Breathing life back into short hair is easy!

How great is this? Gone are the days where heat styling was your only saviour. You can now transform your hair with a quick upside down flip, or a bit of ruffling. RUFFLING, I tell you!!! A touch of dry shampoo scrunched through the ends and voila, office to bar hair, sorted in 10 seconds. I’m experimenting with flipping my fringe onto either side, or down the middle but it’s brilliant not to need straightening irons or curlers to make a difference.

(Psst, my next video on my YouTube Channel is all about styling a bob or a lob)


Beanies now look GREAT on you.

I could never pull off a beanie hat before – my long hair made me look like some sort of tadpole Humpty Dumpty. However, now with short hair, beanies are my perfect ‘carefree French girl’ accessory, teamed with a slim-line black coat and clean white Stan Smiths, they are my new obsession. (the more pompoms the better!)

Same goes for any other hair accessory - they just look automatically better on me now with short hair!



Drying your hair is no longer a chore

Hooray! Gone are the days of trying detangle a barrel brush from the ends of your hair. Gone is the 15 minutes spent with your head upside down, trying to create some volume and lift in your roots without giving yourself a headrush. Short hair is super easy to style with a barrel brush and it goes BIG very quickly. However, if you don’t use any smoothing product, you run a high risk of looking like a fluffy mushroom head.


It now MATTERS which way your ends are pointing

I genuinely never had to even consider this when I had long hair, but now – a stray lock of hair pointing outwards rather than in is a BIG deal. Everyone is recommending hair wands to me, but I always burn my fingers on them, so I’ve found a heat-free solution which involves curling hair round your own fingers (or a roller) and then spraying with fast-dry hairspray. Big recommendation for got2b Mind Blowing Fast Dry Hairspray.



The wind is not your friend


Okay, so windy weather is never welcome, even if you have long hair – but with short hair, its so much worse. A gust of wind blows your hair into your face and you can’t quite tuck it behind your ears or even underneath your collar anymore. (does anyone do that with long hair? Tuck it under your collar?) Oh wait, and tying it back won’t work either because….


Putting your hair in a pony is no longer a simple thing.


Possibly the most annoying thing about having short hair is that when you put it in a ponytail, lots of it will end up falling out of the band and pool around your neck, like a mini tablecloth for your neck. Short of a handful of kirby grips (which NO one has time for past 16 years old), you’re helplessly trying to tuck pieces behind your ear everytime you turn your head. Don’t be mentioning the words “Alice Band” to me either…



You now need more scarves and/or neck cream


The loss of my long hair has suddenly left a vast void of uncovered skin around my neck which a) is hella colder than usual and b) makes me realise exactly HOW wrinkly my neck looks. 
I know it’s an age-old tip but seriously, moisturising your neck is the way forward, no one wants turkey neck – especially when you don’t have long hair to hide it. I’m a fan of applying an oil at night (my faves are Liz Earle Superskin Concentrate ,  Caudalie Divine Oil or Kiehls Midnight Recovery Concentrate) and a lightweight SPF like Kiehls Ultra Facial Moisturiser with SPF 30 during the day. Upwards motions people, don't forget. Failing that, I’m a big fan of these Asos scarves.

Leopard Panel Mix Scarf

Floral &Animal Print Scarf

Whether you like it or not, Christmas is coming. All the TV adverts are out, it's hats and gloves weather - I've even got a tree and negotiated with Mr FV the earliest date I can put it up (29 November - but I'd have it up now if it were up to me!)

With a whole range of Beauty Boxes available, it's really difficult to get the perfect one - there's always one product in the box that you're not keen on right? So why not make your own? I saw this great tip on Boots.com  about making a personalised Beauty Box/Hamper and decided to give it a go. 

Here are the instructions I followed. Watch my video on YouTube and see how I got on! Keep reading for details on how to win the box!