Maybelline Baby Lips

After reading wonderful things about this product online, I decided I had to try it for myself.

I hear Maybelline's Baby Lips are soon to hit the UK but me being a little impatient decided to buy one from EBay (selling for £6-£7 approximately). I chose the 'Cherry
Me' variety as I'm a sucker for all things cherry!

From Walmart website (where is much cheaper to buy if you happen to be in the USA!):

'Maybelline Baby Lips Moisturizing Lip Balm moisturizes lips for a full eight hours. Made with an exclusive skincare formula, lips are visibly renewed after using this Lip Balm for just one week. In addition, Maybelline Moisturizing Lip Balm is available in six varieties to both moisturize and protect your lips, whatever the occasion. For clinically cared-for, baby-soft lips, Maybelline Lip Balm is easy to carry with you and designed to be effective.

Maybelline Baby Lips Moisturizing Lip Balm:

Moisturizing lip balm with SPF 20 sunscreen
Gives eight hour moisture plus lip renewal
It's clinical care for baby soft lips.'

I found this product to be softening and moisturising though not for the promised 8 hours. It leaves a glossy sheen though the colour pretty much disappears on application.
Am impressed with it though not so impressed that it hands down beats my other favourite Balmi lip balms. Maybe given more prolonged use I'll see those impressive results it promises!

I'm not sure it warrants the current price on eBay and I would be more likely to purchase this again in UK stores if the price point is lower.

Colour B4... or a bit before...

For some years now my hair has been getting darker after a quest to go from dark mousy blonde to brunette. All this resulted in someone black hair which was starting to make me look washed out and pale.

A chat with my hairdresser suggested it might be a pricey and time consuming affair to undo the process and me, being impatient and impulsive, decided to give it a go myself courtesy of Extra Strength Colour B4.

My first attempt was an experience not to be forgotten in a hurry! It turns out the smell of Colour B4 is akin to a bottle of rotting eggs. So bad was the smell that I actually threw up! This is not something I would recommend for those with a weak stomach as you can't escape it (the room has to be kept warm). The process is also a long one, an hour with the liquid on, head wrapped in cling film as a towel. Then approximately 15 minutes rinsing in total. By this point my hands were prune like!

The result was definitely less black, someone yellowy orange at the roots so a follow up colour was necessary. What puzzled me is that this went well initially but my hair darkened as the week went on.

I repeated the application the following weekend and my hair is still dark though not black. Is more a gingery dark brown.

If you are after reducing the harshness of a colour this does the job but really wasn't what I expected. I can live with the result for now but is not startlingly different to before and is uneven. Also, most worryingly, I experienced a lot of hair shedding.

Has it saved me money visiting the hairdresser? Probably not.

Extra Strength Colour B4 £9.99 Sainsburys

Split picture shows pre treatment and after first application.

Other picture shows after second application.

UPDATE: after two weeks 'reoxidised' hair is now virtually black and has shed a bucket load. Wouldn't let this anywhere near my hair again.

Obsessions #1

Soap and Glory Hand Food

This has to be the ultimate hand cream! It's fragrance alone is delightful then there's the moisturising, smoothing effects on the hands. The combination of shea butter, macadamia oil and marshmallow sounds good enough to eat and is a winning combination in my eyes.

I have the large pump dispenser which is ideal for my bedside table and the mini tube which was part of a Christmas gift set and is ideal for handbags.

All in all, I cannot recommend this enough!