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Wednesday, 17 April 2013

My Batiste Dry Shampoo Collection

Yes, I have a Batiste dry shampoo 'collection'...

Over the past year or so, I have gathered quite the collection of Batiste cans.

I love Batiste!
Seriously, dry shampoo is one of the best beauty product inventions, ever.

Batiste is a saviour.
No more bad hair days, just Batiste Hair Days!
#BatisteHairDay
Batiste is my favourite dry shampoo. I've tried others and none have lived up to Batiste's standards! Batiste is cheaper, the product works better, it does not leave hair heavy or chalky and the can designs are so pretty. Batiste have 3 sizes: mini, regular and large.

They come in handy.
They last so long.
The bottles are pretty.

The above being main reasons for which I have such a large collection! I can't get rid of them and I often pick up cans if they are on offer, or when new variants are released.

I'm a hoarder and I hoard Batiste...

I use my Batiste, not only on days where I haven't had time to wash my hair, or my hair is feeling like it needs a freshen up, but also, when I want some volume or matt-look hair.
Having long hair, I do find that smells cling to it, like the greasy spoon deli where I would return from the milk run, to then sit in the office with hair smelling of grease (nothing really worse than that, yuck!). Luckily, I always have a can of Batiste in my office drawer, or in my handbag, so I use it to freshen my hair and rid me of horrendous smells.

It is a complete essential when I rock out at Download Festival every summer. I always have a can of Batiste in my tent. Gotta keep fresh whilst I'm rocking out and partying in fields :) I met a guy at Download last year, who had a large can of Batiste Tropical in his tent, I thought that was quite cool. Guys love Batiste too.

Even when I had crazy Cyber Purple hair, Batiste worked a treat! Unlike another dry shampoo, which looked hideously chalky on my purple locks!

Where do I store all these cans?
Well, I keep them in the goodie bag that I got at the Batiste Lace launch last year. I like to find ways to re-use, rather than throw things away and the Batiste bag has really come in handy.


A while back, I had some nail art inspiration from the Batiste Cherry, when it first came out in stores. My Batiste Cherry inspired nail art went down a storm, which was great and Batiste loved it :)


I would recommend Batiste and often recommend it to friends, family and fellow bloggers.
I'm always shocked when people tell me they have not tried it, or not heard of Batiste before!

There are so many variants now, different looks, different scents, XXL Volume. I'm not sure I could pick a favourite, though I have always been fond of Wild.


My collection includes:
Shimmer x2, Boho, XXL x2, Blush large, Limited Edition Hershesons, Graffiti, Paisley
Lace x2, Cherry x2, Wild, Tropical regular and mini, Blush mini x2

 A closer look...
Paisley and Graffiti, the most recent variants*:

Hershesons, the Limited Edition can*:

 Blush, Tropical and Boho:
I have the original Blush mini and the new, improved design, along with a regular size.
Tropical mini and regular.
Boho, I actually didn't realise I had, until I found it in my 'box of unused products'.

XXL Volume:
1 purchased and 1* from the #NorthMeetUp goodie bag.
Read about the event here and the goodie bag here.

Silver Shimmer:
I got these on offer in Boots clearance.
Glittery dry shampoo!

I have also reviewed:
Batiste Lace and you can read about the fabulous Batiste Lace launch event here.
Batiste Cherry - you can check out my cherry nail art there too...

I remember when there was just 1 Batiste, Original. It's great to see how many they have since released!
For more information on Batiste variants, click here.
There are a couple not on here, including the Wild Party Trio of minis, which was released around Christmas. I haven't tried those!
More recently, Batiste have introduced coloured dry shampoo to the collection.
I can't wait for Batiste to bring out their next variant and I'm excited to find out what the next one will be!

Batiste can be found in Boots, Superdrug, Bodycare, supermarkets, pharmacies, online.

Are you a Batiste fan?
Have you tried Batiste?

Just call me Zoe, the Batiste Queen...

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Disclaimer: This post was written by me, out of my own love for the brand. This is not a sponsored post and I have not been asked to write this. I just love Batiste dry shampoo and want to share/product rave about them! A couple of the bottles in this post were gifted to me, or included in goodie bags from events, but the majority were purchased by me, with my own money. As always, all opinions are my own and reviews are 100% honest.

Sunday, 29 April 2012

Liverpool Day Out, OOTD & Purchases

Last Saturday, my sister and I decided to have a 'Sissy Day', as we haven't had one in a while.
We spent the night before trying to plan where to go, but didn't decide until we had been sat in my car for 10 minutes on the actual day!
We both wanted to go to the seaside but the weather was being an unpredictable ass, so we needed somewhere that was OK come rain, or shine...

Liverpool it was!

I absolutely LOVE Liverpool, it is probably my favourite city (maybe joint fave with LDN). There's so much to do and see, great shops, friendly people and so much culture, especially the music culture with The Beatles and everything. And I love my music :)

This post is now going to contain a load of photos from the day! If you dislike pic-heavy posts, sorry.
 
The Outfit:










Tunic vest: H&M
Zebra scarf: Spitalfields Market
Faux leather skirt: Primark
Tights: Asda
Pumps: Asda
Denim jacket: Hand-me-down from Mum :)
Bag: Paul's Boutique Loves Barbie
Ring: Primark
Holy Bracelet: Shop in Chester

The Face & Hair:

 


Nothing of much excitement, except the lipstick...
Lime Crime 'Countessa Fluorescent' :)
Hair just clipped back with 2 grips!

Yeah, so I kinda didn't realise how many colours my hair currently is.

The Mini-Haul:




Flatforms: £19.99 H&M (I finally found a size 5!!!)


 
Perfume: £9.99 Zara
(Review soon!)

The Day Out:

 
Donna did this for my breakfast!


I can't believe we've never been in Cavern Walks Shopping Mall before!
Beautiful boutique shops :)





We didn't go in the club, but we went for a drink in the pub...




We also decided to check out the Tate gallery.
(I was trying to avoid shopping!)

Yes, this was 4 big old TV sets, 2 up 2 across, which came on a random times, playing videos of people walking in to a white room, 'pushing the button' and throwing up...
ART.

The view from the Tate :)

I thought this was so pretty :)

Lunch :)

My fans...

The real star of the show, the Daughter from the Sea Odyssey Giant Spectacular.

Giant 30ft moving puppet!
I imagine the people pulling the strings were rather strong.

 Fans!

Me & Donna

No, this is not my collection (haha!)
My dream.

Love this shop.
and the Iron Fist models hair!

and now for some amazing footwear...





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If you have got this far down the post, well done and thank you!
:)

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend!
I've spent a lot of last night and today on Twitter, Tweeting with some lovely fellow bloggers and discovering some new blogs/bloggers :)
If you have Twitter, follow me @ameliasallsorts (if you want to, that is!)
 
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