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Kiehl’s Richly Hydrating Lavender Hand Cream will calm chapped hands and frazzled nerves this Christmas

December 11, 2015 Paris B 12 Comments

Hello friends!

Gosh! It feels good to finally be back online. Had some internet woes the past few days and well, you know how that is. It’s incredibly frustrating! Often, we just don’t realise how reliant we are on being connected to that great wide web. While nice to detox, it’s frustrating when you need to get work done.

But whining aside, let me show you something cheery instead.

When I was down in Singapore a few weeks ago, I met up with Mag of makeupstash.com, a beauty blogger I’d known since our early blogging days. We finally had the chance to meet up after all these years and I have to say that it was one of the most incredible meet-ups I’ve ever had! We were jawing on like old friends (which we technically are) and spent a mind-boggling 7 hours just chatting and doing a bit of makeup shopping – as you do! 😉 I had loads of fun!

One of our pit-stops was Kiehl’s because the cheery Christmas decorations drew us in, and I wanted to snag a sample of their new face oil. In the process, I ended up with one of the limited edition Christmas items – the Kiehl’s Richly Hydrating Hand Cream in Lavender. There are 3 scents – Lavender, Grapefruit and Coriander. I know… Coriander?! Bleh… 😛 I don’t even eat it, much less want to smell like a herb salad 😛

Your Say: What are your inflight beauty essentials?

May 22, 2015 Paris B 34 Comments

Ok those of you who travel, or rather, fly around a lot, do you have any inflight beauty essentials? You know those beauty items that you make sure you have with you in the cabin, no matter what?

I usually carry my whole toiletries kit on board the plane actually. I just make sure that everything in there is 100ml or under and I’m good. Never been stopped yet for lugging a cosmetics kit heavier than my luggage! Ok… not that dramatic, but close.

While most of the time, my cosmetics kit ends up in the overhead compartment (weight and bulk y’know), there are some things I usually ensure I have with me in my seat so I can use them throughout my flight, long or short.

I’m sure you have your essential items too, that you don’t like to fly without so do share what yours are 😀

Your say: What is your bedtime routine? Do you have one?

February 6, 2015 Paris B 32 Comments

Do you have one? A bedtime routine, that is. I’m sure you do, one way or another 😀 It may be beauty related, or it may not. Maybe it involves you catching up on the news of the day?

I was thinking about it one evening, while getting ready for bed. I go to bed early, mostly because I suppose I have that luxury to be able to 🙂 I know some people who have kids etc have their bedtimes dictated by that, but since I don’t, I eschewed keeping late nights, and pop off to bed fairly early. I’m usually in bed by 10pm or 11pm at latest. I can’t even keep my eyes open past 10.30pm these days! (Psst! Sleeping early is also better for the skin ahem! 😉 )

Oh yes, I’m lucky and I know it 😀 However, I do suffer from bouts of insomnia now and again so keeping a fixed bedtime helps me. My body winds down on its own and when the Sandman comes a-visiting, I’m usually ready.

But I do have a routine before bed that I slavishly adhere to. It’s very simple really, but the routine tells my body that it’s time to shut down.

Yes! Nurse Hand Cream : Is it what the doctor (or nurse) ordered to protect your hands?

October 17, 2013 Paris B 32 Comments

Hand creams. Not my forte.

That’s what I told The Love Jars when I was offered the Yes! Nurse Hand Cream to try. Next to eye creams, hand creams take second prize for products I should use but don’t. Please tell me I’m not alone!

But I’ve been trying to be good to my hands (they show your true age you know!) so I’ve been applying a hand cream nightly just before bed. I do have to say that the Yes! Nurse hand cream is pretty nice as far as hand creams go.

This was developed by a former nurse who wanted to develop something to help nurses look after their hands. As nurses, they would be washing their hands a lot in the hospital and that results in dry hands so the Yes! Nurse hand cream claims to not only address this dryness, but to protect. It is the latter quality that I think makes this hand cream special, especially if you wash your hands a lot.

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