- These are from my shower box.
This is just the blond side.
I do actually have probably 30-50 products,
and probably close to 50 products
in my shower box (laughs)
It's really embarrassing!
Hi, I'm Meike!
I'm the Senior Category Buyer,
no, manager. Don't put that bit in! (laughs)
Senior Category Manager at Adore Beauty
for makeup, fragrance, and haircare.
So, as a blond, especially high maintenance,
if you're going to the hairdresser regularly
and you haven't been able to go,
without these products or without a blond toning product,
your hair will turn gold,
you'll start to, where you've got your regrowth,
see that break and it's not gonna blend through
or look shiny and healthy.
I didn't use a product for a week and a half
to see how bad my hair would get,
'cause usually I would use these one to two times a week,
and I did it just before I went to the hairdresser,
just to show her had bad my hair had got.
I highly recommend that you use blond toning products
like blond shampoos, masks, and conditioners,
rather than a box dye.
Especially if you're a light blond,
or you are a platinum blond,
it is really hard to match your color.
If you're going to a hairdresser
and paying a lot of money to get the perfect color,
using a box dye right now,
or in between,
is not the way to go,
and you will damage your hair,
or at least you'll make it really difficult
for the hairdresser to redo your color
and take longer and cost more.
Brunettes have it easy.
They can get their color matched
and they can do it,
but blondes need to just tone
until you can get to your hairdresser.
This is about how to survive as a blonde.
In February 2019, I broke my hair from an on-scalp bleach.
It happened in the salon,
and it literally, like two centimeters down the middle,
I had a little - [Woman 2] It was a mohawk.
- Mohawk spike, yeah.
Going forward,
a year and two months,
we are - [Woman 2] A new woman.
- Like, back!
For blondes,
that can be very traumatic,
and for me, as a hair buyer, was very traumatic.
- [Woman 2] Going to meetings, right?
- Yeah! You're going to meetings
with hairdressers
and the heads of companies,
and they're looking at your hair.
It's horrible.
- [Woman 2] Well it looks good now?
- Yeah, thanks!
Actually, I got
prescription, not prescription...
Let me cut that bit (laughs)...
I went and saw the hairdresser on Saturday,
finally she opened,
thank you!
And she said that my hair is no longer damaged.
I'm damage-free!
Look,
there's a couple of things.
People forget this step, which is pre-shampoo.
Pre-cleanse, pre-shampoo.
If you do this,
you'll get the best result for your blond products
that you're about to put in for toning,
and also,
hot tip, it helps with scalp health
and your hair health,
and therefore, growth,
and when you're blonde, you need to protect that
and make sure your hair's growing strong and healthy.
So, scalp health!
- [Woman 2] Are there any tips for scalp health and growth?
- Supplements, yeah!
Supplements is another big one,
and also treatments and masks.
Apothecary make an amazing supplement range
for scalp health as well as growth.
Mane Event's a really good one.
I've been on it for a year, and it sped up my growth double.
Doubled my growth per month,
so it's a good one.
Prep your hair with these before you do your toning.
You'll get the best result.
So starting on the less bougie side,
'cause I am quite bougie,
so one of the tricks,
if you don't use a lot of dry shampoo and styling products,
but you do get...
Blondes start to get a bit dirty,
and you're really needing that toning product,
spray this little beauty in
3 minutes before you shampoo your hair.
Every time you shampoo your hair.
It really takes away mineral build-up,
so I find it really brightens my blond,
and when you combine it with your toning products,
it's awesome.
If you need a bit more of a scrub,
and you've got a lot of dry shampoo,
your scalp may be dry tech sprays
might need a salt scrub, that is also good.
On the bougie end, but this has skincare benefits.
It's Oribe Serene Scalp Exfoliating Scrub.
This has AHS in it, so think of your face
as an extension into your scalp.
Its all skin
We use a lot of AHS to resurface and smooth out
and I use a lot of my face.
So anyway, this stuff is awesome for that.
It's on the bougie end,
but it's probably one of the most powerful scrubs.
So, more lightweight, mineral buildup,
a little bit heavier, bougie.
Anyway, my top product that I use in my shower box
and these are half my shower box.
So, they look a little bit manky.
- [Woman 2] Authentic.
- Yeah. (laughs) I have a rating system. Yes.
- [Woman 2] A blond rating system. Let's hear it.
- So, I have five things when I'm evaluating
what's right for my hair.
Number one, strength and overall result.
Two speed, which kinda goes back to the strength.
If you don't have a lot of time,
there's some products that are super strong
and will work quickly.
And then others that will take up to 30 minutes.
You run a really good result
and you want that really light ash platinum.
Smell. I'm someone who loves smell
and sensory experience in the shower.
So, I do fragrance.
Obviously I like smell and also repair and care
because if you have fine or damaged hair
or highly porous hair,
you need to worry about repair and care as a blonde.
Everything I've done the last year
has been to manage damage.
