Congratulations Jody! That beer drip tray had me giggling x
Beautiful, huh?
A few weeks ago, the ProBlogger team headed out to their annual retreat, to hang, eat dinner, relax, and get planning for some things next year. I was so excited when I found out it was going to be in the Yarra Valley, which I’ve already managed to go to three times since I moved here less than a year ago. I can’t help it, it’s so damn pretty – and there’s wine.
We were staying at Balgownie Estate Vineyard and Spa, and I really wish I’d stayed longer. This place was fah-bu-lous.
Hot damn do I love a king bed in a hotel all to myself. I still end up sleeping in a tiny ball off to one side, though.
We had a gorgeous dinner in their restaurant where I ate approximately 9kg of risotto, and backed it up the next morning with a following 14kg of most of the breakfast buffet + pancakes and syrup.
I then detoxed the gluttony in the spa, in a robe, getting my feet rubbed.
So misty, so pretty.
So the thing is, I was washing my hair before our morning meeting when I smelled the most glorious smell. I looked in my hand and realised the conditioner I was using was basically the best thing that had ever assaulted my nostrils. Appelle’s Apothecary & Lab Planifolia Conditioner with Australian Sandalwood and Kakadu Plum was now my new best friend. So I bought you some.
Made with Australian organic essential oils and natural ingredients, their products are never tested on animals. AWESOME.
One reader will win a gift pack made up of the shampoo, conditioner, and bath goodies, plus some Balgownie fudge and a couple of surprise treats you can’t know yet. Please just leave a comment below telling me what’s the weirdest thing you’ve put in your hair? Are you one of those egg yolk people?
I’ll pick a winner next Friday, and as always – thanks for reading here at VM. I love youse all.
Renee at Mummy, Wife, Me says
November 28, 2014 at 6:07 amSounds blissful!! The weirdest thing I’ve had in my hair is a truckload of tomatoes from La Tomatina. Those tomato seeds and the smell hangs around for days!!
Keira says
November 28, 2014 at 6:12 amNot one I chose to do myself, but in the battle against headlice my mother tried all sorts of concoctions because my hair was so long and thick and presumably nothing worked. The worst tried-and-failed product, for me, was betadine cream
Kate says
November 28, 2014 at 6:51 amI don’t have much weird stuff that’s gone in the hair. Boring.. But I could leave thick salt from a fresh dip in the ocean in the hair forever. Live the feel and the look it gives your locks
Sarah says
November 28, 2014 at 7:09 amWhen I was little my mum used to wash my hair with vinegar once a week- left is super shiny!
Jay - Moodie Foodie says
November 28, 2014 at 7:19 amStop! You’re making me wanna go to the Yarra Valley and I just don’t have the time! LOVE the idea of detoxing in a bath robe and having my feet rubbed. Maybe just a little visit…… As for my hair, I’m too anal about my hair to put anything weird into it. Thanks for sharing xo
Josie says
November 28, 2014 at 9:13 amMy poor hair has copped it over the years. I had headlice when i was young and nothing would completely get rid of them so my dad washed my hair in kerosene. Yep! It also run down my back and burnt my bum but the headlice never returned. Winner!! Also my best friend and i went through a stage where we wanted blonde hair so we used to cover our hair with cleaning bleach followed by lemon juice. Never worked though. Ha!
Africanaussie says
November 28, 2014 at 9:27 amOh my gosh! that looks like the most georgous place on earth. One day….. I just love having my feet rubbed. I have neuropathy and tell my hubby that it is a required nightly routine 😉 That shampoo sounds awesome. As a teenager I used to put a bucket out in the rain so that I could rinse my hair in rainwater. Probably the wierdest thing though is when I borrowed my daughters hair putty – talk about spikes…..
Tasha Batsford says
November 28, 2014 at 9:39 amYou’ve seen There’s Something About Mary, right?
o_O
Lilybett and Boy says
November 28, 2014 at 9:45 amDishwashing liquid. Cause when I ran out of shampoo, the tiny bottles of hotel samples completely skipped my mind and I left puddly footprints all the way into the kitchen. It seemed like a good soapy idea at the time. And hey, no dishpan hands.
marypreston says
November 28, 2014 at 10:43 amI’ve tried the beer rinse. Supposed to produce super shiny locks. All it got me was a talking to from my boss about my supposed drinking habits.
