I had a Liberty London voucher from ages ago which i lost in the move, then found a couple of months before Christmas, so I promptly headed to the beauty floor to see things i could pick up. I went for a Surratt lipstick and this Mario Badescu Essentials 50th Anniversary Edition kit, as it contained a couple of the products I had been wanting to try.
I was first brought to the Mario Badescu line through the purchase of their cult Drying Lotion, which is basically a baby pink spot treatment that sort of suffocates the spot; it works really well but you have to hope that you simply won’t get any early morning deliveries before you’ve had a chance to wipe it off, because it is not a good luck! The Mario Badescu Essentials 50th Anniversary Edition kit includes a full-sized bottle of the Drying Lotion, which is great.
I think all the goods are full-sized but I’m not 100% certain; they’re decent sizes at the very least. I love the fact that this kit includes a great collection of introductory products to the brand; a cleanser, a mist, a couple of masks and a treatment product. The Enzyme Cleansing Gel is nice enough, although it didn’t particularly wow me enough to encourage me to use it regularly; I acquired this at a time when I was in cleanser heaven with some real favourites taking centre stage, and so i might have to revisit this to ascertain if it grabs me. The Facial Spray with Aloe, Herbs and Rosewater is among the products I wanted to try. It’s an attractive, light, hydrating and soothing product which I’ll likely replace after i run out.
I haven’t tried the Silver Powder yet, though it was the other product that I really wanted to try from the range, but my skin has mostly been spot-free recently which sounds quite potent, and so i don’t see any point in utilizing a potent spot treatment on spot-free skin! The final product is the surprise from the collection, the Flower and Tonic Mask, which is a lightly purifying mask that feels and smells lovely – it’s the sort of product you might want to use in case your skin needs a deep cleanse, however, you don’t want to go for a full-on clay treatment, as this feels a lot more gentle, making it a really lovely product to make use of. I picked this set up for around lb40 at Liberty London, but they don’t seem to have it anymore. However, Beauty Bay do and they’ve first got it for lb32 which is a brilliant price for this set. Find it here – .
