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  • The Dupe Brand Designer Fragrances in Home Bargains

    Dupes are now part of everyday shopping. Skincare, bath and body products, fragrance and even home fragrance products now resemble the scents and even packaging of well known branded items. One collection of products that is known for being ‘inspired by’ is Designer Fragrances. Their products can be found in a variety of different stores including Home Bargains. But what do they have available?

    Designer Fragrances Products In Home Bargains
    Hand washes

    Hand washes are available to purchase. Each one 500ml, coming in a standard plastic (clear) bottle with pump action dispenser. These are great looking hand washes that would fit into any bathroom or toilet.

    Hand washes
    Body Washes (Men & Female)

    Its great to see that not only are there body washes for women in this range, but also for men as well. The men’s versions look a little more masculine in their simple but practical bottles where as the women’s looks a little softer, more feminine aesthetically.

    Women’s body washes
    Men’s body washes
    Body Mists & Sprays

    For the women there are two types of fragrances available. One is the body spray, the other is a body mist. The body spray is smaller, more basic in look and costs only 99p. The body mists are bigger (250ml), more striking look wise and costs £2.99.

    Women’s body sprays and mists

    For the men there’s the body sprays. Chunkier, geared more towards guys look wise, these come in 150ml sizes with the fragrances matching the body washes. £1.49 each.

    Men’s body sprays
    Fragrances available-women’s

    Some of the fragrances available instore are:

    Tu Es Belle – iris, jasmine & patchouli.

    Oure Way – vanilla, orange blossom and sandalwood.

    Daisee – jasmine and wild berries

    Xalien – amber & jasmine.

    Fragrances available – men’s

    One Billion – amber & cinnamon.

    Savore – oriental tones & mandarin.

    Lite Blu – Musk, orange, grapefruit and juniper.

    Home fragrance products

    There’s also a variety of different fragrance products in many of the above fragrances for the car and home, which means you can get fragrance hits not just for the body but for rooms and spaces too.

    Thoughts?

    This range has been on the high street for a couple of years now. In my household we’ve used the women’s and men’s body sprays. I’ve found the prices of Designer Fragrances products are affordable, all decent packaging and all smell great. Longevity for the products I’ve used has been ok but you get what you pay for. The price means reapplying or reusing the products regularly is no major issue. Are these accurate dupes? The ones I’ve used definitely are similar to the ‘real’ scents but as stand alone fragrances these are great regardless.

  • New Bath, Shower & Fragrance Dupes in Lidl

    Dupes are a part of everyday shopping. You can find ‘inspired’ by products in everything. From clothing, to home accessories, but more commonly in fragrance, skincare and body care items. I visited my local Lidl last week because they’ve just released ALOT of products that purely by appearance alone could be classified as dupes. So what do they have dupe wise for the bath, shower and body and what brands are they dupes of?

    New Dupes in Lidl
    Hair & Body Perfume Mists

    I spotted hair & body perfume mists, which are dupes of the brand Sol de Janerio. I’ve seen other versions of perfume mists in different stores and shops, but packaging wise this stands out more to me. Lidl’s versions are one of the most appealing and very similar to their original counterparts. Two fragrances were available, in the form of Pistachio & Salted Caramel and Jasmine & Dragon Fruit. 250ml and priced at £3.99.

    Perfume Mists
    Hand & Body Liquid Soap

    A brand I’ve used in the past and loved called L’Occitane En Provence is what Lidl’s new liquid soap product seems to be inspired by. L’Occitane is a French brand, whose packaging is very similar to the Lidl version. Like L’Occitane, the Lidl liquid soap comes in the fragrances of lavender, rose and verbena. £2.99 for 500ml.

    Hand & Body Liquid Hand Soap
    Shea Hand Cream

    Another L’Occitane dupe, based on one of their most iconic products, is their shea buter hand cream. Lidl’s version, again, packaging wise is very similar along with the percentage of shea butter in the ingredients (20%). Only £2.49 for 100ml.

    Shea Hand Cream
    Shower Gels

    Out of all the products Lidl had to offer, their new shower gels probably grabbed my attention the most. The simple bottle and the black label reminds me of LUSH products. Similar in fragrance types to LUSH? Not sure, as I’m not familiar with their shower products. But smelling 2 out of the 4 fragrances got the thumbs up from me, they smelt really good! These come in Mintilicious Tingle, Honey I’m Home, Dizzy Rose and Relax. £1.99 for 500ml.

