Skin & Hair Care Products Review

I love trying out new products, especially skincare.

My current morning and night-time face washes and creams etc are all pretty basic and I always come away after watching YouTubers routines feeling like I should probably put a bit more effort into how I look after my skin, (but too be fair who actually gives them self a spa treatment every night?!).

Free sample products from magazines I find really useful as they usually come in quite a decent size meaning they'll last at least two weeks before you need to decide if you want to buy the actual product or not.

I have a draw full of these little sample pots and some of them I love (such as the Ren day and night creams - which I've reviewed previously) and others I am not so sure about, but I guess that's what you get for trying out new things.

Some of the products reviewed below are sample pots and others are ones I've found myself whilst browsing in drugstores or things I've seen other bloggers use and give good reviews and I want to try for myself, so hopefully I have a few bits below you haven't tried yet and may want to go out and have a look for :)

Firstly I've heard nothing but good things about this Micellar water and mentioned it in an earlier post so won't go into it tooooo much.

A little of this goes a long way which I found out the hard way so just putting a few drops onto a cotton wool pad is enough to remove all makeup at the end of the day. The after effect of this product is lovely. My face always feels soft and refreshed and you don't necessarily have to use it for taking off makeup, it just makes a nice general face cleaner - especially if you've had a long day at work or outside and you're feeling like you need a refresher - this is perfect!

Brand: Garnier

Shops: Superdrug & Boots

Price: £4.99 (currently on sale for £3.29)

Good bits: refreshing, good value, little goes a long way, good sized bottle.

Not so good bits: Stings if it gets into your eyes when taking mascara off!

Would I use again & recommend?: YES!!

I think Ultimate Blends is my new hair-care obsession.

It smells amazing and does wonders for my hair.

I've recently got my hair cut from being quite long (scary scary time) so decided to buy a new shampoo and conditioner duo that would suit my newly length hair.

I picked this one out mainly because it treats split ends which my hair is extremely prone too and it also smells amazing. After using this for about a week or so I can tell you know I wake up in the morning and my hair would have been washed the morning before and it still feels clean and fresh - perfect! As for the split ends treatment..I'll have to give that a bit more time.

Brand: Garnier Ultimate Blends

Shops: Boots, Superdrug & most superstores

Price: £3.89 per bottle

Good bits: smells amazing, nice sized bottles, good price, easy to store as the bottles are thin! Keeps hair feeling clean on the non-washed days of the week.

Not so good bits: Have to use quite a lot meaning the bottles don't last as long. (But I do have very thick hair...)

Would I use again & recommend?: Yes!

This face mask was given to me free with a magazine and honestly I was drawn to buying the magazine due to this being inside. For a free sample the bottle is a pretty good size.

I've never used a face mask in this way before, I normally buy the little pouches where it comes out like black tar and you leave to go hard for ten minutes, this one is a little bit different.

It is a cream consistency and has exfoliating beads and the instructions say to spread all over the face avoiding the eyes and mouth and leave on for just five minutes and then wipe off with a damp flannel.

I did this after having a shower one evening when I was having a more 'pamper-shower' (basically I do all of the skin care and moisturising I should do every shower) and to be incredibly honest was left very disappointed.

When spreading the mask on my face I found the exfoliating beads very rough and uncomfortable and once the five minutes was up the mask didn't feel ready to come off yet - it still felt creamy and not especially hard or mask-like. The bottle didn't state how thick to put the mask on either so it was hard to tell whether you needed lots or not.

After taking off the mask my skin did feel soft and exfoliated and that was that really.

Until the next day when I woke up I noticed a really dry path next to my nose just under my eye which I quickly put some of my own Simple moisturising cream on!

I don't know 100% that this dry patch was due to the face mask used the day before but it seems a bit of a coincidence. 

I'm tempted to try it again just as an experiment to see if it happens again but I think it's put me off ever buying this product if I were to see it in a shop..

Brand: balance me treatments

Shops: Debenhams

Price: £18

Good bits: has a lovely fresh smelling scent, and skin felt soft after use.

Not so good bits: exfoliating beads felt rough on the skin and left face feeling a bit dry the next day.

Would I use again & recommend?: May try again but wouldn't buy for the price.

You may have seen a previous post of mine which featured the forest holiday my boyfriend and I went on in January.
During out holiday we visited the Eden Project (which is an amazing place may I just add!)
and in the gift shop at the end they had a selection of skincare products all made from natural, cruelty free substances. After boring my boyfriend to death from standing looking at all the products for ages (they were just so pretty!!) I decided to go for a hand cream, as when it comes to skincare its my hands that suffer the most from bad weather and get extremely dry.
It comes in this cute little jar - that I will definitely be cleaning out and keeping once it's empty - and it smells so strong of lemons, so if you like that sort of citrus smell you will love this!
The cream itself isn't too thick but it spreads really well and covers  lot of your hands with a small amount. 
The only thing I'd say that I'm not so keen on is I feel like my hands get dry again really quickly after using it.
I am prone to dry hands in the winter anyway and tend to carry hand cream in a tube around with me in my handbag or at work during the day and just use this particular hand cream before bed, so maybe I'm not getting the best benefit from it as I only use it once a day??
Who knows!
But it's not really the sort of cream you carry around with you,
one because it's in a jar so harder to just chuck in your bag and it also leaves a bit of a greasy feel after use (especially if you accidentally put too much on) so you may end up with slippery and greasy hands if you use it out and about!

Brand: 

Shops: Eden Project gift shop

Price: £5.50

Good bits: smells lovely and has good coverage

Not so good bits: leave a bit of a greasy feel, and my hands tend to feel dry quite soon after use.

Would I use again & recommend?: Still using it currently, and would recommend for a 'before bed' hand cream only.

Protecting your hair against high temperatures is SO important, especially if heat is used daily.
I've been using the same protection spray by Tresemme for about a year now but recently decided to try out something different and a little less on the pricey side.

I found this bottle when looking for my shampoo in Boots and it looked intriguing.
It's the same as a previous Ultimate Blends shampoo I've used containing natural oat and milk ingredients which gives it a lovely fresh and clean smell.

  What I love most about this product is how small and easy to store the bottle is (because I don't know about you but my desk where I do my makeup is almost over flowing with hair product bottles!) but it lasts for such a long time, which is exactly what you want - plus it saves you a little bit of money in the long run - woohoo!
I spray a small amount of this onto wet hair after a shower and comb it through before blow-drying.
My hair is quite prone to heat damage but I feel like so far this protection spray is working wonders - and it leaves a lovely scent behind with it :)

Brand: Garnier Ultimate Blends 

Shops: Boots and Superdrug

Price: around £3.99

Good bits: smells great, small easy to store bottle

Not so good bits: Only sprays a small amount out so needs a couple of sprays to cover the area you want it too, also not on the Superdrug online website :(

Would I use again & recommend?: Yes and yes! :)

For now that is all the new skin and hair care products I have been trying out and using on an almost daily basis.
I'll be sure to be doing more reviews/first impressions posts soon as I'm in need of some new makeup products - so keep an eye open for those or follow me on Twitter (linked below) to never miss a post!

Molly

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