Living Nature Toning Gel Reviews

Review of Living Nature Extra Hydrating Toning Gel
Michelle L

Application The smell of Living Nature Extra Hydrating Toning Gel is lovely and subtle, and it has a nice light texture. It went onto my face smoothly and didn't take long to dry. It did feel a bit sticky when drying, but once dry it formed a sort of layer on the skin. This layer felt a little 'tight' on my skin before I put my regular face cream over the top. The gel didn't react with my skin at all, and I have very sensitive skin.

When I put my make up on after using Living Nature Extra Hydrating Toning Gel, my make up all flaked off my face, so I ended up only using this gel at night time underneath my night cream rather than during the day when I would be wearing make up.

Results After using the Living Nature Extra Hydrating Toning Gel every night for a week, my skin looks nice and refreshed. It feels nice to put on the skin, and goes under night cream well. I would particularly recommend this product for sensitive skin.

Pros:
• A little of this product goes a long way, so it will last for ages.
• It smells lovely and has a light texture.
• It is suitable for sensitive skin, and particularly nice for the decolletage.

Cons:
• It forms a strange 'layer' on the skin that felt a little strange.
• The gel wasn't compatible with my make up and caused it to flake off.

Living Nature Extra Hydrating Toning Gel (£10) and other Living Nature products are available at naturisimo.com

Lavera Orange Shower Gel Reviews

Review of Lavera Orange Shower Gel
By Taryn G.

Packaging The Lavera orange feeling shower & bath gel comes in a orange and white plastic tube, with a screw top lid for easy dispense. It also comes in an outer cardboard rectangle box. Both the packaging has the recycle symbol on it.

Application When I first used the Lavera orange feeling shower gel, I thought the orange feeling shower gel was going to be hard to wash with, but in fact it was the other way round. I found it easy and quick to use because frothed up and became easy to apply with a poof/flannel, unlike some brands. It was also easy to wash off any excess orange feeling shower gel. The orange feeling shower gel is clear in colour and felt sticky to touch but when it came to applying the gel to my body it was smooth like silk and easy to use.

Ingredients They use some organically grown products and natural essential oils which you can smell when you use the shower and bath gel, which I love because I know I’m not putting any man made chemicals on skin. The ingredients were put on the outer packaging in English and German.

Result After using the Lavera orange feeling shower gel, my body felt soft and felt clean, while in the shower I could really smell the oranges, when I got out I could no longer smell it, which I like to have. I would buy and use it again.

Pros: Leaves my body feeling soft and refreshed
Smells of oranges without being over the top
Uses natural/organic ingredients
Suitable for vegans
Easy to apply

Cons: The orange smell didn’t last as long as my normal body wash
The shower gel only lasted me one week

Lavera orange feeling shower & bath gel (£5.95) and other Lavera products are available at naturisimo.com

Review of Lavera Rose Hair Treatment

Review of Lavera Rose Milk Repairing Care Treatment
By Anisa B.

This Lavera Rose Milk Repairing Care Treatment comes in a 125ml plastic green tube but I received the product in a 10ml sachet that had enough product in it to write this review.

The texture of this Lavera Rose Milk Repairing Care Treatment is thick and creamy and smells of roses. The smell, however is not strong and does not feel overpowering as some products do. It is easy to apply and does not feel sticky or like a film and nor does it feel like oily. It feels more like a thick conditioner works easily into the hair.

Lavera says: Lavera Rose Milk Repairing Care Treatment provides intensive nourishing care to stressed and dry hair. Rose flower extract, macadamia and avocado oils provide nourishment while keratin builds and strengthens the hair.
The list of ingredients are: Water (Aqua), Alcohol*, Lauaryl Glucoside, Cetearyl Alcohol, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil*, Guar Hydroxypropyl Trimonium Chloride, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil*, Lecithin, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Macadamia Ternifolia Oil*, Squalene, Rosa Damascena Flower Water*, Prunus Persica (Peach) Extract*, Chitosan, Hydrolyzed Keratin, Xanthun Gum, Panthenol, Hydrogentaed Lecithin, Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Fragrance (Parfum)**, Limonene**, Linalool**, Citronellol**, Geraniol**. * ingredients from certified organic agriculture ** natural essential oils


I’ve used this Lavera Rose Milk Repairing Care Treatment once a week for 3-4 weeks now, my hair is not particularly dry but is more normal and dry sometimes. I feel this product made my hair feel softer and tangle free but not more so than a regular conditioner. This is meant to be a treatment so, more effective, but I don’t feel it is. It did not do what I’d expect for a ‘treatment’ product unfortunately and I would only recommend it as a conditioner and not as a treatment product.

