Review: Perlier 8 Piece Deluxe Travel Kit

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Anywho! Another night, another review! This time on the Perlier 8 Piece Deluxe Travel Kit that includes a travel bag.

I'm extremely fussy when it comes to body washes and lotions. In fact, I could be using a popular body wash, with all the moisturizer in the world and my skin STILL comes out insanely dry. However, this is primarily due to having very hard water (yeah I'm looking at YOU town that I live in). So, let it be known, that it's very difficult for me to give a positive review when it comes to body washes.

Learn to lavish yourself with wonderfully scented, moisturizing, silky-feeling-skin products.  Each mini is moisture-rich and divinely scented. Too many superlatives? Not for this set — and certainly not for you. When you lavish yourself with these products, it's easy to learn to love the experience.

What You Get

• 1 oz. Honey Body Balm Mini
• 1.6 fl. oz. Honey Shower Cream Mini
• 1.6 fl. oz. Olivarium Bath & Shower Cream Mini
• 1 fl. oz. Olivarium Body Cream Mini
• 1 fl. oz. Shea Butter with Citrus Extract Body Balm Mini
• 1.6 fl. oz. Shea Butter with Citrus Extract Cream Shower Mini
• 1 fl. oz. White Almond Body Cream Mini
• 1.6 fl. oz. White Almond Shower Cream Mini
• Clear Zip Top Bag

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100% Organic Italian Olive Oil Body Balm & Shower Cream

Perlier's 100% Organic Italian Olive Oil line combines Italian Olive Oil and Tomato Lycopene. This active complex delivers a deep nourishing effect that provides stronger antioxidant protection to the skin. Italian olive oil is an extremely powerful, natural antioxidant.

Scent: Soft and Clean. Ever so slight herbal scent, but not over powering. A barely there scent would be the best way to describe the shower cream. The body balm though has more of a lotion-y scent.

100% Certified Italian Organic Honey Body Balm & Shower Cream

Perlier selects nature's most precious elements for the health and beauty of the skin.Honey, the ingredient, which more than any other, characterizes the natural recipes phenomenon with its richness, vitamins, proteins and minerals. 

Scent: The Shower cream as a distinctive scent of honey. Definitely stronger than the body balm. The body balm itself, has a very soft scent to it, I can't quite put my finger on it, but it has more of a sweet scent to it than the shower cream.

Pure 100% Certified Organic Shea Butter & Citrus Body Balm & Shower Cream

Perlier has extracted the precious Shea Butter from the fruits of the Tree of Youth, pure 100% certified organic Shea Butter, with intense and long-lasting moisturizing properties. 

Scent: While both are described to have soft notes of citrus, I don't smell it! These two are probably the only two out of the set that I can't smell any scent to. While they have that "clean" scent, I just don't smell any citrus to them.

White Almond with Cold Pressed & Pure Almond Oil Body Balm & Shower Cream

Perlier's White Almond line contains sweet almond milk and white almond oil, both are richly concentrated in natural emollients and nutrients. Ideal for dry or delicate skin types, White Almond offers moisturizing protection while its natural softening agents leave the skin smooth, fresh and supple.

Scent: A light almond scent, especially with the shower cream. The body balm is actually lighter in scent than the shower cream.

Overall Verdict: I do like certain pieces to this travel kit. My favorite shower creams is both the Olive Oil and the White Almond. Both seem to add some moisture back to my skin after taking a shower. While all the body balms work wonders, some with more lasting effects than others aka the Shea Butter body balm seems to take its time working into the skin and stays on the surface longer, it's also the thicker balm of the four. My favorite of the body balms is the Organic Honey. There's just something about it that works best for me, plus the scent is more comforting. It reminds me of a scent from childhood. All four body balms do leave the skin feeling supple, so it really depends on which one you prefer.

Price: $19.95; use the promo code ifabbo5 to receive $5 off any Perlier product from hsn.com

Availability: hsn.com

The product featured in this post had been sent to me by iFabbo on behalf of Perlier. What appears in this post is my 100% honest opinion on the product, and it is in no way influenced.

Review: Perlier Lemon Crackling Body Water

Next up on the review block is something that has been long awaited for! Ok, maybe not, the product has been waiting though!

I received via, iFabbo, Perlier Lemon Crackling Body Water. What attrached me to this is simply the word, crackling. How can water possibly crackle? Not to mention it's suppose to moisturize the skin? Huh?

Through HSN though, this is actually referred to Perlier Lemon Sorbet Refreshing Ice Granita. So, hopefully there's no confusion. It's the same product, just different names.

It's summertime. You're sweltering. All you want is a cool, refreshing sorbet. How about indulging in a little sorbet sweetness — for your skin? Exuding an exhilarating scent, this granita is the perfect summertime skincare refreshment.

