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The Skinlex 2% Alpha-Arbutin Serum did an impressive job at lightening my hyperpigmentation and I’m pretty amazed!

August 24, 2020 Paris B 1 Comment

I’m not sure how I came about the Skinlex 2% Alpha-Arbutin Serum. It’s not a brand I’m familiar with, nor an ingredient I’m used to using.

Yet, one day while browsing Worthee Cosmetics, I conveniently added it to my shopping basket, ordered it, and promptly forgot about it.

Until now.

I took it out to use, but there was something about it that didn’t sit well with me, so it was a product I wasn’t very regular with. And then, we went into lockdown, and I went on a mission to use up my skincare.

And when I ran out of my most recent Vitamin C serum, I decided to use the Skinlex 2% Alpha-Arbutin Serum up, before hopping along to a new Vitamin C serum.

Well, let’s just say that I’m pretty impressed by this nondescript little bottle! 😀

As a fan of Vitamin C serums, it was natural that I try the Sunday Riley C.E.O. Vitamin C Serum

August 7, 2020 Paris B 1 Comment

I once declared that I was done with Sunday Riley. Well, as they say, those were famous last words.

While I am usually quite firm on my principles when it comes to these things, I found my resolve wavering some time last year.

There was a deal for a set of Sunday Riley products in a trial size on Cult Beauty or SpaceNK, and I’d been wanting to try the CEO range for a while. So, after dithering for a while, wrestling with my conscience, I decided to spring for it 😛 Principles, what’s that? 😛

The first item I tested was the Sunday Riley CEO Rapid Flash Brightening Serum. The reason I was keen on this one is because despite the name, it’s a Vitamin C serum! And you know how I feel about Vitamin C serums – I love them 😛

If the budget permits then The Serum by Cle de Peau Beaute deserves a place on your beauty shelf

July 20, 2020 Paris B Leave a Comment

I’m going to tell you straight off that this is a splurge, and one I might never have tried, had I not been offered the opportunity to have a go at the Cle de Peau Beaute The Serum.

Cle de Peau Beaute revamped their skincare range some time last year, streamlining them with the Key Radiance system that I shared with you here.

I don’t really want to repeat myself about what it is, and how it’s meant to work, so I’d suggest that you read about it in my previous post 🙂

What I’m going to share with you instead, is my thoughts on what I deem the star product in the range, The Serum.

My lockdown skincare experiment: Drunk Elephant A-Passioni Retinol Cream

July 3, 2020 Paris B 3 Comments

A few months ago, just before we went into lockdown, I received a generous package from Drunk Elephant. Lockdown started out a little confusing on all our parts, so I left the package for a while, while I got my head around not leaving the house.

When I settled down, the first item I reached for in the pack was the Drunk Elephant A-Passioni Retinol Cream. There was a good reason for this!

When A-Passioni Retinol Cream was first launched, I came across many mixed reviews for it. Those who loved it, loved how effective it was.

But there was a big section of reviewers who complained that it left them with dry, flaky, peeling skin – a common side-effect of using retinol, especially in high doses. And A-Passioni Retinol Cream has a whopping 1.0% Retinol concentration.

I was curious therefore, how I’d take to the product. Would I love it, or would it leave my skin a mess? Curious minds had to know! 😀

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