My Top 8 Beauty Finds of 2014

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It’s the end of 2014 and it’s gone by so quickly! I decided to do a round-up of my favourite products I discovered this year – I tried a LOT of products, so these are the best of the best! La Roche-Posay Cicaplast – This has been amazing for my chapped areas. It’s soothing and protects raw skin until it’s …

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ulta3 Eye Shadow & Blush Palette review

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I’ve been really impressed with ulta3’s new products lately – ulta3 Eye and Cheek palette is my new favourite! I’ve been meaning to review this for ages, and only got around to it now. It’s housed in an elegant-looking, glossy black square palette with a satisfying heaviness, and a deep solid click when it closes. I think packaging is really …

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The Science Behind Massage

If you’re like me, Christmas is 1/3 food, 1/3 fun and 1/3 hair-tearing stress. Gift-buying, feast-cooking and end-of-year deadlines – it gets pretty overwhelming come mid-December! If tea-drinking, baths and stress balls aren’t cutting it, it might be time to step up to a professional massage, which has lots of health benefits according to science! How to tell if you’re …

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Konjac Sponge Review: Ecotools and Kuu

I’m a big fan of physical exfoliation – while I love chemical exfoliation, my skin is really receptive to a good polishing every once in a while. My long-time favourites have been peeling gels and cleansing brushes, but after listening to the good folk at Skincare Addiction rave about konjac sponges, I had to try them for myself. Konjac is …

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Healite II – Low Level Light Therapy

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I was recently invited to the gorgeous Lite Luxe salon in Double Bay to try my first laser skin treatment. It would be a Low Level Light Therapy (LLLT) session that would take 11 minutes, and promised to be “painless, non-invasive, risk free”. Initially, I was a bit dubious and slightly frightened (in my head there would be lightsabers caressing …

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Do oils make your skin less oily? The myth of rebound oil

You’ve probably seen the concept of rebound oil production, or reactive seborrhea: “shampoos… strip the scalp of its natural oils and cause the scalp to overproduce oil to compensate” “our skin naturally regulates perfect oil production” “your skin will have to adjust to producing less oil” “the oil tells the skin it’s no longer drying out, which helps to control …

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Easy Waxing? Waxaway Aquawax Roll On Kit review

I’ve been too lazy to deal with the whole hubbub of waxing – carrying hot wax from the microwave to the bathroom and trying to slather it on with a paddle pop stick is something I can only be bothered doing twice a year. I’d given up on waxing entirely and gave away all my remaining wax when I saw …

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Lip and Eye from Mary Kay

Mary Kay have some exciting new colour products out – I’ve been lucky enough to road test them! Here’s what I thought…   Cream Eye Colors I am a huge fan of Maybelline’s Color Tattoo range so I was excited to see that Mary Kay have released some too. There are 4 colours out: Meadow Grass – grassy green Coastal …

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