Soph x Revolution tinted lip balm: It was a throw in your cart to hit free shipping purchase, it was okay, I liked the slight vanilla scent, the bullet was wayyy to skinny for the tube though and it broke and shifted around inside very quickly.
Essence Hydra Kiss lip oil in the shade 03 pink champagne: Smells like baby oil but idc, it's a holy grail. The applicator picks up sooo much product which isn't nice, but it's a thick glossy oil that lasts so long. The tint also doesn't look like there's "pigment", your lips look rosy from within. There's not that much product so it's a fairly quick pan.
Rival de Loop better than yours waterproof mascara: This is a Better Than Sex dupe from a German drugstore house brand. I've never tried the OG Better Than Sex so I can't tell how good of a dupe it is, I however can tell that it's one of the two holy grail mascaras I have (along with the blue essence lash princess). It holds a curl all day and lengthens the lashes beautifully. It can smudge on oily, hooded eyelids but I just powder down my eyelids so it's alright with me. It's just gorgeous.
Revolution Glow Fix fixing spray: HG, I'm so sad the German drugstore doesn't carry this anymore. I need to order from Beautybay or the Revolution website now so I order them in bulk now (I already have 5 back ups lined up). It melts make up together so beautifully, makes it last longer and gives your skin some life back after you just powdered the hell out of it. It's supposed to be a dupe for the Charlotte Tilbury setting spray but again, I haven't tried the OG so I can't judge that.
Mercedes Benz Select DAY: This is a tiny sized sprayer of that perfume. It's a mens perfume. It's okay. I liked layering it with my fresh floral perfume for a stronger smell but I don't generally have a strong opinion on men's perfumes.
Mugler angel: Again, tiny sprayer. It was an alright perfume, but I didn't go crazy for it. I mostly know what I like in perfumes and this isn't it.
Balea beauty expert cleansing sorbet cream: A nice cleansing cream from a German drugstore house brand. Balea makes pretty good skincare nowadays, you get good stuff for really cheap. I used this in the mornings and would totally recommend, I just replaced it with the Cerave hydrating cleanser for my AM skincare routine because this cleanser from Balea has a weird smell that I find off putting, but I also have sensory issues related to smell so I'm sensitive to that. It just smells "fragrance free", if you know what I mean, and not in the cardboard-y way.
Hylamide C25 Serum: This was supposed to be a stabilized vitamin C serum but it was more like a face oil, it was alright for the winter months. Even if I wanted to repurchase this (I don't) I couldn't since Deciem closed down Hylamide and nowadays pretty much only focus on their sister brand The Ordinary. It took way too long to finish and I'm glad to be done with it.
Nivea Creme: My grandma uses Nivea Soft, accidentally bought normal Nivea and gave it to me. I used it as an after shower body cream but it was so thick I kept tugging on my leg hair spreading it (I don't shave my legs, who cares). Wouldn't repurchase, it's just way too thick for me and I'm eh about the fragrance.
Balea cleansing oil: This is a classic and I used to love this before they reformulated it like two years ago. I've used this bottle on and off since I got it because this new version of it smells like rancid, wet, moldy cardboard and worsens any breakouts I have. It also leaks. No thank you. Why do brands always feel the need to change perfectly fine products.
Nivea japan UV super water gel: 10/10, will repurchase once I finish my other SPFs. No whitecast at all, didn't sting my eyes, liquidy gel-y enough to not sit weirdly on my oily to combo skin but just thick enough to not drip off my face like a liquid sunscreen. A very slight, not irritating scent. Would and WILL repurchase, it's also a huge bottle so you get amazing value.
V.sun catch the sun spf 50: This has been taken out of the drugstore I bought it at since I've been using this and I'm glad it has. It's oily but in a GREASY kind of way, not in a "dry skin would like this" kind of way. I'm very glad that no one's going to be just mindlessly grabbing this at the drugstore anymore because it's BAD and I'm glad it's finished.
by beaslei