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Anew Reversalist Illuminating Eye System
by purplekimmy
I am 38 and the years have not been kind, lack of sleep due to children, too many late nights and early mornings have blessed me with dark circles and bags under my eyes. My overall optimistic outlook on life however has blessed me with laughter lines and crow's feet...thanks!!!
I have tried all manner of creams and potions in ... the vain hope I can turn back the hands of time, or maybe just halt it for a little while. Alas, this isn't going so well, I will not be perturbed though and continue to spend money on products that do nothing for my ailments. One day I will find a miracle sure though and all this will have been worth it. The next product I have tried is the Anew Reversalist Illuminating Eye System, that's quite a mouthful. I paid £9.00 on special offer for this so really had everything crossed that it was going to work.
The first thing I noticed about this product was the sleek red attractive box it came in, very posh! The pot itself was however quite small, hopefully the saying 'good things come in small packages' would ring true here. This product is a two in one product, and the pot hides a little flip top lid that contains the 'Brightening Veil' The lower unscrew section has the actual eye cream in it. The cream itself is a lovely fluffy consistency, nice and creamy; I didn't find this oily at all. You don't need to apply very much cream to cover and it does go on very cleanly, it spreads easily and soaks into the skin fairly quickly too. It is said to combat the signs of aging and wrinkles while the 'Veil' combats dark circles around your eyes. The cream does improve the look of the eye area, and I have noticed a distinct tightening of the skin around that area. I still have a few lines but my eyes don't look so puffy and tired. The skin is also a lot softer and dare I say it healthier. Although the product isn't fragrance free, I didn't notice much of an odour while using it.
The 'veil' was going to be the deal breaker, I have spent a lot of money buying so many concealers to hide my dark circles, I had pinned all my hopes on actually finding a product that would actual help with this. Once you have opened the flip top lid of the tub, the veil is revealed as a cream substance, again not much of an odour, a thick consistency and easy enough to apply. After applying this to the skin, I found it didn't really soak into the skin as such, you could see a shimmer on my skin where this had been applied and I found this a little off-putting. You could still see this effect after applying makeup so decided only to use this at night time. I have to concur that the veil didn't do any awful lot for me; I didn't notice any improvement in my circles or dark patches and was disappointed. I have continued to use the cream as this has made a n improvement. I wouldn't buy this product again as for just the cream; the price tag is too high for only half a job. If they ever just sell the cream for half the price maybe I might partake.
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Avon Tea Tree Peel Off Face Mask
by purplekimmy
I bought two of these, they were on offer and only £2 each. I had never tried peel off mask before, I have used clay masks etc that you put on and then wash off. I thought using a peel off mask would stop the washing it off part and be less messy and easier.
The tube itself is a white/light green colour with Naturals across ... the top with the picture logo. It mentions the ingredients on the back and how to apply the product. It stands on a clear screw top lid, once removed it hold a clear green mask.
I tied my hair back and prepared to mask myself up, the mask comes out of the tube easily enough, it is thick and smoothing it onto my face wasn't that difficult, it was a bit sticky though. It doesn't smell horrendous, it has a slight tea tree twang to it but it's not nasty. It does dry eventually, depending on the thickness you apply the mask, it can take a while for the whole face to dry totally. Once it starts to dry, especially around the nose and mouth area, it can itch really badly. I end up having to peel it off in sections depending on what bit dries at what time. The sides of the nose and top lip go first as whey tend to dry quickest so start to itch first. After that I just wait for it to either itch or dry then I peel. It peels off easily enough, getting it stuck to the edge of your hair can be a little painful to remove but not as bad a waxing.
Once removed it does leave your skin feeling refreshed and soft. Due to it not drying consistently I do find I have to wash the little bits off afterwards, so it hasn't really removed the need to wash the mask off entirely. You do have little bits of green mask left on your face and if you have tried to remove it before it has dried completely, you remove the top layer but you end up with a sticky mess that doesn't quite dry, this is the residue you have to wash away.
I have dry skin in my 'T' zone and try to use this mask every week to improve my skin. I am not sure it has made a miraculous difference overall but it defiantly feels smoother afterwards.
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Colour Trend Dazzlers Top Coat
by MikeBorry
~*~*~ ColourTrend Dazzlers Top Coats ~*~*~
~ What is it? ~
These Dazzlers Top Coats are nail polishes that are filled with glitter, inside the bottle you will see big and small glitter particles and they are available in a range of three colours.
~ Price & Availability ~
Being a ... ColourTrend product these are only available from Avon as ColourTrend is one of their own ranges more aimed at teens.
You can get these online at www.avonshop.co.uk or from a local representative if your lucky enough to have one. The rep will drop a book off at your home for you to browse through at your leisure, you then fill in your order form and hand it back when they come to collect and then your items ordered will be delivered to you by your rep in about a weeks time.
The usual price is £3 but they are currently on offer at £1.50 or included in a different offer - buy a nail enamel, dazzlers top coat & decals for £3.99 which is what I have done.
I think they were only introduced two brouchures ago, I first bought the gold one, then used the above offer and bought the silver one, I wasn't overly keen on the purple coloured one so I didn't bother but I think my rep messed up my order so I have ended up with no nail enamel, two top coats - silver and purple and the nail decals.
I haven't complained as actually the purple is quite nice!
The actual colour names are -
Fuchsia Dazzle
Gold Flecked
Silver Plated
As of yet there are no other colours available.
~ Are they any good? ~
Well I am impressed with these greatly. I originally bought the Gold Flecked as I preferred this colour to the rest and I also thought it looked really festive. When it was delivered to me I couldn't wait to try it. It came packaged in a little squat pink and red coloured box (if I remember correctly as my son has pinched them to squash when he is a dinosaur!) and inside the box was the small bottle of nail polish. The bottles are short and squat round glass bottle with a white screw top lid. The lid of course houses the application brush.
What I first noticed was the big and small particles of glitter, I thought this was quite impressive as it seemed it would offer a good coverage of the nail, as some glitter varnishes are useless! The base colour of these is clear.
Unscrewing the lid I was pleased to see that the brush was loaded with a good amount of glitter, big and small flecks and I placed it onto my bare nails and was impressed that even with only one coat it looked very sparkly, I then went on to add a second coat and found that this covered my nails in a generous amount of glitter and they looked really good.
I have since also used the gold over a dark navy base and it looked amazing.
Since getting the Silver Plated and Fuchsia Dazzles last Thursday I have also tried these and have been equally impressed with the results.
At the moment my nails are painted in Lime Splatter, on my little finger and index finger I have used black star decals and on my thumb nail I have added a sliver star decal and the tip is painted in Silver Plated and they look really funky.
I have found that the glitter top coats last really well and have not chipped at all whilst wearing them and they have had between 2 and 7 days before I have removed them to change the design! The gold was left for 7 days and I had no problems with it at all.
They are a little difficult to remove as are all other glitter varnishes I have tried, I simply wrap my finger tips in nail varnish remover soaked cotton wool and leave it for a few minutes, this makes it much easier to remove but I will still have to use a cotton bud to get into the edges of my nails to remove any stubborn bits of glitter.
~ Overall ~
As you can probably already tell I am very impressed with these. They are cheap but brilliant and very effective.
I hope they add more colours to the range as I for one will definitely be buying them.
Thanks for reading :o) x
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