Kevin Murphy Touchable Spray Wax

I am not lucky enough to be able to nip off down to the hair salon to have my hair blow-dried before a big event or just because I want a treat, but if I ever won the lottery, you would probably find me constantly doing exactly this. I do look after my hair, though I don’t have it trimmed a regularly as my local salon would like (I’m 8 months late for example) but I do wash and condition it, I do use a hair mask and I do use heat protection products.

What I don’t like using on my hair are products that style it to a crisp - think mousse, hair spray, some finish sprays, gels and waxes. If I’ve taken the time to style my hair be it working with my natural curls or with my beloved GHD irons, then I want a finish to look natural, like I’ve just stepped out of a salon not covered my hair in gunk for which I will be sorry days later when I am still washing it all out. Not too long ago, I was kindly sent the Kevin Murphy Touchable Spray Wax to try. 

Described as being a workable and lightweight spray wax finishing hairspray. Touchable works to maintain not just texture and hold but to also reinforce the appearance of separation. I have never used a product like this before, it is as lightweight as a finishing spray but has the hold of a hairspray call without weighing down your hair and without being sticky or drying to a crisp.

There is no horrid chemical scent to this spray wax, what I like about Untouchable is that it is enriched with hibiscus flower extract for its conditioning properties, milk thistle for its well known antioxidant strengths, sea lavender to increase hydration and carrot seed oil for its beautiful natural scent and satin sheen finish. As you can see, Kevin Murphy has developed a product which gives you the ability to style and hold your hair whether it is poker straight or imperfectly messy whilst at the same time giving you something that works as soon as skincare, but for your hair. 

I’ve used this spray a lot more than I had originally intended too. It just so happens that when I’ve needed to make the effort with my hair, Mother Nature has decided to either open the heavens and literally give me a downpour to contend with, or it has blown an absolute gale which would usually see me rendering the “through a hedge backwards” look.

Directions For Use

Shake well before each use. Apply to dry hair as desired as a finishing spray and leave. It is perfect for all hair types, colours and textures and washes out as easily as it applies, with no white residue or sticky feeling afterwards. 

Kevin Murphy Touchable Spray Wax is priced at £24 for 250ml

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Shea Moisture Daily Hydration Body Wash and Lotion

Coconut is one of my absolute favourite smells (aside from Jasmine) and within a beauty product, I am a huge fan of how it leaves my skin, especially as a body product. From SheaMoisture, I have just finished using these two huge bottles of Body Wash and Body Lotion and they are brilliant, as well as being great value for money.

With the most wonderful brand history, Sofi Tucker started selling Shea Nuts at the village market in Bonthe, Sierra Leone in 1912. By age 19, the widowed mother of four was selling Shea Butter, African Black Soap and her homemade hair and skin preparations all over the countryside. Sofi Tucker was our Grandmother and SheaMoisture is her legacy.

The SheaMoisture Body Wash (£10.99) is absolute heaven in a bottle and it is very rare you find a product that you enjoy using as much as when you first open it to that very last drop, which is exactly what I did with this.

Using what SheaMoisture refer to as the best parts of the coconut which helps to leave the skin soft, nourished and luxuriously clean. Alongside it, you will also find Exotic Acacia Senegal, which I am told is great for inflammation and redness, is mixed with a luxurious blend of 100% Virgin Coconut Oil and Coconut Milk to moisturise as it gently cleanses. As well as using this as a body wash, you can also add a capful to your bath and if you are a fan of bubbles, then this will tick a box for you because it creates copious amounts of bubbles to lie back in and relax.

When it comes to using a body lotion, I have said on more than one occasion that I am lazy, I find the application such a chore unless it comes in a spray or a spritz, but and it is a big but, if I like the product then the chances are I will use it.

This Shea Moisture 100% Virgin Coconut Oil Daily Hydration Body Lotion (£10.99) is described as being an indulgent body lotion which provides everyday hydration for all skin types, even skin that only requires a drop of moisture.

On the skin, it is really lightweight, despite looking as though it would be quite thick and gloopy. Once applied, what I really like is just how quickly it absorbs into the skin. It uses exotic Acacia Senegal with all the best parts of the Coconut and this means that as the body lotion melts effortlessly into skin to not only does it leave it feeling really hydrated, it does so any greasy residue – one of my bugbears when it comes to body lotions.

Both of these products smell absolutely delightful and if you are a fan of the scent of coconut then you will love these two which naturally work amazing as a pair but are equally as good on their own.

Availability and Price

SheaMoisture products can be found in Boots*, Lookfantastic* and Superdrug with prices starting around £3.49 for a sachet rising to £12.99 and alongside Body Washes and Lotions you will find Shampoo, Conditioner, Hair Masques, Hair Styling products and more.

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