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  • July’s Round Up, What Products Did I Use?

    July. You are nearly over. Was this a good month? It was a busy month with the school year coming to an end and the constant weather changes made this month challenging. But I did enjoy using a selection of products over this time period because each one was so different. So what did I use in the month of July?

    Products I used in July
    Treacle Moon’s Sweet Berry Kisses Bath Salts

    Oh I’ve missed Treacle Moon’s bath salts! I was so pleased to see them in Boots because I haven’t seen or used these in such a long time! A foaming, fragrant and affordable bath treat which is great to use regularly or give to someone as part of a gift. One day I hope they release their salts in a bigger size so I can enjoy them daily.

    Treacle Moon’s Sweet Berry Kisses Bath Salts
    Glow’s Raspberry Candy Floss Body Butter

    This was included in Glow’s March Subscription Box. Body butters are such a luxurious body moisturiser, and Glow’s Raspberry Candy Floss Body Butter is no exception. It melts like a dream, protective and moisturising and the smell is incredible! One of my favourite body butters I’ve ever used.

    Glow’s Raspberry Candy Floss Body Butter
    Primark’s PS Love Opal Crush Eau de Toilette

    A budget friendly fragrance, good presentation and smells really nice. But Primark’s PS Love Opal Crush Eau de Toilette could have been a little more stronger in scent with better longevity. Still a good purchase for those who don’t like strong scents or to give to a pre/teen.

    Primark’s PS Love Opal Crush Eau de Toilette
    I Heart Revolution’s Chocolate Lip Scrub

    A fun product, smells and tastes amazing (don’t eat it!), but not my personal favourite because I’m not a lip scrub fan. I Heart Revolution’s Chocolate Lip Scrub is good for those who maybe are on the younger side and like cute packaging and scents. But I think there will be better lip scrubs out their on the market if used to help exfoliate and moisture the lips.

    I Heart Revolution’s Chocolate Lip Scrub
    Safa’s Skin Therapy Oil

    There’s not much you can buy for 69p, but Safa’s Skin Therapy Oil was a brilliant buy! Great size, naturally fragrant, light weight but very moisturising. 69p well spent!

    Safa’s Skin Therapy Oil
    Wild Deodorants

    A new brand and a new product for me is Wild’s deodorants. Sustainable packaging, contains natural ingredients, smells great and kept me fresh for hours.

    Wild travel sized deodorants

    So with another month drawing to a close I’m excited to see what products pop up in my stash in the month of August!

  • I Heart Revolution’s Chocolate Lip Scrub

    As a mother of a pre-teen girl I can honestly say it’s an interesting and expensive experience. My mini me has a strong personality and she knows what she likes. One thing she is very vocal on is how much she loves make-up. But what do you buy a child who who is going on 21 but is really 12? What’s appropriate for that age? I decided a safe option for her would be I Heart Revolution’s Chocolate Lip Scrub. I bought it while it was on sale (can’t remember how much it was ) but retails for £5.00 for 20ml.

    I Heart Revolution’s Chocolate Lip Scrub
    Why did I buy this?

    Online it looked like a fun product that wasn’t taking itself too seriously. The packaging was cute. I thought the scent would be playful and my daughter would like it. And it’s the type of product that isn’t quite skincare (in my opinion), not make-up but would make her think she’s experiencing both, if that makes sense?

    What is this?

    It’s a chocolate fragranced scrub designed for the lips to help smooth and soften this area by removing flaky and dry areas of skin.

    Packaging

    A very cute looking plastic pot in different shades of pink keeps the lip scrub safe. Screw top lid, with splashes of brown on the lid and down the sides of the pot giving the look of a chocolate drip effect. Definitely geared towards a younger market.

    Fragrance

    I Heart Revolution’s Chocolate Lip Scrub smells like milk chocolate with a hint of caramel to it. It’s not what I would call a true chocolate scent more of a cosmetic interpretation but still a pleasure to sniff!

    Look & Texture

    In a deep chocolate brown shade, it looks quite solid and compact in it’s little pot. Without touching it, it reminds me of having dark brown sugar that’s not been used in a while and has hardened and stuck in a solid shape. Very grainy in feel and quite dry (it is made of actual sugar), although has the smallest amount of slip to it but barely noticeable.

    On the lips

    I used a small amount on dry lips and rubbed it over the lip area. It felt way too aggressive! The sugar particles weren’t massive but it just felt too rough for me. Very dry and desperately needed a touch of oil just to add a bit of slip and moisturisation to the process. My lips slightly throbbed after using this and this was only a few seconds of application. I tried this on damp lips and I still got the same feel while using it although felt slightly better.

    Anyone that doesn’t lick their lips to see what this tastes like is a saint because I did and it tasted quite nice and sugary!

    I had to wipe the scrub off with water to remove it. I should have used a damp face cloth but wasn’t in the bathroom. The plus side most of it actually was on my lips rather than in the sink. The downside was having to remove it. It would have been nice if some of this had melted from the heat of my lips but it didn’t.

    My lips did feel a little smoother afterwards but they weren’t rough or dry before using this product. A little oil in this would have left my lips feeling prepped.

    Recommended?

