Before they contacted me, I presumed that Zalando only sold shoes, however, to my surprise they have a whole beauty section on their website that stocks products from brands such as Clarins, Elizabeth Arden, Cowshed and L'Occitane. I thought I'd use the opportunity that Zalando gave me to try out a brand that I'd yet to explore, Burt's Bees'. In order for you to get a better picture of the products, I thought I'd review each one individually, so get your mugs of tea at the ready! Before I start, I'd also like to apologise for the changing in lighting - blame the window, not me!
Burt's Bees' Beeswax Lip Balm 4.25g
I'd heard a lot about Burt's Bees lip balms and had forever seen them in various 'What's in my bag' style posts over the blogosphere so I was sure that I would be pretty happy with this particular product. It's one of the soothing balms that gives you that slightly scary oh-my-god-are-my-lips-swelling feeling. Thankfully, my lips didn't swell and they were left feeling minty fresh! My lips felt lovely and moisturised so it certainly did its job. You get a nice amount of product and it's a great handbag size so all in all it's a pretty good beauty essential. The downfall? I think I would've preferred it as a bullet rather than a rounded substance because it makes it a little more difficult to apply but this is just a minor complaint.
+ softens lips
+ handbag size but also has a lot of product
+ it's refreshing and smells lovely and minty
- rounded instead of a bullet, harder to apply
Burt's Bees' Hand Salve 8.5g
I had quite a lot of trouble with this product if I'm perfectly honest. It might just be me with my massive shovel hands/lack of nails but I found it incredibly difficult to open. Once I'd coaxed Luke into opening it, I was greeted by quite a strong smell from the product, not Luke - quite botanical and herby and, if I'm honest, not really me! I wasn't really convinced by this product; I much prefer hand creams because they seem more moisturising but having said that my hand did feel smooth once I'd applied enough of the product. This one was difficult to apply a nice amount with and, whilst it made my hands soft, it kind of gave them a weird sheen. I think I might use this product for moisturising eyelids or taming brows but, otherwise, I may give it away to a friend. Overall, I'm not convinced by this and wouldn't purchase this individual product again opting for one of their hand cremes instead.
+ could be suited to taming brows and hydrating small areas of skin
- hard to get a lot of product
- difficult to open
- strong smell
Burt's Bees' Naturally Nourishing Milk and Honey Body Lotion 25g
This product glided on my skin nicely and quickly began nourishing my skin. Its a different consistency to what I usually moisturise with because it was quite waxy compared to the other lotions I've used. Having said that, it didn't leave my skin feeling greasy and I did feel rather smooth. The smell was quite sweet but it didn't bother me too much. With regards to whether I'd repurchase or not, I'd say maybe not, purely because I'm much more of a body butter girl and prefer thicker consistencies. Overall though, it's not a bad product!
+ glides nicely
+ feels smooth
+ doesn't look greasy
- bit waxy
- not as good as my current product
Burt's Bees' Coconut Foot Cream 20g
I'm not usually one for coconutty scents but I quite like this. I wouldn't really call it a 'cream', I'd say it's more of a gel but it glides on easily and really refreshed my foot because of the peppermint oil. Once the product had soaked in, my feet felt nice and soft without feeling too oily. I don't actually own any footcare products at the moment so I think I'll get a good amount of use out of this. I think I'd give this a re-purchase! The only thing I was a bit unsure of, at first, was the consistency when I was rubbing the product in but once it was on it felt lovely and the greasiness disappeared. Overall, I quite liked this product.
+ smooth feet
+ nice consistency
+ refreshing
- feels a bit strange at first
- feels a bit strange at first
For some reason, this smells like a cross between Swizzels Matlow Fizzer sweets and Refresher's. To be honest, anything that smells like sweets is a winner, in my books! This cleanser lathered really nicely and smelt really nice and fresh on my skin. I used it with cotton pads and it managed to remove quite a lot of make-up; there was only a little bit of mascara left when I did the follow up sweep with a make-up wipe. My skin felt smooth after use but I had to slather on tons of moisturiser because, once dried, it picked up on my drier patches but that is usually the issue with my skin anyway. The only other little problem is that I quite like the way my Liz Earle cleanser leaves my skin feeling really refreshed and zingy and this didn't really do it for me. Overall, this is a nice product and I know I'll be getting through the whole tube! Would I buy it again? Probably, yes.
+ smells of sweets
+ removes make-up well
+ feels fresh on the skin
+ lathers well
- once dried, it emphasised my dry patches
- hasn't got any ingredients that leave you feeling 100% refreshed
Overall, there's some nice products in this essentials kit which could make a good gift for a friend. Whilst I wasn't swayed by some of the products, it hasn't put me off the company as a whole and I'm sure I'll be buying other Burt's Bees' products at some point. Thank you to Zalando for the opportunity, you can visit their website HERE. Meanwhile, my other uni friend (yes, I have two) has created a beauty blog, go and show her some love for me HERE. I'm off to have a movie night avec my face mask and an extensive amount of chocolate! Have a nice evening! ♥
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