If you have fine, straight hair, yes, you get compliments all the time on how lovely and silky your hair is, but one thing most people don't realise is that it is a total b*tch trying to get your hair in an updo.

My hair isn't fine or silky, but it is quite difficult to work with, and quite layered at the ends. It's not easy when I want to create an updo, but with the help of these products, I've been managing quite well.

The key to easy styling is to first prep your hair, so that it holds in place more easily, and moves when and where you want it to. Pictured above are some of my favourite products for creating textured, style-friendly hair.

Toni&Guy Hair Meet Wardrobe Sea Salt Texturising Spray
Most hairstyles nowadays are quite undone, and chignons and buns are now styled with loose, wavy curls that create volume and frame the face beautifully (unlike sleek do's, which can be quite harsh). If you have naturally wavy or curly hair, spritz this all over your damp hair, then blowdry with a diffuser head, or scrunch your curls in as you blowdry. This will give you beautifully textured hair to work with.

Herbal Essences Tousle Me Softly Tousling Spray Gel
This product has slightly more hold compared to the Toni&Guy spray, and would be more appropriate for people with finer, more difficult to manage hair. It tousles the hair beautifully, and even someone like me who barely has any wave to my hair, can see a little texture going on. This spray can be worked into either damp or dry hair, but if your hair is more straight than curly, I suggest spraying it onto damp hair and scrunching it, as with the Toni&Guy spray above.

Herbal Essences Tousle Me Softly Hairspray
Once you're done adding texture (and a little bit of hold) to your hair, you want to add more hold. This way, your hair won't fall out of place before you get the chance to pin it into position. The Herbal Essences Tousle Me Softly Hairspray has just the right amount of hold, so that you don't get that irritating, sticky, pulling effect when you're trying to style your hair, but your hair still manages to stay where you need it to stay.

Remember that these products are only for prepping your hair to make it easy to style, so don't forget to use your heat protectant before styling if you're going to be using tools, and remember to finish everything off with a shine spray and a hairspray to keep your locks shiny, and your hairdo in place.

I hope this post helped anyone who has a little bit of difficulty styling their hair. Thanks for reading! x

Happy Monday, everyone! I have finally managed to record the voice over (eep, my first ever!) for this video, and I'm so glad to have been able to upload it so quickly for you guys.

This tutorial features the Halo Satin Styler in a hair tutorial, to get the incredibly chic messy chignon that the gorgeous Alexa Chung wore at the 2013 Grammy Awards.

I hope you enjoy the video, and please leave a comment telling me if you liked the video! ♥



Products mentioned:

Halo Satin Styler
Batiste Dry Shampoo XXL Volume
Macadamia Natural Oil Pre Styler (review here)
Herbal Essences Tousle Me Softly Spray Gel
Herbal Essences Hairspray

Check out some previous hair tutorials that I posted in collaboration with Herbal Essences! Here's a sock bun tutorial, and here is a more polished chignon tutorial.

Thank you for watching! x

Hello everyone! I am back with a brand new hair tutorial today. This one is pretty simple - it is a sock bun tutorial, something that's been making its way through the internet all in a frenzy. Mine is pretty late on, but I figured it might still be useful to some people, plus I was pretty chuffed myself to have nailed the sock bun ;)



This is extremely easy and takes very little practice to master, and it is quick to do so you can just throw it together and walk out the door in a matter of minutes.

So here I go:


Start with a sock. I chose a thick, fluffy one so that it would make a larger, fuller bun. Snip the toe-end of the sock off so that the sock becomes a tube. Pick a sock as close to your hair colour as possible, so that if your hair doesn't manage to cover the entire sock, it still looks natural.


Then, roll the sock inside out, and keep rolling until it becomes a little sock doughnut - or donut, whichever you call it.


Now it's time to work on the hair. First, prep your hair by spraying the Tousle Me Softly Tousling Spray Gel by Herbal Essences all over your hair, from the crown all the way to the ends. You want to create a sleek finish so it's alright to spray the hairspray from the roots to the ends of the hair.


Secure your hair with an elastic that is the same colour as your hair. If you have heavily layered hair, spritz a little bit of hairspray onto your ponytail before moving on to the next step.


Backcomb your hair using a fine-toothed comb. This will give your hair both volume and hold.


Now pull the end of your ponytail through the doughnut. Try and splay your hair all around the doughnut, and then roll the hair down and tuck it underneath the doughnut, in the direction of the arrow in the picture above. Continue rolling and tucking the hair underneath the doughnut until the bun sits on the top of your head.


The bun should be pretty secure by now, but you can make sure it sits firmly on top of your head by securing it with some bobby pins.


Finally, finish the hairstyle off by spraying the Herbal Essences Set Me Up Hairspray all over your 'do.


And you're done! You can now rock the sock bun anytime, anywhere :D

So Herbal Essences sent me a press release the other day with some fabulous hairstyles and step by step instructions on how to achieve them. I took a particular liking to the low chignon and I thought I would share it here! I am using Herbal Essences products to create my look :)


So let me just dive right into it!










I have to say, for their price, the Herbal Essences products actually held up really well! I wasn't expecting them to be so effective, particularly the Tousle Me Softly Tousling Spray Gel. Kudos to the Herbal Essences team for producing such lovely products.

Look out for a sock bun tutorial that I have coming! x