Favorite hair products of Summer 2013Najljubši izdelki za lase za poletje 2013

My hair is long reaching the mid of my back, dyed (ombre), wavy with dry ends. My scalp is sensitive and if I use a harsh shampoo I get itchy scalp with something that looks like dandruff. All that means that I cannot just use whatever products and my scalp and hair need special attention.

Here are my favorite products of the Summer 2013.

Favorite hair products- Summer 2013

I am still on a hunt for a perfect shampoo, there are some that I like, but none of them is my holy grail. At the moment I am using the Alverde Coffein Shampoo, which is a good shampoo. Nothing special, it gets the job done and it  doesn’t irritate my scalp too much. It is very affordable. Like it.

Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Reconstructor Deep Conditioner for damaged hair. OMG it smells divine! The scent reminds me of chewing gums (Bazooka). And it is very good to my  hair. It leaves them very soft. Love it! I leave it work its magic on my hair for at least 3 minutes before washing it out. The consistency is gel like and not very thick like I’m used to from my other hair masques. The packaging is nice and easy to use at home, but is not practical for traveling. If it gets squeezed, the product runs out automatically. (Just yesterday I bought backups. I still have to try the 3 Minute Miracle Colour and the 3 Minute Miracle Luscious Long).

Favorite hair products- Summer 2013: Aussie

Aussie Luscious Long Leave-In Conditioner for long hair that’s pining for protection (de-tangle & de-stress). Another nicely scented product. It is a de-tangler and a product that is supposed to protect the hair from the heat of the blow drier. I use it on the towel dry hair and also on dry hair just to give them some extra care if needed during the week. I like the product, I don’t think it is awesome, but it smells nice and does give a bit extra to my hair.

Gliss Kur Oil Nutritive Haarspitzenfluid is a product I’ve been using for years (for at least 12 years). They have changed the ingredients and the name over the years, but I stayed faithful to it anyway. It is a light cream with silicones and some nice oils in it. It doesn’t make my hair greasy and it doesn’t weigh them down. You can use it on towel dry or dry hair. I love this product and I’ve repurchased it over and over again!

TRESemme Heat Defence styling spray. Since everyone (and their moms and dads and dogs) have been raving about this product I just had to buy it while I was in Scotland. I didn’t think I would actually love it since none of the heat protecting styling products impressed me so far. I still don’t know if I actually love this one. It is a good product that is for sure. The mist is fine and the scent is nice, but I am just not sure if it really gets the job done. I mean, how can I actually know if a product helps to protect my hair from the heat of the blow drier or curling iron or … I know that my hair is very sensitive to heat and I get split ends very quickly if I process my hair with heat too much or too often. So I am rather walking around with healthier hair and a messy hair look, than to over-process my hair with heat. That is just my philosophy. So … I like the TRESemme Heat Defence, because it smells nice and the mist is fine and I think it might work, but I don’t know if I love it, since I just can’t be sure if it really works. I would repurchase it though if I would get the chance (TRESemme products are not sold where I live).

Umberto Giannini Flirty Curls Scrunching Jelly is a gel or jelly that you put on towel dried hair and scrunch them so you get some texture to the hair. My hair is slightly wavy and this jelly creates soft, bouncy curls. The curls are not crunchy at all. They almost look like beach waves. Sometimes I use a diffuser (special attachment for the blow drier) to get more defined curls and get more volume. The scent is nice and masculine.

Umberto Giannini Curl Friends Natural Curls Styling Spray is a spray for reviving your curls. I love this spray! It just works! I spray it on dry hair and scrunch the hair to create more volume and give my hair the texture (back) and after the spray is dry my hair look wavy and refreshed. The scent is similar to the Flirty Curls product. I like it.

I bought both Umberto Gianinni products in Scotland (in Boots). I don’t know if the brand is sold anywhere else. I really fear the day when I’ll use up the products since I don’t know if I’ll be able to buy them again. I bought these products on a whim. I’ve never heard of the brand, never read a single review of the products. Nothing. I just needed something to style my hair while I was in Scotland, so I bought travel size bottles. I liked the products so much that I went back and bought full size bottles.

Tangle Teezer Compact Styler is a very useful hair brush to carry in the purse or in the beach bag. Otherwise Tangle Teezers are not my favorite hair brushes, since they are just not effective enough to detangle my hair completely, so I am usually left with some knots and it is not easy to hold the brush firmly in the hand, so I usually drop it at least once while combing my hair. But the Compact Styler is just very practical and I am not regretting buying it.

