If red be the colour of energy and life, then it is most apt that the newly launched Mamonde Red Energy Recovery Serum comes in a striking red glass bottle.
The Red Energy range is a new range within the affordable Korean Mamonde brand. It presently features just one product – the Red Energy Recovery Serum, that is targeted at revitalizing the skin.
Continue ReadingIf you pop by the pharmacies, you may notice a cheery new brand on the shelves by the personal care aisle. Shampoo, conditioner, body washes and lotions, packaged in pastel labels with flowers all around.
The products are by a newcomer in the market, Love Beauty and Planet. Love Beauty and Planet is a new personal care brand by Unilever, and is more than just about nice-smelling products.
It carries also an eco-conscious message, that we don’t see much in mass brands.
Continue ReadingIf these PixiGlow Cake Blush Highlighter pans were cakes, they would be the largest cakes you’ve ever seen. These are to regular blushes, what a 3-tier, 3-foot tall frosted confection is to a mini cupcake.
I unfortunately did not show them in all their full glory, for which I must apologise.
But these PixiGlow Cake pans are so large, they are bigger than my hand, and will practically, last you forever and a day. Your grandchildren would likely be cooing over these as well 😀
These are excellent value, and quite pretty on skin to boot! So really, there is no excuse not to get them. Is there?
Continue ReadingAfter my rant about the retractable (but not) brush from Guerlain a few days ago, I was reminded of a reader request. Someone had requested my thoughts on the Chanel Les Pinceaux de Chanel Retractable Highlighter Brush as compared to the Hakuhodo Retractable Brush that I bought as a souvenir from Japan last year.
I’d kept the post at the back of my mind, intending to write about it, but never quite getting round to it for various reasons. Well, let us remedy that today! 😀
As these brushes also make good travel brushes, I will also show you a few other small/mini brushes that I use for travel purposes, or that are portable. They are affordable so stop cringing! LOL! 😀
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