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

    June was a busy month for me. Filled with important (and costly!) birthdays and lots of other things to keep me on my toes, which is called life. But as usual it didn’t stop me using and enjoying (well, sometimes) products for the face, body, bath, shower and home fragrance. So what products did I use in the month of June?

    Products I used in June
    Aveda’s Radiant Skin Refiner

    I’ve heard of Aveda as a brand before but assumed they just did haircare, but I was wrong. They also have skincare products under their umbrella too. I really liked using their Radiant Skin Refiner, which is basically a facial scrub. Great size (so would last ages), easy to apply, an effective exfoliator which left my skin feeling and looking smoother and softer.

    Aveda’s Tourmaline Charged Radiant Skin Refiner
    Bubble T’s Hydrogel Under Eye Patches

    For 49p Bubble T’s Hydrogel Under Eye Patches were a pretty obvious purchase to make. They won’t make a huge difference to this area of the face but they are fun to use, cooling (even more so when put in the fridge) and affordable!

    Bubble T’s Hydrogel Under Eye Patches
    Primark’s PS Elements Night Pour Homme Eau de Toilette

    Bought for my teenage son, Primark’s PS Elements Night Pour Homme Eau de Toilette was a perfect fragrance to purchase for him. Smells great and suitable for any age, simple packaging but stands out and didn’t cost me a small fortune!

    Primark’s PS Elements Night Pour Homme Eau de Toilette
    Glow’s Raspberry Candy Floss Shower Gel

    A beautifully sweet and lightly sugared scented shower gel from small business Glow in the form of Raspberry Candy Floss. Very gentle on the skin, foams up beautifully, lovely fragrance and created an insane bath!

    Glow’s Raspberry Candy Floss Shower Gel
    So…? Unique Floral Night Body Mist

    So…? Unique Floral Night Body Mist is the body mist I never knew I needed in my life! The perfect fragrance if you love a mix of sweet, fruity and floral because it is sooooo good! Ideal to use all year round but perfect for Summer time use.

    So…? Unique’s Floral Night Body Mist
    Treacle Moon’s Frosted Candy Angel Shower & Bath Gel

    Fragrance wise, this is such a good shower & bath gel from Treacle Moon, that you will wonder which is better between this and LUSH’s Snow Fairy scent. Frosted Candy Anger Shower & Bath Gel is 500ml of super bubble making, fragrant bath and shower product that will keep your skin clean and pampered for a good amount of time.

    Treacle Moon’s Frosted Candy Angel Shower & Bath Gel
    Feather & Down’s Sweet Dreams Bath & Shower Steamers

    For 99p, these bath and shower steamers from Feather & Down, purchased from Home Bargains, was a steal! This brand doesn’t normally have such a low price point on their products. But it wasn’t 99p worth spending for me because I didn’t feel they were the best as a bath fizzer or as a shower steamer. Great idea, looks good, eye catching packaging but the actual product was a let down for me.

    Feather & Down’s Sweet Dreams Bath & Shower Steamer
    Shea Moisture’s Power Greens Hair Care Range

    Finding the right hair care products is harder than skincare in my opinion, or at least it is for me. I found Shea Moisture’s Power Greens products easy to use, great at cleaning the hair and scalp without stripping it leaving my hair softer and more manageable.

    Shea Moisture’s Moringa & Avocado Power Greens Haircare

    So these were some the products I used last month. Did I have any favourites? Probably not, as they were all so different. But quite a few I would happily repurchase again for the second time.

  • Treacle Moon’s Frosted Candy Angel is a Snow Fairy Dupe!

    If you’re a fan of the Snow Fairy range from high street retailer LUSH, then you will be very familiar with how that range smells. You will also have a pretty good idea how much these products cost and because they’re seasonal, you can’t purchase them throughout the year. So what’s currently on the market that can give you that fragrance hit without it hitting your pocket? How about Treacle Moon’s Frosted Candy Angel Shower & Bath Gel? I bought this from Boots for £1.99 for a 500ml bottle.

    Treacle Moon’s Frosted Candy Angel Shower & Bath Gel
    Why did I buy this?

