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  • Are We Now Bored Of Dupes?

    You can’t step into any high street store without stumbling on a dupe. The market seems saturated with fragrances, body care and skincare products that are ‘inspired’ by well known brands. Whether it’s the packaging, product name, scent or all of the above, there are LOTS of look-a-likes available to buy. But do we still love a dupe or have they become boring?

    Dupes!
    More and more dupes of brands are available

    Dupes have been around for a long time. But over the last few years what’s been available has increased. The most popular dupe in my opinion has got to be body mists inspired by the brand Sol de Janerio. They’re available everywhere! From Home Bargains to Lidl to even Primark. All affordably priced with scents and packaging similar to the original brand. Now we’re seeing dupes of brand such as L’Occitane, Molton Brown and even LUSH ready to be purchased. More products, more copied brands means more choices.

    Designer Fragrances Men’s Body Sprays
    Prices

    Regardless of the economy, more expensive brands will always be purchased. But having cheaper counterparts is something most people are happy to grab, especially if on a budget.

    Price comparisons:

    L’Occitane’s Shea Butter Hand Cream 150ml £29.00 v Lidl’s Shea Hand Cream 100ml £2.49.

    Aveeno Hand Cream 75ml £5.99 v Aldi’s Lacura Moisturising Hand Cream 75ml 69p

    Sol de Janerio Body Mists 90ml £24.00 v Home Bargains Glow Perfume Mists £2.99

    These are literally just a few examples of price differences which are compelling. Very attractive alternatives for people who want to spend less.

    Lidl’s Relax Shower Gel
    Cost before quality?

    There are some products that are poorly and cheaply packaged with only a hint of resemblance of something else. Ingredients most people have found aren’t identical and in some cases not even similar. Do we expect these carbon copies costing a few pounds to stand toe to toe with the costly originals? In my experience it’s been hit and miss with what I’ve bought. And you have to expect true, performance similarities aren’t guaranteed. But the cheap price is.

    Lidl’s Luxury Spa Body Wash
    Availabilty

    You can buy dupes from anywhere. Supermarkets, discount stores, instore, online. Stock levels can be all over the place, but I find once the hysteria and social media posts die down on the latest finds, it’s easier to pick up certain dupes. An added bonus is that some dupes are stocked constantly rather than being limited edition or seasonal, so always there.

    Glow’s perfume mist
    So….are we bored yet?

    Personally, I’m bored of products being housed in cheap packaging to make people think its from brand xyz. It actually makes me not want to buy them. Also, seeing the same types of dupes in stores is a bit of a turn off. But if they’re affordable and have a slight look, smell and description of something more expensive, people will continue to buy them.

    Dupes are here to stay.

    Posts on dupe below:

    LUSH Dupe? Lidl’s Honey I’m Home Shower Gel

    Glow’s Sol de Janeiro Dupe Perfume Mist Is Back, But Should You Buy It?

    New Bath, Shower & Fragrance Dupes in Lidl

    Fragrance Dupes From Designer Fragrances Men’s Body Sprays

    The Dupe Brand Designer Fragrances in Home Bargains

  • Beauty Laundrette’s Detox Dip Bath Fizzer

    Having a bath, a proper bath, is an experience. And one in my opinion that should last at least 30 minutes. Anything less than that is a waste of time and product. Surely a person deserves half an hour to themselves to relax? So you will never hear me utter an apology of how long I’m in the bath for or how many bath bombs, fizzers, scoops or foaming baths I own. I thought it was time to try out Beauty Launderette’s Detox Dip Bath Fizzer bought from Superdrug, that’s been hiding away in my stash for way too long. Normal price is £4.00, I got this when it was half price for £2.00.

    Beauty Laundrette’s Detox Dip Bath Fizzer

    Why did I buy this?

    This was a new range for me at the time, and because it covered bath, body, fragrance and skincare, I couldn’t help but try a product from each of these areas. With this bath fizzer, I did want to see how good the quality of it was. If it was good, it could potentially be an affordable repeat purchase for the future.

    Packaging.

    The Detox Dip Bath Fizzer comes in a light turquoise coloured square box. Like the rest of the range, it’s packaged in a way that’s connected with doing your laundry and this box is styled to look like a basic washing machine. Very cute and is set off thanks to lettering and details being in red. The fizzer itself you can see from a circular hole at the front, is plastic wrapped.

    How does it look?

    A super soft shade of lilac with a delicate and pretty shimmer to it. Round in shape, good decent size (quite standard for bath bombs to be fair) and not too heavy. No other details. Plain but pretty.

    Fragrance.

    If you’ve tried their body mist in this range it has the same scent. It’s a collection of white florals, so quite fresh, clean, a little sweet but not too much. Very pleasant and very pretty, not old fashioned at all. And not too heavy in strength.

    How to use.

    As you would with any bath fizzer or bath bomb, pop this under warm running water in the bath and enjoy.

    In the bath.

    Oh this little fizzer fizzed and spun around in the water as soon as it got popped in! Twisted and turned while slowly making the bath water go from clear to pink. There was the smallest and thinnest froth made but no real bubbles. But in all fairness I didn’t expect this to turn into a bubble bath anyway. This fizzer took what felt like forever to go to bath fizzer heaven and totally disappear. Once gone it left a lovely coloured bath ready for chill time.

    Bath time!

    The fragrance was there immediately from when this was placed in the bath. I didn’t think it would be so strong. I expected it to be very light but it was obvious and there. In fact, it travelled from the bathroom through the hallway down to the bottom of the stairs. This was of a good strength, with longevity and thoroughly enjoyable.

    Bathing in this was relaxing. The colour and the fragrance really made it for me. I can be very picky with bath bomb type products and on the whole I prefer bubbles and a very hydrating bath, but not all bath bombs or fizzers are designed to create this. So for what it was it did really well. Didn’t irritate my skin which is suffering a bit from psoriasis at the moment, and didn’t dry it out.

    Recommended?

    This is a good quality bath bomb. From how it’s packaged to how it looks thumbs up. Despite it being very simple in shape and design, it still is very pretty as the shimmer makes it stand out. Fragrance is beautiful. I like it more in this fizzer than the actual body mist which is funny as it’s identical! And lastly, it’s usual price isn’t earth shatteringly expensive so great for gift giving to yourself or others. Even better when on special offer which the range regularly is. So it’s recommended from me definitely!

    Beauty Laundrette bath goodies

    At the time of writing this post some of the Beauty Laundrette range at Superdrug is on a buy one get one half price. Visit the link here to get your hands on this bath buddy on a great multibuy deal!