Natural Beauty Inside Out
Hey VivaBellas! It’s the last day of 2011 and tomorrow is a brand new year! So how about beginning the new year with some brand new fashionable dresses, tops or accessories? Well, here’s a good chance for you to get some new fashion wear for FREE because the good fashion people at Mont Affair are sponsoring a giftcard to my readers! YAY! And this giveaway is open to both my local and international readers so read on to find out the details.
A number of readers have emailed me asking me the best DIY remedy to heal post acne marks. Well, there are a few such as milk and lemon or yogurt and lemon but based on my personal experience, spices like nutmeg, cinnamon and turmeric worked fastest for me. However, I have been hesitant in sharing this with those who emailed me because such spices can be too strong for sensitive skin type. Hence, you’ve got to use them with caution. But those who have no problems with them have only good things to share about them.
Last month, I passed my girlfriend three products from Kalis Skincare to try. This is an Italian brand that is made in UK and is positioned as a reasonably priced, well researched natural skincare range with fewer and lower concentrations of chemical ingredients. Their products are also made without animal testing and formulated with no mineral oil, no SLS, no animal or GMO ingredients.
Looks like the monthly beauty box is trending in Asia now because I just received three requests over the last two weeks to review them. This service, which took off in US and is also popular in UK, is apparently building market share right here. For those who do not know, this is a personalized service where a personal beauty box with about five selected products – from skincare to makeup to cult beauty tools – is sent to your doorstep each month for a small subscription fee, ranging from something like S$15 to S$25. The rationale behind such beauty boxes is that they help consumers discover cool beauty products from well-known brands as well as emerging gems without having to pay the full price.
Is GMO-free important to you when it comes to skin care products? It wasn’t even something I thought much about until I started this Green Beauty feature, and I guess some of you are like me so I thought I’ll blog about it so that we can learn this together. First of all, GMO stands for Genetic Modified Organisms and it really means plants and animals that have undergone genetic modification where selected individual genes are transferred from one organism into another via genetic engineering or biotechnolgy.
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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