I should begin this post by saying that this post isn’t sponsored by The Body Shop nor are any of the products mentioned provided for editorial consideration. It’s just one of those walk-in moments that you end up learning something about. Don’t you love it when that happens with no pressure to buy anything?

Anyway, a few weeks ago, I was at Camberwell with Tim for a spot of brunch. I enjoy walking up and down Burke Road perusing the shops. We happened to walk past The Body Shop when I decided to walk in and have a look at what’s new. Also, the mango body butter was calling my name. 😛

The lady who attended to me was lovely (sadly I forgot to get her name). Since the store was pretty quiet that morning, she sat me down and told me she’ll give me a nice hand scrub and massage because, and I quote, “it feels damn good and it’s free so why not?” Um okay if you say so! 😛

She gave me a quick history lesson of The Body Shop. Did you know that the first body butter by The Body Shop wasn’t the cocoa butter ones? It was actually the mango. See, I had no idea! She even taught me a quick trans-seasonal body care recipe for prepping the skin for the next season. She tried it out on me and boy oh boy, hello baby smooth skin! I went home and tried it out on myself just to make sure it’s not just a one-time-only-in-store thing. Yep, it works!

Of course, when I learn something new, I just have to share it with you too. 😉

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Note: This post was actually scheduled to be published on Thursday noon but it looks like WordPress decided another date might work better and didn’t publish it all. No wonder you were asking me on Twitter where I was heading! 😛

Hello fellow beautyholics!

Hope you’re having a great week so far.

Remember all those Bloggie Wednesday posts I wrote about overcomi blogger’s block, overcoming blogging burnout, taking a step back and taking some time off away from the blog because it doesn’t help you nor do your blog any favours if you’re just forcing yourself to churn out content that you’re just meh about? Guess what? I’m going to have to take my own advice because here goes nothing.

I’m burnt out.

I don’t blog 7 days a week but even so, I still do try to keep a 6-day blogging week as much as I can. For the past three months, I just haven’t been on top of my game. Google’s still shitting me, my traffic is doing just so-so and my brains are pretty much fried. Kid you not, most of the time for the last 3 months, all I could think of was “I need a break“. One evening, I even broke down and sobbed for absolutely nothing. My mind’s so wired, it needs severe detangling, I tell ya.

The last break I took was in the beginning of the year when I went back to Malaysia to visit my folks for Chinese New Year. I remember how terribly busy I was creating and scheduling content for the next 3 weeks just so I’m not away for too long. Even keen readers like you mentioned that it didn’t seemed as though I was away on a break because the blog was still going on on an almost daily basis!

Well, I’m happy to say that that break I’ve been waiting for for months now is finally here. I’ve been dragging my sorry ass day in day out just for August and September because I’m finally going on a holiday I’ve been dreaming of going for 10 years. Oh yeah, it’s been a long time coming, all right. 🙂

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Ahh that time of the month. The time when sometimes I wish I was a guy. Although if men had periods, imagine the whinging! I mean, you’ve seen the man flu. God forbid it gets any worse than that, and on a monthly basis too no doubt! 😛

Me, I don’t get the cramps often, thank goodness. But what I really dislike is when I’m wearing sanitary pads that shifts on me. At the risk of too much information, remember the “woosh” every time you sneeze, cough, etc? That’s why when I was much younger, every time I sneezed during the first couple of days of my period, I was always rushing to the loo.

When I first started using tampons, however, everything changed. I could function like normal again. No more odd shifting on the chair just to make sure I don’t accidentally “leak” when I, er, “wooshed”. I can walk for hours, run even, with ease. Suffice it to say, it was like I discovered a miracle product that I should have been using when I was still in school (I was a lot more active then).

I’ve been using tampons for the past 5 years but a few months ago, I started to question the feminine hygiene products I’ve been using. I wondered where the cotton I’ve been having in my body came from. When I spotted the TOM Organic (TOM stands for Time Of Month) feminine hygiene range at Coles and Woolworths a few months ago, I decided to give them a go. They are more expensive than the other brands like Libra, Carefree, etc (which I’m not too happy about) but hey, for organic cotton, I’m willing to try them out. Plus they’re classified as groceries, right? 😛

It just so happens that a few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of doing an email interview with none other than the founder of TOM Organics herself, Ms Aimee Marks. Now, I wasn’t paid to do this interview nor was I given products to try out (don’t need to as I already use them anyway) but it was a good opportunity for me to ask her about the difference between organic and convention cotton and why she decided to use organic cotton on feminine hygiene products.

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