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Today I take a look at new products from FarleyCo that you can find at your favourite drug store and mass retailers.
7thHeaven Silver Easy Peel Off Mask
Get skin gleaming with this delightful metallic silver easy peel-off mask. Provides a helping hand at purifying and deeply cleansing pores to banish dirt and peel away dull, dead skin.
Helps to minimize the appearance of pores and fast-tracks your way to smooth, toned skin.
Key Ingredients: Orchid, Frankincense, Smithsonite
The Silver Peel-Off mask provides a 'Deep Micro Cleanse' and is best for Normal, Combo and Oily skin. The mask is supposed to purify, tone and tighten your skin.

My skin dry with some oily patches making it a combo but only in the summertime, which means this is a great summer mask for me. 

The Smithsonite in it really makes it silver when applied and dried, which is super fun. I found the mask easy to peel off and my skin super soft after using it. 
7thHeaven Rose Gold Easy Peel Off Mask
Say hello to a rosy glow with our metallic rose gold easy peel off mask. A precious blend of ingredients to help perk up a dull complexion in a flash! This selfie-ready mask helps to minimise the appearance of pores, tone and purify the skin.
Key Ingredients: Damask Rose Water, White Tea, Moonstone
The Rose Gold Peel Off mask is supposed to 'Balance and Nourish' your skin and is best for Normal, Combo and Dry skin. 

Since my skin is mainly dry this is great all year round but especially good in the colder months for me.

Once again, this one looks just like the metal in its name. Rose gold is so pretty, it looks like a liquid highlighter accident, but in a fun way. I love roses in my skin care, my skin just reacts so well to it and this mask is no exception. I love how soft and healthy my skin felt after using it.
Both masks are really neat because they actually contain ground up gemstones and have a fantastic metallic look to them. I always love a good peel-off mask because you get that satisfaction when peeling it off
COLABOriginal Sheer Invisible Dry Shampoo (200mL)
COLAB's Original fragrance Dry Shampoo gives hair an instant wow-factor with a 'Too cool for School' vibe and an effortlessly cool, bergamot and rose scent. Slay All Day!
Keep that clean hair feel for longer & instantly revitalise your look with COLAB's Sheer & Invisible dry shampoo.  Weightless & Invisible, it's perfect for all hair types that need an instant boost.
COLAB Invisible Dry Shampoo - Amazing oil absorbtion without white residue.
COLAB has quickly become my dry shampoo of choice. I have written about them in the past. It works so well, it never leaves a white cast or dullness on my dark hair all while leaving it feeling clean and light. It especially was great when my hair was short and I could not pull it back on my 3rd day without a wash day.
This here is the original formula and scent. The scent is Bergamont, Rose and Magnolia. It isn't too strong or overwhelming, but it is really nice.

Basically if you want a good dry shampoo that leaves no white residue on your hair, leaves your hair clean and fluffy and smells nice you need to buy this. I cannot stress this enough, this is the best dry shampoo out there.
BubbleT Moroccan Mint Tea Hand Wash
Bubble T's refreshing Moroccan Mint Tea hand wash is a bathroom essential. A splash of colour and serious ingredients will soothe skin with fresh mint oil and Goji berry extracts. Packed with the uplifting scents of spearmint and peppermint, this hand wash is about to become your newest bathroom favourite.
Bubble T’s entire bath & body range contains a variety of tea-infused ingredients
I of course am always happy to get a new hand wash to try out, but in 2020, yes, please!  We are just flying through the stuff this year and that isn't a bad thing.

Bubble T's Moroccan Mint Tea Hand Wash is a really nice hand wash that has a light gel-like texture that foams up into a light feeling lather with large bubbles. It rinses clean and leaves no residue on the hands. It smells really nice too, a light minty tea scent but nothing too strong.

I also really like the bottle, it has a great pump that works really well. You get a solid amount of product, not too much or too little, just right.

