Garnier Ultimate Blends Plumping Hair Food Watermelon Shampoo & conditioner

Watermelon scented beauty products are all the rage at the moment and why wouldn't they be?

Watermelon offers a sweet, soft, juicy aroma that lifts the spirits and reminds you of tropical climes!

When I saw that Garnier had launched a trio of watermelon hair care products there was no question that I was going to get them!

Garnier Ultimate Blends Plumping Hair Food Watermelon Shampoo & conditioner  have been formulated specifically for fine hair.

If like me you crave volume and a boost to inject some depth and movement to your lank locks then these are the products for you.

Blended with Watermelon & Pomegranate, the clear, gel-like shampoo offers a light foam to gently cleanse to boost your hair without weighing it down. 

Vegan friendly, free from silicones and formulated with 96% Natural Ingredients, this delightful, aromatic shampoo gently and softly cleansed your hair, imparting the most deliciously tropical aroma.

If like me you suffer with both dry, damaged AND thin hair, conditioner can be a tricky product to use. 

Many offer silky soft locks, but the trade off is the product weighs your hair down, meaning you lack volume.

Garnier's Ultimate Blends Hair Food Watermelon Conditioner offers an ultra lightweight, melting texture that effortlessly detangles stressed hair.

Quickly absorbed, your hair is left feeling soft and fresh in no time. 

Similarly to the shampoo the conditioner is also vegan friendly, features no silicones, is Comprised of 97% Natural Ingredients and is housed within a 100% recyclable bottle. 

The duo smell incredible, sweet, soft and addictive however the conditioner doesn't offer quite as much nourishment that my long dry ends require for a truly deep conditioning. 

That said, if your hair is healthier than mine then you're in for a winner and my hair definitely felt lighter and post blow drying, had a little extra volume.

You can try them for yourselves now at Boots .  

Garnier Mythic Oilve Ultimate Blends Body Nourishing Lotion

I get through a LOT of body moisturisers thanks to my super dry skin.

I find it a bit weird as my complexion is oily-combination but the skin on my body and my legs in particular is super dry.

It takes a really good moisturiser to make sure that my skin isn’t left feeling tight, itchy and flaky after bathing and I’m very pleased to say I’ve found a fab new one!

Garnier Ultimate Blends Body Nourishing Lotion for dry skin,Mythic Oilve is brilliant.

This thick, creamy, non greasy lotion is enriched with a blend of virgin olive oil, renowned for its intensively nourishing and soothing properties. 

The Mythic Oil variation is designed for dry skin so the lotion is thicker than I would expect from an ordinary lotion but despite its creaminess it sinks into your skin instantly leaving it feeling soft, smooth and nourished.

It is completely non greasy, doesn’t leave your skin feeling clogged or heavy and it leaves a beautiful, light fragrant scent.

It absolutely did the job on my sensitive, scaly skin and for just £4.49 for a 250ml bottle it’s a fabulous price too.

Garnier Mythic Oilve Ultimate Blends Body Nourishing Lotion is available now.

Garnier B.B. Miracle Skin Perfector Cream For Combination To Oily Skin

Last summer i brought you a review of Garnier’s BB cream.

I was hugely disappointed with the product as I found it too heavy and  greasy for my combination to oily skin.

 Fast forward a year and Garnier have finally answered my prayers by bring out a BB cream for Combination/Oily skin.

Unlike their original product, this ultra-absorbent cream helps fights excess sebum throughout the day while offering the same benefits as their regular BB Cream such as evening out skin tone, blurring pores and concealing imperfections.

As soon as I felt the texture of this cream I knew it was going to be a winner.

It felt much lighter than their other cream and far less greasy.

On application the cream melted into my skin quickly, leaving me with a gorgeous, matte complexion.

I found that compared to some other BB creams, this bad boy offered a tad more coverage too which I loved, and I didn’t end up needing to cake my face in powder to banish any unattractive shine.

Available in shades Light and Medium, this B.B. Miracle Skin Perfector offers you beautifully smooth, matte skin while protecting you from harmful UV rays with it’s SPF  20.

Garnier’s B.B. Miracle Skin Perfector Combination to Oily Skin is available now and retails for £9.99.

Desperate to try this BB cream out for yourselves? 

Then enter my giveaway!

The guys at Garnier have kindly given me 4 bottles of the B.B Miracle Skin Perfector for Combination to Oily skin to give away, 2 Light and 2 Medium shades worth £9.99 each.

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The competition is open Internationally and closes at 12pm on Monday 16^th July

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Garnier B.B. Cream Review

So i finally got around to trying out Garnier’s new so called ‘miracle’ B.B. Cream.

It sold out within a day of launching on Superdrug’s website and twitter was buzzing with people talking about it, trying to get their hands on it and asking questions about it.

The day after it launched i excitedly  hopped over to superdug and bought the Miracle Skin Perfector in Light.

Garniers Miracle Skin Perfector is Inspired by the latest Asian skincare sensation- B.B. creams, or Blemish Balms to give them their full name (Took me ages to work out what the B.B stood for!)

The cream comes in two shaded, light and medium and claims to be; 

An all in one skincare solution that immediately perfects your skin. The light, non-greasy formula gives an even skin tone with a healthy glow, blurs imperfections and redness, smoothes the appearance of fine lines, hydrates for 24 hours and helps protect with SPF 15.

I can see why people were excited about this product with all those claims!

The Results:

Before (No Make Up)

I was actually quite disappointed with this product.

For a cream that is meant to be light and non greasy, i found it both heavy and greasy.

That said i do tend to have quite oily skin, so on someone with dry/ extra dry skin the cream may well be perfect.

I bought the Light shade but found that this was a little too dark for my skin and i found myself worrying about the dreaded tide mark on my neck showing!


 

You can see from the photo on the left that the result of wearing the cream alone left my with a more even tone and healthy glow, but it also left my skin feeling and looking rather greasy. 

 

To combat this i tried applying my MAC Blot Powder in Medium over the top to take the shine off (see left photo)- which worked, but i was left feeling a little like i had caked my make up on, which somewhat defeated the idea of a  light, tinted moisturising esq product.

Perhaps after using it long term i would be able to get on better with it, but i just found it too heavy and oily for my skin. Sorry Garnier!

You can try it for yourself for £9.99 from Superdrug.