Weekends Away - The Golden Acorn Hotel Glenrothes

We spent the weekend before last at The Golden Acorn Hotel in Glenrothes, The Kingdom of Fife, which is just around an hour away from us.

This is a Wetherspoon's Hotel and the first one we have stayed in, I was actually quite surprised when I found out because I had never known that Wetherspoon's actually ran hotels, I only knew about the Restaurant/Pubs.

The hotel is connected on to a pub/restaurant and at first when we arrived I was quite worried about noise/disruptions from the bar but I needn't have been as the minute you enter the lift to head to the floors with the rooms on them you cant hear a thing.

I was really pleased with the room, we were in the very last room on the fifth floor and it was warm, cosy, clean and comfy, we were also provided with plenty on the tea/coffee tray, and then we were also given bottled spring and sparkling water as well as some biscuits!.

Another plus for me with this hotel was that we could go straight downstairs in the morning to have breakfast in the bar and the shopping centre was practically right next door with a massive choice of shops, we ended up spending most of the Saturday in there.

Straight across from the restaurant they also have plenty of fast food shops and a newsagents so basically everything you need right in the immediate area.

I sadly wasn't able to grab any more pics of this hotel because my phone gave up on me...

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Weekends Away - Holiday Inn Greenock

I think I mentioned previously that we (myself and my partner) like to get away for the weekend whenever possible to hotels, well for the past four weekends that's what we have been doing, hence the lack of blog posts recently, so for the first and second weekend we went to The Holiday Inn Express Greenock, it's not our first time visiting this hotel and it's one of the hotel chains we do tend to use a lot, the room rates include breakfast each morning so it works out as really good value for the money, the staff are always cheerful and helpful, the rooms are always cleaned thoroughly, warm and cosy, you also receive plenty of tea/coffee which is replenished each day and that is a must for us as we love our cuppa's lol.

The second weekend we returned to the same place in Greenock and we also booked a room for my in laws too as a mothers day gift, they also enjoy visiting the holiday inn's due to them being allowed to take their small dog with them.

The one in Greenock is particularly good because everything you need is within walking distance, including a fairly decent sized shopping centre, main streets/shops and plenty of places to for dining.

This is some images of the hotel room and the surrounding area.

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L'Oreal Elvive Fibrology Shampoo and Conditioner Review

This review is for L'Oreal Elvive Fibrology Shampoo and Conditioner.

I have been worrying about how fine my hair is so when I caught the ads on TV for the L'Oreal Elvive Fibrology Range I was intrugued especially since the prices are so affordable so I thought I need to try this...

The claim from L'Oreal is that specially developed with Filloxane, the shampoo formula together with the conditioner, thickens the look of hair and provides deep cleansing.

Filloxane is a patented technology proven to help thicken the look of hair, with more body and bounce.

Firstly, the scent of both the shampoo and conditioner is extremely nice and fresh, both have a silky consistency that lathers well without need to use a ton of it.

After the first use I blow dryed then styled my hair and noticed just a slight difference in how thick my hair looked, it also looked healthier, felt softer and smelt lovely.

Now after using the two products for just over a month I can honestly say I definitely notice a big difference, my hair looks and feels thicker and fuller.

My one complaint is that after shampooing (before the conditioner) my hair doesn't feel completely clean and i'm thinking that I may need to use a clarifying shampoo every couple of months just for my own sake to know my hair is cleaned properly.

So all in all my personal experience of the two products is that they do actually do what L'Oreal Claims they will and that is to thicken hair giving more volume and bounce.

I do however think that the difference would be much more noticable by adding in the rest of the product range (The Masque, The Thickening Conditioner, The Double Serum) so if I get round to trying those out I will post and updated review.

You can purchase the L'Oreal Elvive Fibrology Shampoo and Conditioner from Superdrug right now for an amazing price of only £1.97 each.

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Have you tried these products? What was your results?

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