That Green Juice that is Kiehl’s Alcohol Free Cucumber Herbal Toner

Paris B 16 Comments

I’d been using the Kanebo Blanchir Clear Conditioner toner for a couple of years now and its served me well. However, I was curious as to other toners out there, so when I finished my last bottle, I ran out in a daze of freedom to buy one from a different brand.

My footsteps led me to Kiehl’s and after a quick chat with the sales person, I exited the store in a daze, carrying the Kiehl’s Alcohol Free Cucumber Herbal toner. It was recommended to me as being suitable for those with normal and/or sensitive skins.

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The liquid is clear dark green – a dark vegetable green as you would get were you to puree spinach and squeeze out the juice. That sort of green. Very “un-cucumber” which is usually portrayed as clear light green or just clear.

There is a strong herbal scent that might bug some but perverse me loves it! I swear I’m addicted to the smell 😛 What I’m not quite addicted to is the toner.

It behaves well for a toner that you use to clean off residue of cleanser or dirt or makeup etc that you did not quite get clean in the shower. Its slightly astringent and tingles the skin, but it is not drying and is alcohol-free. That part I like.

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Does Kiehl’s Sunflower Color Preserving Shampoo and Conditioner come up Peaches?

Paris B 8 Comments

When I got my hair coloured, I also found myself in the uneviable position of having to buy shampoo for coloured hair. I don’t need more bottles of shampoo clogging up my shower stall! But for the sake of maintaining my hair colour for longer, I decided to.

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I opted to try something new by Kiehl’s – their Sunflower Colour Preserving Shampoo and Conditioner. I popped into the store at Pavilion to pick up a sample but they were out, so I bit the bullet and bought a set for about RM145 – yeouch!

Ok it wasn’t so much as biting the bullet as finding haircare products that smell of peaches. I love peaches – fruit, colour and scent – so it was easy to sell me the  shampoo and conditioner just by opening up the bottle and letting me take a healthy sniff 😛

The Kiehl’s Sunflower Colour Preserving Shampoo line is paraben, silicone and sulfate free. Knowing that, I did not expect the shampoo to lather up and truly, it does not. Its a weird feeling because I find myself using a little more than I usually do to get some sort of lather going. When I rinse out the shampoo, my scalp feels clean, and my hair does not feel dry. But it does not feel quite as clean as I expect it to.

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Celebrate October : Kiehl’s Rare Earth for the Win!

Paris B

Previous Celebrate October may expect a little delay in receiving your prizes. The car window was smashed last night and the thieves ran away with your makeup packages! I recovered 2 out of 3 but I’d need a little time to get things back on track. Apologies for that!

Now onto happier things. I bet you were wondering when the next October giveaway would be! Well, here it is – Kiehl’s Rare Earth skincare products!

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1 winner will win:-

  • 1 full size Kiehl’s Rare Earth Pore Refining Toner
  • 1 travel size Kiehl’s Rare Earth Pore Minimizing Lotion
  • 2 sachet samples of the Kiehl’s Rare Earth Deep Pore Daily Cleanser

Here’s what you have to do… after the jump!
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Kiehl’s – YAWA Save our Rare Earth Campaign : Why should you go camping?

Paris B 4 Comments

Yayasan Anak Warisan Alam (YAWA) is a local youth organization commited to saving the environment and our heritage. Kiehl’s recently launched their Rare Earth skincare line and opened up their new store in Bangsar Shopping Centre (Ground Floor, New Wing near British India) so it was an opportune time to contribute to YAWA’s Bio-Diversity Eco-camp.

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Launched on 29 September 2009 the site was set up like a campsite albeit very comfy one in the middle of a mall 🙂 I was very taken in by the 2 young people playing Congkak – a traditional game – It makes me want to get out my congkak board and dust it down. Does anyone play congkak anymore?

It was a pretty informal affair especially as Kiehl’s is such a relaxed brand so after a couple of very short sweet speeches and a video with brief quotes from some local celebrities as to why you should go camping, it was all over.

And there were tons of celebrities present that afternoon, some of whom I recognized, most of whom I did not 😛 Daphne Iking came with her adorable daughter Isobel, crew from the 8TV Quickie, Aishah Sinclair, Jaclyn Victor, Zainal Abidin, Serena C of MixFM see if you can spot them below.
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