One of mascaras I like the most, though it is a regular formula and it doesn't hold my lashes curled like a waterproof one, but it fans them out well, it defines, adds lots of length and volume. It leaves the lashes still soft even with two-three coats. This should tint the lashes black with regular use, but my natural colour of lashes is dark, so I can't tell you if that's true.

Another of my favourites among the regular formulas. It gives enough volume, length and definition, it just makes the lashes look their best.

This was pretty good though it wasn't my favourite formula, but it has great ingredients: niacinamide, vitamin C, caffeine, resveratrol, hyaluronic acid, peptides, salicylic acid and a couple of extracts and I used it daily because of that. Coverage is about medium. It covers my under eye circles, redness around the nose, most freckles and spots. Finish is natural, meaning doesn't turn matte on my dry skin.

My daily foamy cleanser. It's not an oil like the name says, it's a basic gel. It's gentle, effective, it doesn't irritate my eyes, it has no scent and it has nice ingredients. Plus the pump is handy.

Repurchase: Done, but the packaging is different. At least I think I got the right one. Ingredients look similar.

I've been using this for years every day. It's a rich toner-like product with 95% ferments (galactomyces) and rest are niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, panthenol, allantoin, adenosine and a handful of fillers. It has no scent.

This has 0.1 % HPR Retinoid or Hydroxypinacolone Retinoate, a retinoic acid ester, so directly related to retinoic acid aka tretinoin. It’s something like retinal, so a gentle alternative that causes less or no irritation. It felt a touch warm on the skin at times, but otherwise it was gentle. Aside from HPR Retinoid, it contains Urea, Panthenol, Squalane, Ceramides, Cholesterol, Beta-Glucan, amino acid Glycine, Lactic Acid and Niacinamide. I was using this for almost a year and I wasn't happy with it, with the results of it, so I switched to Beauty of Joseon Retinal.

This contains 2% Bakuchiol and a bunch of the same ingredients as the Retinol Shot (Panthenol, Squalane, Beta-Glucan, Ceramides, Cholesterol, Urea, Niacinamide,...). Both Shots have a milky light lotion texture, similar to their Vitamin C Shot, so I used this as one of the last products in the routine. I didn't find this did anything special apart from hydrate.

A 0.1% retinal serum, which is comparable to 1% retinol serum. There's also a weaker A-Game 5 version available. I've used this up a while ago and didn't repurchase it because it's almost always out of stock and I don't like paying high costs for shipping, but I liked it. It's gentle and light, so easy to layer.

This has 2% liposome retinal (0.02% active), ginseng extract (10%), niacinamide, adenosine, hyaluronic acid, cholesterol, ceramides, a peptide and a couple of oils/butters. Texture is a light lotion, but it feels like a moisturiser on the skin and it has a ginseng scent that's like at Sulwhasoo products. There was no irritations or dryness when I started using it and it suits my skin well. It's an eye cream, but there is 30 ml of product, so like most retinol/retinal products and I use it all over the face.

I loved the old formula which gave my skin a healthy, glow-ish look, but this new one with the changed formula didn't impress me as much. It was a completely ok product, nice actually, but more like a standard hydrating serum. Ingredients are still good, just different.

A toner that contains 72.6% of Black bee Propolis extract and 10% Honey extract. The texture is thicker than toner, but not as thick as a serum. It just suits my skin - hydrates and keeps it good condition

A thin, liquid formula that's not as light as Garnier's Fluid because it's oilier. On my very pale skin, there's a yellow tint visible after application, but it doesn't have a white cast. It's not my favourite formula in terms of how invisible it feels and looks on the skin, as it has shine, however, that doesn't matter to me as much because this is the SPF I trust the most. It has a the most advanced sun filters, which also protect from long UVA, so it's my top choice for a reliable sun protection. But when I want something nicer on the skin, I go for Garnier or Oriflame Novage.

This smells like Sol de Janeiro Bum Bum cream, a creamy salty caramel-pistachio-vanilla. I have the original Brazilian 4 Play shower gel and the scent pretty much the same. Straight from the bottle Treacklemoon has hint of a more tropical scent of mango, but in the shower it's the same vanillary-caramel-nutty goodness. Scent is intense, but sadly I can't smell it much after I step out of the shower (same thing happens at the SdJ).

A basic shower gel with an uplifting tropical, sweet scent. I'm not sure if this was LE, I think it was, but it's a nice choice for summer.

