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Nivea Pure Effect Total Face Cleanup Review

This particular idea of face wash, scrub and pack in one is quite fascinating, don’t you feel? Well, I thought let’s give it a try, and I did. So, today I will review Nivea Pure Effect Total Face Cleanup for you ladies.

Price and Quantity:

Rs. 99 for 50 ml; Rs. 199 for 150 ml

My Take:

I am using this product approximately for over a month now, I will now share my experience with you. This cleanser comes in a fat tube. It has a flip cap, which is highly preferable. The smell of the product is very strong, very chemical type at the same time weird also.

Nivea Pure Effect Total Face Cleanup Review

The face wash or scrub or pack (don’t know, what I am supposed to call it exactly) is a thick white paste, full of tiny blue granules. I used to get confused at the beginning about how to use it. The direction says to use it as scrub first then as pack; but I don’t find it useful. So, I keep it for 3-4 minutes as pack, then I scrub and rinse. After washing my face it gives a refreshing feeling which I like about this product.

The blue granules are quite helpful as scrub material, but as a pack I don’t find it good enough. The after effect of this product is not quite amusing, it makes skin supple (like all scrubs do), and also controls oil for sometime only but other than that it does nothing for my skin (I have normal skin with T-zone oily). Though it claims, but actually does not remove spots at all.

It cleans my face pretty well; other than that I did not notice any visible effect on my skin. Overall, I can use it (until it’s over) as a scrub (though not daily) when I needed; but not as a pack because I have better face packs like Himalaya Fairness Face Pack (my Holy Grail) to treat my skin. I do not like this product because I did not see any visible effects (like oil-control, spot remover, works as a pack) on my skin as it claims.

PROS:

Cleans face.
Granules are good for scrubbing.
Controls oil (for some time only).
Fair amount.
Inexpensive.
Gives a fresh feeling.
Tube packaging with flip cap is good.

CONS:

Full of chemicals (and claims it is mild formula!).
Not really works as pack.
Does not reduce spots.
Does not hold the oil-control effect more than 1 or 2 hours.
Contains Paraben.
Smells weird like toothpaste.

Rating: 2/5

Do I Recommend?:

No . If you must need a scrub, there are lot better scrubs available.

Would I repurchase?:

I don’t think so.

Nivea Fruity Shine Strawberry Lip Balm Review and Swatches

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Hey there everyone!

Hope you’re doing well 🙂 Today I’ve got a review for a lovely lip balm that I’m sure is a hot favorite for many of you – Nivea fruity shine lip balm 🙂 I have no idea why but I didn’t try out these lip balms from Nivea until last year. Seriously someone should kill me just for that. Anyway, when I did decide to pick up one of these I went for strawberry. (That’s sort of like my trial ‘flavor’ or whatever. I always pick up berry stuff ahead of anything else)

Price and Quantity:

Rs 129 for 4.8 g

My Take:

The lip balm comes in a twist up bullet form. I find the packaging a bit boring. The cap is colored (and quite accurately, the color of the cap is a close match to the color of the lip balm) but when you remove it, the tube is just plain white. C’mon Nivea! A bit of creativity here please!

Nivea Fruity Shine Strawberry Lip Balm Review and Swatches

On application, the lip balm has a red tint that has orange-sh undertones. I have the pomegranate lip balm too and that is a deeper red (you can see the comparison swatch). Strawberry is lighter. But the color still translates beautifully onto the lips. It doesn’t offer full coverage, but that’s not what it’s meant to do anyway. Instead, it leaves a lovely healthy red tint and a ‘watery’ balm like shine that will suit almost all skin tones. Okay, by watery I mean, like consistency wise. You know how in lip glosses you can sort of make out that the gloss is thick – from the shine? I think the lip swatches will explain what I mean better 🙂

The lip balm bullet has very fine shimmer which is very prominent in the swatches on my hand but it hardly shows up on the lips, as can be seen in the lip swatch.

I know the swatch on my hands has come out quite sheer, but the color shows up beautifully on my lips, unlike TBS lip balm which I reviewed earlier.

You’ll have to reapply this every 2-3 hours because the staying power isn’t great. Pigmented lips (like mine) require multiple swipes for the color to show. But don’t overdo it because it tends to get slightly runny if the weather is too hot.

On My Lips

PROS:

Decently priced
Has SPF 10
Colour payoff is reasonable especially for pigmented lips
Leaves a reddish tint after fading
Gives a more natural shine to the lips, not a thick shine like glosses
Quantity is satisfactory given the price (this lasted me about 6 months – I used it almost daily, more than once a day)

CONS:

Staying power could have been a bit better
Packaging is slightly flimsy
Can bleed slightly
MABH Rating: 4.5/5 (-0.5 for the staying power and the packaging)

Final word: If you have pigmented lips and need a lip balm that gives your lips a sheer wash of red, this balm is for you. Not just strawberry, I believe all the variants are worth a try. I loved this so much; I’ve almost finished it up (as you can see from the photos, hahaha!) Also, I’m almost halfway through Pomegranate right now and I really like it 🙂
I wanted to try Pink Guava; that shade of pink is to die for! But I’m not sure if it’ll show up on my lips 🙁 To anyone who has that – do you think I should buy it? That’s it for this review. Hope you guys liked it! 🙂

Nivea Fruity Shine Pomegranate Lip Balm Review

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I love lip balms and hoard them like crazy. This one was my purchase from a neighborhood shop when I was in a hurry and I just picked it up and ran. These balms are pretty much inexpensive, so I like it.

Price and Quantity:

Rs. 129 for 4.8 gm

My Take:

The packaging of the product is simple – a blister package revealing a red tube which is quite easy to find and a long cap making it difficult to open up involuntarily at any time. Good for the times when you are going on a long trip or something.

The lip balm bullet is dark red in color, but applies sheer red on your lips with very tiny shimmers on it. The texture is not very smooth or very drying, just right to make my lips look shimmery and pretty without going over the top. It has a nice, light, berry smell, which is nice, and does not taste of anything. On my lips the shimmers does not show much, but they do tend to settle on my lip lines.

Unlike most other Nivea lip balms, this one does not keep my lips hydrated for long. In fact, the effect starts wearing out after 1-1.5 hours on my lips, and my lips feel dry slightly, and I need to reapply. Although the stain itself is flattering, I don’t like the way the shimmers stick to my lips later.