A month ago, I had the pleasure of having a microdermabrasion facial, a back massage and my brows done by one of the leading experts in brow therapy, Allison Browning. Incidentally, she’s also the beauty consultant for Adore Beauty.

I’ve actually never tried microdermabrasion before even though I’ve heard a lot about it. So when Allison contacted me and asked me if I was interested, can I hear a HELL YEAH?

Here’s a little information about microdermabrasion:

• It’s a technique used to clean, resurface and smooth the skin.
• It’s firstly a cleansing device using the principle no different to a vacuum cleaner to clean the skin and empty out the blocked pores with a gentle vacuuming action. This is reasonably comfortable and can be done without any anesthesia.
• A hand piece about the size of a pinkie (a wand) is used, which is open at one end. This is connected to the suction of the ‘vacuum cleaner’. The open end is moved over the skin, sometimes slowly in a brushing motion, sometimes rapidly in a rubbing action.
• Inside the open end, there’s a small disc which has small diamonds in the surface, making it like very fine sandpaper.
• As the wand is moved over the skin, the diamonds gently remove the dead skin cells from the skin surface.
• When the treatment is completed, the skin has a red but healthy glow due to the increased circulation in the skin. The increased circulation brings with it oxygen and nutrients to refresh and regenerate the skin.
• Side effects: redness, swelling on the skin, mild flaking.
• Do not go for microdermabrasion if you have viral lesions, active herpes simplex, eczema or dermatitis, broken skin, vascular lesions, have had recent sunburn or have recently used Roaccutane.

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Something cute to show y’all today. It’s something you can also purchase to help raise awareness and research funds for breast cancer.

Hello Jane Iredale’s Roses and Lollipops!

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You know I like to start my Bloggie Wednesdays by giving you a scenario to think about 🙂

Let’s say that you’ve been sent a beauty product by a PR to review on your blog. This isn’t unsolicited product, by the way, it was something you requested. You tried it out for a month; unfortunately, it didn’t work for you. So you write, publish the review on the blog, and send the link of the review to the PR.

The PR did not like that the review was a negative one. Perhaps he/she did not like the way certain phrases were worded. He/she gets back to you, and requests that you change what you wrote.

Another similar scenario would be that just before you publish the post, the PR requests that you send them your review to check first.

Hmm… so what do you do? Would you email them what you wrote to review first before you publish it? Would you change what you’ve written and published because they don’t like what you’ve written?

The question is: who has editorial control over your blog?

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