A great second cleanser for dry skin, which I also use on its own when I'm not wearing sunscreen and/or makeup. It's a nice fluffy mousse that feels gentle, doesn't burn if it accidentally gets into the eyes and isn't drying. It's pH neutral which is a big plus. When I started using this, a dry and rough area I had on the sides of my nose disappeared (before I was using the Wasch gel). This smells like Nivea, so it's not fragrance free despite being for sensitive skin.

1.99 € | 1.95 in Germany

I've gone through several tubes of this (well, the old formulation) and still have a backup, but the mousse has replaced this since my skin is dry. I still think this is a nice product for oily-combination skin. It doesn't irritate my eyes or skin, it does the job and it has 10% aloe vera. I'm not sure if this is pH neutral too, since the changed the formula, but the previous was. 

1.99 € | 0.95 € in Germany

 By they way, I had Balea's cleansing oil, which is very popular, but I don't like it. It's too thin, I used up a lot at once, it didn't remove makeup well and it broke me out.

One of my recent skin care discoveries and boy was I glad I found this, since my K-Beauty purchases will have to be on hold until shipping charges drop. However, in my local DM this is marked as being removed from the shelves and it was more than half off, yet it's still on DM's website with the regular price. I hope it's not being discontinued, but if they are just chucking it out from (some) Slovene DMs it sucks too. It's one of the best Balea skin care products in terms of ingredients as far as my preferences are concerned. It has niacinamide high on the list, but it also has a small amount of a version of vitamin C (ascorbyl  tetraisopalmitate) and pinolumin which reduces redness, calms down the skin and fades age spots. I didn't get this for fading pigmentation marks because I only have freckles and nothing major, I just got it because of the niacinamide which works for my skin. It's a small bottle with only 20 ml of product and this is not a very light, serum type of product, meaning you don't only use a little at once, but it actually lasted way longer than I expected, months. The texture is like a medium thick cream, so a type of product I use as one of the last, but mostly as the actual last step in my routine. This works for my skin, it's finally as nice as it was before I started using The Ordinary products. The texture is nice, I have no spots and I even have a healthy glow.

Ingredients.

For a basic lip balm with a high SPF this is very nice. Formula is soft and not overly waxy, so feels nicely nourishing on the lips instead of like a layer that just sits on top. Unlike some other SPF lips balms, this doesn't have a bad taste. 

I've gone through a lot of these. If only they had 1 litre bottles because this runs out so fast in my shower. I use it as both a shower gel and shampoo. Formula is thin, but still ok. As a shower gel it's a nice, non-drying formula, but not as nicely creamy nourishing as Dove. As a shampoo it's not drying on my very dry hair and it doesn't leave it overly squeaky clean and tangled, which I appreciate. It's not outstanding, but the fact it has urea, it's cheap and non-drying makes me keep on buying this and frequently. 

2.25 € | 1.95 €

I got the hand cream first, which impressed me so much that I had to try the lotion too. It leaves the same silky smooth film on the skin as the hand cream and it's an excellent formula for dry skin. Formula is medium thick lotion and for my preferences this absorbs fast enough, but it's not in minutes. For dry skin where you can see the tiny white flakes like it happens on my legs, this is excellent. 

2.99 € | 1.95 €

One of my favourite ever hand creams that rivals L'Occitane's shea butter. It leaves my hands nicely nourished and with this nice silky feeling so they feel softer than with other hand creams. It absorbs fast enough and is just overall a fantastic cream for the price.

1.69 € | 0.95 €

This is a conditioner dry scalp, but it isn't meant just for the scalp, however, I always combine it with a more nourishing treatment on the bottom part. These type of products are not easy to apply when you have such long hair like mine, but I try to do my best and focus on areas where I know are driest. It's not heavy, so it doesn't leave my scalp feeling oily or leave me with less volume. Together with the balm below these two have helped the dandruff problem to a degree. There's much less of it and the scalp also feels cleaner, but it's still itchy at times, still I like this. 

1.79 € | 1.45 €

This is a moisturiser for the scalp that goes with the conditioner. It has a handy long and precise nozzle, which helps at application, but it's still hard getting it all over the scalp, impossible really because this isn't liquid, it's a medium thick cream and I just give up before I manage to get it all over. There's definitely less dandruff when I use it, but I use it in combination with the conditioner. This is also meant for the ends since it has some keratin, but it feels like nothing on my ends and I don't waste it for that, however for hair that isn't as dry this might be nice, since it doesn't feel greasy. 

