Sticky foundation hacks: Non-transfer makeup and skincare
Makeup smudging your mask?! I know you’re looking for foundation hacks for your face mask wearing days – because I definitely am! Having all your makeup transfer onto a mask is simply icky, and I hate...
View ArticleThe hottest beauty news and posts in October
So. Many. Launches! Does everyone and their table lamp now launch a beauty line?! Still: Some are rather exciting (and some… not so much. Bobbi, looking at you.) In other news: why should you even want...
View ArticleA Sulwhashoo First Care Activating Serum Dupe?
Do you need a First Care Serum, something between a toner and the rest of your skincare? Is the $18 Missha Misa Geum Sul First Essence Booster the dupe for $84 Sulwhasoo First Care Activating Serum?...
View ArticleThe hottest beauty news and posts in November
Gift guides galore, blue beauty, customisable skincare and the 16-year-old who bought her own beauty supply store (living the dream of my 16-year-old self), and a heartfelt eff you to 2020 – the beauty...
View ArticleNew year’s resolutions: All I want for 2021 – is lipstick
My 2021 beauty resolutions are about joy. I wanted to buy better in 2020: I wanted to find new, sustainable, exciting brands and generally curb my buying habits. Well, I – didn’t. While I didn’t go...
View ArticleGood Molecules Niacinamide Brightening Toner review
Not horrible, but also not that great. Also, how does it compare to The Ordinary, what are Niacinamide benefits, where does the brand come from, and finally, is it any good?! All that and more in my...
View ArticleSkincare basics: hydrating serums
Sure, there’s superstar hyaluronic acid – but what other ingredients are there that hydrate your skin?! And what products are really, really good? And which skintypes benefit from hydrating products?!...
View ArticleNew Skincare Releases: Spring 2021
Recently makeup releases have been kind of repetitive and boring, so why not look into the newest skincare offerings? So, bring it on, brands. Dazzle me with your exciting new skincare releases! Same...
View ArticleNIOD MMHC = Best Hydration Serum?
I have reasons to believe that NIOD Multi-Molecular Hyaluronic Complex, aka NIOD MMHC, is the best hydration serum available right now. Hydration serum is a tricky thing. Yes, the basics we need are...
View ArticleGood Molecules Daily Brightening Serum review
Show me something supposed to brighten and even out, and I’ll be all over it. In this case, it’s the Good Molecules Brightening Serum and here’s my review. I’ve written about the brand Good Molecules...
View ArticleProject Use It Up – finishing all my skincare and makeup samples
I started the project of emptying my samples boxes in January. When I started, I mainly wanted those two boxes GONE, they were overflowing, messy and I was thoroughly sick of them. As one of my main...
View ArticleHow to get better skin, finally
I don’t know when it started. Gradually, I suppose: I wouldn’t feel the need to wear foundation all the time. Because, you know, I’ve been always that person who’d stay over at a friend’s and get up...
View ArticleAugustinus Bader – The Essence: Review
I finally tried Augustinus Bader – The Essence, and here is my review after wearing it mornings and evenings for 1 month+. I have combination skin, and I have no patience for a 10-step skincare...
View ArticlePSA Light Up Vitamin C mask review
A lot of people can’t tolerate products with pure L-Ascorbic Acid. A wash-off product with that form of powerful Vitamin C might be great then? Hip up-and-coming skincare brand has released a wash-off...
View ArticleThe History of Sunscreen
The history of sunscreen is full of baffling twists and turns, and full of idiosyncrasies now lost in the torrent of time. We’re #sunscreengeeks here: so, trust us to jump right into the rollercoaster...
View ArticleDon’t make the same Black Friday mistakes I made (last year)
A classic case of “Do as I say, not as did”. Four Black Friday mistakes to avoid. This applies to makeup as well, even if I wrote it especially with the skincare mistakes I made last year (heck, very...
View ArticleBeauty News, Releases and Stories in November
With the new lawsuit against Sephora about “clean” beauty, Robbie William’s skincare brand, Tom Ford Fragrance, the skinification of haircare, the best TV series right now and tunics! On to the beauty...
View ArticleBeauty News, Launches & More in December
Happy new year! I hope all is well with you. Let’s start 2023 with a quick recap of what’s happening in the makeup world – onto the beauty news in December! Beauty News in December As a former lover of...
View ArticleBest of 2022: skincare
As always, these are all products I tried in 2022 for the first time, not products that were released in 2022. Here’s my best of 2022 skincare edition! Skincare reviews – good skincare reviews! – take...
View ArticleSkincare (and makeup) is whatever you want it to be
Skincare is a scam. The beauty industry wants women to feel bad about themselves. Skin doesn’t need skincare products. Beauty culture is toxic. It’s an oppressive tool of the patriarchy!!11 I’m setting...
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