Cuticle Care

Review: Badger Cuticle Soothing Shea Butter Cuticle Care

May 11, 2012

Badger is a company that I have recently fallen is love with, they have a cute mascot, they’re cruelty-free and they’re USDA certified organic. What’s not to love? Badger creates healthy beauty products that stand above other brands in terms of safer ingredients, they do not use ingredients that have been treated with growth hormones, synthetics or GMO’s.

Badger Cuticle Care balm that contains Shea Butter, one of my favorite ingredients and nourishing Seabuckthorn CO2 extract. It’s scented naturally with essential oils like Geranium, Mandarin, Lemongrass and Ginger. I mostly smell the Lemongrass which I love because it’s so fresh and clean.

Ingredients: Wild African Shea Butter, Extra Virgin Olive Oil (Organic), Castor (Ricinus Communis) Seed Oil, Beeswax (Apis Mellifera), Sea Buckthorn Berry Extract, Essential Oil of Geranium, Ginger, Cardamom (Cardamomum) Seed, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary), Litsea Cubeb (Litsea Cubeba), Citrus Reticulata (Mandarin Orange), Lemongrass (Cymbopogon Schoenanthus)

This cuticle balm is great for daily use especially after washing your hands. If you’re like me and you wash your hands all several times per day, which can dry out your cuticles, then using a little cuticle balm to keep cuticles from becoming dry and ragged is essential. I also like to slather a little bit of Badger Cuticle Care on my nail beds if I’m not wearing any nail polish. It really helps to nourish my nails plus it makes them shiny like they’re polished! The balm, packaged in cute round decorative tin, lists the product expiration date on the side to remind you when it’s time to toss it out. Very handy!

Having a cuticle nail treatment in your purse is a nice way to refresh yourself at the end of the day or before an important event when you don’t have time for a manicure. Sometimes I use pure Vitamin E oil to moiturize my cuticles but it’s not always convenient to carry it with me so this is a nice less messy alternative.

Have you used Badger Cuticle Care, what are your thoughts?

Badger Cuticle Soothing Shea Butter Cuticle Care, $5.99

Disclosure: The product featured in this review was provided for editorial consideration. Receipt of this product did not guarantee review and all opinions are my own.

Review: Sally Hansen VitaSurge Cuticle Gel

August 16, 2011

I have a serious love for drugstores – you can always find tons of things that you need and things that you didn’t even know you needed!

On my last trip to Duane Reade I stopped in the nail supply aisle – mainly because I have a mild obsession with nail lacquers at the moment but also to see what’s new. Naturally there was a large Sally Hansen with many products that I never tried before. My eyes were soon drawn to a pretty orange bottle with tiny beads or as Sally Hansen refers to them, Micro-Encapsulated Vitamins, it was the Vita Surge Cuticle Gel.

Product Information:

Instantly condition and smooth cuticles! A fast-absorbing gel formula that nourishes dry, ragged cuticles. Leaves no color. Multi-active bead infused formula instantly releases a surge of nourishing Vitamin E and Botanical Extracts to condition and hydrate cuticles. Restores dry cuticles so they look and feel smooth and healthy.

APPLICATION TIPS: Shake gently. Apply daily over bare nails or dry nail color. Massage in with applicator or finger. Reapply as needed.

My cuticles get very dry and have desperately needed some TLC for a few weeks, so as soon as I got home, I cracked the bottle open. Immediately I noticed the light citrus-y scent which is a nice compliment to the orange gel color – not necessary or anything but just saying. Instead of a nail brush, Sally Hansen use soft doe foot applicator (about the same size used in a tube of lip gloss) which gives a broad application. The applicator is absorbent and holds enough product that you won’t need to keep dipping inside of the bottle.

Sally Hansen Vitasurge cuticle gel review

The product information states that the product absorbs quickly but it actually take a little massaging to get the gel to absorb completely. After massaging the gel it, it does dry clearly and my cuticles are left much smoother and less dry looking. The scent of orange fades by the time that the gel dries. Overall I was pretty pleased with the results, for a quick cuticle moisturizer this does the trick and quite nicely I might add. I might just have to keep this one in my purse.

Sally Hansen Vita Surge Cuticle Gel, $5.99

What drugstore beauty product has you pleasantly surprised?

Giveaway! Borghese Cuticle Remover & Nail Lacquer

January 15, 2010

Win a 2 piece Borghese gift set from Lipstick and Luxury! Borghese Rapido Cuticle Removed is a gentle formula (that’s not tested on animals) that quickly and gently removes excess cuticles in about 15-20 seconds. It moisturizes with Aloe, Chamomile and Green Tea extracts. The kit also includes 3 cuticle pushers. I’m also throwing in a Borghese Nail Lacquer Vernis in Bambina Pink. Hot and Haute!

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UPDATE

The winner of our Borghese Giveaway is Angel ~ Congrats and your prizes on on their way!!!

Disclosure: The product featured in this review was provided for editorial consideration. Receipt of this product did not guarantee review and all opinions are my own.

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