ok, I am going to go out on a limb here…but I after using an arsenal of Philosophy products in the last month, I kind of am beginning to think that it’s sort of like the Avon of Macy’s. It just doesn’t really do anything out of the ordinary, spectacular or even memorable. It’s kind of just…mediocre. The scent is kind of generic and floral-ish, the packaging and typography like anyone can make it on msword, and well…I’m just not going for it.
Here are the array of products that I used and eventually ended up giving away or just storing in my ever-expanding ‘maybe someday I will use it’ cabinet:
3 in 1 shower gel, shampoo & conditioner. Yea right. when you pay $400 for a color & extensions, the last thing you need is an all in one.
But I will totally give this a point because I do understand that I am a hair-obsessed client and realize that not everyone feels the same as I do when it comes to hair.
Lemonade hand lotion: smells good, like lemonade lol, but wears off rather soon and my hands are again dry and in need of lotioning up.
Purity Made Simple - a nice facewash, simple, says it takes off makeup, perhaps it does, no fragrance, and gentle enough.
Amazing Grace perfumed oil - super floraly, too heavy, too much like a cheap perfume you can buy at RiteAid
Amazing Grace fragrance spray - ditto
Amazing Grace body lotion - actually my favorite of all the philosophy stuff I tried, it kind of smelled like the beach in the 70’s…sort of coppertone cream-esque. Not quite sure if it offers the body tightening it claims to.
Amazing Grace body scrub - smells ok, not too heavy in the floral dept. but the sugar scrub crystals are pretty much parallel to a generic scrub you can get at your neighborhood wal-mart.
Dark Shadows - an illuminating creme for under your eyes and upper lip to reflect shadows & darkness. Totally doesn’t work
Microdelivery peel pads - gentle enough, not too stingy, but don’t really notice anything happening.
so yea, Philosophy is getting dumped into the same bucket as Avon, Mary Kay and Jafra in the arena we call Spa-View.


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