Cloud Nine summer hair: Beachy Waves & Kinky Straight

The second look Cloud Nine came up with was Beachy Waves..

This is a gorgeous, stylish summer look that anybody with mid length hair can recreate! It looks effortless and is really easy to do yourself.

Set the iron to 100, starting at the nape of the neck take one inch sections and wrap once around the iron, slowly glide down the length of the hair

As you get closer to the top of the scalp, do the same thing but start a few inches down the length of the hair


Separate the curls with serum


Its such a gorgeous style and the photo's of it are beautiful (it helps that the model is gorgeous too obviously!)

This third style is Kinky Straight. I don't have step by step photo's but I do have instructions for you



Step 1 - Whilst blow drying the hair, use a big round brush to add extra volume to the roots.

Step 2 - Starting at the nape of the neck, take one inch deep sections and insert the irons at the roots. Give them a slight rotation and glide along the length of the hair. Make sure you turn the ends under.

Step 3 - When working closer to the scalp, start a few inches away to create a lift.

Step 4 - Flip your head upside down and use a soft brush


Step 5 - Tip the head back and style into place.

It looks simple and pretty and again is really easy for you to recreate. All the videos of how to recreate the looks will be on the Cloud Nine website.

My next post will be me and Emily having a go ourselves and my review on the irons!


All photo's are property of Propaganda.

Barry M Pale Pink..

Or Strawberry ice cream (is that what they're calling it when they made it part of the Ice Cream collection?)





I rebought this last week after Col smashed my other one and I kind of wish I hadn't bothered.


The colour would be quite pretty if the formula was better. This is 2 coats, it probably needs 3 but I don't think it would ever dry if I put 3 on. There's not much else to say about it!

Cloud Nine Summer Hair: The Crimp

Anyone who has used Cloud 9 stylers or even if you have browsed their website will know their motto is "Less heat more style" , they are made by the original creators of GHD's. They don't try to say they're better than GHD, but they do say they give you more options on the amount of heat you use on your hair, as the stylers go up to 200 degrees.

All of their new summer looks from the photo shoot were created with less than 150 degrees! Which is fantastic. I'll just share a bit of the press release with you

" Drop The Heat And Have Amazing Hair With Cloud Nine This Summer

Cloud Nine, the styling iron brand that’s taken the hairdressing world by storm, with fans including James Brown and Richard Ward, has created a range of stunning summer looks that can all be achieved using lower temperatures of 150 and less – regular straighteners are set at temperatures around 200.

The Cloud Nine styling iron, which boasts a digital temperature control panel, was used by session stylist, Guillaume Vappereau, to create three key looks for summer – Beach Waves, Kinky Straight and The Crimp.

The looks, which all echo Guillaume’s work at London & New York Fashion Week and this year’s Oscars, have all been created to show women that they can have breathtaking summer hair, without using searing heat.

Tousled, Beach Waves are perfect for summer – easy relaxed and chic – and with a lower temperature, you can achieve a softer wave, rather than tight curls. Alternatively, Kinky Straight is a look that’s groomed, yet natural looking – but allowing the ends to have a slight kink, rather than a curl, is a must.

For a bolder, high fashion look, The Crimp is a show-stopping style that taps into the resurgence of crimped hair that was seen on Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter catwalks. To pull off this look, it’s essential you contrast dramatic crimped front sections with more natural waves or straight hair to achieve dual texture perfection. It’s also essential you get the look with a maximum temperature of 150, to style without burning your hair. "

I love all of the styles! Even The Crimp, I know a lot of people are very wary of crimping and how it could look dated but the way Guillaume styled it, made it look fantastic!



Here are some step by step photo's

First, heat the styler to 150, then you make plaits in the section of hair you want to crimp..


Then, run the iron down each plait several times and leave them to cool down


Release the plaits, and run a soft brush lightly through the hair




I think this is a great way to wear crimped hair, it looks effective and stylish and is something I have been wanting to try out since I saw it, but I haven't had the chance yet.

In my next post I'll show you the other two styles. Cloud Nine do have video's on how to recreate this exact look which will be on their website soon.

All photo's are property of Propaganda.

A Taupe FOTD

Just a quick one







I'll just list the eye products as I used my usual face products which can be found on any of my FOTD's...

