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Monthly Archives: February 2008
Dollface Reviews: The Body Shop’s Peppermint Cooling Foot Lotion
The Scent of The Body Shop’s ® Peppermint Cooling Foot Lotion takes me right back to my youth… I’ve been using this stuff for years, and when I was a teenager, used to end every shopping trip to the city with a visit to The Body Shop®, to pick up a bottle of this (plus some other goodies, of course).
As the name suggests, this is a great product to apply to hot, tired, shopped-out feet. The scent of the peppermint oil alone is enough to revive your tired feet (and spirits) and it also contains cocoa butter, plus almond and grape seed oil, to give them back some moisture, too.
The formula has changed slightly since I was a kid, and it’s now being billed as the "new, improved formula" although I don’t notice any huge difference. It’s £8 for a 250ml bottle, and is also available as a foot scrub, spray and mask.
Remember! If it’s your first online purchase from The Body Shop, you can save 10% by entering coupon code DHAD000857 at checkout.
Dollface Reviews: ‘Rehab’ shampoo by Lush
"They tried to make me go to rehab, I said, no, no, no…!" Oh, come on – you know that song’s stuck in your head now, too! Actually, Amy Wineshouse’s ‘Rehab’ gets stuck in my head every single morning now, when I wash my hair with Lush’s shampoo of the same name. This is the downside of this product. Luckily, though, there is an upside, too…
I bought Rehab because, to put it bluntly, my hair is in a real mess at the moment: coarse, dry, damaged – in fact, I’ve been tempted to just get it all chopped off, that’s how much it’s annoying me at the moment. Rehab is designed to cure all that. It will, says the Lush website, "turn dull, weary hair into a calm, refreshed mane." "I’ll have some of that, then," I thought…
Too Faced FUZE Slenderize Guilt Free Lip Gloss – a lipgloss that makes you thin!
OK, so "a lipgloss that makes you thin" is probably pushing it a little because we all know that no mere lipgloss can actually make you lose weight (and if it could. they’d be charging a helluva lot more than $18.50 for it), but Too Faced are claiming that their Fuze Slenderize Guilt Free Lip Gloss will, indeed, help to "slenderize" you by boosting your energy and suppressing your appetite.
This contains the same ingredients as FUZE Slenderize drinks. I haven’t tried those either, and tend to be very skeptical of anything other than healthy eating and regular excercise as a means to weight loss, but I’d be interested in hearing from anyone who’s actually tried the gloss.
It comes in Blueberry Raspberry, Strawberry Melon, and Dragon Fruit Lime flavours, so at least it’ll be tasty, if nothing else.
Dollface Reviews: Nirvana Spa’s Orange Smoothie Shower and Bath Gel
If it seems like I’ve been doing a lot of talking about bath and body products lately well, yes, guilty as charged. The thing is, we recently revamped the bathroom here at Dollface Towers, and now that it’s all sparkling and fresh (and, to be honest, feels a little bit like a bathroom in a hotel or something) I’ve been motivated to spend a lot more time in it – and, of course, to buy up lots of lovely bath products! Well, they look nice sitting on the shelves, even it will take me months to get round to using them all…
Anyway, one such product purchased purely to help me make the most of my new bathroom was Nirvana Spa’s Orange Smoothie Shower and Bath Gel. It’s pictured here with the matching body scrub, which I haven’t tried, but probably will because this stuff is seriously orangey.
My main reason for choosing a fruit scented shower gel was that I was hoping the citrus smell would help wake me up in the morning. This certainly does that, and leaves the bathroom smelling or oranges for a long time afterwards, too. The liquid itself is nice and thick – you only need a small amount of it to do your whole body, and while it doesn’t give much of a lather, when used as a bubble bath, it does build up some satisfyingly big and frothy bubbles, which stick around for as long as you do, rather than just melting instantly, like some cheaper brands.
I bought this from Asda, but you can also buy it from Nirvana Spa’s website.
