Wear flowers in your hair and spritz Melvita Floral Water on your skin for a refreshing soothing treat

Paris B 37 Comments

I used to read a lot about floral waters in cosmetics, in particular rosewater and lavender water. It has been used in cosmetics for a very long time to freshen and soothe the skin and is quite possibly the origins of what we now know as toner 🙂 I’d never really tried them until I came across the ones from the French organic brand Melvita.

melvita floral water

Can I just say up front that I absolutely love the impractical heavy deep blue glass bottle packaging? I love it! Its heavy and if you are the klutzy sort, you could quite easily let it slip through your fingers and have it smash on the floor. But I love it nonetheless because it lends an old world charm to my skincare routine.

Plus, the waters are a really very nice treat for the skin 🙂

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Pretty Pop Art Vichy Laboratoires Limited Edition Eau Thermale Spray cans

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This one has been sitting in my Drafts for so long that if I don’t post it now, the Limited Edition cans will be gone before you can say “Vichy”! 😛

vichy eau thermal spray can

One of my first introductions to Vichy Laboratoires is through their thermal spa water. It is thermal spa water in an aerosol can and it is wonderful for cooling yourself down in this infernal Malaysian heat and humidity. I used to use the big 150ml bottle in place of toner at home. Finished up 2 bottles quite quickly, because I couldn’t stop at one spritz 😛

So it interested me mightily to learn that Vichy Laboratoires turns 80 in 2011. 80 years! That’s a heck of a long time to be around! And to celebrate their iconic product – the Eau Thermale Thermal Spa Water they have released a limited edition aerosol can.

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Pick up the Lioele Waterdrop Sleeping Pack and your wallet will not feel the pinch

Paris B 34 Comments

I got a little confused when doing my research on this product. The one I have is called Lioele Waterdrop Sleeping Pack. Online, and in my press kit, a similar product appears to be known as Lioele V-Line Waterdrop Sleeping Pack. I’m going to assume they are the same thing unless shown otherwise, because pictures don’t lie! 😛

lioele waterdrop sleeping mask review

Lioele is a brand from Korea. I’m not too familiar with Korean brands so for me, I find it slightly lesser known, but no less affordable. I think its great how skincare and cosmetics coming out of Korea area pretty decent to use and affordable for the most part 🙂

The Waterdrop Sleeping Pack or V-Line Waterdrop Sleeping Pack is as the name implies, a sleeping mask – a product popular in Korean skincare. Its a thick gel that you apply on your skin but do not wash off and usually has hydrating properties to hydrate skin while you sleep. There is a slight difference to this one though that bears paying attention to.

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Its a Bonanza! Cool, Moisturize and Brighten Skin in one cooling gel mask

Paris B 31 Comments

I have a thing for masks especially hydrating masks and the few masks I’ve tried coming out of Taiwan have all been sheet masks. They’re practical and easy to use and don’t cost very much. Usually, when I slather a cream mask on my face, its a purifying mask. So, when I was recently offered a chance to try a gel type hydrating mask out of Taiwan, I was quite intrigued.

bonanza gel cooling mask review

The brand was Bonanza and the mask was the Active-Moisture Membrane KUM which to be honest with you, meant nothing to me. It probably tells you a lot more if you read the Chinese words and somehow, knowing the translation services employed, perhaps it doesn’t quite mean what the English words say either 😛 Bonanza is a brand out of Taiwan and I’m told, one of the hottest, fastest selling hydrating masks in the market, endorsed by their local celebrities and bloggers. Ooh! Good thing to try yes?

It came in a serviceable industrial looking purple tub as you see in the picture, with a spatula. Instructions came in a leaflet written in Mandarin. Not being able to read it, I looked around online, asked the distributor, and then took a stab at it.

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