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Haircare review: Davines MOMO Moisturizing Shampoo & Conditioner for Dry/Dehydrated Hair

Monday, 4 January 2016

Davines MOMO Shampoo & Conditoner for Dry/Dehydrated Hair

For most of the year, my hair feels naturally quite dry, but during the Winter months, it gets incredibly dry so I always have to switch up my shampoo & conditioner to something much more hydrating.

Tuesday, 27 October 2015

Schwarzkopf got2b Mind Blowing Xpress Dry Styling Spray, Fast Dry Hairspray, Powder'ful Volumizing Powder & All Star 10 in 1 Styling Treatment review

On the hunt for some new hair styling products that won't break the bank? I've been testing out this budget-friendly lot from Schwarzkopf's got2b range to see how they compare to my usual products.

Saturday, 13 June 2015

Tweezerman are the big boys when it comes to beauty tools and I've used their cult status tweezers since I was about 15/16 yrs old. Here's a round-up of some of their other products that I recommend and also which ones I'd say to pass by.

Thursday, 28 May 2015

Remescar & Purepotions Rosehip Oil review

Scars and stretch marks aren't something that I see talked about much on blogs, yet a huge proportion of women (and men of course) have them. Whilst I don't think about them for most of the time, I do sometimes feel self conscious during the summer months when I'm showing a little more skin.

Saturday, 16 May 2015

Skincare fans the world over seem to have a long love affair with all things French (I suspect many of us are indeed closet Francophiles). Many French skincare products are highly revered, with Embryolisse Lait-Crème Concentré being touted as one of the best 'budget' buys. But is it worth the hype?

Friday, 30 May 2014

I've been watching and reading a lot of 'Disappointing Products' videos and posts recently, which got me thinking about the beauty products that I actually never (or rarely ever) purchase. Surprisingly, I was able to come up with a quick top six list. So here are the products I don't buy!

Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Nvey Eco are a natural make-up brand which features Natrue certified organic ingredients in its products. They're from Australia, but are easily available via online retailers such as Naturisimo and CutECOsmetics. They're a brand I've seen countless times on green blogs and via Aussie Youtubers, so I was really excited when I was sent three of their products to have a play with. Here are my thoughts!

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

I have seriously been slacking on the samples front! My Wonder Woman tin is full to bursting again so it's time to get it back under control. To kick things off, I've managed to finish these five off recently which have been stashed away in my travel bag. Here are my thoughts on them.

Friday, 9 August 2013

You may have seen me mention a fantastic online shopping site called Naturisimo previously on this blog. Along with a whole host of wonderful, natural beauty goodies from a vast array of brands, they also offer customers the option of adding up to 5 product samples with every order made. Some of these are free, others you pay for. With my last order, I picked up two samples from a make-up brand called Vapour Organic Beauty who I'd heard a lot of good things about.

Friday, 31 May 2013

As I'm getting ready to go to Germany in about 16 hours (holiday here I come!), I thought it would be rather appropriate for my last post to be a review of some Benecos make-up I was kindly sent earlier in the month. Benecos are a German natural beauty brand who have recently launched their extensive range in the UK, and I think they will appeal to both natural beauty lovers and budget beauty fans alike.

Sunday, 12 May 2013

Mascaras. Oh, mascaras. I used to have a serious addiction for them a few years ago, and couldn't go into a shop that sold them without coming out with at least one or two (or more if they were on offer!). This addiction has calmed down since those days, but I still love trying them out. At the moment I currently have five on the go which showcase the good, the not so good and the simply 'meh'.

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Shu Uemura Art Of Hair Volume Maker* (2g, £31, link)

Shu Uemura are well known for their cult eyelash curlers (opinions are always divided on them, but I'm firmly in the loving camp) and I always hear lots of raves about their skincare range. I didn't know they did haircare though until I started to experiment with their Volume Maker.

