I really do amaze myself at times folks! When placing a recent Avon order I needed to order one more product to enable me get some discount or free gift so I opted for the Advanced Techniques Smoothing Cream which cost me all of €4.50 (for a 150ml product). I didn’t need or want the cream but I got it anyway to make up the numbers figuring that my mam or skin in blister would take it off my hands. Anyway it arrived and duly got thrown into my beauty “filing cabinet”. Fast forward to last week I had been out and about the night before and I always love to use Tigi Bed Head After Party after nights out to refresh and tame my hair between washes. Its one of my HG products that I always have in my stash. The 150ml Bed Head product costs in and around the €16.00 mark depending where you get it from (I use strawberrynet.com a lot).

Anyway, back to last week. In my rush to get ready I couldn’t find my bottle of after party so for the craic I used a small amount of the Avon smoothing cream. And, low and behold, it had the exact same effect as the After Party cream! I was amazed to say the least. Read on »