Rimmel: Scandaleyes Reloaded

One item I never leave the house without wearing is mascara. I am a total mascara fiend and make my way through tubes of the stuff, usually before its best by date!  When the new Rimmel Scandaleyes Reloaded dropped through my letter box, there was a bit of a squeal. I have been quite a fan of Rimmel mascara right through adulthood and when something promises to  give long-lasting lash drama, it is the only drama I want and need in my life.

The most scandalous mascara is back with a breakthrough – enter a new dimension of extreme volume without clumping, now with unstoppable, sweat-proof, smudge-proof, 24HR wear.

Rimmel London ScandalEyes Reloaded Mascara features a clump-free formula which give extreme volume, extreme wear and is easy to remove with water. All of this comes courtesy of the new Formula with First to Market Patented Technology. This formula which has special flexible polymers builds volume fast onto every single lash in an intense, deep black mascara from root to tip and it is said that you can apply 11 years of mascara without causing a single clump. Using a specially designed tapered max-density brush which works to capture every single eyelash, even those teeny tiny ones right in the corner of your eyes.  

Now I have only been so bold as to apply 2-3 layers and impressively it does not clump, I happen to think 2 coats is more than enough for me, but others may wish to test the 11 coats theory! It is certainly sweat-proof having been squashed on a tube at rush hour when it gets quite sticky, I was glad to find that after a bit of a sweat I didn't end up looking like a panda and even wiping my face, it didn't smudge, not one iota!

The biggest claim for me is that you can remove it with just water, well guess what? yes you can and yes it does.  One wet cotton wool pad with luke warm water wiped across the eye and it removes the whole lot, just like that. No need for make-up remover!

Alongside these two mascaras is also two rather fabulous felt-tip liners. Now, it is no secret that I sometimes (read most of the time) struggle with eyeliner, I have no patience which doesn't help but I can somehow manage to do a half decent job with these!

The Precision Micro Eyeliner which as you can see has a really ultra-thin felt tip, makes drawing that flawless and precise line that really helps to define your eyes. Of the two, this is the one I find the easiest to use. The Thick and Thin Eyeliner has a uniquely engineered, 3D slanted felt tip and this is said to help draw a flawless thick or thin line owing to its shape and I have almost, but not quite, got the hang of this one.

Like the mascara, both are designed to stay put for up to 24 hours, are waterproof, smudge-proof, heat-proof and humidity-proof and really easy to remove!

I have become an instant of these products as you might have guessed but as well as being good products, they are both amazing prices with the ScandalEyes Reloaded Mascaras priced at £6.99 and the ScandalEyes Liner £5.49 and you can find them here.

*this post contains PR samples unless indicated otherwise

Introducing Soaper Duper

Soaper Duper has recently launched at Liberty and I was lucky enough to go to the launch event where I had lots of fun and bubbles.  Soaper Duper which is described as follows:

With a passion for soap that could move mountains, Soaper Duper are unconditionally dedicated to creating bath and body products that tick all the boxes. Luxurious, fragrant and ecologically friendly, each innovative concoction is created with a blend of the finest naturally derived products, capturing the essence of modern living in a gloriously guilt-free fashion, all the way down to its packaging.

Now the packaging is very snazzy and has been designed by none other than industrial designer Ross Lovegrove, whom you might know has designed some packaging for Kiko Milano makeup with the snazzy gold packaging!  Curvacious, easy to grip and bright green, the bottles of body wash and hand wash stand out.

The range which states it is uses 90% natually sourced ingredients, uses no animal by-products or damaging chemicals, it instead uses recycled plastic for the bottles. Also, using plant dervived formulas you will find no nasties lurking.  So with all this green goodness are the products any good?  Well actually yes, they are Soaper Duper as the name suggests.

With 8 products currently within the range, I have the three pictured above. The Fruity Green Tuberose Body Wash features Natural soap bark, Shea Butter, Aloe Vera Juice, Coconut Water, lemon, pineapple, and grape alpha hydroxy acids. it foams into a lather, but contains no SLS, it smells just absolutely incredible, like something I would quite happily drink rather than wash with. Kind to the skin, it leaves it feeling just amazingly soft, smooth and incredibly moisturied and it costs just £7.50 for a 500ml bottle.

The Zesty Lemon Body Lotion uses sweet Almond Oil, Lime Butter, meadowfoam seed oil, borage oil, kukui oil, cotton seed oil, peach oil, lemon butter, vitamin E, aloe vera, and shea butter. A lovely thick luxurious cream which is as you can imagine incredibly fruity smelling and just an absolute pleasure to use. On the skin it begins to absorb incredibly quickly and it leaves my skin feeling soft, smooth and just smelling so so good.  This tube contains 250ml and is priced at £8.50.

The final product, and something I can never have too much of, is the Zesty Lemon Handcream. Packed full of amazing ingredients such as shea butter, macadamia oil, cotton seed oil, baobab oil, peach kernel oil, camelina oil, wheat germ oil, orange, aloe vera, green coconut water and kukui oil.  To me, it smells so different from the body lotion but is equally amazing. Again it softens, soothes and moisturises those hands and elbows (a great place for left over cream) and is a bargain at £6 for 100ml.

Currently available from Liberty, Soaper Duper was creatived by the fabulous Marcia Kilgore whose name you might be more familar with from the likes of Bliss and Soap & Glory this is a range that is fun, green, fruity and gives back. Soaper Duper supports both WATERAID™ and CLEAN THE WORLD™ which you can read more about right here.

*this post contains PR samples unless indicated otherwise