Tag: haircare for men

Leonor Greyl Haircare Products

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Disclaimer: We received these products free of charge for the purpose of this review and all thoughts and opinions are our own.

With Father’s Day fast approaching, we will be sharing some great gift ideas with you to help you find the perfect gift for your Dad or Father figure. French haircare brand Leonor Greyl have a great selection of haircare products and the special men in your life won’t have a hair out of place once they’ve used them!

The Gentle Volumizing Shampoo is made with 96% natural ingredients and as the name suggests will improve volume – great for those Dad’s whose hair is starting to thin. The gentle action of real lavender honey combined with rose extracts mean it is gentle enough to be used daily and it leaves hair soft and shiny. The shampoo lathers easily, creating a creamy foam which removes dirt and grime from hair, leaving it feeling lovely and clean.

RRP £24.60

The Lait Lavant A La Banane shampoois made with 97% natural ingredients and is very gentle on hair. The shampoo lathers well and the vegetal proteins and banana sap extract help improve softness and shine on fine and oily hair. This shampoo smells lovely and as it removes odour and perspiration is great for sporty Dads.

RRP £26.95

Made with 90% natural ingredients the Alcohol-free styling gel is just what Dad needs for styling his hair. The alcohol free formula with hibiscus extracts is suitable for all hair types and provides support at the roots of thin and limp hair. Use it to create an all-over slicked-back look, or simply for controlling stray hairs or a pesky cowlick. It won’t dry out the hair, and with a firm hold that doesn’t flake, it’ll keep Dad’s hair looking fab all day.

RRP £ 18

 The Baume Bois de Rose is a matte finish modelling and sculpting balm which is made with 93% natural ingredients. The styling balm can be applied to either dry or damp hair and the non greasy formula also hydrates and protects hair. It’s great for smoothing fly away hair and a little goes a long way. It holds hair in place all day without leaving it feeling sticky and it smells amazing – I will definitely be borrowing this one – don’t tell Dad!!

RRP £45.07

Nanogen Haircare

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Disclaimer – We received this item free for the purpose of this review/feature but all words and opinions are our own.

I have recently had a dietry deficiency which caused my hair to thin, plus it won’t grow very long now so it seems to be getting shorter and shorter with each cut I have! Nanogen Haircare has a solution to thinning hair which includes shampoo and conditioner, Hair Fibre Locking Spray and hair fibres.  Intrigued, they sent me some samples to try along with instructions. 

Nanogen’s products are designed to thicken your hair in as little as 30 seconds.  With 20 years of experience and a variety of products and also boast a wealth of information on their website as to how to care for you hair and how to make it look instantly thicker.

Starting with the Nanogen Hair Fibres, choose your hair colour online: https://www.nanogen.com/pages/what-shade-are-you The Nanogen Hair Fibres are designed to bounce light from the transparent fibres to make your hair appear thicker and more like natural hair. Choosing your shade of hair colours allows the Nanogen Hair Fibres to blend in with your natural colour, and a mix of shades often makes the blending much easier. I have medium brunette hair so I was sent the shades No 05 Medium Brown and No 06 Light Brown.

Once I had styled my hair for the day, I took the darker colour to my roots, sprinkling the fibres onto where my hair needs thickening. Lightly patting the fibres into my hair to make them more even, I then applied the lighter shade of Nanogen Hair Fibres and patted the area again to even out the distribution. Essentially, that’s all you need to do, but if you want to change the thickness, or the tone of the colour, you can repeat the process to get the desired look. As with all products, practice is the key. I was also advised that ‘less is more’ with building up the thickness and colour, so keep trying at small intervals until you get the look you like. 

To keep your new thicker looking hair water resistant and to fix in place more, Nanogen also have the Hair Fibre Locking Spray, which I used on my hair before I went out.

If you’re a bit nervous about using thickening products on your hair straight away, Nanogen has other haircare products that might also benefit you.  I was sent the Shampoo Luxe Thickening Hair Experience for Women and Conditioner for Everyone.  I love trying out new haircare products, so this was another way for me to get thicker hair and also love pampering myself a bit more. As with most shampoos and conditioners which are designed to do a bit more than just clean and condition, it takes a few washes for the condition of your hair to change. Having said that, after one wash I could feel that my hair was coated more rather than stripped back which is what most High Street shampoos do.  The hard water in my area doesn’t help the condition of my hair either, so the protection of the conditioner helps.

After a week of washing my hair with the Nanogen Shampoo Luxe Thickening Hair Experience and Nanogen Conditioner for Everyone, my hair began to feel stronger and dried less frizzy when I left it to dry naturally. The fragrance of the Conditioner for Everyone is to die for too – I loved conditioning my hair with it and the scent it left!

I was also sent the Nanogen Shampoo and Half-Conditioner for Men, which lathers up to exfoliate the scalp as well as lightly conditioning. The conditioning aspect of the product is from panthenol and glycerine, which is to prevent hair feeling weighed down.  I don’t normally use 2-in-1 shampoos and conditioners so I had a good opportunity to test it when I went away for a night and didn’t know what the haircare products would be like.  It has a similar fragrance to it as the Nanogen Shampoo and felt like it was just as nutritious as the separate shampoo and conditioners.

From fretting about my thinning hair to suddenly having a 30-second fix and being given a long-term solution with different shampoos and conditioners, Nanogens has given me both confidence and hope, and more healthy looking hair. Thanks Nanogen!

All products available from £9.95 at: https://www.nanogen.com/collections/all