Sunday Tip #10

Every Sunday I shall share here a beauty tip that I’ve read or heard about, and leave my comments or thoughts on it. Please feel free to leave your views, too! :)

Air conditioning may keep you cool in the hot, humid weather (Which is how the weather has been lately, to me at least), but it can also dry out your skin. And temperature fluctuations from air conditioned places to non air conditioned places can wreck havoc too. So the best way to circumvent this is to keep hydrated and moisturised! That means using a body lotion for your body and a good facial moisturiser for your face. Also, if you’re sleeping in an air conditioned room, leave out a bowl of water or use a dehumidifier and ply on a moisturising sleeping mask (Like the Laneige Water Sleeping Pack_EX) or a heavier facial moisturiser.

Personally, I’m happy using facial oils :P At night I apply a pump of Melvita Sweet Almond Oil (Compared to few drops in the morning if I need extra hydration) on my face before bed. For my body, I alternate between Dr. Andrew Weil For Origins The Way Of The Bath Matcha Tea Body Lotion or the O.P.I Avojuice Skin Quenchers in Vanilla Snowflake (Which I have reviewed here), but I like to apply them right after showering.

Sunday Tip #6

Every Sunday I shall share here a beauty tip that I’ve read or heard about, and leave my comments or thoughts on it. Please feel free to leave your views, too! :)

I am a HUGE fan of oils- both facial and body, have been since the thereabouts of the year 2007 and a post about that will come out by itself soon :P All skin types are sure to benefit from using oils, yes, including oily, but it depends on what oils you’re using, for example, oils like tea tree and lavender kill acne-causing bacteria. Also, you don’t need to use a lot of oil, just a few drops is more than enough to cover the entire face so it’s kind of cost effective in a way. Oils also help to regulate the sebum/oil production of the skin, keeps skin from dehydrating and restores the skin’s natural lipid barrier. I’m a convert to using oils for sure :D

I personally don’t use conventional moisturiser anymore- instead I have been using facial oils, namely Melvita Calendula Oil (For my sensitive skin) and Melvita Sweet Almond Oil (For dry skin) as the final steps in my skin care. I started using facial oils through Eve Taylor, and their Facial Oil No. 3 was actually instrumental in helping my skin recover from a rather bad breakout on my right chin back in 2008. I personally find single oils like the ones by Melvita easier to manipulate than oil blends (It’s easier to know what works and what will not), as your skin might not take well to certain oils or they might not mix well with one another. It’s all trial and error I guess, or you can turn to the internet for more guides on using oils. Pretty Beautiful and Viva Woman love their oils!

I’m finishing up my research proposal for my Masters degree application and hopefully I can have it mailed out by this week. Once it’s mailed out I can hopefully focus more on blogging! So many things to review :P Wish me luck!

Marie Veronique Organics Products Review

I’ve always had my eye on Marie Veronique Organics since reading the raves from Viva Woman, but it’s not available in Malaysia, which is a huge bummer :( However, I was recently able to get my hands on them due to 1. my boyfriend having subscribed to a US forwarding address service and 2. it was near Christmas and they were having free shipping for US orders, so I took the opportunity to place my order.

Marie Veronique Organics is built on the philosophy of “Intelligent Ingredients“, meaning that all ingredients used are safe enough to enter the body, and as such their products contain absolutely no ingredients that could potentially be harmful to the body as well as toxic preservatives, petroleum-based products, fragrances, alcohol, parabens and fillers to name a few. Some of their ingredients are also certified organic, and are also fair trade and local whenever possible, with 100% recyclable packaging and labels. They even donate 10% of their profits to help women and children in third world countries.

I ordered the Gentle Cleanser and the apparently much-raved and loved Moisturizing Face Screen SPF30. I was pleasantly surprised to have received them on Friday, 23rd December 2011- which is before Christmas and before postal services shut down for the holidays, as I had actually expected to receive them somewhere in January :D

The products come in heavy brown glass bottles which are very luxe, but not very practical for travelling. I’ll have to think of something when I travel to Labuan next :( Both the cleanser and sunscreen comes with pumps to dispense the products, which is a huge plus because it’s more hygienic and minimises exposure of the products to air. I’ve no problems with the pumps thus far, it’s pretty easy to control the amount of product dispensed through them too.

This post might be a bit long, though :P