Glitter Gel spf4 - Hawaiian Tropic

Advantages: Glissens lovely in the sun, beautiful fragrance
Disadvantages: turns all 'bitty' on the skin and difficult to wash off!

...While preparing months and months in advance for my honeymoon for the Maldives, I came across this website - www.hotspot.co.uk. A very impressive site too, may I add. It is actually the website of the suncare brand Hawaiian Tropic. While surfing this site, I noticed that as well as it set out like 'More' Magazine with there being different pages to click on, for instance ..... *Travel Zone *Competitions *Hot tips (yes, this includes guys and sex) *Horoscopes *Model Search *Free txt messages - which are actually quite good one you register(free registration), etc.... Also there is the hotspot shop! I found this excellent for buying my suncreams from. There was also a tempting 'on-going' offer. That if you buy 'blah blah' suncreams you get this other free and that one free, Oh and a free baseball cap free saying hotspot.co.uk. Well...

GillyPooh78 02.05.2003 · Read review
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Review of Hawaiian Tropic Tropic Tanning Glitter Gel

When FREE != GOOD

Advantages: Very few
Disadvantages: The smell, lack of insect repellant, bottle, "temperature"....need I go on?

...For beach holidays there are some things I just have to have in my luggage: sun tan lotion, lip balm, hair protector and?after sun. This year, in a break from my usual Nivea spray, I ended up with Hawaiian Tropic. First impressions? The product wins no points for its ?proud to have on display? ability ? the bottle features a rather cheap looking cartoon, and though there is gold detailing, it?s more Ali G than Princess Di. It screams ?young and tacky? rather than ?mature and sophisticated? and would probably be most suited to (pre-)teens than the adults among us. The pale green lotion comes in a squeezy bottle with just the right sized hole allowing a slow but steady flow (ignore the pic above ? most versions of this come in a plop-plop container rather than a squirty-squirt one). However the stuff?s a bit sticky and when you near...

zoe_page 27.08.2003 · Read review
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Review of Hawaiian Tropic Tropic After Sun Lotion

I'm a convert

Advantages: Protects, moisturises, smells lovely, waterproof, cheaper abroad
Disadvantages: None

...When I've run out of my usual Nivea Sun Moisturising Sun Spray I took with me to Mauritius, I went to the supermarket with the intention to buy the same product again. However imported goods cost so much here that when I saw the price nearing the £10 mark I started looking for a cheaper or local brand instead which I hoped was just as good in quality. Hawaiian Tropic, a worldwide sun care brand from the US, promised to do just that. The packaging As most Hawaiian Tropic products, the sun spray comes in a tall and flat 200ml orange bottle with a spray nozzle. The shape of the bottle fits nicely in the hand and any bag where space is limited. Apperance and application I've always preferred sun sprays as opposed to lotions and that's because of the easiness of application without the tomato sauce bottle effect...

lillamarta 09.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of Hawaiian Tropic Maximum Sensitive Sun Spray UVA

Moisturise with oil...

Advantages: Moisturising
Disadvantages: Not alot of protection

...Hawaiian tropic professional tanning oil spf 6 This one seems to come in a range of sun protection factors, most commonly SPF 2, 4 and 6. I am reviewwing the SPF 6 because this is the one I used on my most recent holiday. THE PROMISES... *The product claims to contain the "unique" fragrance ot exotic fruit and flora, including mango, papaya and passin fruit. *It is waterproof (one article i read about it stated that it is waterproof for 40 minutes which seems very specific) * protects skin against sun damage and ageing * moisturising *Absorbs IR rays (although i don't know what they are!) PRODUCT AND PACKAGING The product itself comes in a dark brown plastic 200ml bottle with a screw on/off lid. So when I unscrew the lid, i notice that it does smell very fruity and a bit coconuty- a definite smell that reminds me...

danielalong 08.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of Hawaiian Tropic Professional Tanning Oil

My favourite cocktail

Advantages: Glorious perfume; great sun block too!
Disadvantages: None

...A constant battle that we fair skinned visitors to the Florida shores (or any other climate that is graced with a modicum of warmth) continually wage is the need for ultimate vigilance in the face of the subtropical sun. It is all too easy, particularly in those first few bliss filled days, to forget just how hostile that sky can be. I am not sure that it matters really what brand of sun cream is used, so long as it is applied regularly and liberally ? and that extreme care is taken to limit exposure particularly in the late morning and early afternoon. It is also equally important to apply protection liberally and very frequently when by the pool or after bathing. An ounce of prevention is worth a ton of painful cure! My personal favourite is waterproof and has an SPF value of 15 (-Hawaiian Tropic). I choose a lotion rather than...