    The more I use lip scrubs the more I just don’t like them! It’s a lot of mess for one area of the face and I don’t particularly enjoy using them. So I wouldn’t buy this for myself for that reason alone. I wouldn’t repeat this purchase for my daughter either. She liked the look of this and used it once but only once. Would I recommend this? There will be better lip scrubs on the market which will be more enjoyable to use and more moisturising. But cheap enough (on sale) this would be an acceptable gift for a young person who is either getting into make-up or likes fun make-up type products.

    If I Heart Revolution’s Chocolate Lip Scrub interests you, it’s full price on the website here for £5.00.

  • Dry Lips? Have A Look At Lip-C Smile’s Lip Scrub

    I HATE dry lips! I’m currently dealing with this issue right now. The cold weather and central heating has a lot to answer for! My work jacket bulges with various lip oils and balms to help me throughout the day dealing with rough and flaky lips. One product I don’t purchase and use often to help with this problem is a lip scrub. But I did get one as a gift from a friend last year. Handmade and sold by small business called Lip-C Smile, in a raspberry fragrance.

    Lip-C Smile Raspberry Lip Scrub
    What is this supposed to do?

    This lip scrub is designed to get rid of any dry and flaky skin on the lips, leaving this area smoother and softer in look and feel.

    Packaging

    50g of lip scrub comes in a clear pot with a white screw top lid. This comes boxed.

    How does it look?

    This particular version of Lip-C Smile’s lip scrub is in a very vibrant bubblegum pink colour. This is a very grainy lip scrub which looks jam packed with sugar granules but not so much oil. It glistens but doesn’t appear to be oily but quite dry and solid.

    Fragrance

    The version I have is in the fragrance of raspberry. It smells more strawberry in a sweetie kind of way rather than the fruit in my opinion. It smells nice, not particularly strong but it’s there.

    How to use

    On the website it says to use this twice a week day or night.

    In use

    I found it easier to apply this onto damp lips rather than dry. I had to go into this pot a few times to get the right amount of scrub to use. It’s so grainy that it didn’t feel like it stuck on my lips as much as I would have liked, and it didn’t move around this area very smoothly. I could feel the grains over my lips and it did create an exfoliating action. But it did feel a little too rough for me.

    Lips did feel and look smoother, but not particularly moisturised. Application meant my lips did get messy and if I’m honest it was easier to just lick this off (it tasted nice). To remove this properly I think a face cloth would have been good but I didn’t have one to hand.

    This lip scrub should have had a higher oil content to it. This would have made application easier, nicer, removal better and for the lip area to be more moisturised.

    Recommended?

    This is a massive amount of product per pot. A lip scrub doesn’t need to be this big, around the 15/20g would suffice. If used once or twice a week, this could be sat unused for months and be wasted. But it is brilliant value priced at £5.00, but this amount isn’t necessary. Not ideal to carry around as you would a lip balm or oil because of it’s size.

    The texture wasn’t right for me. It was too harsh and the addition of a small amount of oil would have solved this. Not only would it be a nicer application, leave a more nourished lip area but would make clean up easier for the user.

    So this isn’t a product for me. I don’t think I’m a massive fan of lip scrubs anyway. It’s not something I would use every week but maybe every few months. Would I recommend this product to someone else? It does the job but needs tweaking. But for the amount you get it’s a decent buy! It comes in a variety of different fragrances/flavours, and you can purchase yours here.

  • One Stop Lip Care from Lip-C Smile

    I know Christmas 2022 is well and truly over, but it’s only now I’m getting the chance to enjoy gifts that were given to me. Things are slowing down now so I have the time to go through any goodies I was given and use them, such as skincare or pampering products. A friend gave me products from a small business called Lip-C Smile. This included a lip scrub, lip balms, a lip gloss and lip brush. Now I’ve had a few moments with them, what are my first impressions of these products?

    Lip C Smile Lip Products
    Lip Scrub

    Lip-C Smile’s Raspberry Lip Scrub is an incredibly pretty, bubblegum pink coloured and almost glitter like sugar based scrub. There is ALOT of scrub which is very generous. Fragrance is subtle and more sweetie strawberry like rather than raspberry but overall looks very inviting.

    Lip C Smile’s Raspberry Lip Scrub
    Lip Balm (Raspberry & Plain)

    These come in a typical lip balm type dispenser so very easy to use and very practical. I’m not getting any scent from the pink coloured one so not sure if it’s just coloured rather than fragranced, but my daughter immediately was attracted to this one!

    Lip C Smile’s Lip Balm’s
    Lip Oil

    This comes in a clear, rectangular applicator with a roller ball end to apply to the lips. I love the roller ball end but I’m not sure I like how this lip oil is housed. I don’t think it does the lip oil justice. The shape of it is fine but I think it could look either more plain and classic, or edgy and modern.

    Lip C Smile’s Raspberry Lip Oil
    Lip Scrubber Brush

    Not a brush as such but more a silicone ended tool with raised areas that you can use to move over the lips and help remove dead, dry and flaky skin. It’s an interesting idea and product. It’s a good alternative to the lip scrub if you don’t like grains and don’t want mess.

    My First Impressions

    My first impression of these products is these are jam packed with good ingredients. Ingredients included are coconut oil, Vitamin E, Avocado Oil and more which are incredibly nourishing to the skin which I love. Packaging is practical and it’s nice to see each piece is boxed. I think the packaging needs to pop a little more and be more grabbing. But overall Lip-C Smile have got me interested and can’t wait to use their products fully.