Empties #10

I seem to have gone through quite a lot of products recently, it's not often I have one so soon after the last!  Also for a nice change, they're all cruelty free!

Organic Surge Blonde Boost Shampoo

Thoughts: No, I'm not exactly blonde but at the time on Naturissimo it was this one and another type which were available and the blonde one suited me best!  This was fine, SLS free which is good but still foamed well.  £5.99.

Cruelty-free?: Yes.

Repurchase?: I'd like to try other Organic Surge shampoos.

Organic Surge Blonde Boost Conditioner

Thoughts: No issues with this at all, worked well as a conditioner.  I found it so strange that although it cost £5.99 too you get a 50ml less than you do in shampoo!  However I still finished them both on exactly the same day, freaky!

Cruelty-free?: Yes.

Repurchase?: Same as above.

Lush The Comforter Bubble Bar

Thoughts: I love Lush's bubble bars and this is definitely one of my favourites.  It smells like blackberries and it's such a lovely, relaxing scent.  The bar itself is huge and you can get about 4 uses out of it, probably more if you cut it up in advance.  The Comforter is vegan.  £4.25 here. 

Cruelty-free?: Yes.

Repurchase?: Yes.

Montagne Jeunesse Juiced Orange Body Wash

Thoughts: The lovely girls at Beauty Without The Beasts included this little sachet in a goody box they sent me a while ago.  I hadn't tried any of Montagne Jeunesse body washes before and it was quite nice, but I'm not a huge fan of orange scent so I wouldn't buy it myself.

Cruelty-free?: Yes.

Repurchase?: No.

The Body Shop Green Apple Bath & Shower Gel

Thoughts: I love apple scented things but I was a bit disappointed by this to be honest.  It was a very artificial scent and it actually reminded me more of Apple Sourz rather than actual apples - which isn't the best when you're showering with a hangover, boke.

Cruelty-free?: Yes.

Repurchase?: No.

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Empties #5

Here is my first empties post of 2013!  I've actually had these lying around for ages and ideally I wanted this post up on the 31st of December, but between one thing and another that did not happen!  Never mind, better late than never :)

Boots Provitamin Colour Radiance Shampoo

Thoughts:  Pretty average shampoo, but I do think it helped prolong the colour I had in my hair.  I was only using it to use it up though after a while so I really didn't need that as I was/am trying to get the colour out of my hair!!

Cruelty-free?: Yes, although there is some questioning about Boots own brands, however their statement seems okay to me.

Repurchase?: Unlikely.

Boots Provitamin Colour Radiance Conditioner

Thoughts: Not the best conditioner as I found it left my hair quite tangled. 

Cruelty-free?: As above.

Repurchase?: No.

Avon Foot Works Sugar Lime Mojito Exfoliating Scrub

Thoughts:  I did quite like this, smells really good and felt nice to use.

Cruelty-free?: No.

Repurchase?: No.

Neal's Yard Organic Facial Wipes

Thoughts: These smell really nice as they are camomile and lavender so perfect for bedtime.  They weren't much use for taking off eye makeup but seeing as that's not really what they're meant for I will let that slide!  They stayed nice and moist (gross word...) for ages too which is good, nothing worse than getting to the last few wipes to find they're dry as a bone!  The downside for me is the price, at £5.50 a pack it's not something that I could afford on a regular basis.    

Cruelty-free?: Yes, BUAV Approved and suitable for vegans.

Repurchase?: If they were reduced!

Montagne Jeunesse Strawberry Soufflé Moisturising & Purifying Masque

Thoughts:  I'm not a big face mask fan but I won this along with a white chocolate one in a giveaway so I decided to give it a go.  The cold weather made my skin really dry and dehydrated so I went for this one as it seemed the most moisturising of the two.  It smelled good but unfortunately it irritated my skin!!  I still left it on for the recommended amount of time (oops) as it wasn't that bad and it didn't have any last effect on my skin but it was uncomfortable.  I think my skin just became really sensitive because of the weather too?!

Cruelty-free?: Yes, BUAV Approved.

Repurchase?: No.

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Haul | Wins and Freebies!

Although I am totally broke at the moment I have been lucky enough to receive various items for free!  The first was a twitter competition run by Beauty Without The Beasts which is a cruelty free beauty website ran by two sisters - I will be doing a full post on the website in the near future!  It was more of a giveaway really, you just had to say your best fitness tip and I said how I find going to classes or exercising with friends motivates me so much more then just being left to my own devices!

So for this I got a huge bottle of Baylis & Harding Mandarin & Grapefruit Showergel, a loofah thingy (it's got a suction cup on it - so handy!) and a set of cupcake bath fizzers from Marks & Spencers, so cute!

Then I won Jen's (from The Big Burd) giveaway, there was so much stuff, it arrived in a huge box!

It included gold nail wraps, MUA Heaven & Earth Palette, earrings, face masks, sleep rollers and a MUA lipstick (not pictured as it has already wandered off somewhere...)!

I love the earrings!!  I'm going to put the Heaven & Earth Palette in my kit cos I already have Naked 1 & 2, so that is really handy as we're doing basic and bridal at the moment.  I haven't tried anything else yet but you can expect reviews of the various items when I do.

Finally, I was having a wee moan on twitter (that's what it's there for!) about how I am really into like bath and shower products recently and there's so many I want to try but I can't afford any...  Then the Beauty Without The Beasts girls came to my rescue and offered to send me some bits to keep me going, aren't they lovely!?  I felt like the world's biggest scrounger but oh well!!!

I got Naked Spoil Me bath foam and Montagne Jeunesse Body Wash sachet in Orange.

So excited to try out all these things, I've been so lucky :)

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