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First impressions: Clinique, Nivea, Balea, Afrodita

Clinique Moisture Surge hydrating supercharged concentrate – this was a pleasant surprise. To be honest, I bought a small size of it to get free shipping. It had very good reviews, so I choose it, because I never owned anything from Clinique before. This is light, gel like moisturizer with antioxidants, hyaluronic acid and aloe water. It is oil and fragrance, suitable for sensitive skin. It gives such a nice fresh feeling, not greasy at all and absorbs very quickly. It also makes my skin more plump and tight looking.You need just tiny amount to deeply hydrate your whole face. It is made for all skin types and works very good with mine which is more on the greasy side. It is so gentle that can be use also as eye cream. I always pick up products made for oily skin, I never tried something what is not exclusively for my skin type, but in the future I surely will. The original packaging looks gorgeous. Gel is pink, enriched with eye appealing bubbles which contain antioxidants. It would be a nice addition to my night skincare routine, especially during summer. I’m not sure about the price, because it’s different from site to site, it’s from 28€ to 43€. Crazy! I WOULD LIKE TO BUY A FULL SIZE.



Balea hand foam – I bought this out of pure curiosity and because it was cheap to try. The idea of hand cream in foam sounded great and fun. It strongly reminds me of hair foam; it is also sticky like it, what is a major downside. And that stickiness doesn’t go away completely. To me it’s not that bad, because I use hand cream only before going to bed. This foam moisturizes very nicely and is not greasy. It leaves hands silky soft and quite strongly scented. I can still smell it when I wake up in the morning, so if you’re fragrance sensitive, stay away from it. Aroma of almonds and vanilla is pretty fake, but not so bad. For the price it’s a solid and cute looking product. I got it for 1,30€. NOT BUYING AGAIN


Nivea Sensitive caring micellar water 3in1 – I selected this to remove my eye and face makeup. It supposed to be ˝eyes friendly˝, but to mine, it’s not. It’s not strong tenough to remove my (non waterproof) makeup. I use this only as some kind of ˝helper˝ to my other cleaners like faces wipes or oily emulsion - just to be sure I took everything off. In this case it works great, but on it's own it is too weak. It contains some grape seed oil to preventing skin from dehydration, but doesn't leave oily traces. The packaging is good, made from solid plastic and doesn’t leak during transporting. Bottle is big, it contains 400ml and I bought it for 3,20€. NOT BUYING AGAIN




Afrodita body lavender soufflé – I’m still obsessed with lavender, so this supposed to be a part of my obsession but it’s actually not. It turned out to have a totally different scent than expected, but in a very good way. The dry down of this body cream smells like Crystal Noir from Versace to me. Just crazy! Texture of this cream is very funny and truly soufflé like. It’s like fluffy pudding with a lot of cream added.  Ha and its ˝dancing˝ if you shake the jar. It feels slightly uncomfortable grabbing it from the container. Cream is not too greasy and absorbs very nicely. It leaves skin super smooth and quite strongly perfumed. So I would not recommend wearing fragrance with this moisturizer. Afrodita is known for their quality and it rarely disappoints me. This became one of my favorite body products. I got it for around 6€. WOULD BUY AGAIN




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