Y’all, when I say I am ready for Fall, I mean I am READY FOR FALL! Obviously, I am not alone in that sentiment as the Fall releases are already churning out. Today I have some ah-may-zing Fall inspired cuticle oils by Glisten & Glow to share with you all! These fragrances launch on August 27th on the Glisten & Glow website. As always, full sale details can be found at the end of the post.
Glisten & Glow is a US based indie brand. Their polishes are handmade, 5 free, cruelty-free, and vegan.
Product Description
Ingredients: a custom blend of jojoba oil, vitamin E oil, grape seed oil, sweet almond oil, sunflower oil, argan oil, castor oil, acai berry extract, tree tea oil and fragrance
Benefits Of The G&G Cuticle Oil
– Hydrates cuticles, nail plate, eponychium, hyponychium and proximal nail fold
-Soften and protect all of the above areas
-Stimulate nail growth
-Improve texture of all of the above areas
-Increase nail flexibility, preventing breakage
-daily nail care maintenance
from the Glisten & Glow website
This brand recommends using these pens 3 times a day. In all honestly, I recommend using jojoba based oil pens like these as much as humanly possible! In my experience, these types of products are amazing for your skin and nails so you really can’t use them too much.
Banana Nut Bread
Description: Mouthwatering scent of freshly baked banana bread. A delicious combo of ripe bananas, roasted walnuts, warm vanilla, and a hint of cinnamon spice.
Banana Nut Bread smells exactly how you expect it to! My nose was picking up the banana bread, walnut and vanilla. I wasn’t picking up a strong cinnamon scent.
Blueberry Cobbler
Description: blueberry bliss with warm notes of vanilla
Blueberry Cobbler smelled so good! This was just straight blueberry goodness. I really need to bake a blueberry cobbler as I have never actually had one.
Caramel Apple
Description: tart crispness of apple layered with the rich, creaminess of caramel
Caramel Apple this one smelled SO good! It smelled exactly like caramel apples! My nose first picked up the caramel and then I got the tart apple scent.
Doughnuts
Description: Just like you walked into a doughnut shop in the crisp morning with the scent of fresh, warm doughnuts, rolled in cinnamon sugar.
Doughnuts also smelled exactly like the description. I could smell this one all day long. I think it would be amazing as a wax melt!
Fresh Picked Apples
Description: fresh, juicy apples picked right from the orchard
Fresh Picked Apples I was honestly surprised that this really smelled like fresh apples. It didn’t smell artificial or like an apple flavored candy.
Morning Wake Up
Description: a hot cup of hazelnut coffee with a dash of French vanilla creamer and a dash of sweet
Morning Wake Up It was bound to happen. My nose was picking up things in this that had absolutely nothing to do with the description! To me smelled this smelled like a bowl of cereal! I was getting like a nutty scent and a milk/cream scent. Not an overly sugary sweet cereal but more like a cereal with nuts in it. I always run into the issue of smelling random things in scented products so this is probably just me who smells that.
Pumpkin Spice Latte
Description: The heart of Fall- pumpkin with cinnamon
Pumpkin Spice Latte I am a Fall girl but I will say I am not about the PSL life. Last year was the first year I really liked pumpkin scented anything. Good news for me is that for this scent, I was just getting fall warm spices. My nose wasn’t picking up pumpkin at all, just the cinnamon. This smelled really amazing and I would love this one in a wax melt as well.
Brush Shots
My Review/Final Thoughts
I don’t think this was my first time trying out the cuticle oil by this brand. I could have sworn I tried it at some point in the past (possibly through Polish Pickup?). Honestly, I am kind of obsessed with oils and lotions so I have purchased a LOT over the years. I have been using the same 2 brands (Bliss Kiss and Heather’s Hues) oils for several years now and I am very picky when it comes to what kind of cuticle oils I use.
I have been using these with my usual handcare routine (oiling and lotioning as many times a day as humanly possible) and haven’t noticed a difference. Which is actually a good thing in my book because that shows this product is amazing because I considered the oils I was using as the best of the best.
I tend to be heavy handed when it comes to applying oils and lotions, and even applying a generous amount, this absorbed really quickly. Not so quickly that I felt like I didn’t have a nice, for lack of a better word, coating on my skin. But quickly that even though I really greased myself up, I didn’t feel greasy nor did I leave little fingerprints all over the place. As I said, I tend to be heavy-handed, so leaving fingerprints is not unheard of after I oil up.
I think this oil would be great for people who don’t want to leave a grease trail wherever they go but still feel moisturized. I was really impressed by how quickly this absorbed and how not greasy/shiny my skin looked. If you take nail photos, this would be a great oil to use before taking photos. I usually use the Sassy Sauce cuticle sauce (received in PR) for all of my swatch photos but today I used this oil and am very happy with the results.
My top picks from these would be Caramel Apple, Doughnuts Banana Nut Bread.
Glisten & Glow
15ml, 5 Free, Vegan & Cruelty-Free
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Sale Information
These oil pens launch on August 27th at 7 PM Eastern time on the Glisten & Glow website. Each pen will be $6.99 for 2ml or you can purchase all of them for $43.