Product of the Week Giveaway Winners - balance Me and Beauty Works West

Firstly. Huge apologies. I was out of commission for a couple of days last week and then Max was sick for the following three days - and low and behold - a week has gone by. So these winners are long overdue.

So let's make haste:

The 5 winners of the CLEANSE wipes are...

1. Sparklz and Shine
2. Miss Mathful
3. Squarrell
4. MissisG
5. Jan

And the winner of the balance Me Radiance Face Mask is...

....betwixt beauty

Please email me your addresses asap.

Congratulations all and thank you to everyone who entered!

Product of the Week - balance Me Radiance Face Mask

Right - I realise I should rename Beauty Mouth 'the Wednesday blog' - so apologies for the randomness - again - and thank you for your patience and support. It's never taken for granted and is always appreciated. Best I stop there before I start to sound like I'm accepting a Nobel Peace Prize.

On to this weeks's fabulous Product of the Week.

There is nothing not to love about this product. Firstly - it's made by the girls at balance Me - one of the few who when they say 'natural' they mean NATURAL. They're also lovely, lovely people. And smart. Genuine. No egos. And no - I'm not employed by them in any way. They just are.

So on to the product. I love a clay mask. We used to make them up ourselves in college as part of our training - changing the clay to reflect the client's skin. Clay is the best. Gentle, effective and cheap! Hallelujah!

The balance me Radiance Face Mask is a recent addition to the range - included in their skincare launch this year and adding to the hugely successful bath and body range they initially launched with. It contains kaolin, fruit acids (gentle), crushed walnut shells and rosemary, palma rosa, lavender and chamomile to ensure it smooths and softens while doing the job.

It has a perfect texture, gentle scent and works. No redness or irritation here people. LOVE.

If you fancy trying one for yourself the balance Me team are offering one up to a BM reader. Simply leave your name/twitter ID/email - whichever - in a comment and they'll pick a winner next week.

I told you they were nice.

balance Me Radiance Face Mask is £18.00 and is available here along with further information on the brand.

Fine print.
I paid for my mask.
Yours will be a gift from balance Me.
It's bloody lovely.

Product of the Week - SUPER Sweet Clean

To celebrate the launch this week of Dr Perricone's SUPER range the Product of the Week is the one I have used the most from the range so far - Sweet Clean. Yes it's the cleanser. No surprises there. Obsessed much?

The Sweet Clean cleanser is packed with acai - considered the most powerful antioxidant in the world.  It also contains DMAE - the anti-ageing ingredient Perricone is most known for, tamanu oil, cocoa seed butter and, wait for it: blueberry, apple, raspberry, vanilla, apricot, blackberry and grape.  The texture is more that of a thin face mask than a milk enabling it to stay put on the skin allowing you to build some friction - perfect for cleansing. I use it as my second cleanse step in the evening and on its own in the morning. Leaves the skin soft, smooth and not in the slightest bit tight. Lush.

SUPER is available in Boots nationwide and  getsuper.co.uk and is priced at £25.50.

Product of the Week - Decleor Gradual Glow Hydrating Body Milk

Ooh I love a little Decleor. Actually I love a lot of Decleor. One of my 'go-to' products when I'm having a little flare up is their Aromessence Baume de nuit Ylang Ylang.

I'm not one of those people (numpties) that say you should wash your face and then go to bed without putting anything on it to replenish it. I'm all for oils and balms - non-mineral oil obviously...

The Ylang Ylang verison is designed for combination skin and is the perfect blend of basil, tea tree, tonka bean and ylang ylang in a base of jojoba, maize and hazelnut oils. It absorbs beautifully, smells out of this world and as a little goes a really long way, it lasts months. And months.

I digress.

The Gradual Glow was chosen as POTW because it has helped this pale-seen-no-sun-not-been-on-holiday-skin get through the summer without looking like a member of the Cullen family. I love it when a product does what it say on the box, as you may have noticed - and this delivers - and then some.

• It contains vanilla extract, narcissus bulb extract, meadowfoam oil and my fave that you don't see in products often - magnolia oil. 
• It's light, but really hydrating
• It gives a gradual colour - like it says
• It's white - it doesn't stain and you can get dressed straight away
• It smells divine
• It comes in a perfectly-shaped-for-the-hand bottle - may not seem important but I could write an entire post on inappropriate style-over-customer comfort-packaging (maybe I will)
• It dispenses the perfect amount 
• Perfect for extending the life of your tan - if you were lucky enough to get one *grits teeth*
• It fades evenly and does not go patchy

I use it on my arms and decollete every 2nd or 3rd day and have done for most of the summer and I'm not even halfway down.
Gradual Glow is available on the Decleor website and is priced at £30.50. It's easily 9-12 months worth (depending on where you use it).
The Baume de nuit is available here and is priced at £31.50. This will last me about 2 years. Minimum.

Absolutely bloody gorgeous.

*Mixture of purchases and press samples

Product of the Week - Beauty Works West - CLEANSE

OK - I've made my feelings clear on cleansing wipes in the past. Strong feelings. However, if someone takes the initiative to take something and do it really well - I'll always pay attention.

Beauty Works West is a gorgeous medispa in Notting Hill and where I happen to have popped for a pedicure this week (which was BLOODY AMAZING by the way). It's the kind of place where as a therapist, it ticks every box - clean, crisp, comforting, luxurious and most importantly, great staff - from the receptionists to the therapists themselves. Anyway, I digress.

Paying at the till I saw these on the side and reading the pack out of the corner of my eye instinctively picked them up. Why? I confess to keeping wipes in my bag through the whole of the Summer - when you've got small children they are a must-have - and refusing to put synthetic, alcohol-laden crap all over my babies faces I have struggled to find some I was happy with.

