Ebay (Yay) and the plan is to use the small bottle and fill it up with the liquid from the big bottle. Hmmmm, I see spillages in my future! Oh, just thought of one other little bad point – it stains your fingers so if you are one of those that applies your whole face with brushes and doesn’t need to wash your hands after, this isn’t for you.