I would like to mention one last thing. It is not a specific product, it is oils. I love to use oils on my hair. I do not care particularly what kind of oil it is (olive, macadamia, argan, jojoba, avocado, …). If it is good for my body or face, it will not harm my hair. On the contrary it can only “help” them. That is my philosophy on hair oils.

I would love to know what are your favorite hair care products!

And if you maybe know if the Umberto Gianinni products are sold outside the UK, please share with me where I can get them. Thank you!Maji lasje so dolgi (do sredine hrbta), barvani (ombre tehnika), valoviti, konice so suhe. Imam občutljivo lasišče. Če uporabim neustrezen (preagresiven) šampon, me lasišče srbi in izgleda, kot bi imela prhljaj. Končni rezultat vsega je, da moram izdelke za nego las in lasišča premišljeno izbirati, saj potrebujejo moji lasje in moje lasišče posebno nego.

Izdelki, ki so mi všeč to poletje in jih redno uporabljam.

Favorite hair products- Summer 2013

Še zmeraj nisem odkrila perfektnega šampona, ki bi lase dobro umil in hkrati ne bi popolnoma nič iritiral mojega lasišča. Trenutno uporabljam Alverde Coffein Shampoo in menim, da je kar dober. Nič prav posebnega, a svoje delo opravi dobro, lasišča pa mi skoraj ne iritira. Cenovno ugoden.

Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Reconstructor Deep Conditioner za uničene lase. UAU, kako pa ta izdelek lepo diši! Vonj me spominja na žvečilne gumije Bazooka. Poleg vonja je tudi “dober” do mojih las. Po umivanju so izredno mehki in delujejo zaščiteni. Izdelek pustim na vlažnih laseh vsaj 3 minute preden ga izperem. Konsistenca je gelasta in prav nič maslena, gosta, zato sem sprva mislila, da ne bo dovolj za moje lase, a sem se motila. Embalaža je praktična in zelo enostavna za uporabo doma, za potovanja pa manj primerna, saj izdelek avtomatično izteče ob pritisku na embalažo. Ravno včeraj sem si že nabavila zaloge (3 Minute Miracle Colour in 3 Minute Miracle Long Luscious moram še preizkusiti).

Favorite hair products- Summer 2013: Aussie

Aussie Luscious Long Leave-In Conditioner za dolge lase, ki potrebujejo zaščito. Še en prijetno odišavljen izdelek. Gre za “detangler” in zaščito las pred vročino sušilca za lase. Uporablja se na z brisačo osušenih laseh, jaz pa ga uporabim tudi na suhih laseh, ko jim želim dati posebno nego, če jo le potrebujejo. Izdelek mi je všeč, ne bi pa rekla, da je fenomenalen. Vonj je prijeten in mojim lasem da nekaj dodatne nege.

Gliss Kur Oil Nutritive Haarspitzenfluid je krema za konice las, ki jo uporabljam že leta in leta (vsaj 12 let). Tekom let se je videz embalaže spreminjal, prav tako se je spremenilo ime, prčkali so tudi po sestavinah, a v principu gre za isti izdelek in zato sem mu ostala zvesta do danes in tudi v prihodnje ga bom še kupovala. Gre za lahko kremo (ki verjetno temelji na silikonih, a vsebuje tudi nekaj fajn oljčkov), ki mojih las ne obteži, jih pa lepo zaščiti oz. obda. Uporabljam ga tako na z brisačo osušenih laseh kot tudi na suhih laseh. Kot sem napisala, gre za stalnico pri meni, ki jo kupujem že leta in zagotovo bom izdelek še naprej kupovala.

TRESemme Heat Defence sprej za oblikovanje. Eden tistih izredno opevanih izdelkov na netu. O njem so po moje pisali že vsi in še njihove mame, atiji in psi. Seveda sem ga ob prvi priliki (na Škotskem) kupila tudi sama. Nisem si mislila, da me bo izdelek pretirano navdušil, saj me do sedaj še noben podoben izdelek ni sezul. In tudi ta ni drugačen. Pri izdelkih tega tipa (zaščita pred vročino likalnika, sušilca za lase ipd.) enostavno nikoli nisem prepričana, ali dejansko delujejo in zato potem ne morem pisati o delovalcih čudežev. TRESemme Heat Defence mi je všeč, ker lepo diši in ker je pršilo izredno nežno, tako da izdelek obda lase s fino meglico. Ali moje lase dejansko zaščiti pred vročino, pa resnično ne bi vedela. Izdelke tega tipa uporabljam zgolj zaradi svojih obljub in v dobri veri, da dejansko obljube izpolnjujejo. Moji lasje so namreč precej občutljivi na vročino in moje konice izredno zaradi vročine hitro postanejo izsušene in se začnejo cepiti. Tako je moja filozofija naslednja … raje hodim naokrog z relativno zdravo grivo in razmršeno (daleč od perfektne) frizuro, kot pa s perfektno urejeno pričesko in grozno razcepljenimi konicami. Ampak to sem samo jaz … vsak počne po svoje. TRESemme Heat Defence je tako izdelek, ki mi je všeč, las ne obteži, lepo diši in pršilo je odlično. Ne vem sicer, ali deluje, bi ga pa vseeno še enkrat kupila.

