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Reviews From the Past - Part 60

By Maychiri's Thoughts - March 09, 2025

Hiya!
 
Hope everyone's had a good week (I know I haven't); how about we end this week with some interesting gems from the past, for a change?
 
 
Well, as you can see, there's a LOT of ground to cover today, so let's get to it!
 
 
I think it's pretty obvious this is a DM haul, haha! I had a commitment that day, but, as I always arrive way too early, I decided to spend that extra time buying the stuff that I had put on my wishlist earlier. Might as well spend the time productively, right? So I went to DM and, as usual, bought these limited editions shower gels - they are always amazing! Seriously, this is one thing Balea never does wrong! Also, I will point you towards this sheet mask that is part of the same collection as the shower gel and the foot cream.
 
 
Now, with shower stuff, settled, I needed to get some things for my body; the focus? Feet. I neglected my poor feetsies for far too long, thinking that the skin there doesn't need much care, but, when you think about it, that part of the skin may be one most deserving of extras TLC.  Feet keep us up the whole day and have to carry the weight of the body and whatever you're carrying, and also put up with whatever footwear you are wearing or terrain you are walking on. So I decided to finally try out foot creams, see if they are worth putting up with the gross feeling of creams on my feet. I gravitated towards a tea tree-containing one naturally, as I use (and used back then) a whole bunch of skincare with tea tree, tea plant, and Centella. And then also the LE one because I wanted to have a s et with the shower gel!
 
Both variants of the Pflegecreme
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That's feet and shower covered, now some care for the hands, in the form of an adorable little cream. It's a tradition of mine to keep buying these little creams; yeah, they usually aren't too good, but the pot is so irresistibly adorable every single time! And they are super affordable, so why not buy them? The the newest release had not one, but two little creams to choose from! Would you like a sweet little turtle or a lovable pair of sea otters? It might seem odd that I would go for the otters first, but that's only because our DMs got the otters a few months before the turtles. 
 
 
The Cocos & Pitaya collection
After all that, it's time to focus on the face. The Garnier lip patch is god-tier, it heals the lips so incredibly well that I knew from the first time I would keep coming back to it - and I did go back to it, as you can see! The face mask is another tradition of mine; I keep buying these little two-use masks from Balea again and again, despite never being trilled with them. That's exactly why I bought it then as well. I just loved the pitaya/coconut design so I bought it. It's affordable enough so why not try it out? Even if I knew deep down that it probably wouldn't be that good. Also, it seems to have had a matching lip balm... I wouldn't know, I don't use these chapstick-like balms often.
 
 
Both versions of the cleansing pads
Eh, now, those weird cotton pads. This was a time when I hadn't yet found a good, reliable routine to cleanse the face and remove makeup. My old trusty remover was discontinued so I tried all sorts of alternatives to try and find something that would be able to remove makeup easily, since my sensitive skin doesn't tolerate being rubbed harshly. Ergo, the cotton pads supposedly "enriched wit argan oil".  I had two variants to pick from - argan oil and Aloe vera - and I picked argan oil for whatever reason. I still don't know why - I don't have dry skin, and Aloe would be better for sensitive skin anyways. This is absolutely a gimmick product, I am sure, but I was too confused by the way it should work so I bought it to see whether it works at all.
 
 
That nail polish remover right there is one of the best products I have ever used, so I bought another one to replace the older one after that bottle was empty. Seriously, if you haven't tried this out yet - try it! 
 
 
Some of the products that are part of the Lash Obsessed LE
Source: www.catrice.com
And now finally... some makeup! First, the eyeliner... oh, but this isn't any old eyeliner, mind you! This is eyeliner and lash glue all in one! This was a new product then, part of Catrice's Lash Obsessed LE that I mostly ended up ignoring. And I regret that, because my now favourite falsies came from that collection and I cannot buy them anymore :( . Anyways, as the name implies, this was a lash-focused LE, with a few different kinds of false eyelashes and, even though they all come with glue, an eyeliner/lash glue hybrid, as well! Very, very useful! Especially if you love to do winged eyeliner! Now, I wasn't too confident in my cat-eye skills back then, so I bought this mostly for the novelty of having an eyeliner/glue all-in-one. This kind of product is 'normal' now, but it was innovative then. And I figured I would use it on the once-in-a-blue-moon occasion that I would wear falsies, because I was very... afraid... no, uh, I was in awe of them. 
 

Speaking of the devil... look, there's also falsies! Again, I wasn't a frequent wearer of false eyelashes because I thought that my eyes were far too sensitive for them. But goddamn it, there were just so many beautiful designs out there! I picked these falsies because I felt like I could use some mega volume, although I would go for... a long time... before I would actually try them out. Nowadays, I probably wouldn't buy such a style, but I was obviously in an experimentative mood. At least I had the foresight of buying false eyelashes to go with the eyeliner glue!
 
 
 
Phew... that's all! I did say there was a lot of ground to cover, didn't I? Now, all that's left of me is to show you the way towards these fine reviews and take some time to relax, then work out.
 
 
 

So, without further ado, the many reviews for today:
 
 
 
 
See you soon!
 
 
    Maja     


 

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