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Simple Blogging Tips: How do you handle negative comments or feedback?

August 23, 2013 Paris B 32 Comments

The dreaded negative comment.

It’s bound to happen to us at one point or another. Sometimes sooner, sometimes later. Sometimes, when it slips in amongst the happy, positive vibes it can really jar. Like biting into a sweet juicy apple and finding half a worm. All you can see is that one black dot on a white canvas; that dead pixel in the middle of your LCD screen. It rubs at you like a blister.

And if you’re not careful, like a blister, it can fester and hurt.

I half-kiddingly chalk these negative comments up to a mark of success. I don’t understand why success is equated with having to deal with negativity, but it seems to go hand in hand so let’s learn to take things in our stride.

So, how do you deal with these negative comments? Do you explode in a tirade of your own? Do you marshall up your supporters and get them to tear the aggressor apart for you and boost your own self esteem? Do you ignore and pretend it never happened? Do you delete the comment?

Well, there’s no right or wrong way to deal with a negative comment. It is really how YOU deal with problems. I’d like to hear of how you would deal with a negative comment or negative feedback. This is something where we can learn from each other 🙂 As for me, I have some guidelines I follow.

Antipodes Grapeseed Butter Cleanser : Warming up to a natural and organic cleansing balm

August 22, 2013 Paris B 29 Comments

I’m still experimenting with facial cleansers ever since I stopped using cleansing oils. On a previous occasion, I was playing around with cleansing milk or cream cleansers. They were ok, but not quite what I was looking for. Then, I was using cleansing water and micellar water. Refreshing, but although I really like the Bioderma micellar water and use it almost daily, something was lacking.

So lately, I’m trying out cleansing balms. The first one I tried was the Eve Lom Cleanser. I like it. I love travelling with it in particular, because it is an excellent makeup remover and leaves my skin feeling lovely, soft and clean. It is also chock-a-block with mineral oil which many people shy away from. So, I recently gave an organic option a go.

The organic option is the Antipodes Grapeseed Butter Cleanser and I must say, it took me months to warm up to this and it came down to learning how much to use, and the best way to remove it. Ever since being introduced to the brand, I have to say that my perception of organic skincare has changed a little.

I used to shy away, because I had a poor experience before. But my experience with Antipodes skincare has so far been positive in almost all respects. It does please me to realise this as I now have a brand I can turn to if I want something organic and natural.

So, the Grapeseed Butter Cleaner. You have to firstly understand that this is a cleansing balm. It is quite unlike your regular wash and go cleanser. It takes a little more effort and a little more work. But it is worth it, I promise 🙂

Guerlain Madame Rougit 4 Colours Blush: 10 Reasons you want it (and almost 10 reasons you won’t)

August 21, 2013 Paris B 59 Comments

When it comes to pretty powders and blushes, Guerlain hits it out of the ballpark every single time. Their limited edition blushes are always breathtaking pieces of art and when you have steeled yourself enough to use these pieces of art, they translate beautifully on skin. Little wonder then, that this luxury brand gets so much love from so many.

The Fall 2013 offering is a limited edition 4 colour blush in Madame Rougit. When I laid eyes on it in the press release, I knew I had to have it. Nevermind that I’m on a beauty diet or that I’m curbing impulse purchases. I’m a blush fiend and I HAD.TO.HAVE.THIS!

If you too are a blush fiend, then I suppose it would be pointless reading a review because you know you will get it or may already have. By hook or by crook, this little beauty will be your preciousssss…. But if you want to know a little more to make up your mind (don’t take too long, these things fly off the shelves like bread fresh from the oven) then I offer you 10 very good reasons why you need the Madame Rougit blush in your life… and 10 reasons why you don’t. I’m fair, I am 🙂

Fab or Fad? Which of these wildly popular beauty gadgets and beauty fads are you still using?

August 20, 2013 Paris B 77 Comments

I was doing a bit of thinking recently. Dangerous business, this thinking thing 😛

But I was thinking of all the beauty gadgets and fads that have hit us with cult status at one time or another through the years and how many I’d fallen for just “to try” and how much money I have wasted over time. Yeah, I think you know my answer to my question above.

I have followed fads and although they were fab at the time, just how many of they are still fab for me months or years down the road?

I’m going to share with you a couple of beauty gadgets and fads that I’ve tried and you can tell me if you too have fallen for them or any other fad or gadget du jour, and whether you are still using them. Deal? 😀 Onward!

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