The virtues of Parlux

Oh Parlux, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways…

• Super power makes it super quick to dry your hair = 10 more mins in bed in the morning.
• Professional quality construction – 10 years and still works perfectly and never overheats like crappy domestic hairdryers.
• Coldshot – powerful cold air blast to set your blow dry (and cool you when doing your hair in summer!)
• Did I mention it’s so fast I can have a sleep in? That is genius.
• Diffuser attachment gives me the curls of my dreams rather than the frizz I wake up with.

Note: Every curly haired girl should own a diffuser. If you don’t own one, put on a hat and go out and buy one today!

To curl or not to curl? That is the question. Keratin treatment vs natural curls

I saw this amazing hair transformation yesterday (don't tell my husband I was watching The View!) and I loved this comparison of curly vs straight hair on identical twins.

You can watch the video below for the full how to but my biggest tips from this are to move away from shampoo if you have dry / curly hair and use a sulphate free shampoo (which I am about to look for online now!) and to convert your curly hair to straight try a Keratin treatment. Much better than the old Japanese straightening technique as it is wears off rather than growing out . Nothing worse than a fuzzy hairline and straight locks.

Which twin do you prefer? Annamarie's natural curls or Ginamarie's poker straight locks? What would you do?

What to do with curly hair on the second day?

So you created beautiful curls with your lovely Parlux hairdryer, applied a conditioning treatment and used a serum to control the frizz and had a great day out with fabulous hair.

Then you slept on it and woke up looking like you just walked out of a bush backwards.

This is the reason most curly haired girls hate their hair. Unlike Queensland, it's beautiful one day and knotted the next.

What to do? Well, you can wash your hair and start all over again but if like me, you love a sleep in, relax a little while longer then grab some hair pins and just "twist & pin"!*


Start at the top and take sections of hair, twist and pin in place. Using your part as a guide to decide where to start sectioning, then take small sections and wrap them around your finger a put the bobby pin through the whole curl to secure it in place. I've left mine quite messy as I think it works better with the curls.
Have a play - hair is fun and it's so easy to experiment. Would love to see your styles.
* I almost called this blog Twist and Pin as it's my most common answer when people ask how I do my hair. I may make it my registered trademark...

My real hair

I have curly hair.

People with straight hair will not understand what a realisation this statement is for frizzy haired women.

It took me years to accept my real hair. Only with the undertanding of hair products and my diffuser do I understand my real hair. Now it can curl free.

I often feel like a different person with big curly hair.