LebeL IAU Hair Mask 2,900yen
I mentioned of the brand in my November Empties post here. I got the set of their shampoo, hair treatment and this intensive hair mask all in small bottles to try out as PR samples. I really liked all of them but I only bought this one after finishing the samples as it was most effective in my opinion. I got a voucher and ended up paying about 1,800yen for this big jar which isn't bad at all.
It's pretty thick and heavy so you are supposed to use it once or twice a week and that's enough. But my hair is pretty dry and damaged and it doesn't make a huge difference when I use it once a week, so I decided to use it every day until I feel my hair is kind of repaired.
It makes my hair smooth and silky -obviously because it contains silicone- but doesn't weight it down which is important when I choose hair mask. When I used it once a week, it didn't feel like that the moisturizing effect lasts more than a day because when I wash my hair it kind of resets the condition of my hair if you know what I mean. My hair dresser told me that I should use it every day until I feel it's enough, and I will know clearly when that time comes. When I used it a few days in a raw I felt my hair has changed! How impressive! Now I only use it twice a week and that feels enough.
Look how thick it looks! And my favourite thing about this hair mask is the scent. It smells of rose mainly but according to the website it contains fragrances of fresh green, cassis, prune,
geranium, carnation, amber and musk. It smells really clean and feminine, and it lasts so long. I love love love the scent so much that I want to get their shampoo as well! Right now I've got many big bottles of shampoo to use up but I'm sure I will get it when I finish some!
It's a very good hair mask overall, it does its job and smells so good. Love this product! Do you take extra care of your hair in this colder season?
Heavy Rotation Colouring Eyebrow 800yen
I don't think it's common in the states or Europe, but it's very popular in Japan to use eyebrow mascara to lighten our eyebrows. I think 70-80% of girls who colours their hair use eyebrow mascara or bleach their eyebrows to match the colours.
My hair tends to turn to yellowy brown whichever colour I choose so I usually pick the brightest eyebrow mascara so that my eyebrows don't stand out. I've tried a few different ones until now but in my opinion this one is the best so far!
It looks like a small mascara. You can choose from 3 different colours; yellow, orange and ash-brown. I picked ash-brown because I am going to colour my hair ashy-beige soon and thought this colour would be the best match.
It's got this small brush as an applicator.It works very well in my opinion, it doesn't colour my skin at all but does its job perfectly.
My eyebrows are pretty dark without eyebrow mascara but it looks like I bleached it, doesn't it? I will start bleaching my eyebrows as I purchased a bleach kit the other day from Vitacost, then it will look more natural I guess. As I mentioned I have tried some different eyebrow mascara but one of them had shimmery formula which looked weird on my eyebrow, and another had a big brush which was difficult to use without colouring my skin around eyebrows, and the others I don't even remember. This one is the best so far, I would recommend it if you're looking for eyebrow mascara!
Are you familiar with eyebrow mascara?
Soap and Glory The Breakfast Scrub £9.50
This is the product I wanted to try out the most from Soap and Glory. When I heard Estee from essiebutton saying that the scent made her want to eat it because it smelled just like maple syrup, I thought I HAD TO try it out. How many beauty products smelling like maple syrup have you seen? But the problem was that Soap and Glory didn't deliver to Japan. So I got it from eBay as that was the only way to get their products! The postage was pretty expensive but I don't regret it -because I am totally in love with this product!
First of all, I love the jar. This round-shaped jar reminds me of a jar of fruits jam or chocolate spread or peanut butter that I liked when I was little. The body scrub I had been using before was mainly salt or sugar soaked into plant oils and essential oils, so it was pretty harsh on my skin. But look how different this body scrub is! The consistency is a little bit gloopy and thick but it spreads very well on my wet skin. It contains organic cupuacu bio scrubs, bananas, almond and honey extracts which exfoliate and nourish your skin at the same time.
I love this consistency because it's so smooth on my skin and easy to massage in. It leaves my skin soft and smooth, and smelling absolutely fantastic. I love love love this scent. It's kind of addictive that I literally want to use it every single day. It smells just like maple syrup like Estee said, and it's also got this subtle scent of banana which gives fruitiness to it. I usually don't like sweet scent in the shower but this one doesn't smell too strong at all and I just can't get enough of it.
I wonder why they don't make shower gel and body lotion in the same scent, although this product is loved so much!
Despite the sweet scent, the base of the product is not sugar. It's salt. Which means that whenever you exfoliate your skin with it you have to be careful not to rub it in too hard because usually salt is a little bit harder and harsher than sugar and takes time to melt.
It leaves a very subtle scent on my skin afterwards which is simply amazing. It makes me feel so happy! I would repurchase this product for sure, I would get 5 of them next time I go to England!!
I purchased The Righteous Butter in this smaller jar at the same time from eBay, but unfortunately I didn't like the scent :( It was too strong and too perfumey for me and I was very disappointed as I had high expectation for this product.
I am very interested in their makeup, skincare and haircare products as well. Have you tried any of their products? What is your favoruite? Let me know!
