Beauty Product Review: Gluta-C Intensive Whitening Face and Body Soap and Body Lotion ♥

Beauty Product Review: Gluta-C Intensive Whitening Face and Body Soap and Body Lotion ♥

 WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND THE PRICE: Free Samples from Sample Room using my 45 points.
FULL SIZE: 135g/60g

RETAIL PRICE: PHP 104.75/PHP 59.75

USAGE DURATION: Two weeks

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Gluta-C intense whitening Face and Body Soap 135g as packed.
PACKAGING: Simple packaging but very informative. 
AT THE BACK IT SAYS:
INTENSE WHITENING & ANTI AGING
The unique and powerful blend of Vitamin C and Glutathione is proven to be effective in ensuring--
MAXIMUM WHITENING ACTION
intensely lightens dark spots, blemishes and evens out the skin tone resulting to a fairer and more Radiant White.
ADVANCED SKIN NOURISHMENT
These antioxidants progressively slow down the oxidation process which is the primary cause of aging. Helps renew damaged skin and fosters a noticeably healthier youthful glow. 
ANTI-BACTERIAL
The combination of all ingredients inhibits microbial growth; keeps the skin cleaner, healthier and smelling fresh longer.
GLYCOSTECH
Quick and effective penetration of the skin using patented French technology. 

 INGREDIENTS: Sodium Cocoate, Sodium Palmitate, Glycerin, Sodium Lactate, Butylene Glycol, Arbutin, Citric Acid, Sodium Sulfite, Acetyl Tyrosine, Saxifraga Sarmentosa Extract, Paenia Suffruticosa Root Extract, Aminopropyl Ascorbyl Phosphate, Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract, Glutathione, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Disodium Lauryl Sulfosuccinate, Fragrance, Palmitoyl Hydrozypropyl Trimonium Amylopectin/Glycerine Crosspolymer, Ascorbic Acid, Lecithin, Allantoin, Methylparaben, Water, Butylated, Hydroxytoluene, Tetrasodium Etidronate, CI 77891. 

DIRECTIONS:

1. Wet Skin
2. Use as a regular face and body soap. Lather and Massage the soap Gently on the skin. 
3. then Rinse Thoroughly
4. For Best Results use with Gluta-C intensive whitening body lotion and body scrub. 

BEST FOR SKIN TYPE: All Skin Types

LIKES:

• Soap lasts for a long time, it did not melt easily on my soap dish. See photo after two weeks of daily usage. 
• Refreshing Citrus-y scent
• Anti-Bacterial benefits
• It does not sting
• It felt gentle on the skin, although I did not used it for my face I have a belief that only facial wash can be used on the face and that never used your bar of soap for your face. 
• Non-Irritating
• Skin felt squeaky clean. 
• Good Value for the money. 
• Informative Packaging

CONCERNS:

• I already have a light skin, so I really cannot tell if its effective in intensive whitening and two weeks maybe is not enough to tell but I did not see any difference and to reveal a brighter skin. 
• It felt a bit drying on the skin. 

Tangee Lipstick Review

Tangee Lipstick Review

When's the last time you treated yourself to a new tube of lipstick? Many economists and social scientists have noticed a trend dating back to the Great Depression that during tough economic times, cosmetic sales tend to increase. The explanations for this noteworthy phenomenon range from insightful to outright fanciful, but generally it is believed women strapped for cash will splurge on a new shade for their lips rather than more expensive items like a new dress.

At almost $15 a tube, I wouldn't say Tangee is the cheapest lipstick around, but given the brand has been around for almost a century, its formula virtually unchanged during that time, I thought a vintage-loving gal like me should pick up a tube, regardless of the state of the economy.

Tangee's fame lies in its unusual color-changing characteristic, hence the motto "The Lipstick That Changes Color to Become Uniquely Your Own". In short, this vibrant orange gloss-like lipstick turns an elegant shade of red with a hint of purple within seconds of applying it to your lips.

How does this happen?
Well, the website Cosmetics and Skin explains how the synthetic dyeeosin discovered in the late nineteenth century was added to Tangee and other lipsticks of the early twentieth century to create a new type of "indelible" color, that is, color that cannot be rubbed of the lips easily.

The mechanism responsible for this attribute was fundamentally different from how other lipsticks colored the lips. Traditional lipsticks contained pigments are already present and active even before the product touches the skin. In the case of Tangee and other "indelible" lipsticks, the eosin dye reacts with your skin's proteins to create a vibrant reddish color with the slightest hint of purple.

Thus Tangee technically falls under the category of lip stain as opposed to true lipstick. (Incidentally eosin is still used for staining tissue samples in laboratories....)

A smear of Tangee lipstick on my hand produces this pleasant reddish shade

So how does it become "Uniquely Your Own"? I'm not sure it does. Some say it reacts to the temperature or pH of your skin, but I've yet to see a scientific explanation for either of those claims. I'm not sure given the nature of eosin how this reaction could produce a different color on different people, unless you take into account the different underlying skin tones.