While I love a nice floral fragrance, I find they can get a little heavy and strong a little fast, especially in the summer time. This is why in the summer I look for body mists, they are light, refreshing, you can go to town spraying them and never feel like you're going to offend anyone. Plus they are great to spray on clothing or hair that might need a little refreshing in the scent department (post gym hair anyone?).

Yardley has an amazing line of floral scented body care products, and while the pefrumes are great, their body mists are what I am using every day right now.

English Rose:

ENGLISH ROSE is a refreshing, light floral fragrance with sparkling citrus and rose top notes and a heart subtly combining rosebud, magnolia, violet and cassis with warm woody notes, whilst patchouli and musk add velvety tones to the base. Exclusively available at Shoppers Drug Mart for $9.99

I remember loving to smell my mothers yellow roses in our garden as a kid, for some reason that flower brings me more joy then any other. While rose is a wonderful scent I adore any time of year, in the summer I like something with a bit more complexity then straight up rose. The citrus, magnolia, violet and cassis make it might lighter while the woody notes mixed with patchouli and musk add more depth and complexity. It definitely smells amazing and more my style then just plain old rose or rose water. It is a classic but with a slight twist and I love it for that reason.
Lily of the Valley:

LILY OF THE VALLEY is a light, feminine, white floral fragrance with fruity pear accords in the top note and a beautiful floral bouquet heart that blends lily of the valley and freesia, enhanced with a pretty, musk base. Fresh and vibrant. Exclusively available at Shoppers Drug Mart for $9.99.

Lily of the Valley is one of those flowers I always see but never knew what it was. The cute little bells that hang in the spring time make my garden area so fairy tale like. Lily of the Valley smells amazing on its own, but the blend in this fragrance mist takes makes it much more wearable for me everyday. Pear and the lily scent blend so well together you would never know it wasn't a natural combination. I really love this scent on days that I am feeling like I need a bit of a bright scent, while keeping it in the floral family.

Lavender:

ENGLISH LAVENDER is a beautifully fresh, light, elegant fragrance with top notes of bergamot and clary sage and a heart of calming English lavender subtly combining notes of eucalyptus, geranium, jasmine, chamomile and violet, enhanced with deeper, warm base notes of wood, vanilla and patchouli. Exclusively available at Shoppers Drug Mart for $9.99. 

*products were sent from pr for review purposes, all views and opinions are my own.

Since I first discovered Eco Tools back in 2009 I have been in love. Now they have sponges that rival the big expensive prestige ones and I could not be happier.
First off I am going to say I have 3 Beauty Blenders, and while I will love them until their bitter end, they have just gone up in price so much that dropping $30 bucks after tax is no longer an option for me. I just wont do it. So finding an affordable, good replacement, that I can pick up at just about any drugstore is a pretty amazing thing. So let us see if EcoTools Perfecting Blender Duo lives up to my expectations.
First off you get two, that is two sponges in this pack (this is already becoming a win-win situation when you get two in a package). One is smaller and one is larger. Both have the same shape, round on one side, narrowing to a point. The angle of the point differs on each side, one shorter, one longer. The sponges can be used wet or dry, they expand quite a bit when wet, I am going to assume 90% of people would use it wet (all sponges really blend better wet). The smaller one is a tad bit denser, meant for doing detail work, but I found it worked the exact same as the larger one.
I find the density very similar to Real Techniques sponges when wet, which is a perfect blend of bouncy and firm for blending out foundation. I find you can get some pretty good coverage with them. I like the shape because you can bounce your foundation over your skin with the rounded end or sides, while using the flat sides for precision and the flat tip for contouring or concealing. The flat sides are meant to help you get fuller coverage of your foundation, you lay it down with the flat side then bounce it out with the rounded. It works well that way, but I still like the flat for other product application.

The fact that one is smaller and one is bigger is a nice touch. You think you may use the smaller one more for cream blushes or contouring, but I found I have ended up using it more for foundation then the other options on most days.

Overall these babies are very inexpensive, running $15.99 for the pair, I think it is a great deal. You get two sponges that are dense enough to get the job done but not a heavy rock like some other drug store sponges out there. They have a great shape that I find makes applying makeup easy and I can get details like contouring or blush done without needing another tool. Plus they are made up of 70% plant based materials, which is always a great thing to hear.


You can find EcoTools Perfecting Blender Duo Sponges at FarleyCo.ca, as well as at select Rexall, Walmart, London Drugs, Brunet, Lawtons Drugs, Pharmasave and Uniprix across Canada.

Before hair, natural air dried.

SaveSave

SaveSave