Weleda tinted lip balms

Everyone knows I love lip balms. It’s an addictive, impulsive, and expensive habit. And when Weleda sent me these tinted lip balms, I was immediately curious and excited. Here is a brand that I love – their skin food has helped my eczema-prone skin to calm down and become normal again. I have been using…

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Hair oils – have you tried them? Would you try them? Should you?

In a nutshell. Yes. Not surprising, coming from an Asian. I have been brought up on hair oils as a pre-shampoo treatment, so it’s not a foreign concept to me. I can understand the thought of all that grease in hair is probably quite off-putting but hear me out.

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Another face oil?! Yes! Balance me radiance face oil review

I know, I know. I am a facial oil fanatic, addict and lover. I can’t get enough of them and for good reason. There isn’t one I have used that doesn’t make skin look and feel amazing. They’re 100% natural and make ideal night treatments – you wake up with better looking skin. I am…

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Baobab seed oil – a superfood for the skin

A fan of oils for over 10 years, my love affair started in my 20s with Neal’s Yard rehydrating rose facial oil, a blend of various oils (grape seed, hazelnut seed, evening primrose, rose flower and a few other flower oils) which helped keep skin supple, hydrated and bright. I used it every night for years,…

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Oops, I used something on my face that made my skin burn, itch and develop eczema

It was bound to happen at some point, with me trying out different skincare products. This one happened to be a sample facemask* that caused an allergic reaction. Overnight, my skin was burning, and by the next morning I had developed contact dermatitis. Oops. For years, I had avoided having a severe reaction to a…

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