Category: Product Reviews

  • Haircember

    I don’t know if you guys have noticed yet but I love a good hair product, I will buy all the hair things if I could, I frequently get Shampoo, Conditioner, Masque, Leave-in, Gel, Curl Activators, and Hair oils but there are so many more products that I haven’t bought yet!

    December was definitely my month for trying out new products, some from my favorite brands and others that I’ve never used before, I’ll tell you all about my likes and dislikes below.

    Herbal Essences Pure

    Since the lockdown began I haven’t been out to shop for Hair products on my own so I was looking on Amazon and I usually like to buy a whole set so I can get the full effect. I was going to buy some Garnier Ultra Doux because those are always my first choice but I saw a bundle for Herbal Essences Pure Aloe Vera & Avocado Oil on sale for 9,87โ‚ฌ it was available for 13,58โ‚ฌ.

    The bundle included three products:

    Shampoo

    The Shampoo claims that it gently cleans and soothes your hair and scalp.

    Conditioner

    The conditioner is supposed to be nourishing and gently moisturizes your hair and scalp.

    Masque

    The masque claims to nourish and soften your hair while moisturizing your scalp.

    To complete my order I also picked up Herbal Essences Pure Argan & Aloe Oil on sale for 4,51โ‚ฌ I thought it was Aloe and Avocado but I’m fine with it, the price was 4,80โ‚ฌ at the time of this post.

    Smoothing formula that protects hair from breakage.

    Final Verdict

    I find the Shampoo to be very gel-like instead of creamy like my usual Shampoos, it does not take a lot to lather which means I’ll probably have this bottle for a while, the scent isn’t strong, it’s what I imagine a Bio Shampoo to smell like, a bit earthy like freshly cut grass, it doesn’t weigh my hair down or leave it feeling greasy which is the most important in my opinion. I’d say that while it’s not my absolute favorite I’d consider using it again if I can’t find any of the usual go tos.

    The conditioner isn’t anything special, to be honest, it hydrates my hair well enough and doesn’t leave it feeling dry after washing it out. I can’t say I’d reach for it even if I was desperate.

    The masque is a bit thick and doesn’t seem to coat my hair well so I end up using it even more to make sure every strand is saturated. I feel like it doesn’t nourish the hair well when you leave it on for more than 5 minutes.

    The oil is fairly light and I light to spray some on the next day when I’m refreshing my hair. I would pick this up again.

    On a whole, these products get a 4/5.

    Garnier Fructis Hair Food

    My husband is the one that picked this up for me, I was out of a leave-in conditioner and I asked him if he could pick some up for me while he was out shopping. He came home with this and I was like…this is a masque, I wanted a leave-in. This masque is actually Multi-Purpose, it can be used as a masque, a detangler, or as a leave-in. I’ve only used it as a leave-in since I do all my detangling with my conditioner.

    As a leave-in this masque is really good, it is thick but I feel like it absorbs better than the Herbal Essences, it leaves my hair feeling soft and light, I will definitely be picking this up again.

    I give this masque a 5/5.

    Kรฉrastase

    I’d never tried this brand before but heard of them so when I was offered the chance to get free samples I jumped on it and I am glad I did!

    The samples I received were:

    Kรฉrastase Nutritive Bain satin 2 (Shampoo) 21,81โ‚ฌ on Amazon

    Kerastase Nutritive Masquintense – Thick Hair (Masque) 38,00โ‚ฌ on Amazon

    I’m not going to lie but I wasn’t sure how I was going to be able to try out such small packets but they were all I really needed.

    The Shampoo lathered extremely well and my hair felt quite literally like satin after rinsing it out. I was impressed. I didn’t even condition my hair afterward just moved on to the masque and the glide I got, it was like magic. Just 5 products and my hair were soft, hydrated, and light! I know what you’re thinking, 5 products is a lot, not for me though lol, I use a pre-poo, shampoo, masque, conditioner, leave-in, and oil. A total of 6 products every wash day. So using just 5 is amazing to me. Who knows maybe I will find a good 2 in one that will eliminate the need for a Shampoo and Conditioner one day. But for now, I give Bain Satin 2 and Masquintense a 5/5.