My bottle is currently living in our main washroom and getting lots of use. I would definitely pick this up next time we run out of soap.
I love... Signature Scents Elderflower Fizz Body Mist 
It is time to embrace the rejuvenating spirit of summer with this delightful presse, blending luscious fruits and watery cucumber, with delicate floral interludes. This vibrant fruity accord has opening notes of apple & cucumber, leading to a heart of lemony elderflowers and jasmine to create a beautiful floral freshness.
Freshen up with this beautifully scented Body Mist for long lasting, on the go refreshment. It provides a beautiful burst of long lasting fragrance for up to 4 hours. Formulated with natural fruit extracts they offer a welcome burst of fragrance to help keep you smelling irresistible. A pamper product that is sure to become a handbag essential.
Exclusively Available Instore at Shoppers Drug Mart
I love elderflower in food so naturally, I really wanted to try it out as a scent. In food, it is light, sweet and floral and it is the same in a body mist.

Bodysprays are pretty much all I wear in the summertime. It feels light and isn't too heavy in the warm weather.

It has a lot of fresh and light fragrances in it that really makes it smell like summer. There is cucumber in there as well as apple and even jasmine. All together it makes a scent I just can't place but is so light and summery.

The formula lasts for about half a day on me, which is about par with other body sprays. I really like to add a bit to my hair and clothing so that I smell fresh a little longer into the day.
PerspirexComfort Antiperspirant (25mL)
Perspirex Comfort Extra Effective Antiperspirant is clinically proven to provide extra effective protection against sweat for 2-3 days.The Comfort skin care system contains ingredients that hydrate the skin for extra skin comfort. Apply at night to completely dry, unbroken skin. No need to reapply in the morning.
Fragrance-free. Not tested on animals.
Perspirex has been my go-to antiperspirant for about 6 years now. I absolutely adore the original and how it lasts for 5 days on me even with showering and swimming. This new updated Comfort version is even better. I heard a lot of people were having issues with the original and their skin is sensitive to it. I never had that problem unless I applied it directly after shaving. This new formal seems to have fixed any sensitivity issues people were having, I still don't recommend using it after shaving though.
I like to follow the instructions on the lid and apply at night to clean dry skin. I find it lasts 5 days on me but the bottle says it lasts 2 to 3 on most people. 

The summer means hot weather and a simple walk around the block or a day at work can leave me sweating a ton, I feel awful and really start to worry about if I am smelling. When I wear Persirex I don't have that issue at all and I absolutely love that.

In the past when I purchased the original Perspirex in the stores I thought that for an anti-perspiring it was definitely more expensive, but when I realized I only had to use it every 5 days I quickly saw that it wasn't an issue at all.
So there are some new to me items from FarleyCo that I recommend you go check out at your local drug store. I have really enjoyed them and will definitely be repurchasing them as soon as I run out.

*Post features products sent for review. All views and opinions are my own.
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Recently I got the chance to try out a few of L'oreal Paris Canada's new masks and scrubs. There are two lines, the Pure-Clay Mask line and the Pure-Sugar Scrub line. Now, I haven't tried every product in both lines, but I will share with you what my experiences are with these products since they suite my skin type. 

I have dry, oh so dry, skin. It also is mid-late 30's skin now, so off-balanced hormonal break out skin now too (fun new things happening every day).

Pure-Clay Cleansing Mask - Clarifying & Smoothing:
First off I am going to look the Pure Clay mask I got to try, Pure Clay Cleansing Mask. Made with Yuzu lemons and three different clays, it is supposed to help with removing built-up impurities, dirt and pollution. 

You are supposed to apply a thin layer over your skin and let it sit for 10-15 minutes and use it two times a week.  It is a yellow clay tone and goes on real smooth onto the face with just a tiny bit of grit to it. It feels really creamy on the face and dries up on the skin like a typical clay or mud mask.

With repeated use you should have some improvement on uneven skin tone and texture.
I really like this mask, which surprised me because mud isn't always nice on my dry skin. I think since it has such a creamy texture and maybe the blends of clay in it really help stop my skin from getting all dry or burn (yes mud can make my skin burn like hot fire). Overall my skin was left feeling smooth and soft after using it.

Pure-Sugar Scrub For Dull Skin - Brightens and Refreshes
This scrub is formulated with three types of sugar, what types? I honestly don't know, but they feel nice and scuff of my dead skin with almost no effort. It also has grapeseed oil, acai and monoi oil in it to help it brighten up the skin.

