Reviews : St. Ives 24 Hour Moisture, Nature’s Gate Tea Tree Deodorant
Well, I have two for one reviews now, since some products are just very simple and you can only go on so much about their subtle nuances like smell, feel and effectiveness. The first product I’m reviewing today is a simple but great moisturizer.
I’m going to start off by saying though, that I think this moisturizer is better for winter than summer because of it’s high emollience. I’d prefer a lighter one for the summer, but St. Ive’s 24 Hour Moisture cream is truly a great moisturizer, and it really does moisturize you for a long time, not just immediately evaporating as you feel some others do.
24 Hour Moisture is a thicker cream with an ingredient called “Hydratein” which they developed to supposedly retain moisture even longer than traditional emollient ingredients that are found in skin moisturizers. It’s so moisturizing that when you first apply it, you have an almost dewey glow from the product, which is nice. The scent is very light and clean, and there appears to be no artificial coloring as it is just a white cream, which is always good.
St. Ives has been around forever with their skin care products and reasonably priced, if not cheap, hair care products. I never cared for their hair care products, but some of the moisturizers they make do work well and are very reasonably priced. Other ingredients in this value moisturizer are pure swiss glacial water, various swiss botanicals, and the hydratein complex. Like many other moisturizers, the first ingredient listed is water.
The second product I am reviewing is a deodorant. Not exactly beauty related, but certainly hygeine and health related! This one is a natural deodorant, which is the only kind I use now unless I’m planning on doing an extremely stressful activity that day or have a big meeting I have to run at work and don’t want sweat marks or odors, since aluminum deodorants tend to be better at absorbing odors and wetness.
Nature’s Gate is a great organic beauty and toiletry company that uses certified organic botanicals in it’s products and focuses on making chemical free, healthy alternatives. The one I tried is the formula with Tee Tree and Blue Cypress, both of which are supposed to be excellent astringents.
This deodorant worked very well on me, as I did not notice any odors when wearing it, and it seemed to also reasonably control my perspiration. It did not however work on my boyfriend. I love the clean, earthy scent, and the stick costs $4.90 at a natural foods store and has already lasted me a month (since the boyfriend’s not using it). I’ll be buying this line of natural deodorants again, just may try a different formula to mix it up a bit.