    Well, these are all the Hair Products that I used in December, truth be told I’m looking forward to discovering new faves in 2021.

  • ZzzQuil Sommeil Ambassadrice

    Cette semaine “3 dรฉcembre”, j’ai eu l’occasion de tester ZzzQuilโ„ข SOMMEIL gommes.

    Rรฉclamations ZzzQuil

    • VOUS AIDE ร€ VOUS ENDORMIR NATURELLEMENT. Les gommes ZzzQuil PURE Zzzs vous aident ร  vous endormir naturellement et ร  rรฉguler votre cycle de sommeil afin que vous puissiez affronter votre lendemain
    • PAS DE GROGNEMENT LE LENDEMAIN AVEC UN NIVEAU OPTIMAL DE Mร‰LATONINE. Formulรฉ avec un niveau optimal de mรฉlatonine, qui aide ร  rรฉguler votre cycle de sommeil afin que vous puissiez vous rรฉveiller frais et dispos
    • Mร‰LANGE BOTANIQUE NATUREL. Formulรฉ de faรงon unique avec un mรฉlange d’huiles essentielles botaniques comprenant de la lavande, de la camomille, de la mรฉlisse et de la racine de valรฉriane
    • DES GOMMES ร€ LA VANILLE ET AUX BAIES SAUVAGES. Ces gommes pratiques et savoureuses sont proposรฉes dans un dรฉlicieux parfum de vanille aux fruits des bois. Vous aurez hรขte de vous endormir, que vous soyez chez vous ou que vous voyagiez dans plusieurs fuseaux horaires.
    • NON-HABITAT EN FORMATION. Les PURE Zzz ne contiennent pas d’arรดmes artificiels, sont sans mรฉdicaments, sans gluten, sans lactose et sans gรฉlatine

    Attention

    La mรฉlatonine est une aide naturelle au sommeil mais elle n’est pas sans effets secondaires, tout le monde n’a pas de problรจmes mais ceux-ci peuvent survenir :

    • Somnolence matinale
    • Rรชves รฉveillรฉs
    • Petites variations de la pression artรฉrielle
    • Nausรฉes
    • Maux de tรชte
    • ร‰tourdissements

    Mes rรฉflexions

    Je ne savais vraiment pas ร  quoi m’attendre puisque mes autres tentatives d’utilisation d’aides au sommeil, Unisom (De retour dans les รฎles Vierges amรฉricaines) et Donormyl n’ont jamais aidรฉ ร  dormir, ni mรชme ร  me fatiguer.

    J’ai dรฉcidรฉ d’essayer, les premiรจres nuits, je n’ai pas eu un meilleur sommeil et j’รฉtais sรปr que ce serait comme les autres fois, mais le sixiรจme jour, en utilisant les gommes, je me suis endormi et j’ai dormi toute la nuit. Je me suis rรฉveillรฉe en me sentant rafraรฎchie et j’ai รฉtรฉ impressionnรฉe !

    Je n’avais jamais eu une aussi bonne nuit de sommeil depuis que je suis tombรฉe enceinte. J’ai souffert de trรจs graves insomnies pendant ma grossesse.

    Pour vous donner une petite histoire, ma fille ne dort pas de la nuit, je suis debout avec elle presque toutes les nuits pour la nourrir ou la rรฉconforter et j’ai un peu de mal ร  me rendormir aprรจs qu’elle se soit rendormie. Le matin, je me sens souvent trรจs fatiguรฉe et ce n’est pas idรฉal quand on s’occupe d’un bรฉbรฉ et d’un enfant de 7 ans.

    J’ai beaucoup aimรฉ essayer ce produit. Avant cette campagne, je n’avais jamais entendu parler de ZzzQuil, mais je suis heureux de le faire maintenant parce que j’ai des membres de ma famille qui peuvent bรฉnรฉficier de l’aide supplรฉmentaire d’une bonne nuit de sommeil.

    Je dois ajouter que cela pourrait ne pas fonctionner pour tout le monde, si vos problรจmes de sommeil sont liรฉs ร  l’anxiรฉtรฉ ou ร  des problรจmes hormonaux, ces gommes ne feront rien pour vous.

