Anyway, I noticed they'd started reducing their accessories towards the back of the shop and went over to see if they had a sparkly pink belt in the sale for me.

What I did find was a hairstyling pack by John Frieda. The first thing I noticed was the huge yellow sticker on it - £1! It was worth further investigation. I quick look confirmed that there were three different packs availible: a Frizz Ease one, a Sheer Blonde One and a Ready to Wear one. These are all John Frieda ranges. I reached for the Blonde one, being blonde, it seemed the natural choice! But since they were only a quid (reduced from £3), I picked up a Ready to Wear one too which is designed to thicken hair.

Right.

Oooops, something else I forgot to mention, these are trial size packs! One use thingies. What did you think you were getting for a quid? Big bottles?!

**~~STEP ONE~~**
OK, shampoo your hair. No surprises there. Apparently, the Ready to Wear shampoo contains ultra-light, body-building resins. Oooh, very scientific. It lathered up nicely and smelled quite nice - nothing really special. It didn't get stuck in my hair (I've had issues with Fructis where the damn stuff REFUSES to come out of my hair!) so that was a bonus! You don't need masses of shampoo - just use your common sense about how much. If you have short hair, you won't need to use the whole trial pack.

**~~STEP THREE~~**
Supposedly to 'Detangle and Gloss Stage'. My hair was already nicely detangled from the conditioner but I had to follow my instructions! So when my hair was soaking wet, I put a few drops of my Shimmer Serum Ultra-Light Glosser through from roots to ends. This stuff is meant to "detangle as it smoothes frays, flyaways and split ends, plus eliminates static". This is just what my hair needed - something to make it look less flyaway (and to hide my split ends!!) Start with a few drops and build it up slowly if you feel you need it. Don't just slap loads on or you'll probably end up with greasy hair - YUK. So, hopefully, this magic potion would do the trick and I'd have a "high-gloss, high-glam finish".

I didn't follow the blowdrying insructions. They sounded too fiddly for my who can't really style my hair at all! So I just blowdried it in my usual way. It was time for my Upbeat Whipped Styling Creme. I wasn't sure if this was really suitable for my long, straight (slightly layered around the front) hair as it says it's 'Formulated for lifting layers and creating modern, separated styles'. Ah well, I thought I'd try it anyway! Actually, it worked quite well. It's supposed to coat hair with a "barely-there" layer of water-based latex (more scary sounded stuff!) that makes you hair thicker and more pliable, easier to style and more shiny! I can always do with more shine! I smoothed a little on and it did do what it said (they do over-exaggerate a tinsy bit though!!). Yep, I was definatly pleased.