Empties #7

Καλημέρα σε όλους! Σήμερα σας έχω ένα empties post, μια από τις αγαπημένες μου κατηγορίες post και αυτό γιατί βρίσκονται μαζεμένα πολλά μίνι reviews με ολοκληρωμένη άποψη μέσα σε μία ανάρτηση. Επειδή τελείωσα πολλά προϊόντα τους τελευταίους μήνες, αποφάσισα να μην τα δείξω όλα σ' ένα post, γι αυτό να περιμένετε άλλο ένα σύντομα.

Big Collective Haul (The Body Shop, Avene, La Roche Posay, Redken, Sexy Hair etc.)

 I haven't done a haul post in..... I don't know, maybe two months? Which is a long time for me! But all this time I've done a few mini hauls, mostly online for some new skincare and haircare goodies so I've been waiting to collect all them so I can include them in one big haul post. 

So let's start!

I really wanted to start using salon hair products so I needed to do some online shopping to find a few good ones. I'll star first twith the stuff that I got from Beautybay, I got a new curl enhancer because summertime it's almost here and I always let my hair dry naturally at summer,  for me that means curly hair. For those who have naturally curly hair can understand how undefined and frizzy natural curls can be so I always use a curl enhancer. For almost two years I've been using the Sunsilk curling leave-in cream (the green bottle) but now I wanted to try something else so I chose the Curly Sexy Hair Curling Cream, I've been using it for almost two months and I love it! If I don't use a lot of this product it creates beautiful and super soft loose curls and I prefer these over the tighter ones. I'm in a very "curly hair" mood lately, I'm planning to try more products for curly hair this summer! Also from Beautybay I got the Macadamia Oil No Tangle Brush, which I fell in love with. At first I wasn't completely sure if I was going to like it or not because I've never tried a brush like that, but I did like it and now I use it all the time. It does wonders right before I shampoo my hair because my hair's curly and it always gets tangled so that makes it difficult for me to run my fingers through my hair when I wash it, I have to say that this brush has helped a lot with that problem.

I was in search for a good conditioner that would leave my hair extremely soft, I read so many good reviews about the Redken All Soft Conditioner so I decided to get that one from Lookfantastic. But to be honest I'm not that impressed with it, I don't know why because it seems that everyone loves it, but all of the times that I've used it it never left my hair soft or smooth, the drugstore ones that I've been using all these years are way better than this one. If any of you have tried this conditioner, please let me know if you like it or not, I'm curious to know.

Recently from Feelunique I got this leave-in conditioner, the Healthy Sexy Hair Soy Tri-Wheat Leave In Conditioner Spray , wow that is a huge name for a leave-in spray. Also I've read the best reviews about this one, I haven't tried it for more than three times and so far I'm still not sure if I like it or not. It does miracles controlling the frizziness but after my hair's dry it doesn't feel soft or anything like that, it feels kind of rough and I don't know if that's happening because of the protein it contains. But I will continue using it to see if I like it or not.

From various greek pharmacies online shops, the pharm24.gr and the ofarmakopoiosmou.gr I got a few skincare stuff. I was looking for a new cleanser to try because my previous one, the Apivita Foam Cleanser with Lavender and Olive was a bit too heavy for my oily skin right now so I decided to get the Avene Cleansing Foam which is for combination to oily skintypes. I've been using it for almost 2 months and I really like it, it cleanses well without making my skin feel tight afterwards but I'm not so sure if I'll repurchase it or not because I'm not so into the foaming cleansers, I prefer the gel ones especially at summer. Nevertheless it's a really good cleanser for combination skitypes. I also got the matching moisturizer, the Avene Mattifying Fluid which I don't like that much. It clogs my pores and I've noticed a few pimples around my chin area. I will continue using it but I had higher expectations for this one. Two more skincare products that I got is a new bottle of my beloved La Roche Posay Physiological Micellar Solution, and this time I got the small bottle because it's more travel friendly for the summertime. Last for skincare I got a double packet of the Apivita Face Mask with Propolis for the bad skin days when I'm having break outs and stuff. 

When I found out that Body Shop re-released the Viveyard Peach line I had to run and get a few stuff, because the last time they released this line I didn't get anything and I still regret it. I got the body lotion and the body mist and OMG these two smell like heaven, it's like I'm smelling a ripe peach, if you've never smelled anything from this line, you have to!

