Archives for February 2010

Something caught my eye in the Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Collection

February 25, 2010 Paris B 27 Comments

EL_bronze — Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Collection Summer 2010

Estee Lauder does a Bronze collection every Summer. I’m not going to bore you with news on summer releases so early in the year because you would only expect them on the shelves earliest in May 2010. No point telling you about something now only to have you forget it in May right? 😉

Anyway, the reason you are reading about the Estee Lauder Bronze Goddeess collection is because I was a little taken aback when I looked at the promotional picture I received in an email. Did anything untoward catch your eye?

Dior Capture Totale One Essential Serum – One Serum to rule them all!

February 25, 2010 Paris B 48 Comments

I am one of beauty’s biggest sceptics. Call a product a miracle or promise me that it’d make me look younger and I’d look askance at you. That’s how I felt about the Dior Capture Totale One Essential Skin Boosting Super Serum. You will have seen the ads with Sharon Stone looking stunning in them. Its a mouthful so I’ll just call it the Dior One Essential Serum. But I was more sceptical than impressed to be honest.

The Dior One Essential serum says that it helps eliminate surface toxins on the skin and help reveal clearer, brighter skin that is more line free. Really? Since it contains AHA and Glycolic Acid, I don’t doubt the peeling process but how about the rest of it?

Because this serum helps to “peel” your skin and “clear toxins” its supposed to help your skin absorb the nutrients from other creams better. I took it on a trial spin – and after 1.5 months I’m still liking it and its effects! I’ve got some before and after pictures to show you below 🙂

Since the Dior Capture Totale One Essential serum promises to help erase lines, I paid special attention to that. I have deep nasolabial lines or laugh lines. Its partly hereditary. So, that would be a good test of the serum’s properties – and it did work!

Here are before and after pictures to show you if the One Essential serum works. For me, it did. Scary close up pictures ahead!

Win! 3 Miracle Mask sets from PattyBelle

February 24, 2010 Paris B

We’re coming to the end of February! 2010 is positively flying by for me – how about you? I’ve also been stuffing myself to the gills with food and I need to go on a diet pronto! In short, I need a miracle 😛

Anyway if you remember my experience with the Miracle Mask before, here’s a chance to win 1 so you too can try it for yourself. It’ll be good to give your skin a good detox in this hot dry weather (and after stuffing our face with goodies!)

Thanks to Pattybelle we have 3 prizes = 3 winners! Pattybelle has packaged the mask with a bag as a giftset so you really get more than just a mask. Hop along to find out how to win yourself something nice!

Ms. Nosy Parker Asks: What Skincare mask did you use? Mine is IDI Italy MultiAction Mask

February 24, 2010 Paris B 23 Comments

Yay! Time for the weekly question by Ms. Nosy Parker 😀

What skincare mask did you use most recently?

Mine is the new MultiAction Mask by IDI Italy 1858 (RM186/50ml) which is part of their Lab 0.31 line and currently available at IDI Italy 1858 counters in Guardian pharmacies and other leading pharmacies.

I used this the day I returned from an all day driving trip under the hot hot sun. Even with high SPF sunscreen on, my skin felt a little warm in the evening. So, I decided to slap this one on.

The MultiAction Mask is formulated for sensitive skin, so I figured skin that was warmed up by the sun wouldn’t suffer. And I was right. It has a nice slightly cooling effect on contact with the skin. Not cold or anything, but gently cools it. I liked that especially when there is no fragrance. The cream mask comes in a tub and its pure white. It also feels like thick cream. If you cook, you’ll know what I’m talking about. I sometimes feel like I’m spreading cooking cream on my face LOL… It doesn’t dry hard on the skin and I usually leave it on about 1/2 an hour. Since it contains no fragrance there is nothing to bug my nose. Continue Reading