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Håkansson skincare and make-up
One of my favorite skins care brands is by Swedish born Katarina Håkansson. She is a renowned makeup artist and has her own brand, started in Paris, in the 1980s. With her fresh Swedish modern...
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Microplane Foot Files and Buffers
My two old white ones which will now be replaced by a pink and a teal. My heels tend to be problematic, particularly in winter. They become dry and cracked. I am pretty bad about moisturising my feet...
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Byredo Handbags
I have written about Byredo perfumes before here. I really do like Byredo perfumes. They are not cheap, but when you are buying Byredo you are buying artisanal quality perfume. Not for expensive...
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Skincare for hot weather
I grew up in a very hot country. I was a sun worshipper from an early age, lying out in the sun every day with nothing to protect me except cooking oil, baby oil, or Brylcreem. It is regularly in the...
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My summer Clinique skin savers
I am lucky to have good skin. I have never had acne, my wrinkles could be way worse, my skin is not sensitive, and is relatively normal. I tend to be combination with normal to dry cheeks and a...
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Wonderful Orla Kiely TN storage from Linda S
This has been on my Blog To Do list for ages but I have finally gotten down to taking the photographs. Linda S sent this to me as a totally unexpected gift a couple of years ago. When it arrived in...
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Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Concentrated Hand Cream
This is my absolutely favourite hand cream of all time, in the world – ever! You only need a tiny dot of it and it moisturises for hours. A tube lasts forever and it is not pricey. I always have a...
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Nivea Soft Shower Cream and Moisturizing Cream
I have written before about my love of Nivea products. They are priceworthy, easy to find at the supermarket and work well without being flashy. At the moment I am using this combo of a morning. I...
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International Beauty Products
I used to be a fashion and beauty writer, I love beauty products and I have travelled a lot. Here is a list of local unusual beauty products that I have found in all kinds of places. Some of them may...
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Féret Parfumeur Le Baume and Hyalomiel
This is another French brand that I love – I mostly use the Le Baume balm on my dry lips, cuticles, fuzzy ends of my hair, but the Hyalomiel hand cream is fantastic during the day when my normal...
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Massdrop
Massdrop is a site where people band together online to buy popular niche items in bulk. This means that the more people that buy an item, the lower the price. As MassDrop itself says: Members...
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Beauty Products I could not live without
I have written regularly about beauty products on this blog. International beauty products, classic beauty products, my favourite brands. I have products and brands that I always turn to when I need...
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Lovely Qatar airline amenity bags
When I travel home to see my family it is a 30 hour trip door to door. I couldn’t afford business or first class, and usually just fly cattle class a.k.a economy. But even if I could afford it, I am...
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Cutting and colouring curly hair
I had about 15cm cut off my hair a few days ago (above). I made a deal with my hairdresser (who I have been going to for 15 years) that after the summer I will let her cut it to the length below,...
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Mack’s Pillow Soft Silicone Earplugs
If you are an earplug wearer, I can really recommend these. I have been using them exclusively for about 16 years now. I have trouble sleeping, and light and noise at night really bothers me. I...
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African butterflies
I often wear these ‘African Butterflies’ when I want to clip my hair back or have it in a bun. They are basically two hair combs joined with elastic threads. On the threads you can put beads,...
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Nivea Creme Care Facial Cleansing Milk
I am alway keen to try new Nivea products. Probably because I grew up with plain old Nivea Creme in the blue tin. It was usually the only moisturiser in our house and was used by everyone for...
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Great gifts from Lookfantastic.com
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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