Botáni, a brand of botanical skin care from Australia, has contributed five sets of their Olive Skin Serum and Soothing Facial Mist worth S$330 to the VivaBella Green Beauty Box Giveaway. I wrote about this range recently and mentioned that their products looks rather promising, especially for those with particularly sensitive or problematic skin as Botáni range of products are toxic-free, formulated with skin friendly and organic active ingredients to address skin issues and imbalances.
Do alcohol in sunscreen cause photosensitivity?
It’s kind of a shame that many sunscreens in the market contain alcohol in their base ingredient and I’m referring to alcohol denat, SD alcohol, ethyl alcohol, ethanol, or isopropyl alcohol. It is widely known that such alcohols can break down and disturb the skin’s natural acid mantle, causing irritation, dryness and possibly generating free radicals leading to skin damage. But does this also means that it causes our skin to be more vulnerable to UV radiation?
Green Beauty: natural goodness from Living Nature
Okay, we’re going full speed on the VivaBella Green Beauty Box Giveaway now. In another week, I’ll be announcing all the products to be given and then we’ll have a week to call the finale before we close and then announce the 5 winners! If you haven’t been participating, let me just say you’re missing on over $2500 worth of green goodies from 12 generous sponsors. Today’s entry is on Living Nature, a range of 100% natural skin care range using New Zealand’s unique native botanicals such as Harakeke Flax Gel, Active Manuka Honey, and Kumerahou.
Beauty Kitchen: roast tomatoes to protect your skin
You know what? I’m growing to love this Beauty Kitchen feature more by the days. I had initially thought I might just cover it like once or twice a month but it just looks like it might be more regular than I’ve anticipated because it’s actually helping me to rediscover cooking all over again! Like making this dish for example. I’m more of a Chinese food lover so western style of cooking hardly appeals to me. Yet, I managed to whip up this simple roasted tomato salad and I love it!
Green Beauty: organic goodies from Bud Cosmetics
Lookie! What have we got here? Five Bud bags full of organic beauty goodies worth over S$400, courtesy of Bud Cosmetics! Each bag is packed with a Mukti Lip Balm, a Logona Rose Cleansing Milk, a Logona Nettles Shampoo, and a Logona Organic Rose Hydrating Mask – and it can be yours to keep if you participate in the VivaBella Green Beauty Box Giveaway from now till December.






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