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Your Say: What beauty products don’t you care for?

February 25, 2014 Paris B 78 Comments

Hello beauty buffs!

Well, you must be a beauty buff, since you’re reading this blog that’s mostly about beauty, right? 😀 I am a self-confessed beauty buff and I love all these little pampering things we have and use for our skins – makeup, skincare, shower gels…

Yet, there are some products I don’t really care for.

As I’m sure you do too!

For me, some of these are just products I don’t use, or aspects of personal beauty that do not attract me at all. For others, I’m just not fussed about them.

What are yours? 🙂

The uplifting citrus scent in the only Lush item that makes me a Happy Hippy

February 5, 2014 Paris B 29 Comments

Lush is a store that you either love to walk into, or take great pains to cross the road so you don’t have to walk past it. I am in the latter camp. Whenever I see (or rather, smell) a Lush store approaching, I take a deep breath, hold it and scurry past, gasping for air 50m down the road. I remember exiting the store at Covent Garden with a throbbing head after descending into the basement to pick up some items requested by friends. The strong co-mingled scents really got to me. It’s a wonder I didn’t pass out.

Yet it was then that I discovered the one Lush item I enjoy using. Yes, after trying a few of their popular handmade soaps and not liking them very much, there is just one item I’d be happy to use. The Happy Hippy shower gel.

If you love citrus scents, particularly that of grapefruit, in your body washes, you too will find yourself drawn to this shower gel which has a delightful fresh, zesty scent to it. Perfect for waking you up in the mornings, or just refreshing yourself after a long hot day.

Adding shine to your hair with the L’Oreal Professional Mythic Oil Souffle D’or Sparkling Shampoo and Sparkling Conditioner

September 27, 2013 Paris B 42 Comments

I thought I was seeing things the day I held up the L’Oreal Professional Mythic Oil Souffle D’or Sparkling Shampoo and Sparkling Conditioner and saw sparkling shimmer winking back at me under the lights. Sparklies in a shampoo? Why?!

See? The very fine shimmer is suspended in the transparent shampoo and translucent conditioner. It so intrigued me I had to use it and see if it left me with a head of sparkly golden hair – wouldn’t that be a treat? 😛

This silicone and paraben free pair of hair care products are new additions to the popular Mythic Oil range. I have never tried the original Mythic Oil nor it’s complementary products but reviews have been very good. Kept meaning to try, but you know, when you have hair as short as mine, you tend to care a little less about how it looks. At least I do. With my short hair, I just use any old shampoo and conditioner and I haven’t even been using any hair treatments. Saves me a lot of money 😛

But you know, I was quite impressed by the Mythic Oil Souffle d’or shampoo and conditioner. The Argan and Safflower Oil infused shampoo and conditioner left me with floppy hair (floppy hair for me, is a good thing!). Suddenly I realised that my hair didn’t have to feel stiff as wire all the time! Oh and the shimmer bits? Do I end up with a glittering head?

Shine Bright like a … Redken Diamond Oil – The new haircare range for dry and damaged hair

August 3, 2013 Paris B 21 Comments

Ah Redken, I used to be such a loyal user. My hair salon at the time only used and stocked Redken hair products and I was sucked into various products from the brand. My favourite was All Soft with the lovely almond scent and and I loved how lovely and soft my hair felt every time I used it. It also made my shower floor terribly slippery!

I haven’t used anything by Redken since I moved away so coming back to the new Redken Diamond Oil hair care range had me with high hopes.

The silicone-free Redken Diamond Oil range is targeted at those with dull, damaged hair and claims to be formulated to offer your hair unparalleled shine and really, who doesn’t want shiny hair right? 🙂 This shine is accomplished by adding into the products a combination of natural oils including camelina oil, coriander oil, apricot oil, olive oil, jojoba oil and coconut oil, with the intention that they would condition and repair your hair from inside out and strengthen hair.

The “problem” is, that hair is pretty much dead. So I had my doubts about the whole conditioning from inside out deal because it’d be like flogging a dead horse you know. But that’s the claim and I’m here to see if it lives up to it! What do you reckon?

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