Newfloridian 12.01.2003 · Read review
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Review of Hawaiian Tropic Tropic Sun Block and Cream

Back To What We Know Best - Hilton Hawaiian Village

Advantages: Nice location, feels slightly secluded on a busy beach
Disadvantages: A little gimmicky and not for the budget traveller

...After our stays on the islands of Maui and Hawaii, the final part of our honeymoon trip saw us visit the capital of the Hawaiian Islands, Honolulu. Unlike the rugged and natural beauty of the other islands that we visited, Honolulu felt much more like we had imagined the USA to be like and as such, we weren't surprised to find ourselves back in what we knew best, a city-break hotel. Honolulu is world famous for Waikiki beach where thousands of people come to surf off of its beautiful sands. Much of the beach is man made and is actually disappearing due to poor erosion management, but you can still see why is compared to the Copacabana in Rio. Most of the major hotels in the city front on to the beach and originally we were due to stay in a city view room at a hotel further down the beach. However, when I found that I could get...

StereoMike1983 20.02.2009 (08.05.2009) · Read review
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Review of Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu

exfoliating lotion

Advantages: tightens pores, reduces pimples and blackheads..exfoliates!
Disadvantages: can smell like pure alcohol..can dry the skin out if not using the right lotion for your skin

...a little bit about the brand and product: Clinique is actually an american not french brand now owned by Este Lauder who also own brands like clarins, mac, bobby brown, aveda, skii and several more high end products as well as their own este lauder range of products. Clinique was founded in 1968 and was the first company to introduce their famous 3 step system still followed by almost every brand now that is cleanse-tone and moisturise. The clarifying lotion is the "toner" part although I was told it actually works more like an exfoliator and gets rid of dead skin cells as u sweep it across your face. The packing is an opaque cylinder bottle of either 200ml's or 500 ml's with a green screw top lid. It comes in 5 formulations: mild, 1,2,3,4. hokaii.......... now onto my experience with the clarifying lotion: I remember going to...

sarima 27.07.2009 (01.10.2009) · Read review
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Review of Clinique Clarifying Lotion

Unprotected

Advantages: Moisturises
Disadvantages: No sun protection

...Hawaiian Tropic Dark tanning oil The product I am reviewing is the SPF0 rather than the one shown on the picture which is SPF 6 This product contains no sunscreen and is SPF 0. Therefore, rather than this being a sun protection product it is in fact a moisturiser for in the sun. THE PROMISES... *Formulated with exotic moisturising ingredients *Contains natural skin conditioners *Vitamins A, C, E *Tan of the Island" coconut fragrance with mango, papaya and passion fruit. * dermatologically tested PRODUCT AND PACKAGING The product comes in a dark brown bottle containing 200ml of the product. The oil can be clearly seen through the bottle so I am always aware of how much I have left and so there should be no frantic squeezing for the last bits. I unscrew the lid and and hold the bottle upside down to get some...

danielalong 30.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Hawaiian Tropic Dark Tanning Oil SPF 0

After sun and bath...

Advantages: Moisturising
Disadvantages: None

...Hawaiian tropic complete care after sun after bath I tend to buy a lot of the Hawaiian tropic products when we go abroad because i like the smell and they remind me of holidays spent in the sunshine. I had never tried this one before but decided it was worth a go because I have never had any problems with the products before. WHAT DOES IT DO? Since this doesn't just market itself as an after sun, but rather as complete body care, i am expecting something great from it, although even before I use it, I do expect it to be merely an after sun/moisturiser...not cynical, merely a realist. This is an after sun/after bath product so I believe that makes it the kind of product which can be used all year round as a body moisturiser, unless it is for after the bath when you have previously spent the day on the sun. I digress... the product...

danielalong 21.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Hawaiian Tropic Complete Body Care After Sun

Taste of Tropical

Advantages: taste, price, texture
Disadvantages: /

...of the latest editions I tried is the Muller Healthy Balance Corner: Tropical and Granola. The Healthy Balance Corners have been available for a while, but only recently have they introduced the 'and Granola' range. Before trying the tropical one, I had sampled the strawberry option, which I adored. There is also a raspberry one but I am struggling to find it. With such a great success from the strawberry and granola corner though, I was looking forward to this one incredibly. These Healthy Balance options come in a pack of two, unlike the other Corners which are sold either separately or in a multi pack of six. The yoghurt, this time like the rest of the Corners, comes in a white split pot, albeit slightly smaller than usual. The cardboard sleeve around it is a bright red colour, with 'Healthy Balance' written in large white block lettering...

Amy69 14.10.2009 · Read review
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