On an adventure trip to Malawi, Gemma needs more sleep, less sand and all the help her hair can get

I’m on an adventure trip in Malawi – part holiday, part work and lots of wilderness. It’s been 10 days of sensory overload, from trekking through burning fires in forests higher than Ben Nevis to DJ-ing in a sandstorm.

I’ve been doing my all to remain clean, spruced and confident regardless of what this wildness has thrown at me. Granted, it hasn’t always worked. Yesterday I clambered on to our bus having had only three hours’ sleep and one outdoor shower, with sand layering my skin, in my ears and other places it shouldn’t be. I felt gross as we powered through a seven-hour safari drive.

It all seemed just a little too primal but for one thing, a bottle of delicious-smelling oil that has been perking me up in more feral moments: Sister & Co’s Raw Coconut Drink For Hair (£27). It smells lovely and zingy, with its mix of coconut, argan and macadamia oil, which all absorbed gorgeously into my frazzled curls, offering much relief.

Thank you, squirty bottle of hair drink... it sure was thirsty.

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