Empties – April 2020

Hi there! Happy Friday! Today’s post is about all the products I finished in April. Read on if you’d like to know which products I said goodbye to.

1 Olay Anti-Wrinkle Firm & Lift Day Lotion – another amazing Olay product. I’ve already repurchased it!

2 Olay Essentials Refreshing Face Wash – one of the best pure and gentle face washes out there. I have a backup!

3 Superdrug Naturally Radiant Glycolic Tonic – this is an amazing toner. It’s brightening and exfoliating, and my skin tolerates it perfectly well. I’ve already repurchased this one.

4 The Sanctuary Spa Body Lotion (travel size) – I love this stuff! I have lots of Sanctuary Spa products in my stash.
5 Nivea MicellAIR Skin Breathe 2 In 1 Rose Water Cleanser & Toner – this is a terrible cleanser. Good riddance!

6 Kirstie Allsopp Nerolina Orange Blossom Shower Gel – this is a nice shower gel. It has been discontinued, otherwise I’d buy it again!

7 Palmolive Pampering Clay Body Wash – this shower gel is lovely, and I will buy it again!

8 Spa Premium Epsom Salts And Eukalyptus – these bath salts were great, and I’ll buy them again next time I’m at Poundstretcher.

9 Calcot Manor The Lazy Evening Moisture Soufflé – this is a nice body butter, and I’d like to buy it again!

10 Beautifully Scrumptious Cocoa & Vanilla Body Butter Fusion – my husband and I used this body butter as a foot butter because we didn’t like its “fragrance”. So glad this one’s gone!

11 Alberto Balsam Zesty Orange Conditioner – I enjoyed this one very much, and I will buy it (and the matching shampoo) again.

12 Carex Sensitive Bath Soak – I won’t repurchase this one. I didn’t care for the fragrance, and I found the formula to be drying.

13 Palmolive Purifying Clay Body Wash – this is a lovely shower scrub that I’ll buy again.

I’ve also used quite a few single-use face masks. If you’d like to read about my latest face mask finds, click here. All in all, I’m happy with what I emptied. And I know May is going to be a good month too because I have a few near-empties which I will focus on.

Have you tried any of these products or would you like to try any of them? Feel free to get in touch via the comments. And thanks for stopping by today! 😘

Mrs Strawberry Blonde

Weekly Recap 17 – 23 February 2020

Hi there! It’s Sunday, and this means that today’s post is about all the posts I’ve written this past week. Let’s take a look! 🙂

Monday 17 Feb – Nail Of The Day
Tuesday 18 Feb – Primark PS… Retinol Fusing Facial Sheet Mask

Monday’s post was a Nail Of The Day post. Click here to read it.
On Tuesday I reviewed a sheet mask. Click here to read the post.

Wednesday 19 Feb – Calcot Manor The Lazy Evening Moisture Soufflé

On Wednesday I told you if this body moisturiser is any good. Click here to read the review.

Thursday 20 Feb – Smack Beauty Sleeping Beauty Firming Night Cream

Thursday’s post was about this night cream. Click here to read it.

I didn’t post on Friday, so this is it for this week. Enjoy the rest of the weekend, and thanks for stopping by! 🙂

PS: Just 8 more days with very limited internet access… and then I’ll catch up with all of you darlings! xo

Mrs Strawberry Blonde

Reducing My Oldies Stash – Calcot Manor The Lazy Evening Moisture Soufflé

Hi there! Today’s post is about this Calcot Manor The Lazy Evening Moisture Soufflé. This product contains chamomile, sweet fig and vitamin E, and it promises to soothe and to hydrate skin. I’ve been using this product for about a week now, and here’s what I think.

This body cream was a nice surprise! It has a gorgeous, fresh fragrance, and I love the rich and nourishing formula. It leaves my skin feeling super soft – even after a long day. Upon application, the body cream is a little sticky, but it only takes 2 minutes for the skin to absorb it.

I’m very happy with this product! If you’re interested, Calcot Manor The Lazy Evening Moisture Soufflé is available as 250ml at Tesco.

Mrs Strawberry Blonde

Reducing My Oldies Stash – Calcot Manor The Perfect Day Rich Body Butter

Hi there! Today’s post is about Calcot Manor’s The Perfect Day Rich Body Butter. This body butter claims to “melt effortlessly into skin” and to “leave a gorgeous, scented glow”. A quick scan of the ingredients revealed that this body butter contains quite a few natural ingredients – i.e. sunflower seed oil, bitter orange flower extract, fig extract, green tea leaf extract, rose flower extract, papaya fruit extract, etc… This sounds promising! Now let me tell you if this body butter is any good!

I think this body butter is very hydrating. It feels rich – but it doesn’t leave my skin feeling sticky. I like it! However, I don’t think my skin looks any different. There’s definitely no glow. In addition, this body butter doesn’t smell gorgeous at all. I can detect a faint lemony fragrance – and that’s all there is.

Would I recommend this body butter? Yes and no. I will finish this body butter, but I wouldn’t repurchase it. And if you want a lovely smelling body butter, keep looking! However, if you want a rich (yet non-sticky) body butter, give this one a sniff. If you’re OK with the fragrance, you might be happy with this product.

Calcot Manor’s The Perfect Day Rich Body Butter is available as 250ml. Prices vary greatly – depending on where you shop. I paid 99p for this product (bargain store), but I’ve also found an online shop that sells this body butter for just under £10. So make sure you compare prices online before you buy!

Mrs Strawberry Blonde

Calcot Manor Orange Blossom With Rose De-Stress Body Balm

Hi there! Just a few days ago I told you how much I liked Calcot Manor’s De-Stress Body Buff. So I thought it’s time to have a closer look at Calcot Manor’s Orange Blossom With Rose De-Stress Body Balm.

At first let me say that this body balm has the same old-fashioned floral fragrance as the body buff. It won’t be everyone’s favourite. But I think this fragrances is very charming.

Now let’s get to the actual product! Compared to other body lotions or body butters, this moisturiser isn’t the easiest to work with. I think this is because of the rich formula. So if you want a moisturiser that doesn’t take more two minutes to apply all over your body, this isn’t the one for you.

But I don’t mind that it takes me a little longer to massage the product into my skin. I’m using it once a week only (it’s part of my current weekly home spa ritual). 🙂

What I really like about this body balm is how deeply moisturising and calming it is. It’s really good! And I can still feel it when I have a shower the next day: My skin feels totally different – in a very good way. I can’t describe it because I’v never experienced anything like it with any other moisturiser. All I can say is that you might want to try it yourself.

Calcot Manor’s De-Stress Body Balm is available as 200ml for about £4, and 500ml for about £7 at Tesco’s. However, some of Calcot Manor’s products have hit the discount stores. I paid 99p only for my 200ml body balm – at a discount store!

Mrs Strawberry Blonde