    Je vous suggรจre d’aller voir votre mรฉdecin pour obtenir de l’aide.

  • What Made My October Interesting

    What Made My October Interesting

    So, it’s October…

    The month of both Naveen and his father’s birthday as well as several other family members. The month of Halloween which I have to admit I don’t really pay attention to. We’ve never celebrated it when I was growing up but Naveen has been big on doing the whole dressing up and trick or treating but not this year for obvious reasons.

    Since the 25th of September, I’ve been using the Multi-Restore Gel Cream and Multi-Restore Facial Sleeping Oil from Garnier Bio. I spoke a bit about it here. This was my first time using a Gel Cream and a Facial Sleeping Oil, normally I wash my face and apply a cream then go to sleep so this really was a new experience for me, here are my thoughts on the products:

    Multi-Restore Gel Cream

    First of all, what is a Gel Cream?

    A Gel Cream is water-based, it has a lighter and more fluid texture compared to regular creams which is why they provide better hydration without leaving your skin feeling heavy or greasy. They are aimed towards people with oily skin.

    The first thing I noticed about the Gel Cream was how light and easy it was to spread it on my face and neck, the second thing I noticed was the scent, I really don’t like the smell of hemp and this was no exception, whenever I get a whiff of hemp it reminds me of some kind of musty old thing you’d find in the back of your grandmother’s house. Disgusting.

    Thankfully the scent does not linger at all.

    Once the Gel Cream is applied it absorbs into the skin rapidly and you forget all about that terrible scent and are left with a very moisturized face.

    Multi-Restore Facial Sleeping Oil

    Facial Sleeping Oils or Night Oils are oils designed to be used before you go to bed. They are usually too heavy to wear during the day or under makeup.

    When using a Facial oil a little goes a long way, trust me, when I first applied the oil I used it like I would a cream and it left my face feeling very very greasy, the next day I applied less and it was much better. Once again the scent is terrible but doesn’t last long. I never remember that I applied anything with Hemp let alone two products which in my opinion is great.

    Reactions

    I can’t say for certain that the products were behind my lack of PMS pimples, PMS is the only time I get pimples, and this month I had 0 pimples! If it was because of the products then great but it could easily have been just a coincidence. I will only have to keep using it for a couple more months to see if I skip the pimples for the next two or three months to see.

    Voxbox Update

    Now onto my Voxbox or should I say lack of Voxbox…

    I know, it’s been 4 weeks since my last post and I’m still without my Opi Rainbow Voxbox…

    A lot of people in the UK as well as some in France for their boxes but I’m among the unlucky few who have still not received their boxes. The campaign ended earlier this week and literally disappeared off my dashboard, I was pretty anxious, to say the least. If you don’t complete your missions for a campaign you can be excluded from ever receiving one again and I really didn’t want that to happen. Two days later the campaign reappeared and has been extended again! It should last until November but to be honest I’m losing hope that I will ever receive this box. I’ve been a member of the site for 6 years and this is the first time I’ve ever had this kind of problem. I don’t know if Covid is to blame for the terrible shipping or if this will be the norm now.

    So, you remember those false nails I bought to use with the Voxbox?

    I already started using them. I have painted my nails a few times thinking “Oh no! What if my box comes now?” It never does though so I’ll continue to use the nails and color my nails something new every few weeks.

    The nails are very long in my opinion, I can’t leave them too long or I start to feel like I can’t do anything so I trimmed them down to the perfect length for me.

    Nailfies ๐Ÿ’…

    Cien in 15 Nude Brown
    Spartoo Glossy Nail Polish in Red Beauty
    Opi Tokyo Collection – I’m on a Sushi Roll

    I guess we’ll see if I get my box next week or if I never get it…

  • Getting Ready for my OPI Rainbow Voxbox

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    Hey guys!

    So it’s been almost three weeks since I posted about looking forward to September, usually, I would have had my OPI Rainbow Voxbox at least two days after receiving the You’re In! email but…Covid.