The pros of this Lavera Rose Milk Repairing Care Treatment are:
- Smells nice
- Affordable
- Good ingredients
- Hygienic packaging that is portable too

The cons are:
- Not different from a regular conditioner

Lavera Rose Milk Repairing Care Treatment (£7.95) and other Lavera products are available at Naturisimo.com

Review of Jurlique Herbal Eye Gel

Review Jurlique Herbal Recovery Eye Gel
By Sandra C.


Packaging This Jurlique Herbal Recovery Eye Gel comes in a glass pump bottle with 15ml content, it is a bit heavy to put in your bag.

Application Jurlique Herbal Recovery Eye Gel is too watery to be an eye gel. It feels more like eye serum than eye gel. However, it does spread easy due to the texture. I used it generously day and night for over a month but there is still two third left in the bottle.

Scent I was a bit put off by the smell. I can’t figure out what kind of funny smell it is but it is definitely not my type. It is like the kind of home remedy oil that old ladies use.

Ingredients The packaging claims that the ingredients in Jurlique Herbal Recovery Eye Gel, arnica and eyebright “help to firm and brighten the delicate skin around the eye area” and this eye gel is packed with a lot of herbal extract. However, what disappointed me is the other far from natural ingredients such as alcohol, a preservative Sodium Hydroxymethylglycinate that could be irritating, and chemicals like the PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate which uses as an emulsifier. For 15ml of eye gel costing £33, I would expect more organic or natural ingredients.


Result When I first applied it on the delicate area around my eye, it stung. It was a slight burning sensation around my eye which really worried me. However, I gave it a go and have been using for a month, it doesn’t always stings but on some days it really does. The only good thing about this eye gel is that when my eyes feel really puffy on the morning, I apply a little bit on the eye bags area, and it gives a firming effect. It doesn’t hydrate or smooth any wrinkles as the packaging claims.

Pros:
It does firm the eye contour area.

Cons:
The smell is not nice.
It gave me allergy.
It doesn’t hydrate my skin nor smooth any wrinkles as it claims.

Jurlique Herbal Recovery Eye Gel (£33.00) and other Jurlique products are available at Naturisimo.com

Pai Camellia Cleanser Reviews

Review of Pai Camellia and Rose Cleanser
By Zainab C.

Packaging The Pai Camellia and Rose Cleanser comes in a little pot which is beneficial as it is re-usable. The design is classic and modern with black writing over clear plastic and a white lid. The full size product is packaged similarly in that it is clean and modern. The full size product comes in a pump dispenser design.

Application The Pai Camellia and Rose Cleanser is a white cream with a gel like consistency. It has an interesting scent, which, although calming, may not be pleasant for some people. It was easy to apply and can be washed off with water. However, I found that it worked better, and cleaned deeper if it was removed using a damp muslin cloth.

Ingredients All of the ingredients in Pai Camellia and Rose Cleanser were natural with several essential and vegetable oils. This cleanser has luxurious, rich ingredients such as rose water, Shea butter and manuka oil.

Results The overall result was that my skin was left cleansed, refreshed and nourished. The cleanser got rid of any grime and dirt and added a nice glow to the skin. It did what a cleanser should do to a high standard.

Pros: Very natural, rich ingredients
This cleanser did not dry out skin whilst cleansing and removed make-up well
Leaves skin feeling nourished and thoroughly cleansed

Cons: The scent may not be to everyone’s taste
· The packaging could have been more eco-friendly
· This cleanser was very good and there isn’t anything else I can put in the ‘Cons’ section!

Pai Camellia and Rose Cleanser (£20.00) and other Pai products are available at naturisimo.com

Pai Macadamia Skin Cream Reviews

Review of Pai Macademia and Rose Skin Cream

By Louise M.

Packaging The Pai Macademia and Rose Skin Cream is contained within a beautifully decorated little glass pump dispenser, it could certainly take pride of place on your dressing table. The pump is also a hygienic way to work your way through the product without repeatedly putting your fingers back into the same jar. In line with the company’s ethics the pump is recyclable and comes with minimum packaging to minimise the product’s environmental impact.

