If you’re new to using make-up, and the whole beauty world is feeling a little overwhelming start with these beauty basics: Determine your skin type. Skin is classed into four different categories; oily, combination, normal or dry. Oily skins tend to have large pores on the nose and forehead, are shiny, and if a tissue…
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How to clean make-up brushes
Did you know that certain make-up brushes need to be cleaned once a week or every second week, while you can get away with only cleaning others monthly? This, of course, applies to your own personal make-up kit and not to a make-up artist’s kit (which gets cleaned after every use). How should you clean…
Make-up Brush Guide
Buying make-up brushes can be a daunting task, especially if you’re just starting out or you want to add to your existing collection but don’t really know what brushes you may need, what they’re used for, or what they look like. This is where a make-up brush guide comes in handy. There are a few…
Why I charge even if you don’t show up
Are you wondering why I charge even if you don’t show up for your appointment? Sometimes running late or not showing up for an appointment cannot be helped. Traffic, emergencies, calendar mix ups, forgetting to put your appointment into your diary or calendar, or accidentally double-booking yourself happens to the best of us. I get…
By Nature Daily Moisturiser
By Nature’s Vitamin C & Turmeric range doesn’t have a day cream, so I tried By Nature Hydrating and Replenishing Daily Facial Moisturiser. Packed with Co-Enzyme Q-10 to combat daily environmental stressors; Essential Ceramides to restore and protect, and Hyaluronic Acid to plump and hydrate, it promises to help keep skin hydrated and smooth. Suitable…
Brightening Night Cream
By Nature Brightening Night Cream promises to restore your natural glow over time. It also energizes tired skin, restoring a fresher looking complexion. A rich, hydrating cream that melts effortlessly into the skin. Containing hyaluronic acid, it leaves skin feeling matte and smooth with a lovely citrus scent. It is paraben free and not tested…
Radiance Boosting Face Serum
By Nature Radiance Boosting Face Serum promises to get your natural glow back with Vitamin C and Turmeric Extract. Hyaluronic Acid helps to hydrate skin, Vitamin C brightens and restores the complexion, while Turmeric Extract energizes tired skin and helps minimize pores. All of By Nature’s products are paraben free. They’re not tested on animals,…
Which cleanser, toner and moisturiser to use for your skin type
We are taught to cleanse our faces every night from a young age. In most cases, that’s where skincare advice ends. Finding the right cleanser, toner, and moisturiser to use is usually a process of trial and error. Sometimes certain products are just used because its what your Mom, Aunty, or sister used. Theres more…
White Spots on nails
Known medically as Leukonychia, (from the Greek words leuko (“white”) and onyx (“nail”), white spots on the nail/s are most commonly caused by a minor injury or trauma to the nail matrix, the base of the nail under the skin, where the nail is formed. If you’re not sure exactly where your nail matrix is, have a…
By Nature Cleansing Gel
By Nature Brightening Gel Cleanser with Vitamin C and Turmeric is an ‘energizing’ facial cleanser that promises to help keep skin bright, clean and fresh, while gently washing away dirt, make-up and impurities. Infused with antioxidant rich Vitamin C and radiance enhancing turmeric extract, the tube says it will hydrate and boost skin’s radiance for…
Bee Restored
A mini 15ml tub of Bee Restored Lavender Night Cream from The Sage Apothecary was the Day 21 gift in the 2019 Beautiful Surprises Advent Calendar. I wasn’t sure if this was a bee venom or a bee pollen product, as I couldn’t find an ingredients list on the little tub, so I had to…
Skin Radiance Moisturiser
A full sized 125ml tube of Natural Instinct Skin Radiance Moisturiser was included in “The Naturals” box that I’d bought from Best Beauty Box Ever, a non-subscription beauty box by Beauty Review. If you want to sign up to Beauty Review, please use this referral link. After having such a great result from using Glow…