Tuesday, 18 December 2012

New CID I-Flick Double Ended Liner* (£16.64, link)

I'm always interested to try out new eyeliners and perfect that much coveted cat-eyed / winged flick. Packaged in a slim and compact pen, New CID's I-Flick Double Ended Liner looked like a perfect eyeliner for me to experiment with. It features a liquid liner on one end and a retractable kohl liner on the other, so I happily gave it a go.

The liquid liner end at first delivers a smooth, fine link of greyish-black, but this can be built up easily so you can choose whether you want just a subtle line or a much more intense, thicker and blacker one. The formula is wet as expected, but it quickly dries. The shape of the tip is super easy to use, making it ideal for beginners to play with (or those who struggle with applying liquid liner like I do!). The only thing I didn't like about the liquid was that it didn't last long (2-3 hours max) so you'd need to re-apply it frequently. Setting it with a black eyeshadow and layering it over a good primer like UDPP helped to prolong its wear time considerably, but even then, it still had a tendency to start smudging and fading.

The kohl liner end is smooth, soft and creamy but comes out as more of a very dark brown than a true black, and you really have to layer it for it to show up black. Sadly, I thought the pigmentation of the kohl was pretty poor and like the liquid end, it just didn't last long on the eyes either before smudging and then disappearing.

For me personally, I like to use eyeliners that are very pigmented and last for more than a few hours, so I wouldn't recommend this, but if you're looking for a liquid eyeliner that you can experiment with and isn't scary to use (i.e doesn't come out in a jet black thick line the first time you use it!), then it might be more suitable for you.

Available from Hairtrade.com

Have you tried anything from New CID?

What liquid eyeliners are your favourite/ would you recommend?

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Sunday, 18 November 2012

Joliebox (£10 per month + P&P, link)

November beauty boxes are usually expected to be a little disappointing. Think about the marketing for a minute here - the December box absolutely has to be amazing, because you want your subscribers to be happy around Christmas time, and you also don't want them thinking about cancelling their subscription in the new year. So if you send a slightly meagre box for November, some customers will simply think that the December one will be extra special to make up for it. If this concept is to be true, then the December Joliebox must be pretty incredible...

Tuesday, 6 November 2012

I spotted this tag over on Beth's blog recently and thought it would be a great idea to do it. I have to admit that over the last few months, my tastes have been veering towards more high-end make-up, so I hope this tag inspires me to rekindle my love for all things highstreet/drugstore. There are a lot of beauty bargains to be had out there!

Saturday, 14 July 2012

For the last few months, I have been religiously buying the Dr Organic Pomegranate Deodorant that I raved about, and I still love it. But you know how fickle I can be with scents, and the time has come for a change.

Whilst browsing Naturismo, I spotted the Tisserand Refreshing Wild Rose and Lemon Leaf Deodorant and decided to give that a go. It's a gentle deodorant that contains rose, rose geranium, lemon leaf and pink grapefruit oils which blended together give it a floral, yet subtly citrusy scent. It also has extracts of organic green tear and hawthorn to provide additional antioxidant protection.

The formula is dispensed as a standard roll on, and is non-sticky, non-clogging and absorbs into the skin without any greasiness or white marks. It's still quite a 'wet' deodorant like most other natural based ones I've tried in the past, so you need to allow it to absorb a little longer than mainstream deodorants. It's also free from synthetic fragrances (with all of those essential oils there's obviously no need!), parabens and aluminium.

Perfomance-wise, I have to be honest and say it did let me down. I found that I needed to reapply it at least twice a day, and if the weather was hot or if I wanted to exercise a lot, I had to go back and use my Dr Organic one because this just doesn't work well in the heat.

Summary: This deodorant from Tisserand didn't work out for me. It's OK if you're prepared to keep reapplying it throughout the day, but because I don't need to do that with the Dr Organic one, you can see why I found it disappointing. I'll definitely be going back and trying some of the other scents from the Dr Organic range instead.

Do you use natural based deodorants?

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