This one you apply to your skin (and lips), massage around and then rinse off, they recommend using it three times a week. I like to leave it on for 10 minutes. This one really reminds me of Fresh's strawberry sugar scrub, which I love so much, but without the strawberry seeds.
I like how well this texture of mask removes my dead skin. I often get flaky spots on my skin and only a sugar scrub seems to get rid of it. Oh also my skin feels so smooth and soft after using it, I just love it.

Pure-Sugar Scrub For Dry Skin - Smoothes and Nourishes
This baby is a lot like the Dull Skin version, three sugars in it as well. Unlike the other mask, this one has a creamy texture, and the sugar is a little less prominent making it feel less abrasive. It also feels buttery on the skin, that is because it has coconut oil and cocoa butter in it to help nourish dry skin.

Just like the other mask, L'oreal recommend applying it, massaging it on face and lips and then rinsing it off and using it three times a week. I like to leave it on for 10 minutes like I do with my other sugar masks (Fresh for example).
This mask feels way more buttery then the Dull Skin version. I can only assume that feeling comes from the coconut in it.
There is also a Pure-Sugar Scrub for Oily skin, which features Kiwi seeds and is green just like a kiwi puree. As well there is Pure-Clay Energizing Mask, it is grey toned has charcoal in it. Since my skin isn't inclined to respond well to these masks (dry skin here) I haven't tried them.

Overall I really like these products! I have been switching between the two sugar ones in my routine and really like how they both work. The Pure Clay mask also has been great to my skin, no burning plus,  my post acne pigmentation seems to be responding well to it.

What do you think of these masks or scrubs? Have you tried them yet? What is your favourite type of face mask or scrub?
*Products were sent from PR for review purposes, all views and opinions are my own.
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Last week I got the chance to check out my local The Body Shop location and learn all about their Holiday offerings. I was of course super excited because I adore the Body Shop and had already placed both Black Friday and Cyber Monday orders but had not gone to a store yet to see stuff in person. As a result I am showing you three gift sets from this year that I absolutely fell in love with.
This holiday season The Body Shop has teamed up with International Alert. The Body Shop is supporting the Peache Play Project in Lebanon. It is a project created to help refugee children heal through play. You can learn more about it here.
Many of their holiday sets come in packages that can be re-purposed into games. One is even a fun bank that looks like a robot. Which is a cute and novel way to get your own children playing a bit more this season.
Vanilla Chai Tin Of Delights
Seasonal scents are something I have always loved from The Body Shop, for years their cranberry or gingerbread scents were my thing. This year they have Vanilla Chai, Frosted Plum, and Frosted Berries. All smelled amazing, but the Vanilla Chai really spoke to me, more complex and warm then a straight up vanilla scent it was kind of a nice warm winter night in a fragrance for me.
I chose to the the Tin of Delights set because it makes such a nice gift. Full sized products and a gorgeous tin, what isn't to like about getting this baby on Christmas day? You get a full size of the Shower Gel, Body Butter, Hand Cream and Bath Foam. To be 100% honest the Bath Foam is what sold me on this set. The Body Shop only makes their Bath Foam in their seasonal scents, and every year I get at least 3 to last me through the year, and this set had one...so it was coming home with me no matter what!
Since this set came with a full sized body butter, I was able to make a custom label for it. I of course chose the cheeky "You're on the naughty list" with my name on it. I think it is a really cute addition to any gift, and it really only took 30 seconds to print.

The set contains all full sized products:
  • Shower Gel Vanilla Chai 250ml
  • Body Butter Vanilla Chai 200ml
  • Bath Foam Vanilla Chai 300ml
  • Hand Cream Vanilla Chai 30ml
At-Home Facial Mask Experience
The Body Shop has quite the collection of facial products that are quite impressive. This year they have some pretty nice face sets, but their At-Home Facial Mask Experience stood out the most to me. With five best selling full size masks, this elegant tube is quite the big deal. That is right, there are 5 masks in here. You could break it up and give one to all your family or you could just give it as one big gift. Since multi masking is so big right now it makes that a breeze too.
The set contains all full sized masks:
  • British Rose Fresh Plumping Mask 75ml
  • Himalayan Charcoal Purifying Glow Mask 75ml
  • Chinese Ginseng & Rice Clarifying Polishing Mask 75ml
  • Amazonian Acai Energising Radiance Mask 75ml
  • Japanese Matcha Tea Pollution Clearing Mask 75ml
Spread The Love Hand Cream Collection
I love gifts that you can break apart and give to multiple people This hand cream set is perfect for one person who loves hand cream or for up to six people. Think of all the people you can make happy at your office with this set.

