The Body Shop 01 Eye Definer Shade: Black(01 Crayon Khol Nuance: Noir) : Review

I have been using the Body Shop eye definer for quite a few years now. It was actually one of the products in my first ever TBS haul. Read on to find my views on this product.

What the brand says is glide-on formula, dermatologically tested, opthalmologically tested. Available in an array of colors.

Price: 600 INR but usually available on discount during their sale period.

The shade of the eye definer I use is black. There are quite a few different shades available. They have some with metallic shades like silver and golden. They also have recently come up with duo eye definer which is basically a two-in-one eye liner with white color liner on one side of the pencil to be used in the inner corner of the eye for highlighting purpose. They also do a variant in which they have a smudger at the end of the liner to get a blendable and smudgable effect.

I use this liner only on my lower water line as that is the only place where I wear a liner if at all I am wearing liner. I have very watery lower water line and almost all the liners that I have tried either run down or get smudged. But not this one. This one stays put on my water line and does not get smudged at all. The formula is glide on formula so all I need to do is run it alongside my water line, a couple of times if I want it to be intense and I am all set.

The packaging is standard pencil packaging and you do need to sharpen it time and time again. A lot of product does end up getting wasted though and I do go through these fairly quickly. Also they do not provide a sharpener so I always have to carry a sharpener along separately.

I do not even remember the number of times I have repurchased this liner. Needless to say I will be repurchasing this again. I do recommend this if you also have watery eyes and find it hard to keep your liner in place. Fair warning though, I have a couple of friends who find this product to be bit dry and they say that they have to run it multiple times to get decent color on their waterline but I myself have never faced that problem. This one gets a THUMBS UP from me.

Have you ever tried the Body Shop eye definer. Be sure to drop in a comment in the comments section below!

La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Levres Baume Barriere Reparateur (Barrier Repairing Balm) : Review

I picked up my first ever product from La Roche-Posay. It is the La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Levres Baume Barriere Reparateur (Barrier Repairing Balm). Read on to find my views on this product.

What the brand claims is this repairing barrier balm soothes, protects and rebuilds the epidermis on chapped, cracked and irritated lips and zones, thanks to its formula concentrated up to 5% of soothing and repairing Panthenol, and enriched with MP-Lipids, pro-hydration active ingredient, in a breakthrough highly filmogenic formula, ultra-comfortable and protective.

Price: £6 for 7.5 ml tube.

I picked this tube up mainly because of the small size. Usually the lip balms which come in tube packaging come in a 15 ml packaging(not including chapstick form of balms which come in 4 to 5gm packaging). This one was 7.5 ml so half the size. I found it perfect for trying this product out. In case if I ended up not liking the product, at least the wastage will be half too.

Having said that, I did test it out for its main purpose i.e. moisturizing and repairing the lips. I found it to be effective as a lip balm which does some repairing too. The ingredients of this balm are also interesting. 

The other thing I liked about this balm was the fact that it has NO PARABENS. For me this is one major factor in deciding if I want to use a product or not. 

The packaging of this balm is quite the standard lip balm packaging with a slanted tip for better application and less wastage of the product. Small size makes it convenient for travelling too.

My lips were not in a very bad shape when I was trying this product so I found the product to be good for a lip balm. However there are two issues that bothered me about the product. First was lack of SPF which I feel is necessary for lip protection. Second was the staying power which was not that great but then again the brand does not claim that it lasts very long so I guess they are not misleading us in any way.

I would not immediately repurchase this product. But having said that I do believe that this balm is one of the good lip balms out there and affordable too!

Have you ever used the La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Levres Baume Barriere Reparateur. Be sure to drop in a comment in the comments section below.