REVIEW - Tara Smith Big Baby Shampoo + Conditioner

According to the bottle, the Tara Smith range is organic and earth-friendly without parabens, phtalates and sodium laureth sulphates (the website is snazzy but uninformative). Sounds good to me :) My hair, like my skin, is very temperamental. It hates everything. Apart from Indian head massages, that is. And I swear it gets worse the older I get. Anyway. I currently use MOP's Pear Shampoo, which is lovely but pricey so looking for some savvy alternatives (also, I am a bit of a product whore and I like new stuff :) )

I spotted the Tara Smith range in Tesco supermarket at the weekend and decided to try it. It is quite pricey for the supermarket, £4.99 a bottle, on par with the professional ranges like John Frieda, but MOP is twice the price. I chose Big Baby which is for kids or sensitive scalps. No use in pretending anything else is going to be ok for my angry hair :)

The round bottles are attractive, and add to the "we're different but still cool" vibe of this brand.

So how was it for me? It has a mild astringent "herbal" smell, not very noticeable. I like that. The more organic/natural products I try the more I can't bear over-perfumed products. It cleans nicely, and leave a nice shine. Careful not to take too much product; the shampoo lathers a lot and the conditioner is very rich, so you only need a tiny bit. It didn't upset my scalp, no flyaways or static, and no tufty bits :) 4 of 5 stars for Tara Smith Big Baby!

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Au Naturale For Autumn?

As rainy and more chilly days set in, I turn my attention to my increasingly dry, tired skin and hair and wonder, is it time to try something new for my beauty routine? I have been intrigued by Chagrin Valley handmade soaps and shampoo bars since I saw them on Rocketqueens blog. I have never tried this sort of thing before and in my quest for more healthy living (goodbye anaemia and fatigue, dammit) I thought "Why not?" and ordered a bunch of stuff. I cheaped out on the postage, so here's hoping the stuff arrives (I have lost my faith in Royal Mail lately). Of course, there will be a thorough review once the stuff arrives :)

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