The set contains six hand lotions:
  • Hand Cream Pink Grapefruit 30ml
  • Hand Cream Strawberry 30ml
  • Hand Cream Moringa 30ml
  • Hand Cream Shea 30ml
  • Hand Cream Mango 30ml
  • Hand Cream British Rose 30ml
Those are my top three picks for holiday gift sets from The Body Shop this year. I really love all of their items though and already had bought myself a cute little English Rose Hand set and a Satsuma set for Mr. Fox. The rose set had a lovely tin that looks like a playing card that I know I can reuse and the satsuma set has a box with a maze on the inside. These little details plus the charity aspect help make The Body Shop a place I always shop at during this time of year.

What is your favourite type of gift set to give or get during the holiday season? Mine is break part gifts for stockings and co-workers

*Products were given to me for review purposes, all views and opinions are my own.
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For the last little while I've been in love with Fresh face products, today I'm going to talk about my favourite item in that I've tried so far, a product my skin just loves:

Fresh Black Tea Instant Perfecting Mask

Black Tea Instant Perfecting Mask with advanced antioxidants is a hydrating treatment that immediately reveals softer, firmer, healthier-looking skin. The innovative formula’s velvety whipped texture has an immediate cooling effect to refresh the skin and the senses.

THE PROOF:
  • Proven to have a significant moisturizing effect for 6 hours
  • 94% reported softer skin
  • 84% noticed more supple skin
  • 81% felt it smoothed and improved skin texture  -Fresh.com
Ingredient List:
Aqua (water), glycerin, rice ferment filtrate (sake), caprylic/capric triglyceride, pentylene glycol, sodium polyacrylate, betaine, saccharomyces ferment filtrate, camellia sinensis leaf extract, avena sativa (oat) kernel extract, vitis vinifera (grape) seed oil, litchi chinensis seed extract, rubus fruticosus (blackberry) leaf extract, rosa damascena flower oil, sodium hyaluronate, adenosine, tocopheryl acetate, tocopherol, ethylhexyl palmitate, poloxamer 407, butylene glycol, parfum (fragrance), hydrogenated lecithin, menthoxypropanediol, maltodextrin, silica, ci 77891 (titanium dioxide), trihydroxystearin, hydroxyethylcellulose, disodium edta, sodium citrate, caprylyl glycol, citric acid, caramel, hexylene glycol, potassium sorbate, bht, biotin, phenoxyethanol, linalool

How To Use:
Cleanse and towel-dry skin. Apply to the face, avoiding the eye area. Leave on for 5-10 minutes and rinse. Use 2-3 times per week.

My Thoughts:
This is one incredibly soothing mask. That is maybe the key thing about it. I put it on my skin when it is parched, wind burned, sun burned, crazy dehydrated, whatever it is that has made my skin really tight, red and uncomfortable, this stuff soothes it. Right a way. Its like grabbing a big glass of cool water on a crazy hot day...ahhhh.

Beyond the crazy hydration and amazing soothing effect I get from this product, it really calms any redness or irritations I might be feeling. The texture of it is so smooth and whipped. It isn't a creamy or oily mask, it is something different all together, it is whipped and smooth, so it absorbs into the skin very nicely.

My skin feels so soft after 5 minutes with this on, I have been known to leave it on for a half hour or so, just because it feels so nice on the skin, and I don't want to take it off.

I shouldn't forget, like all Fresh products, this baby smells fantastic. I cannot place what it smells like (I'm actually going to assume it is black tea) but it smell intoxicating to me.

