curlysue10
Member Since: November 5, 2008Reviews
Veet In Shower Hair Removal Cream
This product is ridiculously pointless. It does NOT last longer than shaving, and doing a whole new hair removal routine when you’ve already got shaving down to an art is just plain time consuming if there are no additional benefits. I bought it... +
This product is ridiculously pointless. It does NOT last longer than shaving, and doing a whole new hair removal routine when you’ve already got shaving down to an art is just plain time consuming if there are no additional benefits.
I bought it with the hopes that it would avoid the razor bumps that shaving my bikini line inevitably causes. I was wrong!!! My skin got so irritated by this product that it looked worse than razor bumps in the end AND they took longer to heal AND I got a few ingrown hairs which never happens when I shave. (Can you tell I’m annoyed?)
It’s also a fairly small bottle if you plan to do your legs as well. I did my legs once as well as my bikini line once and the bottle is a little more than half empty. The sponge is innovative and the scrubby side is ideal for exfoliating but none of this is enough for me to ever, ever buy this product again. I don’t even know why they call it “in-shower” because you have to apply it before your skin gets wet!!
Like I said, completely and utterly pointless. When will I learn that these creams never work?
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John Frieda Frizz-Ease Dream Curls Curl Perfecting Spray
I really like this product. I am a HUGE fan of John Frieda products in general (especially the Frizz Ease serum which I would die without) and this product did not disappoint. It is a light spray that works really well with the Frizz Ease serum and... +
I really like this product. I am a HUGE fan of John Frieda products in general (especially the Frizz Ease serum which I would die without) and this product did not disappoint.
It is a light spray that works really well with the Frizz Ease serum and really does enhance you natural curl pattern as the bottle suggests. It is best to use it on damp (not soaking wet) hair as the bottle instructs.
Apparently you can use it in the morning (after a non-hair wash day) and it will wake up and revitalize your curls. I have not been overly impressed with the results of this, mostly because it leaves my hair a little sticky and residue-y. It does revitalize my curls after being slept on, but my stylist told me that most good quality products have a memory in them and would have the ability to do this, so this alone is not a unique benefit and I would not buy it just for that. It is a good curl spray though and I would recommend it.
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John Frieda Frizz Ease Moisture Barrier Firm Hold Hair Spray
When I bought this from Shoppers Drug Mart the woman in the Beauty Boutique said “this is a really great hair spray, I absolutely love it”. I was excited to try it after that high praise but I have to say that I am slightly disappointed. It is... +
When I bought this from Shoppers Drug Mart the woman in the Beauty Boutique said “this is a really great hair spray, I absolutely love it”. I was excited to try it after that high praise but I have to say that I am slightly disappointed.
It is great for one thing: battling humidity. Any girl who has lived through a smoggy Toronto summer knows how the moisture in the summer air can really take a toll on your locks. For this, this hairspray works wonders! My hair was noticeably more manageable and all around normal looking (as opposed to Diana Ross-esque) than it usually it on those hot sticky days (or into the fall, those damp rainy days!) It really does tame your hair, keeps those little frizzies at bay and holds your hair in place.
My complaint is that it is really hard to escape that hard, sticky, I’m-wearing-a-heavy-duty-hairspray kinda feeling. I HATE that about hairsprays – I prefer ones that have a fine mist and hold your hair in place without getting sticky and hard. For this reason I will use this hairspray for the aforementioned bad weather days but will stick to my other go to hair spray for the everyday.
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Yes to Carrots Shampoo
It has taken me a good long while to decide whether or not I like this shampoo (about one whole bottle to be exact). I love Yes to Carrots’ other hair care products – their conditioner and deep conditioning mask to be specific – but I am not... +
It has taken me a good long while to decide whether or not I like this shampoo (about one whole bottle to be exact). I love Yes to Carrots’ other hair care products – their conditioner and deep conditioning mask to be specific – but I am not in LOVE with this one. That is not to say that I don’t like it though – it is a good product that I definitely give the thumbs up.