Last but not least I got two products from the drugstore, my absolute HG concealer the Seventeen Ideal Cover Liquid Concealer, I finished my last tube of this a few months ago and no matter how many concealers I own I need to have this particular one in my collection! I also got a nail polish, the Erre Due Last Minute in #398 Peter Pan, which is a beautiful sky blue color. I generally don't like blue nail polishes, I don't think they compliment my skintone but that shade of blue is one my favorites and so I searched a lot at the drugstore to find one and that's the only one I could find. I love Erre Due's nail polishes, they have a huge selection of colors.



So that's everything that I hauled the past two months. Let me know if you've tried any of these products, I wanna know your opinions about them.

"What's In My Shower" Tag.

So about a month ago I was tagged by the lovely Vicky from the blog  Beauty & the Food Beast to do the "What's In My Shower" tag but I completely forgot about it, so I'm doing it now, even though I'm propably the last person doing it but I think that's ok. I decided to show you only the products that I use while I'm in the shower, and not any body creams or lotions. Since the corner of my shower it's not a particular beautiful spot to show to you guys, I put them all in a basket just to look more presentable.

I'll start off with the shampoos that I'm using right now. I love the Herbal Essences shampoos, I must have tried all of them but I always prefer the creamy over the clear ones because they're more hydrating. Right now I'm using the Seductively Straight one, it's pretty good nothing too special but it's OK. And every 3 weeks or once a month I use the Redken Hair Cleansing Cream shampoo, which is a clarifying shampoo, it gets rid off all the build up that I may have on my hair from styling products, hair oils etc. It does a great job but beware it is a strong shampoo that's why I always deep conditioning my hair after that, it also has a pleasant fresh/citrus scent which I love.

The conditioners that I use right now and I love them both very much are the Aussie Miracle Moist and the L'oreal Total Elvive Repair 5. The Aussie Miracle Moist is a great lightweight but very moisturizing conditioner, my bottle is almost empty but I repurchased it about a week ago, it is quite expensive in Greece but I always look out for deals and coupons. The L'oreal Elvive Total Repair 5 is an oldie but goodie, it's my favourite drugstore hair conditioner for a long time, it's actually one of the most high quality conditioners you will find at the drugstore.

Two shower gels that I love using besides soaps, which I also like but I didn't have any to show to you right now, are the Dove Go Fresh with Blue Fig and Orange Blossom, and the Soap & Glory Clean Girls body wash. The Dove Go Fresh has a very summerish scent perfect for a moring shower. The Soap & Glory Clean Girls body wash unfortunately is not sold in Greece, I got it while I was in the UK but if you can get it in your hands or any of the Soap & Glory body washes  in general just grab one, they are very moisturizing, this particular one has a very unique flowery and manly scent. And I love the pump, I wish all shower gels would come with a pump, they're so handy!

As for the scrubs that I'm using I have to say that I like to exfoliate my face only while I'm in the shower, I don't know why, don't ask me. Even though I'm a hardcore fan of the Korres Pomegranate face scrub I grabbed this St.Ives Invigorating Apricot Scrub while I was in the UK just to try it out, and also because it's a very popular face scrub and I cannot get it in Greece. I can't say that I love it as much as I love the Korres one but it they're very similar in texture, the only problem that I have with the St.Ives one is that it has a strong smell of alcohol which I don't particularly like. When it comes to exfoliate my body I'm such a lazy person, I always forget to do it. Right now I'm using the Soap & Glory Breakfast Scrub which I also got in the UK, and I have to say that it smells exactly like brown sugar! The texture is kind of weird though, it's very hard, not creamy at all and I'm used to more creamy body scrubs like the ones from The Body Shop which I love. This one you have to really work it between your hands to warm it up so you can apply it on your skin, otherwise it will just fall into your bathtub, even then it will still crumble and make a bit of a mess in your shower.



So that was everything, all the products that I use while I'm in the shower, ok maybe not everything, I didn't include razors and soap for the intimate area, because to be honest they are not that intresting. I like to change the products that I'm using in the shower quite often, but these are the ones that I'm using this period, I hope you liked them.
Let me know if you're using any of them or if you've tried them in the past and if you like them or not. Even better let me know what are the products that you're using while you're in the shower, and for any of you that you haven't been tagged to do this post, I tag you all!

