Showing posts with label body wash. Show all posts
Showing posts with label body wash. Show all posts

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Skinfood Hop Beer shampoo and conditioner, Wormwood body wash

Skinfood Summer Travel Set
I got the Skinfood Summer Travel Set as a gift with purchase when I spent 30000won($30) just before Christmas. Why exactly they released the Summer set in the Winter... I don't know.  With 30ml in each sample, it's a really nice free gift! The Aloe Vera Cleanser I reviewed separately, here.

Hop Beer Hair Wash

I've gotten a number of samples of this shampoo. My hair tends to be finnicky, and the idea of a Beer shampoo really doesn't appeal to me. It seems like the sort of thing that should be in the Men's section of skinfood. But it's not. 
Smells -  Wow does this stuff smell. It's intense. Possibly the most potent product I've ever come across. The weird thing is, it doesn't smell like beer. A little like hops, but very musky, very much like a man's cologne. I really think this should be a Men's product!
Texture- It's a clear brownish orange shampoo. Looks like a orange stout beer.  It doesn't foam very much!
Effectiveness- Except for the smell, the shampoo is quiet nice. It's gentle, but cleansing. It doesn't leave residue, but it also doesn't strip my hair. It's nicely inbetween.
Buy?- Maybe, but only as a gift, for a guy. The shampoo is actually nice. It cleansing ability is something I could comfortably use everyday, it doesn't strip or way down my hair at all. But the smell. It's just so manly. I washed my hair one night before bed, and after work the next day(almost 24hours later, I could still smell my hair at random moments. Ugh. But for a guy, it would make a nice present.

Beer Hair Conditioner
Smells -  Much nicer than the Hair wash(shampoo), It's the same scent, but a lot gentler. Not as over powering.
Texture-  Nice and creamy, it's a light orange brown.  
Effectiveness-It's lightly moisturizing. Nice, not too much. In fact if it weren't for the smell, I would probably by the set. It's a good everyday conditioner, moisturizing without weighing my hair down. It's a really well balanced conditioner.
Buy?- Like the beer shampoo, I would only buy this as a gift for a guy. But with that said, it would be great for a guy, it's well balanced, without being girly.


Wormwood Body Wash
Smells - Green! Like a twig from a tree that you just snapped, kind of like freshly cut grass. It's not a bad scent, a bit manly, but interesting. It's not nearly as smell as the Shampoo, but OMG this stuff is potent! So so so smelly. Even after the container having been opened for months.... It still smell intensely. After using it my whole bathroom smells for the rest of the day!
Texture- The Body wash is a green gel wash, that doesn't foam much on it's own. When used with a body puff it foams a lot more.
Effectiveness- Cleans well, even without using a puff to make it foamy, the cleanser leaves me feeling clean and fresh, and very scented. It's not drying but it's not moisturizing. Pretty basic overall
Buy?- No. It's smells intensely manly, and the cleanser is pretty basic. It's definitely not worth purchasing, for any reason.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Nature Republic -Sweet Body wash in Black and Blue Berry

Nature Republic -Sweet Body wash in Black and Blue Berry
Price 5300 won (5.30)

Since a Nature republic just opened up down the street from work (replacing my favorite etude house *sob*), I've been picking up a number of items recently.
However, after trying the items I've bought.... I've discovered.... Ugh.

This body was comes in a grey plastic bottle. The round tab on top is characteristic of Nature republic.  I quite like the bottle, it's simple, but effect, and apparently recyclable (yay!).
I adore the scent of blueberries, hence why I picked up this body wash.
But the scent, which is lightly fruity, almost blueberry when you take  quick whiff, turns rancid grape in the shower.
It's almost to the point of overwhelming.

The body wash itself is grey like the bottle. Which I find odd. Isn't everything usually colored to a shade to be appealing? Grey skin care?
The actually body was is super basic. It's basically like any cheap body wash.
Sure it cleans... but it does nothing for my skin, it smells bad, ugh.

All in all, after making a serious try at using this stuff up, I gave it away when it was still way more than half full.

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Skin food grape seed body wash

Skin food - Grape seed oil body wash


A light gel body wash, with small brown exfoliating beads, and a mild but uninteresting scent. It wasn’t moisturizing, or particularly cleansing, and the exfoliating beads were surprisingly hard to get rid of.


There is nothing about this product that would make me want to buy more!