{"id":34643,"date":"2019-11-29T14:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T14:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=34643"},"modified":"2019-11-29T14:00:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T14:00:34","slug":"function-of-beauty-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/function-of-beauty-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Function of Beauty worth the money?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I would hazard a guess that you\u2019ve seen the adverts: \u201cover 27,000 5-star reviews!\u201d, their website the pinnacle of attractive with soft colours, pretty fonts and multiple products. \u00a0But the sticking point is the nearly \u00a350 for two 16-oz bottles. \u00a0I think the best way to describe the oddly fun process of setting your hair goals would be to show you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34645\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-29-at-12.30.03-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1355\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-29-at-12.30.03-1.png 1355w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-29-at-12.30.03-1-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-29-at-12.30.03-1-1024x549.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-29-at-12.30.03-1-768x411.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1355px) 100vw, 1355px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Selecting your hair type is the easiest bit, I mean, just look in a mirror.\u00a0 My hair type? Wavy, fine and oily. My goals? Colour protection, lengthen, oil control, shine and strengthen.\u00a0 My fragrance and strength? Peach, strong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor\u2019s Picks:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/london-bridge-shut-down-after-gunfire\/\">London Bridge shut down &#8220;after gunfire&#8221;\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/the-brothers-of-grime\/\">The Brothers of Grime<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/greta-thunberg-whats-the-big-deal\/\">Greta Thunberg \u2013 the 16-year-old activist, now author of the year<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/how-historically-accurate-is-the-crown\/\">How historically accurate is The Crown?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My hair normally looks great for the first few hours of the day, before getting progressively more greasy and frizzy throughout the day, meaning that I have to wash my hair every morning if I want to resemble someone ready to be a human.\u00a0 The delivery time was 2 to three weeks, although it did arrive about a week and a half after it was promised. It was a bit of a disappointing start, but hey, these things happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-34643 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/function-of-beauty-review\/screen-shot-2019-11-29-at-12-30-39\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-29-at-12.30.39-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-29-at-12.30.39-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-29-at-12.30.39-1.png 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/function-of-beauty-review\/screen-shot-2019-11-29-at-12-31-20\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-29-at-12.31.20-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/function-of-beauty-review\/screen-shot-2019-11-29-at-12-33-02\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-29-at-12.33.02-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/function-of-beauty-review\/screen-shot-2019-11-29-at-12-33-13\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-29-at-12.33.13-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The box was slightly damaged with some of the solution seeping out of the bottles, but again, I made it a mission not to let this change my opinions on the actual product.\u00a0 The personalised bottles add an extra luxurious touch, and the travel bag I also got was the holographic bag of my dreams, with the 4 travel bottles and hairbands being colours I like, and seeming more durable than the things I had bought before.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34650\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/78066151_2507515839485263_804202720318717952_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The product smelt amazingly peachy, which I love as I adore when I can smell my hair throughout the day after I\u2019ve washed it.\u00a0 After a few days of using it, I noticed my hair was changing, but I couldn\u2019t figure out if it was for the better. Having selected oil control I was hoping to not have any issues with my hair feeling greasy by the end of the day, and I was slightly disappointed as my hair felt a bit more permanently lacklustre. After about a week, I used some of my old product to try and balance my hair out, and I discovered that for me, my hair feels best if I use the personalised product every other day with drugstore product in between.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-34643 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/function-of-beauty-review\/77221797_2396042157279271_3171091431150321664_n\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/77221797_2396042157279271_3171091431150321664_n-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/function-of-beauty-review\/77225680_2511392195852767_6875477904789078016_n\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/77225680_2511392195852767_6875477904789078016_n-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/function-of-beauty-review\/79357161_514815152453637_6793019669486764032_n\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/79357161_514815152453637_6793019669486764032_n-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/function-of-beauty-review\/74209741_558105398353968_3151822726096748544_n\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/74209741_558105398353968_3151822726096748544_n-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All in all, I\u2019m not going to buy it again, as it\u2019s just too much money for me to spend on hair product, although I am really happy with the smell and travel accessories, it just didn\u2019t give me the transforming results I felt I was promised.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Edit: after communicating with Function of Beauty on Twitter regarding the leaked formula, they are sending a replacement bottle of both the shampoo and conditioner, coupled with excellent customer service, I was very happy with the experience.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Words and gallery by Eleanor Smith<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would hazard a guess that you\u2019ve seen the adverts: \u201cover 27,000 5-star reviews!\u201d, their website the pinnacle of attractive with soft colours, pretty fonts and multiple products. \u00a0But the sticking point is the 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