    I love the brand Treacle Moon. I’ve used their shower & bath gels, hand creams and body scrubs and enjoyed each product. So when I read online that Frosted Candy Angel was a dupe for Snow Fairy I thought it would be pretty silly NOT to see if this was similar in fragrance considering how much it costs.

    Packaging

    500ml of Treacle Moon’s Frosted Candy Angel Shower & Bath Gel comes in a clear, plastic bottle with a flip top lid. Super cute labelling depicting the shapes of snow angels which gives it a slightly Wintery seasonal look. Quite attractive in look and doesn’t look like it’s sub £2.00 in price.

    Fragrance

    Think of pear drops the sweets. The sugary, fruit scent of these sweets mixed in with a slight candy floss type of scent and this is what this shower & bath gel product smells like. Love the scent personally and doesn’t overdo the sweetness in my opinion, it’s just right.

    Does this smell like Snow Fairy?

    It actually does! I can say this confidently because I have Snow Fairy Bubble Blowing Wand in my collection so I can literally compare the two. Not identical because I think Treacle Moon’s Frosted Candy Angel is a little more heavier on the pear drop scent AND I actually prefer how this smells to the Snow Fairy bath product!

    Consistency & Look

    This is quite liquid but with a decent thickness to it. Easy to pour, very similar in consistency to similar products on the market and pink in colour.

    In the bath

    Even though this is a shower and bath gel I used this in the bath. I didn’t need to use much because under warm running water this created lots of frothy, soft bubbles. I didn’t notice the water changing colour so if it did it was barely noticeable. But it would be hard to spot anyway under the mass of white foam sitting on the top.

    Fragrance was their immediately. As always, I can take a power house when it comes to scent. The strength of this could’ve been a touch stronger but was absolutely fine for what it was. It was there, it was comforting and it was enjoyable.

    This created a very relaxing bath which I was happy to experience. It didn’t dry out my skin at all. But what I did notice was an area of irritated skin on my body that didn’t like this. Thanks to the heat, a small patch of my skin is sore and wasn’t too fond of being bathed in this. No fault of the shower gel, blame 30 degree heat! I know my skin and fragrance sometimes needs to be avoided if my skin hates me and I give it some fragrance free time or very little fragrance in my body care routine.

    Treacle Moon’s Frosted Candy Angel & Lush’s Snow Fairy Bubble Blowing Wand
    Recommended?

    If you love your shower and bath products to be sweet in scent, then you will really like this. It smells so good, great size and performs well in the bath and will make your bathing experience a nice one. But if you are a Snow Fairy fragrance fan then this is a MUST! At a fraction of the price you can bathe till you run out of water and save yourself money too in the process. But if your skin is feeling sensitive, maybe put this purchase on hold or try with caution. If not, head towards Boots, ASDA, Tesco, Waitrose or even direct with Treacle Moon themselves to pick up this bath time treat!

  • Treacle Moon’s The Gingerbread Unicorn Shower & Bath Gel

    Supermarkets, love them or hate them, are the one place most of us visit regularly. Not only do we make our food purchases from them, but we also pick up our everyday toiletries including bath and body products. A new item I added to my collection is Treacle Moon’s The Gingerbread Unicorn Shower and Bath Gel. I bought this from Tesco. Usually £1.95 but at the time of writing this post it was down to £1.65 (Clubcard promotion).

    Treacle Moon’s The Gingerbread Unicorn Shower and Bath Gel
    Why did I buy this?

    I’ve bought Treacle Moon products before and really enjoyed them, but I haven’t tried anything new from this brand for awhile. When I spotted The Gingerbread Unicorn Shower and Bath Gel it interested me. I gave it a sniff and thought it smelt so nice and totally different to other shower and bath products I already owned. And of course the price made this a winner too!

    Packaging

    Nothing unusual as it comes in a plastic clear bottle. What I do like is the unicorn prints on it, which look like they are made from gingerbread. It looks fun, doesn’t look like a cheap bath/shower product at all and would look nice in any bathroom.

    The shower & bath gel

    This is a similar colour to set honey or even custard. Consistency is no different to any other shower or bath gel as it’s thick but liquid and very shiny.

    Fragrance

    This smells like a toned down spicy and warming ginger. And do you know what else I THINK I can smell? Cream soda! I know that sounds crazy but this is the best way I can describe how this smells, ginger meets cream soda. And it’s a beauty!