Application Pai Macademia and Rose Dry Skin Cream has one of the most velvety textures of any cream I have ever tried. It is rich and creamy without feeling like it is sitting on the surface of the skin and from experience that seems to be a difficult balance to strike! Beyond the texture of the cream, the scent is also striking. Like many other natural face creams it smells of a very pleasant mix of rose germanium and roses, beautiful on its own but the scent does last a while and I found I needed to avoid wearing perfume as well.

Ingredients I have incredibly dry and sensitive skin, especially on my face and I tolerated this cream without any adverse reactions at all. The macademia oil and shea butter had wonderful moisturising properties and I imagine that the rose water would make this cream an especially good choice for mature skins. The formula of Pai Macademia and Rose Skin Cream also contains borage oil which I have used previously on my eczema so from my own experience I would have no hesitation about the benefits of this cream’s plant-based ingredients. I was also gratified to find out that Pai does not use any chemical nasties in their products, nor do they do not test on animals.

Results I was very impressed with this Pai Macademia and Rose Skin Cream. It looked feminine, sleek and modern in the packaging, felt like velvet on the skin and managed to keep my very dry skin hydrated for several hours (which is no mean feat). The scent of rose geranium was pleasant although a little overpowering, but this would certainly not stop me from using the product again. I imagine that over time the moisturising benefits would soothe skin further, so it would be worth sticking with it over several weeks.

Pros: Looks good and rather expensive in the bottle

· Has a wonderful texture which strikes the right balance between feeling rich and absorbing easily

· Really did moisturise my skin

· Has a raft of natural ingredients which did not aggravate my sensitive skin

Cons: The scent may be a little overwhelming

Pai Macademia and Rose Skin Cream (£22.00) and other Pai products are available at naturisimo.com

Logona Natural Concealer Stick Reviews

Review of Logona Natural Concealer Stick

By Debbie S.

Packaging I was sent a Logona Natural Concealer Stick tester, so the only information provided was very little on the circular label underneath. Container was quite a tasteful metallic bronze/pewter coloured metal tube with clear plastic cap, which pulls off and it then twists up.

Application I could not smell anything with this Logona Natural Concealer Stick at all. It looks light enough in colour for fair skin, but it actually changes on skin contact and becomes a darker shade. I noticed straight away that it was greasy, and was so greasy that it was very difficult to apply. It was like trying to apply oil, so subsequently it does not cover well.

This product does not last long either and it can be removed easily by simply touching.

Results Oh dear…I would definitely not recommend Logona Natural Concealer Stick at all. It does not do anything that a cover stick should. If I had bought it, I would have returned it immediately. After using this for a while, I developed a couple of spots, which I think is purely because of the greasy formula. I definitely did not enjoy using this Logona cover stick.

Pros: None

Cons: Ingredients contain alcohol

· Shade on skin different to shade in tube · Greasy · Difficult to apply · Poor coverage · Does not last long · Too easily removed · Poor website information · Greasiness caused a couple of spots to form

Logona Natural Concealer Stick (£12.81) and other Logona products are available at naturisimo.com

Pai Camellia and Rose Cleanser Reviews

Review of Pai Camellia & Rose Cleanser

By T Gunson

Packaging The Pai Camellia & Rose Cleanser comes in a small white plastic pot, with a screw top lid which gives you easy access to the cream. The packaging has the recycle symbol on it.

Application When I first used this Pai Camellia & Rose Cleanser, I thought the cream was going to be thick and hard to work with, but in fact it was the other way round. I found it easy and quick to use and quickly became part of my daily routine. The cream was white in colour and felt soft to touch and easy to clean off.

Ingredients They use some organically grown products which you can smell when you use the cream, which I love because I know I’m not putting any man made chemicals on skin. The ingredients were put on the outer packaging in English.

Result After using the Pai Camellia & Rose Cleanser on my face it felt soft, clean and moisturized. When I wash my face in the morning, I always need to put moisturizer on after but with this product I didn’t feel the need to do that. After a month of using this, my face was baby soft and looked healthy. I will definitely buy this product and use it again.

Pros: Leaves my face feeling soft and moisturised

• Smells fresh and summer like without being over the top
• Uses natural/organic ingredients which you can smell
• Easy to open and close pot

Cons: It is a small pot and quite expensive for the size.

• It was only a sample pot
• After a few uses I found it started to go a yellow colour

Pai Camellia & Rose Cleanser (£20.00) and other Pai products are available at Naturisimo.com