"Spin Pin"

When it comes to styling my hair, I'm always on the lookout for the newest craze going on. Im slightly late on this bandwagon (as im forever being a skeptic) but hear me out, these actually work.

I'm talking about the Spin Pin. Ive seen these everywhere but always resisted buying them as theres something about bobbypins I just can't get enough of. Although, they are really irritating because my hair is just far too thick to use them so they bend out of shape and my floors seem to eat the pins as soon as they touch it.

Now why is it when you actually want to buy something, you can never find it?! Everywhere in my town today that I knew stocked them, were completely sold out. Whilst in my local Asda, I noticed they actually have these in stock much to my surprise! Woo! I happily picked up 2 packs at £2.00 each. They weren't actually a brand name, just part of the George range but they are exactly the same as the Goody Spin Pins, but for a lot less money (I believe they retail at around £6.00 for two?).

I couldn't wait to try these out as I love having my hair in a bun. Luckily today was one of the few days lately ive actually worn my hair down so when I was back in my car, I quickly whipped my hair into a bun shape and twisted these contraptions in. Voila, a lovely messy bun...just how I like it. This literally took me seconds to do with two of these pins compared to about half an hour with hair bands, bobby pins etc. The thing I really like about these is that they are so sturdy. My hair doesn't feel like its going anywhere which is a massive bonus for me as I'm constantly moving about at work and at home. And, having long thick hair, means for me, its not always easy to get my hair to stay put once I've styled it. I've now had these in for a couple of hours and I've done all the housework, even had a little snooze with the kitten and my hair has stayed exactly how it was when I put it in.

Ignore my horrific gingery roots and faded red hair in these photos, it's my day off from work and my hair hasn't been washed in a couple of days...(don't judge!)

I am seriously impressed with these, which has really surprised me as I thought they were going to be a dud. If you struggle, like I do, to keep your hair up once its styled, give these a go. You never know, you might actually be surprised like I was.

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Tangle teezer.

Girls and guys with thick knotty hair, listen up. If you're like me and have naturally very thick and easily tangled hair, you're going to kick yourself when you try this product. I was so reluctant to try it but I'm so glad I did.

I remember watching this product on Dragon's Den years ago (google  tells me 2008) and it was rejected because they didn't think it'd be a good business venture. How wrong could they have been?! I've heard so many reviews raving about this product and I'm going to do the same. I've used mine every day for around a year and a half now and my hair condition has dramatically improved. I have less breakage, which I noticed more whilst using a normal brush as I have heavily dyed hair which would just shard off and fall out at the slightest tug of a knot in a normal brush. I use this to brush out my damp hair after washing, to blow dry my hair (although I'm not sure this is recommended as the brush is all plastic?) and also whilst straightening my hair. Basically I couldn't use any other brush after using this for so long. I'm seriously converted.

The product is really easy to hold in both hands making it open to a larger market. I noticed they have now also brought out a compact version which I'm seriously considering purchasing so I can sling it in my bag. They are available in a choice of colours however I chose the all pink "brush". Again, the compact are available in different colours too, I also think there was a childs version released in the shape of a flower? Correct me please if I'm wrong! 

The tangle teezer retails at a starting price of £10.99 in almost every Boots I've ever been in but they're also widely available online. 

Please try this if you have knotty hair yourself or if you're a parent of a child with long or knotty hair. They are so amazing and such a simple concept, you'll wonder why you didn't try it sooner. 

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