    The days were passing without a box and everyone was getting worried because Influenster doesn’t provide International tracking so the tracker never moved past this:

    This campaign is active in the US, UK, and France and it seems the US got their boxes but the UK and French boxes were nowhere to be seen. I sent a message asking if the boxes had been shipped yet since no one in the UK or France received their boxes and afterward I received this email:

    Basically, the email is saying they just learned that I hadn’t received my box yet and they were experiencing shipping delays and I should expect my Voxbox in one to two weeks.

    My nails are jacked and I said I would look for some falsies to do the campaign. I honestly didn’t know what brand to get so I searched Amazon France for one with the best reviews. I found these by a brand called Vixi.

    https://amzn.to/3774v4M

    This set includes 600 nails of 10 different sizes. My hands are small, size 2.5 ring! With all these different sizes I know I will find a good match (I hope so anyway).

    The set comes with a little tube of glue but I’m not overly fond of the glues that come with false nails, they have a habit of being very weak. My nails will pop off the very next day if I don’t continuously reapply glue.

    I decided to buy a pack of glue made especially for false nails.

    https://amzn.to/3x8t6ks

    The pack includes 5 bottles of glue and a nail file. The set of nails also comes with a nail file and I have a few of my own already. You can never have enough nail files.

    It’s been about 5 days since the email about the delays so now it’s just a waiting game. I’m guessing I’ll get it around the same time as the package from Le Lab.

    Maybe I should say “What’s up, October?” or maybe not. I might jinx it again.

  • Why September Will Be An Exciting Month

    September is looking like it will be a very interesting month for me. I have a lot of new products coming my way to test out and I am excited!

    On August 6, I received a survey about a Voxbox from Influenster, I’ve spoken about them before, it’s a review site where you have the chance of getting a box of products to review. There’s a wide range of things you might be chosen for, food, clothing, beauty products, I haven’t seen any for books, video games, or toys but you never know. I’ve been with the site since 2014 and to my knowledge, they never sent boxes to the Virgin Islands but when I moved here to France I forgot about the site. They didn’t ship here and I had other things on my mind but I decided to go back to it and review stuff just because. In 2018 they sent their first VoxBox to France and I got it!

    The Marc Jacobs Velvet Noir Mascara Volume Spectaculaire VoxBox was my very first Voxbox and I really enjoyed the product. You can read my review about it here Finding happiness in the little things. When you complete the campaign you earn a neat little badge that you can display on your profile.

    In 2019 I got into another VoxBox, I got into the OPI Tokyo Collection VoxBox, I spoke about it here New Voxbox! and here New OPI Tokyo Collection Voxbox. I wasn’t really expecting to get this box because France seems to get two surveys a year and I hadn’t gotten into the last one for 2018 or the first one for 2019. I really loved this box because I almost always seem to pick up purple nail polish and this allowed me to venture out a bit.

    If the trend stays the same the survey I got from Influenster on August 6 is either the first or last survey of the year. I’m unsure because I received a survey on April 14 about Rexona deodorant but nobody even mentioned receiving it on Instagram or online anywhere. Usually, you can see what everyone has received if you follow the right hashtag on Instagram but there has been no real activity on the French Influenster hashtag since last year.

    This survey that I received was about a product from OPI, I’m going to be really honest even though I opted in I kind of hoped I wouldn’t get it because my nails are really terrible right now. I picked and peeled them until there is nothing. I’m going to have to get some falsies to do this campaign. While I was hoping not to and hoping to get the VoxBox, it showed up on my profile but I haven’t received a You’re In! email yet. I’ve heard of this happening to people before but this was the first time it has happened to me. With my first campaign, I got the email and it took a while for it to show up on my profile and I was worried it had been a mistake.

    The other products I’m waiting for are from Le Lab by Doctissimo. On August 5, I received an invite to apply for their Garnier Bio ร  l’huile de Chanvre Bio (Hemp Oil) campaign. I’ve never been accepted to any of the previous campaigns I applied to so I wasn’t really hopeful but on August 14, I was accepted!

    I will be receiving the Hemp Multi-Restore Gel Cream and the Hemp Multi-Restore Facial Sleeping Oil. I was supposed to receive the package very soon but there were unforeseen delays and I won’t get it until late September. I’m not really a fan of the Hemp smell but Garnier makes really good products so I’ll just have to wait and see about it.