I was thrown off at first because it doesn’t work up a huge lather. I have been told though that lather is not really what determines how clean your hair is, and in fact the more lather you get the likelier it is that your hair is being stripped of its natural (healthy!!) oils by harsh chemicals. Assuming that this is true this product is very healthy for your hair. I like to think of it as the difference between a foaming and a non-foaming facial cleanser.
My hair feels really soft and clean after I use this shampoo. What else can a girl ask for? It also does a beautiful job of detangling my unruly curls. I will definitely buy another bottle when mine runs out (which I should mention has taken a while because a little goes a long way!)
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Avon Foot Works Creamy Powder Lotion
This lotion is so-so. I don’t like it as much as Avon’s Pamper Deep Moisture Cream but it does the job. I am not really a fan of the cream-to-powder texture and it leaves a weird white residue on my feet. It does moisturize though, so I suppose... +
This lotion is so-so. I don’t like it as much as Avon’s Pamper Deep Moisture Cream but it does the job. I am not really a fan of the cream-to-powder texture and it leaves a weird white residue on my feet. It does moisturize though, so I suppose it does its job. -
Avon Foot Works Green Tea & Mint Cooling Moisture Lotion
I like this lotion but it is by no means a heavy duty moisturizer. It is really thin (read: watery) for a foot lotion but I suppose this is because it is supposed to be more for "easing tired feet" than for deeply penetrating your skin. The bottle... +
I like this lotion but it is by no means a heavy duty moisturizer. It is really thin (read: watery) for a foot lotion but I suppose this is because it is supposed to be more for "easing tired feet" than for deeply penetrating your skin.
The bottle states, "Revive hot summer feet with this lightweight cooling foot lotion with green tea extract... Moisturizes feet, softens skin, dries quickly... leaves skin feeling refreshed"
I think this is pretty accurate, it is cooling, it does smell refreshing, and it does dry quickly, it just does not leave my feet as soft and moisturized as I would like.
My verdict? I feel pretty luke-warm about this cooling lotion (ha ha sorry, couldn’t resist!)
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AVON Magix Face Perfector
I had heard really great things about this product but I have to say I am not blown away. I really like the fact that it is SPF 20, and I also like the fact that it is a cream and not a gel (like the Smashbox primer). I did not notice a... +
I had heard really great things about this product but I have to say I am not blown away. I really like the fact that it is SPF 20, and I also like the fact that it is a cream and not a gel (like the Smashbox primer).
I did not notice a significant difference in the longevity of my make up when I wore this product. In fact, I found that applying certain products was easier with Magix as a base (cream based products such as cream blush or concealers) however the ability of these same products to stay put was diminished by the primer. I found that my cream blush all but disappeared throughout the day, whereas without the primer it lasts all day.
Also some people have mentioned that their skin looked flawless when applying the primer alone but I did not find this at all. My skin looks more or less the same when I wear this primer alone (without any foundation). A minor complaint about using it alone is that my skin has a weird texture – I cannot really describe it except to say that it feels sort of like products that go from cream to powder feelings. Your skin feels soft, but it FEELS like you are wearing a product to make it so.
I do enjoy using it however with some cream blush (for ease of application) with a little bronzer swept on top. I find that applying a little powder to set over the cream products does help them stay in place.
Overall this is an adequate product but it is far from being an essential in my make-up routine and I doubt I will feel the NEED to replace it when my current bottle runs out.
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Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer in Clear
I really wanted to like this product. I heard such great things about it, so many people recommend using a primer, and Smashbox is usually great, however I just cannot like it. I bought it with my Shoppers Optimum points, so no harm done there but... +
I really wanted to like this product. I heard such great things about it, so many people recommend using a primer, and Smashbox is usually great, however I just cannot like it. I bought it with my Shoppers Optimum points, so no harm done there but if I had paid money for it I would have been very upset.
