Well "baby" Poppy is not such a baby anymore! We celebrated her 1st birthday on the 3rd Ma...
Well "baby" Poppy is not such a baby anymore! We celebrated her 1st birthday on the 3rd May 2006 and I marked the occasion by returning to work. Look out for me back on here!
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I was in my local branch of Boots a couple of days ago and decided to look for an intensive conditioning treatment to try and soften my over-coloured and heat styled hair. I wandered into an aisle which had a display of minature bottles of hair products.
Now i'm a sucker for minatures. I like anything which takes up less space than giant bottles of products, especially if you want to sample something new and don't want to shell out x pounds for something you'll never use again.
The range i'm describing is Charles Worthington "Take Aways". These are predominantly designed for travellers and are a perfect size to slip into a suitcase to save on space. Perfect to leave enough room in your case to stock up on duty frees!
The range includes shampoos, conditioners, hairsprays and many other hair treatments. I spotted an intensive conditioner called "Hair healer intensive leave-in conditioner". This was just what I was looking for and I parted with 1.50 for a 50ml bottle. (Sorry my pound sign is broken)!! Just for the record, every other product was also 1.50 each.
The conditioner comes in a little pump bottle, about 5" high and is cream in colour. It has the words "take aways" written in big letters on the front and all the details of the conditioner in smaller letters.
It claims to be "an intensive hair and scalp mega-treatment packed with nourishers and strengthers which target damaged zones, plus soothers, smoothers and refreshing naturals". Sounds great but would it really perk up my dry, dull hair?
I used the treatment after shampooing and conditioning my hair as usual. You could use it in place of conditioner, but I wanted to see what a difference it would make to my normal hair. I towel dried my hair and brushed it through.
This is a highly concentrated conditioner, so you only need a small amount. In a 50ml bottle, it claims to have 15 - 25 applications. I have medium length hair, just past my shoulders, so I pumped around ten pumps into my hands and smoothed it through the ends of my hair. I would not use this on the roots as it may make roots greasy.
I then combed my hair through to make sure it was distributed evenly. There is no need to rinse the conditioner out. The product has a lovely fresh smell like treatments you may get in the hairdressers. Its light and not at all greasy unlike some other brands. There is no film left on the hands. It seemed to sink into my thirsty hair.
I blow dried and styled my hair as usual. I had a lovely shine to my dry hair and the brush swept through my hair so easily. I was impressed. Over the next 24 hours, I did not notice a dulling or a build up of grease as I have done with some other products. In fact, I found I only needed to wash my hair every other day rather than every day.
I would definitely recommend this product to anybody. It is suitable for all hair types so everybody can use it! Its great value for money and my only bad point to bring up is it isn't available in a bigger size! Oh well, I did say I liked minatures!
The bottles states it is not tested on animals. If you want to contact the company, they are available at: Charles Worthington Ltd, PO Box 2207, London, W1A 5TY
There is also a website www.cwlondon.com
Thanks for reading.
Tamsin xx
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I am a MASSIVE Take Aways fan. All the range is brilliant. I regulary use this on my roots and it doesn't cause greasyness. An excellent op - Claire x
twinkle100200 20.10.2003 10:54
I alays take this away on holiday, it is great to put on by the pool/in the sun to stop your hair from drying out & being such a convenient size is easy to carry about.
belinda9 19.10.2003 17:09
I've got quite a few things out of this range. great for hols.
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