What's by my bath this week...

There are three products by my bath this week and they are all by REN, which is no surprise really, as over the last few months I seem to have gone REN crazy!

Here are my mini reviews for them:

REN Moroccan Rose Otto Body Wash

I have to say even though I'd heard loads of good things about this wash I wasn't particularly amazed by it. I much preferred the REN seaweed and sage body wash which I used recently. I'm not sure rose is a scent I really like, its too floral to wash in, I like something a bit more herbal and refreshing in the bath. On a plus note for myself its more expensive than the other REN body washes so its a good job I wasn't convinced or it would be an costly preference!

REN Jojoba Micro Bead Invigorating Facial Polish

I love this! I only use it every few days but every time I do my face feels smoother and fresher. It has a slightly minted scent to it which feels very 'clean'. One mini warning would be that the beads can be rough so try not to get them in your eyes and wash them away thoroughly after use.

REN Ultra Moisture Cleansing Milk

I purchased this after noticing that normal soap based facial washes were drying out my skin. I quite like it but I don't feel it totally cleans my skin, hence why I've been using the facial polish (mentioned above) alongside it. I probably won't buy it again but am glad I've given it a try.

Have you used any of these products? Could you recommend another facial cleanser to replace the REN Ultra Moisture Cleansing Milk? x

YOU Beauty Advent Calendar - my thoughts

Now I know I'm super late with this, I had intended to blog throughout December, but a weekend in London, a few days in Northumberland, my Birthday the week before Christmas and then trying to keep up with work in between all of those things stopped me. So its now 2013 and I'm finally reviewing an advent calendar!

Here's my fully opened You Beauty advent calendar in all its glory:

Now if you read my last blog post you'll know I was super disappointed when the half price code was released just after I'd bought the calendar full price, so I have to admit the whole experience was a tad 'marred' but I still loved most of the items in the calendar. Here are my favourite products:

I liked the addition of a candle for pampering times and have been meaning to buy both an eyelash curler and nail file so they were great finds in the calendar. I'm also very happy with more Dermalogica products and to try STEAMCREAM.

Here are the products I'm just slightly impressed by:

And here are the products I'm really not bothered by at all:

If anyone is interested in doing a swop for these let me know, I'll put some details up about swopping in the next few days.

So overall after the initial excitement I have to say the YOU beauty advent calendar didn't quite live up to expectations. I think I'll still get it next year but I'll definitely hang on to get the half price code which I'm sure will be released!

I've also seen various blogger mentioning that in 2013 they are avoiding beauty boxes and using the money they would have spent on them to buy one item they actually want for the same price. I think I'll be trying to adopt this approach a bit more myself. Though I'm sure I'll succumb every now and then!

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