Review: Neutrogena Oil-Free Cleansing Wipes & Sephora Loot!

Hello everyone! Today I will be reviewing my Neutrogena Oil-Free Cleansing Wipes, specifically the pink grapefruit ones. And then I will be sharing my Sephora loot that I ordered, which I blogged about here. I didn't want to wait until the weekend, because I was too excited to share! So first we will begin with the Neutrogena Oil-Free Cleansing Wipes!

So, I picked these wipes up in the drug store because I needed something quick and easy to take off my makeup when I'm too lazy to go through my whole night skin care shebang. They are oil-free and made for acne-prone skin, so I thought these would be terrific for my skin. However, I was less than satisfied with these wipes. Firstly, the grapefruit scent is extremely perfumey, and makes me choke a bit when I use them. As well, I find they burn my skin, but not in a getting-all-the-dirt-out way, just an irritation to the skin. However, they do get the job done, and so since I have been broke the past little while, I have put up with them until now. Perhaps maybe if I had gotten plain wipes and not grapefruit or ones for combination skin it may have been different, but I was underwhelmed by these wipes. However, my Korres one arrived in my Sephora loot today, so I will be putting these aside for the time being!

Any facial wipes you would recommend? Have you tried any Neutrogena wipes in the past?

And now onto my Sephora loot!

I had to get four separate orders due to my four individual prepaid visa's, but that made it more exciting! I had four packages to open!

Here is all the loot on the table!

 Each of the boxes came with an envelope which had eight postcards with samples of perfume on the back! I've been itching to start being a penpal with someone, so these might come in handy! (Any takers?) They are the top selling scents at Sephora including my most wanted perfume of the moment - Prada Candy L'Eau!

 Next I got the Korres Milk Proteins Cleansing & Make-up Removing Wipes for Face and Eyes, meant for normal to dry skin. Because of the skin sensitivity issues I was discussing earlier, I thought these would be especially suitable for me, because they sound as though they will be especially gentle on my skin! I'm hoping that despite my skin being combination that they will still get the job done!

 These are two free samples that I didn't order! I was so excited that I got a few extra samples! The one on the left is the PhytoSpecific Moisturizing Styling Cream with Quinoa oil. It's meant for ultra-dry hair, but I will still give it a chance after my next shower before curling my hair and let you know what I think!
The one of the right is the Clinique even better eyes dark circle corrector. I am SUPER excited to try this product, and should I love it, I will definitely be purchasing it! I love Clinique and already own an eye serum that works wonder at removing my under eye puffiness, so I am expecting great results from this!

Next I got four(!) free samples of the Soap & Glory The Righteous Butter, and can you believe I've never tried this?! I don't normally go for body butters, and I have relatively normal skin on my arms and legs, but I will definitely be giving this a try, and I LOVE Soap & Glory products, so I'm excited to try it out!

 Next I got three perfume samples. I got Gucci Guilty Black, which I've already sampled and LOVED, and two of the La Vie Est Belle by Lancome. I'm not normally a Lancome fan per se, but it sounds really girly, so I'm hoping it smells great!

 Then I got five Ole Henrikson samples total, and I'm not sure how I managed to get five in total, but I'm not complaining! I've heard lots of great things about Ole Henrikson products, so I'm looking forward to trying these two! The orange packaged one is the truth serum collagen booster which is a 'potent vitamin C complex to brighten. smooth and help the appearance of aging'. The pink packaged one is the express the truth cream that is 'a creme that helps fight the look of wrinkles with african red tea and vitamin C'.

 The two nail polishes I got are the Ciate mini mineral effect in Rose Quartz and the Nails Inc. special effects sprinkles nail polish in pudding lane. They look like perfect spring colours, so I'm excited to try them!

 This is the Clinique Clarifying Lotion 3 for combination/oily skin, and is the product I was most looking forward to! It's a toner, and my skin care routine currently lacks a toner so I'm excited to see the difference it makes to my skin!

I got two face cleansing products, which I am also excited to try. On the left is the Sephora brand Purifying cleansing gel perfectly clean. I've heard lots of great things about gel cleansers, so I'm looking forward to using it! And finally, I got the Clarins One-Step Gentle Exfoliating Cleanser with orange extract. Although I need an exfoliant that isn't "gentle", I'm still looking forward to what this will do for my skin!

Anyways, that is all. I hope you enjoyed this post!

Have you tried any of these products before? What were your thoughts?

Talk to you tomorrow!

xoxox

Walking Downtown and Mini Haul

Today marks two days until I move! Since I'm going to miss downtown and many of the shops in the city I live right now, I wanted to go explore a bit downtown, but I also needed to do a few errands as well. So, I took some pictures on my adventures so here they are!

Today I attempted a fishtail braid for the first time. My hair is a bit too short so it's difficult to do, but it was okay for my first attempt!

Today I'm wearing a top from Urban Outfitters that I got second hand. My university has a facebook group where students sell their clothes, and being university students, they are usually good quality brand name clothes. I bought so much the past little while to take advantage of it, as I've graduated now!

Here is my overall makeup/hair look today, featuring a headband also from Urban Outfitters.

And here is my kitty! :3

This was me all bundled up and waiting for the bus. I'm wearing a scarf from Eclipse, a second hand sparkly hat, and my garage winter coat.

This was shortly after I got off the bus. My phone made the photos a bit wonky when I took them while I was walking, but I thought you might want to see a bit of downtown.

Next onto the main street downtown, and in the top left you can see Starbucks which was my first pit stop.

I settled on a tall skinny peppermint mocha which is my absolute favourite Starbucks drink!

I then had to drop off a prescription at the drug store, so I of course made a trip down the beauty aisles!

Stopped, admired, and bought an item from this Soap & Glory display. I'll be including a youtube video at the end wear I show off all of the items I bought today, and included the product name and their websites in the About section.

Then I was off to go to the shops!

This picture is really bizarre, but oddly awesome. You can see Urban Outfitters which was my next stop.

 

The Urban Outfitters downtown is quite large, and honestly, I am really going to miss it. I bought a few more expensive items there, which will also be included in the youtube video, because it will be awhile till I can go again!

I then started walking up a bit more which included stopping by Three Boutique which is a unique boutique in my town, which is unfortunately closing.

 

There's also an American Apparel, which I bought quite a few items from not too long ago. Spent way more than I should have!

And a Lululemon, which is wear I bought my leggings which I wear nearly every day.

Just a quick glimpse of downtown. You can't really see it, but on the right hand side, there is a little (very little) restaurant called Little Saigon which is an amazing yet really inexpensive thai food place, which I haven't eaten from since my friend left for Toronto this past summer!

The buildings and apartments above the shops are actually quite nice.

Here is Roots and David's Tea.

I went to David's Tea and purchased some of my favourite tea because I don't think we have one where I'm moving!

This is the salon that I LOVE. You get the full salon experience with hand massages, etc. It's quite pricey, but I always leave happy!

I always see this men's wear shop, and think it's so cute, like a quaint little shop you might find in England.

This was me waiting for the bus home.

Really poor quality photos taken through the bus window (it was quite dreary out today) of two of my university's buildings.

It was freezing rain today, so the roads were literally covered in so much ice!

Anyways, that is all for today. You can see my youtube video of the mini haul I did today here. I'll probably put larger posts on youtube and share them here! Anyways, talk to you tomorrow!

xoxox