Neutrogena build-a-tan, Vaseline Cocoa Radiant Vitalizing Body Gel review

Summer's coming! Warm weather, shorts, dresses, sandals.
Except. I'm so pale and ashy.
So I've been using these for the past month. One is a build-able self-tanner. The other is an extremely moisturizing body gel.

Let's start with the Neutrogena. It promises sheer color, buildable color, healthy glow, streak-free, and drying time of 5 minutes. I got it for $7.00 at Wal-Mart.

I've tried the Jergens and Ulta self-tanners in previous years, and lemme say, the drying time was what annoyed me the most. No matter how little I put on, it takes at least half an hour to dry.

The Neutrogena does only take 5 minutes drying. It seems to moisturize decently. This is the darkest I've gotten from a single application (once per week to keep it there) out of this, Jergens, and Ulta. There is no smell. It applies smoothly, just like a lotion.
BUT. It does streak. A lot. For some reason, only on my arms, even when I don't move for 10 minutes. Maybe I'll just keep this for my legs. My rating: 7/10

On to the Vaseline. I got it for $10 at CVS. I was so excited to try this. I love body lotions, souffles, whipped mixtures, body butter, whatever. This promises healthy, glowing skin. What does that mean, glowing? This is why I don't use luminizer. No idea what it does, although it wouldn't hurt to look it up :)

This one packs a punch with just a tiny bit of product. Glides on and makes my skin feel so smooth the rest of the day. I read reviews about this staining clothes. That doesn't happen if you only use a tiny bit. My skin stays oil-ed looking for an hour, which I don't mind. What I DO mind is the smell. I've smelled cocoa butter before. This kiiiinda smells like it. But, as my friend put it so accurately, it smells more like strong white chocolate. I don't want to smell like chocolate. The smell lingers for a while after application, probably because it doesn't dry so quickly. If I didn't like the results so much, I'd stop using it based on smell alone. My rating: 8/10

L'oreal Power Moisture Rush Mask review

Hey :) Let me just say....it's been a bit chilly :( Is this to make up for the mild winter??

Anyway, I've been on the search for something to bring moisture back into my dried ends (from blow drying, curling, bleaching, dying). So I picked this up because it promised 10x more moisture. Every other product says 3x more moisture, so of course I'm curious.

I've been using this for about a month now. It retails for $8.00 at CVS. The product has the consistency of a light gel. You're supposed to shampoo your hair and then massage this through. Leave it in for 3 - 5 minutes, then you have soft, moisturized hair. There's no noticeable smell, for me at least.

The consistency is so liquid that I have trouble getting it to my actual hair before it slips to the shower floor -- whoops! And the packaging, with the slanted oval top, is hard to unscrew and manage in the shower.

After 5 minutes, rinsing, then air drying, my hair is....ok. It feels a bit softer than usual. No static. The bottom 2 inches of hair still feel a bit drier than usual and my hair is still tangling a bit. I'm not sure if this is what 10x more moisture feels like. It does moisturize my hair more than conditioner alone, I will admit that. There was no added shine.

After using this for a month or so, the results were always the same. Soft-ish hair the first day my hair is washed, kinda weighs my hair down. The next day (I wash my hair every other day), my hair was limp. Gross. No matter how much more or less of the product I use, it's the same.

This product moisturizes my hair, but it's nothing special. Maybe it'll work better for thinner or less damaged hair. Good enough to use the whole container but I'm less likely to buy it again. The packaging was annoying, too. My rating: 6.7/10