Out of all the steps in my skincare routine, I love serums the most. They do the bulk of the “work” on my skin, which meant that while I can splurge on them, I can also save on other items like moisturisers and cleansers. For the past few years, I raved a lot about Dr [...]
Beauty Experiment: Mixing Serum with Foundation
I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but there’s a growing number of serum foundations in the beauty market lately. We have Rimmel’s Lasting Finish Foundation With Comfort Serum, Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum Gel Foundation, Bare Minerals BareSkin Pure Brightening Serum Foundation, Bobbi Brown Intensive Skin Serum Foundation and many more. Some of them have the [...]
Upping My Skincare Ante With Cosmetic Skin Solutions’ Retinol 1.0 Creme
As much as I preach about using good, anti-aging ingredients in skincare, it actually took me a long time to get into using retinol. Believe it or not, I was actually scared to use it. “Go slow with retinol“, they said. “Use in tiny quantities in case it irritates your skin“. I read up a [...]
Dior Prestige White Collection Le Nectar Blanc: Gimme The Rose But Hold The Scent
The Prestige Collection is Dior’s top-of-the-line range of skincare products. The White Collection is the brightening range, which is somewhat similar to their already existing brightening range, Diorsnow (popular in Asia) but on a more luxurious level (read: a heck more expensive :P ). This range is formulated for Asian skin but really, anyone could [...]
Good Genes In A Bottle? Sunday Riley Says Yes
I don’t think there’s another skincare serum more lauded these days than Sunday Riley’s Good Genes. Heck, that spot used to go to the ubiquitous little brown bottle but these days, every other blogger’s going “OMG have you tried Sunday Riley’s Good Genes? It’s so good!“. At the time I first heard about it, I [...]