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Blax Hair Elastics
I have long thick curly hair and have battled to find elastics to suit me. I started out with knicker elastic, moved to pantyhose cut into strips, then tried scrunchies, bungees and am now a convert...
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More Bad Packaging – Redken Diamond Oil
Why? Top heavy Glass bottle Glass pipette oily screw top The combination of oily hands unscrewing a top-heavy glass bottle to reveal a delicate glass pipette could be rather problematic….
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Kalahari Beauty Products
I have a love of South African beauty products – see a previous article here. They tend to use local plants in the formulations and also really know how to treat dry sun-damaged skin. In addition they...
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Organix/Ogx Coconut Shampoo and Conditioner
This was recommended to me by Rita which is a good thing because Boots have discontinued my favourite coconut and almond hair mask. This is lovely. They are very effective so you don’t need a lot, the...
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The Body Shop 3 in 1 Masks
In summer I like to use The Body Shop Blue Corn 3 in 1 Deep Cleansing Scrub Mask. If you have used Neutrogena’s 2 in 1 Face Wash and Mask, it is very similar. You can use it as a face wash and scrub,...
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Two more fave Cult Beauty Products – Homeoplasmine and Yu-Be
Here are two more cult products that really live up to their hype. My favorite of all of the cult products are Embryolisse and Bioderma Crealine H2O Micella Cleansing Water but here are two more...
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Soap & Glory Scrub Gloves
I always use scrub gloves in the bath or shower and have done for the past 15 years or so. They wash and exfoliate at the same time and are not too rough or a faff to do like salt scrubs. These ones...
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Superdrug Face Masks
I am a fan of a face mask. Not because they will change your life (although some of them really do make a difference) but because I find them rather relaxing and I like pampering. Some I like are: Eve...
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Neal’s Yard Rose Facial Oil
This was recommended to me by my friend Sharon on this post and wow is it amazing! It is thick but fluid and smells absolutely gorgeous. Your skin just drinks it up. I have been using it on my face...
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Yes I am a junkie! And a little game for readers
When I tell people ‘I LOVE beauty products’, I don’t think they realize the extent of my passion. I used to work at Elle, I was a senior beauty moderator for the handbag.com community, I write for...
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Rose Beauty Products
Nuxe Roses Facial Cleansing Mousse, Aromatherapy Associates Hydrating Rose cleanser, toner, and mask I generally steer clear of rose-scented products. I love the smell of roses but it is pretty hard to...
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Two more of my favorite natural cleansers
The Trilogy one is very nice for me as you can either rinse or wipe it off. I use a wash-off cleanser in the morning and a wipe-off one in the evening. The Balance me one is nice because it has a...
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More Bad Packaging – Redken Diamond Oil
Am republishing this because as much as I like the contents, the bottle just puts me off using this oil. Every time I use it I am terrified it will slip and break – and I am not usually that way. Boo...
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Swedish Defence Force Balm – best product ever!
This is one of the most popular skin products in Sweden and one of my all-time favorites. I buy it in bulk. It is used for all kinds of things. It is Försvarets hudsalva or Army skin salve. It was...
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Beauty Umbrellas
I have quite often heard people saying ‘I don’t buy L’Oreal products because they test on animals’. I prefer The Body Shop as I know they are ethical. Or ‘I like Kiehl’s because it is such a down to...
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Lookfantastic freebies
I have mentioned several times before that I love buying my beauty products from Lookfantastic.com – for several reasons they sell many excellent brands they have very good prices they have free...
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Why is conditioner often smaller than shampoo?
…. no matter how long or how short your hair is, you will need more conditioner than shampoo. Unless your hair is so oily you cannot use conditioner, but surely that is very rare? I would imagine that...
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Favourite Beauty Products
Hair Shampoo Redken AllSoft Kerastase Bain Satin Yves Rocher Anti Ageing Conditioner Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Redken Curvaceous Redken AllSoft Hair Mask (pre-wash) Philip Kingsley Elasticiser Sebastian...
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Weleda Skin Food – another skincare favorite
I always thought that spending most of my life in Africa would have been what damaged my skin the most. The hot wind, the blazing sun that burned me to a crisp almost every day, growing up before...
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Stars with and without makeup
It is so easy to feel inadequate these days. Digital retouching and manipulation can make even geriatric celebrities look like teenagers, particularly in advertising campaigns, where Photoshop is their...
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