Dove Intensive Repair Shampoo

Recently, I’ve been trying out a range of new shampoos and conditioners. I find I either get quite bored of using the same brand of hair products or I find it’s quite beneficial for my hair not becoming reliant on a series of products. I often fear my hair takes a bit of a battering from being exposed to heat frequently, so often I like to look for new products that keep some of those concerns at bay.

The Dove Nutritive Solutions Intensive Repair range which includes shampoo, conditioner and also a hair treatment mask which all contain keratin shown to improve the strength and health of hair. I bought the shampoo as a trial as in the past I’ve found the consistency of both the Dove shampoos and conditioners to be a little too thick for my liking. However, this shampoo definitely seems to be a much better consistency that allows you to create a good lather that can be rinsed out easily. I’ve been combining this with my current conditioner, a Tresmee one, that to be honest I don’t love but needs using. The results have definitely been pleasing with a good lasting scent, hair that looks super silky and best of all I don’t feel such an urge to reach for any dry shampoos as grease is not an issue between hair washes. Hooray!!

I’m definitely considering going to purchase the conditioner and hair treatment mask to try as I would be interested to see in combination how well the range as a whole will work for my hair.

A few things I've learnt in my first year of University

I have finally finished my first year of university. Hooray!! This year has gone so unbelievably quickly that Freshers' and being in a whole new city seems many moons ago.

I have learnt a lot in my first year of university, so here are a few things I want to share with you:

1) Freshers' Week: It is totally normal to feel slightly lost in Freshers’ Week everyone is in exactly the same boat. Don’t forget that! Although people don’t admit it for some people it is not the best week of their lives, and not quite what it is hyped up to be. People tend to be quite fake in the first few weeks of university as everyone is desperate to make friends. Some people I spoke to in my first couple of weeks I haven’t spoken to since, but you’ll never know if they could be your friend unless you make the effort to speak to them.

2) Budgeting: Something that both my parents and lots of other older friends used to bang on about. Seriously, it is worth sticking to some sort of budget to make sure that your student loan is stretching as far as you need it to. It may take some time to work how much you can get away with spending on food, rent, bills and importantly going out but it will be worth it when you are not heavily reliant on your overdraft.

3) Nights out: An important topic for any student and some of my best memories of my first year have been made on nights out. I have trashed so many pairs of shoes this year, so my advice would definitely be to buy a couple of pairs you like but are cheap and can get ruined without too many tears. Ensure you put some cash aside at the start of the night it will save you so much embarrassment later on. Your drunken self may thank you too.

4) Housing: I take the view to not stress to much about housing for second year until after Christmas unless you know you are going to be a large group. I am living with 7 other people next year and we found it slightly difficult finding the right house at the end of January, but it all worked out pretty well. Never feel pressured by the agent to make an instant decision. Go with your instinct slightly on whether the house feels right. If there is mould or any sign of damp, it’s a definite NO!!

I really hope that this might be of some help to someone.