When it comes to beauty products, I am one of the most low-maintenance. I’ve never fake tanned, dyed my hair, and the only make-up I wear on nights out is lipstick/lipgloss to bring out my mouth a bit (my eyes are a lost cause, they are far too small for even make-up to salvage, so I abandon the top half of my face entirely and try to focus on the lower). But, moisturiser is one of my most relied up weapons in my arsenal, and I moisturise once in the morning and once before going to bed at night. The need to ~shine up~ extends to the legs (or such was the intention, but the weather in Britain this summer didn’t really allow for any occasions to get one’s legs out in the first place). Therefore, on Boots’ 3-fo-2 deals on Soap and Glory products, I picked myself up two beauty products for the legs – one to smoothen them during a shower and the other to apply after they’ve been smoothed, as well as my favourite kind of make-up around, lipgloss.
The lipgloss, at £9, is by far the most I’ve ever spent on a cosmetic item, but I considered it worthwhile immediately. When you apply it, your lips experience a kind of “fuzzing” sensation, and honest to god and not at all any kind of placebo effect, my lips genuinely swelled as a result of them! Now, for someone who idolises Lana del Rey and her luscious lips, this made the lipgloss an automatic win, but the scent, the shimmer the gloss gave to my lips and the general aura of sexiness the product brought to my face meant that it sat head and shoulders above all my other lipglosses.
My memory of the prices of the other two products for the legs are, but knowing me and my borderline annoying obsession with counting the pennies, they would have been £9, give or take two or three quid, due to the nature of the 3-for-2 deal (that is, I would not have considered it mathematically or economically sound to get one or two things that was drastically cheaper or more expensive than the third, as that wouldn't bve making the most of the offer.) In terms of use, the Flake Away tub goes first: I apply it in the two or so minutes that I don't have the shoerhead running when I'm waiting for my hair conditioner to set in. You take a mall chunk and basically spread it across your legs. The texture of the product means that it scrubs away any dead skin and leaves your legs completely smooth. The act of scrubbing isn't totally comfortable, but it doesn't hurt either, and as any young woman who looks after her looks will attest to, no pain no gain. And then, after all this is done, you shake the nozzle of the Glistener, apply in small patches across your legs, et viola, perfectly smooth skin!
The only flaw in all three of these products would be thus: 1) the lipgloss - I got drunk and lost the damn thing. ;____; I was heartbroken! 2) the Flake Away scrub - the initial discomfort of using it, and 3) the Glistener - it has too much glitter and sparkle on it, sparkle which very easily transfers itself to the rest of your body (say you use your hands to rub it in, then casually run your hands through your hair. The glitter will somehow find its way onto your forehead). But aside from that, they are all wonderful products, with a great fragrance, easy to use for the make up n00b, and do their jobs wonderfully.
Lipgloss: A+
Flake Away: A-
Glistener: B+/A-
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The glitter will somehow find its way onto your forehead). But aside from that, they are all wonderful products, with a great fragrance, easy to use for the make up n00b, and do their jobs wonderfully. write my essay for cheap
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