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There is lots of debate about whether we should be worried about using products that have Parabens as part of their formulation. And there are lots of products out there now that boast to be Paraben free. So I decided to do a little research on the subject and to find out what they are and we don't want them! What are the used for? Parabens are used by cosmetic companies as a preservative , to make a products shelf life longer. They have been widely used since the 1950's and are relatively inexpensive and effective which makes them so popular with cosmetics companies. There are other natural preservatives such as grapefruit seed oil and vitamin E but they are not as effective over the long term. There are four chemical parabens that all have a similar molecular structure that are commonly found in our products: Butylparaben  Ethylparaben Methylparaben* Propylparaben* *These two are the most commonly used. You will most likely find Parabens in pretty much any personal care pro...

I first heard about the Yes To range while watching a SLOABN (SecretLifeOfABioNerd) video on YouTube, and when I saw that Boots had started carrying some of the range I had to give it a try. Information | Brand | Yes To (tomatoes) Product | Daily Balancing Moisturiser for Combination Skin Size | 50ml / 1.7 fl oz Price | £11.99 Purchased at | Boots Made in | USA Would I re-purchase | Yes, maybe Yes To claim to be a brand with products that are as close to natural as the can get. This particular product has 97% of its ingredients listed as natural. Its key natural ingredients are Tomatoes and Watermelon. Ingredients Aqua, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Glyceryl Stearate, Butyrospermum Parkii, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice*, Glycer in, Cetyl Alcohol, Theobroma Cacao Seed But ter, Glyceryl Laurate, Capsicum Frutescens Fruit Extract, Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides, Phenoxyethanol, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil*, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Po...

Ready for another Heatless Hair Adventure? We are still on straws, but this time I promise the result will be less poodlerific! Here's what you will need! What we are going to be doing is making our straws thicker to create more of a substantial curl/wave effect. Start buy gathering 4 straws together, if you want bigger fuller curls use more. (I'll try that out at a later date and post the results) Secure with masking tape, you can also use little hair ties but I find this works better for me. You want to make enough straw rollers to cover your head, I've made 8 in total. And then once your ready, your hairs all combed through, spray a section damp with water and wrap your hair around the straws from top to bottom, I find this the easiest way to do it. I then repeated this all over my head, using 7 of my 8 straw rollers and left them in for approximately 3 and a half hours. The result... Pretty, tight waves. I'm also wearing the red lip gloss I made from my last post!  ...

I'm sure you all know by now that I love a DIY. And today I'm sharing with you this super quick and easy DIY for lip glosses. Here's what you will need: ~ Eye shadow's or Blushers ~ Containers ~ Castor Oil First up what you want to do is scrape in to your containers an decent amount of your eye shadow or blush. The first two are MUA blushers in Shade1 and Bubblegum. Then I have a magenta eye shadow, a pale pink and a coral. And finally a cream bush I  thought I would try by Natural Collection in Rosy Pink. Then simply add in your Castor oil, I just eyeballed it to get the amount I wanted, then simply mix together to combine, make sure you get those little bits. And here we have all six. What I noticed was that once the shadow or blush was combined with the castor oil the colouring would change, so each lip gloss ended up different to how it had look in powder form. So this is a really important thing to consider. These are our swatches. The second from the top was the M...

Here is my quick and easy how to for the classic top knot.  Here's what you will need: A scrunchie, preferably one close to your hair colour, a smoothing brush, a clear hair tye, this one is by Scunci and bobby pins. 1. Start off by brushing your hair up and back in to a high pony using the smoothing brush. 2. Then tie you pony using your scrunchie. 3. Next simply wrap your hair around the scrunchie and pull your clear hair tye over the top of your top knot. 4. Secure any sticky outtie bits with bobby pins. 5. The your good to go! This hairstyle is great for second or third day hair as the grease in your hair keeps the fly away's at bay and its great for summer! It can look really sleek and fashionable with all hair including your fringe slicked back. Hope you try out these tips the scrunchie makes the top knot nice and bulky as apposed to flat or tight. Have a great day guys!  Oh and happy 100th post! Jen x

Hi guys! Today I'm going to share with you my top 5 tips for keeping your hair looking its best. 1. DO NOT WASH YOUR HAIR EVERY DAY I know that for a lot of people this is something that seems impossible or gross, but forgoing a wash can really help your hair's health in the long run. On your scalp you have thousands of sebaceous glands, which produce an oil that helps to protect the hair and keep it soft, supple and shiny. And if you wash your hair every day, you strip away those natural oils before they have been able to do there job. So try going for every other day and use a dry shampoo like Batiste to get rid of the grease between washes. 2. TURN DOWN THE HEAT Try to limit the amount of heat you put on your hair through. Let your hair air dry as often as possible, or if your in a rush use the coolest heat setting on your hair dryer. If your not going anywhere don't worry about straightening/curling your hair, let it have a rest, try to do it for 'special' occas...

Hi guys! Welcome back to Elf's Kitchen! Today I'm going to be sharing with you this  CHANNEL 4  recipe for Chicken Katsu Curry. You of course can just click on the link and go straight to the website from here, but I have pictures :) pictures make everything better! This yummy curry has been made super popular by restaurants such as Wasabi and Wagamama's. With its fried chickeny goodness and mild curry sauce its an ever popular dish here in the UK. And better yet its so easy to make at home! If you can't read my scrawl here is what your are going to need: 1 TBSP of Vegetable Oil 1 Onion, peeled and chopped 5 whole Garlic gloves, peeled 2 Carrots, peeled and chopped 2 TBSP of Plain Flour 1 TBSP of Medium Curry Powder 600ml of Chicken Stock 2 TSP of Honey 1 TBSP of Soy Sauce 1 Bay Leaf 1/2 TSP of Garam Masala Salt and Pepper 4 Chicken Breasts 100g of Flour seasoned well 1 Egg, beaten 120g of Cornflakes, crushed Vegetable Oil to shallow fry Start by peeling and chopping up...