By Lakshmi Ramya

Today it is time to review a refreshing shower gel from Enliven. Enliven is an England based brand and it holds 6 variants of shower gels.

• Also Read: Enliven Coconut Vanilla Shower Gel Review

Price and Quantity:

Shelf Life:

3 years from the date of manufacture

My Experience:

Packaging: It is a plastic bottle with a narrow necked cap over it and the body is bulky. It is quite huge and not really easy to carry with. The plastic packaging seems to be cheap and flimsy. But it is of good quality and doesn’t break or crack in either way. The cap is ‘press’ type one, where we need to press it on one side which later opens the other side of the cap, which has a small hole through which the gel comes out.

      I don’t prefer such sort of cap packaging to a shower gel bottle as it becomes difficult to keep lifting such bulky bottle, pouring the gel into hands and again when needed lifting it with those wet hands. It might slip and lead to wastage of product. I have faced such a problem initially.
So what I have done was that I simply used to pour the gel into my pump in dispenser, which is quite comfortable to use while taking bath. When I need to carry this with me, I generally place a tape over the cap of the bottle so that it doesn’t spill out any product.Color, Consistency and Fragrance: This shower gel is a light yellow coloured gel, which is like almost color-less and transparent. It has a thick consistency and holds no granules in it. The fragrance is the best thing of this shower gel. It has a kind of citrus smell. Very refreshing! And the fragrance lingers about half an hour after bath, just like most other shower gels.

PROS:

• Very affordable and easily available online and in stores
• Good quality packaging
• Pleasant fragrance
• Gives a squeaky clean feel
• Though the quantity to get decent lather is a bit much, it lasts for about 3 months
• No animal testing
• Doesn’t make the skin dry; Maintains the moisture

CONS:

• Watery texture which makes it very slippery
• Bulky body and thus not easy to carry

Hi All!

I like trying almost every skin care product. It is just a curiosity how it smells and how it fares. I hardly stick to one particular thing. If it is extremely good for my skin buy that particular product and always keep a back up. And Enliven was one such brand I had never heard of.

Price & Quantity: 

Rs.60 for 100 ml; Rs.199 for 400 ml

My Experience:

Packaging: The product comes in a transparent bottle which is absolutely clear. The screw cap is press able from top to open and pour the shower gel out. The front view has images of key ingredients. Actually these images are very tempting and the entire package makes a tempting attempt to pick this shower gel.

Color, Consistency & Fragrance: The shower gel is plain clear like water. It is gel like, but a little runny than the actual gel structure.

And fragrance, this is where it is totally different. I was expecting an amazing coconut fragrance like the ones that come in pure coconut oil. But this smells like old and outdated coconut. And vanilla fragrance; I am not sure of. Only the not-so-fresh smell of coconut is dominating. It vanishes soon enough though.

How it works: A regular quantity of shower gel will work for the whole body. It lathers very little and does not dry out the skin. The instant smell hits the sensing cells as soon as the gel is poured into the palm. The smell goes when you rub the gel against your skin and thin it down into lather.

But, it takes lot of water to rinse from the body. Even after the shower, I feel the soapy texture near the corners of my under arms. And yet again I need some water to rinse it off. Some time when in hurry, using this shower gel is a big problem.

I am not a fan of this shower gel. Well, I have another Enliven product in line for review. It is the shampoo. And, this shampoo is the best one I have come across so far for my dry hair and scalp.

Hmmm…Enliven has some hit and miss products. So, just can not ignore this brand.

PROS:

• Easy handling package style.
• Clear see through bottle.
• Clear gel product.
• Minimum lathering.
• Does not dry the skin.
• Reasonably priced.

CONS:

• Smells weird like that of old coconut.
• Needs lot of water for rinsing the shower gel.
• Not suitable for bath when in hurry.

Rating: 2.5/5

My Recommendation: 

No. There are so many shower gels at this price range that work even well.
Would I Repurchase?: No.

by Shruti

To me mint means summer. Mint drinks, mint face packs and mint chutney; I was as usual bored with my soap and was surfing the net (my bank account must have been weeping then). I saw this green bottle looking so tempting. I caught on the words mint and tea tree and my heart said “Go get it Shruti.. Just one shower gel” but my mind said ” Are you jobless? No right! Get back to coding”
In the end, the heart won over my mind (as usual) and in 2 days I had it in my bathroom. A word of caution- this is for summer and not for winter. Better late than never. So, here is my take on it :)

Price and Quantity:

Rs.195 for 250 ml

Ingredients:

Too many:( So I have included the picture for this;)

Shelf Life: 

3 years from date of manufacturing.
But I am sure you will finish this in a month. Especially in summers.

My Experience:

Packaging: What do you call this shape? Hexagon? I counted the sides. It has 6. So let’s call it a modified hexagon ;) I love everything about this bottle. The bottle is actually transparent so it’s easy to identify how much is left. And it’s plastic! I think unbreakable too! ( no, I didn’t throw it on my bathroom floor) It has a flip top with a small nozzle. You can keep it upright or in a sleeping position. When it’s upright, the bottle doesn’t leak.

Color, Consistency & Fragrance: The shower gel is neither thick nor runny. It’s a refreshing leaf green in colour. It smells minty with a hint of tea tree.

How it works: Well, to begin with, it doesn’t lather. Yes, all you lather lovers who think if it doesn’t lather, then you are not clean will find this behavior a tad disappointing. To me, it just feels like a gel cream when applied. I have used it with and without a loofah. Same results both times. The smell however is uplifting.
I have not even come to the best part. This tingles man! Not for long but it does. It tingles till you wash it off and stays for about 5 minutes after that. I take bath with this in the nights :) I have to moisturize my skin after this though.

Note: I don’t use any soap or shower gel for my face. I use a medicated face cleanser. So I don’t know how this fares on the face.

PROS:

• Great for summer
• It’s got mint and tea tree oil- whose benefits we shall talk about in another post:)
• The bottle is recyclable.( I know you are thinking. Hey, a pro is a pro)
• It’s tested on them and I think not on animals.
• It’s vegan :)

CONS:

• Though it says natural, it’s got chemicals.
• Availability
• Doesn’t lather
• Need a moisturizer after it.

Rating: 3/5

Do I Recommend?:

I am conflicted. For me, it was an impulsive purchase. But buy it if you like tea tree and mint and that cool pepperminty feel. However, it would be good for summers.

Would I Repurchase?:

No. Like I said before, it was an impulsive buy. There are many more shower gels which are waiting for me.