Recently I told you about Influenster, but they’re not the only place you can score free products to review – I’m also signed up for BzzAgent and they were kind enough to send me a complimentary full-sized L’Oreal Paris Hydra Genius Daily Liquid Care Moisturizer for Normal/Dry Skin in exchange for my honest review. Officially, a BzzAgent is a member of BzzAgent.com who receives free or discounted products and/or services, then shares their opinion about them with friends. I’m a beauty-and-skincare-obsessed weirdo who writes reviews in her spare time anyway, so this is obviously awesome for me.
Anyway, this is a review for moisturizer, isn’t it? So the packaging itself was quite luxe – a sturdy glass bottle with a pump at the top. I was into that. But while the box advertised the moisturizer’s aloe and hyaluronic acid content, things like glycerin and dimethicone were closer to the top of the ingredient list. Denatured alcohol was also close to the top of the list, which I found very off-putting as it’s very drying on the skin, but I tried the product nonetheless.
As I suspected, this was a bit drying for me which defeats the purpose of it as a moisturizer. I used this in place of my normal moisturizer and sure, it made my skin soft at first, but within four days, I was getting dry patches on my cheeks. My skin also got oilier due to dehydration. The packaging boasts 72 hours of “continuous hydration,” but my skin starts looking more dehydrated than it normally does after just 8 hours (or less) when I use this. It’s also heavily fragranced which can be irritating to sensitive skin, so if you find that to be an issue, I’d avoid this. As much as I wanted to love this moisturizer because the packaging is so nice, it’s just not for me.
Ever since I found out about Daiso, I’ve been dying to visit one, so when I was planning my trip to Seattle and discovered they had a few stores there, I got pretty excited. I made it a point to go to one while I was there and obviously I went a little crazy. If you don’t know what Daiso is, it’s a Japanese “dollar” store – nearly everything is $1.50 and any pricing exceptions are marked (mostly $2, $3, and $4). Everything in the store was so cool and cute and right up my alley, so I didn’t really hold back. One thing I bought was missing from my bag when I got home and I’m so sad about it – it was a gorgeous floral soap dispenser. But here’s the rest!
A black acrylic jewelry holder, a pink rose molded cosmetics box, various travel-sized toiletry bottles, a black acrylic hair pin container, a pink false eyelash case, and hair-thinning scissors.
A strawberry-shaped bento box, blue polka-dot plastic mug, a fluffy face towel with a panda embroidered on, a sticky note assortment, and floral notebook.
A pink terry cloth headband, finger cocoon balls, and a foaming net (all for face washing), plus some floral drawer-liners.
An ice cream print iPhone wallet case, eyebrow pencil, liquid liner, eyeshadow quad, and some washi tape.
And my lantern.
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