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I also received a sample size from the Beautorium and planned on giving it to my husband as the packaging looked a bit blokey. But I tried it myself as I've had the wierdest dry scaly circles that appeared in between my knuckles earlier this year after having an iron infusion (no idea why.) No cream I've tried has been able to improve them so I gave this a go and it has helped A LOT. They're still there but much softer than they were (and I'd been sleeping with various moisturisers then gloves on for months to try and soften these weird patches.) As others posters have said, there is also no scent to this which I LOVE (it's a must for me with creams) and a little goes far. I don't normally use hand cream at all as I've never really needed it (until the iron-induced crop circels appeared) but I plan on buying more of this when it runs out as it's the most effective cream I've found for my dry, sensitive skin so far. So thank you for the sample! :-)

Where to start... I ordered this in the Rewards Room to try as my lashes are pretty long in teh middle and only sparse at the edges so I don't really like applying them over my entire lid (makes me look too try-hard on the school run.) I though a few of these on the outer edges of each eye would look balanced but they wouldn't stick! I normally buy the lashes that come with transparent glue attached so you just peel them off the pack and stick them on and I haven't used separate glue for years so didn't have any lying around the house. The glue in this pack seemed like the weak type you get in children's craft kits. I followed the instructions carefully but after 6 tries, a lot of waiting for them to dry and many 'reusable' lashes fallen down the plughole I decided these were the Rubik's cube of lashes and I just wasn't skilled enough to complete the challenge. I don't use fake lashes often so I can't really compare the quality of the lashes themselves but they seem fine and I'm sure a more talented person would make them look fantastic (which is I've given them 3 stars.)

Another product I thought I'd try out in my Rewards Room shop and I wasn't disappointed. I've tried loads of different masks, especially clay masks, with varying success and what I loved about this one is that it is SO light. The last 2 clay masks I tried were gloopy, took ages to dry while my face felt tight for 20 minutes and then my skin was red for hours after washing off but this is quick to apply, dries really quickly and washes off easily. I have sensitive skin anyway so treatments are always a gamble but I've used this a few times and it's still great. It also seems to reduce redness in my blemishes. Not sure it would be useful for a deep cleanse/ blackhead removal as it mainly seems to cleanse the surface but this can be used frequently without irritation.

Bought this with my points in the Rewards Room and have been using it for a couple of weeks now. I have super sensitive skin (which reacts to most creams) and hyper-sensitive smell so I hate fragrances in general. This cream has hardly any scent and hasn't produced any skin reactions/ flare-ups. It's really lovely to use as it feels thin and velvety and goes on smoothly. I use it morning and night and I honestly can't say it has firmed the skin or reduced dark circles or bags at all, but I don't really mind because it's so lovely to use under make up and has left my skin feeling silky and properly moisturised.

I received this as a free sample with my Beautorium order and have used it with the matching shampoo a couple of times. I really disliked the scent of the shampoo but the conditioner smells slightly better. I only ever apply conditoner on the length of my hair. While the shampoo left my hair REALLY shiny from the roots down, my hair from the line where I applied this conditioner to the ends (which are not normally dry or different to the rest) suddenly seems drier/ frizzier. That shouldn't be possible but it's happened both times so next time I'm just going to use the rest of the shampoo on my whole hair and see if that helps. I have long, fine, dark (sometimes dyed) hair that started out mega thick and super-curly then dropped to fine/ frizzy/ wavy after pregnancy 8 years ago and never went back. (Bizzare huh!) Maybe this conditioner is too rich or heavy for my hair...

Weirdly my experience contradicts the previous review by HuskyChub in that the shampoo didn't lather/ froth up at all and it was hard to work it through. Maybe it's the tap water in my area but as I have long hair I had to use a lot to do my whole scalp. I also hated the scent which is the only reason I'm not giving this 5 stars. I am one of those annoying people who is hyper-sensitive to mayn beauty items and especially fragrance and this was really strong and overpowering to me. While the hair is still wet the smell lingers (but fades enough when dry). It did leave my hair REALLY shiny though and I've always struggled to find effective products for that (having been born with 'Fraggle Rock' hair). If it wasn't for the smell I would probably buy it. It has motivated me to look at other shampoos in the Goldwell range that may be less scented (fingers crossed).

I couldn't find the Blushed nudes version on here to review (it comes in a gold palette) but I wanted to review it as the colours are softer and more varied than this basic (brown based) one. The shades are fairly pale but are pinky, peachy and an almost mushroom/ greenish one too. I can see why some reviewers say it's too powdery and would need some layering but I should say that I have incredibly pale skin so the colours show up on me really well. They give me a far more natural 'nude' eye look than the brown palette and blend really well so you can mix 4 or 5 colours without it looking too obvious.