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Kate's Product of the Week - Bioré Pore Unclogging Scrub

As promised 2 PotW posts this week. My second offering is this Bioré Pore Unclogging Scrub (RRP £4.99). Bioré is a brand I've loved for a while now and it's not let me down yet. In Feb for my Birthday I bought this because I've been wanting a good face scrub for a while and this is oil free so it's great.

Bioré Say: "Our gentle yet effective face scrub uses perfectly spherical beads—not jagged edges—and the pore-unclogging power of salicylic acid to deep-clean clogged pores. The scrub unclogs pores by cleaning away impurities. Show the door to nasty pore-cloggers with this face scrub and get ready for beautifully clean, smooth skin."

Onto the product itself. It's lovely and creamy and a little goes a long way. As you can see from the pics above one little blob is plenty. It's really lovely and fresh on the skin and it's not abrasive at all which is what I really look for in a good scrub. I really prefer the little exfoliating beads in this scrub, it just feels quite gentle towards my skin. 

Pro's 

• It's not going to break the bank at £4.99
• It's Oil-Free, so if you're prone to oily/combo skin then this is the scrub for you
• The little beads inside are so gentle and are in no way abrasive
• Cost-Effective (A little goes a long way) 
• There is Salicylic Acid in it so will help with the prevention of spots
• It really does leave your skin feeling clean and lovely and fresh

Con's

• The packaging just is a bit plain and boring (a little clinical) 
• It's not easy to squeeze out if your hands are wet. 

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First Time Fringe! Opinions Wanted Please!

For a LONG time, I had the same hairstyle. Long hair, centre parting, blonde. Aside from dyeing it slightly different shades over the years, it stayed pretty much the same. I was majorly bored of it! So FINALLY I decided to do something about it, and got a fringe! 

I hadn't had a fringe since I was about 5, so it was a scary moment, but it was also one of those moments where I thought 'It's now or never', and I didn't want to live my whole life thinking 'what if I'd got a fringe'! And anyway, hair always grows!

At first I loved it, then I wasn't sure, now I like it but find it difficult to style sometimes. I'm still feeling unsure as to whether I will keep my fringe, so it would be really great to get some opinions.  Please comment and be as honest as you like!

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Kate's Product of the Week - Lush's Madame Butterfly Bubble Bar

Now you'll know I'm a bit of a fan of LUSH and I love trying their bubble bars! This one is a new one a part of their spring range. It's called Madame Butterfly (RRP £5.25) and is the perfect spring bath time treat.

Now this is super florally and citrus-ey. It's really girly and it's pink and there's a little bit of a sparkle to it which I do like. The best part about this bubble bar is that it's reusable, I think I'll get 3-4 uses out of this bad boy. It does also make squillions of bubbles and makes your water pink. 

As you can see it has a little shimmer to it.

Lots of Bubbles and Pink Water!

Here's one of the most interesting parts about it. The tag had wildflower seeds embedded into it and once you've finished with the bubble bar you can soak the tag, put it in some soil and stick the stick in the soil and wild flowers will grow. How cute is that. 

Pro's 

• It smells gorgeous, really florally
• It is so cute! Look at it, it's a butterfly
• It's re-usable
• Fun little extra with the seeds in the tag

Con's

• £5.25 is a bit steep like.
• If you don't like florally scents then this might be a bit too much

That's all really. It is a lovely buy and I think it's perfect for Mother's Day which is coming up on Sunday. 

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First chance face tan - FakeBake

And last chance...This girls, has unfortunately been a huge let down. Let me tell you what Fake Bake have to say and then I'll give you my opinion.

'We've seen the BB's and CC's and now Fake Bake have introduced a revolutionary new product - and innovative DD (dynamic duo) anti-ageing facial tanner. 'The Face' is launching exclusively to M&S from March 31st to mid-may and promises to stimulate skin's cells to produce collagen; hydrating and plumping skin, turning back the signs of ageing whilst giving you a gorgeous sun-kissed colour at the same time.' 

Now as you can probably tell already, I ever so slightly disagree and here's why:

At 21, I don't actually have wrinkles, but theoretically that should mean this product should apply even, if not that then just slightly better... Wrong, this tan is fairly thick and although feels like its blending quite nicely for a second, it very quickly becomes almost impossible to blend (move around the face) and I had to start basically pushing it around, safe to say it didn't end well and left me looking patchy and uneven, it also really highlighted any open pores, something it claims it wont do on the box.

The only way I can describe the scent of this product is really unpleasant (it was quite offensive to my sense of smell), it doesn't have that typical biscuit smell, more of a very strong sicky smell, major apologies for wording there, lets just say, it's not pleasant, especially not so close to your nose!

'Sun-kissed' is not exactly how I would describe the colouring either. When you first squeeze it out it looks like melted dark chocolate, the second you start blending it, it becomes an awful, heavily red tinted orangey colour. Despite the shocking colour I turned I left it on over night as instructed, washed it off in the morning and it didn't look like I had used anything on my face, not even a hint of colour was left.

I tried using the product on my hands and arms as well to see if maybe it just didn't agree with my face but the same thing happened only it left my hands with a nasty reddy/orange stain affect once washed off, which thankfully only lasted a day as it came off in my next shower.

Over all I'm sorry to say, I would not recommend this, young or old, it is just no good.

Gutting for a product from Fake Bake, a few of the other girls from this blog have used Fake Bake products before and had great results and this is one that just doesn't add up at all. If I hadn't tried it myself already I'd have been totally sucked in by its luxurious packaging and amazing claims. 

Please let me know if any of you get your hands on this product and tell me your opinions, it would be great to know if it's any different on any of you :)