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Tried and Tested
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10-01-2010 6:56pm#1A few of us were interested in the idea of having a 'tried and tested' here.
A place where people could talk about their experiences of a particular product (clothing, cosmetics, jewellery etc) or brand and share their opinions.
Threads like this are pretty handy, as it gives a review of products so people can get honest opinions from previous users.
Might help you discover something great you'd missed out on, or save you spending your cash on something others think isn't worth it!
I suppose some rough outlines could be:
Name the product / brand
List how much it cost / give a close estimate (if applicable)
Mention where you bought it (online, on the high street etc)
Give your opinions or thoughts
Answer questions from other boardsies about the product.
Feel free to add to that, or use whatever method you prefer yourself
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Sounds fun My most recent purchase:
What? L'Occitane Foot Cream.
How much? 16 sterling I think.
Got it: Bought it in the shop.
I love this! It's my second tube of it It's 15% shea butter, has arnica and lavender oils in it (smells mostly like lavender) and it's to moisturize and relieve tired and irratated feet (or so the tube says).
It's a lovely silky cream, smells great and always perks my feet up. I use it on my hands too as I don't like the smell of their companion cream for the hands
Really softens skin too. Everyone should have a rub of this at the end of a long day It's a bit on the pricy side, but a little goes a long way and it's a really nice treat, and very easy to pop in my handbag as opposed to the lovely long bath my feet might want 0 -
L'Occitane Foot Cream.
It's 15% shea butter, has arnica and lavender oils in it (smells mostly like lavender) and it's to moisturize and relieve tired and irratated feet (or so the tube says).
Sounds lovely! I've never used a foot cream before.
Does the cream dry in quickly, or is it more something you'd put on your feet in the evening and allow sink in over night?
The ingredients sound good though - shea butter is very moisturising and lavender is very soothing
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I have a small caveat to add to Pikas layout. Only post about thing you actually have firsthand experience off. We are not interested in your friends brothers aunties daughters bestest friends experience.
I'm older than Minecraft goats.
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I have a small caveat to add to Pikas layout. Only post about thing you actually have firsthand experience off. We are not interested in your friends brothers aunties daughters bestest friends experience.
Feel free to edit my original post, if you'd like. Don't mind any of the mods adjusting it!0 -
Sinks in pretty quickly, leaves your skin a little slippery and shiny for about 20 mins though. I imagine though it'd be one of those that are great to put on and then put cotton socks on overnight with it- super soft toes in the morning.pikachucheeks wrote: »Sounds lovely! I've never used a foot cream before.
Does the cream dry in quickly, or is it more something you'd put on your feet in the evening and allow sink in over night?
The ingredients sound good though - shea butter is very moisturising and lavender is very soothing
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queenbeeuty, just out of interest, is there a good range of shades in that foundation line?
I've often found that with a lot of companies (both high street and designer) that there's only a limited colour range and often, even the "light" shades are too dark for pale skinned people.
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I'm gonna have a few of these
Name: Prestige Waterproof Eyeliner
How Much? €7.50 (ish)
Where? Boots
Thoughts: One of the best eyeliners I've ever used. Comes in only a few colours though. Stays on my waterline and doesn't evolve into gunk in the corner like others do. Doesn't sting eyes either. Very soft and can be smudged for a smokey look.
Name: NYX Eyeshadows, eyeliners, lipsticks, lipglosses and mascara
How Much? Anywhere between €1 and €6
Where? http://www.cherryculture.com/cosmetics/brands/nyx-cosmetics/10
Thoughts: The best all-round brand EVER. Can't be bought in Ireland except very overpriced from www.flair.ie.
The round lipsticks are the shiznit - long lasting, smell great, great colours that are pigmented, great range of colours.
The eyeshadows are freakin' awesome. They are very well pigmented, easy to blend, come in a great range, are all-round so easy to use. I've also used eyeliners, mascaras, eye bases, lip pencils and liners, eye glitters, lip glosses... ALL of them have been great!
I really really really love this brand and I have soooo much stuff by them that I ordered from the site above. Delivery takes about 8 days, and is marked as a gift so customs don't get their hands on it. Really cannot say enough about NYX stuff!
Name: Fyrinnae Cosmetics
How Much? €3 -ish for full size, less than a euro for samples
Where? http://www.fyrinnae.com
Thoughts: Great for the mineral eyeshadows. You can get sooo many colours. All of them are so dynamic and pretty. I've ordered from them about 4 times, and have about 20-ish shadows from them. Great customer service and fantastic range of eye shadows. If ever you wanted to know about mineral makeup - this is the place to go!0 -
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Jen, how much was P&P on the stuff you ordered online? I've never bought cosmetics from the internet, but I'm seriously considering it because it's so much cheaper!
I'm +1 for what you said about NYC eyeshadow.
I bought their sparkle eye dust in a lovely gold colour (shade: pink champagne) in Superdrug for 4.95 recently.
I wear it on my eye lids along with darker gold and brown shades to create a really great smokey eye effect.
Normally, I wouldn't buy any eyeshadow other than MAC, but I was really impressed with it
Really easy to apply, long lasting, lovely rich colour and cheap!