MUA Pearl 11
MAC Satin Taupe in crease
Black Sleek shadow in the outer corner
Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Zero
Maybelline Falsies mascara

My hair looks pretty orange in the sun, I have just changed my colour to Black Cherry by Loreal Casting Creme Gloss, so next time we get a sunny day (or minute) I will take a picture of it! x

Cloud Nine photoshoot...

So I mentioned a while ago that I was lucky enough to be invited to the Cloud Nine summer hair photoshoot about 4 weeks ago! And now I can share with you all what we got up to. This may be split up into a few posts as there are loads of pictures that I want to share with you because they had some fantastic looks!


So for now I'll give you a few sneak peeks into what we saw...




Have you seen how tiny the mini styler is?




Lots of lovely make up!













How gorgeous is her hair colour?

More will be revealed over the next couple of days!

Sleek Turqouise...

I bought this one on Thursday night and put it on as soon as I got home. I don't think this picture shows the true colour of it, I think its more of a bright mint colour than turqouise. The formula is great and it dries quickly, this is two coats.

I'm a bit confused though as I thought Sleek were marketing these new polishes as Pastels, but they're all quite bright. But a lot different to the other shades that Sleek already do which mostly are very dark.

Tag: Our Story..

I saw this on another blog and thought I would have a go! Basically, you tell the story of how you met your boyfriend, husband best friend whatever!

We met in November 2002, I was 16 and I was out with my friends in the club we went to every thursday and saturday night. And I spotted a guy who we had seen a few weeks earlier who had been completely wasted and had poured a drink down my friends back and then thrown the glass on my toe. I'd also seen him during the week when I got off the bus from work, so I went over to give him a piece of my mind, I don't really know why! Anyway, to get away from my ear bashing he introduced me to his friend, and we spent the rest of the night together. We swapped numbers and he went home on his own, and I went back to my friends. When I got home I phoned him, yes I was keen, I was 16 I didn't knowany better but I knew I really liked him. He was 21 and a lot of the "boys" I'd been involved with up until then had been really immature and I hated it so I knew I needed somebody older than me - I've always been old headed. Anyway, we talked for a while and then the next morning I phoned him and said "So are we going out today" And we went to the cinema that night. That was a sunday, I saw him again that week and then on the thursday I went out for my friends birthday and he came to meet us and that was when we decided to "go out properly" haha.

I think we both fell in love very quickly, I remember Col telling me so within less than a month. We got engaged in July 2003, which I know isn't long especially when I was only 17 and I was terrified of telling my parents but I just knew he was the man I would spend the rest of my life with. We bought our house in 2005, and it was a bit rocky at first. We argued a lot, its very hard to get used to living together. We had spent a lot of time together beforehand, he used to stay at my parents from thursday til monday morning but nothing prepares you for seeing each other 7 days a week for so much time and them being there when you walk through the door from work when you might be a bit stressed. I even moved back to my parents at the end of 2006, which did us the world of good as it made us both realise how much we loved each other and how we didn't like to be apart. In May 2007, we found out we were expecting a baby. Which wasn't a surprise, we'd had a very drunken conversation in the march and said "Ooh lets have a baby" this was in a kebab shop waiting for our takeaway!! Alice was born in December 2007 which was amazing. We both love being parents and she is just the light of our lives and makes us so proud. I think we both have moments where we look at her, then look at each other and we're like "We made her" but we don't say it, you can just tell we're thinking it.

We got married in September 2008 in Florida which was fun! But we also missed some of Col's family there, we kept expecting them to show up on the holiday to surprise us. It was our fault as we only decided 6 weeks before we were due to go on holiday, that we'd get married there. We did have a big party when we got home, and I got to wear my dress again.

Col always tells me it's fate that we met, as him and his friend went to a different club that night originally but they wouldn't let them in because of a silly joke they made. I'm so glad, I can't imagine myself with anybody else and I can't wait to grow old with him and have more babies and grandchildren :) I hope I didn't bore you all anyway! I thought I'd share a couple more pictures with you - prepare yourself for 16 year old me with blonde hair!!

The night we decided to "go out properly"

September 2005 in Portugal

And very tired, but very happy parents!

I tag you all, please let me know when you've done it as I love hearing how people met! x