No7 Micro-dermabrasion Body Exfoliator Review

Never know what to get with your No7 skincare voucher? Then look no further. This is the third product I've bought with said voucher that hasn't been their 'quick thinking wipes'.. It's always a gamble trying something but that's the idea behind them giving you a fiver off really.

The review.. 

Availability & Price - As we all know, No7 is a Boots own brand therefore only available there. Retailing for £11.50 (£6.50 with skincare £5 off voucher - win!)

Pro's - Very gritty (salt I believe), giving a high level of exfoliation.

            Un-scented.

            Doesn't leave any oily-ness behind.

            

Con's - Expenisve for size (150ml) - Compared to my other love.. S&G The scrub of your life (£7 for 200ml).

         

The price is the only con I can find, but used only once a week (full body) it should still last a fairly long time. The bottle only suggests you use it on you upper body (arms, shoulders, chest etc), but I would guess that's only so it lasts longer. But it depends what you need to exfoliate.

I found it excellent of the little bumps I had on my upper arms and shoulders, completely smoothed them over within the first use. 

I feel I can get away with just exfoliating gloves on the rest of my body with the odd occasion using a scrub to give a nice deep level of exfoliation you just don't really get with gloves. 

It also leaves my skin feeling really soft without feeling at all oily, and makes it absorb moisturisers so much better. 

I'm so glad I picked this up, I've only used it twice now and I'm in love and think I would even pay the full £11.50 for it :)

Vicki xo

ColourB4 - Before, after and review.

The joys of being a girl eh.. wanting to change up your hair colour every few months (or is that just me?!)

It was only a few months ago I decided on a drastic change of my kind of dirty blonde to a dark purple/ red.. it took me probably a few weeks before I got bored and wanted to change it back. It wasn't it didn't suit me, but it didn't suit my lipstick choices!

Before

During

If you do pick this product to use, I warn you now.. do it when you have a cold! It's the worst smelling thing I've ever smelt! If you've ever smelt that burning hair smell.. it's like that mixed with a little rotten egg. Not nice.

Straight after rinsing

After first proper wash (It's a little darker than this)

Minus the smell, this product worked really well for me as you should be able to tell by the above photo.. It's a little on the orangey side as I fully expected, but I can work with it.


Review:


Availability + Price - It's very readily available in places such as Boots, Superdrug, Tesco, Savers etc.. and if your unfortunate enough to not be able to find it in those stores I believe you can even get it on Amazon. As for price, it's reasonable.. it's at the £10 mark but can be found on offer. I picked mine up for £6.99 per box, in Savers. It does say on the box if you have longer than shoulder length hair and/or hair that's on the thicker side.. to use two boxes.. alas.. I have both and only needed one box and still had a little left over.

Application - I got my sister to do mine for me just to make sure I got my whole head, but I don't think I really needed her to do it.. it's a very liquidy product, a lot thinner than the hair dye consistency I was expecting, making it much easier to evenly distribute (and get all of your hair :)).

Removal - This stage was an utter pain in the arse! Depending on the thickness of your hair it suggests you rinse your hair under water for 5-10 minutes (I think I managed about 6-7 as I was doing it over the side of the bath and got bored very quickly of massaging my own head!). After the initial rinse, you have to use part 3 - the 'buffer' , apply like shampoo, lather it up and wait 1 minute then further rinse for 5 minutes! (I'd suggest you had a shower at the same time for all of this, rather than doing it how I did). Last step, apply the other half of buffer, lather and just rinse.. once it's out.. it's done (no more waiting under the water!)


All in all, I really liked what this product did. I'm not 100% happy with the colour, but It's not as orange as I thought it would go so I don't mind. It caused 0 damage, it smelt pretty funky and took a few hours between application and final rinse.. but it worked and was cheaper than buying multiple bottle of hair dye and gradually taking it lighter!! (Yawn!)

Would I use this again?  If I needed to, I definitely would. But I'm hoping I won't make sure drastic changes in future.. I think I definitely suit blonde better.. so It's gonna stick around for another year or so :)

Vicki xo

Review - No7 Pore Vacuum Mask

Another cheeky No7 voucher enabled purchase! But my skin was very thankful for such a purchase!

I present you the No7 pore vacuum mask ..

If you're having one of those 'I could do with a facial peel' days.. then you really have to give this mask a go!

Bad points: 

• The smell - It's a very strong chemically smell, but don't let that put you off.
• It's tricky to apply - but when you've got the hang of it, it's all good.
• Probably not suitable for sensitive skin - It's a very strong product and acts as a kind of chemical exfoliant.

Good points: 

• It's a peel off + wipe off - Adding to my above comment about getting used to the application.. make sure the edges are thick to enable you to peel it off in a few quick movements (also don't use it on the soft skin under you eyes! As it really hurts to peel it off there - should you get some on there, use a damp face cloth to remove it)
• It makes your skin feel fucking amazing!

What's with that after face?!

Afterwards you can see just where it's sat on your pores and brought everything to the surface.

I'd say price wise at £.14 for 50ml, it's definitely better than your average detox mask.

It's not clay based, and doesn't heat up on the skin - But once you've removed it with your chosen method, my god your skin couldn't feel any more detoxed (Much better than other clay 'detox' masks I've tried). It feels as if it's peeled of/ chemically stripped off the top layer of your skin, and draws all you impurities to the surface (hence my spots being slightly redder after using it) - It's got to get worse before it gets better!
It does leave my face slightly dry.. but I usually follow up with a light moisturiser .. to further allow my skin to breathe without it feeling tight. 

All in all, it's an amazing 'drugstore' face mask well worth giving a shot if you're stuck in a rut with your skin.. Available here.

Vicki xo