Nivea Pure&Natural Olive&Lemon Lip Balm review

Official description:

You want your lips become soft with natural ingredients? Innovative formula of Nivea lip balm pure & natural is inspired by nature and contains natural olive oil and lemon extract.
The result: soft lips with a healthy so that you look and feel beautiful in a natural way.
Provides lasting protection for dry lips
100% free of preservatives
With natural ingredients: organic shea butter, jojoba oil and certified.

Packaging: Tube containing 4.8 gr.

Texture: Green lip balm with a citrusy scent.

What it does: I got this lip balm as part of a gift set I received for my birthday along with the face cream. I was glad to see the scent is still pleasant. As a lip balm, it does the trick, it's not tinted (because it would be weird to have green lips, right?). I always liked Nivea lip balms and I use them all the time. I'm frustrated because I couldn't find the famous lip butters from Nivea, but maybe they will show up in my town too.
Price: I don't know for sure, but a Nivea lip balm goes usually for 10 lei (2 euros).
Re-buy or pass: I'm sure there's always gonna be a place for one of this lip balms in my purse.

Nivea Pure&Natural Day Cream for Normal&Combination Skin review

Official description:

NIVEA FACE CARE Pure & Natural Moisturising Day Cream for beautiful looking skin. Gives naturally soft, smooth skin , provides intensive 24h moisture and freshness and enriches skin’s natural healthy glow.

Packaging: Glass jar containing 50 ml.

Texture: Light cream, has a white color and a subtle herbal scent.

What it does: This is the third face cream I use at the same time with my other two from TIS and I must say I don't know if it's because of the formula or because I use different face creams, but my skin has never looked better.I think it's because my skin seems to get used to products relatively fast and they don't work anymore, so now I'm applying the face cream I feel like in the morning or in the evening.
This particular face cream is different form the normal face creams from Nivea. I always found them to be too greasy, even if they were meant for combination or oily skin. This one makes my skin look glowing without being shiny. I think the fact that it contains so many natural ingredients, 0 parabens, 0 mineral oils, 0 silicone and 0 coloring agents makes it that good. Also, the bio argan oil and the bio aloe vera extract may play a big part in this. It's the first Nivea face cream I actually enjoy using and I give them a big thumbs up for this range.
Price: I don't know for sure because I got it as a gift, but I saw it online at the price of 22 lei ( 5 euro)
Re-buy or pass: I would definitely repurchase this face cream.

Nivea Stress Protect Deodorant Stick review

I was just shopping last weak at my local supermarket and they had these on a buy one get 50%  of the second one sale, so I figured it was a great deal because I love Nivea and I need plenty of deodorant in the summer.

Official description:

Under time pressure, in a meeting or on a date - in our daily life we are often facing stressful situations. Stress sweating is one undesired effect, accompanied by unpleasant body odour. NIVEA Stress Protect Stick is scientifically proven to protect also against stress sweating. Its unique antibacterial formula combines two ingredients - Stress Protect actives and a Zinc complex - giving you reliable anti-perspirant protection against sweat and body odour. Extra Protection also against stress sweating, 48h anti-perspirant protection and gentle NIVEA Care and skin tolerance dermatologically proven.
No alcohol or colorants
Packaging: The bottle has 40 ml.
Texture: Normal stick, not creamy and not too hard.Pleasant, discreet scent.
What it does: I don't know about the stress thing because I sweat like a pig all the time in the summer and I don't wait 48 hours for a shower. I can tell I love it because my arms don't get so sweaty and they feel dry for at least 2-3 hours and that's a big thing for me. I used this even after I shaved my underarms and it doesn't sting or irritates. I like the fresh, clean scent because honestly I noticed this summer perfumes make me a little sick so I quit using them, but I do like to have a discreet scent on me. I had no white marks and I wore black t-shirts too. I don't recommend using roll-ons because those tend to leave some marks, I like sprays ans sticks best. Also, there are no white marks on the skin if you wear sleeveless tops. I basically love this deodorant and I'm glad I got two of them. Now one is in my bathroom and one in my purse.
Price: 17 lei for 2 pieces (about 4 euro) at Billa supermarket
Re-buy or pass: I would repurchase this, but I also like other Nivea products too, so I'll probably buy what ever I find on sale.

