The Japanese beauty industry is well known for it’s innovation, with many products landing on ‘cult beauty buy’ lists around the world, and a selection of these become available at a premium online here in the west. So this time last year when I was preparing to travel to Japan, I researched the beauty products … Continue reading
So I’m a little late to writing this one up, but seeing as I’m now nearly all the way through this scrub I figure I should say something about it! Back in May (I know, I know!) organic beauty brand Melvita brought out a new organic body scrub* enriched with pink berries and rose hip … Continue reading
Organic beauty brand Melvita released several new formulations in June as part of the Nectar de Roses Collection, which incorporates a Rose Centifolia infusion to provide intense hydration to the skin and ensure water retention by maintaining hydrolipidic film. (Or, in my own words: rose properties can help keep skin hydrated, and this particular type of rose seems to do … Continue reading
French beauty brand Caudalíe recently launched a new set of products as part of their Vinosource range (you can read about the launch here!), and I was lucky enough to be gifted the full range of moisturisers and a grape water spray. However, not all of these products are suitable for my skin type (oily, dehydrated, … Continue reading
Beauty brand Melvita recently launched a new product: Nectar Bright Brightening Duo*, which is a blend of floral water and oil designed to gently exfoliate skin and bring back ‘a radiant, uniform and hydrated complexion’. I was lucky enough to be gifted a sample, so here’s how I got on with it… Continue reading
Here’s a roundup of my impulse purchases while in the USA, including a trip to Sephora and Maine for maple sugar candy. Continue reading
Caudalíe has been one of my favourite skincare brands ever since my French pharmacy shopping experience, so when I met several of the team behind the brand at the Professional Beauty Show I was properly fan-girling. Luckily for me they weren’t weirded out, and even indulged me with a chat! This post is a little writeup about … Continue reading
Skin care is both the easiest and hardest part of my holiday packing: easy because I know what (cleanser, moisturiser, toner…) I need to bring, hard because I need to figure out which products will be the best ‘what’ for that particular trip and the skincare needs that that climate will present. Here’s the beauty … Continue reading
Daniele de Winter, founder of her eponymous skincare range, is all about beauty from the inside out. She wrote a book on the topic back in the 1980s, and has since set up a skincare range dedicated to the idea. I was lucky enough to chat with Daniele herself at the Professional Beauty Show, and we … Continue reading
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[Comfort Zone] is a brand I’ve heard of, but always in a spa capacity so I hadn’t gone out of my way to try any of their products. But, by chance, I had the luck of being offered a sample Day & Night kit to review and now I’m keen to try other products in … Continue reading
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