This has salicylic acid and lactic acid aside from AHAs from fruit extracts. Formula is nothing special, just a standard shower gel and I expected something more luxuriously creamy. The fragrance is floral with lots of warm notes. It'd be a nice creamy, cosy fragrance if it weren't for some overly sweet, green note that doesn't sit that well with my nose. I get the fresh sweet plum scent from the start, then I think what bothers me a combination of orchid and cassis, while the base is a nice creamy mix of vanilla, amber, woods and sandalwood. I noticed no exfoliating effect.

I used this as a pre-wash hair treatment. It has canola, coconut and almond oil. Due to the dropper applicator I can apply this on the scalp, though I didn't notice my scalp getting any better. It's not particularly greasy, though it's not like a dry oil. Compared to Lazartique hair oil, this is much heavier, so not something I'd use a lot of on my ends when they are dry, but as a pre-wash treatment it's nice. It has a gentle, sort of vanillary scent, but it's more bland than that. Alverde says it's a scent of coconut and almonds.

Repurchase: I think so. I tried Terra Naturi's as a substitute and I don't like it. Honestly, there isn't much choice in the shops here.

My favourite hand cream. It's got nice simple ingredients the skin needs (ceramides, hyaluronic acid), while the formula is nicely thick and rich, yet it absorbs fast, so there's quickly no greasy residue on the skin.

One of my favourite shampoos. I honestly couldn't decide between this one and Olaplex. Both have a very rich texture that forms a dense foam. They don't leave my hair stripped and they clean well.

I've used up several bottles of this and I have just about every product from this brand. But I realised it doesn't do much. It didn't repair my hair after bleaching or kept it in better condition. My hair is extremely dry and thick naturally, so finding hair care that does the job is a challenge and this didn't do what I expected it to do (and K18 is useless too). Joico K-Pak is still the most effective thing I found.

Repurchase: I have a spare, but I don't think I'll keep buying this anymore. Though together with the N.0 liquid it makes my hair feel amazing. We'll see.

I'm a fan of the Nourish mask from this brand as well as the hair oil. This is another fantastic formula for very dry hair. It silicone free, yet makes the hair feel like I used Kerastase. Another winner by Lazartigue.

One of the best drugstore hair masks I've tried. It leaves my hair feeling silky, detangled and it's nourishing enough for my very dry hair. This and the new Pantene Bonding conditioner are always in my stash, though they are about the same.

As is usual a great Pantene formula - very nourishing, works even on my super dry hair, it has those silicones I like that prevent my hair from being tangled instantly and add smoothness and silkiness to the hair.

Repurchase: I regularly repurchase Pantene conditioners.

A tinted hair mask that matches my natural hair colour pretty much perfectly (dark brown with a cool undertone), so I use it to hide my highlighted hair, since I have bleached ends and I don't want to use a permanent colour. I've tried a lot of brown tinted hair masks and this one is the darkest, so pick it if you colour your hair dark brown to refresh faded colour, as the rest I've tried fit more light-medium brown hair. Formula is hydrating enough for my very dry hair. I can't tell you how long it lasts as I always refresh it before it looks too faded, but it's a mask that washes off the slowest of all I tried. One wash barely gets any colour off (after four washes, my hair is light brown and a lot of the colour is still on).

My favourite leave-in conditioner. This is the second bottle I used up and one lasts me over a year. It does what it promises: leaves my hair hydrated much longer, my hair dries smoother, it's softer, this works as a heat protection and it has proteins.

Unlike the Color Wow Dream Coat this one actually does something and helps my hair dry smoother with less frizz. It doesn't create the glass hair effect on me, but it's still very effective. It's actually similar to the their Smoothing lotion, but this one also protects the hair from getting frizzy when in contact with humidity. It's very light, but it hydrates and it makes my hair smoother. It needs to be activated by heat.

This is an excellent hair perfume and I was saving it too much, then when it finally ran out I realised it disappeared from our drugstores. I've been trying to find a replacements, but nothing lasts all day like this, except Sol de Janeiro Cheriosa 62. It's also alcohol free which is almost no existent among hair perfumes.

I use this every time I wash my hair. It is the lightest styling product I've tried, it feels like nothing is on the hair, yet it holds so well.

I bought this by accident, but it ended up being really good. It's the same as Balea ones and it forms a thick foam.

Repurchase: Sure. I'm not sure what scents even are available at the moment, this was probably a LE.

The stick was my regular anti-perspirant for the last few years, but I think it stopped working on me, so I made a switch to Rexona and I'll try it later again. It's otherwise a great formula that kept me fresh all day and it has a lovely powdery floral scent. It leaves white marks as all stick deodorants, but roll-ons and sprays are never as effective on me as sticks. The spray has a brilliant powdery floral scent, even better than the stick and I've been using it since my teens. I bought the black version because they didn't have this pink one in the shop and I don't like it nearly as much.