L'OREAL EverStrong Reinforcing & Vitality Review

L'OREAL EverStrong Reinforcing & Vitality

Shampoo and Conditioner Review

After using this I felt my hair was not soft nor dry, it just had this strange unpleasent texture to it and I still haven't decided whether this is a good shampoo and conditioner, although it has had many great reviews. 

Nah, not that great.

5/10

Garnier Intensive 7 days Moisturiser Review

 Garnier Intensive 7 Days Moisturiser 7/10

A simple review:
A good moisturiser, not sticky, but nothing amazing. Keeps you moisturised for 7 days?
NO, defiantly does not.
7/10

RRP. £5.99

The Real Cure For Acne.

 A lot of people, including myself, suffer from acne. Its not a good look and can be quite depressing, so I am on the search for a treatment to acne. Could it be true that there really is not a cure for it?. No, of course there is, so stop worrying. The truth is not everyone can treat their acne like other people,  some have to try other means to help cure it.

 I have heard that eating healthy and exercising regular can significantly help acne clear up, so I will put that to the test.

I will eat only the food that is said to be good for skin and try my best to exercise regularly, hopefully helping my acne in the next two weeks. I will try to keep a diary of the food for two weeks and upload it here with pictures of my results. So wish me luck.

S Singer

Aloe vera for spots test results

                    Question: Does Aloe vera help cure spots?

Answer: NO, but its a very good moisturizer and can help sooth and calm redness of spots.

SOAP & GLORY, Wonderfill Review

Soap & glory products tend to highly work, or not work at all, there is no in between. This Soap & Glory product, claims to be the best way to hide wrinkles with its line hiding spheres and collagen boosters, for it to work you must pat it on the lines not rub it in.

 Being quite young, I do not really have much lines, apart from under my eyes from my terrible sleep patterns, so I am not the best candidate, but for the lines i do have this products did not do much. i also tested it on my aunts lines (and trust me she has lines) it also did absolutely nothing.

So the verdict is, It does not work!

Before

                              



Good points: Soft and silky to touch
+ You get a lot of product
+ Really great packaging

After

Bad points: Its basically a primer, claiming to be something more
- Doesn't really work

F.I.Points 2/10



S.Singer

NARS,Turkish Delight Review

 My sister says its just a plain glossy, lipgloss and not worth its price, but this is my blog and I am not my sister. I really like this its a nude pink almost radiant looking, you can put it on top of most lipsticks to give it a sexy glossy sheen. I do admit if you wear it alone it can give you a washed out look, this is what my sister was complaining about, so not recommendable alone.

Turkish Delight in
Room light

NARS Turkish Delight

Good points: One of Kim Kardashians favorite brand and shade of lipgloss.

+ Pretty nude shade can be applied with other lip glosses or lipsticks for a better wear.

+ You get a really good full size lipgloss amount, 8g.

Bad points: One of Kim Kardashians favorite brand and shade of lipgloss(just in case you do not like her).

- Could be seen as pricey @ £17.00.

S. Singer

Can Aloe Vera help my acne problem?

TEST 1: Aloe vera for curing acne

                                                                    Picture: Aloe Vera,
                                                                wheatgrassspain.com

Aloe vera is very well known plant, it has been called the plant of immortality and has been used to heal and cure external and internal body problems for thousands of years now. Just 1 leaf includes compounds like 20 minerals, 18 amino acids and 12 vitamins, so its easy to see why it is used in many beauty products today.

                                                                                                    Picture: Aloe Vera,
                                                                                                   wheatgrassspain.com

From research online about the plant, it sounds like a promising cure to most of my problems, the main uses for aloe vera include healing burns, curing skin issues such as acne and psoriasis and even helping get rid of dandruff.

Aloe vera contains salicylic acid that has anti-inflammatory and anti bacteria properties, which is very useful against acne and it is commonly used in acne creams.

so using Aloe vera in combination with other active ingredients would help to speed up the absorption of the other ingredients into the skin allowing the products to work better and hopefully killing the bacteria which causes acne.
So can aloe vera help my acne?. This question has led to my first test.

                                  TEST 1: Aloe vera for curing acne
Before pictures

My acne in room light
Sat 16th july 2011

My acne in day light
Sat 16th july 2011

My first test will see me use Life plan Aloe vera gel which is 99% pure aloe vera gel and is suitable for vegans.available online at www.lifeplan.co.uk.

I have also chosen to use freedom gel and freedom oil- free perfecting moisturizer alongside/with my aloe vera gel, as the aloe vera should help the ingredients in freedom gel, (which include nicotinamide, which has been clinically proven to help get rid of inflamed red spots) to penetrate the skin more.

For two week prior to this test i had just been using aloe vera gel on its own, but with regret, did not see much results with my acne. However i found that the aloe vera did moisturize my skin and gave it a firmer, plumper feel and look.


Test duration: Approximately 14 days.

Question: Does Aloe vera help cure spots?
Answer: NO, but its a very good moisturizer and can help sooth and calm redness of spots.

S. Singer

Quest for perfection?

Perfection can mean what ever you want it to mean. To me, sorting out a few of my problems with my health and body will tick my boxes of my idea of perfection in terms of my appearance. It doesn't mean I will be a different person, nor does it mean I will have to undergo drastic measures to change my appearance.On my quest to a perfect healthy body, I will be buying and testing numerous of products ranging from well known brands, products from around the world and natural beauty products. I would say that i am a good candidate for this test, as I can honestly say that there are probably 101 problems with my body.
Heres just my top 5 problems:

1. Stretch marks
2. Acne
3. unwanted hair
4. Dry skin
5. Dry/brittle hair

Also, did i mention I am only 19, shock-horror.
Now, I am sure I am not alone and many people out there suffer from these things, but I can never find the answer to my problems straight away or in one place, and how do we even know if they really work. So here it goes join me on my quest for perfection.

S. Singer

Designer things, what's the hype?

Today I thought to myself, Why do people go crazy for designer stuff? This was ofcourse an easy question, right?
Surprisingly i couldn't really answer the question myself, because i shamefully don't know.
I myself have a dream of starting a brand, but what would make it designer and would I want it to be designer. So new question , is designer best?
This initial small thought has led to me deciding that I will start my own brand and I will study the Market and post my findings on a new blog, so if your interested watch this space.

Chanel paradoxal review

The name sounds like a it could be poisonous, but don't be worried Paradoxal is the distinctive purple shimmery shade from chanel. I would say you either love it or hate and if your not too keen then don't consider spending the money on it. I myself like it in a specific light, room light. You will see different shades as you move into different lights, so you might not like the daylight colour.

F.I.P score: 5/10.

Chanel Paradoxal 509 rrp £16.50


S Singer