    Shower Gels
    Botanical Bath & Shower Gels

    Lidl’s Botanical Shower Gels come in a variety of fragrances included Rose & Rhubarb and Orange & Bergamot. These are ‘inspired’ by the brand Molton Brown. Molton Brown is a brand I’ve used before, and are well known for luxury bath, shower and body care products. Lidl’s version costs £1.49 for 500ml.

    Botanical Shower Gels

    These were only a few products I found in Lidl, there were MORE! Nicely packaged, good sizes, great smells (from what I got to sniff) and all affordable!

  • Is Lidl’s Cien Moisturising Hand Cream Good For Hands?

    Once you get into trying out body and skincare products that are supermarket branded, you don’t stop! They’re affordable, easy to pick up during shopping trips and many products are really good in quality. Not to mention supermarkets now have their own dupes of well known brands. One supermarket body care buy I bought within the last few months was Lidl’s Cien Moisturising Hand Cream. It cost 59p for 75ml. But was it 59p well spent?

    Lidl’s Cien Moisturising Hand Cream
    Why did I buy this?

    I’ve bought and used the Aldi’s version which is a great hand cream, so I wanted to try this one as well. As a household, we’ve used Aveeno products and other products containing oatmeal and it works well for us. So why not give this hand cream a try for 59p? My daughter uses hand cream daily and this seemed the perfect cost effective purchase for her.

    What does this do?

    Lid’s Cien Moisturising Hand Cream is suitable for dry and sensitive hands. Containing colloidal oatmeal, it’s naturally soothing, moisturising and calming to skin.

    Packaging

    Very similar to Aveeno in appearance, this hand cream comes in a small, plastic flip top tube. Neutral in colour with green detailing. If this doesn’t make you think of Aveeno, nothing else will!

    Fragrance

    Although it doesn’t state on the packaging it’s fragrance free I think it is. There’s no scent to this and has that ‘I’m not fragranced type of smell’ to it.

    Consistency & Texture

    White in colour, smooth and has a little hold to it.

    On the hands

    Although this hand cream has hold, it really is quite light weight and went straight into my skin with a light rub. The texture was so light it felt like it was part cream part gel. It felt very soothing and protective, and after a few seconds my hands went from feeling like a cream was on it to being matt.

    Recommended?

    This is a good quality, moisturising but light weight hand cream which most people will find useful. Hands that are severely dry, I don’t think this is rich enough. But for everyone else this will be great, especially for 59p!

  • Hands Will Love Glow’s Gin & Tonic Hand Cream

    Hand cream. Hand cream is one of those products we use but unless you use it everyday, you don’t appreciate it. Only when hands look and feel dry, sometimes cracked and aged that we are rummaging around for our magic in a tube. Or at least that’s what I’ve been doing recently! The hand cream I’m currently using is Glow’s Gin & Tonic Hand Cream, which was gifted to me by Glow a few months ago. So what is this like? Is this any good?

    Glow’s Gin & Tonic Hand Cream
    Consistency/Texture/look

    Glow’s Gin & Tonic Hand Cream is white in colour, smooth in texture and has the consistency of lotion. It’s liquid but not runny and not thick.

    Fragrance

    This has a citrus undertone to it. Earthy in scent and almost herbal. Gin & Tonic Hand Cream has a slightly masculine smell to it. It’s such an unusual fragrance and not something I’ve smelt before, especially in a body care product. It won’t appeal to everyone but it’s that kind of scent that slowly grows on you.

    The state of my hands recently

    Literally within the space of a week my hands have gone from a lovely brown colour, relatively smooth to ashy, dry and shrivelled. THIS is what going into the Winter season has done to them! So I’ve been carrying this in my pocket in work to help them look less dead like. This hand cream has had its work cut out with me!

    In use

    I tend to use this mostly in work because I’m using my hands a lot. Although this is lotion like in consistency, it has a slip to it so it feels very moisturising but it’s not sticky and greasy in feel. Sinks in very easily, and it doesn’t take long for me to be able to use my hands once this applied. My hands immediately look more healthy as the colour comes back to them and they look moisturised and not dry. Plus they feel less tight.

    I do have to use this a regularly because I’m using my hands a lot so I apply this little and often. The fragrance isn’t strong but it’s there and I get a whiff of it throughout the day. Honestly? I was unsure whether I liked how this is fragranced but the more I used it the more I think I’m softening towards it.

    Recommended?

    I like this hand cream. Easy and quick to use, leaves the hands feeling and looking moisturised but normal and not shiny. It’s quite a light weight hand cream so perfect for normal to dry hands. Really dry hands may need something thicker but for most of us this will do nicely. Recommended!

    This comes in different fragrances just in case Gin & Tonic isn’t for you. Available soon once Glow’s online store is restocked.