Travalo Ice Easy Fill Perfume Spray

 Hi Everyone!
Hope you all are well :)

Today I'm reviewing a product that I think will come in handy for a lot of you, I know it does for me. As the title suggests the Travalo is a refillable bottle that allows you to bring your perfume with you on the go in a compact manner. 

The Travalo holds 5ml which according to the company is the equivalent to 65 sprays of perfume. One of the reasons why I bought the Travalo was because I carry an entire bottle of perfume around with me on a daily basis. I like to top up my perfume during the day but carrying around an entire bottle isn't very practical. Two perfumes that I always take with me, depending on which I'm wearing that day are Flowerbomb by Viktor and Rolf and Daisy by Marc Jacobs. They are not the cheapest perfumes on the market and if I happened to lose or break a bottle I would be devastated. The other reason I picked up the Travalo is because I plan on travelling more this year and its just a more effective way of carrying around perfume. Being that the Travalo is only about the size of a lipstick it cuts down on space too! 

There are different collections within the range and these are as follow:

• Travalo Classic
• Travalo Ice
• Travelo Milano

Travalo products are a little expensive for what they are, they range in price from €15 to €38 depending on which collection you purchase from. The Classic collection is the cheapest while the Milano collection is the dearest. The only difference between the two that I can see is that the packaging of the Milano collection is much more fancy. 

I picked up my Travalo Ice bottle from Tk Maxx and it was in the clearance section for only €2. I'm a great one for grabbing a bargain haha! I absolutely love the product so I will be purchasing another bottle but i'll be doing so from their Classic Collection. The Classic Travalo is €15 and comes in a wide variety of colours.

How it Works

Pick a perfume and then remove the spray nozzle.

There is a small pressure sealed opening at the bottom of the Travalo. Place this opening on top of the perfume dispenser straw and then simply pump up and down to transfer the perfume.

And that is all there is to it!

The spray bottles can be purchased directly from the Travalo website which you can find here. Debenhams also stock the range which is handy if you are living in Ireland like myself! You can browse their stock here. 

Overall I'm absolutely delighted with my purchase, there are no con's where I'm concerned!

Have you tried do you think of the Travalo? Let me know!

Until next time.

Eimear x

Bumble and Bumble Thickening Hairspray

Hey Everyone!

Hope you all are well :)

Waaaay back in August when I was coming home from Leeds Festival I had around a 6 hour wait in the airport for my flight home. 

We had to leave the camping arena quite early so we were up and packed by around 11am. By the time we got the bus back into Leeds and then actually got into the airport it was 1 o clock, the flight wasn't until 7 -_-

I didn't mind so much purely due to the fact I was absolutely wrecked, chilling in the airport suited me down to the ground!

To make the wait a little easier I went to the shop, picked up some playing cards and a magazine. While I was browsing through the magazines I spotted Septembers issue of Elle magazine which had a free Bumble and Bumble spray included.

I had heard of the company before and knew they were a more high end hair care brand so I decided this buy was a bit of a steal!

Now, there is a reason why I am only reviewing this nearly 5 months after I purchased the magazine. I simply could not think of one positive thing to say about the spray. I have been using it on and off the last few months trying my best to get the product to work with my hair but for me it is just no use!

My hair is quite fine, straight and lacks volume altogether. The fact that my hair is quite long probably doesn't help with the volume side of things!

As you can imagine I was hoping that this little spray would be the answer to all my problems.

Bumble and Bumble claim that

 This spray lifts and holds all hair types (thin, thick, or otherwise). Use it for for blow-drying, setting, protecting from heat, adding volume, lifting, controlling, and finishing any style.

After I got out of the shower I towel dried my hair and sprayed the product throughout the roots where I wanted some volume.

I blowed dried my hair while waiting for the magic to happen…

nothing happened haha!

Firstly, I cannot stand the smell of the spray.

I can't put my finger on what the scent actually is, maybe an off coconut smell?…either way it isn't pleasant.

Once I had finished blow drying my hair I noticed the texture was a little different, my hair looked as if it was weighed down with product.

 I had the furthest thing from voluminous hair to my disappointment.

I generally have to wash my hair daily, I could go a second day without washing it if I wanted to by applying some dry shampoo..but most of the time I'd rather have it looking and feeling fresh!

I most certainly could not go a second day after using the thickening spray, not even with some dry shampoo. You could make a fry on my head haha!

I had tried using this product in many different ways but unfortunately it just doesn't work for me. I'm glad I only picked it up free in a magazine because to my knowledge Bumble and Bumble products do not come cheap!

A 250ml bottle of this bad boy will set you €26 over on Boots.ie

Eeeek!

Have you tried any of the range, what are your thoughts? :)

Eimear x