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I was blessed with another opportunity to review a range of hair care products after reviewing some beauty products by the sister company of Shielo. So here goes my review for the "Shielo Haircare Products":

Description from the FB page:
"Shielo Hair Technology & Care was created in New York City in 2001 when salon industry leaders modernized the hair care industry by providing new technologies in the first voluminous technologies. A need was identified among top salons in New York City and their clientele for more voluminous styles, while including the effort to enhance and fortify hair care products with volumizing and color protecting elements.

Our philosophy is to create products with integrity and ensure that we preserve the future well-being of our environment. Shielo is against animal cruelty and proud to use post-consumer recycled and recyclable packaging."

I received a total of 3 items for my review: VOLUME Volumizing Shampoo, VOLUME Volumizing Conditioner and ANTIOXIDANT Leave in Protectant.  

The reason why I requested to review the VOLUME range of hair care products is because this range gives hair volume and greater strength and flexibility while nourishing my hair with Protein and Vitamin B12 (based on the product description).

FYI, I have been shedding hair like crazy for the last few months now that my hormones are stabilising back after delivering Alyson back in September 2011.

I love the lemony citrusy smell of the shampoo and conditioner and actually look forward to shampooing my hair more often nowadays!

After testing the products for a month, I realised that my hair is bouncier and looks thicker as well. I love the new feel of my hair as well. As for the Leave in Protectant, although my hair is not colored, it helps to protect my hair and minimize my frizzy hair. I just spray on some on the palm of my hand few minutes before I plan to go out and then I'm good to go!

You can browse all the hair care products at http://www.shielo.com/

I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the product by Shielo in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine.

I'm all for products which are organic, what more for our children! So when I came across a pitch looking for bloggers to review these organic baby skincare products, I immediately jumped at the chance and emailed away! To my delight, I was given a whole set of the baby skincare products for my review! All the way to me in Malaysia! Woohoooo!! So here goes my review for the "Happy Future USA" baby skincare products:

Description from the product page:
"This is another delightful ‘real organic’ product from France, and certified as ‘pure, natural and organic’ by European Union agencies. Made with all natural olive oil and extract of lime, this hypoallergenic product contains no nut oils or anything harmful to baby. Happy Future products have just a whiff of French vanilla evaporating quickly leaving baby smelling natural and clean. Mom loves this lotion on her hands as well since there is no lingering chemical lotion feel."

* Note: Being Eco-Cert approved also makes these products USDA approved (since 2009 the two are working together) as the only 100% organic Baby Bath products on the North American market.

Picture above is the exact products I get for my review. I received a total of 4 products, so I'll break them down by each product:

* Liniment Lotion for Diaper Change: This is naturally rich in Vitamin E and essential fatty acids and it is enriched with beeswax, its film-forming action is also known to prevent the onset of redness by forming a moisture-proof barrier. I like the fact that this lotion works throughout the day to protect my girl from diaper rash. It does feel a little bit oily but the most important thing is it helps to coat my girl's bottom from getting rash.

* Delicate Cleansing Bath and Shower Gel: The first time I used this product on my baby girl, I thought it smells weird. Luckily my SIL was visiting us that day and after letting her smell it, she said "Yes, the smell is right. That's what organic products supposed to smell like!!! Trust me, it's good stuff!" Oh-kayyyy... to be honest, this is the 2nd time I reviewed organic bath products and I don't recall the other brand I reviewed smelling like this. When I asked my SIL how come the previous organic bath products i reviewed years ago had fragrant smell, she said they must have added some chemical to make it fragrant. Oh-kayyyy...

Anyway, back to my feedback, I used it for both my kids twice a day and their skin stays smooth and supple. I like the fact that I can use this product from head to toe! Yay!

I also noticed an instance where my girl has some dry skin on her back and I vigorously applied the shower gel on her back for few days and there is no more dry skin on her back anymore when I checked it few days later! Love it!

* Cleansing Lotion non-rinse: This is exactly the same as the "Delicate Cleansing Bath and Shower Gel" except you do not need to rinse off the shower gel after applying. My initial test was on my own hand, where I pour some of the gel onto my palm and started rubbing them. I was kinda hoping this product will fail me when I see tiny bubbles on my palm upon vigorous rubbing but to my surprise, the bubbles disappears very fast, leaving the palm of my hand clean and smooth. Like my SIL said, good stuff!

* Moisturizing Cream- face and body: This product smells good! I actually put on some for myself hahahaha... I don'f often use this product for my girl, only when I noticed her skin is dry then I will apply some on her body.

You can browse through the products at Happy Future USA's website.

I am so excited to be able to hold this giveaway for ONE of my lucky blog followers and/or readers! ONE of you lucky people are going to win the exact same set of awesome products that I got for my review! All 4 of them! You will absolutely love it! Now, let's read below for the giveaway terms and conditions OK?

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I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the product by Happy Future USA in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine.

I stumbled upon this tweet message by Yes! Nurse looking for bloggers to review their products and I replied them asking whether they are OK with international bloggers and also telling them I'm just a mummy blogger not a nurse (just in case this product is specifically for nurses!), and my oh my, they are happy to provide me their product for my review!

Description from the product page:
"Yes! Nurse was co-founded by a young paediatric nurse at the beginning of 2009. Having been signed of work with dry, cracked and sore hands, she noticed that many of her colleagues were suffering in the same way. Trying numerous hand creams with little or no effect she decided to research and develop a unique formula that actually worked.

Guided by nurses across the UK, she co-founded Yes! Nurse and developed an intensive moisturising hand formula that specifically combats the daily routines faced by nurses."

Sigh... I only realised how cute the packaging is when I checked out the press kit of this product! Of course I do get the same thing when this product was mailed over to me all the way from UK but the packaging was soaked wet (due to rain!) and the postman actually threw it into my house porch (probably trying to keep it from being drenched further) and it just lay on the floor for hours before we noticed it! 

OK now back to the product... below is the snapshots taken of the Yes! Nurse hand cream. The hand cream fits nicely into the palm of my hand, it's about half an inch thick and 5 inches tall when being placed upright. I love the easy to open cover, just a flick of my thumb and we're good to go to apply some of the hand cream on!

I immediately washed my hands, dried them up and started applying a pea-sized amount of the hand cream all over my hands and fingers. Oh boy, the smell is so heavenly! I just love, love, love the sweet floral scent! I do however feel the oily part on my palms only for the first few seconds, otherwise, love the feel of it on my hands and fingers!

After applying the hand cream, I continue on being terrorised with my daily SAHM life with my 2 little monsters kids. You have no idea how many times I washed my hands, got them dirtied (thank you kids! Mummy loves you guys!) then cleaned again then repeats all this the whole day long.

And yet, my hands are still smooth and supple and not as dry as they used to be. Ahhhh...lovely, lovely! I apply these hand cream twice a day: before being terrorised by kids starting the day and after the kids go to bed.

A very good product I say!

You can find out more information on how to purchase this at:

http://www.yesnurse.co.uk/#how-to

I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the product by Yes! Nurse in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine.