GALT MAKE YOUR OWN LIP GLOSS - REVIEWED FOR TOYSRUS

The box only arrived the day before from Toysrus and the girls took full advantage of the wet weather and began to investigate how to make their own lip gloss.  Still adorned in tatoos from the previous toy review from GALT - Nail Art, they had high expectations as GALT seem to be a winner everytime so far for the girls - they were not disappointed. 

The girls decided that Savana would make some lip gloss first - PURPLE - that way Bailey could observe and then make her own WITHOUT the help of mummy!

The instructions are very well written and the girls were able to follow them alongside the diagram.  The box does say 7+ and we agree that a child of that age could quite easily create their own lip gloss without much adult intervention.

An opportunity to make three different colours was welcomed by the girls but they did find that they did have some mixture and the pearlescent powder and LOTS of colouring left over which frustrated them especially as the instructions offer 4 colours to make but only enough lip gloss bottles for 3.  Luckily the girls enjoyed making one each and were happy to share making the last lip gloss between them.

So overall what do they girls think?

Bailey (7) love the smell, should be more bottles, mmmmmmmm not so sure about the feel and taste though? and it is very greasy

Savana (4) love the smell love it !  Savana was particularly funny when applying her lip gloss - mouth open wide and then the lips did not move - in case the lip gloss came off.

Both the girls agree it is good value for money at £5.99 and would make another great sleepover gift or stocking filler for xmas and give this a score of 4 out of 5.

GALT Nail Art - Review for ToysRUs

Box 3 arrived and within 2 mins of openign the box the girls were opening the  Nail Art from GALT.  The item suggests an age group of 7+ but as with many second siblings what is good enough for olders sis is good enough for me and the girls soon started to pamper each other.

Contents:-

• 7 nail varnishes (2 glitter and 5 colour)
• Nail Gems
• Holographic Strips
• Tattoos
• Star Shaped Emery Board

Although there we no instructions inside the box, the girls have used nail varnish and tatoos before so needed no adult supervision at all.

First began the filing of nails followed by big sis taking control first and setting upon Savana who was more than happy to be painted.  Savana also fancied being a little more adventerous with the tatoos asking Bailey to pop one on her face. 

As with alot of children's nail varnish the colours are quite thin and pale so in order to a strong build up - a few coats would be needed.  Removing the gems was not a problem for the girls little fingers however, they found that the first time they applied them the nail varnish was totally dry and the gems fell off.  A top up of varnish and a gem applied to the wet nail seemed to do the trick.

The only questionable part to this pack are the holographic strips - which the girls basically ignored.  There seemed no real purpose to them and even when I questioned them Bailey looked at the box to see if there were any clues to whcih she responded - ""oooo they go at the top of your nail.  This resulted in the girls grabbing a large pair of scissors and creating nail tips and trying to create some - but not with great end results as the strips did not fit the shape of the nail and did not stay on the nail for long.

If girls are having a sleep over this is a great little pack to entertain the girls.  You get alot of items for £5.99 and makes a great Christmas stocking filler.

Scores out of 5 for this:-

Bailey (7) 4 "as there we no instructions"

Savana (4) 5

Mum (41) 3.5 good value for the amount of items you get but could be improoved.