January 14, 2012
My current summer nighttime routine consists of showering, washing my hair, lighting a candle and sitting down to watch an episode of The X Files while letting some of this amazing hand cream sink into my paws. The
Burt’s Bees Almond Milk Beeswax Hand Creme comes packaged in a beautiful and fairly heavy glass jar (not only does it look good sitting on my desk, but it doubles as a handy paperweight). The cream itself is also quite heavy, and it takes quite a while to settle into the skin once it’s been rubbed into my hands. For this reason I would suggest only using this cream when you have the time to let it sink in before having to do anything. It smells amazing and has a soft almond scent that is natural and not too sweet or overpowering. As with all Burt’s Bees products, this hand creme is not tested on animals. The Burt’s Bees Almond Milk Beeswax Hand Creme retails for $19.95 AUD and is available for purchase from
Echolife Australia. (note: this product was sent for consideration for review) To coincide with this review, Echolife Australia have offered a jar of this amazing cream to giveaway to one of you lovely readers. To enter, simply leave a comment on this entry and be sure to include your email address so that I can contact you if you’re the winner.
Please note that this giveaway is open to Australian residents only, and will close on February 14, 2012. Best of luck!
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November 21, 2011
I didn’t think anything could top the Almond Milk perfume oil as my favourite product from the Flourish Bath + Body range, but then there was Sugar. This perfume is the single most complimented fragrance that I have ever worn. From people literally stopping me on the street to co-workers standing near my desk saying “something smells like cake” – people just seem to love it. I love it too, and as I am admittedly crap at describing scents, I’ll borrow the description from Flourish’s Etsy store – “
Ethereal, delicate sweetness- a stray tendril of spun sugar wafting on a cool breeze. Sweet, of course- but not at all cloying or sticky. Rather, it’s watery, light, crisp. Orange blossom, vanilla, berries, a hint of anise – but “Sugar” really describes it best.” It is a sweet scent, and the name sugar really seems to suit it perfectly. I find the perfume oils last well on me throughout the day, but one of my best girlfriends has one and it doesn’t seem to last as long on her. Having said that I do tend to reapply during the day because the little roller ball packaging is so easy to take with me in my purse to work. The Flourish Bath + Body Perfume Oils retail for $9 USD and are available for purchase from the
Etsy Store.
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October 5, 2011
Summer is coming, which means it’s time to start baring the flesh you’ve been keeping hidden for the world for a few months (Unless of course you’re one of those people who parade around in tiny little dresses in the freezing cold without tights or a jacket on – and if you are, my apologies as I’ve probably laughed at you at some stage). I have been using the
Vaseline Total Moisture Aloe Fresh Daily Light Lotion as part of my routine for summer preparation, and am loving it. The lotion is lightweight, absorbs quickly into skin and feels lovely and moisturising. The aloe smell is light and super refreshing, and one of my friends even complimented me on my perfume when all I was wearing is this lotion. Nice! It also contains SPF 15, which will help to block 93% of the suns nasty rays. If you’re in the market for a hard working lightweight body moisturiser this season, this could be just the product for you. The
Vaseline Total Moisture Aloe Fresh Daily Light Lotion retails for $7.68 AUD and is available for purchase from supermarkets and pharmacies throughout Australia. (note: I was sent this product for consideration for review)
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September 28, 2011
I’ve not seen many reviews of deodorant in the blogsphere which surprises me a bit because it’s such a necessity. Especially in Australia where you can break a sweat just by breathing. Glamourous! The
Nivea Invisible For Black & White deodorant is designed not to show stains on both white and black clothing (as the name would suggest), which is great for me as my wardrobe is almost exclusively black. (
“I’ll stop wearing black when they invent a darker colour.”) I know that the deodorant doesn’t stain because it passed my “get changed 50 times in one morning because nothing bloody works” test last casual Friday. I pulled on and off various black blouses only to find that none of them had stained. Brilliant. It also does a good job of keeping perspiration at bay and smells fresh and clean like deodorant should. The
Nivea Invisible For Black & White Deodorant retails for $4.99 AUD and is available for purchase from supermarkets and pharmacies nation wide. (note: I was sent this product for consideration for review)
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September 20, 2011
It’s time to open the door and let
Haus of Gloi into your life. I’d seen products from this brand popping up on various blogs and had always been curious about them, but every time I visited the website the products that I wanted were already sold out. Woe. Thankfully, a few weeks ago when I hopped over to Haus of Gloi to have a browse everything I wanted was in stock! I ordered: Troika Pumpkin Butter, Troika Bubbling Scrub (sample size), Vice Pumpkin Butter (sample size) and Ghost Puffs Pumpkin Butter (sample size and a Halloween special edition). I am already madly in love with this brand, and have since placed a second order for more goodies with some of the ladies at work. Enabling complete.
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September 12, 2011
I bought this shower oil by mistake a little while ago (I thought it was apple scented, I have no idea why) but I’m glad that I did because I’ve grown to love it. At first it took me a little while to adjust to the consistency of the product as I was used to using shower gels and lotions and this is a shower ‘oil’, which I had never used before. Despite being an oil it does still foam up slightly on use, but nowhere near as much as a shower gel usually does. After rinsing my skin feels soft and moisturised, and the almond scent of the oil lingers on my skin for a little while after showering. The fragrance itself is hard to define, it does in a way smell like almonds but it’s more of a fresh and tangy scent than anything too sweet. It took a while for me to get used to the fragrance (perhaps because I was so disappointed that it didn’t smell like apples?) but now I really like it. The L’Occitane Almond Shower Gel retails for $34.95 AUD and can be purchased from
L’Occitane online.
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August 12, 2011
Recently one of the Australian sale websites (either OzSale or BrandsExclusive, I can’t quite remember) had a sale on OPI nail polishes and my co-worker and I decided to shop up a storm. They had an amazing selection of colours available and I went a little bit silly. After flipping out and adding pretty much every colour to my shopping cart I ended up culling down my list to the following shades: Koala Bear-y, Bubble Bath, I’m Not Really A Waitress, Big Apple Red, Russian Navy and Lucerne-tainly Look Marvellous. And now I think I’m pretty much set for nail polishes for the rest of the year. (Until Summer comes around and I decide that I want some fluro nails, of course.)
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