Mybeautywaxstash

Author: mybeautywaxstash

  • My First Time Using Superdrug’s Black Castor & Shea Shampoo & Conditioner

    Having multiple people in a household means the need to restock certain items. Face wash, deodorants, shower gels, all essential items that my family use regularly. One duo of products that I noticed I needed to replace recently was shampoo and conditioner (we all use the same products to wash our hair). The shampoo I originally wanted to buy in Superdrug wasn’t available at the price I wanted to pay. So I opted for their own brand of Black Castor & Shea Cleansing Shampoo and Hydrating Conditioner. So what were they like?

    Superdrug’s Black Castor & Shea Shampoo and Conditioner
    Who is this suitable for?

    This range of products is formulated for people who have coily and curly hair, which will include afro Caribbean hair (which is my hair type). So from lose curls to the tightest is what Black Castor & Shea Shampoo & Conditioner is perfect for.

    What do these products aim to do?

    Black Castor & Shea Cleansing Shampoo is designed to clean hair and scalp and remove any product build up gently. Scalp and hair should look and feel clean without being stripped. The conditioner helps moisture and treat the hair after washing.

    Packaging

    Both products are housed identically in pink plastic bottles with black labelling and flip top lid. These really do stand out and drew my attention to them by how they looked while I was in store. What I liked about the label on these products is it showed by a simple illustration what kind of hair types would benefit from using these products. Very useful and simple to understand.

    Texture, consistency & look

    Both of these products surprised me by being orange in colour. The shampoo had a more fluid consistency to it and the conditioner more thicker, where it had hold when poured out of it’s bottle. Both products were smooth and shiny in consistency and look.

    Fragrance

    The scent of these haircare products I would describe as smelling sweet, almost caramel like. Very comforting, not sickly or too strong but very nice.

    Washing my hair

    It’s normally on the second wash that my hair really takes on any shampoo, but with this shampoo it was on the third wash. The first two washes it didn’t lather up much but on the third the lather was insane, creamy and plentiful. On each wash I could see the dirt coming out of my hair and it started to feel really clean. But on the third wash this was when I really felt the shampoo was being effective. My hair had that clean feel to it, didn’t tangle up and wasn’t difficult to manage.

    Using the conditioner

    I covered my scalp and hair with the conditioner and left it on for around 10 minutes and rinsed it off. My hair still felt clean but lightly moisturised and treated.

    Overall, once I checked my hair and my scalp both looked and felt clean. No dry scalp, no flakiness, which sometimes I have. Both looked like they were in great condition. Was I happy with the end result? Yes I was!

    Recommended?

    I was a little sceptical about this hair care duo. I’ve been using a specific brand of shampoo and conditioner which works well especially on afro Caribbean hair. So I was unsure whether I would like these products or not. BUT, these did everything they promised. Black Castor & Shea Cleansing Shampoo gently but effectively cleaned my hair AND scalp without stripping it. The conditioner moisturised and treated the hair. Not only were these products great on my hair I enjoyed using these products too, so I totally recommend these if your hair type is right for this range.

    The shampoo retails for £5.99 and the conditioner £4.99, but I bought these on a buy one get one half price promotion. Great products and great prices!

  • 3 Things I Buy My Teenage Daughter ALL THE TIME!

    Having teenage children is… interesting! When they hit the pre-teen age, life as you now it changes FOREVER! As a mum of a teenage boy and girl, I have the daily pleasure of being kept on my toes, along with having to take out my credit to purchase everything for them every 5 seconds. There are 3 things I buy my daughter all the time, because in her own words ‘she needs them!’. So what can’t she live without?

    3 Things I Buy My Teenage Daughter
    Blemish/Pimple Patches

    When I was a teenager and I got a spot or 10, I just dealt with it. Now, my daughter covers her face in blemish/pimple patches. What’s strange is she’s not particularly spotty! These do work, I’ve tried them myself. They minimise the look of blemishes so I understand why they are useful. The patches my daughter uses are from the brand Face Facts and they come in a variety of shapes. So these are part skincare, part face fashion accessories.

    Face Facts Blemish Patches
    Hair Scrunchies & Bobbles

    My house is littered in bobbles! Black ones, brown ones…they are everywhere! Very useful things for both myself and my daughter and you can never have too many of them. I buy her a pack of 6 from Home Bargains in different shades of pink and neutrals.

    Hair scrunchies from Home Bargains
    Fragrances

    When I use the word ‘fragrance’, most of the time it’s body mists. My daughter is as addicted to fragrance as I am. She takes them everywhere, especially to school. These can come in different sizes, shapes and fragrances, perfect for her to slip into the school blazer pocket or a small cross body bag. Most recent body mists used have been Designer Fragrances, Impulse and Treacle Moon.

    Fragrance

    So these are the 3 things I regularly buy my teenage daughter. None of these items are expensive thankfully, so I can be as cheap or as expensive as I like with ‘her’ purchases.

