Brush Cleaning [Brush Guards | Review]

What to do on a grey-skied Sunday? Except watching films / lazying about / lounging / eating / drinking tea? 

Readers, I was so bored that I actually went ahead and cleaned my brushes. I use a mixture of vegetable oil mixed with my often lemon-scented dish washing soap, dip said brushes in, give them a good swirl about on my hands, and rinse thoroughly with warm water.

What I usually hate the most is when it comes to dry the brushes [I used to lay them down on a towel, but it took up so much space], so when I saw these mesh brush guards, I immediately bought them. They were a steal at $0.71 / €0.63 for 10. 

I got mine from this link HERE.

They fit pretty much all of my brushes: from my Kabuki brush to my thinnest MAC Angled Brush. 

As you can tell from the photos, these guards not only help with the drying time, but also with retaining the shape of the brushes. 

Hope this helps with speeding things up for you,

Love,

Lola

xoxo

Kardashian Beauty Dry Conditioner [Review]

I was pretty excited to learn that a Maltese agent started importing the Kardashian Beauty collection. This Dry Conditioner was what caught my eye, only because I go through several cans of dry shampoo in a month and I wanted to test out a dry conditioner [and they are so hard to come by!].

I got it from the Malta Trade Fair and if I'm not mistaken it cost around €10/€11 [Batiste dry shampoo cost around €4.50, so that's double the price]

About the product ...

All of the Kardashian Beauty hair products  are infused with Black Seed Oil [apparently this helps strengthen hair follicles].  It is also Paraben free.

I really love its smell!! It smells quite musky.

This Kardashian Dry Conditioner gives a nice shine to the hair, but I found that it is nothing life-changing, or that a little bit of serum won't give. It does infuse the hair with a little bit of oil, but if you have really dry ends / hair it won't make much of a change. 

On the other hand, I find that it does not weigh the hair down, so this might work on people with very thin hair.

I usually use this on 3 day hair, and tbh I only use it because of its nice fragrance rather than for it's conditioning properties. 

Have you ever tried Dry Conditioners? If yes, let me know below!

Love,

Lola

xoxo