Natural Beauty Inside Out
Sasa used to be one of my favorite beauty stores until I became a natural skin care convert. So I’ve not been visiting the store for awhile until recently, when I wanted to replenish some nail care products. I spotted this Natio Spa Heavenly Hand Cream and decided to give it a try as I was in the market for an affordable and effective hand cream that is handy enough to carry around.
~ This is a guest post from Victoria Lewy, who loves to experiment with different natural homemade beauty recipes. Her passion has inspired her to share and discuss them with others at her Homemade Beauty Blog. ~
I have a huge variety of spices at my kitchen, as I’m a huge fan of Asian cuisine. But spices are not only my minions in the kitchen, I also have them in my natural medicine cabinet as the first line of treatment for coughs and colds. On top of that, recently they proudly have also been placed on my beauty shelf. Are you curious why?
Last week, zzzmadison left a comment asking if it’s necessary to double cleanse because she does not apply makeup but only uses sunblock and concealer. This is an important question and I thought I’ll bring it up as a post because it’ll also address comments left by some of you concerning the difficulty you’ve encountered in washing off the Marie Veronique Organics Moisturizing Face Screen Plus with your usual cleansers.
Based on the comments I’ve come across, many of you are already well familiar with the process of double cleansing. The first cleanse is to remove any makeup or excess oil from your face and the second, is to remove all the impurities completely from your face. I often read that double cleanse originates from Japan but when I checked Chizu Saeki’s The Japanese Skincare Revolution, she made no mention of this. All that was mentioned was that makeup should first be lifted from the skin before cleansing. But I guess the concept is very popular in Japan considering that most of the well-known cleansing oil originated from there.
How fast time flies and now, we’re almost at the last quarter of the year when things will get even more exciting here at Viva Woman. To end off September on a lovely note, I’m giving away these goodies worth over S$300, sponsored by seven companies. Many of you have been participating in the VivaBella giveaways and have a good idea on how to participate. For new participants, please read the giveaway guidelines and note that you are required to at least visit the sponsor’s website and to come back here to give your comments. General comments such as “The handmade jewelry looks beautiful”, “I want to grow longer eye lashes” or “I love Korean beauty products” will be deleted.
I'm Sesame and Viva Woman is a Singapore beauty blog with an interest in natural, organic skincare and cosmetics that is updated daily with a weekend edition of fashion commentaries. Established in 2006, this blog has also been listed as one of the top 25 beauty blogs globally according to Babble.com.
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