• Green Smoothie With Turmeric

    This is possibly the healthiest smoothie ever! This green smoothie is packed with good nutrition and also tastes deliciously fresh, in particular the addition of Turmeric makes this smoothie a true health bomb. This yellow wonder herb, which is often used in the Asian cuisine, has a mild bitter taste and a strong healing effect where I wrote a a blogpost about a while ago. How do you make this green smoothie with Turmeric? Ingredients. 1 tl Turmeric 1 Banana 1 Apple Lemon juice 2 cm Ginger 1/2 Cucumber Handful Spinach Amount of water Before you start it's good to know that Turmeric is poorly absorbed by the body, you fix this by mixing ...

  • Clarins Instant Light Lip Comfort Oil

    By Frieda Tuesday, June 2, 2015 1 , , Permalink 2

    I'm a big fan of lip gloss and lip care by Clarins, beautiful colors that also take care of your lips at the same time. Clarins has something new right now, a lip oil, this nourishing lip oil is available in two variants, 01 Honey and 02 Raspberry, 01 Honey doesn't give any color on the lips, only a beautiful gloss, o1 Raspberry gives a touch of red on the lips and I'v tested this one. Clarins Instant Light Lip Comfort Oil. The caring lip oil 01 Raspberry has a sweet smell, comes in a beautiful glass jar with gold colored cap and has a volume of ...

  • Emptied May 2015

    The last two days of May have arrived and I've emptied many beauty products in this month, last month I've emptied nothing but in the past month even more. Emptied May 2015. Make-up. Nars Orgasm Blush, review here. The perfect blush color which is beautiful on every skin tone. MAC Prep + Prime Transparent Finishing Powder Pressed, review here. This powder is pressed but is also in a loose powder form, both are very nice and give a beautiful finish. Benefit they're Real Mascara, review here. Not my favorite mascara but does have a fine brush which also takes along the smaller lashes. 2x Demak Up Expert, these cotton pads are extra large, ...

  • Caudalie Premier Cru and Vinoperfect

    By Frieda Tuesday, May 26, 2015 0 , , Permalink 0

    The luxurious French brand Caudalie has great beauty products based on vinotherapy, applying grape seed oil on the skin, a beauty treatment that's very populair among celebs and what's used in the luxurious spas of Caudalie. In grape seeds are powerful antioxidants which have a very beneficial effect on the skin. After 7 years of research, Caudalie has 3 patents that they use in their products with a high concentration. These 3 patents, Resveratrol, Viniferine and Polyfenolen are combined with effective molecules for the treatment of skin aging such as wrinkles, lack of firmness, dark spots, dull complexion and dryness. Since its launch, the brand Caudalie already received ...

  • Lancome Primer La Base Pro Hydra Glow

    By Frieda Thursday, May 14, 2015 2 , , , Permalink 0

    A primer under your foundation really makes a difference and for every skin type there's a good primer. Some primers reduce your pores, there are primers that can fill in your lines and some primers have a touch of tint, for example, to remove the redness in your face. A primer makes your skin smooth and soft, forms a protective layer between your skin and your makeup and your makeup stays beautiful much longer. The new makeup primer by Lancome has, addition to the ingredients each primer has (= smoothing silicones), also a lot off nourishing ingredients, provides 24-hour hydration and let your face shine, Lancome ...

  • Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water

    Pretty much all makeup artists do have a Bioderma micellar cleansing water in their stash, after a photo shoot you have so many layers of makeup on your face that it's nice at the end of the day to clean your face before you leave the studio, it's great stuff and super gentle to your skin. Garnier has now put two types of micellar cleaning water on the market, these are a lot cheaper and I've been told that they aren't inferior to the micellar cleansing water of Bioderma, I've tested both and I'm super enthusiastic. Micellar cleansing water is so gentle to your ...

  • 10 Beauty Hacks Every Woman Should Know

    We women all know some smart beauty tricks to reinforce our beauty, but some tricks are so genius every woman needs to know. Oh yeah you're welcome;). 10 Beauty Hacks Every Woman Should Know. 1. Prevent blisters in your shoes with deodorant. To prevent blisters in your beautiful new pumps, apply deodorant on your heels or in places where you easily get a blister, this prevents friction in your shoe. 2. White nail polish as base. When you first apply a base coat of white nail polish you will see that it make the color really pop. 3. White eyeliner pencil as eyeshadow base. This same trick also works on your ...

  • How to: Cleaning Brushes

    By Frieda Monday, April 27, 2015 0 , , , Permalink 0

    Firstly Happy Kingsday (The Netherlands), the sun is shining so make a nice day out of it! Today a blog post about a tedious task you easily delay because your lack of time, cleaning  your makeup brushes. Yet it's a very important part of your makeup routine and something you should do at least once a week, especially when you use your brushes daily. Let's be honest, good makeup brushes aren't cheap, so put a little love in it. Also it's not good for your skin if you use dirty brushes daily and you have a greater chance of pimples and inflammations. There are several ways to clean your ...

  • My Beauty Wishlist

    By Frieda Thursday, April 23, 2015 0 , , , , Permalink 0

    There are so many beautiful and new products out this year, as a real beauty lover you just become greedy. Even though my stash now bulges, I like to make room for the next beauty items. 1. GlamGlow Cleansers I've been a fan of the face masks of GlamGlow since they've come out, who isn't, they are just fantastic. Now GlamGlow has four different facial cleansers on the market, and yes, I want all 4 of them! These four facial cleansers are based on the mud as processed into their face masks, this mud substance changes in a gentle cleansing foam that effectively removes makeup and impurities. YouthCleanse exfoliates the ...

  • Emptied March 2015

    It is already April, on to the beautiful weather and the summer, I'm done with the rainy and cold days. Normally my husband and I go to beautiful Florida for two weeks with the kids, but we are building a new home and there is so much to do that we've moved the holiday to the autumn. So I missed some nice sunshine, but spring has begun so we go in the right direction. I've emptied a number of beauty products in the month of March I like to show you. Emptied March 2015. Face Cleanser. I've emptied two face cleansers this month, the First Aid Beauty Face Cleanser ...