little white truths

Hello and welcome to my first empties post for the month!

Ideally I would like to get three empties posts done over the next few days because I'm in ridiculous empties back-log, but I mightn't quite get there since there's a queue for photographs at the moment and I have other products that need to be photographed first. We'll see.

In no particular order...

Palmolive Body Butter Coconut Scrub Exfoliating Body Wash

Full review here. I did enjoy this but I much preferred the scent of the coffee version (reviewed here) so I probably wouldn't buy this particular scent again because it's not as rich and delicious as I'd expected it to be, given my experience with the coffee scrub.

It's a creamy product that feels nicely hydrating on the skin, so it doesn't dry out my already dry skin and that's a plus. Note that it contains little exfoliating grains that basically do nothing, so I wouldn't buy this for the scrub aspect - but it does make a lovely body wash. It cleans well and leaves my skin feeling soft and hydrated after use, so it's a good formula for the cooler months. Repurchase? Yes, but not in this fragrance.

Batiste Dry Shampoo, Original

I discovered this range of dry shampoos over a year ago and I haven't looked back since then: they're my absolute favourites. Hence I've been busy trying all the different scents, and this Original version is my favourite because it doesn't smell like cheap deodorant. Full review here. 

What's great about this product is that it does exactly what it says it will do: it makes my hair look and feel cleaner and fresher, plus it adds body and texture to boot. It also works if eg I've used a product that's left my hair feeling heavy and coated, so it deals with more than human grease.

Plus it makes my hair easier to brush so I think it has a detangling effect too, and it adds some shine and makes my hair feel softer. Basically it does everything that I want and need a dry shampoo to do. Hip hip hooray. Repurchase? Yes.

Elizabeth Arden Prevage Progressive Renewal Treatment

Full review here. I was sent this product to review so I had to use it according to the directions, although I would have preferred to use it every second night because I often felt like my skin needed a break and I don't think that extending things would have sacrificed efficacy. Of course, this would also have meant that it lasted me two months instead of one, making it better value.

As a whole, this treatment did something for my face but I would want to see amazing results from something that costs this much. Note that I didn't notice any real difference in strength between the different weeks of the treatment (and I'm not the first person to have said this), and although it says that the bottles get stronger over time, I couldn't tell that while I was using it. So while it did clarify and brighten my skin a bit, I've used products that did more for texture etc so I wouldn't go back to this. Purchase? No.

Ralph Lauren Midnight Romance

I haven't reviewed this because I mostly don't review fragrances on this blog (they're too personal and everyone likes different things, plus different fragrances smell different on different people), but I wanted to include this in my empties post because it's worth throwing in a few comments.

I enjoyed the fragrance and it reminded me a lot of Lancome's Tresor Midnight Rose (there's blackcurrant in both), but what I didn't like was how bad the lasting power was. Indeed, I needed to spritz it three times a day if I wanted to wear it, and I don't think that's good enough. Repurchase? No.