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  • REVIEW: Palmer’s Coconut Oil Lip Balm SPF 15

    REVIEW: Palmer’s Coconut Oil Lip Balm SPF 15

    A lip balm is never missing from my purse. I always use some type of lip balm, but during summer and winter I need something special. In winter, it is too cold for normal lip balms, so I use the Cattier Lip Care or The Bioderma lip balm or something else that is really hydrating.

    My summer lip balm

    During summer I need a lip balm that has SPF. I tried using a normal lip balm at the beach, but in the evening I felt my lips a little bit burned. Since then, I always use this Palmer’s Coconut Oil Lip Balm SPF 15.

    How many times do I apply it?

    In a day at the beach, I apply it several times to make sure that my lips are always protected. It is really hydrating and I suppose you could apply it only one time, before going outside, but if you eat or drink something, it will go away and your lips won’t be protected anymore.

    How does it smell?

    Obviously it smells like a coconut cake. I usually don’t use lip balms that taste / smell, but this one is actually funny. I wouldn’t use it all year round, but when I feel this taste on my lips I know that the summer fun begins.

    What do I like most about it?

    I like the fact that it isn’t extremely oily and it doesn’t melt under the sun, at the beach.

    I also like the fact that it has SPF 15. This is perfect for me.

  • REVIEW: Kerastase Extensioniste Hair Balm

    REVIEW: Kerastase Extensioniste Hair Balm

    My favorite hair balm is Kerastase Extensioniste. Until I started to use the Kerastase hair balm, I used the Moroccanoil Hair Conditioner. I liked it, but then I’ve discovered the Extensioniste line and I liked it better.

    I always use the Kerastase conditioner after I use the Kerastase Extensioniste shampoo.

    I always leave the conditioner for a few minutes.

    It is very hydrating, but doesn’t weight down the hair.

    It also leaves the hair very easy to comb and gives a nice healthy shine.

    It also smells nice.

  • REVIEW: Bioderma Node Shampoo fuide non-detergent

    REVIEW: Bioderma Node Shampoo fuide non-detergent

    I bought one time the Bioderma Node Shampoo fuide non-detergent. I used it, it was ok, but I don’t think I will buy it again. Not because it wasn’t good enough, but because I prefer other types of shampoos.

    What I liked about the Bioderma Node Shampoo fuide non-detergent

    Although it is very fluid, there is enough quantity in the bottle to last for approx. 2 months.

    The hair looks good when using this shampoo. It is definitely better than other shampoos from the same price range.

    It is suitable for all hair types, so those who don’t have time or hate the diversity of shampoos can pick this one and be almost sure that it is ok for them.

    It goes easy with the scalp. It is itch free 🙂

    What I didn’t like

    At first it did some dandruff, but then it was ok. Or maybe it was just a coincidence…

  • REVIEW: LOréal Professionnel Mythic Oil Shampoo for Normal Hair

    REVIEW: LOréal Professionnel Mythic Oil Shampoo for Normal Hair

    I tried for my fine, long hair the LOréal Professionnel Mythic Oil Shampoo for Normal Hair. There is another shampoo in a similar bottle that is suitable for thick hair. So I bought the normal one for my fine hair.

    Did it nourish my hair?

    Yes, but not as much as I would have liked. It was O.K., but nothing outstanding. I still needed to apply balm and other products during the blow-dry process in order to make my hair soft and shiny.

    Did it make my hair greasy?

    No, not at all. Perhaps the “thick” version would have, but this one did not.

    BUT, although it didn’t make my hair greasy, however it didn’t prolonged the time between the washes and I still needed to wash my hair every 2 days.

    Does it smell good?

    Yes, although I am not a big fan of “smelly” products. In fact, it smelled amazing and had a really strong smell, almost like a perfume.

    I, for one, prefer products that smell nice only when I use them. I don’t want them to continue to smell after I leave the shower because their smell interferes with my perfume. But this is just my opinion…

    Will I repurchase the LOréal Professionnel Mythic Oil Shampoo?

    No, never. It didn’t stand out with absolutely nothing. There are other great shampoos that I would prefer instead of it, even though they are more expensive.

