Eve Snow London - Prima Donna Treatment Set

If there is one thing that makes us girls at The Amazing Blog feel perfectly put together, it’s a great manicure.  Sadly having the time and money to spend at the salon every few weeks is unrealistic.  Like me, you probably find doing your own nails is more hassle than it is worth.  I work toward a flawlessly smooth finish so I wave my hands in the air, for what seems like hours, until the polish sets.  I almost always end with an inevitable smudge!  Thankfully we have found a solution in the discovery of Eve Snow London and their Prima Donna Treatment Set.  This British nail lacquer and cosmetic company offers a great manicure at less expense!

Before applying a polish, we suggest pampering yourself with a salon-like treatment of trimming and filing to guarantee a quality manicure.  Afterward, apply the Eve Snow base coat.  The lacquer’s matte finish is impeccable and dries almost instantly, making the application of colour a breeze.  This Treatment Set includes the shade Prima Donna.  I love the metallic-gold shade of Prima Donna as it adds an edge to every outfit!  Eve Snow has plenty of colours to choose from which, unlike other polishes, include Vitamin E, Ginkgo Biloba extract and Argan Oil to nourish rather than harm nails.  Additional colours can be purchased separate of the treatment set for £15 here.  The colour polish dries almost immediately and a second coat isn’t necessary which saves you time!  However to achieve a perfect finish Eve Snow also offers a fabulous top coat.  Simply applied like the base and colour lacquers, the top coat secures the polish with a smooth finish so quickly that waving your freshly painted nails in the air isn’t needed!

Seeking luxury and supporting young entrepreneurship, Eve Snow nail lacquer excludes many of the toxins found in other polishes and nourishes nails with every brush stroke.  This unique and natural take on nail polish makes Eve Snow even more worth the cost of £38 for the Treatment Set.  You can explore Eve Snow colour polishes and purchase the Prima Donna Treatment Set online here.

Sparcel - Vitality Box

As the January blues are now coming to an end and our New Year’s resolutions are well underway, some of us at The Amazing Blog  are continually on the quest for a healthier lifestyle. Bearing this in mind we have searched out something rather special. We have discovered the Vitality Box, an organic detoxifying spa treatment by Sparcel. It is a blend of Pink Himalayan Salt, Cypress, Frankincense, Geranium, Grapefruit and Juniper which help get your lymph system flowing in order to enhance your body’s natural detox process. The Himalayan salts alone are loaded with Calcium, Potassium and Iron which are necessary to lead a healthy lifestyle.

 The Vitality Box is only one of five other detox boxes; Vitality, Relax, Smile, Ache and Cold+ Flu. Sparcel also offers customers the opportunity to request detox boxes tailored to their personal needs.

 These Natural Organic Spa Detox Treatments are delivered on a weekly or monthly basis to the luxury of your home. ‘Prepared by hand with love’ Sparcel products are created with 100% Pink Himalayan Salt, Olive and Sunflower Seed oils. 

 The Sparcel box includes a full body scrub and body or foot soak, an organic cotton muslin t-bag, natural loofa and organic wash cloth. Also included are tips and instructions for a clean lifestyle from The Book, which was written by Linde, the creator of Sparcel. The Book explains the foundation and philosophy for all Sparcel products.  The box sets are great gifts for both men and women since they are unisex. Sparcel products can be found here with the Vitality Box at £12.50 weekly or £14.00 for a monthly subscription. What a great way to kick start the New Year with a cleaner, revitalised you!

iWhite Instant

As a tea and coffee drinker myself, I often find myself with teeth envy a lot of the time, especially as so many celebs at the moment have perfected that pearly white smile. The Amazing Blog girls have been trying out a teeth whitening kit designed by iWhite to try and get our grins as striking as those individuals that caused that teeth envy in the first place…

iWhite is a gradual and gentle whitening solution due to its lack of peroxide, which is ideal if you have sensitive teeth, this often happens as we age or as we expose our mouths to things like fizzy drinks and sweets. It only takes 20 minutes so isn’t a hassle to slot into your morning and evening routine. There are lots of kits out there which require a much longer setting period, so that’s an issue iWhite have successfully avoided. The product is composed of 10 thin and flexible trays which are designed for a comfortable fit. I think it really depends on how badly stained your teeth are before hand, but don’t expect immediate results. It’s the kind of product that needs patience, and eventually you will be presented with those pearly whites you were after.

This is a great set if hygiene is important to you as it contains a new and revolutionary whitening gel which has been clinically proven to be dental safe and instantly effective. There is an 8 shade scale you can compare with, and our testers at The Amazing Blog noticed an increase of about 1 or 2 shades after the first 5 consecutive days, but if you stick with it you may see stronger results. The product is based on a unique Filmo-Crystallized Calcium technology and this is what encourages the speedy whitening effect. I am a big drinker, tea that is… My teeth aren’t naturally white either, so this is perfect for giving them a little gloss and boost of sparkle. I also have sensitive teeth, and the formula that creates this product helps to strengthen them and make that sharp sensation when eating ice cream, a little less unbearable. Both the front and the back of your teeth are whitened with this set so no strange patches to get your smile noticed for the wrong reasons.

