New From Taiwan: My Beauty Diary Blooming Garden Lemon & Verbena Body Lotion

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Hello from Taiwan! :D

If you have been following my tweets/ Facebook, you’d know I am off for a vacation in Taiwan :D I brought my laptop with me since I’ll be here for a while, what’s better entertainment than the laptop should I decide not to go out for a day or two? The weather’s here a little mad, cold yet hot at the same time!

Here’s a short review for something which I randomly picked up at Cosmed (康是美) and I thought I’d share with you whilst I am here.

PhotobucketMy Beauty Diary Blooming Garden Lemon & Verbena Body Lotion

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The Cheerful Scrub: The BodyShop Wild Cherry Body Scrub

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I have always associated bright red cherries cheery happy days, hence the weird title. Maybe because it’s red and bright and look oh-so-happy! Don’t you think those cherries look yummy? :D

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It smells sweet, but not the cough syrup kind of fake-cloying sweet. The smell’s like cherry, but with a mix of something else. I don’t know, my nose detected the scent, but my brain can’t tell me what’s that. It has this little grains/ kernels (spot the black dots in the picture above!) which isn’t abrasive and does a good job in scrubbing. The texture reminds me of strawberry jam, a bit goopy a bit runny, maybe even a bit of a jell-o.

It’s a little oily, but it washes off perfectly fine. It doesn’t dry out my skin and I love the subtle cherry scent. However, due to it’s being such a soft scent, I find that the scent doesn’t last as long as I wish it would. But then again, if it had lasted, it might give me major headache.

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Biotherm Aqua Relax Moisturizing Body Emulsion

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This was a gift from Kimoko from a while ago.

I never gotten around to using it until a long while back, bringing around with me wherever I go, and I actually never gotten around reviewing this, because it’s actually a bedtime staple for me!

Now this runny lotion smells awesome.It smells crisp and fresh when I squirt it out, it’s a good mix of Calabrian orange, which is actually bergamot after doing a quick Google search and some floral scent which I’m not very sure of, but the combination is just nice. And when I warm them up, it smells warmer, a bit more woody or musky, and a faint trail of lavender could be detected. The woody scent might be the cypress essential oil, but I’m not sure, since I don’t have anything that smells of cypress.

In terms of moisturizing power, it’s good enough for normal skin, but not meant for those really dry areas like the heels.

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