     

  • REVIEW: Moroccanoil Hair Products

    REVIEW: Moroccanoil Hair Products

    I’ve got this little cute box with 3 Moroccanoil Hair Products:

    Moroccanoil Review
    • Moroccanoil Treatment Original
    • Hydrating Styling Cream
    • Luminous Hairspray Strong

    I’ve been using both the Moroccanoil Treatment Original and the Hydrating Styling Cream for a long time now. I think they are good products. They don’t do wonders, but they are pretty good. They don’t make my hair heavy and they smell nice, but not too powerful. I like them, although I do still have some split ends that maybe I shouldn’t have since I’ve been using so many hydrating and nourishing products for my hair.

    I also have the Moroccanoil Hydrating Styling Cream in the bigger format. Since my hair is not thick, a big bottle is enough for a whole year. I use the little recipient just when I travel. I’ve already wrote a full review about it: REVIEW: Moroccanoil Hydrating Styling Cream.

    The Moroccanoil Treatment Original is a mixture of oils that leaves hair nourished and easy to detangle. I also wrote a full review about it here and I also compared it with other serums I’ve used throughout time: REVIEW: Moroccanoil Treatment Original.

    About the Luminous Hairspray Strong I don’t have a “strong” opinion. I feel that it makes my hair shinier but I didn’t use it with some heavy hairstyle that required strong hold, so I don’t really know if it is really strong or not.

    I also use Moroccanoil Shampoo and Conditioner and, of course, I wrote about them: REVIEW: Moroccanoil Body Moisture & Shine Shampoo + Conditioner Fragrance Originale

    Compared with tons of other professional hair products, the Moroccanoil products are kind of good and I would almost dare that they are the best. Even so, they don’t fully fulfill my hair needs. They could be better, but, for the moment, they are the best I have.

  • REVIEW: Payot expert points noirs

    REVIEW: Payot expert points noirs

    I tried for a month the Payot expert points noirs cream and this is my review.

    I was looking for a cream that I could apply on my blackheads after I cleaned my face with a micellar water. Since I have mixed skin, it was very important for me that the cream would not awfully dry my skin.

    Review: What I expected from Payot expert points noirs:

    1. Make the black color of the blackheads disappear.
    2. To tighten the pores so it would look as if I have craters on my skin.
    3. To prevent further appearance of blackheads.
    4. To hydrate my skin.

    Review: What I liked about the Payot expert points noirs

    What the Payot expert points noirs actually did was that it did generally conform to my expectations.

    • It cleared my face, cleared clogged pores and there were no more “black” heads.
    • It hydrated my skin.

    I guess that these two things are actually pretty good. I tried before other creams and serums for blackheads and apart from the fact that they dried my skin, they did almost nothing for the blackheads… So the Payot serum turns to be a pretty good investment.

    I also like the fact that it has an exquisite smell which makes it feel kind of posh. I realized that a lot of french creams have a smillar smell, but this one is the most nice one.

    The Payot’s ingredients seem to be ok. Good enough for me. Here they are:

    Review: What I didn’t like about the Payot expert points noirs

    Well, unfortunately I don’t feel that it tighten the pores and also it doesn’t seem to prevent future blackheads. I think it works as long as you keep applying it (I use it only one time per day, before bed). But who knows, maybe in time it will help me with these two features also.

    Anyhow, I DO recommend this product to anyone who has a small or mild problem with blackheads and wants to have an *almost* perfect skin.

  • REVIEW: Moroccanoil Hydrating Styling Cream

    REVIEW: Moroccanoil Hydrating Styling Cream

    I received this Moroccanoil Hydrating Styling Cream as a gift. Because I have long, fine hair, prone to split ends, I use it in combination with this Moroccanoil treatment. I mix both products in my hand and I apply to my lengths (hair wet), then I blow dry or leave it to dry by itself.

    The styling cream is supposed to hydrate the hair and also have an frizz-ease effect. It hasn’t got any “hold” power. Although it does hydrate and does have an anti-frizz effect, it doesn’t do wonders. BUT I never met a product that did wonders to my hair and I can truly say this is the best product I tried so far.

    As I already said, I don’t use it by itself because I feel that it doesn’t help me much with the split ends. For the split ends, I use the treatment I mentioned above.

    So, what I DO like about the Moroccanoil Hydrating Styling Cream is:

    • hydrating (although not enough to prevent by itself my split ends)
    • anti-frizz effect
    • makes hair easy to detangle
    • smells amazing
    • in 6 months I used half a bottle (so about 25 ml per month, meaning that a little goes a long way)

    What I don’t like is that the hydrating effect and the anti-frizz one aren’t really very powerful. But, again, no other product that I tried in the past was.

    So, all in all, I think I’m going to use the Moroccanoil Hydrating Styling Cream for a long time.

