Boscia Hydrogel Masks

I've talked before about the masks by Boscia but only in my emptied blogposts. Never before have I posted a review about this brand while it's one of my favorites when it comes to sheet masks.Boscia is a Japanese brand that was introduced in 2002 in the US. It's the world's first brand that presented a 100% preservative free skincare line on the market. Boscia uses only botanical (plant) ingredients.Hydrogel Masks.Boscia has 5 different hydrogel masks for the face and one hydrogel mask specially for under the eyes. The Green Tea Mattifying Hydrogel Mask is the only mask that I ...

11 Baking Soda Beauty Hacks

In fact everyone should have at least one pack of Baking Soda at home. First of course because you can make delicious pies, muffins and pancakes with Baking Soda but secondly because you can do so many other things with it.Baking Soda (also referred to as sodium hydrogen carbonate or as E-number E500) is used in place of yeast and ensures that the dough will rise. Baking Soda itself is odorless and tasteless. There are many hacks that you can do with Baking Soda but I limit this blog post only with Beauty Hacks.The Hacks.1. Dry shampoo.Baking soda absorbs oils ...

Alpha H Skincare

If there's something that works against my pigment spot it's exfoliation with glycolic acid. On the right side of my forehead at my hairline I suffer from hyperpigmentation. I've a lot of pigment in my skin and become tanned very quickly, one spot on my forehead has thereby the tendency to flare as soon as I sit in the sun. Every day, summer and winter, I use spf on my face but I notice that this isn't enough.Where I do benefit from and is making my pigment spot barely visible is exfoliation with glycolic acid. I always used these kind ...

ELF Cosmetics Primers

The budget brand e.l.f. Cosmetics is a big hit in America. All e.l.f. products are hypoallergenic and non-comedogenic and they don´t test on animals. They have very affordable products with high quality and it's available in the supermarket or at the drugstore. At Walmart I bought two different primers of this brand and one of them I use almost every day this summer.Primers.The primers of e.l.f. Cosmetics (e.l.f. stands for Eyes, Lips, Face) come in handy pump bottles with a volume of 14ml. They ensure that your makeup is applied evenly and they fill in fine lines and pores.I start ...

Venus Perfect Face Care Masks

Venus Perfect Skin Care is the house brand of Douglas and very affordable. I came across this brand for the first time when I did some online shopping at Douglas.nl for some face masks. Venus has 7 different masks and I've tested 4 of them. The masks are in small sachets with a capacity of 10ml, more than enough for 1x use.Venus Masks.The first mask I've tried is the anti-spot mask. This mask is a thick cream and especially suitable for combination skin. The mask cleanses the skin of impurities, has antioxidant properties, vitamin C and doesn't dry out the skin ...

Emptied June 2016

I'll show you again what I've emptied the past month in beauty products. This time I haven't divided the products into categories but I've numbered them 1 to 10.Emptied June 2016.Dry shampoo can't be missed in my list. Andrélon Dry Shampoo Longer Fresh gives lots of volume and smells wonderfully fresh.NARS All Day Luminous Weightless Foundation I used this foundation in two different shades to mix so I got the right color. Light 6 and Medium 3. Another dry shampoo, this time the Herbal Essence Clearly naked. It's okay but not as fine as the Andrélon and therefore I wont buy it again. Etos ...

Biodermal Night Cream (very) sensitive skin

Usually I use the more expensive brands on my skin for the night, but my Sunday Riley Luna Sleeping Night Oil is unfortunately empty (expensive but highly recommended), and now I use a more less expensive night cream from the new care line by Biodermal. This care line is specifically for the (very) sensitive skin, now I don't really have sensitive skin (think of prone to redness, flaking and itching), but I think it's important that my skin is nourished and hydrated and that's exactly what this cream promise. Thereby Biodermal is a very good brand that's known to use ...

Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water in Oil

Most beauty lovers among us have a bottle of micellar water in the bathroom. I don't clean my whole face with micellar water but I only use it to remove the last remnants of makeup. Garnier has several micellar waters and the latest version is quite special, it's a micellar water in oil that's specially formulated to remove waterproof and long-lasting makeup.This is the 4th variant of micellar water by Garnier, of the other 3 I tested 2 variants a while ago and one of them I still faithfully use, which is the original Garnier micellar water with the pink ...

Emptied May 2016

I'll show you again which beauty products I've emptied last month. This time I've emptied a lot of hair products and just one makeup product. I've so much make-up by different brands and the one thing that always goes empty fast is on of my mascaras (read; with 3 layers it's not that hard of course). Emptied May 2016. I show you the products piece by piece in four different categories. Haircare. CHI Keratin Mist. I'm crazy about leave-in products for my hair, this leave-in spray is coming from the CHI Infra line and contains proteins and keratin that protects, nourishes and strengthens your ...

Rodan + Fields Skincare

Instagram I find a beautiful social media to make contacts outside the Netherlands. A while back I got a message of Kim Sanchez from Cincinnati America, she's a Indepent Consultant for the brand Rodan + Fields and she sent me a mini facial containing a microdermabrasion product and two anti-aging products for the night. I had never heard of the brand but soon found out that this surely is a renowned brand, it's one of the top five brands in the field of skin care in the US, developed by two female dermatologists called, guess what, Dr. Rodan and Dr. Fields. ...