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3 Quick and Easy tips for giving your hardworking feet that tender TLC they deserve

November 20, 2015 Paris B 6 Comments

This post is sponsored by Scholl Malaysia

I have a bad habit. I take good care of my facial skin but the rest of my body is pretty much fair game. Body lotions or hand creams are things I use only when I remember, and let’s not even talk about feet! Other than cutting my toenails when they start getting long and gnarly, I rarely do much for my poor maligned feet.

So if you are like me, pause for a moment, say a quick thank you to your feet for making you mobile, and care for them. Here are some quick tips :)

Getting Selfie-ready in 10 minutes with Laura Mercier (And a chance to win with @LauraMercierMY)

October 18, 2014 Paris B 10 Comments

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Earlier this week, I confessed that I tend to wander around on off days without makeup. But you know, in this age of selfies and easy access to high quality cameras in mobile phones, sometimes that just isn’t a good idea. Especially more so if you’re with friends and then someone whips out their swanky new phone and says “Hey guys, let’s take a groupfie! I want to share it on Instagram!” and before you can unfurrow your brow and wonder “What on earth is a groupfie?!” the photo is taken and uploaded to Instagram and oh dear, you look all washed out and no amount of filters will help you! :P

If I know I’ll be out with company, I sometimes put on some very simple makeup, just to even out skin tone and define features. Sometimes, this forms the basis of a casual workday face too. And for this purpose, I often turn to some easy tools from Laura Mercier which aren’t only easy, they’re importantly quick to assemble! Let me show you what I use to get a selfie-ready face :D (psst! There’s a very easy Instagram contest at the end of the post to enter to win their famed tinted moisturiser for a year!)

Learn to do some Pretty Powerful makeup with Bobbi Brown Complimentary Makeup Lessons

October 11, 2013 Paris B 47 Comments

You know, I came into wearing makeup late and I had a horribly steep learning curve. Unblended eyeshadow, too much blush… oh yeah, those were the days! I also didn’t have as much access to makeup lessons because the one makeover I went for left me with orange foundation, purple eyeshadow, orange blush and deathly nude lips. I was so traumatized I refused to go for another makeover or lesson!

You know what? You don’t know how lucky you are these days!

I just discovered this service from Bobbi Brown that I just had to share because for the most part, it’s free! That’s right. Gratis. Complimentary. No obligations!

I took the photo above at the Bobbi Brown store at Pavilion KL, but this is a service that is available at all Bobbi Brown stores worldwide. Yep, not just in Malaysia. Anything 20 minutes and below is complimentary. But if you want something longer like the Pretty Powerful Makeup Lesson, Long-Wear Look, Bridal Makeup and Party Makeup (all 45 mins) you do have to pay a fee which is fully redeemable against products so the service is still technically free. You do know that it was said that Kate Middleton … oops! I meant Catherine Duchess of Cambridge did her own makeup for her wedding right? And you do know that she used Bobbi Brown right? Right? ;)

Can’t get no satisfaction? With Kiehl’s there’s a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee (or your money back!)

April 13, 2013 Paris B 42 Comments

I’m showing you here, a few of the products from Kiehl’s that I’ve tried and which I like and still happen to own. I’ve used a number in my time and after I got over the dud that was my first purchase (ironically, the #1 Lip Balm – meh :P) its been generally smooth sailing. Generally, I’ve had a lot of success with Kiehl’s products in that some of them work remarkably well for me – Powerful Strength Line Reducing Concentrate and the Midnight Recovery Concentrate are 2 of them that I still use quite regularly.

I ran through 2 tubes of the Kiehl’s UV Defence sunscreen before moving on (it got a bit oily and the price hurt my wallet more than I cared to acknowledge) and I’m now enjoying the BB Cream (more on this to come!) I used to also love the Ultimate White exfoliator and successfully enabled a few friends into picking up a tube (which lasts forever and a day, incidentally) but it has now been reformulated and renamed to the Clearly Corrective Skin Brightening Exfoliator but which still is a pretty good product. I’m not too crazy about the Clearly Corrective Dark Spot Solution which I feel is only average in what it does.

The list goes on! (you can read my Kiehl’s exploits here)

But I know that some of you have tried the products I love (notably the Midnight Recovery Concentrate – still in love after 3 years! Some relationships don’t even last this long :P ) and have been less than impressed. Some of you have also reported that your skin doesn’t even like it. (sorry, peeps it does work really well on me)

Did you know then that if you aren’t 100% satisfied with the product you purchased, you can get your money back? You didn’t? Now you do! :D

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