Collective Feelunique, Drugstore & Sephora Haul

It's been a while since I've done a haul post, not because I haven't been hauling at all, but because my hauls were really small and random and I was waiting so I would gather a few products and then show them to you guys. If you follow me on Instagram, you can see pictures of my mini hauls all the time. Most of the items I hauled are drugstore and also an order I did a while ago from Feelunique.

From Feelunique I ordered 2 things, the Redken Hair Cleansing Cream Shampoo and the Burt's Bees Sensitive Night Cream. The Redken Hair Cleansing cream is a very famous clarifying shampoo in the beauty community , I've been wanting to buy it for years and I finally caved in. I've only tried it once and I have to say that this stuff is really, really strong, it completely dried out my scalp, so that means that it does work but next time I'll have to be careful and not leave it for more than 5 minutes on my scalp before I rinse it off. Also the smell is amazing, it has a gorgeous fresh lemon scent which I love.

The Burt's Bees Sensitive Night Cream was an impulse purchase, I've been trying different skincare products for a while now, and I wanted to get a moisturizer for when my skin reacts to the weather changes, and that happens to me a lot. Until now my skin has been really good, so I can't say how it works when my skin is drier and itchy, but I have been using it for a week or so, and it's really good. It has a very light texture, I can easily blend it on my skin and it doesn't feel sticky at all. It can be a little heavy to be used under makeup that's why I've been avoiding that, but for night time it's really good.

Now to the drugstore goodies, I got this new Garnier Fructis Goodbye Damage Split Ends Serum for my hair. I love trying drugstore hair products, and whenever I see a new one at the store I know I have to get it. I don't usually use hair serums, I only use hair creams and oils for straightening my hair, but I got this to use it just at the ends. I've used it a couple of times and what really surpsrised me is how thick this product is, it has a texure between a serum and an oil and it leaves my ends really soft. Also, I absolutely adore the bright orange packaging, isn't it beautiful?

Well as you can see I went a bit crazy and hauled a bunch of mascaras, and the funny part is that I never combine mascaras, I only use one for 3 months or so. I first purchased the Radiant Professional Studio Perfect mascara because of the lovely youtuber Lucy, it's her HG mascara and I wanted to use it even though I knew that it has a rubber brush which I'm not particularly a fan of them, but I got it anyway. Radiant Professional is a greek brand and I'm not sure if and where its sold outside Greece. To me it's a very basic mascara, it only gives me length because let's face it, I'm not blessed with full lashes like Lucy, but I like the fact that it holds a curl. 

I also got the Sephora Lash Plumper mascara in Ultra Black because Sephora had a great deal for about two weeks, you could buy any Sepora mascara for only10 euros. I haven't purchased a Sephora mascara before, so this is my first time. I haven't opened it yet because I'm saving it for later, but I read really good reviews about it, I read that it gives volume and keeps the lashes really soft, which are the two things that I'm always looking for in a a mascara.

Lastly for mascaras, I saw this new packet at the Essence stand, you get the new Get Big Lashes Triple Black and the Get Big Lashes Waterproof mascaras for the price of one, which is only 2.9 euros! I just couldn't get pass up this deal, they were so cheap, and they had tones of them so if you want them you should definitely check out your nearest Essence stand and grab one. I haven't try them either because I'm saving them for later.

I also purchased a few more stuff from Essence, I got a new base coat because my HG one from Radiant Professional became very gooey and I needed to replace it but I decided to try the Pro White Hardener instead, from the Essence's Studio Nails line. It's a very basic base coat in my opinion, it does the job but I don't think it's as great as the Vitamin Force from Radiant. 

I also got the Lash & Brow clear mascara, I don't usually use clear mascara for my brows, especially since the last one I had from The Body Shop was awful, it was really wet and it was leaving  my brows hard. This one from Essence is not like that at all, is doesn't leave tons of product on my brows, I really like it, and if you're searching for inexpensive clear mascara you should check this one out.

Lastly from Essence I got a lip liner in #11 In The Nude, I got this one because it was the most nude of all the shades they have, and because my HG shade the #1 Soft Rose was discontinued, it was a pink nude, this one is more of a beige nude but it's still very pretty.

So that's all the stuff that I hauled the past few weeks, I also hauled a few more stuff lately from the drugstore and online but I will do a seperate post when I'll have them all in my hands. 

Have you tried any of these products, did you like them? Let me know!