Skin

3 Scrubs That Don’t Scratch The Skin

May 21, 2013
3 Scrubs That Don't Scratch The Skin

I still remember my first facial scrubs when I started out on a skincare regime at 11. First scrub I used was from Biore (white and pink tube – I wonder if my Malaysian readers remember that? ). I liked it so much; I stuck with it for many years. The second one I used [...]

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Good Ingredients, Great Skin: The 6 Heroes of Skincare

May 9, 2013
Good Ingredients, Great Skin: The 6 Heroes of Skincare

How many time have we seen ads on TV and magazines where certain beauty brands boast about their latest technology in miraculously erasing fine lines, boosting elasticity of skin and so on? Ads where they named their technologies like SuperTechVitaminH20™*? (TM – don’t forget the TM!) And then you find out that SuperTechVitaminH20™ uses just aqua [...]

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More Urban Decay Naked Goodness with the NAKED SKIN Weightless Ultra Definition Liquid Makeup

February 21, 2013
More Urban Decay Naked Goodness with the NAKED SKIN Weightless Ultra Definition Liquid Makeup

Urban Decay is really jumping on the whole NAKED branding, aren’t they? First the NAKED palette, then the NAKED 2, NAKED Basics, NAKED foundation, NAKED nail polish and NAKED blush. Okay we get it! You want us to look good, er, naked? Hardy hah hah. I too jumped on the NAKED bandwagon a couple of [...]

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I Found Not One But Two Good Uses for SKII’s Skin Signature Eye Cream

February 19, 2013
I Found Not One But Two Good Uses for SKII's Skin Signature Eye Cream

You know that very popular Facial Treatment Essence by SKII? The one deemed Holy Grail by lots of beauty bloggers and editors? The one that has a lot of women coveting for its hailed skincare benefits? It didn’t work on me. Not at all. In fact, the much cheaper Hada Labo Moisturising Lotion did a [...]

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Trying to Come Up With A Fancy Title To Go With Shu Uemura’s TSUYA Skin Youthful Radiance Generator Is Hard!

December 3, 2012
Trying to Come Up With A Fancy Title To Go With Shu Uemura's TSUYA Skin Youthful Radiance Generator Is Hard!

I’ve tried, I truly have! Ahem. Back to the review. The only skincare products I’ve tried by Shu Uemura are their cleansing oils. Other than the classic yellow one (not a fan), I really like their cleansing oils. When I was given the opportunity to try out their TSUYA Skin Youthful Radiance Generator (henceforth referred [...]

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