• Sparkling and crisp
• Moisturizes and refreshes in one step
• Makes your skin pleasantly smooth and scented
• Crackles when applying to skin
• Provides sudden and strong cooling effect
• Formulated with food ingredients, just like a true fruit sorbet
• Fresh and light texture gives a sorbet-like effect on the skin
• Made in Italy

 via hsn.com

Product: The product comes in a white can that has the green and white striped label that runs almost the length of the can, and wraps around. The cap itself is a frosted plastic cap that fits snug on top. The amount of crackling ice or water you get inside is 5fl oz. or 150ml. The nozzle itself under the cap is what I like to call a combo of a spray nozzle and a pump nozzle, with a wide, square opening for the product to come from.

Directions: This is actually simple, I for one never put it in the refridgerator to chill it as it remains cool enough for me without. But all you do is squirt a little bit on to your hands, arms and/or legs and watch the magic!

Product: The product itself is interesting. It comes out much like how hair mouse does. It foams up, but it continues to crackle. The liquid part does run though. When you start to rub the product in, that's where the fun starts! The product, crackles even more. Think pouring water into a VERY hot sauce pan. It sounds like it sizzles.

Scent: Lemon-y. There is a definite lemon scent. At first it reminded me of lemon pledge, but not quite. The lemon scent doesn't linger long on the skin though.

Overall Verdict: While the whole crackling is just awesome, this is definitely a product I would reach for when the weather was overly hot. It is definitely refreshing as it remains cool in the can. Once the product is rubbed into the skin, it has a slight stickiness to it that slowly disappears into the skin. It could just be me, but I do feel an ever so slight residue from it. I couldn't see myself forgoing my hand lotion for this though. It is definitely fun and truth be told, the sound drives my dog mad.

Price: $24.50; use the promo code ifabbo5 to receive $5 off any Perlier product from hsn.com

Availability: hsn.com


The product featured in this post had been sent to me by iFabbo on behalf of Perlier. What appears in this post is my 100% honest opinion on the product, and it is in no way influenced.

Review: Own Refining Moisture Night Cream

After struggling with my latest manicure, which I think I finally got right. Although, still not terribly thrilled with the turn out =\ It's review time!

The last OWN product that I received courtesy of iFabbo, is their Refining Moisture Night Cream.

With the way the weather has been, it has been driving my skin bonkers. Normally when summer is lurking around the corner, my skin (especially the t-zone) becomes more oily. But seeing as we've had a few cold nights (seriously?), I'm trying to get my skin to cooperate with the wonky weather.

So quick run down.

• Combination skin. 
• Oily T-zone (oil slick during the warm weather).
• Dry around the sides of the nose, across the cheeks and on the chin.

So a night cream sounds like it could be my worst enemy, but is it really?

Onward and upward to the review!

Review: Relogy Natural Acne Treatment

Next item up for auction- no no no.

The next product that I wanted to review from iFabbo was Relogy Natural Acne Treatment. I actually browsed around before making the choice though because not only am I all for trying an acne treatment, but I'm also iffy on trying one.

So, when I received this in the mail, I was actually going through a rough bout of blemishes. Perfect time to give this ago right?

Onward to the review and if the products worked for me.

Review: Own Renewing Firming Silk Concentrate

Back on April 5th, I received my second item from the iFabbo shop. This time around I selected Own Renewing Firming Silk Concentrate. 

Now! Of course, as I've mentioned before, I zero in on any skin care item that claims it brightens skin...yeah the firming didn't do it, ha! Of course, that's just what attracted to me in selecting this product.

I swear, anything could say brightening on it and I'm like, gotta try it! :D

Review: Simple Protecting Light Moisturizer with SPF 15

A little over a week ago I came home from work to find a little package on the door step. I was flabbergasted when I opened it up to see it was a product from Simple! Yup, nope wasn't expecting it at all.

For the record, I have combination skin. I have an oily top of the T-zone, then dry everywhere else, especially my cheeks. My poor cheeks lap up any moisture given then they STILL die.

I normally use two different moisturizers, a heavy moisturizer during the winter and at night, that my dry skin still beats out (UGH!) and a light moisturizer during the spring/summer that tries to tame my oily skin.

So, I can definitely say I'm delighted with trying this, especially since it's basically my introduction to Simple Skincare!

Onward to the review!

Review: Own Lifting Eye Cream

Yes! The review is here. I'm finally venturing down the skin care road, not to worry, it isn't just because this is a sponsored post, this just happens to be the very first one that I'm taking the dive with. I guess one can say, I'm breaking the ice.

Now before I get carried away, lets get on with the review!