Pregnancy Body Oils: Mustela Stretch Marks Care

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I’ve been testing out quite a few pregnancy body oils recently and I thought I’d start reporting back on a few of them. Now I know that opinion is divided on stretch mark oils, but I do feel that prevention is better than cure when it comes to these things, and besides that I now quite enjoy the routine of oiling myself up on a nightly basis! So I’m getting through quite a few different “stretch mark” oils and have also been testing standard, everyday body oils and creams too.

First on the agenda, French pharmacy brand Mustela. There are four products in my little line-up – a bust cream, oil, stretch mark cream and comforting leg treatment – but it’s the “Stretch Marks Care Oil” that I want to talk about. It’s a great option if you’re avoiding essential oils (that’s a whole other post – I’ve been generally sticking to dedicated maternity products if I want to have a little essential oils action, as the oils have been specially chosen and blended) and it has a sunflower and avocado oil base rather than being mostly mineral oil. Out of nearly all of the oils I’ve tried so far, this one (and another very affordable one that I picked up in M&S!) have given me the silkiest skin. In fact, I used the Mustela oil on my lower legs and the following morning they were so shiny and smooth that I thought I’d shaved them. I hadn’t, as closer inspection revealed (I am the laziest leg-shaver, I do it about once a month) but they had the same post-shave feeling.

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The only thing that annoys the hell out of me, with this oil, is that the stupid spray nozzle thing only releases a small droplet of oil at a time. Unless that’s just a fault with my bottle. It means that you have to stand there squirting pointless dribbles of oil onto a belly that has the surface area of a planet, which needless to say takes about three hours. After my first, frustrated use I simply took the whole spray apparatus out and poured the oil into the palms of my hand, which works fine, but they should probably consider re-packaging this with a pouring lid or something.

Anyway, small gripe: you can find the Mustela range on Escentual.com, the oil is currently priced at £9.96. The other creams and whatnots are nice, too, but it’s the oil that’s a stand-out product for me.

Read my pregnancy diary here… 

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NARS Satin Lip Pencils Review

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Hello my wonderful Makeup Geeks! Today I have a review for you of the NARS Satin Lip Pencils. I am not usually a huge fan of lip pencils just because they can be drying, but I really like these. The come in typical crayon fashion, are available in 13 shades and are really good. The one I am wearing now is “Yu”.

These are on the higher-end price wise which is typical for NARS as it is a high-end cosmetics company. These sell for $25.00 and contain .07 ounces of product. I do love that these are very moisturizing and even after they start to come off and have worn for a while they appear as a lip stain and not just a regular lipstick or pencil. The great thing about this is if you want to wear one of the brighter shades, but you are leery of bolder shades, you can simply apply the lip pencil and blot your lips for a more muted stained effect. These are very creamy and glide on smoothly and are very highly pigmented. I was actually very surprised at how much I liked them. The only downside was the price.

As for the packaging, I have never really like the “crayon” type lip pencils simply because I feel like a kid drawing on my face, but that’s my personal preference. The one complaint I do have about the packaging is with the lids. They are easy to remove, but unfortunately the lid doesn’t want to stay on very well. Because of this I have had the lid fall off a couple of mine and it messed up the lip color. For the price the lids should be better quality and remain on.

NARS Satin Lip Pencils

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  • Floralies – Light Apricot (Amazon) (Sephora) (NARS)
  • Biscayne Park – Pink Guava (Amazon) (Sephora) (NARS)
  • Lodhi – Vibrant Coral (Amazon) (Sephora) (NARS)
  • Palais Royal – Sangria (Amazon) (Sephora) (NARS)
  • Majella – Garnet (Amazon) (Sephora) (NARS)
  • Luxembourg – Vivid Watermelon (Amazon) (Sephora) (NARS)
  • Yu – Shocking Pink (Amazon) (Sephora) (NARS)
  • Isola Bella – Peach Beige (Amazon) (Sephora) (NARS)
  • Rikugien – Rose Pink (Amazon) (Sephora) (NARS)
  • Het Loo – Cognac (Amazon) (Sephora) (NARS)
  • Golshan – Spiced Wine (Amazon) (Sephora) (NARS)
  • Hyde Park – Cardinal Red (Amazon) (Sephora) (NARS)
  • Jardin de Plante – Fuchsia (NARS)

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Advantages

  • Non Drying
  • Creamy
  • Moisturizing
  • Give a Nice Stained Effect
  • Very Highly Pigmented

DISADVANTAGES

  • Price
  • Packaging

So let me know what you all think of these new lip pencils if you already have them or if you buy a few for yourself. And I hope each and everyone of you are staying happy and healthy!

XOXO,

Marlena

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