    I also bought a travel size because since my hair doesn’t really look good if I don’t apply the product and the 300 ml bottle was too big to take it with me when I travel.

  • REVIEW: Korres Lip Gloss (Cherry Light Pink no. 11)

    REVIEW: Korres Lip Gloss (Cherry Light Pink no. 11)

    I got the Korres Lip Gloss because I wanted a hydrating, tinted moisturizer and glossy “balm” for my lips.

    I remember I payed less than 10 Euros, but on their website I found it at the 15.50€ price. Maybe I just bought it on sale. Anyhow, I think that even 10€ is a little bit too pricey for what this lip gloss has to offer.

    The Korres Lip Gloss did the job I bought it for. It really was hydrating and glossy, but… it didn’t last on the lips. In one hour it was completely gone. Then again, it is a lip gloss, maybe it’s not unusual for a lip gloss to last only one hour.

    I got the Cherry Light Pink no. 11. The color was nice, although it was a little bit too light for me.

    What I liked about this lip gloss was that:

    • it was moisturizing
    • it was kind of natural looking
    • it was glossy
    • the package is small and cute

    What I didn’t like:

    • it didn’t last long on the lips
    • it was kind of sticky
    • and the worst part is that the cap broke down and every time I wanted to unscrew the cap, I would be left with the cover in my hand, while the applicator would still be screwed to the bottle. So when this happened, I didn’t bother to use it anymore and just threw it into garbage.

    This is how it looks now and unfortunately it can’t be opened by hand. It is almost stitched and the small cap doesn’t have enough grip to open it.

     

    Even though I don’t regret buying it, I would not buy it again.

  • REVIEW: Collistar Shampoo Supernourishing

    What is this shampoo supposed to do?

    They say: “Much more than just a shampoo, this product is an actual treatment which deeply nourishes the hair, leaving it soft and shiny.” The company also says that the Collistar Supernourishing Shampoo “nourishes, strengthens and protects, leaving hair soft, shiny and manageable”.

    OMG I am so annoyed and sick and tired from this deceptive lies in the description of a product. Why can’t companies just say what the thing really does? Plain as that?! Who the f. cares if you trick a few people to buy your sh**? No one is going to buy it again! Never!

    What it really does

    At first, it pretty much makes your hair look like an ugly broom. It makes the hair stiff and frizzy.

    Also, the most annoying part is that it makes my scalp itchy and gives me dandruff.

    After washing my hair with the Collistar Supernourishing Shampoo, my hair certainly doesn’t look nice. I am extremely disappointed with this product considering the publicity they make. If only they would invest that publicity money into a better product…

    ALTHOUGH….

    The interesting fact about this shampoo is that after I started washing my hair with a better shampoo and from time to time I also used Collistar, my hair did look good. Now, that I finished the bottle, I think it is not as bad as I said it was in the beginning. It just needs to be interchanged with a better shampoo.

    Does it at least prevent split ends?

    I don’t really know what to say. I don’t have many split ends, but I do my best to prevent them, by using a lot of serums and hydrating creams.

    Does it get better if you apply hair balm?

    Yes, it definitely does.

    At first I was really upset with this shampoo, then it got better.

    I don’t think I will repurchase it, and I somehow feel that I’ve been unfair with it. Maybe it is just my scalp and hair that don’t really get along with this shampoo. Maybe it will be good for you. Although, if I use it interchanged with Morrocanoil shampoo and if I apply balm, my hair looks really nice. I really have mixed feelings about it…

  • REVIEW: Balea Anti-Spliss Serum Repair + Pflege

    REVIEW: Balea Anti-Spliss Serum Repair + Pflege

    It’s been so many years since I’ve been using this serum.

    It is definitely one of the best hair products I’ve ever had and it is really cheap if you think about it: only 3 Euros.

    They say it is a professional serum, but it costs as much as any other drug store hair product.

    So, this is the one and only Balea Anti-Spliss Serum Repair + Pflege (anti split ends serum):

    I apply this product right after washing my hair, when the hair is still wet. It really does prevent split ends, but it won’t stick together the old split ends you already have (and I don’t believe in products that say they do this).

    With this product I have almost zero split ends and I don’t have to go cut my hair so often, so longer hair for me 🙂 .

    It also helps detangle hair and fights against frizz, but unfortunatelly its power is still weak against my rebel hair.

    Anyhow, I highly recommend this product for anyone who hates split ends.