So bearing that in mind - this is what I read at the till:

• Soil Association Emblem
• organic cotton
• organic aloe vera
• organic pomegranate
• colour and fragrance free
• paraben free
• not tested on animals
• no harsh or synthetic materials
• no synthetic laureth sulphate
• no formaldehyde

You can see why I picked them up. So my question is: If wipes can be done in this way - why isn't everyone doing them? Beauty Works West - I salute you.

CLEANSE cleansing cloths are priced at £6.99 and are available here.

And wanting to share the love - Beauty Works West have offered 5 packets of CLEANSE to BM readers. See? Told you they were nice peeps. Especially after seeing what I have previously said about wipes on this blog! (That still stands by the way if you're talking about something that costs a quid from a chemist)

As before, just leave your twitter id or email in the comments below. And try them. They're lush.

Product of the Week - Tigi Bed Head Colour Goddess Conditioner

Surprise to myself this one - I never used to be big on spending that much money on haircare - I go through so much of it that it seemed 'wasteful'. Idiotic really when I take into account how much I spend on colour and highlights etc every month.

I'll keep this one simple: it's a conditioner that does what it says on the box. It helps protect from fading, keeps my hair bright and very shiny without feeling like it's coated in silicone, it keeps it conditioned and importantly for me, doesn't aggravate my scalp like so many others. It's also sulfate-free and it doesn't affect my highlights in a negative way.

I like the shampoo and the leave-in conditioner that are part of this range too - but the conditioner is my favourite - and it's called Product of the Week. Not 'Group of Products of the Week.'

Tigi have very kindly offered up 2 sets of shampoo, conditioner and leave-in conditioner to Beauty Mouth readers.

Simply leave your email or a valid twitter id in the comments section below. Good luck! And thank you Tigi.

Tigi stockist information is available here and on 0844 844 90944. The conditioner is priced at £11.15.

* PR samples.
    I realise that POTW overran last week - blame the Bank Holiday and my lack of understanding on scheduled posts.

Product of the Week - Collin Regenerating Collagen Gel

One of the things I enjoy most about facials is the opportunity to have new products tried out on my skin. This of course, can go both ways - but a few months ago I had a Collin facial and as soon as this product was applied I 'knew'.

Collin was established in 1957 but has remained largely off the radar because of their exclusivity to salons.
The Collagen Gel is their star product - unbeknownst to yours truly at the time - but after having it applied during the facial I can see why.

'Vectorised Micro Collagen' is a Collin exclusively patented ingredient and is a recurring theme throughout their range along with hyaluronic acid and AHA's. The good thing about Collin is that unlike most brands with patented ingredients - no names (Skin Bleach/Crash Diet anyone?) - they have carried out in vitro testing and backed up their claims scientifically.

The gel itself is a lovely light jelly-like consistency and spreads really nicely with a little going a long way.

I use it probably once a week at the moment after a clay mask to counteract any possible dryness and to rehydrate and smooth. I imagine I'll step it up more in the winter - it really does what it says on the box - namely smooth, plump, hydrate, tone and repair. It's something I would recommend for all skin types - I see no problems here with sensitivity and it's brilliant for both dry and combination skins.

L.O.V.E.

Collin were so pleased to be POTW that they wanted to share the love. They are offering 3 - yes 3 - Limited Edition Holiday Collagen Gel worth £19.95 each to 3 lucky BM readers.

Simply leave your email address in the comment section below and winners will be chosen at random next Sunday. It's a really lovely product - you should definitely have a go.

Good Luck!

Collin Regenerating Collagen Gel normally retails for around £47.25 (I reckon one pot should last you at least 6 months with regular use)

Collin stockists/salons are available here.

If you want to stay first in the know about all things COLLIN RESULTIME, you can join their VIP Club (it's free) by clicking here.

Small print: 
*once again - no affiliated links or sponsored posts here - I love this product
*original pot and facial were PR sample/gift
*giveaways are from Collin PR
*any emails entered may be passed over to Collin for future promotions
*winners will be picked Sunday 28th August

Product of the Week - Giveaway Winner

The winner of last week's POTW -  Sue Devitt's Microquatic Illuminating Concealer SPF20 is Tiptoe Shortbread (great name BTW).

  Congratulations! We'll be in touch. Thank you to everyone who entered.

New Feature: Product of the Week - Sue Devitt Microquatic Illuminating Concealer SPF20

I have so many products that I love and have so little time to review and post about them all that I thought it would be nice to start championing them on a regular basis.

If you look over there -----------> on the sidebar you'll see Product of the Week.

For the inaugural week I've chosen Sue Devitt's Microquatic Illuminating Concealer SPF20 or 'that Sue Devitt concealer/thing' as I prefer to call it.

There's a lot to like about this product - I personally love the twist-pen applicator, the texture is perfect and it DOES NOT CREASE.

Repeat:
DOES. NOT. CREASE.

I use the shade Great Sandy Desert (well they were hardly going to be called shades 1,2,3 or 4 with a title like that were they?). I think it's the 2nd one up out of 4. It's fine for my eyes and I even think I could go one darker in the Summer months. I use it under the eye and over the lid to brighten my black holes. Bliss.

The folks at Sue Devitt were so thrilled to be POTW that they have offered one lucky BM reader the opportunity of trying it for themselves.
Simply leave your email/twitter id in the comments section and they will pick one the winner next Monday 22nd August.

Read more about Sue here.
Sue Devitt is available in Harvey Nichols and Fenwick and on QVC and the concealer is £21.00

Small Print:

• My original concealer was a PR sample
• The Giveaway is a gift from PR
• Product of the Week is not an affiliated link OR a sponsored post - it's just stuff I REALLY like
• Alrighty then