The texture is weird to me – it’s a gel. I find that it does not smooth on your skin as easily as I would have liked and seems to disappear in an instant leaving me wondering where I have and have not applied it. (Perhaps I am applying it wrong though I don’t know … are you supposed to use something other than your fingers?)
I also HATE how my skin feels with it on – it actually FEELS like I have another layer of “goo” on. I don’t like to feel my make-up, I don’t like to KNOW I’m wearing make-up. I want my skin to look flawless yet natural. I had hoped that this primer would help me achieve this look but it did not. I also noticed that it didn’t make a significantly noticeable difference in the longevity of my make-up – things did not stay in place any longer or better than they did when I did not use the product.
My biggest complaint is that it made me break out. This means that not only did my skin feel oily, but my pores were actually being clogged by the extra layer of make-up I had applied.
I will continue to use it sparingly I think, but only on my t-zone which requires some extra oil control and only for nights out because I don’t want to let it clog my pores for extended periods of time, and I can’t bare to have it on my face all day.
I would just like to emphasize that this is not strictly a bad product it just does not work for me personally.
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L'Oreal Paris HIP High Intensity Pigments Eye Shadow Duo
I really like this eyeshadow duo. I chose “Gilded” which is a combo of a shimmery gold colour and a dark plum (the girl at Pharma Plus reccommended it to me saying that it is one of the most popular). I really like it! The two colours work... +
I really like this eyeshadow duo. I chose “Gilded” which is a combo of a shimmery gold colour and a dark plum (the girl at Pharma Plus reccommended it to me saying that it is one of the most popular). I really like it! The two colours work really well together.
The shimmery gold is a good base and highlighter; my only complaint is that it doesn’t stick around for the entire day. The dark plum is gorgeous and works well for a smokey eye look, or even with a little water, applied with an angle brush as an eyeliner. The darker colour is heavily pigmented and has better staying power. It is matte, and you don’t have to apply a lot to achieve this look. My only complaint about the darker colour is that it creases towards the end of the day, but I think a good quality eye shadow primer would fix this. I do agree with some of the others that the packaging is a little cumbersome and difficult to open, but I can get over this for a good-quality drug store brand eyeshadow.
Overall a great product, and I can’t wait to try out more of their colour combos!
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L'Oreal Paris Double Extend Beauty Tubes Mascara
This is a really great lenghtening mascara. As with any mascara, it is difficult to guage just how much it “extends” your lashes. I would hesitate to say they were doublly as long as usual, but they were certainly noticably longer. Lets put it... +
This is a really great lenghtening mascara. As with any mascara, it is difficult to guage just how much it “extends” your lashes. I would hesitate to say they were doublly as long as usual, but they were certainly noticably longer. Lets put it this way, I wear glasses and my lashes don’t usually touch them, but with this mascara the tips definitely brush up against the lenses. I, like others have mentioned, was hesitant to try a primer mascara duo thinking that it would be too fiddly and time consuming, however it is no more time consuming than putting on two coats of mascara.
Like others have mentioned washing it off is amazingly easy – you simply wet your lashes and smooth them off. Misschickie is right, it looks as though your lashes are coming off, but that is simply the tubes slipping off your lashes. No raccoon eyes or mascara residue after you cleanse!
I tend to shy away from lengthening mascaras because I prefer the drama that volumizing formulas add, but this mascara did not disappoint me in the drama department. On its own it is beautiful and in fact, when coupled with a coat of my go-to Cover Girl Last Blast or Maybelline Colossal over top, it looked a lot like falsies. My lashes were ridiculously long, very black and nice and plump, just like I like them. And since I had the tubes on as a base, washing it all off was a snap.
I did not experience any of the clumping that some others complained of, however my one warning would be to not skip the mascara. It is temping to use the primer as a base to your regular mascara but this simply does not work as well, trust me. If you want to apply another (perhaps thickening) mascara on top as I did, use the Beauty Tubes primer, then a quick sweep of their mascara (to cover all the white) and then use your regular mascara – it is definitely worth it!
Overall, a big thumbs up!
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