March empties - Neal's Yard Remedies, Renu, i Coloniali, L'Occitane, La Roche-Posay Serozinc, Naked Bodycare, Duchy Collection

  

Duchy Bergamot Lime conditioner – I picked this up at TKMaxx in clearance for £1! I enjoyed using this and the fragrance was stunning. I’d repurchase again but I’m not sure this is still produced or where you’d buy it as I haven’t seen it since. 

I Coloniali shower gel – I wouldn’t purchase again unless it was reformulated, but the signature i Coloniali fragrance they have in their soaps and body products keeps pulling me back. I wish they bottled it and sold it as an EDT, I’d wear nothing else.

Neals Yard Remedies Rose daily moisturiser – I always like to see a bottle cut in two so you can scrape out every last blob. Love Neal's Yard's moisturisers. Would repurchase, but in a different scent.

Neals Yard Remedies Rose facial cleanser 50ml – Product worked well as a cleanser but would not buy again only because prefer cream or oil cleanser.

Neals Yard Remedies eye gel – my favourite eye gel ever.I’ve already repurchased and intend to keep on repurchasing until a better one comes along. Highly recommended.

L’Occitane rose hand cream – I didn’t like this shimmery hand cream at all and this was regulated to night time use only and I burned through it as quickly as I could. Would not repurchase and I must remember to read labels in future!

Naked Bodycare Take Care Orange Blossom body wash 250ml - this sulfate-free body wash is one of my favourites, plenty more left in the stash!

Renu face mask – bought on the cheap from the TKMaxx clearance shelf, around £5 or so. It felt pleasant to use, but I didn't see amazing results and I would not repurchase at full price as this retails for £32!

La Roche Posay Serozinc – a product I suspect was introducted to most people through Caroline Hirons’ wonderful blog This is a definite repurchase and I’d recommend to anyone who suffers with razor burn to at least try this product.

La Roche-Posay Serozinc toner review

La Roche-Posay Serozinc – I first read about this on Caroline Hirons’ blog and didn’t pay any attention to it at first as it was described about being a toner for oily or spotty skin which I don’t have. I’m dry as a husk so generally avoid anything like this. However, months later, I was browsing the La Roche-Posay french website just having a general look at the lists of ingredients for their products. When I clicked on Serozinc I noticed that it’s also marketed as being suitable for inflamed skin or to calm down razor burn. Now, I get razor burn all the time, no matter how careful I am. I’m lucky in that my beard is quite fair so I don’t have to shave every day but when I do, I often suffer afterwards and usually shave in the evenings to give my beard area enough time to calm down by the next day.

This product isn’t available her in the UK for now, so I ordered it from France through LeGuideSante as that was the cheapest at the time (I added some sulphate free Caudalie shower gels and masks to the order to make the delivery charge more worthwhile). I’ve been using this as an aftershave product, straight after shaving and rinsing off my cream or soap and it’s working well. There has been little or no razor burn, the mist has an immediate cooling and calming effect. This is a definite repurchase and I’d recommend to anyone who suffers with razor burn to try this product at least  once.

There are just three ingredients:
Water, Sodium Chloride and Zinc Sulfate.