Review : Hugo Naturals Pineapple and Coconut Lip Balm

Product Description
Moisturize your lips with our ultra nourishing blend of coconut oil, shea butter, jojoba and essential oils. Your lips will thank you for it. Hugo Naturals' luxurious Lip Balms are handcrafted in small batches, with hand-selected, food-grade ingredients. All of Hugo Naturals' pure and natural blends pamper your senses with luscious, yet effective, vegan and gluten-free ingredients.

This lipbalm comes in, as part of a travel kit which I purchased some time back. I really hate this lipbalm so much so that I decided to switch despite my stance of using up a product completely before starting a new one. Its just horrible. Period.

With a twist and turn packaging as what a normal lipbalm is like, it has an unique flavour of pineapple and coconut as stated but in actual product, the scent of the coconut is so mild and the pineapple scent is hardly detectable.

The initial few usages have been normal but subsequently went downhill from there. The balm becomes stiff and the texure has an uneven bumpy surface with little bits that tends to stay on my lips whenever I swipe it on. You can actually a drying layer of a white film on the lips which I had to rub it off.

It just failed to hydrate the lips. None at all. Instead it made my lips worse than ever, with flakes all over. My lips just looked drier than before.
Good bye, you are going into the bin!

 

Source : Iherb, LuckyVitamin

Review : Hugo Naturals French Lavender Shower Gel

Product Description
Gentle botanical blend of vegetable glycerin, jojoba and olive oil effectively cleanses while restoring moisture and elasticity. And pure botanical extracts replenish essential nutrients rather than stripping them - leaving your skin smooth, supple and deeply nourished.
•Gluten-free and vegan
•Creamy, luxurious lather gently cleanses even the most sensitive skin
Never any : parabens, phenoxyethanol, SLS, PEGs, propylene glycol, petroleum products, artificial colors or synthetic fragrances. Gluten and soy free. Vegan. No animal testing.

As part of the travel kit which I bought via iHerb, this shower gel has been more than pleasant to use. The light yellow gel texture shower gel smells of an uplifting scent of lavender and foams well to give a luxurious lathering. Nothing much to hate about the shower gel.
Hugo uses vegetable glycerin, which is naturally emollient and Jojoba, Vitamin E and coconut oil to moisturize and restore skin’s elasticity, while botanical extracts, rich in natural anti-oxidants, work to replenish essential nutrients

Ingredients
Aqua/Water/Eau, Lauryl Glucoside, Decyl Glucocide, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Sodium Cocoabutteramphoacetate, Glycerin, Aloe Vera (Aloe Barbadensis) Extract (Organic), Tocopherol, Allantoin (Comfrey Root), Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Aloe Vera (Aloe Barbadensis) Extract, Chamomila Recuita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Bark/Leaf/Twig Extract, Lippia Citriodora Leaf Extract, Equisetum Arvense (Horsetail) Leaf Extract, Fagus Sylvatica (Beech) Bud Extract, Prunus Amygdalus (Sweet Almond) Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract, Myroxylon Pereirae (Balsam Peru) Oil, Butter (Extract), Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Extract, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Kernel Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Extract, Lonicera Caprifolium (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract, Lonicera Japonica (HoneySuckle) Flower Extract, Citric Acid, Gluconolactone, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate

Source : drugstore , win

Review : Hugo Naturals Balancing Shampoo and Conditioner

Shampoo Description
Pure blend with botanical extracts and tea tree oil cleanses, helps reduce flakiness and promotes a healthy, balanced scalp - while quinoa protein adds body and shine.

Conditioner Description
Pure blend with botanical extracts moisturizes and detangles hair - while tea tree oil soothes, helps reduce flakiness and promotes a healthy, balanced scalp.

This was a travel set which I bought from iHerb. If you are interested to purchase iHerb products, quote OKI787 to get $5 off your first purchase or start shopping from here.
I would be just reviewing the shampoo and conditioner which I have brought along to my last Hong Kong trip.

While the scent is a soothing blend of tea tree and lavender, the little foam produced for shampoo lathering is pathetic. The texture is also thin and runny. It left the hair slightly dry and straw-like during the shampoo-ing process and is difficult to wash. I used up much more than what I would normally use, due to the lack of lathering foam. In fact, my shampoo was used up at a much faster rate than the conditioner.
The conditioner of the same scent is moderately moisturising and the texture is thicker and non silicon-like. Surprisingly, both products left my hair tangle-free. I did not feel that the products made my hair particularly shiny but my dandruff seems to be under better control.

The shampoo and conditioner scored 1 on Skin Deep which refers to a low hazard as far as ingredients are concerned.

Shampoo Ingredients
AQUA/WATER, LAURYL GLUCOSIDE, SODIUM COCOAMPHOACETATE, GLYCERIN, SODIUM COCOYL GLUTAMATE, SODIUM LAURYL GLUCOSE CARBOXYLATE, MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA (TEA TREE) LEAF OIL, HYDROLYZED QUINOA, COPAIFERA OFFICINALIS (BALSAM COPAIBA) RESIN, BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA SEED OIL, ARNICA MONTANA FLOWER EXTRACT, TOCOPHEROL, LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA (LAVENDER) OIL, CITRIC ACID, LONICERA CAPRIFOLIUM (HONEYSUCKLE) FLOWER EXTRACT,
LONICERA JAPONICA (HONEYSUCKLE) FLOWER EXTRACT, GLUCONOLACTONE, SODIUM BENZOATE

Conditioner Ingredients
AQUA/WATER, BRASSICYL ISOLEUCINATE ESYLATE, BRASSICA ALCOHOL,
CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDES, COCO-CAPRYLATE, GLYCERIN, MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA (TEA TREE) LEAF OIL, ARGININE, ARNICA MONTANA FLOWER EXTRACT,
LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA (LAVENDER) OIL, PANTHENOL, GLUCONOLACTONE,
SODIUM BENZOATE

Source : Hugo Naturals