Fab or Fad? Which of these wildly popular beauty gadgets and beauty fads are you still using?

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I was doing a bit of thinking recently. Dangerous business, this thinking thing 😛

But I was thinking of all the beauty gadgets and fads that have hit us with cult status at one time or another through the years and how many I’d fallen for just “to try” and how much money I have wasted over time. Yeah, I think you know my answer to my question above.

I have followed fads and although they were fab at the time, just how many of they are still fab for me months or years down the road?

I’m going to share with you a couple of beauty gadgets and fads that I’ve tried and you can tell me if you too have fallen for them or any other fad or gadget du jour, and whether you are still using them. Deal? 😀 Onward!

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Honey, If it’s not you then it must be me : Skincare products that didn’t work for me

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Every so often, as I go along my skincare journey, identifying my must-haves and current skincare loves, I too discard alongside the ones that didn’t make the cut or the ones that just don’t work for me one way or another. Most of the time, I don’t feature them at all. Why feature something I don’t like?

But then, I realised that it’s helpful knowing what doesn’t work for people because you can then avoid it, or if you are still very curious anyway, be aware of their pitfalls. So, unless they stand out as being spectactularly awful, in which case they will get a whole post to their awful selves, I might do some of these little round-ups as I go along, to balance out the raves I’ll have.

skincare that do not work for me

I’ll start off with a selection of skincare that I tried a few months ago and for some, I’ve been trying them off and on for months, to see if they truly do not work for me or just do not endear me to them for some reason. If they work for you, it would be helpful to know because it can help other readers make up their minds 🙂

Pure Paw Paw Papaya Ointment – S$14.90/25g

This was a gift, and while I hate to diss gifts because I know the gifter means well, this just didn’t cut it for me. What this is, is an ointment very much like the Lucas’ Papaw Ointment which is made from fermented papaya or papaw (paw paw) and has a myriad of uses to soothe, moisturise and protect the skin. I am a huge fan of the Lucas’ Papaw Ointment and because it gets a lot of flack for containing petroleum (which doesn’t bother me), I hoped I’d like this one. Sadly, I didn’t. I found the ointment far too runny even after being kept in the fridge, and the strong sweet smell put me off. I might hand it off for my nephew’s use. I don’t think he’ll be as fussy as I am 🙂

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NEW! Talika Photo-Beauty Therapy – Skincare inspired by aerospace energy to transform light into cellular energy

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Talika is a brand I associate primarily with Lipocils, the lash growth enhancing serum that impressively, works a treat. I’m actually toying with the idea of picking up a tube because I’ve recently discovered some bald spots in my already sparse lashes and I remembered how well it worked  before to grow lashes in a bald spot.

They do some targeted skincare too, on a lower scale. Talika Lipocils is their bestseller, and rightly so. However, early this year, Talika launched their first proper skincare range in the Talika Photo-Beauty Therapy skincare line.

talika photo beauty therapy skincare

So, what distinguishes the Talika Photo-Beauty Therapy skincare from all the other skincare out there? Well, apparently they have found a Photo-Beauty Enzyme which naturally transforms light energy to repair damaged DNA in skin cells. So light is now our friend. If it all sounds very space-age, it is. They were inspired by aerospace energy because space research has shown that wounds don’t heal in space because there is no light so, cellular energy is reduced.

I don’t know. Are you sold on this?

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New! Talika Cream Booster : Boost your skincare potency (and embark on a mini science lesson)

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Hands up who loves gadgets? I do, so I’m sticking 2 hands up in the air and waving them like I just don’t care… Sorry got carried away for a minute 😛 But I love it even better when its a beauty gadget because I’m always keen to know just what else they can come up with out there to help us with our beauty regime.

Enter the Talika Cream Booster® – a handy dandy hand held gadget inspired by space research.

talika cream booster

Doesn’t it look all space age? Wait till I show you just how space age it can get 😉

What this pen-like gadget is, is a gadget designed to increase the efficacy of your skincare. We use our skincare for different targeted needs and for myself, my concerns would be anti-aging and skin brightening, and I use skincare targeted at those concerns. This gadget is designed to help those skincare that I slap on my skin be more effective and absorb better. Intrigued? You bet I was!

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