L'Oreal Visible Lift Blur Blush in Soft Berry Review

Having used only powder forms of blusher ( my favourite - Cover FX) for a very long time, the thought of cream products makes me go a little daunted on how to use them, but well. 

Another little product purchased from over the pond.

Looking at the ingredients above, you can see that the first and second ingredients, cyclopentasiloxane and dimethicone crosspolymer, are also two of the main ingredients that you will find in MANY popular silicone-based face primers (Benefit, Smashbox, etc.). In fact, I think you'd be hard pressed to find a silicone-based face primer that does not include these two ingredients. 

Given that there aren't many ingredients in this product to begin with, and that the two main ingredients are commonly found in face primers, I think it's safe to say that this blush is like a face primer...but packed with colour! 

When you squeeze the product out of the tube the consistency isn't a gel or cream but a blop! A good blop must I say, when you rub the product along with your finger it glides beautifully smooth as does a primer. 

Looking at the fully blended swatch, you can see some shimmer in the pigmentation and the colour is a beautiful blush pink. You do have to be careful when using this product that you don't go to overboard with the amount you use, as you may become a clown and a bit to flushed if you do overload. To get the correct amount of colour I'd say a pea size is enough for each cheek. This way you can terminate how much more is required if you look like the colour isn't complimenting that well. The more you blend the product along your cheek bone the more you can control with the pigmentation. It's totally adjustable because it doesn't really "set". It's more like a powder blush in that regard--it doesn't set like a liquid cheek tint does. 

 If the idea of a pigmented blush that goes on like a silicone-based face primer (think Benefit The POREfessional, Smashbox Photo Finish, etc.) sounds appealing to you, then you are going to LOVE this blush. It gives the same smooth, airbrushed quality to the skin as many popular face primers, only with a beautiful, easily-controllable flush of colour.

L'oreal Go 360 Clean Deep Cleansing Exfoliating Scrub

Whilst I was in Las Vegas I took advantage of Walgreen's for the variety of skin care, as one forgot there skin care. Terrible, my skin flared  up and was brutally painful. 

After eyeing up the amount of products I decided to embark on the L'oreal Go 360 deep cleansing exfoliating scrub for $5.65!

First, if you have no idea what the new L'oreal 360 Clean Deep Cleansing Exfoliating are all about, let me quickly tell you that they are a new line of facial cleansers (four different formulas) and the twist is that these cleansers come with a built-in, removable facial cleansing tool called "The Scrublet"... They do work, trust me. Yet again they are not available in the UK.

It's an apricot coloured cleanser with little scrubby apricot seed bits and it smells like juicy apricots
The product it self isn't as tough as St. Ives which is a good thing as it does not leave skin feeling sore after, but 360 is a gentle but deep cleanser. I'm not one to have loads of black heads, but someone I know who suffers from two constantly on their neck used it and they came out and didn't come back for a long time. All the dead residual is off and my skin if left soft and smooth. If you have really sensitive I suggest not to use this as it may leave skin dry, but do try the one for sensitive skin.

The scruptlet if anything is a usual bathroom tool, that can be adapted to any exfoliator you use.

Oh, and one more tip I'd like to share with you!  I've found that when you're using The Scrublet, it works best to hold it a certain way.  If you hold the handle with the tips of your fingers, the minute the water and cleanser drip down onto the handle The Scrublet will fling itself right out of your grasp faster than you can say "Mama!"

So after using this several times now, I've found that the best way to hold The Scrublet is by wedging the handle between your index and middle fingers, and sliding it all the way down to the base of your fingers.



Now on the hunt to find these somewhere in the UK to stock up!