So, these products are also suitable for that.
And then if it's clean is another one.
It's really important where we can do no sulfates,
if you can, that's great.
We've got quite a few products here that are actually clean.
Brand new.
This is at the moment my number one for a couple of reasons.
Evo Fabuloso is an Australian brand,
which is always a good thing,
vegan, which we love.
One of the newest products in their market
is their toning shampoo.
It is strong.
So, be aware the first time I used it,
I didn't wear gloves,
even though it says wear gloves
and I had lilac hands.
Using it together it's like the power duo.
So you get the benefits of the super-strong toning shampoo
and then the Evo Fabuloso conditioner.
It's amazing conditioner.
So, it's also got
the repair qualities into it and hydrating.
So, that's probably my number one at the moment
for speed and result.
Smells pretty good.
It's not my top smelling product,
but I do still love the smell of this.
And when the hairdresser used it on me on the weekend,
I was like, "Oh, Fabuloso."
This is like 37.95 and this is 39.
So, still affordable.
I have more boujee things here,
but this is affordable.
Next. So, this is also very affordable.
The reason I love this range, it's clean. 100%.
It's on our clean beauty side
and it's one of the few purple shampoos that is clean
as well as the conditioner.
I've been using just the shampoo.
The supersize is like 120.
So you basically get one of these free
when you buy one of these.
So, it's worthwhile going supersizing,
but if you haven't tried it before,
these are about 39.95.
39.
This brand was made originally for people with cancer.
It's also very gentle.
So, if you need something gentle
and you've got porous sensitive hair,
this is good.
I find the longer you leave it,
the better result.
Cause you can use it more frequently.
Cause it's not as strong as the Fabuloso,
in my opinion.
Also, I just want to say
these are violet based toning products.
So, there's two types,
there's blue, which is purely made for people
with like orange tones coming through
from like brunettes with caramel highlights
or balayage.
But for blondes, yellow and gold,
removing yellow and gold, you need violet base.
So, purple based.
So, a lot of people don't know
which product is best for them.
I know a lot of brunettes out there
probably got the wrong product for their hair.
So, I do have the next product.
Is suitable for both, which is very rare.
And it's probably the only product in the market
that is a blue violet toning product.
So, for those brunettes out there and those blondes,
this is your guy.
I've got like this much left in the container.
(shaking the container)
(laughs)
It's almost empty!
So, this one's really good.
It's again strong.
So these two are super strong.
30 seconds the first time you do it.
Up to three minutes, be careful.
And again, lilac hands,
if you don't get it out of your hands quickly.
Smell, quite natural, not super fragrance.
So, for me, it doesn't rate high on the smell.
They're very clean.
So, this is clean as well.
The packaging, everything.
Love the result, really super strong.
Next, this one is my favorite for smell.
Nothing goes past Baby Blonde by Christophe Robin.
It's the shade variation.
These are $26,
but the smell of this, is divine.
Christophe Robin. Look, they do beautiful smells.
So they're clean and you get a great result,
but it takes longer.
So the only downfall,
if you want a really high lift blonde
and you want it tone right back,
or you're really dirty and you haven't done
your blonde for a while,
you need to leave it up to 30 minutes.
So, you can get the result,
but it takes longer.
For repair and care, this is awesome.
And when I was going through my damaged phase,
these were some of the products I use a lot of
because I got the results with a really gentle effect.
Smell.
- [Woman 2] Let me smell it.
- Oh my God. It's like the best smell in the world.
It's like babies.
And then lastly, on the bougie end,
oh gosh, it really is a little bit manky.
(shaking the container)
This is also nearly out.
Blond Absolu.
So, for smell,
these two are my faves.
Kerastase and Christophe Robin
always make something smell super amazing.
This range has some scalp benefits in it.
So, it's got hyaluronic acid, Edelweiss.
(mumbling).
With Edelweiss?
(man singing)
Edelweiss.
- [Woman 2] (mumbling).
Remember Christopher Plummer back in the days?
(mumbling)
- Back to the purple shampoo.
(woman 2 laughing)
This is one of those ranges
that you can use for blondes and grays.
So, not every blond product is perfect grays,
but this one is, it has the care factor.
So repair and care in it and smells amazing.
One thing I would say is these work really well together.
And that most people just buy the shampoo,
but if you want a really good result, buy them together.
- [Woman 2] (mumbling)
- (laughs) No. This one, you don't need
to have a purple shampoo with,
but you do need to wait 30 minutes.
This one, super strong, no need
for another purple shampoo with it.
It's a mask.
- [Woman 2] (mumbling)
- It's a bougie.
It's a bougie end of the blondes.
Fabuluso, it's brilliant.
If you need the care and you've got highly porous hair,
please get a mask because
you need to take care of your strands.
This is very gentle.
- [Woman 2] The big boys.
- Big. Supersize.
I don't want to say big boys.
That's just weird, no.
(woman 2 mumbling)
Supersize.
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