I love this serum so much. Every time I use the testers, my skin looks and feels so nice. But it's so expensive and it has nothing impressive in it. No vitamin C, retinol, bakuchiol, ceramides, niacinamide,… It's just has immortelle oil that might be somewhat anti-ageing. And it has adenosine, so it's something. I can't justify buying a product at such a price that has nothing of note in it, but I sure enjoy my good skin days when I have testers. 

Purchase: I'd love to own it, but it's too expensive. 

I did not like this at all. Name says it all and you mix the powder with a bit of water, then apply it in circular motions and wash off. It's insanely drying. My face felt stripped of every bit of moisture after use and fingers couldn't run smoothly over the skin. It had no visual effect on my skin and it wasn't as effective as a scrub as Skinfood Black sugar one. 

Repurchase: No.

FOREO UFO Activated Masks Call it a Night & Make my Day  

These are mini sheet masks that are used with UFO, a light-emitting, sonic-vibrating, heating device. There's plenty of essence in these, more than an average sheet mask, so after one treatment with UFO, I squeeze the rest of the essence from the packaging on the sheet that's on UFO and do an extra treatment or even two. My skin is always much softer after these and nicely hydrated. UFO helps that massive amount of essence absorb so much quicker. I don't see a difference in effect between these two versions and while I had concerns they break me out, it turned out not to be the case. Recently my skin has had a dry spell and I realised these are the best thing in my stash for properly hydrating my skin and it fixes it in one go. 

This is supposed to smell like grapefruit, but to me it smelled like mango, so a softer juicy-fruity sweet scent. Formula is nothing special, but overall ok. I like the smell of Soft Cuddle based on the scented page in the catalogue. 

Repurchase: They are expensive for the amount and how quickly I used it up, even when they have discounts.  

I wasn't a massive fan of this. Formula was ok, creamy, but nothing outstanding. The scent didn't sit well with me, though it's a pretty basic vanilla. I prefer their lavender shower gel.

Repurchase: No.

My usual anti-perspirant that I've been using for years. It smells like coconut, but I don't even notice the scent anymore. It leaves white marks, but I find these stick deodorant the most effective kind.

Repurchase: Done.

I hated this for a long time, but then used it with an acid rinse (1 tea spoon of citric acid in 1 litre of water) and it became a huge favourite. It leaves my hair crazy soft and feeling great, plus the effect lasts for days. It's not the best at taming my frizz, but only Moroccanoil Smoothing mask makes a difference. This smells like Miss Dior Cherie without the obnoxious patchouli.

Repurchase: I have Magistal and Resistance Masque Extentioniste in my stash, the latter I love a bit more than this one, but yes, I'd buy it again.

A silicone-free drugstore mask I actually like. It's nourishing enough due to shea butter high on the list, but it doesn't reduce frizz.

Repurchase: I prefer Pantene, but it's nice if you want something silicone-free.

I use this shade for toning. This formula completely replaced L'Oreal Excellence for me. For one they are half cheaper, since L'Oreal's price surged over the years, shades are pretty much the same, formula is ok and as much as I love that L'Oreal conditioner they add in their boxes, I now use Joico K-Pack Reconstructor and Intense Hydrator right after colouring. I swap the developers with a weaker 3% one, since I'm toning and not lifting the hair colour. I use the unused developers from these boxes for cleaning (1 part dish soap + 1 part hydrogen peroxide developer + sprinkling of baking soda for removing stubborn stains on fabric). The conditioner size added to the boxes is pitiful, with only 22 ml. I use mostly 9.1 (I've used up a few boxes so far) and I buy 8.1 as a just-in-case if I don't manage to bleach all that well.

Repurchase: Done