Showing posts with label Anti-acne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anti-acne. Show all posts

Tuesday, 5 June 2018

NYKAA HAUL

(Taking pictures for the blog has me frequently doing squats. I am on my way to toned glutes and calves)


As I got back home from a birthday party, I saw the Nykaa box lying on my coffee table and immediately set to work. (AD had made a shopping haul request and we try our best to oblige our readers’ requests).

I love green and look at the products, they are all green! Tadaaa....


Most of my online purchases would rarely constitute a haul as I generally purchase only what I require and my purchases are never on a whim. But this time I went crazy. Oh yes, I did and I bought five (you read that right, FIVE) items. You wouldn’t be rolling your eyes if you knew me well.

I purchase almost all my skin care and makeup products from Nykaa. I visited the site with the intention of purchasing just neem oil and over a period of one week, added 4 more items to the cart.  (I had to wait for Glamego to announce their June products as somehow the Glamego box always ends up having a product similar to my recent purchase).

I shall post a detailed review of each product once I’ve used it for a considerable period of time. Here’s a quick look at my purchases.

1.      KAMA AYURVEDA-ORGANIC, COLD PRESSED NEEM OIL


Quantity: 200 ml
Price: Rs. 795/-
I’d seen a review of this product on YouTube long back but refrained from buying it as I am not comfortable applying oil on my face. (I have super greasy skin). The last week Shugu couldn’t stop raving about this product and though she has a different skin type from mine, I went ahead and purchased this product.

Now, there are cheaper neem oils available but I love this brand and was keen on trying this one. If it doesn’t suit my skin, it can also be used as a hair oil or body oil. There are great reviews of it online as a hair oil.

2.      IT’S SKIN - POWER 10 FORMULA VC EFFECTOR FACIAL SERUM


Quantity: 30 ml
Price: Rs. 950/-
It’s Skin is a popular Korean brand and this has been on my wishlist for quite some time. I got a 15% discount on this item and I promptly put it in my cart.

I have wanted a Vitamin C product but as I have acne prone, sensitive skin, I have refrained from purchasing products with Vitamin C. A quick research on the net revealed that this serum is milder as compared to other Vitamin C products and hence ideal for sensitive skin too.  

3.      ORGANIC WELLNESS HEAL - AMLA C+(VITAMIN C SUPPLEMENT)


Quantity: 90 capsules
Price: Rs.269/-
I believe that prevention is better than cure. With the onset of monsoon and with all sorts of infectious bacteria and virus floating around, I bought myself this Vitamin C supplement. I usually take only physician prescribed supplements but hey, I was on a haul spree ;).

This supplement claims to boost immunity, reduce stress, enhance digestion and purify blood.

4.      ACNES TREATMENT POINT GEL


Quantity: 10 gm
Price: Rs. 225/-

I got the Acnes facewash in the May Glamego box. (I haven’t used that yet). Acnes is a Japanese brand and apparently is the leading acne care brand there.

It was either this product or the Nykaa Tea Tree Oil. I chose this. I hope this product works.

5.      NYKAA MATTE NAIL POLISH –KEY LIME SLUSH



Quantity: 9 ml
Price: Rs. 199/-
 I’ve said this earlier; I love Nykaa’s range of nail polishes. I have tried their matte nail polish and love it. I can’t wait to try this one and put it up on our next instalment of nail polish colours. Here’s a sneak peek of what the colour looks like.

(Skip has instructed me to inform the readers that this is not his pudgy finger. He doesn’t wear nail polish as he’s a boy)

And that was my “haul”.

P.S: I set to “work on this post” IMMEDIATELY after removing my makeup. I shall write a post on my makeup removal routine soon.

P.P.S: A day after I wrote this post, the Nykaa nail polish fell from my cupboard and broke, splattering neon green across the flooring and my feet. And I never even got to use it L  


Monday, 30 April 2018

SOULFLOWER ANTI-ACNE SULPHUR SOAP


Image Source - Amazon

Skip LOVES soaps. His Johnson Baby soap lies unused and hardened in the soap dish as he loves using the colourful, handmade soaps that I use. Many a leftover soap bar sliver has “accidentally” slipped from his hands into the commode. “Soap is slippery and I have small hands, now we can use the new soap”



I saw his tiny palms reach for the small square of the shiny black Sulphur soap and before I could stop him, he had thrown the soap back into the dish. “Yuck, what is this dirty, smelly thing?”

If you are the kind that is particular about the fragrance of products you use on your face, you might want to stay away from this soap. When I first bought it, I stopped using this soap in the morning because I didn’t want to be in office smelling of rotten eggs. Yes, that’s what the soap used to smell of.  (I say ‘used to’ because I have been using the same bar of soap for almost a year and am now immune to the smell). The good part is that the product most definitely contains what they claim it does – Sulphur. Recall those days spent at the Chemistry Lab? You would have definitely got a whiff of Sulphur back then and this soap smells exactly like that.

Image Source - Amazon
Original Price - Rs. 400.00

Quantity: 150 gm

Ingredients: sulphur, Lavender, tea tree, rosemary & orange oil, Neem oil, Multani mitti, shea butter and coconut milk

Soap Type : Anti-Acne

Skin Type : oily to normal skin

Directions for use: “cut how much you need, and store the unused soap in a cool dry place. This way you can make your soap last for a long time.”

Claims: “Sulphur dries the skin out and helps decrease the inflammation of pimples and other blemishes on your skin. Sulphur can also help decrease the appearance of whiteheads on your skin by decreasing the oiliness and preventing pores from becoming blocked. Also claims in skin lightening and brightening, skin tightening, suntan, skin regeneration.”

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As regards the latter claims of skin lightening, brightening, tightening, regeneration, I think they’ve been thrown in for added effects.

This soap lasts long, really long. 

Unused bar

I use it 2-3 times a day and sometimes leave it on my face for a minute before I wash it off.  It does reduce oiliness post a wash and as I have very oily skin it doesn’t completely dry out my skin but those with dry skin may have to moisturise their face.

It does help drying out those unpleasant pus filled pimples but I don’t see any affect on reducing blackheads and whiteheads.

I would have repurchased this soap but there are many other exciting ‘ingredient combinations’ of soaps that Soulflower has and I’d like to try them all. I love soaps too!






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