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  • New Products I Found In Home Bargains!

    Anyone that is into their personal care, likes skincare products, body care items or even make-up will always enjoy a walk in Home Bargains. You never know what product or brand you may see sat on a shelf. So it’s always worth a look too see what they have for sale. I found a few products in stock which perked my interest. Some new in, some have been available for a while, but all worth a mention. So what did I find?

    What’s available in Home Bargains?
    Designer Fragrances Body Lotions

    The brand that has various products in fragrances that are well known dupes, has now brought out body lotions. 400ml in size, and the three fragrances I saw that were available was Tu Es Belle, Only Yours and XAlien. 400ml in size (price wasn’t on shelf).

    Designer Fragrances Body Lotions
    Sanctuary Spa’s Ultra Rich Body Oil Spray

    A great alternative for a body lotion or body cream, Sanctuary Spa’s Body Oil will be a must for fans of the brand. Easy and quick application, ideal for layering if your skin is very dry and fragrance wise is in Sanctuary’s signature scent. This has been in Home Bargains for a while now, but good to see stock has been coming in for those who want it. 150ml for £2.49.

    Sanctuary Spa’s Body Oil
    Sanctuary Spa’s Hand Cream

    Containing shea butter and sweet almond oil, this should be a moisturising hand cream that is fragrant and would work well with the Body Oil. At 30ml in size, this is the ideal travel size to carry anywhere or in anything and only costs 79p.

    Sanctuary Spa’s Hand Cream
    Revolution Skincare London’s AHA Smoothing Moisture Balm

    Designed to exfoliate the skin on the body without actual particles thanks to it containing glycolic and lactic acids. Revolution Skincare London’s AHA Smoothing Moisture Balm should be easy to use, great for people who don’t want a physical exfoliant but not designed for sensitive skin. 200ml for £1.99.

    Revolution Skincare London’s AHA Smoothing Moisture Balm
    Sunkissed Skin’s Protecting Miracle Balm

    Can be used on the face, neck and cuticles. This oil contains perilla ocymoides seed oil and tocopheryl acetate (a form of Vitamin E) which are anti-bacterial, anti-flammatory and anti-oxidant. £2.49 for 40ml.

    Sunkissed Skin’s ProteCting Miracle Balm
    Sunkissed Skin’s Nourishing Miracle Oil

    To be used on the face and neck either morning or night. This oil contains a variety of different ingredients to help moisturise the skin e.g sunflower seed oil and avocado oil. 30ml for £2.49.

    Sunkissed Skin’s Nourishing Miracle Oil
    Sunkissed’s Soap & Scrub

    This looks like a whipped soap but not only can it be used to wash the skin, but also to exfoliate too. Available in 2 fragrances which is Lemon Sherbet and Berry Burst, this Soap and Scrub looks very inviting and fun. 250g for £2.99.

    Sunkissed’s Soap & Scrub
    Maybelline’s Balm & Blush

    A small and super cute pot containing a coloured balm which can be used on the lips or cheeks to give a pop of colour. I’ve only seen two colours, which is red and a pink shade. Only 99p.

    Maybelline’s Balm & Blush

    These are such a good mix of products for the skin and body, all under £2.99 in price. So if you’re looking for affordable and everyday pampering, these products maybe ideal!

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • How Good is a 49p Wax Melt From Home Bargains?

    So many people love using wax melts. They’re such a good way to fragrance a room and home, with a huge variety of fragrances and wax forms available everywhere. The good thing about them is on the whole they aren’t expensive and are really affordable. One of the cheapest wax melts I’ve bought was James & Co Fragrance’s Berries Wax Melt from Home Bargains for only 49p! How did I find it?

    James & Co Fragrance Berries Wax Melt
    Packaging

    Berries Wax Melt comes in a small, cardboard box with an opening on the front so you can see the wax. I like the fact this is cardboard and not plastic. It looks good and is different to the usual packaging wax melts come in.

    The wax itself

    This wax melt comes as a wax melt snap bar. Purple in colour, chunky and made up of 6 segments that need to be snapped off for use.

    Fragrance

    This is a mix of sweet fruity berries. Quite simple in scent and predictable, but nice.

    Strength & Longevity

    I used two of these segments in a wax warmer in the hallway. Once melted, the area got the scent coming through, but it wasn’t particularly strong. So I would say strength is low. Longevity wise it wasn’t fully tested to be honest. Since the strength wasn’t there and the fragrance wasn’t too obvious, I simply turned my wax warmer off. The scent was nice but not strong enough to stay on for my needs.

    Recommended?

    Price and packaging wise this is a great wax melt. The wax melt itself has a good scent to it but honestly I’ve smelt better and stronger. Would I buy this again or recommend it? No, not in this fragrance. But I would happily try another fragrance to see if the strength comes through better.