Small DM haul…AGAIN

Ok I know I just posted the Douglas haul but I couldn’t resist to buy some small stuff in DM that I’ve been looking at for weeks.

I bought:

Balea Sweet Wonderland Lip Balm, was about 1 €, smells chocolaty but nothing special.

The Catrice Candy Shock Lip Balm Stick in Sugar Shock, about 2 €, I’ve seen previews for the new Catrice LE and this was the only product that caught my interest:

I like how the colored part is surrounded by this balm. But the actual color seems to be almost nude like on me…

The Maxfactor Lip Stick in 745 Burnt Caramel, tried it out and fell in love! Exactly my color. Will definitely review!

Treaclemoon’s My coconut Island has been around for some time in DM, it was about 5 € I think for 500 ml, I bought it because of the very very sweet coconut smell. It’s even a mix with cotton candy to me, better than most coconut scents!

The Balea Bodycream Zuckerschnute wasn’t a must buy, was about 3 €, it smells like meringues and I liked the other products from this line (waiting for my body lotion and the lip balm from this line, I bought them on ebay)! 

And last is the Got 2b Öl-la-la Oil styling spray. It’s with real argan oil essence! Got it for controlling my frizzy hair!

Dry Shampoo Review and Comparison

My latest fascination has been Dry Shampoo. It helps to refresh my hair on the second day, helps me give it more volume and remove the greasiness if I put too much conditioner and so on! Basically the usage is the same as using a hairspray, you just have to watch out for the gray layer you can get from the dry shampoo and brush it out! I tried different ones and will tell my opinion on them: (those are the ones you can get in Germany at least)

1. Balea Trend it up Dry Shampoo, costs 2,45 € in DM, 200 ml. I like it a lot, the smell is pretty fresh and the gray layer isn’t overly strong with this one. My hair feels most refreshed when using this one!

2. + 3. Batiste Dry Shampoo Blush/ Tropical, cost about 3,80 € on Asos, both 200 ml. I love the scent from the Tropical, has a coconut aroma to it! The scent from the Blush is pretty generic, flowery. They are both ok and the gray layer is ok here, you can brush it out easily.

4. Schauma Cotton Fresh Dry Shampoo, costs about 2,50 € in both Müller and DM. I hate this one. It smells like toilet cleaner, so artificial and disgusting. My hair is sooo gray after using this and it’s super hard to brush it out! Don’t buy this one.

And now my favourites:

Those two are great.

The small one is the Lee Stafford Dry Shampoo, it’s pretty expensive for just 50 ml, costs 3,45 €. But it’s great because of the travel size, the smell is nice and it has practically no gray layer to it! Always in my purse!

And the second one is Batiste Dry Shampoo Medium & Brunette, it’s more expensive. too, about 5 € on Asos. It has a hint of color and though it’s a bit lighter than my dark brown hair color it’s a lot nicer to have layers of medium brown in my hair than having a gray layer. The smell is also nice.

[EDIT]: this Dry Shampoo actually leaves real color in my hair, which means, when washing my hair afterwards it is as if I had used semi-permanent hair color and now am washing out the traces of it, leaves brown stains everywhere in the bath room. I don't know WHY I didn't expect this, anyways this is a product I won't buy again.

None of them are outstanding in giving lots of volume though I think. I still love it, it’s way too practical to not use!

Review: Balea Zuckerschnute Deodorant & Showergel

This has been reviewed a lot in germany. It’s the Balea Showergel and Deodorant from the “Zuckerschnute” (something like Sugar-Pout ) series. There’s also a body lotion but I couldn’t get it. The products are all sold for around 1€, so the price is not worth mentioning, but now it is sold out and a bit more expensive on ebay. The series is popular because of the super sweet smell that reminds of lemon bars or lemon cake, something like that! 

I’ve been using the shower gel for a long time already and LOVE it because of the smell! So sweet and slightly lemony, but not like a bath re-freshener but as if used in pastry and cookies! And it doesn’t wear off that fast after showering.

Now about the deodorant, I picked it up recently because of my positive impression from the first product. But I was terribly disappointed. The smell is horrible, it’s extremely artificial and has nothing sweet about it. I have seen positive reviews about it but I can’t see why…

Depending on how long they plan to sell the shower gel I will keep buying it for sure! I’ll have to throw away the deodorant though…

I am currently bidding on ebay to get the Body Lotion....pleaaaase.