Recently, I had an unpleasant experience purchasing from a local online store specializing in snail cream. What happened was that I’ve placed an order after seeing their advertisement on Facebook almost a month ago and till today, have yet to receive my item. Well, they did send me something but it was a miserable piece of mask that costs a couple of dollars and not my actual order. And no one in the company bothered to reply me when I queried them about it various times. It was only when I threatened to file a police report that I received a tardy, half-hearted response and even then, they did not take any action. I had to threaten them the second time before they committed on email to send me my item. But I still haven’t receive the item and I’m prepared to file a report if nothing comes by this week.
Green Beauty: Suki cleanser from Pure Tincture
A number of you have raved about this Suki Exfoliating Foaming Cleanser with organic lemongrass & natural sugar and I have to concur. I’ve tried a sample of it sometime ago and love it! In fact, this cleanser has a 4.1 out of 5 ratings over at Makeupalley by 121 users. So good news for those participating in the VivaBella Green Beauty Box Giveaway because besides the other load of goodies, five of these valued at S$125 have been sponsored by Pure Tincture to be included into the box.
Plant derived alcohol may be clogging your pores
You may have already noticed that many natural and organic skin care products include common plant derived fatty alcohols such as cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, cetearyl alcohol. They are widely considered to be gentle and are considered as excellent conditioning agents as they enhance the texture and feel of skincare lotions and help to keep the skin soft, smooth, pliable and healthy-looking. I actually have some reservations about them, but today, I want to discuss something else and that is, about their comedogenic level. I’ve been taking a closer look at them because some creams I’ve been using on my neck have been causing clogged pores there and I suspect that it could be because of one or two of these ingredients.
Green Beauty: take pics in style with iMO straps
Hey VivaBellas! Do you like own a camera that comes with a standard, boring black strap? Well, it’s time to replace that with something hip and trendy like these bright and pretty handmade ones from iMO Straps. (I’ve got five of these included in the VivaBella Green Beauty Box Giveaway!) They’re not only pretty, but sturdy and functional to allow you to click away with style and ease. So make a personality statement by expressing yourself with these funky camera straps!
Beauty Kitchen: clearer skin tone with black fungus
Following some of the feedback I’ve received, I’ve decided to introduce “Beauty Kitchen” on this blog. This will not be a weekly feature, but it should be fairly regular, and will cover some of the dishes I cook that uses food ingredient with beauty benefits. So to kick off this series, let me introduce my first dish that uses dried black fungus – known as 黑木耳 and is pronounced as Hei Mu Er in Chinese. Interestingly, I found out that this ingredient has various other names such as Auricularia Polytricha, wood ear, cloud ear, Judas ear or tree ear. It is actually a mushroom that is dark brown to black and native to Asia and some Pacific islands with humid climates. My Chinese readers should be very familiar with them.






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