Essential shampoo and conditioner review

Essential shampoo and conditioner by Kao

I bought this item from sasa.com few weeks back and I finally switched to this set a week ago from White Tsubaki shampoo and conditioners, so far its been GREAT makes my hair really soft and smooth! I LOVE White Tsubaki set but it can get expensive when you buy them in the states so when I saw this on sasa.com for $4.30 per bottle I had to get it and give it a try!

Kao makes cosmetic brand such as Sofina and Aube, the shampoo is very moisturizing and the conditioner is really thick almost paste like, feel almost like hair masque which I like. Kao makes quality products so I wasnt surprised that this shampoo & conditioner works so well and it also smells good. Immediately after I rinsed my hair and towel dried my hair I could feel that my hair was super soft after I dried my hair I could see very nice shine to my hair! The orange is good for dry/damaged hair and my hair tends to get dry due to all the process I did to my hair but this set really made my hair soft and shiny.

Here are alittle info on this products, click to enlarge if you can't see the texts.
Click here to go to Essential's english website :D

watch the intro vid with kawaii gyaru with shiny hair LOL is so cute :3




Overall I would def buy this again, will make your hair feel and look healthy~great price and great product!
5/5

But I do have Asience shampoo and conditioner I bought from mitsuwa not too long ago so I gotta do that review too after a while X3

click here to buy

Also sasa.com is still doing free shipping if you use paypal to check out!
CODE: paypalus2009
*sorry this code is only good for US paypal users*

Shiny and very manageable hair~ ♥


Hope this review helps! Thanks for stopping by!

oh and ekiLove's customer appreciation giveaway winner for the month of Nov will be Randomly drawn tomorrow at Midnight central time so if you own any item made by me please write me a testimonial to enter! :D

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eki

c.o. Bigelow Rose salve review

Hi♥

Im sorry for not being around and making post lately... X3
Holiday season always keeps me busy and exhausted,, its very joyful time of the year and its one of my favorite holiday but I think its the most stressful time of the year for me... :/

with all the planning, gift buying and work, I sometime forget that I need to relax and not think about anything but to relax... so I guess from the sound of things I have been stressed out....! That's why not much posts, FOTD and fun things here lately :(

Dont worry I have been slowly making reviews, tutorials and been taking photos but Im just so tired that I havent been able to edit and such but I will make time for them hopefully soon!
I did manage to make mini review on this lip balm that Ive been using alot since the cold weather really moved in my lips have been super dry.


C.O.Bigelow Rose Salve No.12

Here is what it says on their website

C.O. Bigelow's famous Rose Salve has been a favorite since the early days, due to its ability to care for lips and beautify skin. Emulsified with extra-soothing rose extract, which helps ease irritation and condition the skin. May be used on lips, face, cuticles, elbows, knees, chapped or very dry skin patches Developed by Bigelow Chemists Not tested on animals Made in USA Ingredients include: Petrolatum, Lanolin oil, squalane, jojoba esters, Rosa Canina Fruit Extract, gossypium herbaceum (cotton) seed oil, octyldodecanol, bisabolol, red 20 lake (CI 73360).

Ok so I got this at Bath and body works they are doing buy 2 and get one free so I thought its a great stocking stuffer gift also I read few reviews on this lip balm before people said good things so I thought why not try :)

The tin is nice size and the color is pinky shade but goes on clear, my initial thought about this balm is that I didnt know if I liked the smell,, I love the scent of rose but this smells more like sweet baby powder.. :/
but its not too strong of a scent so I can bear it, the tin says 9% Rose extract in this and the scent is from the actual rose.

On moisture, My lips are really DRY right now and its all wrinkled up but as soon as I apply this balm on the lips its hydrated immidiately, its doesnt feel like it just sit on my lips but it actually feels like it nourishes my lips! On the greasy level, I say its medium its not too greasy feeling either which I love :) It does keep my lip hydrated for a good amount of time, I say it keeps my lip moist for hours. This have been great base for a lip products, it keeps my lip gloss last longer and lip stick goes on smoothly! My BF tend to have dry skin and I have been applying this on his face since it is multipurpose, seems to keep his face from looking dry so I say if you have really dry skin use this product everywhere :D

I applied this on my cuticles too works well! Very comparable to Smith's Rosebud salve!

4.5/5
-.5 since I dont know if I like the scent and its a tin can get messy,,

def a good buy since the tin will last you LONG time :3

also I got my sample kit from Mario Badescu

Mario Badescu is Europe's #1 spa and their products are known to use natural ingredients, Highly rated skin care products. If you fill out their questionnaire and let them know your problems they will send you sample to try out for free! I filled mine about 2-3 weeks ago and I just got them Today. The samples are decent size potions, enough to use few time! They even sent you a care card to show you how to use each product they recommend to you :)

I LOVE the smell of the strawberry face scrub looks like strawberry yogurt yum cant wait to test it out!!

get your samples today and see if you like their products too! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

XOXO
eki

Hello Kitty's 35th Anniversary mag scan!

Hi Just wanted to share this mag scan to HK Lovers!
If you are Hello Kitty fan you know that this year was HK's 35th's anniversary! She is 35 years old now X3 But timeless and always been super kawaii!

AS Long as I could remember glowing up in Japan every single girls owned Hello Kitty items, for birthdays I always got Hello Kitty or Sanrio gifts, it has always made me happy seeing the Sanrio items they are so happy and kawaii even today I find all sanrio characters adorable its ageless :D Even my mother adores HK! she told me that sanrio started out as a small gift and toy company in the 60's!
Now she is an icon of kawaii and everybody knows who she is!

In 1990 Sanrio opened Puroland in Tokyo! Its like Disneyland but with Sanrio characters :D super kawaii and a really happy place♥
Must go for sanrio fans but its slightly kiddish LOL


so here is Hello Kitty's 35th annivers mag scan featuring time line of HK items from 1974-2009, you can see that the Hello Kitty have always been super kawaii!
she is the original of cuteness!