I sometimes think that there ought to be a course on How To Pop Your Pimples properly – yes yes, like waving a “Sale” sign in my face, I know that you should not squeeze or aggravate any spots on your face, but (pun intended) face it, everyone does it. There’s really no resisting the … Continue reading
Contrary to some other “beauty bloggers” that swatch/try a product for a few times and call it a review, I actually do subject my skin to an enormously large amount of products. Sadly, I don’t have any DNA from elephants, so I don’t have a thick hide that’s immune to breakouts. On the bright side, … Continue reading
Now I’ve been a fan of La Roche-Posay since many years back, when I first started working at CLEO in 2009 and discovered this brand whilst excavating for products in our beauty stash. La Roche-Posay Effaclar Duo+ From their website – these are their claims: After 24 hours: imperfections look visibly less red*. … Continue reading
Since I’m ball-less (literally and figuratively), I couldn’t bring myself to do any invasive treatments (not even fillers), so instead of that, I decided that I would go try out facial treatment services at CNP Skin Laser Clinic / CNP Skin Clinic upon the recommendation of my Korean girlfriend. It turned out to be so … Continue reading
And here is one instance where longer isn’t better – the name of the product. Vichy Normaderm Tri-Active Anti-Imperfection Hydrating Care is just too much of a mouthful and too much to remember, even for a beauty junkie like me. When my friends ask me what I use, I just start gesticulating vaguely and mouth of … Continue reading
I’ve always liked Vichy products for a wide variety of reasons. The packaging is pretty enough to attract my attention, and yet serious-looking enough to appear effective. Plus, when you actually tried the products, they actually worked. I also loved the fact that it drove my colleagues crazy back during my CLEO days whenever they … Continue reading
When I was young and fresh and somewhat of a nubile young thing, I suffered major pimple breakouts like any other angsty teenager. I even had pimples (or acne) all the way down my neck. It was like love bites from very angry and blind mosquitoes. I remember piling on the pimple cream like mad, … Continue reading
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