Pros:
  • soothes skin instantly
  • leaves skin soft
  • hydrates really well
  • works extremely well on sensitive skin
  • smells fantastic
Cons:
  • a bit pricey, but well worth it.
Overall:
I love this product! Flat out I love it, I have so much to say about it but I feel I just cant find the words. I am always struggling with my dehydrated and sensitive skin, I feel I loose the moisture in it so easily in the summer and winter months to the sun or the wind and just can never quite recover, with this product it isn't an issue any more. It just works so well to fix that moisture loss without being a moisturizer or creamy/oily product. It just sinks into my skin and works (and very well). Its quickly become a holly grail product for me. I've already gone out and bought a second jar of it.



Have you tried Fresh's Black Tea Instant Perfecting Mask? What do you think of it?


*Products were sent to me for consideration. All opinions are my own and not influenced by anyone.
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For the last few weeks I've been trying out some Fresh face products, I must say I really am impressed. My skin just loves the products. 

Today we talk about the Sugar Face Polish. 

A Natural Exfoliant with real strawberry seeds. Refines & Nourishes:
A nourishing exfoliant made with pure brown sugar and strawberry seeds that refines and hydrates for a more radiant complexion. 
PRODUCT DETAILS: Sugar Face Polish with nourishing brown sugar and real strawberry seeds is an innovative formula for all skin types that exfoliates and hydrates the skin, instantly revealing a softer, smoother, more radiant complexion. 
THE PROOF:
  • 97% reported improved skin texture and softer, more supple skin
  • 94% felt it had an exfoliating effect and decreased rough patches
  • 88% noticed soothed skin that felt silky and velvety
  • 85% said their skin was radiant     -fresh.com
Ingredient list:
Sucrose, Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate, Peg-7 Glyceryl Cocoate, Stearalkonium Hectorite, Fragaria Vesca (Strawberry) Fruit, Propylene Carbonate, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candellila) Wax, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Limonene, Fragrance (Parfum), Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil, Fragaria Ananassa (Strawberry) Seed Oil, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil, Prunus Domestica Seed Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Water (Aqua), Tocopheryl Acetate, Potassium Sorbate, Citral, Geraniol, Linalool, Citronellol, Bht. 

How to Use: After you wash your face and it is still a little moist, you apply the scrub to your face and massage it around (avoiding the eyes, of course) and then let it sit for 5-10 minutes. It can be used 3-4 times a week.  Easy enough, right. I usually take a bath while I wear a mask so I am not tempted to do anything rash, like wash it off. 

My Thoughts: Initially when I first used this scrub I though that there was no way strawberry seeds and sugar would be a thorough enough of a scrub for my skin, I was wrong. The sugar and the seeds work together to scuff my skin free of dead skin without being harsh. Plus the smell is amazing. 

Really the smell is amazing!  It adds to the spa like experience of this product for sure. It is fruity and sweet but not of strawberries  in a  way that is juvenile, just a perfect scent that makes you question if you can eat this stuff (don't do it, but I'm telling you that you'll want to).

I also like that the scrub acts as a sort of a hydrating mask when you leave it on for the 5-10 minutes. My skin didn't feel tight or dry when I left it on, but soft and plump.

Once rinsed my skin feel so soft and smooth it really is amazing. I often get some strange flaky skin thing going on between my eyebrows a few weeks after I pluck (it seems to be a follicle reaction thing). It drives me mad. This scuffed it right off without any issue, while leaving the sensitive cheeks soft and not dried out like many other exfoliatents can.
Pros:
  • Smells really good
  • Uses natural ingredients to exfoliate your skin gently but effectively
  • It has hydrating factors to it so it won't dry out your skin
  • It can be worn like a mask 
  • Gentle enough for 3-4 times a week usage
  • You don't need a lot to get a good scrub 
Cons:
  • Pricey, Fresh isn't an inexpensive brand
  • If you are a quick exfoliater and don't want to spend the 5-10 minutes wearing it you won't get the same effects 
Overall:
I really like this scrub. I truly love how smooth my skin feels every time I use it. I am almost surprised every time. "Wow, my skin is so smooth and soft", every time, like I forget or something. Ph, and it also smells just fantastic. I also think a jar would last  a very long time since you don't have to be overzealous with the product to make it work really well for you.


Have you tried Fresh's Sugar Face Polish? What do you think of it?


*Products were sent to me for consideration. All opinions are my own and not influenced by anyone.
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