I'd give it a 10. Pretty much a flawless eyeshadow and well able to compete with designer counterparts.0 -
NYX and NYC are two different brands.
Cherry Culture often run 20% all stuff on their site - usually once a month or so for a week at a time.
Last time I ordered, I got a nail polish, 5 lip glosses, 2 eyeshadow bases, an eyeshadow, tinted lip balm, 2 eyeshadow pencils (these make great bases and come in a great range of colours), face powder, lip liner, eyeliner, 3 lipsticks ($1.75 EACH!) and a blush for $63. Take $13 off for the 20% off offer, and add $15 for shipping it still came back to $65. Bloody excellent value and these are quality cosmetics. Have a look on MakeUpAlley for reviews :cool: I know I'm going on a bit, but I really can't recommend them enough 0 -
pikachucheeks wrote: »queenbeeuty, just out of interest, is there a good range of shades in that foundation line?
I've often found that with a lot of companies (both high street and designer) that there's only a limited colour range and often, even the "light" shades are too dark for pale skinned people.
yeah there was a fairly wide range of colours in the MUFE foundation
when I was looking in arnotts just before christmas.
I picked out a shade myself but normally they have a make up artist
on their counter who can help!
Maybe ask for a couple of samples before you purchase so you can try it at home.:)0 -
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wow thanks for the tip, im a HUGE fan of the L'Occitane range and didnt know this existed. Im especially impressed that it contains arnica, a wonderful ingredient for bruising and much needed for feet methinksSounds fun My most recent purchase:
What? L'Occitane Foot Cream.
How much? 16 sterling I think.
Got it: Bought it in the shop.
I love this! It's my second tube of it It's 15% shea butter, has arnica and lavender oils in it (smells mostly like lavender) and it's to moisturize and relieve tired and irratated feet (or so the tube says).
It's a lovely silky cream, smells great and always perks my feet up. I use it on my hands too as I don't like the smell of their companion cream for the hands Really softens skin too. Everyone should have a rub of this at the end of a long day It's a bit on the pricy side, but a little goes a long way and it's a really nice treat, and very easy to pop in my handbag as opposed to the lovely long bath my feet might want thanks 0 -
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pikachucheeks wrote: »queenbeeuty, just out of interest, is there a good range of shades in that foundation line?
I've often found that with a lot of companies (both high street and designer) that there's only a limited colour range and often, even the "light" shades are too dark for pale skinned people.
I use the Makeup Forever Mat Velvet + and got it in their palest shade, which i'm delighted to say is very pale. I might try the HD next time and assume that the same range of shades would be available in that too. Would totally recommend the Mat Velvet + by the way, it's the best foundation I've ever found 0 -
Ok here goes not exactly very exciting but my most recent purchase and totally love it.
Name the product / brand: Johnson & Johnson Baby oil Gel
List how much it cost / give a close estimate (if applicable) €3-4 I think
Mention where you bought it (online, on the high street etc) Tesco
Give your opinions or thoughts
I have really dry skin and always found that baby oil applied straight after a shower really helped to prevent it getting too dry but I hate the mess from the oil. The gel works just as well as the oil except without the mess, I absolutely love it, plus it is nice and cheap 0 -
Only really appreciated how brilliant it is after since buying Clarins - gentle foaming cleanser. Gentle my a*s. Stings the hell out of your eyes. 1st time thought I could take off my eyemake up with it, OMG :eek: talk about pain, and even if you don't do your eyes but do your forehead some still gets into your eyes and you know all about it - sting city stay away.
Anyone know of good cleanser? One of the most important things in my opinion.
La Roche Posay Toleriane. It is extremely gentle. Comes in cream and foaming wash forms. La Roche Posay in general is brilliant for skincare. I'm totally hooked.
My most recent purchase was Benefits Celebutante set. ITs really handy. I love the eyeshadow, bronzer, benetint and highlighter. Dont use the lipsticks as much. I bought it as I forgot my make up on a trip abroad and also wanted to try out the benefit stuff. Got me out of a tight spot
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I'm gonna have a few of these
Name: Prestige Waterproof Eyeliner
How Much? €7.50 (ish)
Where? Boots
Thoughts: One of the best eyeliners I've ever used. Comes in only a few colours though. Stays on my waterline and doesn't evolve into gunk in the corner like others do. Doesn't sting eyes either. Very soft and can be smudged for a smokey look.
Name: NYX Eyeshadows, eyeliners, lipsticks, lipglosses and mascara
How Much? Anywhere between €1 and €6
Where? http://www.cherryculture.com/cosmetics/brands/nyx-cosmetics/10
Thoughts: The best all-round brand EVER. Can't be bought in Ireland except very overpriced from www.flair.ie.
The round lipsticks are the shiznit - long lasting, smell great, great colours that are pigmented, great range of colours.
The eyeshadows are freakin' awesome. They are very well pigmented, easy to blend, come in a great range, are all-round so easy to use. I've also used eyeliners, mascaras, eye bases, lip pencils and liners, eye glitters, lip glosses... ALL of them have been great!
