Lush New Shampoo Bar

I don't talk about it much, since its a bit of a sensitive subject, but today, we're talking hair.

The short story here is, I didn't listen to my mother, dyed the bejesus out of my hair, until eventually it was so damaged, I had to have the whole lot lopped off to around my jawline. Can you imagine my face? Not happy.

After months and months (seriously, this happened back in January) I was in total denial and wouldn't leave the house without a hat or an army of extensions AND a hat. But now I've come to a state of acceptance, I've found out how best to style it to suit my face, and I'm rolling with it.

That does not mean I've given up on trying to make it grow.

Along with limiting heat styling, taking multivitamins, singlehandedly keeping Lee Stafford in business with my purchases of his hair growth mask, the lovely Sophie recommended that I try out Lush's shampoo bars, since they worked really well for her. After a brief discussion with one of the lovely ladies in Lush on South Molton Street, I left with this, rather smelly number, New.

Now, I'm going to be honest with you, the smell is not for the faint hearted. This bar stinks to high heaven of Cinnamon, I like cinnamon and even I find it a bit much. But if you can get passed it, it's worth it! It' does die down after a few uses anyway.

I was a little sceptical over this shampoo bar thing too, I love a good lather when it comes to shampooing my hair, and I found it hard to believe a bar would work effectively, but actually, if you rub this between your hands and then rub the bar directly into your hair, it works a treat. It's pretty clarifying so I don't use it every time I wash my hair, but if you're an oily scalped gal then go for it. As far as making your hair grow goes? I can't be sure if its my imagination or not, but I do think its working. Watch this space?