It occurs to me that if you don't know I'm talking about beauty products, my various monthly titles might sound a little sinister.
The skin item is GLAMGLOW VOLCASMIC™ Matte Glow Moisturizer and to own 1.7 oz of it, you must pay 54$. I have to say that is way out there far more than I would feel comfortable paying for a moisturizer. And yet, I would seriously be tempted by this product. It's fabulous. As it also acts as a primer, I will admit my makeup never felt as good as it did when I had this on my skin. Not only did it glide on smooth and light, but it held during very hot weather.
Apparently, the volcanic sand acts as little tiny sponges that absorb oil. For anyone who has oily skin, this product would make you happy. When the oil is being handled, pores feel tiny and skin feels tighter. When I was reading the description, it talked about how Glamglow keeps the skin 'calm.' I snarked at this, at first. I used the product and now I get it. My makeup has never been so uneventful. No sliding. No melting. No long streaks of sweat and disruption. Glorious.
My hair item for this month is ALTERNA Haircare CAVIAR Anti-Aging Miracle Multiplying Volume Mist and it costs 30$. Now, this product is supposed to help people regain volume and look fuller, like how it looked when you were younger. They note in the product description this is best done with the shampoo and conditioner related to this product. I don't have those so I can't attest to its thickening abilities.
I can say I love the way it smells. It smells like grape soda and that makes me happy. I also like its holding power. When I put it on, it did what I wished without feeling clumpy or stiff. I would go so far as to say it made my hair feel BETTER than it does with no product in it at all.
Would I pay 30$ for it? No. It's a nice product and I would go so far as to say it does feel very lux, but I can't justify that amount of money for hair spray. Mind you, if it really does, over the course of the month, make me feel like my hair is thicker and better, I might change my mind. It would have to be drastic though because my guess is the shampoo and conditioner are equally expensive.
Tomorrow we're talking about two scents I received and my baby beauty blender. That should be fun.
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Friday, August 18, 2017
Thursday, June 22, 2017
June Box: Hair Care Items
Okay, this is an interesting side note to me getting these to hair care items. On Tuesday, I got my hair cut into a short little Beth Ditto-ish punk pixie. I love it a lot, but even if I didn't, I wouldn't care because my hair was making me so hot before. Not hot in a sexy way, hot in a sweaty, I want to die because it's summer kind of way. The shortness and health of my hair is making it look amazing on all accounts so the two products I have for hair care didn't really impress me overly much.
The problem is, I'm not sure they would have impressed me before either. My hair is either completely great due to having a good cut or a pain in the ass that does nothing right because it's too long. During the summer, there is no good hair day if my hair is long. It's just impossible.
The first product isn't just a hair product. Ouai Rose Hair & Body Oil retails for 32$ and is mainly made from sunflower and shea oil. It also contains rose and apricot, and while one might think the rose scent would make it too old lady-ish, it's really mild. From what I understand, as a hair product, this is mainly used as a defrizzer. Right now, frizz isn't a problem for me. I used it to touch up some of the dry patches on my skin and it worked pretty well. This is probably what I'll use it for.
As you know, Sephora sends out sample sizes of the products so I don't know if this would be an issue with the actual full-sized version, but I'm having difficulties with the same size of this product. It's constantly oily and slick. It leaks and I'm sure it will soon attract dust and other nastiness to make it into just this godawful mess. A product that does that kind of thing is eventually going to get on my last nerve unless it is supremely great.
The last item was IGK Rich Kid Coconut Oil Gel. This product costs 27$ and was created by a group of in-demand stylists from across the US. It's difficult for me not to like something that smells like coconut. This smells nice and it goes on okay. In the video over the product, they talked about how this was best for fine hair because it isn't heavy. In the reviews, however, a lot of people with curly and thicker hair were saying they liked it.
The basic problem for me is that I'm not really all that into the sort of look this aims to create. Well, okay, technically I am, but I can achieve the same thing by just not washing my hair. This product is mostly used to achieve what they call a 'lived in' look, which is, from what I've been able to tell, the look people have when they get off a plane after having drunken sleep for the last eight hours. It's a little more separated and mismanaged than what I would want to pay a product to do. My hair will look that way all on its own.
At the end of the day, I was least interested in these two products. Neither was truly offensive, but they just weren't my cup of tea. I will admit, part of that is just my complicated and constantly annoyed situation with my hair. The other part is just not really finding them that impressive. However, I would encourage anyone to read the other reviews of them before making up their mind. Hair is very subjective and my flyaway, thin as hell hair should never make up anyone's mind about hair products at all.
The problem is, I'm not sure they would have impressed me before either. My hair is either completely great due to having a good cut or a pain in the ass that does nothing right because it's too long. During the summer, there is no good hair day if my hair is long. It's just impossible.
The first product isn't just a hair product. Ouai Rose Hair & Body Oil retails for 32$ and is mainly made from sunflower and shea oil. It also contains rose and apricot, and while one might think the rose scent would make it too old lady-ish, it's really mild. From what I understand, as a hair product, this is mainly used as a defrizzer. Right now, frizz isn't a problem for me. I used it to touch up some of the dry patches on my skin and it worked pretty well. This is probably what I'll use it for.
As you know, Sephora sends out sample sizes of the products so I don't know if this would be an issue with the actual full-sized version, but I'm having difficulties with the same size of this product. It's constantly oily and slick. It leaks and I'm sure it will soon attract dust and other nastiness to make it into just this godawful mess. A product that does that kind of thing is eventually going to get on my last nerve unless it is supremely great.
The last item was IGK Rich Kid Coconut Oil Gel. This product costs 27$ and was created by a group of in-demand stylists from across the US. It's difficult for me not to like something that smells like coconut. This smells nice and it goes on okay. In the video over the product, they talked about how this was best for fine hair because it isn't heavy. In the reviews, however, a lot of people with curly and thicker hair were saying they liked it.
The basic problem for me is that I'm not really all that into the sort of look this aims to create. Well, okay, technically I am, but I can achieve the same thing by just not washing my hair. This product is mostly used to achieve what they call a 'lived in' look, which is, from what I've been able to tell, the look people have when they get off a plane after having drunken sleep for the last eight hours. It's a little more separated and mismanaged than what I would want to pay a product to do. My hair will look that way all on its own.
At the end of the day, I was least interested in these two products. Neither was truly offensive, but they just weren't my cup of tea. I will admit, part of that is just my complicated and constantly annoyed situation with my hair. The other part is just not really finding them that impressive. However, I would encourage anyone to read the other reviews of them before making up their mind. Hair is very subjective and my flyaway, thin as hell hair should never make up anyone's mind about hair products at all.
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