The refreshing thing about Trevor Sorbie Brighton

Trevor Sorbie recently held an event in Brighton, which I was unable to attend due to some epic dental work that left me looking like the elephant lady for an evening. I was quite gutted about missing out, but had no need to be as they invited me in to have a cut and colour!

I was booked in to have my colour done by Kate Wilson, who is the salon owner and director of colour. On  arrival I was offered a huge range of drinks (including pimms!) and led to my seat so that I could have my consultation.

Initially I had gone in hoping to have my hair lightened to look like the amazing Mila Kunis as seen below. I like the more subtle ombre and like the way it looks a bit like it has been highlighted by the sun, not to mention the shine!

Kate looked at the image and then had a look at my hair and was honest with me. Basically she admitted that she could colour my hair like Mila Kunis, but because of the condition of my hair it would not be as glossy and shiny and would probably snap off.

After talking to me about what I want for my hair in the long run (a long thick glossy mane similar to my pre uni hair) and establishing my hair history (too much bleach, home dyes and glue in extensions), Kate gave me two options. I could have a drastically different look there and then, but at the cost of my hair dreams, or I could play it safe and start making improvements in the condition of my hair. I bet from the many posts about me wanting to improve my hair you can guess which I went for!

I have to admit I found Kate's approach very refreshing, it shows pride in her work and a great deal of care for her clients. This kind of honesty is rare, she could have simply just given me what I wanted and let me walk out with brittle and dry hair. I know my hair was in a worse condition last year when I got my dip dye and the colourist didn't even bat an eyelid, as a result my initial dip dye was very brassy and yellow. Again when I went to Dove and they re-did my dip dye for their campaign, they were happy to put more peroxide on top of it.

My hair before - I don't know where the random red tone came from!

 Kate started off my applying a long lasting semi permanent dye to my hair and leaving it in for about 20 minutes. She explained that she had to take it darker in order to cover over my patchy home dye colour (I am no longer dying my hair at home.).

Kate applying a long lasting semi permanent hair colour

Kate then sat down and spoke to me about how we were going to get my hair back on track. Firstly I am to only use the products below on my hair. Kate kindly gave me the Trevor Sorbie Salon X-clusive Nourishing Shampoo, Conditioner and Protective shine spray as well as the Kerastase Initialiste Advanced Scalp and Hair Concentrate (which is a leave in scalp treatment) and the Kerastase Densi -Recharge hair and nail supplements (a capsule and pill to be take daily with a meal to help improve my hair and nails). We also made an appointment for me to come back in six weeks for another cut and colour to monitor the progress. I am no longer allowed to home dye my hair because of the amount of damage it causes, but this combined with using the products should result in my hair improving significantly.

Trevor Sorbie Salon X-clusive Nourishing range/Kerastase Densi -Recharge hair and nail supplements / Kerastase Initialiste Advanced Scalp and Hair Concentrate.

Once the dye was washed out, they then applied an Intense Boost treatment which they rough dried into my hair, washed out. I also had a vegetable dye put on to my hair to help add shine. 

Then the lovely Sacha gave my hair a much needed cut to give it some shape and get rid of any dry ends to encourage growth. This was followed by an amazing blow out.

After all this pampering my hair looked lovely and unbelievably shiny. Although I left the salon with something completely different to what I had planned, I am definitely pleased with the results and can't wait to see my hair transform, with Kate's help, in the future. Trevor Sorbie is now my salon of choice!

On another note, although Kate said there wouldn't be a drastic change in my look, there is quite a noticeable difference in these comparison images below.

Love Lilla x

Summer Office wear

I'm making a fresh start in my life at the moment. I've handed my notice in at my work so that I can see where life will take me as a freelancer. This means that I will be working in various offices for short periods of time, and obviously I want to make a good impression so that they think about working with me in the future.
So I decided to use Style In View to help me plan a some outfits. I decided to post this one, because I love the delicate colour of the jumper and how it compliments these gorgeous statement trousers.

The outfit is playful but smart and embodies the beautiful weather that we are currently experiencing.

Summer work outfit by lillaloves featuring a mood

Mango v neck sweater / Warehouse sleeveless top / Passport cotton pants / Wedge shoes / Dorothy Perkins satchel handbag, £38 / Accessorize stretch bracelet, £19 / Mood / Accessorize gold bracelet, £10

What do you wear to work?

Love Lilla x

Ladies Reveal All – Girl’s Night Secrets

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When you get a minute to actually get the girls together and have a well-deserved chinwag, what do you do? Go out, or stay in?

Everyone has their preferences. There’s no doubt that both options have their pros and cons. Regardless of your age, sometimes the best way to blow off steam is to meet up with the girls and have a few glasses of wine. Exactly where isn’t always that important.

Looking to find out exactly what women thought of a night in or out with the girls, I learned something very interesting. A recent survey conducted by Ladbrokes Bingo showed that 72% of women in the South East prefer a girls night in, higher than the UK average. Some other things I managed to find out might surprise you!

What makes a night out great?

The music? The friends? The bars? According to the survey – which asked 2000 women across the country between the ages of 18 and 40 – 62% of women thought that a night out was the best for excitement when compared to a night in.

For any spur of the moment decisions or sheer randomness, 59% of women would choose a night out. Then there’s the cost – 75% of women thought going out really did a number on their purses.

When women were given a checklist of the things they might have experienced on a night out, and these were the results:

• 60% had stood in a long, long queue just to get to the bar
• 50% had paid a lot just to get into a club
• 48% checked off sore feet – the only bad thing about wearing heels
• 43% said they had been in that awkward situation of getting in a loo with no lock on the door
• 34% had been leered at by sleazy men
• 33% had looked after a drunk mate
• 27% had had to listen to awful music all night.

To get a wider view of things, the same women were asked about nights in with the girls.

Staying in

It may be surprising to some, but a whopping 67% of women said they would prefer a night in over a night out when getting the girls together.

What’s the best thing about staying in? Well:

• 60% of women liked the idea of not having to spend so much money
• 57% said the best thing was having a good chat
• 46% said no queues for the bar is great
• 34% loved being able to make their own cocktails
• 32% thought being able to talk in secrecy was desirable
• 20% said there was less chance of losing a purse or bag

What do you prefer? Night in, or night out?