Joyous Rose says
November 28, 2014 at 2:22 pmHow good is Appelles? I am obsessed 🙂 I put orange juice in my hair once. I have no recollection of what this miracle treatment was supposed to do to my hair, but I can distinctly remember thinking that I probably should have bought the cheap home brand stuff rather than the chunky pulpy expensive one as I was very unsuccessfully combing through my pulp matted hair. It was sticky and disgusting and knotty and I really can’t believe I actually did it! I think I must have been incredibly young and a little too open to alternative treatments 😉
Aoife says
November 28, 2014 at 3:51 pmWhen I was a teenager I would put lemon juice in my hair and sit in the sun. Apparently it was supposed to turn my hair blond. In reality it made it very dry and sticky.
Rosierockets says
November 28, 2014 at 4:56 pmOh god that place looks AH-maze-BALLS!! Will definitely have to put this on my “to-go” list for 2015. As a teenager I tried all kinds of crazy shit to condition my hair, did the egg thing and pretty much made scrambled eggs – that shit STINKS! I also tried vodka and I remember convincing my mum to give me her stash so I could try it out – of course I ended up blind drunk after thinking it’d be a better idea to DRINK it rather than wasting all of it on my hair 😛
Reannon @shewhorambles says
November 28, 2014 at 5:07 pmIs that a bath in the middle of the room? Is it?!
I have a king size bed & 90% of the time I am alone & yep, I still sleep right on the edge. So stupid but it’s just how I am.
MotherDownUnder says
November 28, 2014 at 6:02 pmFudge!
When I lived in Italy not only would I be the only person on the beach in a bathing suit (the Italians seemed to never take off their designer duds and high heels), but I also would put lemon juice and vodka in my hair…which made it into this crazy, stiff, sandy “beach” hair.
I also ate 9kg of risotto every day and 14kg of gelato so I really had no business being in a bathing suit…the hair was really just the icing on the cake.
Overall it was not a pretty picture.
Jo says
November 28, 2014 at 7:44 pmGlitter! That shit is not cool! For months I had people tell me “Oh look!…” So if you’re ever in a glitter fight scenario – back away and save yourself!! I’m now using black eyeliner with glitter – (I know, wtf) as my lazy ass needs to order more of the same trusty brand!
Pea Fritters says
November 28, 2014 at 8:51 pmI was in year 9. It was my sisters year 12 muck up day. She skipped school all the time and this day so no exception. All sisters (it was a girls school) had to get up the front of the whole school. We then had milk poured in our hair and made to sit in the hot Sydney sun. Worst smelling frizzy teenager hair ever. Shudder. Would’ve been slightly more tolerable if my sister was the person pouring milk on my head!!
sophia says
November 29, 2014 at 12:05 amWhen I was a child mum would completly smother my head in olive oil to get rid of cradle cap. I took many days to finally get rid of the grease look! As a young teen I would put lemon juice through my hair daily try desperatly to bleach it blonde, it never worked to my disapointment.
Jody Driver says
November 29, 2014 at 1:00 amRinced my hair with beer. Mum said it would make it shiney but just made me smell like a pub drip tray. Also, vinegar and Mayo. Not sure why..?
Iv been reading for years but never commented befor so Hi!
Jody x
mrsrodimus says
November 29, 2014 at 9:06 pmPlacenta. I wasn’t by choice, it ended up there after a rapid and aggressive pre term breach birth. That was two years ago and I swear I can still see it.
I’m pregnant again at the moment, totally won’t be happy if it happens again. Eww.
emma says
November 30, 2014 at 9:51 amsounds fun, hope this is open to the Uk, the weirdest thing i have put in my hair is peanut butter as i had baby sick in my hair i couldn’t get rid the smell no matter what i used…..its a long story i did wash it out after about a hour seemed to help ;o/
Chantelle A says
November 30, 2014 at 8:10 pmDog shit and surprisingly not by choice… My car broke down when my son was a baby and we had an appointment in the city. Walked the bush track down to the bus stop pushing my son in the pram. Folded the pram, got on the bus, rangling a screaming baby. Could smell poo the entire bus trip. Got off the bus unloaded the pram saw poo on the wheels, looked at me hand and they had poo on them too. Went to the public toilet washed my hands (obsessively), looked in the mirror and saw a smear of shit in my fringe!
Chantelle A says
November 30, 2014 at 8:12 pm“Looked at MY hand” not “looked at me hand”. Oh dear god, I don’t speak like that i swear!
sugarpush says
December 2, 2014 at 5:21 pmI’ve never put anything weird in my hair, especially since the one time I tried to dye my hair a darker brown it turned bright red! Apart from your basic shampoo & conditioner, nothing comes near my hair! Too horrified to risk it! 😛
Monica Bauer says
December 2, 2014 at 7:18 pmI let my daughter near my hair when I was having “a moment” about the single white hair protruding from my scalp. She couldn’t understand what the fuss was about and plucked it right out.