Review: Lush H'Suan Wen Hua

This is one one those products I'm not quite sure if I really need it. I does have an nice effect on my hair, but I don't find it worth 5� per use plus putting up with the incredibly strong scent. First off something about my hair: I have very long (a bit over the half of the back), thick, curly, frizzy and very dry hair. I used a half of pot for the entire length of my hair (It's applied on dry hair as a pre-wash treatment) and I massaged some in my scalp and it was barely enough. I know it says to use the whole pot, but I'm sorry there only so much that my hair can absorb, I'm not wasting any product. Just an advice, hold your hair over the sink or tub when you're applying it because it's quite runny and slippery. So about the scent. It's really, really strong. I smell clove mixed with a bit of cinnamon and some other herbs. Personally I'm not particularity fond of the scent of clove and I found it a bit difficult to put up with the scent. I left it on for about an hour and a half. When I rinsed my hair it was basically a very tangled mess. I then used Nivea Pure Gloss Anti-Dandruff shampoo and my trusted Garnier Fructis Oil Repair mask and finished of with John Frieda Brilliant Brunette Shine Shock. I let my hair dry naturally (btw the scent gets on the pillow to). They are more shinny and definitely softer, the scent is still present but it's mild. They're not as tangled as usual but apart from the shine they just look like the same curly, frizzy mess as always. I still need to use some heating tools or tie them in a bun over the night to make them presentable. A pot costs 11� which is way to expensive considering I get two uses from it. I do like the effect and I think it's a nice product, but I just can't put up with the smell and the price is too high. I'm sticking with my regular regime, anti-dandruff shampoo and Fructis Oil Repair mask or John Frieda Brilliant Brunette conditioner, it works just fine.

To je eden izmed tistih izdelkov za katerega ne vem ce me je res preprical. Ima zadovoljiv efekt na laseh ampak se mi enostavno ne zdi vreden 5 � na uporabo plus tega ima �e neverjetno mocen vonj. Moji lasje so zelo dolgi (do sredine hrbta), gosti, kodrati, frizzy in zelo suhi. Za celotno dol�ino las sem porabila pol loncka, malo se jo �e vmasirala v lasi�ce. Pol loncka je bilo skoraj premalo, ceprav pi�e, da naj bi porabila cel loncek ga dejansko nima smisla ker lasje pac ne morejo posrkat toliko maske in dejansko vr�e� pol maske stran. Maska je zelo tekoca in nekako sluzasta, zato je bolje ce jo nana�a� nad umivalnikom ali banjo. Kar se vonja tice, kot sem �e rekla je izjemno mocan. Jaz voham klincke (nageljnove �bice) zme�ane z malo cimeta in drugimi zeli�ci. Meni osebno vonj klinckov ne odgovarja in sem vonj kar malo te�ko prena�ala. Na laseh sem jo pustila okrog ure in pol. Ko sem jo sprala so bili lasje zelo zavozlani. Nadaljevala sem z Nivejinim Pure Gloss �amponom proti prhljaju, Garnierjevo Oil Repair masko in John Frieda Brilliant Brunette Shine Shock. Lase sem pustila da so se posu�ili naravno (btw blazina na kateri spite se bo navzela vonja maske). Lasje so mehkej�i in se bolj svetijo, vonj je �e prisoten ampak je bolj mil. Lasje se mi ne zdijo tako zavozlani kot so ponavadi, ampak razen sijaja izgledajo tako kot ponavadi, zavozlana, frizzy zme�njava. �e vedno rabim ravnalec ali kodralnik ali pa jih pustiti v figi cez noc da izgledajo ok. Loncek stane 11� kar je predrago glede na to da ga bom imela le za dvakrat. V�ec mi je efekt in se mi zdi v redu maska, ampak jaz enostavno ne maram vonja in cena je veliko previsoka. Ostajam pri moji obicajni rutini, �ampon proti prhljaju in mojima dvema maskama Oil Repair in John Frieda Brilliant Brunette.

Review: Lush Charlotte Island

I've been to Lush last week. I don't usually go there even though I have one near me when I'm in Ljubljana. So I finally bought H'Suan Wen Hua hair treatment which I'll review in the next days and Charlotte Island (that perfume bottle is from Refan and it's D&G Light Blue).

Charlotte Island is a wash-off tan, a sort of instant tan but without the annoying self-tanning scent. It a relatively thick, chocolate brown cream with some red tones. The application is very easy and even, of course providing you have a relatively smooth skin (it applies uneven on parts with body hair). On the skin the colour is bronze with some red undertones, which in some lights can make you look a bit sunburned (however my cousin and mom say it looks fine and that I'm overreacting), it also contains a tinny bit of shimmer. With one application you get a faint but noticeable tan and you can layer it. It dries fast and it doesn't stain the clothes. There are two things that really bother me. First it's the bottle. I hate Lush bottles. The plastic is way to hard so the bottle is ridiculously hard to squeeze. Second it's the scent. The sales woman said it smells of chocolate and some reviewers on MUA said it has a tropical scent. Well I don't smell anything tropical. It kind of smells like old chocolate, I would describe it as a scent of an old stuffy room, sort of musky. It's very strong  and it lingers for hours. I just really dislike it. I like the idea of the wash-off tan, this is one of the rare ones (if not the only one) available in Slovenia, but I really doubt I'll repurchase it. A 100 ml bottle costs around 8� here, there is also 250 ml bottle available.