    In the bath

    I gave a generous squirt of The Gingerbread Unicorn Shower and Bath Gel under warm running water and it quickly produced bubbles. Lots of them in fact! The water didn’t change colour but it was covered in light and fluffy white, airy bubbles which I couldn’t wait to get into. The fragrance was there, although subtle. Since it wasn’t strong it was actually very comforting and relaxing because it wasn’t heady. But me being me I would love this to be stronger.

    This produced a great bath which I enjoyed. The bubbles lasted well, the fragrance was in the background which smelt beautiful and I spent so much time in the bath I nearly drowned! Skin felt fresh, clean and not dried out when I got out and once dried ready to start the next stage in my body care routine.

    Recommended?

    Bath and shower gels aren’t ground breaking, we use them everyday. But I love this one! Why? The fragrance is different, not the typical scent you get on a supermarket shelf and that’s why I really like this. It produces a great amount of bubbles, the perfect 500ml size for family use in the shower and bath and it’s not expensive. So why would I NOT recommend this? The Treacle Moon range is available from Tesco, ASDA, Waitrose and direct from Treacle Moon themselves. But just a warning, this is limited edition. So grab it while you can if this sounds like something perfect for your bathroom.

  • Treacle Moon’s Marshmallow Hearts Shower & Bath Gel

    The great thing about shopping in a supermarket is you literally can pick up anything. It’s the perfect place to grab your daily essentials, like bath and shower products. In 2019, I started to use products from a company called Treacle Moon, which became a very handy discovery when I found their products on a shelf in my local Tesco. On of the purchases I tried out was Marshmallow Hearts Shower & Bath Gel. It was £3.00 but was on a half price promotion for £1.50.

    Why did I buy this?

    I never tried Treacle Moon products before until I received them as gifts for my birthday and Christmas. I really enjoying using them. So I opted to purchase Marshmallow Hearts because I really wanted a product to use in both the shower and bath. Plus I had a feeling I would love how this smelt so fragrance side appealed to me.

    Treacle Moon’s Marshmallow Hearts Shower & Bath Gel
    Packaging

    500ml of shower and bath gel lives in a plastic bottle with a flip top lid. It’s clear, labeling is super cute with an illustration of a jar of heart shaped marshmallows on it. Plus there’s a paragraph giving you an imaginative description of what the scent of this gel is like.

    Look & Consistency

    Although this is a gel it isn’t the typical gel you would think of. This is pale pink in colour, not transparent, so makes me think this is more like a bath or shower cream. Consistency is a thick liquid, which is what you would expect from this type of product.

    Fragrance

    The fragrance of Treacle Moon’s Marshmallow Hearts is creamy and sweetie like. A mix of marshmallows, milk bottle sweets with a hint of strawberry milkshake and this is the best way I can describe how this smells to me. This could easily be too sweet and synthetic like in scent but it isn’t. It gives you enough sweetness to keep your nostrils happy but not so much you think you will suffer from diabetes!

    In the shower & bath

    I use this product in both shower and bath equally. In the shower on a sponge it lathered up quickly and produced a lot of foam. In the bath I needed very little and the amount of foam produced by two squirts under warm running water was insane! Full, light, airy, white in colour and long lasting.

    On the skin

    This cleaned the skin on my body well, left a faint scent to it but not long lasting so no lingering. My skin felt and looked normal after use e.g skin didn’t dried out, irritated, sticky etc.

    Recommended?

    Yes! What I love about this is it’s a little different in look packaging wise compared to similar products on the same shelf, which makes it stand out. In regards to the scent, these types of scents are popular but this is a great version and will hold its own compared to others. I really enjoyed using this. It provided a quick, easy and effective shower in the morning and a relaxing, soothing bath in the evening.

    This is great for all the family to use as the scent will appeal from the youngest member of the household to the oldest. When I bought this originally it was half price ( £1.50 ), but worthwhile checking special offers as they regularly crop up (Tesco and Waitrose stock Treacle Moon).

    If you can’t head down to your local store you can buy their products direct from Treacle Moon themselves here. Go on treat yourself…its affordable!x