Rachel Bilson’s new bangs
This morning I finally called and made an appointment for a much-needed haircut. I’ve been thinking of going the same route as Rachel Bilson here, and getting a fringe (as well call them, here in the UK) cut, but I’m still undecided. This cut looks super-cute on Rachel, but then, most things do, and I’m not sure it’d be quite "me".
What does everyone else think about Rachel Bilson’s new hairdo? And what do you think about bangs/fringes in general – love ‘em or loathe ‘em?
Amy Winehouse to launch beauty line?
As if Amy Winehouse doesn’t have enough to deal with at the moment, today’s Sun is reporting that she’s about to launch her own clothing and beauty lines.
Now, the clothes we already knew about, but the Amy Winehouse beauty line is a new one on me, and I have to admit, I’m a little skeptical. According to The Sun (which isn’t always a reliable source of news, it has to be said), the line will include Amy essentials, including liquid eyeliner for that winged look, and hairspray, to keep all of our beehives in place.
Given that we can already buy liquid eyeliner and hairspray, with which to try and emulate the Amy Winehouse look, if we so desire, how many of you are excited at the thought of buying Amy-branded cosmetics, I wonder?
[via Catwalk Queen]
Get a free gift from The Body Shop when you spend £25 or more
We’ve just been talking about the range of Mother’s Day gifts currently available at The Body Shop, but there’s no reason why mums should be the only one to be pampered this weekend – when you spend £25 or more you’ll get this free gift containing Strawberry Body Lotion, White Musk Eau de Toilette, Mini shine lip treatment pink cream and a Vitamin E Sink In Moisture Mask, all presented in this cute pink case. Click here to read more about the offer…
Mother’s Day Offers from The Body Shop – get 10% off if it’s your first order, plus a free gift on orders over £25
The Body Shop® are offering two special discounts for Mother’s Day:
Offer One: free gift on all purchases over £25
Offer Two: 10% discount on your first order – use discount code DHAD000857 at checkout.
This is, of course, very good news, because The Body Shop® gift sets are classic Mother’s Day gifts. Here’s what they have available right now:
White Musk Sensual Indulgence Gift Set
An Body Shop classic, this set contains White Musk® Sumptuous Silk Shower Gel 125ml, White Musk® Voluptuous Velvet Body Crème 50ml, White Musk® Eau de Toilette 30ml, White Musk® Soft Satin Body Polish 50ml, Ultra Fine Lilac Bath Lily.
It costs £25, so you’ll be eligible for the free gift too (more of that later!)
Dollface Reviews: Sally Hansen’s Lip Inflation plumping gloss
I’d heard good things about Sally Hansen’s Lip Inflation, so it was with no small excitement that I awaited its arrival in the mail. I bought the clear version of the gloss – it’s also available in three other shades, as shown in the picture, but I’ve always gone for clear glosses before in my search for Angelina Jolie-style lips, so why stop now, I thought?
This works on the same principle as other glosses I’ve tried, such as Lip Venom and Lip Injection. You just apply it to your lips like a regular gloss, and ingredients including peppermint, ginger and cinnamon combine to irritate your lips, causing them to swell up in a non-painful way. But does it work?
Look after the jump for full review plus before and after pictures…
Origins launch new Organics skincare range – good for your skin, good for the planet
I have to admit that hunting down cool organic beauty products is something I don’t do nearly enough of. It’s all too easy to be seduced by cure packaging and amazing claims and to forget all about the important bit – you know, what’s actually in the stuff.
Well, Origins are making finding products that are good for the planet as well as good for your skin that bit easier with their recently launched Organics range.Origins is, of course, an Estee Lauder brand, so you can expect some fairly high-end product here. You can also expect it to be kind to the planet, too: it’s the first full line of products to be certified by the United State Department of Agriculture, and most products in the line are made with around 95% organic ingredients.
As for the products themselves, well, there’s a Foaming Face Wash, a Soothing Lip Balm, a Purifying Tonic, a Nourishing Face Lotion a Cleansing Body Bar and… actually, you’d probably be best to go and visit the site itself, because as you can see from the picture above, there are a lot of products here to try out. And if you do decide to do just that, remember to come back and tell us what you thought of them..
Buy: Origins Organics