Edit: It definitely makes me look sunburned. The colour is just to red. I applied it all over my legs and the first comment I got from my mom was why do my legs look so red and that they look sunburned. If you're really pale don't buy it.

Charlotte Island je obarvana krema za telo, ki da efekt takoj�nje zagorelosti in se preprosto spere. Gre za �e kar gosto kremo cokoladne barve z nekaj rdecimi toni. Nanos je enostaven in enakomeren, seveda ce ima� relativno gladko ko�o (namrec �e kar neenakomerno se na nana�a na nedepiliranih predelih). Nane�ena na ko�o izgleda kot lep zagorel ten ampak z nekaj rdecimi toni, ki v dolocenih svetlobah lahko izgleda kot rahla opecenost (ceprav moja sestricna in mami pravita da izgleda cisto v redu in da pretiravam). Ima tudi nekaj res drobnih in redkih ble�cic. Z enim nanosom dobi� rahlo ampak dovolj opazno barvo. Na ko�i se hitro posu�i in se ne prenese na oblacila. Dve stvari me zelo motijo. Prvo je embala�a. Vse Lusheve fla�ke so narejene iz pretrde plastike, ki jo je skoraj nemogoce stisniti. Drugo pa je vonj. Prodajalka je rekla da di�i po cokoladi, na MUA pa ga nekateri opisujejo kot tropski vonj. Jaz ne voham nicesar tropskega. Mogoce malo di�i po stari cokoladi ampak jaz bi vonj opisala kot vonj po stari, zatohli sobi, pac enostavno zoprn. Vonj se obdr�i zelo dolgo in je precej mocan. V�ec mi je ideja instantne zagorelosti ampak dvomim, da bom tole �e kdaj kupila, kljub temu da je eden izmed redkih (ce ne celo edini) wash-off tan. 100 ml fla�ka stane okrog 8�, dobi se �e v 250 ml izvedbi.

Edit: Definitivno da opecen videz. Enostavno je barva prevec rdeca. Nanesla sem jo po nogah in prvi komentar, ki sem ga dobila od mami je bil zakaj so moje noge tako rdece in ce me je opeklo sonce. Ce ste zelo svetli je ne kupujte.

Taken in sunlight:

Manhattan, Lush, L'Occitane

Manhattan Magic Duo eyeshadow in Chrystal Plum is a part of LE called Diamonds are a Girls... I love, love, love the darker colour (darkened plum) and they are both really pigmented, but staying power is incredibly poor (no matter what I use underneath). It starts fading so fast, what a pity. The plum eyeshadow is matte, the lighter pinkish eyeshadow has some sparkles.

Sencilo je del Manhattanove omejene kolekcije imenovane Diamonds are a Girls... Temnej�a, slivova sencka mi je izjemno v�ec, vendar pa kljub temu da sta precej pigmentirani, sta zelo neobstojni in hitro zbledita, pa ni va�no kaj uporabim pod sencko. �koda. Temnej�a sencka je mat, svetlej�a ima nekaj ble�cic.

I went to Lush a couple of week ago, because I really wanted one of their bubble bars. I chose the one from their Christmas collection. It's called Candy Cane in it smell exactly as the Snow Fairy shower gel and Cream Candy bubble bar (smells something like a bubble gum). I wanted to make the most of it, so I cut it in 4 pieces. I used one when I took my bath and it turned out that was simply to little, there was almost no foam. I guess you can't really can't be stingy with this one.
Nekaj tednov nazaj sem obiskala Lush, ker sem si res za�elela eno izmed njihovih penecih kopeli. Vzela sem Candy Cane iz bo�icne kolekcije in di�i enako kot snow Fair tu� gel ali Cream Candy peneca kopel (nekako po cugimijih). Hotela sem jo imeti za cim veckrat, zato sem jo narezala na 4 dele, pa se je izkazalo da cetrtina ni dovolj. Pene je bilo zelo malo, drugic bom uporabila vec. �koda, ker je precej draga, ce jo ima� lahko samo za 2x.

L'Occitane Almond Shower oil is one of my favourite products of all time. The scent is absolutely gorgeous, I can't help myself not sniffing it all the time. Oh, if only there was a fragrance with such scent. Too bad it's so expensive (16,50 �), but it's worth every cent. It's an oil that when applied on wet skin, transforms into a thick foam. The scent lingers on the skin for quite some time, I do still smell it in the morning.

L'Occitanovo mandljevo olje za tu�iranje je eden izmed mojih najljub�ih izdelkov ever. Di�i absolutno bo�ansko, ne morem ga nekah ovohavat. �koda, da je tako drag (16,50�), ampak je vreden vsaj zaradi vonja. Olje se spremeni v gosto peno, ko ga nasemo na mokro ko�o. Vonj se obdr�i kar nekaj casa.