Sunday, November 6, 2016

I Smell Great Reactive Lip Lush, Eau De Parfum, and Hair Fragrance Review

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Good morning! Today I'm sharing a review of three products from I Smell Great. I Smell Great is the brainchild of the actress Sophia Bush and it's products made in the U.S.A. I'm always curious to try new product and brands, so this was no exception.





I have three different products in different scents. The Reactive Lush Lip in Candy Crush, the Eau de Parfum in Wild Honey, and a Hair Fragrance in Beach Babe.


I Smell Great Reactive Lip Lush, Eau De Parfum, and Hair Fragrance Review

 
Candy Crush Reactive Lush Lip: This is essentially a lip gloss but the reactive part is different; the description says that the reactive technology hydrates lips with spheres that are activated on the lips. Honestly, I think it's spheres on menthol because my lips felt extremely tingly. I'm not sure if this is meant to be a lip plumper. The tingle didn't bother me as much as the scent. I think candy crush would be sweet and sugary but it had this terrible chemical scent which could be the spheres OR it could have been the "candied flower petals" of the scent description. Whatever it was, the scent was not for me. Too bad because it really was hydrating and my lips were SO soft. But the look is super glossy, so it's more of a product I would use before bed since I'm not a huge fan of gloss. And well, it did not smell great. It kind of smelled like ramen noodles. This retails for $28.


I Smell Great Reactive Lip Lush, Eau De Parfum, and Hair Fragrance Review

I Smell Great Reactive Lip Lush, Eau De Parfum, and Hair Fragrance Review


Wild Honey Eau de Parfum: So I figured I would love Candy Crush and hate Wild Honey. SO WRONG. This smells GLORIOUS. It's honey, brown sugar, and vanilla. This was a super sweet scent but it was light. So it was really pleasing for me. It did last a good amount. Again, it has sphere technology that is supposed to reactivate by apply pressure wherever applied (so do I rub my chest?) Not sure about that, but it smelled nice for a few hours.  This retails for $68, which is about on par with other brands. For example, Marc Jacobs Honey is $78 for 1.7 oz but you are getting a designer bottle. The packaging here is very bare bones.


I Smell Great Reactive Lip Lush, Eau De Parfum, and Hair Fragrance Review

I Smell Great Reactive Lip Lush, Eau De Parfum, and Hair Fragrance Review

There's one other scent, Angel Cake, and they have recipes on how to combine scents. 

I Smell Great Reactive Lip Lush, Eau De Parfum, and Hair Fragrance Review


Beach Babe Hair Fragrance: Let's just call this what it is, a fragrance mist. You don't have to put it in your hair if you don't want to. They mention to do it in between shampoos, or as a refresh, but none of the ingredients act as a cleaner like a dry shampoo. So if your hair smells bad and you don't have time to shower, sure, spray your hair, and maybe your whole body with it. I think this smells like fresh coconut and sun tan lotion. I really liked the scent and it combined well with the honey perfume. This retails for $38.


I Smell Great Reactive Lip Lush, Eau De Parfum, and Hair Fragrance Review

I Smell Great Reactive Lip Lush, Eau De Parfum, and Hair Fragrance Review


So I really like the perfume and hair fragrance and both of those scents. I don't know if it's the Candy Crush scent that I don't like or if it is something in the lip gloss that makes it tastes so unappetizing to me. Maybe there wasn't enough fragrance to cover up the chemicals in the gloss?

I do think the products are a little expensive, especially since the packaging is so bare bones and basic. I don't know if it's because it is made in the U.S. or this sphere technology that I don't really think is there, but I think the cost of these are a little too high.

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23 comments:

  1. I love honey in my products, so that perfume sounds lovely to me. The sphere technology sounds interesting - lol @ rubbing your chest to refresh the fragrance!

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    1. The honey is subtle. It's there but the vanilla takes forefront. I think that's why I liked it so much! Honey vanilla!

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  2. I love that they have the hair sprays. I can't handle perfume on my skin, but I love it regardless.

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    1. It smells so good! Sometimes I use tea tree oil
      Shampoo so it doesn't smell wonderful and this gave my hair a boost

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  3. I always spray my perfume in my hair! :) I tried a menthol infused lip gloss before and kept telling my folks my lips felt so plump and they rolled their eyes and said I was high off the menthol. HAHA

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    1. I have fairly sized lips so I'm not sure it plumped for me. But maybe for someone with thin lips

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  4. Ramen noodles?! LOL! I think I'd love the spray for the hair though.

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    1. I've asked a friend who also received it to test hers. Maybe mine was a fluke but blech the taste was unappetizing.

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  5. Except for the ramen noodle lip gloss the other products sounds pretty great. I also love anything honey scented so I'd probably really like the perfume.

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    1. Haha I can't put my finger on the scent. It's not great haha. But the other two scents were great. Nice and light for a Cali girl!

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  6. "I Smell Great" is such a fabulous name for a brand! Love it!

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  7. I love the packaging on these! I've never heard of this until now, I want to give it a try!

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    1. Follow them on Instagram as I notice they pick a product per week and give a massive sale!

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  8. Wild Honey sounds amazing, kind of died at the ramen noodle comment.

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    1. It's really nice and sweet. Unlike the lip gloss haha. That one was weird

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  9. Beach Babe is my kind of fragrance! And ramen noodle gloss??? Hahaha! You're killing me!

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    1. Didn't you also receive this? I would love to know how your gloss tastes! Maybe mine is a fluke

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  10. The name is so fun, lol, gotta love it! :-D The lip gloss would weird me out though

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    1. I have now heard from another blogger that her lip gloss was also unappetizing and she had to remove it, so I'm going to say that product just isn't ready for the market

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  11. I was most excited to hear about the lip lush, but that turned out to be a disappointment.

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    1. As I mentioned above, another blogger let me know she also had a bad experience with it and the taste was unappetizing, so I cannot recommend that product

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  12. This hair fragrance sounds lovely such a shame about the lip gloss x

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