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Showing posts with label product teasting. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse

After finding out the boyfriend had booked us a surprise trip to Paris in a couple weeks I fell into the black hole of googling French skin care; several items kept popping up on every blog I came across, ask anyone who knows me, I've been beyond excited to get my hot little hands on some of this liquid gold. Whilst counting down the days to Paris, and hording all the skincare trying to get my face ready for the streets of Paris, I was in Sephora picking up Ren's Glycol Lactic Radiance Renewal Mask(watch for a review in the next couple days!!) and whilst standing in line pursuing all the little goodies near the till my eyes fell onto a golden little bottle I've been dreaming of for weeks! Nuxe's Huile Prodigieuse was just sitting there calling my name!





As soon as I got into my car I cracked the seal, put a couple drops of heaven into my hand and ran my fingers through the ends of my parched hair! First I would like to mention the scent; its a really light aromatic smell with hints of floral without being overwhelming and obtrusive and yet has warm undertones, I can't quite place a finger on any specific familiar fragrances within it but the overall smell is a delicate inviting one. It has a light weight texture, not sticky and heavy like some other oils I've tried. Six hours after applying it to the ends of my hair I find my hair feels soft, still smells fantastic and is not at all greasy - although I would avoid applying it to the scalp as I feel it might get a bit greasy and unmanageable. So far I've put the oil in my hair, smoothed it all over my body after a bath and mixed it into my night cream. It absorbs into the skin quickly leaving your skin soft and dewy but not at all 

greasy. I found it instantly brightened my face and I'm excited to see what continued use has to offer.

Aside from how amazing this product smells and feels the ingredients are of 97.8% natural origin whish is definitely something to get excited about in the day and age when in comes to skin care with ingredients lists that barely fit on the packaging.

 I found my 50ml bottle at Sephora for $26, they also had the Huile Prodigieuse with shimmer dry oil that would look amazing in your hair and on your skin giving you that almost sun-kissed shimmer, I'll being going back for it shortly! If you haven't tried any french skin care yet this is an amazing introduction; it's simple, sophisticated and the results speak for themselves.  

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Who, What, Wear and Why?

Why Facepalm Beauty Blog? I think like many things in life skincare, haircare, make up and beauty in general has many "Facepalm" moments when you can't believe it took you that long to figure it out. Let me have all those facepalm moments for you and learn from my trials and tribulations in the beauty industry.

Who is the face behind Facepalm Beauty Blog? My name is Sara and I'm a 22 year old long time make up addict and newly converted skincare junkie from the prairies of Alberta, Canada. I've dealt with everything from oily acne prone skin to skin so dry it bleeds. I've recently started down the path of becoming a certified MUA with the help of the guys and gals I work with at MAC so expect make up galore but makeup is only as good as the skin underneath an frankly I'm addicted to  skincare from all sides of the world, anything I can get my hot little hands on!

Keep your eyes on this space for reviews of some of my favourite - and not so favourite - products and where you can find them!

-Sara xo