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It seems that me and my girls have officially been bitten by the nail polish bug. Everyone’s into nails right now and we’re even spree-ing on nail polish purchases.

I recently picked up my first Rimmel nail polish in Green With Envy (#819), which is a shimmery green with hints of blue. It looked more blue in the bottle which prompted me to buy it, but when applied it looks very straight up green until you see it in daylight. It then turns into a beautiful shade of sea green with bluish tints. Think mermaids and wide oceans!

Here the photos are taken in daylight (no flash) with 2 coats. No base coat and no top coat. Although it applied evenly and is pretty much opaque, if you look closely you can still make out a bit of the nail bed beneath. So after I took this picture, I put a third coat that really enhanced the depth of the color but was too lazy to retake the pictures.

Unfortunately, I’m very hard on my nails, so by the end of the first day, I was already seeing slight signs of tip wear on my index fingers even with top coat applied.

What I love most about this polish is Rimmel’s 1 second brush. The brush is made to be flat and wider than normal brushes and it makes application simply awesome! I’m done with each nail in two strokes because of the width of the brush and I find that I don’t muck up my polish so much because I’m not going over it repeatedly.

Rimmel also dries almost instantly – they claim that your nails will be done in 60 seconds and honestly, it does work. I should know, since I went and hung out my laundry like 5 minutes after applying the second coat. No chipping, no scratching/hatch marks and no smudging!

In a nutshell, Rimmel is awesome and I’m definitely going to do my nails more often with polishes like this.

I have forgotten the price of this polish, but I do remember that I got it for 20% off at Watsons so wait around for sales.

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I was first attracted to this shampoo because of the cute small bottle that reminded me of teeny wine bottles (but in plastic form). It claims to be Then I saw the label that says “Made in Israel” and got intrigued enough to buy it to try.

Having used Style Aromatherapy Pro Hair Care Natural Anti-Aging Shampoo for about a month now, I think I’ve established my thoughts enough to blog about it.

First off, I like the bottle design as a change from the usual shampoo bottle. Buying the travel sized version of this shampoo also means that it fits nicely in my hand and the flip-top cover lets me use it one-handed. I’m not sure how bulky the regular sized bottles may be, seeing that they’re also flip-top caps and not pump versions.

The scent of this shampoo is also nice although I can’t describe it. It doesn’t irritate my sinuses either, so that’s a plus point in its favor. It doesn’t lather up excessively, but enough to get the job done.

Now comes the part where I’m rather on the fence with this shampoo.

I find that it does a good job of cleaning my hair when it felt greasy and not overly drying, but it also left my hair rather static. What I mean by static is when you run your fingers through your hair, it doesn’t feel smooth and your fingers seem to meet friction even though there are no tangles? While it doesn’t leave any product behind to weigh down my hair like some other shampoos I’ve used, my hair also didn’t feel as soft nor did it have shine. For a shampoo that’s supposed to be formulated for normal to dry hair, I found that it didn’t have enough moisturizing effect for me.

I figure I’ll alternate using this shampoo with my other, regular shampoos until I finish up the bottle. Waste not, want not!

Would I repurchase? Probably not.

Yes factors : Cleans oil and grease very well, nice fragrance
No factors : Does not provide enough moisture to hair ends, hair felt ‘static’ after use

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Category : Intensive repair for normal to dry hair with Dead Sea minerals, enriched with borage seed oil and burdock extract.

Description : Style Aromatherapy Shampoo with innovative “natural anti aging” technology nourishes and moisturizers your hair while leaving it feeling light and refreshed. Enriched with borage seed oil the shampoo is a natural anti aging source for your hair and scalp. The aromatherapeutic properties of burdock extract and Dead Sea minerals impart intensive nourishment to the hair resulting in increased softness and suppleness.

Directions : Apply a generous amount of shampoo to wet hair and work into a lather. Rinse well. Repeat if necessary. Suitable for daily use.

Packaging : 100ml (comes in 400ml version as well)

Recommended retail price : SGD 2.90 for 100ml

In my ongoing quest for the perfect moisturizer, I picked up a travel-sized bottle of this body lotion from Watsons Singapore figuring that the handy size would make it perfect for stashing in my drawer at office.

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For a product that has both the words olive and butter in its name, this body lotion is surprisingly not super oily. It makes my hands feel soft and well moisturized all over and does a stellar job of it. But that’s all the good things that I can say about this body lotion. Because other than this, I developed an intense dislike towards this product because of its scent.

By golly, is it ever so strongly scented!

Not that it’s an unpleasant scent, on the contrary it smells like olives and reminds me of The Body Shop’s olive shower gel which I loved. But whereas my nose could stand TBS’ olive scent, my sinuses decided to rebel against Palmer’s olive scent.

I’ve tried it a few times now and each time with just the teeniest smidgen for my hands and arms up to my elbows. (A smidgen = less than half a pea sized amount of the body butter.)

It’s so strongly scented it gives me an instant headache barely minutes after application. And the scent lingers. One hour later and I swear I can still smell it in the air. It bothered me so much between the scent, the headache and the sensitive sinuses that I actually went to the washroom to try and wash it off (since I’d only applied the body butter on my hands). I ran my hands under running water, rubbing and a scrubbing without soap for close to 5 minutes and I can still smell the scent on my skin! Argh! Talk about being potent.

But to give it credit where credit is due, this body lotion did not break out my sensitive skin. Just that my nose can’t stand it. I’m sorry Palmer’s, while I liked the moisturizing feel of your olive butter formula, the scent just kills me. Literally.

Yes factors : Nice and moisturizing without being oily, convenient travel sized bottle
No factors : Strongly scented, gave me a headache