Sunday, May 26, 2013

Vaseline Spray and Go Moisturizer Review

I've always been a fan of life hacks and short cuts and until this product came out, I've actually been quite lazy about moisturizing everyday despite my dry skin problems. I don't like waiting for lotion to dry before I can put on clothes and I hate the residue feeling that some lotions leave behind.

The Vaseline Spray and Go lotion is definitely a product that a lazy lotioner like myself can use daily. It comes in three scents currently: Aloe Fresh, Oat, and Cocoa Butter. The cocoa butter is a warm and sugary scent, it kind of smells like Oreos to me; it also claims to use pure cocoa butter. The oat smells very neutral, it has a light herbal scent and claims to be made with pure oat extract. I purchased the aloe fresh scent because it actually smelled a bit sweet but also had a fresh cut grass kind of smell so it definitely is a refreshing scent.



The package design of the product features a 360 degree spray; meaning that if you spray upside down product will spray continuously unlike an ordinary squirt bottle that stops when there is an air bubble or if the product is not in the straw. You do not need to shake the bottle either because it comes with compressed air so you can be lazy about shaking the product before use too!

The lotion its self is the consistency of watered down lotion but don't be fooled! It is actually very moisturizing and not in the way that makes you feel greasy, it actually dries quite fast and leaves me feeling refreshed. The spray ranges in thickness depending on how far away you are spraying the product on your skin. For me, I use it as far away from my body as possibly because spraying it closer made the product condensed and thicker so I could not simply rub a few times for it to soak into my skin. If you don't mind the extra few minutes for the drying go ahead and spray closer, everyone's skin is different and sometimes your skin will need extra love and moisture so a close up spray can actually be more beneficial.

I LOVE how the mist cools down my skin too because it will be perfect for summer time ! If you wake up too hot or just get out of a hot shower and suddenly need to cool down, this product feels amazing. I am giving this a 4.5 out of 5 rating because I love that the product does EXACTLY what it's supposed to but I do not like that the spray can get messy if you are near walls or furniture.

Love on it.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Sally Hansen Salon Effect vs. Kiss Nail Fashion Strip

As a busy lady trying to juggle multiple jobs, a love life, and crazy demanding family, I am left with few hours to myself a day. I think it is necessary to do things that make us feel good about ourseves and fresh. Nothing makes me feel fresher than a fresh coat of nail polish! "But what about that dry time!?" Fear not, for there is a new trend in instant, stick-on nail polish art! I have tried the Sally Hansen Salon Effect and also the Kiss Fashion Strips. Both companies have packaged their products in clear boxes with the tools that you will need to successfully apply the stick-on nail polishes. The first product I tried was the Sally Hansen Salon Effect. The package came with the stickers, a nail file, and a cuticle pusher stick. This product was hard to figure out at first and also a bit difficult to maneuver because the sticker pieces felt so fragile but don't let that fool you. These polish stickers are surprisingly stretchy and adhere to nails with your own body heat. You peel them off of a clear plastic sheet, then peel them off of the paper that helps it keep its shape (kind of like a temporary tattoo). You then pick a nail close to that size and just press on and smooth out any imperfections or air bubbles. They say to file the rest of the sticker off but I find it is much easier to just melt and rip off the excess and file the imperfections off. Also, this product actually smells like fresh polish which is something that I was not expecting but it is not a strong scent. These usually come in a pack that is good for 1 to 2 uses depending on your nail sizes. The cost is about the same price for a decent nail polish, around $7-$9 (but I found them for cheap at Christmas Tree Shop $2.99!). I rate this 4.5 out of 5. The final .5 I am taking off because it was difficult to figure out how to use when I took it out of the package but the quality of the finished product was a gorgeous shiny new coat. The second product I tried was the Kiss Fashion Strips. These come in a pack that has enough for 2 uses and a nail file. The application of this one was much easier.... or so I thought. It was a lot less fragile feeling and also peeled off like an actual sticker. I applied it to my nail the same way I applied the Sally Hansen Salon Effect and the Kiss Fashion Strip is not heat activated or effected. I had to file off the excess which left me with an ugly paper tip. "What do you mean 'ugly white tip?" I mean that this thing looked like I straight up ripped the design off a piece of paper and you could see the paper inside bits hanging off. To be frank, my nails looked jacked up. The first nail was really bad so I tried another one and this time used a nail clipper to cut off the excess which looked a little better but you could still see that the product was printed on a piece of paper. It even wrinkles like a piece of paper! The out come was not completely horrible....until I got in the shower. The tips started getting wet and left a white fray of sticker paper on the edge of EVERY nail. I ripped them off after my shower and decided that I was disappointed in my purchase. I am going to rate this one a 2 out of 5 because it was easy to apply but the edges were just too frayed and I hated looking at them and they fall apart in the shower. I do think that this is a great alternative for younger girls so that they are not smelling harmful fumes (yes, this one was scentless) and they are easy to stick on if you know how to peel a sticker you can use this product. They also peel off easily, it did leave some sticky residue though which I wasn't too thrilled about. They sell for about $6.99-$8.99 depending on the design. I will probably end up using the rest of them as letter sealing stickers because the ones I got were rainbow tie-dye and they are still cute even if I can't wear them.