    There’s one other thing I’m hoping to hear about but I can’t say whether or not I’ll be reviewing it yet. Sometimes things work out and sometimes they don’t so I’ll wait until I hear if I’m actually getting it before I say “I’m going to be reviewing this!”

    So, yeah, I’m really looking forward to September.

    I’ll obviously be reviewing these products so keep an eye out for those posts next month. Since I’m supposed to receive the Garnier one in late September it will probably end up being posted in October.

  • My New Kylie Skin Routine

    My New Kylie Skin Routine

    Le post d’aujourd’hui sera spรฉcial, mon premier post en franรงais sur l’essai de la Kylie Skin Routine. J’ai utilisรฉ le nettoyant moussant pour le visage, le tonique au lait vanille et la crรจme hydratante pour le visage. Ma peau n’est pas du tout problรฉmatique, ce dont j’ai parlรฉ ici dans What I Use To Keep My Skin So Smooth. Si j’utilise quelque chose, c’est peut-รชtre un nettoyant et une crรจme. Vous pouvez voir les produits que j’ai utilisรฉs dans Peau lisse et Dry Shampoo for Natural Hair.

    Permettez-moi de commencer par dire que j’ai entendu parler de Kylie Jenner, mais que je n’ai jamais rien achetรฉ chez elle ni regardรฉ “Keeping up with the Kardashians”. Honnรชtement, je ne savais pas ร  quoi m’attendre avec les produits. J’ai essayรฉ de ne pas regarder les critiques ou les commentaires afin de pouvoir รชtre aussi impartial que possible et me faire ma propre opinion. Pour tous les produits nรฉcessaires, j’ai cherchรฉ les ingrรฉdients et deux des produits m’ont fait rรฉflรฉchir. J’y reviendrai plus tard.

    Ma phase d’essai a commencรฉ le samedi 1er aoรปt 2020 et s’est terminรฉe aujourd’hui, le samedi 15 aoรปt 2020.

    Ma routine de soins de la peau comprend ces รฉtapes :

    • Se laver le visage avec le nettoyant moussant
    • Appliquer le toner de lait
    • Appliquer une crรจme hydratante

    Juste pour voir si je pouvais repรฉrer une diffรฉrence notable, j’ai pris une photo avant de commencer ma nouvelle routine.

    Ignorez les cheveux, s’il vous plaรฎt. C’รฉtait le jour du lavage.

    Mousse Nettoyante Visage Nettoyant Visage

    La premiรจre chose qui m’a inquiรฉtรฉ dans ce produit, c’est qu’il contient de l’huile de kiwi et que je suis allergique au kiwi. Je n’รฉtais pas sรปre de ma rรฉaction ร  ce produit car je n’avais jamais utilisรฉ de produits de soin contenant du kiwi auparavant. J’ai quand mรชme essayรฉ et j’ai espรฉrรฉ que tout irait bien. Lors de la premiรจre utilisation, j’ai remarquรฉ qu’il avait une trรจs bonne mousse, ni trop ni trop peu, il a laissรฉ mon visage trรจs doux, mais j’ai l’impression qu’il ne m’a pas vraiment nettoyรฉ le visage.

    J’ai l’impression que cela convient mieux ร  un nettoyage en douceur plutรดt qu’au dรฉmaquillage.

    Pro :

    • Le visage รฉtait doux aprรจs l’utilisation
    • L’odeur est lรฉgรจre et non accablante

    Contre :

    • Je n’avais pas l’impression de m’รชtre vraiment nettoyรฉ le visage
    • Huile de graines de kiwi

    Vous pouvez acheter ce produit ici :

    Nocibรฉ

    Lait Tonique ร  la vanille Tonique

    Ce produit est vraiment bon, il a une belle consistance et j’ai l’impression qu’il enlรจve vraiment tout ce que la mousse laisse derriรจre elle. Le parfum est trรจs lรฉger, presque sans odeur. Je n’ai vraiment rien de mauvais ร  dire ร  ce sujet.

