The Samples Series: Avon Advanced Techniques Lotus Shield

Hey everyone!

Continuing with my Samples Series with the Avon Advanced Tecniques Frizz Control Lotus Shield which I'm pretty sure everyone has heard of by now. 

  Avon Advanced Tecniques Frizz Control Lotus Shield - £5 introductory price

First impressions were that it smells LOVELY. However I think I used a bit too much. After reading reviews on their website people say to use a 10p sized blob. I used the whole sachet. I woke up the following morning with disgusting hair. It was stringy and messy and just awful. And I had work to go to. I was expecting to walk in and have everyone say 'Wow Sophie your hair looks fab!'. Then again this would never happen considering I only work with men, yet one managed to tell me my hair 'looked a mess'. Gee, thanks.

Yet I hung on in there as it does say you can leave it for up to 2 washes and after my second wash my hair is lovely and smooth and soft with no flyaways. Have a look at this!

Hello shiny hair!

Have you tried this yet? 

Love Sophie xx

The Samples Series: Neutrogena Visibly Clear Pink Grapefruit Facial Wash

So next up is the Neutrogena Visibly Clear Pink Grapefruit Facial Wash. Why do they always have such LONG names?! This one fell out of Glamour I think and I've since lost the packaging. I was a bit on the post about this one, especially considering Vanessa Ann-Hudgens does the advert and it just makes me cringe. 

I accidentally threw out the packaging and I can't find it on any websites to tell you how much it is, probably a few pounds I reckon.

It's not amazing, but it's not terrible. It doesn't really seem like it would clear your skin but maybe that's because of the strong grapefruit smell. After all Vanessa doesn't quite believe it herself as the smell is just so great. . .

It's quite drying so you'd need a good moisturiser afterwards, I used this day and night for 2 days (a nice big sample!) yet I didn't really see a difference. I think it does make quite a good cleanser though, it did get rid of any last bits of make up.

Would I buy it? Probably not. I think I would get sick of the fragrance, it is really strong and I'm not really a grapefruit fan! However it does make your skin feel really fresh and clean so I might look into more from them

Are you a Neutrogena fan?

Sophie xx

The Samples Series: Body Shop Rainforest Moisture Hair Butter

Hey lovely ladies!

This is something new I'm doing, I realised last night that I have too many samples of things (or do I buy too many magazines?) so I thought I'd use them up and blog about my first impressions. Obviously some I don't intend to buy so I can't give a review after a few uses etc, but you know what they say, first impressions count!

First up is the Rainforest Moisture Hair Butter from The Body Shop

Rainforest Moisture Hair Butter - £3 for 50ml/£8 for 200ml

 

Ok, so the price for a small tub isn't too bad but what about the product? The product promises a 'luxuriously rich and intensive deep-conditioning treatment for soft, glossy and tangle-free hair' and it has no silicones, parabens or colourants and it contains 'pracaxi oil, manketti nut oil and Community Trade honey and olive oil'

Now if you ask me that sounds like a pretty yummy miraculous product right? Yeaaah, not so. I like my products to have a smell. And a pleasant one at that. This smells really strange, it is a faint smell but if anyone owns a Superdrug MUA Lipstick, that's what it smells like, in a word, funky.

There was a reasonable amount in the sachet, probably the same amount that I would dig out of my tub (uh, if I had one. . ), not a scraping but then not exactly generous. This didn't cover my hair at all. My hair is long, not super long but it just about managed the roots. And this is to be used instead of your conditioner once a week. Deep-conditioning treatment it ain't.

Now to be fair I was expecting a miracle. I was expecting my hair to drop out of it's knots into sleek, soft shiny hair. That's not unreasonable, Aussie 3 Minute Miracle can do it. But no, I came out of the shower with tangled hair looking exactly how it had when I went into the shower (except damp of course)

Of course samples are supposed to make us go 'wowee I'm gonna go out and buy that RIGHT now'. But that didn't happen with this. I think the eco thing they've got going on with this range is fab, but really, I wouldn't buy this full price. Weird smell, and despite being for dry hair it didn't really fulfill it's promises. 

Sorry Body Shop :(

Have you found any samples lately?

Sophie xxx