Skin care review: Botanics Mattifying Day Cream with SPF 15

Hi everyone,

I hope your doing well today I will be reviewing a moisturizer for you. As you all know I'm in love in my embryolisse mattifying moisturizer. It's such an excellent product and performs very well with my combination oily skin. My only annoyance with the product is that it is expensive for a moisturizer.

While I was target and was looking around the skin care aisle I found the brand Botanics by Boots.

Boots is a European drugstore or as they call high street brand. I have tried a few make up products from the line. I decided to pick up Botanics Mattifying moisturizer with SPF 15

Product claims:

All Day Shine Control, Hydrates & Protects.

• Light weight formula
• Non Greasy
• Non comedogenic
• Tighten pores

The lightweight formula absorbs quickly without greasiness to provide balanced hydration and lasting protection from shine. Visibly tightens pores. Non comedogenic. Active plant extract, Willowbark, is a natural source of salicylic acid, which helps refine skin texture and actively target imperfections.

Use every morning after cleansing.

1.69 oz.

Product Experience:

The product comes in a pot with a tight fitting lid and an inner seal. You get 1.69 fl oz 50 ml $13.99.

The product itself is a white, very light a some what runny moisturizer. It blends and is easily absorbed by my skin. Leaves a very soft, smooth and matt feeling. I didn't feel any dry or tight spots after using this moisturizer.

The product has an SPF 15 uses avemozene, octomozene and octocylene as an active ingredients. These 3 working together create a broad spectrum sun protection. They are called chemical sunscreen they protect you by absorbing or scattering UVA and UVB rays. So don't freak out because of the word chemical another term for this type of sunscreen is organic sunscreen.

For more information about chemical and physical sunscreen, visit this site http://www.skinacea.com, this site is very basic it explained the difference between a physical and chemical sunscreen in plain English.
Here is another very helpful website about sunscreen and how to use the product effectively http://www.melanomafoundation.org.

packaging

Pros:

• Good every day moisturizer, doesn't leave tight areas on my skin.
• A very light easy to blend moisturizer.
• Leaves a soft smooth feeling after blending.
• Doesn't leave that tacky feeling that most moisturizers do.
• Leaves a nice matte look to the skin.
• Uses chemical/organic sunscreen instead of a physical sunscreen.
• Sunscreen will not cause any flash back during flash photography.
• Inexpensive cost $13.00 for 1.7 fl oz.
• Helps minimize pore size

sample

Cons

• The product contains the minimal amount of sunscreen.
• Packaging, I don't like having to dig in a pot of a moisturizer.
• It takes 30 minutes for the sunscreen to kick in.
• Some people are sensitive to chemical sunscreen.
• The product is only available at Target and online.

All in all in is a pretty good moisturizer, it moisturizes and has sunscreen and doesn't leave my skin with dry tight spots like some drugstore moisturizers. It is worth trying especially if you have a combination oily skin.

BRUSH review: Crown bursh 15 piece set with carrying pouch

Hi Everyone,

Happy New Year, 2013 was good and marked a big change in my life. I'm hoping 2014 will just be a fun and interesting. Here is my first review for the year.

Today I will be Crown Brushes, I bought my set of brushes from hautelook.com for $35 it comes in a pouch and has 15 brushes inside.

carrying/storage pouc

Product description:
With over 25 years of brush making tradition, Crown Brush has become the leading industry resource for cosmetic and skincare brushes. Crown Brush has an extensive global distribution network with a very knowledgable and experienced staff which fully facilitates all of your brush needs. Utilizing master craftsmanship, Crown is a leader in recognizing and manufacturing top quality brushes from the fi nest materials available. Crown offers the largest and finest open stock selection of professional quality brushes anywhere. Crown also offers a private label division that allows our clients to private label any of our open stock brushes at the industry’s lowest minimums.
ALL CROWN BRUSHES ARE 100% ANIMAL CRUELTY FREE. ABSOLUTELY NO ANIMALS ARE HARMED OR DESTROYED FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING OUR BRUSHES.

the pouch unrolled and the brushes

Set Includes:
Chisel Powder • Chisel Blush • Angle Blush • Foundation• Angle Blender • Oval Shadow • Blending Fluff • Flat Liner•Concealer • Lash Fan • Brow/Lash Groomer • Angle Liner• Oval Lip • Mini Smudger • Round Crease • Faux Reptile Case.

Face brushes from left to right
chisel powder brush, chisel blush brush, angled brush, foundation brush

Product Expereince
Just like my coastal scents brushes when I first opened the kit, the brushes have the strong scent of turpentine. The brushes survived my first cleaning without any of the ferrule coming loose. The quality of these brushes a little better, I notice even after a few washes the brush hairs still shed like crazy. This is only happens with the face brushes not with the eye brush.
I noticed there is a wide variety of brushes and brush sizes. I have small eyes so I don't need that big of a brush but I like the fact that this brush covers a lot of surface area in one swipe.
I have used the foundation brush and it laid down my foundation nicely, I'm not sure if I will continue using this particular brush since I prefer to use a sponge or the stippling brush from my other kit.
Some of brushes can be scratchy like the  pencil brush

Eye brushes
blending fluff brush,Oval shadow brush, oval lip brush, lash fan

Pros:

• Has a good set of brushes with a variety without repeating the same brush over and over.
• Comes with a carrying/storage case
• Inexpensive

Angled blender brush, mini smudger brush

Cons:

• Has the same weird and hard to remove turpentine scent.
• A lot of face brushes sheds like crazy.
• Some brush hairs are still scratchy even after a few deep cleanings
• Hit and miss quality of the brushes
• Some brushes cotains dyes, so when you deep clean the brushes the dyes runs out.
• Can only be purchased online at the website or hautelook.com

concealer brush, anged eyeliner brush, flat liner brush

I very disappointed with these brushes, the quality is just hit and miss the face brushes sheds like crazy even after washing. Invest your money else where, there are much better quality brushes out in the market at the same if not cheaper price tag.