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I was fortunate to be included in the Beautyheaven trial team and given this product to review. I'm 40 yo with normal and combination skin and my main skin concerns are hyperpigmentation and dryness. I'm a big fan of Olay products and often have an Olay product in my skincare line up. I've used many of their serums and moisturisers and with some research I think I've used this product in the past as well. I thought it was part of a new line but I believe it has just been repackaged. This night cream is light but moisturising and absorbs quickly without leaving any residue or scent. It played nicely with all my other serums and helped seal in my other skincare. I'll definitely continue using it and will likely keep coming back to this in the future. This also includes niacinamide which helps with skin tone and hydration.

I was fortunate enough to receive this as part of the beautyheaven trial team. I haven't used a curling iron in years and was super excited to get to try out this product! I have fairly thick, wavy, just below shoulder length hair. Given it's been so long since I've used a curler, it took me a little while to get the hang of using it! It has three different heat settings and as recommended for thick hair, I used the highest setting which was most suitable. However given the length and thickness of my hair and the size of the barrel, I found it difficult to curl my hair in the way I had desired- but this is likely due to my being out of practise too. I think with longer hair, a good heat protection hair product, this could be a winner. I have virgin hair so it is hard to keep curl unless I absolutely douse it with hair spray. I'm not sure about the coconut aspect of the hair tong and how this helps with protecting hair but I imagine it may make some difference over long term use. I only used this product a few times.

I was fortunate enough to be included in the beauty heaven trial team for this dove conditioner serum. I've not used a serum previously so was very excited to try this product out. As suggested, I swapped out of regular conditioner to use this in its place as doing both is unnecessary. And used this the same way I would a regular conditioner. I would use this conditioner once a week which was enough to provide my hair with a nice, deep condition. I generally have straight and normal hair, however, depending on the weather, it can become super frizzy. I found that this helps. My hair stayed silky despite the humidity. I think this is a great, affordable option that is easily accessible.

I was fortunate enough to be included in this beauty heaven trial team to try out the dove nourishing moisture conditioner. I used this in partnership with the matching shampoo. I have normal mid-length straight black hair which I wash two to three times a week. I found this to be a decent conditioner and applied this to my hair once I had rung out as much water as I could. I then applied this to the mid-lengths of my hair and let it sit for a few minutes. I found that this was key to allow the conditioner to work its magic. I found my hair to be silky and smooth immediately following application and once my hair had naturally dried, I found that my hair was silky and soft. I would recommend this and it is a decent, affordable conditioner option that is widely available.

I was fortunate enough to be included in the BH trial team for this Dove nourishing moisture shampoo. I have mid length 'normal' (ie not dry or oily) straight black hair and usually wash it 2-3 times per week. I do put product in it so need to give my hair a good scrub when I do wash it. I found this shampoo bottle a little difficult to open. I do have a disability impacting my hands but I don't usually have issues with opening shampoo bottles and it may very well have been just my particular bottle was quite difficult for me to flip the lid. The shampoo smelly fresh and lathered a lot so perhaps I used too much product but I think I'm just not used to my shampoo doing that- I generally use salon branded shampoo. I think this shampoo did the job, fairly decent and basic shampoo. I did follow this with the conditioner and my hair was nice and smooth afterwards. I think this is a solid choice at an affordable price point.

I was fortunate enough to receive this Elizabeth Arden lip colour as part of the beautyheaven trial team. I chose the colour Romantic Rose which is a lovely my lips but better colour very well suited to my olive skin tone. The lip stick is in a lovely metal packaging that feels heavy and luxe. It has a lovely magnetic click when closing which just feels super satisfying. This lipstick is supposed to be matte but I feel it leans more to a satin finish though I do tend to wear lip balm underneath as my lips are super dry at the moment due to the cold Melbourne winter. Even though I wore balm underneath, I still found this to be super moisturising and applies to lips evenly and could be worn alone when my lips are in generally better condition. I found it wore off evenly. A lovely addition to any one's lipstick collection.

I was lucky enough to be included in the trial team for the new Nude by Nature Renewal Daily facial oil. I usually have normal skin with my concerns being hyperpigmentation, uneven skin tone and recently, occasionally dry and irritated skin due to indoor heating and constantly wearing masks. Though the instructions say to use this directly onto clean skin, I tend to wear a bunch of serums and so slotted this into my morning and night skin routines. Though my routine can change at times, I used this oil consistently for several weeks. This oil comes in a dropper bottle and I used three drops for my face and neck. I'd drop the oil into my palm, warm it up and pat onto skin as to not disrupt the serums underneath. I found this oil was light and slotted into my skin routine. I used this after toner and serums but before moisturiser and SPF. It layered well and absorbed quickly for an oil. It left my skin feeling moisturised and luminous- a great addition to my winter skin routine. I felt this helped even my skin tone. At times, I would have a basic skincare routine of this oil and a thick moisturiser for my very tired nights and it also worked a treat to get it back to calm.

I was fortunate enough to be part of the beautyheaven trial team for the Nivea Naturally Good Micellar wash gel. This face wash ticks all my preferred facial wash boxes: gel, gentle, non- drying and leaves skin feeling clean. It comes in a slim pump bottle making the cleanser easy to dispense and has a fresh, cucumber smell. I have normal skin which tends to lean dry during the cooler months. I used this a full pump of this face wash as a second cleanse after removing my make up and sunscreen using an oil based cleanser first or a my only cleanse in the morning. This cleanser helped removed remnants of my first cleanse (PM) and left my skin feeling nice, refreshed, clean but does not leave it feeling dry. I often followed up with my skincare routine following a cleanse but even after a left a little bit of time before applying my skincare, it did not make my skin feel dried out. Its gentle gel formula meant it was not strong enough to remove make up or sunscreen alone. My only qualm is that the bottle is pretty small!

This is a wonderful medium to full coverage cc cream!! I use this in place of my foundation as I find it gives great coverage and plays nicely with all my skincare and sunscreen. I use quite a small amount mainly to even out my skin tone. I have normal skin with pigmentation and find a thin layer of this helps even out my skin! It also wears very well throughout the day with very little movement. I love the pump bottle as you can use as much of as little as you want with little wastage. I'd give it 5 starts but thought it was a bit expensive!

I used this in conjunction with garnier micellar water which I found to be an easy, gentle and effective way to remove my make up and skincare! The pads are thin but flimsy- as in hard to maintain its shape while in use. But it's thinness makes them easy to clean and dry- and i cleaned them using regular bar soap. I was surprised by how clean they got- they found that when I used the oil/micellar water it did not wash out as effectively. Best to be used with the original formula!