You can read more about the iWhite on their website here and you can purchase the product at Boots and various good pharmacies  online here.

FOREO Luna

If there is a beauty field that the team at The Amazing Blog is obsessed with is skincare. Ignore other beauty bits -just for now- because most of us here, hide (and treasure) a whole ‘skincare wardrobe’ inside our bathroom cabinets. Needless to say, the day 2 FOREO Lunas arrived through our door, we were simply over the moon. After hearing so much about FOREO’s offering, and having read The Beauty Shortlist’s feature, we couldn’t wait to give these cute devices a go. And they certainly performed as well as expected.

FOREO offers a completely new approach to skincare with their Luna devices’ design. The Luna’s cleansing action resides in the T-Sonic pulsations that are channelled across the skin’s surface through a unique brush surface of super soft silicone short bristles. The combination of the bristles and the vibration delivers a thorough yet incredibly gentle cleanse. From what we've experienced, cream cleansers work best with the Luna, the texture is less sticky than a balm's and have more slip to it.

The Luna also features an anti-aging surface on the reverse side. This side is meant to be used after the cleansing to give the skin a nice massage, that according to the brand will make the signs of aging less visible. The one thing that makes the FOREO Luna stand-out from the rest of the cleansing devices in the market, is that it is 100% waterproof; making it perfect to use in the shower.

Have we seen an improvement on our skins? Yes. Do our serums and oils absorb quicker? Yes. Does our skin look brighter? Yes. FOREO Luna ticks all the boxes for us: it’s effective and the most gentle cleansing device out there in our eyes.

FOREO offers the Luna for women and men, both ranges include the following types: Luna Mini, Luna (for ultra-sensitive, sensitive/normal or combination skin) and Luna Luxe (Luna Gold and Luna Platinum for Men).

The Luna Mini is £99, the Luna in £145 and The Luna Luxe start from £5,000. You can get hold of these Swedish wonders on FOREO’s website and Selfridges. Steep prices, but if you're looking for an extra step to achieve perfectly cleansed skin, FOREO has you covered!

FOM Firming and Contouring Products

We all age, some of us more gracefully than others and although we can’t stop it, we can do our best to slow down the first physical signs of aging. The Freshness of the Morning range are natural and luxury products rich in vitamins, antioxidants, proteins, minerals, floral waters and much more. The Amazing Blog sees a lot of products claiming to be the latest anti-age miracle, but the individuality of FOM Cosmetics  and their natural ingredients are what really caught our eye. We have been trying out two of their firming and toning body products: The Firming Body Lotion and the Body Contouring Serum to help us out with much needed 'tightening up' - especially recommended after one's Christmas indulgence!

The FOM Body Contouring Serum is £26.00 and can be bought here. This serum is 100% natural and includes Omega 3, 6, and 9, as well as Vitamins A, B, C & E. The ingredients that we particularly like are the Olive Squalane - 100% pure olive squalane softens the skin, improves elasticity, reduces signs of aging, and boosts cell regeneration. As well as Spilanthes Acmella - which stimulates the fibroblasts present in the extra-cellular matrix of the skin. Fibroblasts permanently interact with collagen fibres to create a 3-dimensional network within the supporting extra cellular matrix. Spilanthes acmella contains isobutylamides of polyenic and polyenynic acids, of which spilanthol is the molecule mainly responsible for its myorelaxing activity. By stimulating the fibroblast biomechanical functions, this active ingredient helps re-organize the dermis structure and visibly smooth the skin surface.  Which is where science meets nature...! All of which sounds great to us. It’s easy to apply, you just massage it onto damp skin and into places that you feel need a little firming and toning. The dense liquid gets immediately absorbed into the surface of your skin. A gentle tightening effect starts to take place - which gave a rather pleasant sensation.

The FOM Firming Body Lotion has a lovely citrus fragrance. It’s £28.00 and found here. The pure Shea Butter and Botanical Nutrients are incorporated to firm and moisturise the skin. This lotion is very refreshing and again is absorbed easily into the skin. It’s light and non-greasy and really does feel lovely to massage into those places you want to achieve some firming. If you were a sherbet lemon devotee as a child, then this lotion will be the perfect nostalgic beauty product for you. All skin types can use this lotion making it very versatile. Of course, we know that to achieve the perfect toned skin it needs to be a combination of other things like diet and exercise. However, we think that  FOM body products offer a head start. In fact, these two body products can be used together. FOM suggest using Firming Body Lotion in the morning and the Body Contouring Serum in the evening. Or mixing two pumps of lotion with 3 drops of serum and apply evening and/or evening. We like the way that these products from FOM  offer a 'natural' way to help to slow down the aging process. To buy BOTH these products together, you'll be happy to learn that they come packaged as a pair at £45 (saving you an astonishing £9!) Check out the Freshness of the Morning website here and browse around their collection of other natural skin and haircare products.