I really really really love this brand and I have soooo much stuff by them that I ordered from the site above. Delivery takes about 8 days, and is marked as a gift so customs don't get their hands on it. Really cannot say enough about NYX stuff!
Name: Fyrinnae Cosmetics
How Much? €3 -ish for full size, less than a euro for samples
Where? http://www.fyrinnae.com
Thoughts: Great for the mineral eyeshadows. You can get sooo many colours. All of them are so dynamic and pretty. I've ordered from them about 4 times, and have about 20-ish shadows from them. Great customer service and fantastic range of eye shadows. If ever you wanted to know about mineral makeup - this is the place to go!
All of this sounds amazing. Seriously gonna have to get around to buying more make up online.0 -
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I love Origins Skincare. But this is one of their best products I've used so far.
Origins Modern Friction face Scrub.
Costs about €34-40 (not sure, was a while ago)
Brilliant face scrub that you can use once or twice a week. You don't need to use a lot of if so it lasts aaaaaaages! Makes my skin feel great. I've been using it for about 4 years at this stage now.
It's won lots of beauty awards too! So it ain't just me.
Another product which is great:
MAC Eyebrows eyebrow pencil.
Cost about €14-18 (I buy it in the Airport so price will vary)
Brilliant eyebrow pencil. Wouldn't use anything else. You twist to use so it's already sharpened. The tip is quite fine so you get nice fine strokes with it. Comes in about 6 colours. I use to use Lingering, but now use Studded which is darker. There's a lovely lighter colour, Fling for fair haired people.
Dior Show Mascara.
Costs about €25?
This mascara is great when you first use it. Gives you great, full lashes, although some people might find the HUGE brush hard to use if they have small lashes.
But it dries out really quickly! (same for YSL mascaras, which are also good. Tis a bummer!) Get about a month and a half, two months tops out of it. 0 -
Olay Regenerist Thermal Skin Polish is pretty amazing as a home facial. It costs 7 or 8 euro for a tube and lasts ages as you only use a little bit. It's warm and exfoliates like nothing else I've ever used! There are no scratchy grains in it either. After you wash it off you really do come away looking like you've had some sort of facial peel. It's actually quite transforming and I can't think of any other product I'd say that about.
I wouldn't use it everyday as I think it's just too effective and might leave you more vunerable to sun damage than you might normally be as exfoliatants can. It's excellent for a special occasion or once a week though.
Couldn't agree with you more, I absolutely love it!
Product: Botanics Face Super Balm.
Price: I actually can't remember, about 8 euro. (Available in Boots)
Review: I loooove this stuff. It's just a little jar but I've had it for a few months and still have loads left. Amazing for dry skin.
My skin can get dry in cold weather, around my nose etc. so I slap some of this on before bed and it takes care of it.
Can also be used as a lipbalm, on hands/feet, any dry skin really. It's great!0 -
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Great idea for a thread! Really Helpful!
Name: Two faced shadow insurance
Where: Boots & Debenhams
How Much: Between €15 - €17
Thoughts: This stuff is amazinggg I cannot apply eye make-up without it anymore! The packaging looks quite small but a little goes a long way and it lasts forever. Cannot recommend it enough, once applied my eyeshadow lasts all day with no creasing and never needs to be touched up at all. Also makes the eyeshadow colour super intense when applicated. Is a total must have imo!
Name: The Colossal Volum' Express Mascara
Where: Boots and chemists
How Much: €12
Thoughts: This is my favourite mascara! I was using Diorshow (which is amazing!) but as someone mentioned above it dries up very quickly and is quite expensive. This is a great alternative! It gives gorgeous volume and really makes my lashes look much thicker. Also makes my lashes really curled and long! Fantastic stuff! My mother and sister have been converted to it aswell haha
I'll try think of more good products I have 0 -
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Name of product: Simple Refreshing Facial Wash Gel
How much it cost: About 5.49 or something?
Where I got it: Boots
Review: Very nice product, leaves my skin extremely soft and smooth (I've even had comments on how soft it is). I like to use it after taking off my make up with a wipe first, as this isn't designed to remove make up, just clean your skin. It claims to be gentle on your skin and I think it lives up to this claim, I don't find it overly drying or anything. I think this is a great affordable item for anyone on a restricted budget but who still wants to look after their skin, or even just someone who likes a bargain.
Does anyone know of a good product to help get rid of whiteheads? I get them quite a bit and it's getting me down. 0 -
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insert-gear wrote: »Regarding tights, I choose to invest. 14 euro for 3 pairs of marks and sparks opaque tights. Theyre black as black can be, and NEVER ladder.
+1 for Marks and Sparks tights! I bought 3 pairs for 11 quid last week and they are so comfy.
Lovely and warm and they sit on my hips comfortably rather than having to pull them all the way up over my tummy to stop them folding over strangely.
St. Ives Apricot Scrubs, both the ones for face and body are wonderful. I have oily skin and find my face needs a good scrubbing to make it feel un-manky and St. Ives is definitely the best I've used. Nice enough to use everyday too without drying out the skin.
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The effort to stop myself getting the credit card out for the online NYX products yesterday arrrrggghhh!!
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