Review: Macadamia Healing Oil Treatment

So I said, I'd make it up to you guys and here I am again with my second review of the night! The Macadamia Natural Oil: Healing Oil Treatment! I purchased this maybe a month or so ago, and have been using it pretty frequently as I have bleached hair and it tends to get super dry and damaged the easiest! I purchased this at Shoppers Drug Mart (I know, I buy a lot of things from there, it's literally 30 seconds from my house!), I bought it for $36 (pricy, these never go on sale!) and it's a super small bottle, not as small as other ones but it only contains 125 ml of oil. Yet a little goes a long way as they all say! I've barely made a dent in the bottle!

 The label on the bottle says that the oil "instantly absorbs into the hair, weightlessly infusing moisture, health, softness, protection, control and shine." I usually put this in my hair when it's still a bit damp from being washed and have realized that my hair dries way faster after I put this in. The only problem with this oil for me is that because I sometimes get the oil about mid-length of my hair, it touches my neck when I sleep which causes me to break out. So after this realization, I only put the oil on the tips of my hair which is basically the only part that's bleached. There is a definite feel of softness and difference in my hair after using this. If it's even possible, I feel that after I started using this, my hair has grown much longer and faster than it usually does (my hair usually grows maybe 2 inches in 4 months). The label also tells you to use a small amount and I cannot stress this enough but as said earlier, a little goes a long way. I use maybe a dime size and it's already enough for my hair (my hair's thick and long). Definitely no need to use a lot, no matter how thick your hair is! Since it's hair oil, it'll cover a lot of area just by you combing/brushing through your hair.

I absolutely love the packaging, I think the design is creative and it's definitely easy to find when looking for the product because there's no other packaging like this. I've had no problem with the pump so far, it definitely does not drip oil after pumping the needed amount into your palm. One thing I'm also not a big fan of (besides the acne on my neck) is that the bottle is made of glass. I understand that the glass makes it seem so much more high-class (I mean, it's $36 for Christ's sake) but it is way easier to break if dropped. I feel that a plastic bottle would do the same job if not better because it wouldn't break as easily. I do look forward to testing out more of these products, as said in my Bumble & Bumble review, I look forward on testing out the hair masque as I've heard good reviews on it.

Review: Covergirl Smoochies Lipslicks

So as I said yesterday, I'd make a review on the Covergirl Smoochies. But sadly, I was sidetracked and was busy throughout the day which leads me to writing my review on them today (sorry!) but don't fret! I'll be making double the reviews tonight! (It's 8:30 pm right now, I woke up at 1:30 pm, heh heh.) So let's get started!

I've never been a fan of lipstick, well I am, but I never have the courage to wear it out because I feel like it captures so much attention and I frankly, am not one that likes to be stared at, I'm more of a spectator or observer myself. Anyways, the Covergirl Smoochies came out and at first, I was skeptical because I wasn't sure how much pigmentation would come out of them but they ARE also a lip balm, so I figured what the heck, and gave them a try.

From Left to Right: #sweet tweet, #smooch, #tweet me, #text me

I bought them at Shoppers Drug Mart when they were on sale for $3.99 each (they usually retail for about $6.50). I have '255 #sweet tweet' (yellow), '265 #smooch' (lime green), '225 #tweet me' (light blue), and '220 #text me' (teal). Out of these four, '#sweet tweet' and '#tweet me' are my favourite. I've actually never worn '#smooch' (the lime green one) out yet because I feel like it looks weird on my lips and it's way too sparkly for me. Don't ask me about the hashtagging because that's just their names and I have no idea about the history behind the names of these.

Anyways, '#sweet tweet' is absolutely amazing, not only is it a lip balm that moisturizes your lips, it's also barely tinted (well for me) so it just looks like I've got lip balm on (because that's what it is!) All of these are very moisturizing and I adore them! 'tweet me' is the more red tinted one and it adds a subtle redness to your lips but not as bright as any red lipstick would give. 

As lip balm goes, it does wear out throughout the day but when it does, it still maintains to keep your lips moisturized for the rest of the day, just without the tint or colour on your lips. This may be really minor of a detail but as you continually wear these, the actual lip balm part will change it's position in relation to the casing. (You can see this happening in '#sweet tweet,' above) As long as this doesn't bother you then it'll be okay!

All in all, I really like this lip balm/stick, it's moisturizing and is more subtle in comparison to lipsticks. '#sweet tweet' barely shows up on my skin though because it's more a neutral colour and I've got a yellow tinge in my skin. It's evidently shown in the picture below, which is why I've added the colour swatches on a piece of paper.