Soap & Glory The Ultimelt

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I'm torn with this product, I think it's mainly because I love S&G and that so many people also love and rave about The Ultimelt. I want to love it, but unfortunately I don't.

I've not ventured too much into the Hot cloth cleansers, I've used Liz Earle before but only from borrowing my sisters (it was awful and stung my skin), I have also used No7's which surprisingly after using the Liz Earle I really liked and even bought my mum a gift set for Christmas.

I like to try be as unbiased as possible when trying new products, so I felt like given my past experience with hot cloth cleansers it was pretty even Stevens. 

The product its self has a very thick consistency, and when squeezing it out it almost reminded me of toothpaste (odd I know). The smell is similar to Liz Earle, fairly herbal not my cup of tea but I can cope with it. I massaged it in all over my face (it did have a slight sting but nowhere near as bad as Liz Earle) then removed with a flannel, I know it comes with a  muslin cloth, but I don't like them they always leave a residue on my skin. I used this as a first cleanse, and it's makeup removing power is pretty good, the more you massage the more it seems to remove, unfortunately this broke me out like nobodies business, I didn't realise at first what it was but after a few days going back to my Philosophy cleanser I soon realised that it was unfortunately this product. *sigh*

I then gave this to my mum to try, she has quite dehydrated but sensitive skin, and much to my utter disgust she is a face wipe worshiper.  To my surprise she actually had similar feelings to me (I didn't even discuss with her why I wanted her to try the product or the fact it had broken me out). Mum really didn't like the smell, and it also stung her skin, she actually felt that she needed to use a face wipe to remove the bulk of her makeup first (she too wears double wear) even when she double cleansed. This is more of a note to me too but she also said she'd of rather tried something that lathered *cringes* (it's always as little fuss and as quick as possible with her). 

Overall I am sad to say that I will not even be finishing this product let alone repurchasing. This is the first time I've ever really disliked something from Soap & Glory and I'm still in shock.

Obviously it would not stop me from continuing to buy their products, they are still one of my all time faves!

I hope this has been helpful! 

Thanks for reading, 

Hannah (& guest tester Mum) -ox

Soap and Glory's Heel Genius

Let's just take a minute to admire the amazing-ness that is Heel Genius ...

Some of you may know I'm a carer, which means working on my feet for long hours. Unfortunately it plays havoc with my feet and in particular my heels. Feet kind of weird me out anyway so anything that promises to make them a little more appealing is worth a try.

I picked this up in Boots at the hope it would help a particularly bad crack I had in my heel, it definitely did the trick. I used my pedegg and foot file as normal then applied this and a pair of cotton socks and went to bed. When I woke up the next morning the crack was pretty much gone! I was literally amazed. 

I really love the colour of this product, I know that's weird and makes no difference to whether it works or not, but I do. 

Heel Genius is much thicker than any foot cream I've used before, the one thing I will say is once applied do not attempt to walk on a laminate floor, not unless you want to do the splits involuntarily (I learnt this the hard way *blushes*).

I would definitely recommend this to anyone. I personally love giving myself pedicures, and this is definitely a fantastic product to get the same softness you'd get in a salon. 

Priced at £5.50 for 125ml it's a bargain too, definitely worth every penny, and like most S&G products it lasts ages! 

Thanks for reading, I hope if you try this you achieve lovely soft feet!

Hannah -ox

Soap and Glory - Smoothie Star

I'm a huge S&G fan, every year at Christmas it is literally the theme of a large proportion of my presents... and I aren't complaining!

I've always been a fan of the Righteous Butter and for body moisturisers it's always been my go to, however I got two of the really big gift sets for Christmas last year which had the Smoothie Star body milk lotions.

I pretty much started using it straight away, I have rather dry skin and some eczema on my body (not my face, that makes up for everything in oil) so moisturising is a complete must particularly after a shower/bath.

Although it says 'body milk' it is actually fairly thick and luxurious and a little goes a long way, I'm onto my second bottle now since last Christmas so it does last a good while!

 It doesn't take long to settle into the skin either which is a definite plus for me as there's no awkward waiting around naked before putting your clothes on. 

I'm really finicky (if you haven't already noticed) about scents, this weirdly reminds me of shortbread, it's a definite milky sweet smell, which I do like, but it doesn't mix well with every perfume, so be warned!

I think my favourite thing about this is the pump, I love most things with a pump, it's hygienic, and there's no forgetting to put the lid on and the product getting a skin on top (trust me I've fallen prey to this a lot).

Overall I highly recommend this, it's really amazing for dry skin, and doesn't irritate my eczema, it's priced £10.00 for 500ml which is fairly reasonable particularly for how long this lasts, definitely a must try if you're looking to try something new!!

Thanks for reading!

Hannah -ox