Actually in October I only finished Hydraluron from Indeed Labs and I thought it was such a pitty it was only one product. But now at the end of November, beginning December at once there are so many! Hold tight here we go!

Apivita samples
My pharmacist handed me some samples to test because of buying a shower gel from Apivita. She handed me the complete Wine Elixir line and some masks. Overall I enjoyed everything allthough the night cream was way to light for my dryer skin type, but I can’t say there wasn’t any texture which made me happy nor a scent, everything was kinda regular. I can’t speak about longterm, but the textures weren’t enough to convince me to invest neither to take contact for a collab. A pitty, because I got to know the brand on holiday, and it always evokes holiday vibes!

Wishful Peptide moisturizer Honey Whip sample
I also bought the full size packaging. Actually I’m more of a lover for the Honey Balm, but I was on the look for lighter textures and yet there we are! I like more tube packages or pumps for moisturizers for hygienic reasons, but yet to show a texture these jars might be better. I love the lightness, it hydrates well and it’s ok! On the opposite of the Honey Balm this moisturizer has no scent, I find it a pitty, but hey there are a lot of people who love this! I can’t speak for longterm on this one, for me I need a moisturizer in between the Balm and the Whip, something like Ice from Sunday Riley is perfect for me! In this one I need a drop of oil. This baby is perfect for people in their 30ties, doing well with some peptides but not in need on an army of antiaging properties. Oily skin will drink this, dry skin needs something extra!

Gallinee Probiotic Hydrating Face Cream sample
This was so beautifull! This cream was beige, actually like I fantasize how probiotics would look like (?). It had such a warm scent of sort of milky things…. It felt so good on my skin, as if my face and the cream became one! I want this! It has a very nice ingredient list, for me it’s a must have! But I can’t speak for longterm!

Vegreen Non-snail mucin Serum
I absolutely need a back-up of this! The Cica one went to my daughter and saved her from acne, but this one is so hydrating also for dry skin types like me! These serums contain 60ml they are huge! It lasted a long time and I raved so many times about it! When I use this, my skin remains just perfect, no spots, no itching, no redness, no spin vessels absolutely nothing! Do I need to say more?

The Inkey List Caffeïne eye serum
I loved it but I don’t have dark circles. It was quite hydrating, and reduced visibly puffiness under my eyes. I have to warn for sensitive skin, my daughter reacted heavily on this serum. Spot test if you can. I don’t know if it’s still available, there are other eye creams too! One with retinol and a brightening one! I’ll test both when I get to finish some eye creams, because they seam to multiply in my stash!
The Inkey List Multibiotic moisturizer
I loved this moisturizer, it’s a bummer it’s finished. I would immediately rebuy, but I need to use up the so many I have stocked up. It definately helped my skin in soothing the effects of exfoliation. And it also helps my daughter on her soothing days without apalene, to reinforce her microbiome. Some speak of a bad scent, but I didn’t think so. This scent is kinda natural, other products from their skincare range have more prominent artificial scents than this moisturizer. The packaging is an airless pump, just perfect. The only downside is that there is only 30ml which I find very little for a moisturizer. If you consider the size, the price is not very low, but still economic.

Maiwe Purifying Cream cleanser
Very creamy rich nourishing cleanser with beige natural colour. This cleanser is almost like an oil cleanser. It seems as if it gets absorbed by your skin but than emoliates completely leaving your skin baby soft! This is my most delicate cleanser! It’s also really good in removing make-up and mascara!⁠ One down side to this packaging, the pump was horrible! I know they changed packaging now and they do have a decent packaging now! They enlarged the range with an oil cleanser, which I would love to try!

Indeed Labs Hydraluron moisture jelly
This is kind of a strange product. It has such a lovely packaging, a transparant airless pump of 30ml. It’s a pudding like gel cream of hyaluronic acid. I’m used to have a liquid hyaluronic acid. It absorbs fast but I don’t find it as plumping as different kinds of hyaluronic I’ve already tried. It contains glycerin and urea sodium hydroxide at the end of the inci. I don’t know, I ready lots of good reviews but my skin says no. Not for irritation, but I prefer other.

Paula’s Choice Resist Anti Aging Barrier Repair Moisturizer
It’s a pitty this deluxe sample has finished. I loved it. Texture was very light but very hydrating. I do apply an oil at night because with the retinol it can be drying. This one for dry skin was too creamy for me, even at night. But this moisturizer gave me great results. If you are looking for a good nightcream with light texture with a small amount of retinol this is what you need!

Bloom and Halo Skinshot Serum
Bloom and Halo are a new kid on the block! They approached me to test and wright about their products. I will wright more on them soon. I only emptied one skin shot, but since it’s single packaging I mention them here already! Before one shoots on the fact of single packaging, it’s completely recycable! And they are very into becoming fully sustainable and are constantly working on ways to reduce our carbon footprint. So I only used it once, but boy this was moisturizing ! This is vitamin C – fresh – L-ascorbic acid in powder freshly mixed into the hyaluronic acid! It felt divine on my skin whole day long! I need to find out how the shot works better, but I’m sure I will find out! Will review after package use! There are 4 shots in one packaging!

Drunk Elephant Cocomino Marula Cream Conditioner
Before I tell you anything about this one, let’s talk about my hair and scalp condition! I have extremely dry untamable salt and pepper hair with an extremely irritated scalp. It’s always itchi. I abandoned all big industry shampoo’s and conditioners and it’s getting better, but still. I loved the shampoo, but I always finish conditioner first because I need an enormous amount. That said, I loved this conditioner. It was great for my scalp and for my hair. It’s not sticky heavy creamy, but it was the kind of creamy that spreads beautifully over your hair. In results it wasn’t better than my Lush one but equal. Except I was a little disappointed in the absolute no scent for the bodycare, but maybe this is better for me and my scalp. And given that there are a whole lot of options for hair perfume, this musn’t be a bummer to you!
I need to mention that the ingredients listed in it’s inci is huge but also so many skin loving ingredients like niacinamide, Panthenol, Sodium Lactate, PCA, Glycolic Acid, Sweet Almond Oil/Camellia Japonica Seed Oil/Argan Oil/Sunflower Seed Oil/Camellia Sinensis Seed Oil Ferment Extract Filtrate, Alanine, Arginine, Glycine, Sweet Almond Seed Extract, Tocopherol, Gluconolactone and than to mention that I skipped the first rows of the beautiful oils. And this is exactly what I feel! So this is a rebuy for me! But when I finish my other conditioners.

Nuxe Body Gel Douche
Nice delicate sweet scent, not drying, a little foaming but not heavy! Just a nice shower gel, but nothing spectacular in my opinion!

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Have a lovely weekend
xoxo Ilse

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