Skincare, Simplified

I just Blued myself: We love face masks and are always up to try a new one. This time we tried Lush cosmetics- Don’t Look At Me. Lush claims all their products are 100% cruelty free, vegan and handmade. This definitely applies to their fresh face masks. Oh! The best part is if you bring 5 empty lush pots you get a face mask free. It is definitely a step in the right direction in reducing waste.  So you get great skin and a clean conscience.  The only downside- since they are preservative free they must be used pretty quick, sometimes within two weeks.  Since Marit and me have completely different skin types, besides the obvious colour. She has dry, sensitive skin while I have combination skin that is dull and has uneven skin tone we wondered if it would deliver results for us both? Did it work? Our verdict: Yes! Both of our skins felt softer, plumper, cleaner and brighter. Plus it didnt make Marit break out.  For the rest watch the video. ...

 For those who are too lazy to read the previous post, I made some cheat notes 😉😉😉 voila!!!

Since My last post was about essence and I spoke about the Korean 10 step program one of the first questions I received was  from my friend Eirini  and I’m paraphrasing here- “ sorry if it is a stupid question, but what are the ten steps?”   It was pretty naive of me to assume that everyone knew what the ten steps were, thus here’s a post about the ten steps. Remember the ten step routine is rooted in being gentle and being kind to your skin. Step 1:  Cleanse with an oil based cleanser.   The double cleanse is the backbone of Korean beauty routine. Comprising of first washing your face with an oil based cleanser- which helps remove oil based impurities: makeup, sebum, sunscreen and all extra grime. The Banila Clean It Zero The Body Shop Camomile cleansing butter Step 2: Cleansing with a Foam based cleanser The next step in the double cleansing routine- washing with a foam based cleanser. Basically this helps get rid o...