Umberto Giannini Flirty Curls Scrunching Jelly je gel oziroma žele, ki ga nanesemo na z brisačo osušene lase in jih nato med dlanmi pretlačimo, da ustvarimo kodre. Naravno imam rahlo valovite lase, s tem gelom dosežem mehke “poskočne” kodre, ki niso čisto nič trdi. Izgled je podoben kodrom s plaže. Včasih uporabim še difuzor (nastavek za sušilec las), da ustvarim bolj definirane kodre in več volumna. Vonj izdelka je prijeten, a rahlo možat.

Umberto Giannini Curl Friends Natural Curls Styling Spray je sprej za oživitev kodrov. Obožujem ga! Enostavno deluje, kar obljublja! Popršim ga po suhih laseh, nato lase med dlanmi pretlačim in tako se lasem povrne tekstura, kodri pa dobijo ponovno svež izgled. Vonj je podoben izdelku Flirty Curls.

Umberto Giannini izdelka sem kupila na Škotskem (v drogeriji Boots). Ne vem, ali se znamka prodaja še kje drugje. Prav bojim se dneva, ko bom izdelka porabila, saj enostavno ne vem, ali ju bom lahko ponovno kupila in kje. Kupila sem ju popolnoma spontano. Prej za znamko nisem ne slišala ne brala o njej. Na Škotskem sem pač rabila nekaj za krotitenje svojih las. Iz takšnega in drugačnega razloga so mi padli v oči izdelki znamke Umberto Giannini. Sprva sem kupila izdelka v mini velikosti. Tako sta mi bila všeč, da sem se vrnila in kupila še originalno velikost. Sedaj mi je žal, da nisem kupila izdelkov na rezervo.

Tangle Teezer Compact Styler je izredno uporabna mini krtača za lase, ki se jo enostavno nosi v torbici ali torbi za na plažo. V splošnem krtače Tangle Teezer niso moje najljubše, saj niso dovolj efektivne pri razčesavanju mojih las. Skoraj zmeraj mi ostane kaj vozlov v laseh. Poleg tega pa se jih še težko dobro prime v dlan in tako krtačo skoraj vedno vsaj 1x vržem po tleh med razčesavanjem. Kljub vsemu pa ne obžalujem nakupa Compact Styler krtače.

Za konec bi omenile še nekaj. Ne gre za specifičen izdelek, ampak za skupino izdelkov, namreč oljčki. Izredno rada na laseh uporabljam olja. Nisem pretirano izbirčna, katera olja … všeč mi je vse od kokosovega, olivnega, jojobinega, arganovega, makadamije, avokadovega … Če so dobri za kožo (telesa in / ali obraza), potem zagotovo ne škodijo lasem. Ravno nasprotno, zagotovo lasem lahko samo “dobro denejo”. In to je moja filozofija, kar se tiče olj na laseh.

Sedaj pa me zanima, kaj so vaši najljubši izdelki za nego las! Morda med vašimi odkrijem kakšnega, ki se bo v prihodnje znašel na mojem seznamu.

Zanima pa me še, ali morda kdo izmed vas ve, kje bi se še dalo kupiti Umberto Giannini izdelke. Hvala!

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  1. Excellent post :D Will do one myself since there were so many products that I used this summer :D
    I was looking at Aussie Luscious Long Leave-In Conditioner… might try it myself since I do love their hair shampoos and conditioners and I was very pleased with them :w00t:

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  2. I used the Reconstructor during my vacation and I really liked it! :) Check out iHerb for shampoos, I have sensitive scalp as well and really oily roots and I’ve been buying different sulfate free shampoos from that website. With sulfate free shampoos I don’t have itchy, flaky scalp anymore :)

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  3. Umberto Giannini izdelka se slišita zelo privlačno. :w00t:
    Jaz sem trenutno samo na Prolab šamponu proti izpadanju las. Ni energije za kaj drugega. :silly:

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    • Opisana izdelka sem kupila na Škotskem, backupe pa sem kupila na Hrvaškem, kjer jih prodajajo v DMjih, kjer pa balzama v spreju nisem našla. Menda se Aussie dobi tudi v AUT.

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