I couldn’t believe how much Superdrug sent me this time round; 2 whole boxes of amazing stuff.  In the first box was a whole hair care range (yes range!) from Scandalous and in the next box I received a tonne of products including Bloom & 2True make up, a 4 step tanning system from Professional Finish – Flawless Tan some Superdrug own brand things like make up wipes, moisturisers, hair care and body care… I really could go on!

Upon opening the boxes I realised how greedy I can be because I wanted to keep the whole lot to myself and didn’t want to share them with anyone moohahahahaaaa! Greed is one of the 7 deadly sins and I figured that since I’d already been capable of this reaction, I’m sure the rest of my week would be just as ‘sinful’ without even trying.

Envy

Pretty much as soon as I opened the second box, my fiancé got ‘envious‘ of all my goodies and grabbed the TZone Nose Pore Strips. After following the instructions; wetting the strip and leaving it on for 10 mins, he was disappointed that the did not work.  Thinking that he might not be too good with these things I tried one on, following the steps on the packet like Dave had done and still no sign of removing blackheads.

Lust

The summer weather has been glorious in the South East, that was until August arrived.  The one thing aside from the sun that most would say they have been ‘lusting‘ after, is a suntan. I went to the SW4 fest on Sunday so wanted to look my best as it’s the only festival I’m going to this year so I decided to give in to my temptation for tan lust and use the self-tanning quartet in my superbox!

I prepped my skin with Step 1 Exfoliation & Skin Care I am quite picky about exfoliating products as I like them to make my skin super soft ready for a tanning product or just to make my skin look healthy and bright before a night out.  I didn’t feel like the scrub was grainy enough for my skin and was a little worried as to how the tan would go on. It did have a lovely smell though and left a nice tingle when I got out of the shower. Step 2 was the Greedy Skin Serum, which sank straight in to my elbows and wrists without any tacky residue. I opened Step 3 Salon Tanning Lotion and put on the gloves that come with it; the product has a guide colour that leaves you instantly greeny brown. There were pros and cons to this; I liked that I could see where I was putting the tan but didn’t feel that it blended in well enough at the time and was worried that it would go streaky – I was left with darker bits that looked like flaking skin! Fast forward a night’s sleep and panic over – not one streak!! I was quite shocked at how well it went on and what a lovely colour it was – not too light or dark.  Lastly I used Step 4 Hydrant & Gloss Finish which left me nicely moisturised with a healthy glow!  Even though I got a great tan out of the product, I did find it a little messy but I’m sure I could get used to it.

Gluttony

I said before how greedy I felt when I opened the parcels in the first place. When I opened the whole box of Scandalous haircare, I wanted to use EVERYTHING! So I thought, ‘why not use everything, it’s yours right?’

Doh, I gave in again and pretty much used it all to give myself a good hair day at the festival.  I washed my hair with the Moisturising shampoo and conditioner which both smelled nice and left my hair feeling averagely smooth (remember I have bleached hair so it takes a lot to make my hair feel smooth and healthy!). I then used the Red Alert Heat Protection Spray which was weightless and gave me peace of mind that I was protecting my hair from my hairdryer.  I haven’t used a mousse in years but thought I might as well give the Voluptuous Boost Volumising Mousse a go. I took a larger-than-walnut-sized amount (it’s nigh on impossible to get a walnut-sized dollop of mousse!) and put in on my roots; I think I should have added more as I have a lot of hair but wanted to follow the instructions.  It didn’t feel sticky so I was pleasantly surprised.  Before blow-drying, I used the Seductive Shimmer Serum spray over the whole of my hair, concentrating on the ends. I’m a bit of a hair product snob and usually favour salon products so I didn’t hold out much hope for the serum but it left my hair feeling rather sleek afterwards, I really liked it!

The mousse gave my hair volume but nothing too mad!  I used some of the hairspray and found that to be very lightweight, after one spritz. Lastly I used the Luminous Shine finishing spray, which smoothed the stray hairs at the top to complete my gluttonous look!

All my efforts turned out to be all in vain since the heavens opened at the festival and I ended up looking like this!

before………………………..after

Superdrug is doing a special offer on this hair care range – all products for £3.50!

Sloth
Work’s been pretty hectic of late and I was feeling a little delicate from the day before so I decided to have a day in front of the TV and do NOTHING!! While doing this, I washed my hair with the Scandalous Moisturising shampoo and gave myself a well-needed intensive conditioner. If I’m honest, the Intensively Glossy Rescue Treatment made my hair feel no more smooth than the Scandalous Moisturising Conditioner and even when I blow-dried it, it did not feel any softer.  This might have something to do with the product advising to only leave the conditioner in for 30 seconds and I perhaps should have used my own judgement and left it in for longer.  Since I was having a lazy day ‘slothing‘ about I decided that I would leave my hair to dry naturally with the curling product. Rock Chick Wave Spray which I felt worked rather well to help my curl spring up.

Pride

The following day, I had to wake up for work… it was too early to wash my hair in the morning so I embraced my natural ‘fro’ from the day before.  Because it was dried naturally, I had gotten a little greasy so I decided to preserve my dignity and ‘pride’ and use the Fabulously Flirty dry shampoo to disguise what was really going on.  Not to sound gross but I’m quite a fan of dry shampoos, reasoning that they provide a good surface for up-do’s when hair is too fine and flimsy and they offer a good bit of freshening up in between washes.  This dry shampoo was no different to those I’ve tried in the past and I’m pleased to report that it worked well and smelt great!

Wrath

Most sins complete, I was left with one sin that I had not experienced (this week), wrath – I’d had a pretty good week and didn’t feel vengeful or angry!  Red is the colour associated with anger and it just so happens that I was sent 2 red nail polishes in my box of tricks: 1) Bloom in Sofia 2) 2True in Shade 5 (we’ll call this a red for the purpose of this exercise but it’s more of a coral).  They both went on well and came off not so well, leaving me with red fingers afterwards   I couldn’t find these on the Superdrug website but Superdrug is doing a 3 for 2 offer on Bloom nail varnishes and a 3 for £5 offer on all 2True products.

So that was my week of sin… I have to say it felt pretty good   Thank you Superdrug once again!

TTFN

Amy x

P.S.  Ooooh get this – as I was writing this post, I was watching Ultimate Big Brother and the housemates started talking about the 7 Deadly Sins…. weird!!