Empties 2021: Part I Wednesday, 03 February 2021 I finished few products last month and I would like to share them with you. They are all skincare products excepting one, but that is normal. I use makeup every day but I have different products and don’t use always the same. Let’s go through what I finished: The Body Shop – Camomile Cleansing Balm I love it, simply. It melts my makeup really well, leaves my skin hydrated and smells amazing. I am using now one from a different brand I wanted to try and I have other brand’s cleanser waiting (I got it on one of my Advent Calendars). I am sure that I will re-purchase this one. By the way, they have it in travel size also. The Ordinary – ⍺-arbutin I am using it to reduce my hyper pigmented areas and I have already other one in use. I will wait until this second one is finished before…
Garnier Pomegranate Moisture Bomb Tissue Mask Review
Garnier Pomegranate Moisture Bomb Tissue Mask Review Sunday, 31 January 2021 Disclosure: Bear in mind that some of the links in this post are affiliate links and if you go through them to make a purchase I will earn a commission. Keep in mind that I link these companies and their products because of their quality and not because of the commission I receive from your purchases. The decision is yours, and whether or not you decide to buy something is completely up to you. A couple of days ago I was feeling my face very dry and dehydrated all day. After finish in my job, I went to the supermarket looking for a hydrating face mask sheet and I saw the one I am reviewing today, Garnier Pomegranate Moisture Bomb TissueMask. I have never used it before but the words “moisture bomb” were calling me. Do you want to know my opinion? Continue reading. The Face Sheet…
Ultimate guide to the ingredients in cosmetics (I)
Ultimate guide to the ingredients in cosmetics (I) Sunday, 17 January 2021 Cosmetics have been used for humans for a long time, for more than 10000 years. For example, women in Egypt used a substance containing powder galena (lead sulfur, PbS) to darken the eyelids and Cleopatra used to take milk baths to clarify her skin. By 3000 B.C. people in China painted their fingernails with colour according to their social status. In Greece, women used lead carbonate to show pale face. Some indigenous tribes from Africa and Australia used, and still use, clay to paint their faces and bodies. Nowadays in our occidental culture, cosmetic is a big business with brands creating continuously new products. What a cosmetic is A cosmetic is a product designed to be applied to any external part of the body (including mouth and teeth) to produce a change in our external aspect. In other words, a cosmetic is a product that, when applied…
The Body Shop – Tea Tree Face Cleanser Review
The Body Shop – Tea Tree Face Cleanser Review Sunday, 10 January 2021 I love tea tree, it not only has a nice smell but also has a lot of benefits. It has anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial properties. I used in the past to heal eczemas but I never used in a face cleanser. I finished my first bottle of The Body Shop Tea Tree Face Cleanser and I want to share my opinion with you. What Brand Says “Our Tea Tree Skin Clearing Facial Wash cleanses blemished skin. A refreshing lather removes impurities and excess oil, leaving skin feeling purified.” From The Body Shop website 100% vegan Enriched with Community Fair Trade tea tree oil from Kenya Deeply cleanses blemished skin Refreshing dry skin How to use it Wet face to transform the gel face wash into a lather and gently massage onto skin in a circular upward motion. Rinse with water. Ingredients Aqua/Water/Eau, Glycerin, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine,…
Caring your skin in winter
Caring your skin in winter Sunday, 03 January 2021 We are in winter and low temperatures, wind, rain and snow come with it. All these factors can affect our skin, but also what we do to keep comfortable and warm as heating, can damage our skin. We should give special care to our skin during these harsh months. If you want to know how cold affect our skin and what can we do to avoid this damage, continue reading. How cold weather affects our skin Any change in environmental temperature affects our skin. Body temperature is controlled by a process called Homeostasis. There are different processes involved and I am not going through that in detail. In summary, when the temperature decreases our capillary blood vessels suffer a constriction, skin capillaries become narrower allowing less blood flow through the skin. While doing that, the body can maintain the temperature. Contrarily, when it is too hot, blood vessels leading to the…