At the moment I'm really enjoying tie-dye prints; there's quite a lot of it around on the high street, but I don't like wearing clothes that everyone has so I decided to make my own version. I bought a cheap £3.99 white spaghetti string vest top from H&M and also a £4.99 beige coloured slouchy vest top. At home I cut out all the tags and labels and began my tie-dying process! I bought two packets of dylon hand dye from my local fabric shop - one in burlesque red and the other velvet black. They cost me £2.79 each, but a quick look online shows that they actually seem to be more expensive online which is very unusual. There's not a huge amount ...  Read the complete review

Dylon's Burlesque Red is a sort of dark red / burgundy / purplish colour by any other name. These dyes are intended for 'natural' type fabrics, such as cotton and linen, and to some extent wool and silk. Dylon produce a number of different types of dye; an easy-use washing machine type that dyes clothes during the wash cycle, and cold-water and warm water 'hand wash' dyes that you use in the sink. Home dyes don't generally work on man-made fibres such as acrylic, nylon and polyester; I understand that with synthetic fibres like these the colour is an intrinsic property of the fabric, and can't be adjusted after it's been made. A sachet of warm water Dylon ...  Read the complete review