Weleda Wild Rose Creamy Body Wash

Another gorgeous Body Wash to tell you about today. Weleda Wild Rose Creamy Body Wash is a gentle, paraben and SLS free creamy body wash with a delicate scent.

Weleda say 

Weleda Wild Rose Creamy Body Wash is a wonderfully harmonising shower cream with an exquisite composition based on richly nourishing Rosehip Oil, blended to perfection with organic essential oil of Damask Rose which provides a delicate mild fragrance.

My thoughts 

This is a really gentle, yet rich cream formula body wash that is ideal for my can be irritated to some washes skin. It has a pleasant fresh rose scent and leaves skin feeling soft and silky without leaving any residue. Oh and the hot pink packaging adds a welcome splash of colour to the bathroom!

Weleda Wild Rose Creamy Body Wash costs £8.95 for 200ml

*PR Sample

MeMeMe Seventh Heaven Moisturising Face Base - Review

I picked up Seventh Heaven Enriched Moisturising Facebase quite a while ago from Superdrug and have only got round to properly using it, which is a shame as Superdrug are no longer stocking MeMeME Cosmetics. However all is not lost as you can still pick it up online from the MeMeMe website.

MeMeMe say 

A moisturising face base enriched with Shea Butter, Vitamin A and Beta-Carotene to prep and prime skin

My thoughts 

As a primer this is superb. It has a lovely cream texture that feels so nice, soft and moisturising on the skin. For those of you who don't like the feeling of silicone primers this is ideal and it has the added bonus of not reacting to certain foundation resulting in that rolling effect that can sometimes happen. It has a lovely citrus lemon scent that is really refreshing. Once it is applied it feels like it coats the skin and has a smoothing effect that results in foundation just gliding onto the skin, filling in pores and lines so that foundation really does appear smooth and flawless.

Very nice indeed.

MeMeMe Seventh Heaven Enriched Moisturising Face Base costs £15 for 30ml although currently on the MeMeMe website it is on offer at £10.

Yu-Be Moisturizing Skin Cream - Review

Winter is in full flow now and as mentioned many times before on BeautySwot.com I do love a good hand cream and naturally I want to share this with you.

Yu-Be Moisturizing Skin Cream is a multi-purpose cream for dry skin or lips but my favourite application for it is as a hand cream to apply to my hands just before I go to bed.

This product has been on the market for a long time. Developed in 1957 it is said to be one of the best selling products in Japan and it is easy to see why. The cream has a concentrated Glycerin Formula and is enriched with Vitamins B2, C and E. It plumps, hydrates and soothes dry skin beautifully, absorbing fast without leaving an oily or greasy residue. The product is yellow in colour and initially has the medicinal scent of Camphor (smells like Vicks Vapor Rub) which I really love and also has the added bonus of helping to clear my airways to breathe easier (ideal in the Winter) though if you are not a fan, the scent, sadly for me, disappears fast.

Use on rough dry skin,split cuticles, chapped lips, cracked heels, calluses and sunburn anywhere on the body.

Contains no artificial colour or fragrance. Great stuff.

You can buy it in a tub format (70g) from Boots for £19.50 or in this tube format of 33g for around £13 from various online stores.

*PR Sample

Burberry Body EDP _ Perfume Sample Saturday

Today's Perfume Sample Saturday features Burberry Body Eau De Parfum 

Burberry Body is described as a feminine and effortlessly sensual fragrance. Initially, it is ever so slightly fruity and sparkly but the top notes move aside quickly to reveal the deliciously floral rose and iris blended with the warmth of sandalwood and the sweet powdery tones of vanilla and musk. This EDP is extremely easy to wear and for me the name Body for this perfume makes me think that it was so named because the delicateness of the perfume created is (in the perfumier's head) just how the bare skin of a woman smells, the scent of a woman. A fragrance that will appeal to all age groups.

Top notes: Green Absinthe, Peach, Freesia

Heart notes: Natural Rose Absolute, Iris, Sandalwood

Base notes: Woody Cashmeran, Creamy Vanilla, Amber, Musk

Subtle, sensual, very nice.

Burberry Body EDP 60ml costs £55

Max Factor Excess Volume Mascara - Review

Readers of BeautySwot will know that I am a huge fan of Max Factor mascaras so when the latest one landed on my doorstep I wasted no time in putting it to the test....

Excess Volume Extreme Impact Mascara in Black comes in two phases, the first plastic brush separates and provides extreme volume and the second traditional style brush provides dark lacquer.

Max Factor say 

Indulge your lashes with the ultimate combination of a volumising base, then an intensifying lacquer. Take your lashes to excess.

• Volumising base for excessively thick lashes
• Intensifying lacquer for a polished jet black finish
• Seals in volume for all-day impact
• Intense darkness lasts all day and night
• Easily removed with an oil-based remover

My thoughts 

The tube is quite a thick barrel and as my hands are small I was a little apprehensive of the handling but I needn't have worried as using the mascara was fine.

Part 1 - Extreme Volume 

This side of the brush contains many close together bristles and this separated my lashes beautifully to give the appearance of an abundance of lashes. A couple of coats later and I had wonderfully long lashes. I could wear this mascara as is.

Part 2 - Dark Lacquer 

Applying this over the top of the previous mascara achieves a darker, more intense appearance and stand out lashes. The lacquer seals the mascara and thickens the lashes.

The end result is one that I love very much, my lashes are lust and flutterworthy. They stand out and have high impact.

Excess Volume Mascara is a great addition to the Max Factor Mascara family, the formula is not overly wet, the brushes are easy to use and the effect is impressive.

I loved the effect of it so much it prompted me to make my first ever youtube video!

Take a look here:




Before 

After

Max Factor Excess Volume Mascara costs £12.99

*PR Sample

Rituals T'ai Chi White Lotus & Green Tea Shower Foam

Rituals T'ai Chi White Lotus & Green Tea Foaming Shower Gel is a gel to foam body wash. Just a little spray of the pump starts a chain of humongous foam, so do it carefully! It has a gorgeous fresh scent and leaves skin feeling silky soft without drying it out. Soft and gentle, I love this body wash for its delicious green tea scent. Just reading the ingredients makes me feel healthy. A great way to start 2014 :)

Rituals T'a Chi Shower Form costs £8.50 for 250ml

Every Woman Needs A Little Black Dress

When it comes to party outfits I think that if you only buy one thing you should make it a little black dress... The one I am wearing above was I admit an impulse purchase (I went into the shop looking for a cardigan!). I bought it on the proviso that if I changed my mind and wanted to buy it when I next went shopping it would not be there, like so many things before.

This fits so many of my perfect dress criteria, it is black, it is not too revealing and it gives an amazing shape to my hourglass figure while hiding a multitude of sins! The black lace fabric is stunning and although I am only 4ft 11 I can get away with this non petite sized dress which comes just over my knees. Extremely flattering, comfortable and I feel so good wearing it. What more can a girl ask for ??

Teamed with nude heels which elongates the appearance of my legs.

Dress pictured is from Monsoon's Fusion Collection