Viva Total Beauty Web Tour

Saturday, 11 April 2009

Head over to Bare Budget Beauty this week for your chance to win a beautiful train case with $100 worth of brand name products from BeautyTicket.com!!

Check out A Little More Beautiful’s Great Skin for Spring series with tips for skin care based on specific skin types: How to Take Care of Dry Skin

Checkout the Informed Makeup Maven’s hot spring buys, where to get advice for your beauty budget and Stila kaput?! and don’t forget to enter the ‘Yes’ to Carrots giveaway, the lovely lips giveaway and soft lips lip balm bunch

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DIY Beauty: L’Occitane Ma Creme Nature

Friday, 10 April 2009

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My interest in L’Occitane was recently renewed after noticing that more of their products are indeed organic, with certification from ECOCERT. Most recently, they launched an interesting product in US and it’s the Ma Crème Nature which is a 100% natural origin moisturizing cream that you can prepare at home and keep in your refrigerator.

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A truly beautiful experience at True Beauty

Thursday, 9 April 2009

True Beauty

It’s been awhile since I last went for a facial service. I stop going for them regularly because I didn’t feel these services did anything dramatic for my skin and when I do go for them, it’s more like a pampering session for myself. So when Valerie of True Beauty invited me to check out their new facial spa, I hesitated a little. However, I changed my mind as soon as I found out that they’re using 100% natural products because I was keen to know what it involves.

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Reduce inflammation for youthful skin?

Wednesday, 8 April 2009

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I’m trying out a new line of products that contains a propriety blend which promises to sustain a more youthful appearance of the skin by reducing inflammation in the body.  I’m about two weeks into testing the product and because I’m starting to see some positive response, I’ve become rather intrigued with the inflammation theory of aging. 

Inflammation theory of aging
While researching into the subject, I came across information by Dr. Nicholas Perricone, a famous dermatologist who came up with the Perricone Promise, which some of you may have heard or are familiar. Dr. Perricone is also considered to be the father of the inflammation theory of aging (source).

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Why I use a chemical sunscreen sometimes

Tuesday, 7 April 2009

chemical and physical sunscreens

If you come back often enough, then you may have noticed my preference for physical sunscreens over chemical ones.   However, this doesn’t mean that physical sunscreens are definitely more superior or that all chemical sunscreens are lousy. 

Chemical vs physical sunscreen
By now, I believe most of you are already fairly familiar with the difference between chemical and physical sunscreens.  For those who don’t, chemical sunscreens contain synthetic chemical substances to absorb UV radiation while physical sunscreens contain inert mineral particles specifically zinc oxide and/or titanium dioxide to reflect UV rays like a mirror.  However, I’ve also mentioned that physical sunscreens may actually reflect and absorb UV rays in my entry mineral-based sunscreens are the best.

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