    Pro :

    • Enlever l’excรจs de saletรฉ du visage et du cou

    Contre :

    • Rien du tout

    Vous pouvez acheter ce produit ร  l’adresse suivante :

    Nocibรฉ

    Hydratant visage Hydratant

    Je n’รฉtais vraiment pas sรปr d’utiliser cette crรจme. L’un des ingrรฉdients est un extrait de peau d’orange et je suis allergique aux oranges. Je me suis dit que si c’est sur la peau, รงa ne devrait pas รชtre si grave puisque mon allergie est plutรดt ร  la consommation de produits ร  base d’orange. J’ai essayรฉ et je dois dire que je n’ai eu aucun problรจme. La crรจme a une bonne consistance, pas trop รฉpaisse et pas trop lรฉgรจre, elle s’absorbe trรจs bien dans la peau ; malheureusement, je n’ai pas trouvรฉ que ma peau se sentait hydratรฉe aprรจs l’avoir utilisรฉe. Elle รฉtait assez sรจche. Au dรฉbut, il รฉtait assez facile de faire sortir du produit, mais aprรจs l’avoir utilisรฉ pendant un certain temps, il est devenu plus difficile d’obtenir du produit, parfois je devais pomper plusieurs fois ou secouer un peu le produit.

    Pro :

    • Bonne cohรฉrence

    Contre :

    • Le visage ne se sent pas hydratรฉ
    • Extrait d’รฉcorce d’orange
    • Il faut pomper plusieurs fois

    Vous pouvez acheter ce produit ici :

    Nocibรฉ

    Rรฉactions

    Le tout premier jour oรน j’ai commencรฉ cette routine, deux heures aprรจs avoir appliquรฉ les produits, mon visage me semblait lรฉgรจrement brรปlรฉ. J’avais trรจs peur d’avoir des boutons ou de voir mon visage devenir trรจs rouge, alors j’ai continuรฉ ร  regarder dans le miroir pour voir si quelque chose changeait. Heureusement, je n’ai vu aucun changement.

    Le deuxiรจme jour, je n’ai pas eu de sensation de brรปlure, de rougeur ou de boutons.

    Deux semaines aprรจs avoir commencรฉ la routine, mon visage est lisse et doux.

    Mon visage aprรจs ces deux semaines, je sais que vous remarquerez que mon grain de beautรฉ est de l’autre cรดtรฉ maintenant mais c’est parce que j’ai enlevรฉ le rรฉglage du miroir de ma camรฉra frontale, c’รฉtait un peu de la vanitรฉ. Je voulais que ma chaรฎne Cruzan Girl se lise vraiment comme Cruzan Girl quand je prenais des selfies et j’ai oubliรฉ de la remettre en marche.

  • Getting My Skin Summer Ready

    Last week I received two samples in the mail and today I finally got to try them out.

    I’ll be giving my thoughts on erborian’s Ginseng BB Cream and both the Minรฉral 89 Daily Booster and Minรฉral 89 Eyes from Vichy.

    I want to state that I’ve never used a BB Cream before but I have heard of them and I’ve heard that some of them can be drying so it’s best to use a moisturizer before applying your BB Cream, I decided to use the Daily Booster first so here is what I thought of it.

    Daily Booster by Vichy

    I applied little drops on my face and spread it from the center outward, the product felt a little thicker than water and I had no problem spreading it on my face or throat. It absorbed quickly and left no residue behind. The scent is very agreeable, it’s not cloying and once applied it doesn’t linger.

    You can purchase the Daily Booster for 21,20โ‚ฌ

    I have terrible dark circles around my eyes and having a 4-month-old who doesn’t sleep hasn’t helped so I used the Eyes serum next.

    Eyes by Vichy

    I took less than a pea-sized amount and applied it under both my eyes, the product felt creamy and thicker than the Booster but quickly absorbed into the skin, like the Booster the scent is not overly present and doesn’t linger.

    You can purchase Eyes for 13,50โ‚ฌ

    And finally, I applied the BB Cream.

    Ginseng BB Cream by erborian

    The BB Cream I received was in the shade Caramel, it has a very pleasing odor, it smells lightly floral, you really don’t need that much product so I applied some pea-sized drops and spread it from the center outward. I wasn’t sure if Caramel would match my skin tone but it’s hard to tell that I have anything on my face.

