: I decided to give these a go since I hadn't used them in a while and they're really great. I like that they give good exfoliation while leaving my skin looking radiant and feeling soft without being irritating at all.
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LUSH Bunny Moon Jelly Face Mask: Unfortunately my sample of this dried out so I couldn't properly sample it but the bit I did manage to get onto my face felt really hydrating.
22.
Care & Beauty Line Dead Sea Minerals Hand & Nails Treatment Cream Orchid Scent: My friends brought this back from Israel for me and I'll be honest, I have so much hand cream that I've decided to just use this as a body cream. This did a fantastic job of hydrating my skin (except the soles of my feet but who's surprised) and it smells fantastic. I would pick this up if I saw it sold in the states somewhere.
Update: So soon after I wrote that I found you can get this for a mere $3 on their website careandbeauty.com. They've got a bunch of body creams and foot creams, in fact, that I would love to try out.
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R+Co Waterfall Moisture + Shine Lotion: This is a really lightweight gel-creme for the hair. I used it as a styling cream on damp hair and felt that it added just a slight bit of hydration to my hair.
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m-61 Fast Blast 2-Minute Vitamin C Facial Mask: Y'all I'm not sure what they put in this stuff because it's INTENSE - I find it very tingly to the point of being somewhat irritating and it leaves my skin red. When I rinse this off my skin feels very soft and silky with it has a nice glow but the redness and tingling alarm me.
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Biosilk Silk Therapy Conditioner: Do you folks remember how a while back this used to be my favorite thing ever? Well I finally used up the last of my remaining stock. I think that my hair just got used to it because it just doesn't hydrate as well as I feel it once did. It's also very possible I've just had it for too long now.
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Odacite Bl+J Blueberry-Jasmine Cell Energy Concentrate: I was really looking forward to trying this out because I thought, surely if nothing else, this will smell great. Nah. I mean it's alright but nothing to write home about. I'm not sure exactly what cell energy means in this instance - like does it kick the mitochondria into gear? In any case I feel like it just made my moisturizer a bit more moisturizing.
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Skinceuticals Phyto Corrective Mask: This is an overnight gel-mask that's meant to correct redness and hyperpigmentation. I don't really have hyperpigmentation or dark spots to speak of but I can say that it didn't really do much for my redness and I wish it were more hydrating.
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GlamGlow Thirstymud Hydrating Treatment: I love how hydrating this is and how it has a beautiful tropical scent. It's great as a sleeping mask but it also makes a beautiful primer to give foundations a glow.
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Eyemazing Produced by Jun Komori Lashes in 101: These are a cute fluttery, wispy style lash but they're very natural-looking and not as intense as I personally like.
30.
Bath & Body Works Peach Mango Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel: A delicious fruity smelling hand sanitizer.
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m-61 PowerSpot Pad: These are fantastic for acne - I feel like they really do a great job of reducing blemishes noticeably in just one use.
32.
Natura Bisse Diamond Glyco Extreme Peel: I feel like this irritated my skin quite a bit. It burned slightly but noticeably the entire time I had it on.
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Darphin Rose Aromatic Care Hydra-Nourishing: As much as I love rose oil and rose-scented things I found this a tad too thick and heavy for my liking.
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. Giorgio Armani Sensi: I feel like I've had this for so long that its scent warped and the spray part of it broke off so it's just time to say goodbye.
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Tree Hut Shea Sugar Scrub in Pomegranate Acai: As you folks know. I simply adore these body scrubs because they're super scrubby and leave my skin feeling soft, smooth, and ready to be shaved. This one has a nice, sweet, fruity scent.
36.
Secret Luxe Lavender Invisible Solid Deodorant: I'm genuinely unsure what it is about the
Secret brand but it's my favorite armpit stuff because it keeps me dry and it's not irritating.
37.
Pampers Sensitive Baby Wipes: Personally I like using these to wipe down surfaces and makeup - because they're not antibacterial and meant to come in contact with skin I feel less worried cleaning my makeup with them due to the wipes having any sort of weird chemicals in them.
38.
Mario Badescu Glycolic Foaming Cleanser: This cleanser grew on me - initially I wasn't a fan but over time I found that it worked fairly well without drying me out. That said I'm convinced that a vast majority of glycolic acid products make me break out and this was no exception. I'm genuinely unsure if it's my skin purging or reacting negatively to the glycolic because every time I use it I start breaking out and every time I stop the amount of breakouts lessens a lot. :/
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Mario Badescu A.H.A. Botanical Body Soap: Another product that grew on me - it smells fairly chemically out of the bottle but actually smells kind of nice in the shower. I felt like it gave me a nice deep clean without irritating the skin.
40.
Trader Joe's Pink Pomelo Grapefruit Hand Soap: This is a nice grapefruit scented hand soap - I miss the pink grapefruit from
Bath & Body Works and while this isn't exactly the same it does bring back memories. I think it smells fairly true to what you'd expect in a grapefruit scent.
41.
Sephora by O.P.I. Matte Top Coat: Gosh I've had this stuff forever and it's super goopy now. Time to say goodbye.
42.
Skinceuticals C E Ferulic: While this gives skin a glow and radiance that you'd expect a Vitamin C product to do I personally think that there are better Vitamin C serums out there without the weird liquid smoke stench or hefty price tag of this.
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Mario Badescu Summer Shine Body Lotion: This is essentially a shimmery body lotion. Personally I don't think that the shimmer is so heavy duty or weird that it will be mega noticeable but if you're looking at skin up close it's certainly there. Hydration-wise I'd say this is ok but it would not be my first choice.
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Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder: While this powder is brightening and I can see why a lot of people love it, it creases under my under-eye area. I want to love it but find it closer to the just ok side of the spectrum in terms of wear time.
45.
Agent Nateur Shiva Rose No 4 deodorant: Oh how I wanted to love this... A natural deodorant that has that rose scent I love? Sounded great! Lol no... Not at all. I believe this is baking soda based so it feels kind of gritty on the pits, which I could tolerate. What I cannot tolerate is how this ATE THROUGH MY ARMPITS... I tested this about two weeks ago and I now have to hydrocortisone my poor armpits back to health because they're red and inflamed. I only used this stuff twice. With that said, with great sadness, I'm just throwing it away. I have to add that in the past I've had an intense skin reaction to rose essential oil so while I love the scent of rose I think that high concentrations of said oil just don't agree with my skin. Update: It was most likely the baking soda as not a single baking-soda based deodorant I've ever used has agreed with my armpit skin.
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GlamGlow Powermud Dualcleanse Treatment: This mask was odd in that it tingled and almost burned a tiny bit when I initially put it on (a sensation that dissipated within a minute or so) but it left my skin feeling ultra soft, re-textured/smoother, and with a nice radiance. I think it's been discontinued and I'm kind of sad because I really like the way it made my skin feel.
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Dermalogica Dynamic Skin Recovery SPF 50: I really love that this moisturizes and has a nice high SPF in it.
Disclaimer: I purchased all of the above with the exception of the
dermalogica, Odacite, bare, Dr. Barbara Sturm, Studio 35 Beauty , GLAMGLOW (cleanser)
, Kracie, LUSH (lip scrub and jelly face mask)
, bareMinerals, Care & Beauty Line, m-61, R+Co, Skinceuticals, Nature Bisse, Darphin , Armani, Mario Badescu. Agent Nateur, and
Laura Mercier products.
