Pores are essential for releasing natural skin oils (sebum), but they’re also responsible for most of the things that go wrong with your skin – pimples, blackheads, ingrown hairs. Enlarged pores are on the milder end of the “things that can go wrong with your skin” scale, and probably one of the things that are most difficult to treat (and …
I love exfoliating! It’s the most rewarding part of my routine. One of the products I’m really glad I brought with me to Europe is John Plunkett’s Glyco Peel, a heavy duty AHA exfoliant, though I’m wishing I brought a BHA product as well. This brings me to one of my older posts – AHAs vs BHAs: what are they …
If you’ve been keeping an eye on the beauty blogosphere, you’ve probably heard of Inhibitif already. Inhibitif is a hair reducing product and has been a hit, based on its reputation of achieving similar results to laser without the pain or cost. But what exactly is it doing? The main active ingredients in Inhibitif are Tremella fuciformis sporocarp extract, dihydromyricetin …
I posted swatches of the fantastic new Face of Australia Glossy Lip Crayons last week. Since the smooth moisturising texture is one of my favourite lip product finishes, there are quite a few similar products in my collection, so I thought I’d show you guys some comparison swatches. First up, against other brands: Face of Australia’s Pecan Pie is a …
It’s time for another Science Flashback. I thought I’d revisit a topic that’s been popping up lately – can you dilute your nail polish with polish remover? Click through to find out…
**Make sure you’ve entered my 2nd Anniversary Giveaway – closes in two days!** Here’s yet another new (to me, anyway) Aussie indie brand – Miss Ashleigh. Miss Ashleigh is run by a lovely chick called Ashleigh (surrrprise!), and they specialise in lovely workhorse cremes and shimmers, though in recent collections there have been some stunning glitters and thermals as well. …
Like many other women my age, I’ve been removing my body hair weekly for about 10 years, and I’m getting sick enough of it to start considering painful (both physically and financially) options. The most popular one is laser hair removal, and its cousin IPL hair removal – you can always find an active voucher deal for these! Laser and …
Sportsgirl has been an essential destination on my clothes shopping trips since I was a teen, but their beauty selection has grown in the past few years from a paltry selection, to a droolworthy range that wouldn’t look out of place at a drugstore. Their SG accessories store is also tantalisingly close to Town Hall station in Sydney’s CBD, so …