Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Avon Naturals Honey & Milk nourishing cream and mask


New Naturals Honey & Milk Nourishing Cream

The best face cream I have used in eons. I am super excited with this product read below to know why.
Now for the product review: 
Where did I buy: From an Avon rep.
Price: Normally cost is 159-169/- ,but i got it on a discount at 129/-.
Quantity-50 gm
What the brochure says-
Naturals Honey & Milk nourishing Cream
-Mild and gentle
-Suitable for everyday use


My Opinion:
I have a very dry and sensitive skin and I use loads of cold cream which I need to reapply every 2-3 hrs otherwise my skin becomes flaky . I can never apply anything apart from Cold creams in winters. Actually I have tried lots of moisturizer but they don’t work for me.

So when I tried this product I was very very skeptical. Now as I applied this cream it felt of like a lotion and got absorbed quickly. It gave my face a slight matte feel within minutes. I started worrying since I don’t like the stretchy feel when I don’t put loads of cold cream on. So I started waiting for the white dry flakes to come up. And guess what!!

No such thing happened and for the first time in ages I have a matte feel to my skin in winters without any small nasty flaky dryness showing up. And compared to applying the cold cream 3-4 times now I apply this only once or at most twice.I don’t have to keep becoming self conscious every once in a while finally I can let go and have a matte skin in winter!! I think that the combination of honey milk has done the wonders. Honey is an anti microbial agent and Milk is moisturizing so their combination is good for skin.

Now if I have to describe the smell ,I will say it has a very caramel like smell,, very sweet and even small amount of the cream will make you filled with this smell. 

I recommend it to any one with problem skin OR FOR THAT MATTER ANY ONE. Give this a try and chances are u will become addicted too. I have finished my cream and ordered 2 more.

+ves:
Great price sooo damn cheap.
Excellent quality matte feel cream for dry skin in winter !!!
Feels feather soft on skin has no weight.
Instantly absorbed into skin and
Non Greasy.

-ves:
Very sweet caramelly smell
I don’t have any thing –ve to write about this.

Great great product!! I totally recommend it
Go and grab this J

New Naturals Honey & Milk Nourishing Mask


Where did I buy: From an Avon rep.
Price: Normally cost is 159-169/- ,but i got it on a discount at 129/-.
Quantity-50ml.
What the brochure says-
Naturals honey & Milk Nourishing Face Wash
-Mild and gentle cleanser with a smooth application
Instantly
-Effective cleanses and refreshes skin without over drying.
-Restores and maintains skins lost moisture.

 My opinion:
Umm so out with the confession now, I have used this mask only once. It is also like the cream in many ways even the smell. I wanna use it more often though since we tend to put more amount of the mask on our face the a cream so the sweet smell may be too much. Rest it is a good product.

I am not going to buy this again simply because of the smell.

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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Oriflame Beauty Nail Food / Nail nourisher

I brought this along with the nail enamel from Oriflame which I have already reviewed and liked. This one I am not so sure about however.

Now for the product review: 
Where did I buy: From an Oriflame rep.
Price: Normally cost is 179/- ,but i got it on a discount at 149/-.
Quantity-7 ml.

Pic coutesy:http://in.oriflame.com/products/product-detail.jhtml?prodCode=18937


What the catalog says about Oriflame Beauty Nail Food:

Revitalizes and restores weak nails
With nourishing natural berry oils
Non-greasy and quickly absorbed

My Opinion:
Let me tell you that I used it as was instructed in their brochure. So after I took out my nail paint with remover I applied a layer of it. Now the bottle has a yellow colored liquid but on applying it had a translucent layer with a veryyy mild sweetish fragrance (good nothing overpowering). I don’t know why but I had this notion that it was supposed to dry just like my oriflame nail enamel did so even after 10 mins when it was not dried I lost my little patience and touched it ,then wiped it off after some time.
Now the second time I kept it on and it takes 1 hr to absorb, I was confused as to whether it was absorbed by my nails or the cuticles and area around nails.
Now the product err.. Nail food had oils definitely but it had a very watery consistency. It was non greasy as mentioned but not quickly absorbed it takes a decent hour to absorb if you haven’t already impatiently wiped it off some how. Well honestly I dint like it much since I would probably use any other oil for nourishment. The product confuses me: oil inside a nail paint bottle and applied with a nail paint brush.
Another thing is that most of the product is absorbed by cuticles and area around nails so if you already have a cuticle gel (I have avon vitamin C enriched cuticle gel) then you can probably skip this product.

+ves:
One good thing is the very Mild berry smell.
Non Greasy.
Can be easily applied with a nail paint brush.

-ves:
 Too costly
No instant result though my cuticles were moistened all rite.
Can be easily substituted by any body oil. 

An interesting childhood anecdote which I remembered was when I was a kid my maternal uncle (choto mama) had to bathe me up and before that he used to rub himself and me with lots of mustard oil and made a point to put a drop of oil on each finger and toe nail for both of us. He said that it would give us shiny nails and to this day he has a very good skin and nails :) 

Well this product will definitely last me long but after I finish it I don't plan on repurchasing 
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