Everybody but the US can enjoy this site (soz)

I had to have a think about how I came upon notino.ie (scroll down for links to your country). I am a fragrance fangirl* and I may have been clicking around looking for a reasonable facsimile of D&G’s Velvet Desert Oud… but I think it’s because I came across Barnängen as a product line and did the google and it lead me there.

It was a fortuitous google indeed as I am now addicted to their shower creams and gels, all under €6 a pop. I’ve tried their body cream and the pump version didn’t pump so great, and the body butter is fab but really thick, so that’s like a night time application, no good for someone like me who is always rushing out the door of a morning. It’s like cake icing only thicker, so you need to plan for using it.

I hadn’t been happy with the shower gels I had on rotation, so I visited the site in order to stock up and went a lil bit bonkers.

Hidden in the back is HASK Curl Defining Cream; my hair is wavy enough to be able to encourage some curls if I apply stuff like this to damp hair and twist it up for 24 hours. I’ve tried it and can happily recommend. I mean, I don’t get any gorgeous corkscrew curls, but I do get tighter waves; don’t expect miracles.

The rest of the stuff you can read the labels yourself. I will say the OnlyBio only works well on damp skin and the Dermacol nail hardener there isn’t great.

I will also say that huge Syoss shampoo was the free sample I checked off when invited to choose one! I will also say I reckon it’s been sitting in the warehouse for ages as the bottle was literally actually dusty. But I lovvvvve itttt not only for its size but for its efficacy. I forgot how good keratin is for my hair.

I had a coupon code for 15% off because I’m on the mailing list, and also got free shipping, so I’d say this was excellent value (ymmv).

That’s me set up in shower gel for a good while anyway!

*Watch this space for an absolute squee over some French perfume I found circuitously via TikTok!