Of Wasted Thoughts and Drafts Plus My Affordable Drugstore / Supermarket Cologne and Fragrance Mist Collection

I find it hard to write about things I like as I fear that I might not do them justice or I might not get in everything I want to say about them.

Things I have experienced, places visited, food.

Lost opportunities, wasted reviews that stayed as drafts. Some no longer relevant, the products already discontinued. 

I used to join giveaways of brands whose products I use or am interested in. There have been stuff I have won from past brand/blog contests and giveaways which I never got to post.

Most of the time I'm too busy or too tired to record anything. Sometimes I would rather live the moment. 

But then this blog was meant to record those moments too. Or what I've been using mostly as the mundane is easier to document. 

Since it's the start of the year, I'm cleaning my room. Kinda mind-numbing except when I go through my stuff that bring me joy.  Like my cologne collection here.  All boxed up to be re-arranged. Basically almost every single P1 a milliliter or cheaper Philippine drugstore / supermarket cologne and fragrance mist currently available in Bulacan and the NCR. Excluding the ones only found online, that would be a lot. They're either bought or gifted. I have posted some of these last year on my tiktok page. 

I already wrote about Bench Daily Scent, Baby Bench Colognes and Lewis and Pearl Scentshop. I hope to talk about the others in the future.  When I have the time.

Palmolive Dry Shampoo Fresh and Volume in Mixed Berries Review

After our aunt had a stroke, caring for her became a challenge. She was bedridden and could only sit for a few minutes while leaning on something or someone. She also had a feeding tube on. 

She was heavy and we weren't strong enough to bring her to the bathroom let alone keep her upright for so long. We had to make do with sponge baths.  My sister bought a canister of Palmolive Dry Shampoo Fresh and Volume in Mixed Berries in the hopes of keeping her hair and scalp fresh and clean. 

Dry shampoos come in spray cans. Their key ingredients for addressing oiliness are usually alcohol or starch. Palmolive Dry Shampoo Fresh and Volume in Mixed Berries has both. They are sprayed on hair sections a couple of inches from the roots and then massaged through hair and scalp.

We used this every other day and stopped after over a week when we noticed she had more hair fall than previous. Her hair also felt weighed down and greasier. 

It's been five months since and my aunt is doing relatively okay now, no longer bedridden.

I decided to break out the Palmolive Dry Shampoo Fresh and Volume in Mixed Berries one cold morning recently as I didn't have time to wash and dry my hair. I thought maybe the hair fall was due to my aunt being sick. Girls, was I wrong. 

My hair felt heavy and a lot stickier after using this. I couldn't wait to wash it off when I got home. Which I did, and there were lots of strands on my bathroom floor. The berry smell is not that long-lasting.

Note that my aunt and I both have thick hair. My sister has thin hair and it works for her. I think this would work too for rebonded hair.

I heard somewhere that baby powders are a good alternative to dry shampoos. Haven't tried that, maybe I will in the future.

Soffell Mosquito Repellent Lotion Review

With Green Cross no longer in existence, Soffell is now the most effective mosquito repellant I have tried in recent years. It's also better in terms of how long it can keep mosquitoes off than Off, Moskieshield, Human Nature, and Biteblock. It's on par with Guard in terms of performance. If any of these would be in the family stock, I would, hands down, get (with my teeth, kidding) Soffell. And maybe Guard.

Soffell Mosquito Repellent Lotions keep their promise of repelling mosquitoes for five hours, sometimes more. Their active ingredient is diethyltoluamide at 13%. I guess the contact number for the PGH National Poison Management and Control Center on its label should have clued us on how potent these are.

Soffell Mosquito Repellent Lotions are not thick, not liquid-y. They're light, easy to apply but still a tad sticky and warm on the skin, sensations I could do without but would rather endure than get bitten by mosquitoes.

There are three Soffell Mosquito Repellent Lotion variants. I have only tried Pinky and Orangee since they're the ones available at the drugstore I visited. They only differ in terms of scent. Pinky is a warm white floral (jasmine is quite pronounced) with similarities to Gucci Bloom. Even my sister who's not so much into floral scents likes it. Orangee, like it's name, smells of orange bubblegum. Fragrance becomes powdery as time pass. I'm eager to try Appely which more likely smells like green apples given the picture on the label. 

Soffell is manufactured in Indonesia and is sold everywhere else in the world in different formats. At some Mercury Drugstores, a 60ml bottle retails for P110.