Nivea Irresistibly Soft Body Milk review

Official description:

We love this indulgent formula enriched with Shea Butter because it feels beautifully silky to apply and leaves skin simply irresistible.
Softens and nourishes your skin, contains Shea Butter which provides irresistible skin smoothness. 24 hour moisturisation. For best results apply daily, for noticeably softer skin that feels smooth to the touch.
Skin compatibility dermatologically proven.

For best results apply daily, for noticeably softer skin that feels smooth to the touch.

Packaging: Blue bottle with pump containing 400 ml (I have the jumbo size)
Texture: This is a rather thick body lotion, very smooth and with the usual Nivea scent.
What it does: It says it's for dry skin, but I used it anyway and I loved it. What I like about a good body lotion is that when I apply it in the evening after shower, my skin still feels smooth in the morning. Some body lotions lose the nourishing effect after a couple of hours. I don't know if it's that good for dry skin too, but to me it felt almost like a body butter. It's not greasy and it absorbs fast into the skin, so that's again a big plus if you would like to use it in the morning you don't have to wait too long before putting your clothes on.
Price: I don't know, because I won this lotion at a contest sponsored by Nivea Romania.
Re-buy or pass: I would repurchase this lotion, no doubt about it.

Nivea Smooth Indulgence Hand Cream review

Official description:

This rich hand cream with a blend of macadamia nut oil and vitamin care strengthens the skin's protection barrier and helps repair dry hands for touchably smoother and softer skin. With regular use, the improved improved formula keeps hands intensively moisturized even after washing.

Packaging: Comes in a tube with the traditional blue and white colors and it contains 100 ml.
Texture: A thick, white cream with what I like to call "the usual Nivea scent".
What it does: On the packaging it says it's for dry skin, but I use it anyway because it's not greasy, it absorbs fast into the skin and the thing with the intensive moisture even after washing is true. I washed my hands a couple of times, and my hands were still smooth. I like the fact that it moisturizes skin so well without that sticky feeling I usually get from other nourishing creams. I mean, I apply it right before I go out in the morning so I don't have the time to wait for more than a couple of minutes for the cream to absorb.
Price: I'm not sure because I won this cream in a contest and I haven't seen it yet in my town's stores.
Re-buy or pass: I would definitely repurchase this hand cream because I love it!

Goodies from Nivea and a small e.l.f. haul

Hi, kitties!
My week started really nice yesterday when I got a goodies bag from Nivea Romania that I've won in a contest on Facebook. In the bag there was a hand cream, a body milk and a blue scarf. I think the products are from a new line, so I'll post the reviews this week. I already tried them and the body milk is great!


Next, I received in the mail a package from e.l.f. because I took advantage on the 50% off sale on their Spring Collection. I bought an eyeshadow palette and a kit with two eyeshadow primers and a mascara. They also put an extra primer in the box, I don't know if it was a mistake or a gift from them, but I'm happy anyway because e.l.f. primers really do their job and even my eye pencil stays put (and I have a really smudgy one unfortunately).


So this was my small haul, more details will follow in the next days (or week, or so, after I tested everything).
Kisses for my kitties! Byeeeeee

Nivea Double Effect anti-perspirant

Nivea is another brand I love when it comes to skin care (there's make-up too but unfortunately, the products are not available in Romania), so expect to see many reviews on Nivea stuff.

Official description: Couldn't find one, but on the bottle it says "Smooth underarms for longer. Avocado extract."
Packaging: The usual spray bottle with a cap. I like the color scheme.
Texture: I like all Nivea deo-sprays because they're like cream in a bottle. I can use them after I epilation and they don't sting, so I think they would be good for sensitive skin too. This particular one smells like violets (it's called Violet Senses), but the scent is not overpowering and i can use my usual perfume without the two mixing together.
What it does: I don't know about the 48 hours protection because I've never gone for more than one day without taking a shower :). I'm still sweating  even if I use this, and I think it's normal, one shouldn't try to suppress the sweat glands. For me, a good deodorant is one that doesn't make smell bad and that is gentle to the skin. I found this two qualities in the Nivea deodorants and I recommend any one of them. There are deo roll-ons and stick deodorants, but it's my personal choice for going with the sprays.
Price: about 2.50 euro
Re-buy or pass: Definitely a re-buy. Perhaps not the exact same one because, like I already said, I like all the Nivea deodorants.