Review: Rituals Time out set - discover sakura rituals

Spring is the time for sakura (aka cherry blossoms) and from my messy room, I dug up some sakura (and Japan related) beauty products to review. Yesterday, I saw that Rituals released pictures of the Rituals sakura line, which got a new packaging. It now has beautiful metallic pink and white wood details. I almost bought the whole line, but I remembered that I already own a mini set of it. I think I got three Rituals mini sets for Christmas a long time ago and I just forgot about them. I can't believe this is the first time, I have Rituals body products on my blog (Rituals makeup did show up before).

This is the Rituals Time out set, which contains 4 deluxe miniatures from the Sakura line with organic rice milk & cherry blossom: Carpe Diem (nourishing shampoo for frizzy hair), Magic Touch (ultra rich, whipped body cream), Zensation (foaming shower gel sensation), and Sakura Scrub (sugar body scrub). 

Rituals Carpe Diem - nourishing shampoo for frizzy hair (70 ml)

This shampoo has a pearly white color and a sweet cherry blossom scent, which doesn't really linger on the hair, so even men could use it. When you lather it up, it becomes a bit creamy. Afterwards, my hair felt a bit softer and looked glossier. It didn't remove all the frizz, but I currently have quite dry and frizzy hair (desperately need to do a hair treatment), so I can't really expect it to do wonders.   

Rituals Zensation -  foaming shower gel sensation (50 ml)

I really like shower foams and I think I currently have 4 different shower foams from Rituals in my bathroom. This miniature of 50 ml is really convenient for traveling, as the full-size is 200 ml. When you spray the gel out, it becomes foam immediately, similar to shaving foam. Afterwards, you spread the foam out and it becomes a thick cream, which stays on your skin for quite a while, making it possible to actually use it as a shaving foam. It makes my skin feel soft and smell really good.

Rituals Sakura Scrub - sugar body scrub (40 g)

At first I thought that they put the Rituals Sakura Scrub in a small flat bag, because you can only use it once. But I think I can use it 4-5 times, as you only need to use a little bit and I only use it on my legs. Luckily, I found a transparent travel container to store it in. The body scrub contains really coarse sugar grains and it actually hurts when I scrub it on my skin, as the sugar doesn't dissolve and remains on your skin. But the sugar grains are soaked in a very nourishing oil and they leave my skin softer than using only the body cream that I will review underneath.

Rituals Magic Touch - body cream (70 ml)

I have tested the ultra rich, whipped body creams from Rituals in the store before, but I never purchased one as in comes in a large tub that I can never finish and I find it less hygienic than in a tube. The soft, buttery texture never left my mind though, so I was happy to find the body cream in a small tube in this Rituals Time out set. The body cream feels really nice on the skin and after spreading it out, it feels a bit sticky to touch at first (not in a heavy or uncomfortable way), but it leaves a velvety soft layer on the skin.