Holiday season is approaching fast and perhaps it is rather early for serious shopping planning but at least thinking about it couldn't hurt. I have an extremely affordable and beautiful gift set for all those who contemplate treating others or themselves yet at the same time value organic and natural products. If you live in Europe, you've probably heard of dm drogerie markt – if that's the case, one of their brands might have tempted you to try some of their seriously yummy smelling products. What makes the dm brand Alverde different (apart from a low price point) is the nature-oriented, eco-suctainable and animal-friendly approach. Their philosophy is to use raw materials from organic sources. Their products don't contain mineral oils, synthetic scents, colorants or preservatives. Most of Alverde items have a Vegan label which guarrantees that such items don't contain any animal derived ingredients and, of course, the brand doesn't conduct animal testing. Ethic and eco-friendly values are also cherished whilst providing “Nature” certificates that serve as a guarrantee high-quiality standars have been met. With all of this in mind, readers who value same things might be especialy interested in Alverde and this cute gift set I've been personally enjoying.
Praznicna sezona nam se priblizava te, iako je mozda rano za planiranje konkretne kupovine, barem mozemo da se informisemo o tome sta je vec dostupno a vrijedno nase paznje. Da nas zagrijem za predpraznicnu kupovinu, pripremila sam krasan poklon-set pristupacne cijene za sve one koji bi voljeli pocastiti sebe ili drage osobe poklonom a ujedno drze do organskih i prirodnih sastojaka u proizvodima za njegu. Vjerovatno je barem vecina nas upoznata sa dm drogerie markt lancem drogerija te ste se sigurno u par navrata osjecali privuceno nekim od njihovih brendova. Ono sto cini da dm brend Alverde odstupa od ostalih (osim primamljivih cijena) jeste njihov pristup koji promovise prirodne, ekoloske proizvode koji su ujedno njezni spram zivotinja. U skladu sa Alverde filozofijom u proizvodnji se koriste sirovine iz organskog uzgoja. Svi proizvodi su bez mineralnih sastojaka na bazi ulja, bez sintetickih mirisa, bojila i konzervansa. Vecina Alverde proizvoda ima oznaku Vegan koja garantuje da proizvod ne sadrzi sastojke zivotinjskog porijekla. Jednako vrijedi opce pravilo da se Alverde prirodna kozmetika ne testira na zivotinjama. Sa svim ovim na umu, ukoliko cijenite vrijednosti koje ovaj brend promovise – sigurno ce vam poklon set o kojem ce biti vise rijeci u nastavku biti posebno primamljiv.
Alverde 1001 Night Bath & Body Gift Set with Fig & Date found inspiration design and scent-wise from the One Thousand and One Nights compilation of folk tales. The gift set comes packaged in a simple purple cardboard box with printed light blue ornaments and a nifty handle at the top. Inside you get the Alverde 1001 Night Body Lotion (200ml) and Alverde 1001 Night Shower Cream (200ml) for approx $6 – making this a very affordable treat! These two body products feature a fig and date smell which translates in a semi-cleansemi-sweet scent. If you‘re familiar withy any fig-scented body products, this one is similar with the addition of that specific Alverde scent most of their products feature. The shower cream is really nice, medium-thick and of a jelly/cream milky white consistency. It doesn‘t produce much foam, making its silky lather perfect for shaving as well. It‘s non-drying gentle formula makes it a versatile body wash which smells nice but the scent doesn‘t linger too long. The body lotion, on the other hand, does feature a stronger scent. It‘s of a white coloring and medium-thick texture. It does require to be thoroughly massaged in so the white color disappears but, surprisingly, skin soaks it all up leaving no sticky residue. Lotion makes skin extremely soft thanks to shea butter and sunflower oil base and if you happen to like the scent, it‘s a pleasure to used before bedtime.
Alverde 1001 Noc poklon-set za njegu tijela sa mirisom smokve i datule crpi inspiraciju iz zbirke folklornih prica poznate kao 1001 Noc. Poklon-set dolazi upakovan u jednostavnu kutiju ljubicaste boje, ukrasenu plavim detaljima te dolazi i uz prakticnu rucku sa gornje strane pakovanja. Unutar kutije se nalaze Alverde 1001 Noc losion za tijelo (200ml) i Alverde 1001 Noc krema za tusiranje (200ml), sve skupa po cijeni od 9,50KM (dostupni u dm-u, naravno). Oba proizvoda za njegu tijela imaju miris datule i smokve koji bih opisala kao cist ali i blago slatkast miris. Ukoliko ste imale priliku pomirisati neki njegujuci proizvod sa notama smokve – i ovi proizvodi mirisu jako slicno ali uz specificnu notu koja se provlaci kroz sve Alverde proizvode. Krema za tusiranje je jako fina, srednje gusta tusiralica mlijecno bijele boje ciju bih teksturu opisala kao hibrid zelea/kreme. Ne proizvodi gustu pjenu pa je njena svilenkasta formulacija idealna i za brijanje. Njezna je i ne isusuje kozu sto je cini pogodnom za vecinu korisnika/korisnica i prijatno mirise no, miris se ne zadrzava dugo na kozi. Losion za tijelo, sa druge strane, posjeduje nesto intenzivniji miris koji sam vec opisala. Bijele je boje i srednje guste teksture. Potrebno je temeljito umasirati ga u kozu kako bi bijela boja/trag iscezao sa koze. Ipak, uprkos gustoci, koza u potpunosti upija losion nakon masiranja. Interesantno je da ne ostavlja osjecaj tezine a cini kozu svilenkasto mekom (na nemastan nacin), zahvaljujuci bazi od karite putera i suncokretovog ulja. Ukoliko ste ljubitelj/ica njihovih mirisnih nota, ovaj njegujuci duo bi mogao biti idealan za nocnu rutinu prije nego podjete u krevet i utonete u san.
*Some of these products may have been sent to me for review. For more information, see my disclaimer.
