Rituals // Ritual of Ayurveda Foaming Shower Gel Review

Rituals // Ritual of Ayurveda Foaming Shower Gel
RRP £8.50 for 200ml

I bought this 200ml bottle from a Rituals store in Manchester for £8.50 (full price) back in October 2019.

First Impressions:

May 3rd 2020 - This is my favourite Rituals scent (followed closely by the Ritual of Holi) and it's just so luxurious and calming. The scent actually makes me feel relaxed in the shower which is strange because it's just a shower.

Usage
First use - 3rd May 2020
Last use - 17th June 2020

15th May 2020 - I don't know if it's just me but it feels like it's getting harder to press the top to get product out. It just seems like I have to really press the top down to get the gel to come out. You would think it would come out as a foam; like shaving cream but it foams upon contact with water. It feels like there isn't enough pressure in the bottle.

Would I buy it: No.

Overall Impressions:

Whereas I enjoyed using this shower gel and initially would have bought it again; I think I'll avoid other foaming gels from Rituals until they drop the squirty top. It just got so annoying towards the end. I would have to hold the bottle sideways and press the bottom against my leg to get enough grip and strength to get the product out onto a sponge. or place the sponge down somewhere and use both hands to keep the bottle steady.

It also didn't really foam to begin with and by the end it just felt like I was buffing myself with the sponge. It didn't leave enough of a scent for my liking. For £8.50 this just isn't worth it as the only good thing is the scent.

Anatomicals // Sometimes Love Needs a Hand Rose Hand Cream Review

Anatomicals // Sometimes Love Needs a Hand Rose Hand Cream
RRP £2.49 for 50ml

This is a full size 50ml tube that received in the February 2020 Birchbox.

First Impressions:

This is an adequate hand cream however the second ingredient is Isopropyl Alcohol aka rubbing alcohol which is the main ingredient in hand sanitiser. So you think this product absorbs really fast but it's actually just evaporating. The rose smell is quite strong but not off putting.

Usage

First use - Mid February 2020

Last use - Mid May 2020

I used this on and off over the course of three months. I didn't use it all the time as I found that it would dry my hands out if used consecutively. 

Would I buy it: No.

Overall Impressions:

This brand is weird. It's looks like if Ikea did beauty products but I have a feeling that Ikea beauty products would be much better. This is a cheap hand lotion with cheap ingredients. That said, I feel the £1.75 hand cream from Tesco to be a much better alternative with better ingredients. Sure it didn't have fancy packaging or a nice scent but it didn't contain drying alcohol as the second ingredient. I' glad it's empty and I can move on.

Prismologie // Rose Quartz & Rose Comforting Hand & Cuticle Cream Review

Prismologie // Rose Quartz & Rose Comforting Hand & Cuticle Cream
RRP £30 for 75ml

This is a 40ml sample I chose in a Latest In Beauty box in either September 2019 or October....I can't quite remember now.

First Impressions

It's like cheap, generic hand cream that you could get from Home Bargains with a bland rose scent. It takes a while to absorb and leaves a lot of grease on your hands; leaving many greasy fingerprints on the keyboard.

Usage

This 40ml sample size lasted me about 3 weeks at work as I use handcream constantly. I felt myself using this more though as once it finally does absorb, my hands felt dry. As though they were covered in some sort of powdery substance.

Would I Buy It: No. I'm not sure what planet the owners are on either to charge £30 for this overpriced tat.

Overall Impressions

Like the oud foot cream I reviewed earlier, more emphasis seems to have gone on the packaging and curation of a "luxurious" looking product than creating an actual luxurious product that does something. On the website they pretentiously tell you to apply the cream then "cup your hands over your nose and let the calming effects of pink wash over you".

Mate it's a handcream. I want it to moisturise my skin and help prevent wrinkles; not start a new age movement. What are these people thinking?

Baija // French Pompon Body Cream in Rose Lychee Review

This was a 25ml sample that I received in my October 2019 Birchbox. 

First Impressions

Very cute packaging, I'm already conjuring up a nail art blog post with this design. I have used one Baija product once before; a salted caramel body scrub from about a year ago. I never used it up entirely and ended up throwing it away as it flew past it's expiry date.

Usage

This is a thick, slightly pink tinted body cream that smells like sickly sweet powdery roses. It's not the best rose smell but it doesn't linger on the body for a long time. As a tiny 25ml sample I didn't get much use out of it. It managed to get one and half uses out of it when moisturising my entire body. 

It was not greasy or sticky but I did not feel that it adequately moisturised my body and after several hours, my skin felt dry. Notably my knees and elbows were definitely drier after using this.

Would I Buy This Product: No. 

Overall Impressions

The full size is £15.90 for only 75ml which is unacceptable for a body cream. For that price it should be a minimum of 200ml to ensure at least a months use. If found heavily discounted this would make a nice hand cream though.