Archives for November 2013

Giving Thanks and Feeling Thankful for the little things

November 29, 2013 Paris B 34 Comments

Bondi Beach, Sydney Australia

Friends and readers in the USA celebrated Thanksgiving Day yesterday and I believe the Canadians celebrate theirs in October. While we don’t have a similar sort of Thanksgiving Day here in Malaysia, I wanted to adopt it anyway because in the flurry of everyday life of chasing our dreams and keeping up with things, we often forget to pause and take stock of what we already have. Quite often, we forget that for many of us, we have a lot to be thankful for, for being where we are and having what we have.

Just reading this alone means you would be thankful for having the internet, an education, electricity, and a mobile phone (if you’re reading this on your mobile) 🙂

So I just wanted to share a few things I’m thankful for. You too can share what you’re thankful for, if you feel like vocalizing it, or you can just pause for a moment and think of 10 things that you’re thankful for. Believe you me, it will make you feel better, or if not, a little more thankful and appreciative.

I enjoy using the Caudalie Vinexpert Firming Serum and Eye & Lip Serum : You heard it here on the grapevine

November 28, 2013 Paris B 23 Comments

For most, their introduction to Caudalie comes with the Beauty Elixir (which I have tried but unfortunately am not a fan of) but for me, my introduction to this affordable French skincare brand came with VinExpert, the anti-aging, firming skincare range. I did tell you I gravitate towards anti-aging skincare didn’t I?

I’d been using both the Vinexpert Firming Serum and Vinexpert Eye & Lip Serum for about 3 months now and am just almost finishing them, which is quite a feat, considering how I pander to my skin and how lax I am with eye creams. At the beginning, I used the Firming Serum twice a day but after about 2 months, I now only use it in the day as I’ve gone back to Estee Lauder ANR2 and face oils and other serums at night.

According to Caudalie, the Vinexpert range, a slightly pricier range is targeted at anti-aging concerns and contains resveratrol-oleyl, the active ingredient in the range extracted from the grapevine, that stimulates the production of collagen and elastin and stops the glycation process that causes deep wrinkles to form.

I’ll give you a run down on each of the serums here to give you a bit of an idea on why I like them or what I may not like about them.

I have intense love for the Clinique Chubby Stick Intense Lip Colours. Such. Intense. Love!

November 27, 2013 Paris B 50 Comments

When the world raved about the Clinique Chubby Stick lip balms, I sat in my corner, watching the raves and thinking something was wrong with me because I didn’t quite warm up to them. I found them drying and uncomfortable and no one else did. Sure the light tint of colour was nice and it was nice that it was so portable but as a lipbalm? Nope.

So when Clinique came out with the Chubby Stick Intense, I wasn’t at the forefront of the queue lining up to get these. I hung back, afraid I would be disappointed again. Then, I tried one and I was all “GET ME MORE!!”

Yes, you could say I’m a fan of the Chubby Stick Intense Moisturizing Lip Colour Balm. I have 2 for now and I plan to pick up even more because these are just amazing lip products! The colour is absolutely lovely on, it isn’t drying one bit and it’s just so portable and easy to use!

For all those of you who asked what lip colour I was wearing in the Dior Golden Snow post, it’s this – Chubby Stick Intense in Roomiest Rose 🙂

Your Say: Do you have a skincare product graveyard?

November 26, 2013 Paris B 56 Comments

Hands up ladies, don’t be shy! Do you have a skincare graveyard?

When I was whisked away by Olay during their whirlwind blogger event in Sydney 2 weeks ago, during the evening presentation, we were told about this thing called a “skincare graveyard”. Basically, what this is, is that far dark corner of your room or your house, where you toss all the skincare products that don’t work for you, for whatever reason. Perhaps you aren’t seeing the results that are promised, or perhaps it’s giving you an adverse reaction.

It is that place where skincare products go to die, to put it morbidly. According to a Facebook poll run by Olay, 63 million claimed to have this skincare graveyard and it made me morbidly curious. Do you have one too? After all, we know that not every product works for us and I know that many of us are skincare junkies! 😀

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