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Palmer's Coca Butter Ultra Gentle Facial Cleansing Oil

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Packaging: Thick, tall circular clear bottle with a hint pump dispenser. The packaging features cream, orange and brown text with flower sketches. Smell/Taste: Vanilla. Colour: Clear. Yellow in high density. Formula/ Texture: This is a thin, runny oil. It acts like water in being a runny consistency, it's hard to contain and apply directly to the face without loosing product. It does have some resistance to the skin, not rubbing in smoothly and lathering up well. Whatever product left on my hands was murky indicating makeup had been removed off. There is vitamin E it nourishes, 8 pure oils (apricot, organ, soybean, sesame, sweet almond, grape seed, jojoba, rice bran) that balance all skin types and textures to hydrate and moisturise. The formula has no parabens, dyes or phthalates meaning even the most sensitive skin can use this. Which is very true as I've had no breakouts, dry skin or irritations to my face or eyes using this. It does d...

Josie Maran Argan Oil Hair Serum

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Packaging: Palm sized dark brown tinted glass bottle with a blue label. It has a white plastic pump that has a 2mm opening, dispensing a tiny amount due to the product texture. I haven't experienced any issues with the pump not working properly. Smell/Taste: Argan, a pleasant labender and citrus scent. Colour: Clear. Formula/ Texture: This is a thick, smooth serum. A small amount is needed, otherwise it weighs the hair down and leaves it feeling slightly greasy. This goes with all previous hair oils I've tried. The formula is alcohol, sulphate and paraben free! So nice to have organic, natural ingredients benefiting my hair. It added a nice natural shine to my hair and nourished my dry, frazzled hair especially at the ends. The argan penetrated to help delivery moisture and lock in the cuticle. I didn't notice any long term consecutive results after using this up, nor any difference once use was stopped. I've not had any irritatio...

Josie Maran Argan Infinity Intense Creamy Oil

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Packaging: Foiled sealed inverted triangle squeeze tube with a chunky black screw on lid. The lid is flat meaning it can be stood up. The nib is 2mm wide which dispenses the right amount of product. Smell/Taste: Argan & orange. Colour: Clear. Buttery yellow in high concentration. Formula/ Texture: This is a creamy, silky oil. It emus flies easily and quickly meaning it has to be applied quickly. It fells lightweight on the skin but leaves a shine to the skins here its been applied. It takes take a few minutes to fully rub this in. There is no grass residue which would be opposite based on the look of the product. Too much can leave this greasy feel behind. Again anther product that has a multi purposes! It can tame flyways, hydrate lips, cuties, moisturise eyebrows, add some dewiness to the skin and soothe the undereyes. I've not had any irritations or breakouts with this. I enjoyed using this but it didn't wow me and I'm starting to th...

Josie Maran 100% Pure Argan Oil

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Packaging: 20c coin width, short glass bottle. Heavily brown tinted glass with a pink label and black dropper lid. The dropper picks up enough product with ease and dispenses it at a controlled rate. Smell/Taste: None. Colour: Clear. Yellow in high density. Formula/ Texture: This is a thin, slippery oil. It did leave a slight greasy feel on my skin, more evident the more oil applied on the skin. It applies with ease but takes a little whole to absorb fully into the skin. I felt like this gave no hydration to my skin as it didn't feel supple half an hour after application. My skin was still searching for extra hydration, but like I said before, the more thats applied doesn't help. It does have vitamin E to nourish and fatty acids to hydrate the skin. There was no visible reduction in wrinkles but this could be a contused use effect. It's great to use on split ends, elbows, dry cuticles! So unless my skin is in such need of hydration, ...

Makeup Eraser The Original Makeup Eraser

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Packaging: Tinted pink, clear plastic angular box. This felt polyester cloth is 7 x 16" with a thick piped trim and rounds edges. One side has shorter fibres and the other longer smoother fibres. Smell/Taste: NA. Colour: Pink. Available in 3 shades; pink, baby blue & black. Formula/ Texture: This is a ultra soft, reusable polyester blend cloth. It doesn't skip or tug on your skin which is important around the delicate eye area. It is machine washable, with each cloth lasting 1000 washes. To use this, simply run it under warm water and saturate the cloth. Wring out and wipe over face. It's amazing at how fast and effective this cloth is! The size of it helps to go over the face a few times to fully remove all traces of makeup. I love using this on lazy days and late nights where I have no energy or mental capability to be rummaging through the bathroom to follow my usual nighttime routine. The most 'fussiest' thing is saturating...

MAC Prep & Prime Fix+ Coconut

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Packaging: This comes in a shiny finish rectangle black cardboard box with multi shimmer in it. It's different to the standard packaging to show, the formula is different too. The bottle itself is the same size, finish, material as the permanent product formula; frosted clear circular bottle with a black twist lock pump. Smell/Taste: Coconut. Colour: Clear. Available in 4 scents; rose, lavender, cucumber & coconut. Formula/ Texture: This is a thin, lightweight mist. It's the same formula as the permanent product with the added benefits of coconut. So it already contains green tea, chamomile and cucumber - all gentle, skin loving ingredients. It adds more hydration to the skin that make it more plump with added nutrients. It works to refresh the skin, set makeup, foil eyeshadows or a soothing moisturiser for dry skin. I've used this for all these things and I enjoy this limited edition scent, but it's just an added benefit and ...

Too Faced Mr Right - The Perfect Brush

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Packaging: This brush features a pastel blue handle with gold engraved 'Too Faced' text, gold ferrule featuring a black leather bow tie and black bristles. The bristles are synthetic and cruelty free. They are shaped to a soft tapered dome. It's taller and wider then my MAC blush brush but not as fluffy or dense as my MAC powder brush. Smell/Taste: None. Colour: NA. Formula/ Texture: The bristles are ultra soft and feel like breeze over the face. The way they're shaped, product is picked up in just the right way to fit in a variety of ways on the face. The tapered tip can be used around the nose and under the eyes. The fluffier sides can be used for blush and powder application and finally the angled top can be used to softly contour the face. Try using the brush for both wet and dry application. I love this brush! It applies everything effortless and blends out amazingly. It glides overs the skin. There is no dye when I wash this ei...

Josie Maran Pure Argan Milk Treatment

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P ackaging: 20c coin width, short glass bottle. Opaque white with rose gold text matched the dropper lid featuring a thick rose gold metal band. The dropper doesn't seem to 'suck up' much product so have to keep retrieving product to get my desired amount which makes it reunite, a time waster and in convenient. Smell/Taste: Expired body lotion. Colour: White.  Formula/ Texture: This is a thin, smooth lotion. It's easily absorbed and applied into the skin but you must shake it well.  It does feel lightweight on the skin. There was no greasy residue. I felt like this wasn't providing intense hydration. Using 2-3 drops, I was expecting my skin to feel supple a lot longer then it did. Following this with 100% her pure organ oil didn't make much of a difference. Having to go back to the bottle multiple times in the hope to get more product was annoying. It didn't wow me with my skin wanting more of it. Unless it was so dehydr...