Product Review: L' Oreal Men Expert Hydra Energetic with Flash Bronzer

Tanning for men, seems like a bit of a taboo right? I am the same! I wouldn't go to the shop and buy a bottle of Sally Hanson, no way! So when i saw that L'Oreal Men Expert brought out a moisturiser with a flash bronzer i was skeptical at first but after much "humming" and "hawing" i was willing to give it a go. I'm naturally pale, and with living in Ireland i'm pretty much going to stay pale for the rest of my life, so why not try look a bit.... alive?





The product comes in a 50ml hard plastic pump-dispensing bottle as seen in this picture. The style of the bottle is very eye catching but stays true to the look for the Hydra Energetic range with is orange, black and silver colours.

The bottle comes with a safety lock which is so handy because you could easily hit off the pump of the bottle and destroy yourself in the product. You twist the top of the bottle to unlock it, once that you use the pump and put it onto your hands. The directions say only you 2 pumps (or if you want a more intense look, use 2 more) but if it's just a healthy glow you're looking for then 2 pumps will suffice. It comes out in a dark translucent gel as seen in the picture. What i do is i rub it between my hands and then all over my face quickly (if you don't do it  quickly it will dry into your hands.) The flash bronzer dries into the skin quickly and leaves no traces at all!

Ok so this a picture of me before i put the flash bronzer on, and im pretty pale and  washed out looking

And this is with one application (2 pumps) of the Hydra Energetic with flash bronzer. As you can there is a slight difference, mostly that my skin doesn't look so washed out like in the first picture.

This is with two applications (4 pumps) for the more "intense" look. My skin colour went noticeably darker, giving me a slight tan.






I would totally recommend this product to every man! For the little bottle it comes in, it lasts a really long while. I've been using it on and off for the last 5 months and im not even half way through it yet. Also it smells like the rest of the Hydra Energetic range, giving off that manly aftershave smell.

*Tip* Apply to the neck area also or else you'll have a big noticeable colour difference between your face and neck

Outfit Of The Day

So this is my first Outfit Of The Day blog post, hence i look all dazed. As i was in Cork City today i said i might as well get dressed up. I'll start off with my cardy. I got this cardigan in River Island on sale a few weeks ago. It's a burgundy colour and has buttons starting just below mid-length of cardigan so you can have it open or closed. I would recommend wearing it open like in the pic as when it is buttoned up it makes you look all frumpy and gives you no shape. Under this I wore a black Topman t-shirt with a plunging neckline. I love plunging necklines as they really extenuate broad shoulders, making them look broader, and for €5 how bad?. I then matched these up with a pair of grey skinny jeans from River Island. The grey and black compliment each other well and i tucked the ends into my boots. The boots are brown leather lace up boots with zips on the side. I got these in a store called The Josef Store in Cork on sale.

If anyone has any questions or this post just ask, or any suggestions for future posts also.