One of the cheapest protein treatments I have found in our drugstores that actually has hydrolysed proteins high on the list, so it's basically something along the lines of a poor man's Joico K-Pack line or Redken's Anti-Snap, but scaled down at least compared to Joico with its Quadramine complex. It's a silicone free formula with glycerine as one of the first ingredients, so it combines some moisturising action too with the protein. All proteins are in hydrolysed version which is the most effective version of protein and they are quite high on the list. There also hyaluronic acid which benefits the scalp and supposedly hair too. Formula is like a thin gel-like formula and it's a leave-in product. It can be applied on damp or dry hair, but on dry hair it feels like I applied nothing. I don't notice it makes my hair any smoother and it dries into my usual super frizzy mess if I don't use any extra products, but it's a nice way to add proteins because it's very light and it doesn't interfere with other products.

3.29 €  | 2.95 €

I got this for one reason only: it's 150 ml for 5 € making it the cheapest such serum "silicone-oil" per millilitre in our drugstores. I use these oil serums as heat protectants and since I have to use a lot of it, I get the cheap stuff for the job and I like this one a lot. This is one of the lightest on my list, so it's not super effective on taming the frizz like heavier oils do on me such as Orofluido, Moroccanoil or Precious Argan, but like I said I use it before using heat tools and I can apply this one all over the hair in large quantities. It's got quite a basic vanilla-coconut scent. This might be a nice "regular" oil for those with less thick hair than me, but it's not the lightest formula in the drugstores (that honour goes to Luxurious Coconut).

4.99 € | 4.95 € (a small 20 ml version exists too)

I got this because it's silicone free. This means it's more nourishing and heavier than silicone-oils, it also means it makes the hair significantly more weighed down just like all natural oils (coconut oil) when you use them every day, but such oils are the best way I deal with the excessive dryness of my ends. It's rich, yet not too heavy and it doesn't leave the hair looking overly greasy like coconut oil does. The scent is the same as in their Langhaar Mädchen Haaröl, so a vanilla-coconut scent that's super basic, but better than coconut oil to me, though this one starts to smell weird too on later days, especially if I keep my hair tied up. 

I've been buying these for so many years, both the original scent and the many limited editions. It's a shaving gel that's nicely thick, it forms a rich foam that sticks to the skin well (much better than shaving mousses including Balea's) and helps the blade to glide nicely. After I wash this off, the skin feels a lot silkier than when I use nothing and there less dryness. 

1.99 € | 1.15 € 

DM basically made it possible to have a high-end scent for a ridiculous price. The pink Pure Blossom smells very similar to Lancome La Vie est Belle and Golden Moon like Alien by Thierry Mugler. I had Pure Blossom first despite the fact I'm not a fan of La Vie est Belle at all (too much patchouli), but it made an absolutely brilliant room spray because it lasts hours in a room, which is amazing for a 1 € deodorant and only BBW room mists beat it. As an deodorant it last well, I could still smell it after about 4-5 hours, but it was faint. Pure Blossom is already empty, so I got Golden Moon next. It's another strong scent that indeed smells very much like Alien, so like jasmine, but a very warm, nice kind that so far hasn't given me a headache (like Lush's jasmine in Flying Fox does). I think I described Alien once smelling like a sitting under a jasmine tree in warm sunlight - basically it's a nice floral, warm, ambery-woody and to me a childhood scent that I prefer to Pure Blossom. They recently made body lotions with these two scents.   

Excuse the very beaten up look, this razor has been through a lot and I've had it for many years, but I refuse to buy a new one until this one completely falls apart (I don't think it will be soon though. Mine fell so many times, it's missing parts, it's full of hard water deposits, yet it's still useful). It's brilliant for the price. It's miles better than any female razor I tried, it stays sharp for quite a while and the replacement blades are cheap enough. It has five blades plus one in the back, so it can also be precise. I just like this one a lot. Before I was buying men's Gilette for years, which is so expensive, but this one does the job for so much less money.

4.45 € in Germany, I think I paid more, but it was so long ago. Spares are 10 € for 8 here, 8.95 € in Germany.

I've tried several of these removers that have a sponge inside and I like this one most for the price because the sponge is the softest. It removes well and quickly, but I stick to removing nude polishes with it, at least when it's new because as soon as you remove a red one or something dark, it leaves the fingers red. Glitter also ruins it, so I keep old ones for the job, but they remove it a lot easier than when using a cotton pad. 

1.99 € | 1.65 €

While these don't hold a candle to the Bath and Body Works ones and I also love the 48 one because it's in spray and small, these are still good and at least they are trying with the different scents. They don't leave the skin sticky, though there is a layer left and they aren't terribly drying for such a product. I always have one of these.

1.99 € | I think they have only this tube version in Germany now, but I don't recall seeing it here.