  • 59p Bath Cubes From Dirty Works in Home Bargains

    In these times where everything is so expensive, it’s always nice to be able to buy something which isn’t a necessity, but a treat, and a cheap one too! Most bath lovers will enjoy using various products at bath time to help them unwind and relax. So Dirty Works Cube Tropicana Fizzy Bath Cubes might appeal to these people. I bought this from Home Bargains for only 59p! But was it 59p well spent?

    Dirty Works Cube Tropicana Fizzy Bath Cubes
    What are fizzy bath cubes?

    This is just another name for bath fizzers. The reason its called ‘cubes’ is because you will be throwing cubes of Cube Tropicana in the bath! It SHOULD provide some form of fragrance and fizz in the bath while it dissolves.

    Packaging

    Dirty Works Cube Tropicana Fizzy Bath Cubes comes in a rectangular cardboard box. Brightly coloured, very appealing with an open window at the front, so you can see the bath cubes inside.

    How do these bath cubes look?

    The bath cubes come in a chunky rectangular bar which is segmented off like a bar of chocolate. To use, you snap off the amount of cubes you want to throw into the bath. The bar itself is purple and green in colour, which matches the colouring of it’s packaging perfectly. On the back, the Dirty Works logo is embossed into it. The texture of this looks and feels like most bath fizzers or bath bombs which is hard and chalky.

    Fragrance

    These bath cubes are supposed to have a berry like fragrance to them. What I got was definitely fruity, more berry than anything else, and a little powdery. But also a smell of chalkiness you get with some bath fizzers. The fragrance itself was pleasant. Not the best fragrance I’ve ever smelt from a bath product, or the strongest, but nice enough.

    In the bath

    I used two cubes of Dirty Works Cube Tropicana Fizzy Bath Cubes. I popped them in the bath and they immediately fizzed, while slowly turning the water from clear to a soft mint colour. The bath cubes took awhile to disappear, but did and left no residue. No foam or bubbles was created, just coloured water was left behind. Fragrance wise it was incredibly faint. I just about got a slight whiff of the scent of these bath cubes but nothing that stood out.

    Being in the bath, it was ok. It just felt as if I was sitting in coloured water. Nothing particularly moisturising, comforting or pampering about this bath. But on a positive note it didn’t irritate or dry out my skin during or after. So overall not a bad bathing experience but not the best.

    Recommended?

    This needed to be more fragrant. It would have improved this product so much if this smelt better and stronger. The colour it left the bath was nice but that’s it. Besides fizzing and colour that’s all these bath cubes did. So it’s not something I would repurchase for myself. But for the price, the packaging and the amount of bath cubes you get it’s hard to complain (well, not for me it isn’t!). If you just want a cheap bath fizzer to throw in the bath or give as a gift to a bath bomb lover (not expert), then buy it, it’s only 59p! If, like me, you want more, give this a miss.

  • New Discovery! Daise Bath & Body Products in Tesco

    There’s nothing nicer than seeing new products available on the high street. Sometimes too much choice can be overwhelming. But if you’re a lover of products for the face and body like I am, you won’t be overwhelmed more excited over new finds. This is how I felt when I discovered a brand called Daise in my local Tesco store. So what is Daise and what products do they have?

    Daise Bath & Body Products
    Daise

    Daise is a brand that is about having fun, wanting people to enjoy their products physically and emotionally. Not a brand taking itself too seriously from what I can tell but still want to deliver good quality products. Their products include body mists, body scrubs, lip balms, bath bombs and body washes.

    Body Scrubs

    It was the Vanilla Glow Body Scrub that caught my eye first in Tesco. A massive size of 510g. Packaged in a clear pot so the scrub is visible. The scrub itself looks decadent, rich in texture (I’m a texture girl) and very moisturising. In Tesco i found Vanilla Glow, Pineapple Glow and Pomegranate Glow. £8.00 each.

    Daise Vanilla Glow Body Scrub
    Body Wash

    Housed in an aerosol looking can and in the fragrance Coconut Whip, this body wash definitely looked fun, interesting and a little different to standard body washes on the market. Designed to be moisturising, an effective body cleanser while leaving skin lightly scented. Daise’s Coconut Whip Body Wash costs £5.00 for 265ml.

    Daise Coconut Whip Body Wash
    Lip Balm

    Packaging was eye catching for this product as I originally thought it was a bath bomb! Very Vanilla Hydrating Lip Balm aims to do everything that most lip balms do which is moisturise, easy to use and have a nice fragrance to it. This costs only £2.50.

    Daise Very Vanilla Hydrating Lip Balm
    First impressions?

    I like this range! I love the packaging of each product. Each product looks vibrant, but not in a way that is geared just towards a younger market. The sizes are decent, especially the body scrub. And the fragrances these products are in tick all my favourite scent boxes. All perfect for Summer use. The prices aren’t the cheapest, especially for the body wash. So if I was to purchase these it would be more for gifting or occasional personal use. But do I want to try any of these? Oh yes! The scrub looks AMAZING!

    There are other products and fragrances from this brand but they weren’t all stocked in my local Tesco. Will I be purchasing any of these? Wait..and..see….