PRODUCT REVIEW: Repelle

January 23rd, 2008 | Published in Uncategorized

I got this product from PR upon request and boy am I glad I did. If you color your hair like me, you definitely need this. One of my pet peeves is whenever I get my hair colored, most stylist don’t bother being careful around the hairline as they apply color or even take preventive measures to prevent staining the skin as they apply. And rather than cleaning up as they go, any color on your face (if you’re lucky) is removed as they remove and wash out the color, only for you to look in the mirror and find dark stains on your forehead, cheeks and sides of your neck. Not lovely. And it drives me nuts.

Enter, Repelle’s Skin Shield Wand

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This does what your stylist should do. Just apply this little stick around your hairline before they apply the color and it will not stain your skin. It looks like it will because any color that gets on does go dark, but you’ll find that it easily removes off after with no problems.

I tried this when I got my hair color done and it worked great. It was easy to apply and easy to remove and I was colorstain free. I’m also using it on my eyebrow tinting clients as well to avoid any staining of the skin as I tint their eyebrows.

They also state that it also works as a chap-stick, a as a manicure helper (if you line your nails with Repelle it will prevent nail polish from sticking to your skin).

Repelle includes:

Pretectin-22™ which is derived from the rapeseed plant, a biodegradable ingredient which is the 3rd most common source of vegetable oil after soy and palm
shea butter for barrier protection and for moisturizing
aloe for its reputed healing properties
Vitamin E for anti-oxidant power (which is particularly appropriate for hair color since it utilizes oxidizing dyes)
Petrolatum, one of the most recommended ingredients by dematologists for skin protection and moisturization, and more! See our label for complete details.

$4.99

Available at Walgreens, Rite-Aid and Kerr Drug nationwide.

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