    You can purchase the BB Cream for 16,90โ‚ฌ

    As you can see both Vichy and erborian have helped me achieve Summer-Ready Skin.

  • Aiovak Hair Care

    Aiovak Hair Care

    Hey guys!

    I thought I spoke about this company before but apparently, I didn’t which is a shame because it’s pretty new but their products are quite the rage. I’ve only tried the Ginger Gooseberry Hair Mask which I posted about on my Instagram.

    Found this gem in my mailbox this morning. I already washed my hair yesterday so I’ll be trying it out next week!

    It’s Aiovak Ginger Gooseberry hair mask, if you haven’t heard about it before check the link in my bio to learn about it.

    I promptly put it in the fridge after this photo since it had to travel quiet a ways to reach me.

    When I tried out the Mask it was the only product offered by Aiovak and they didn’t have a website or Instagram account, I can’t be sure but I think the Mask took a week to reach me which is pretty good considering it came from the US.

    The Mask smelled like Gooseberry and had a watery consistency. It ran everywhere when I put it in my hair but it worked like a charm!

    Ginger Gooseberry Hair Mask

    Now I’m happy to say that Aiovak has rebranded and launched their website at: aiovakhaircare.com

    You can also follow their social media accounts below:

    Products offered at Aiovak now are:

    Leave-In Conditioner

    The Leave-In comes in two sizes 8 oz for $15 and 16 oz for $26

    Ginger Gooseberry Hair Mask

    The Hair Mask only comes in 8 oz at $15

    Hair Oil

    The Hair Oil comes in two sizes 4 oz for $10 and 8 oz for $17

    Update July 2021:

    Aiovak now offers several new products such as Guava Leaf serum, Shampoo bar, Beard and Hair balm, Moringa Whipped butter, Satin pillowcase, and detangler brush.

    Prices are from $8 – $15

    At those prices what are you waiting for? Grab some products and get to styling your gorgeous locks!

  • New Nuxe: Huile Prodigieuse Florale

    New Nuxe: Huile Prodigieuse Florale

    Hey guys!

    I forgot all about this beauty they were coming my way, since I’ve been sick I haven’t reviewed much of anything but this will come in pretty handy since my skin is so dry now.

    This is a new scent for their Florale Huile Prodigieuse line.

    It is 96.9% Natural ingredients.

    If you’ve never heard of Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse it is a multi-purpose dry oil for the face, body, and hair.

    I’ve spoken a bit about them in this post.

    It nourishes, repairs, and beautifies with 7 precious oils.

    It is labeled as All Skin Types.

    Touted as the new floral, fresh, and delicate perfume I think I am really intrigued to try out this dry oil.

    What I like about this product:

    ๐ŸŒธ The scent is light and not at all overpowering

    ๐ŸŒธ The oil seems to seep right into my skin and doesn’t leave that oily surface feel.

    ๐ŸŒธ The sample was provided in a very unique and cute way. I really enjoyed it.

    What I don’t like:

    ๐Ÿฅ€ Samples always seem so small!

    Other than that I can’t think of a negative.

    I’d definitely get the full-size version of this Prodigieuse oil.

  • New Gel Micellaire Nettoyant from Le Petit Marseillais

    Hey guys! Today I’m going to sidestep the emotions lol I got a lot of response from it and frankly, I felt overwhelmed and needed to process. I never really meant for it to cast blame on anyone, I just needed to release something that’s been with me for many years. I’m happy to finally let it all out and now I’m going to talk to you about the new Gel Micellaire Nettoyant I bought recently from Le Petit Marseillais.

    In this post, I spoke about how much the scent is similar to the 1 Minute Masque that I recently tested and that this was the first Gel Micellaire that I’ve used. It is pretty different from Eau Micellaire but kind of similar to Milk Make-up removers I’ve used before only in the fact that it’s not a tiny liquid. It was pretty sticky and left my skin feeling a bit heavy almost like I didn’t remove everything. It did work really well and got rid of all the everyday yuck but it’s a bit too heavy for me to use on a daily basis. I think I will leave this for those occasions when I have a full face of makeup on. I haven’t noticed any new breakouts since using this which is always a plus but I’ll be keeping a close eye on my face for the rest of the week.