Over my five years as a beauty blogger, I've learned so much more about skincare than I have in the other 57 years of my life. One of the things that I found most interesting was to start to understand what various ingredients do and what my own skin needs and loves. One of the… Continue reading [AD affiliate link] Dermatologist Solutions Powerful-Strength Line-Reducing Concentrate from Kiehl’s
I'm pretty sure that many of you are like me in that now and then the money runs out before the end of the month. Often that happens at the same time as you run out of a key beauty product that you can't face the day without. Well, I've learned over time that you… Continue reading My Superdrug finds and why effective beauty doesn’t need to be expensive beauty
This unassuming pot of cream is actually quite wonderful! It's the Revival Bio Active Beauty Mask from Dafna and it combines bio-active ingredients including encapsulated charcoal, hyaluronic acid, ginseng and reishi for a transformative effect that brings back vitality to your skin. The mask is different from any I've used before because its application takes… Continue reading Dafna’s Revival Bio-Active Beauty Mask
I don't really know why but I've been a little bit lazy about blogging recently - don't get me wrong - I've been trialing all the best products, going to events and being sociable on-line but just haven't been in the mood to sit down and write-up the posts. Might be because I spend way… Continue reading Empties – April 2018
So this is my first look at the brand Strivectin. I've not really seen much of them until now, although I've heard the name, but the introduction of their new Advanced Acids range has led me to take a closer look. These are powerful products that combine skin transforming acids with NIA-114™ to give your skin… Continue reading Advanced Acids from Strivectin
I'm pretty sure that if I mentioned the word Moringa in a game of word association you'd say cleansing balm. And if you did, that would be down to Emma Hardie and her best-selling Moringa Cleansing Balm which is always on the tip of beauty lovers' tongues. If you're already a fan of the balm… Continue reading Introducing Emma Hardie’s Moringa Renewal Treatment Mask
Chances are that if you know the brand name Mavala you'll know it because of its nail care products. This new venture has been in the making for a while and combines their Swiss heritage, botanical surroundings and scientific approach to create their Swiss Skin Solution. Key ingredients are: Swiss mallow flower for its anti-inflammatory… Continue reading Mavala takes a new direction
When I come across a new brand I like to find out the story behind it, how it's developed and well - the whole shebang really! And that's just what I got when I was invited to dinner with Marina Shcherbinina the founder of the Bio Extracts brand. Marina is passionate about her brand and… Continue reading Discovering Bio Extracts
I was just about to sit down and write this post and was having one last scroll through my Twitter feed first - as you do - when I got involved in a discussion about politics. Now I tend to stay away from discussing politics as my day job requires me to be politically neutral… Continue reading How do you decide what’s right for you? Reflecting on who influences my decisions, reviewing Liquid Gold Rose & introducing Vitamin C with Grape Seed from Alpha H
Isn't it lovely when you have no expectations of a product and then it turns out to be an abslolute gem? This time I'm talking about the B. Confident Hyaluronic Acid Facial Spritz which arrived with the enthusiasm and marketing usually reserved for high end products and that's what triggered my interest. You've heard me… Continue reading B. Confident Hyaluronic Acid Spritz
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