Shopping!

I have very important guests coming over so I made a tiny splurge and invested in The Body Shop's Pomegranate and Raspberry home and linen spray. Might be slightly too sweet but I like it :). TBS has a 20% off at the moment. But even still - it's so much cheaper elsewhere, i.e. UK. Goes for £6 in UK but full price in Estonia is almost £10.

Also bought Dr.Hauschka's tester of their light version of the Rose Day Cream. My skin is acting up lately and probably needs little pampering. The small 5 gr tube will last me a month (55 kr) and is a good size for traveling.

The little jar on the left is a liquid foundation from Lumene's Natural Code series that was said to be very light: Vanilla. Since I cant really spot the place on my arm where I swatched it, I guess it's true :). The saleslady got really carried away and I think there's 4-7 uses in the little jar. I only asked for one... Thank you :)

I think I also saw some note there stating that this (seasonal product) is so cheap (109 kr if I remember correctly) only because it's being discontinued :S.

And here's an EOTD too, using TKB's Radiant Gold in inner corners, Grape Parfait in outer corners, Hilite Gold in the middle of the lid, also used for blending the purple outwards from the crease and to cover the eye liner pencil. Foundation was Archetype Cosmetics' Yellow Beige in level 1 (it worked miracles today, trust me on this...). EDM's Pearl Sunlight is under the eyes and on the browbones, very light mascara application because it's rainy today - trying to minimize potential pandaness :D.

 Today I used Dr. Scheller's moisturizer instead of the usual jojoba oil and I did not let it set enough... foundation looks a bit heavy.

The Body Shopil on 20% ale 9.-11. septembrini, meigitoodetele on ale veel isegi 30%, kasutasin juhust ja hankisin endale magusalõhnalise multifuntktsionaalse kodulõhna. Kanepi-kätekreemi austajad peaksid samuti kärmelt sammud poe poole seadma ;).

Nahk on viimasest kuust saati kaunis jube, vaatasin sellele vahelduseks ka midagi kallist ja kompleksset: Hauschka kerge roosikreemi (Hauschka testreid müüakse nii 45-55 kr tk, nt Stockmannis ja Kaubamajas), loodetavasti läheb lööve varsti alla :S.

Kõige vasakpoolsem totsik pildil on täidetud Lumene Natural Code heledaima jumestuskreemiga Vanilla, mis, üllatus-üllatus - ongi hele! Vähemalt oma käel ma küll seda kohta ei erista, kuhu kreemi kandsin :). Müüja läks mulle testrit andes veidi hoogu ja pani päris palju toodet. Ainuke tõrvatilk meepotis tundub olevat asjaolu, et Natural Code sari võib peatselt tootmisest maha minna - jumestuskreem oli 109 kr peale alla hinnatud, halb märk... 

Skin during winter

It was -15 degrees Celcius this morning, quite cold. I wrap myself in my scarf but still the cold gets through - especially the skin around the eyes looks like crap. As I step through the door I look as if suffering from a serious skin condition - red patches under the eyes.

Unfortunately I forgot to take a FOTD but - there's still time tomorrow. Skin suffers a lot right now - needs special heavy creams in the evening (got a tester of Dr. Hauschka's quince cream just for this, the rose cream was already sold out) and careful moisturization, gets flaky otherwise. Oil cleansing method is the way to go right now - no soaps whatsoever allowed. And absolutely no water on the face in the morning! The skin's own sebum is the best thing for skin when it's this cold outside, all cleansing procedures must be kept for the evening.

The cold wave is here to stay until Christmas at least. The good thing is - it's not cloudy! We can actually see the Sun!



PS! I am aware that I do not use the Dr. Hauschka products as they were intended - Hauschka's entire skin care routine is exactly the opposite - the cream should be applied in the morning and no products used when going to bed...

Kõikse olulisem - leida hea niisutaja (Moisturizers)

MMU puhul on naha eelnev niisutamine kogu asja A ja O (kui just pole tegu eriti rasvase nahaga teismelisega), kuid nahk ei tohi puudri pealekandmise ajal rasvane ega märg olla - puuder ei jaotu ühtlaselt, jääb plekkidena nahale ja selle pärastine hajutamine on kohe lausa rõõm :S. Rääkimata sellest, et pintslid muutuvad rõvedaks ja neid peab pidevalt pesema.

Peale usinat kodulehtede lugemist nagu see ülimalt creepy SkinDeep koduleht, mis loetleb kõik tootes sisalduvad ained ja annab neile hinnangu, olen ma kohe kuramuse ettevaatlik kosmeetikatoodete ostmisel.

Vaatame siis, kuivõrd kõrged punktid saab tundlikule nahale mõeldud Apotheker Schelleri rahustav päevakreem vetikate ja rohelise teega. Tuleb välja, et see andmebaas seda toodet ei tunnegi, keegi pole seda veel review'da viitsinud...

Koostisosadest on vaid Tocopherol kergelt kantserogeenne - suhteliselt ohutu kreem ja see on ju tore aga MIKS ta kurat nahka ei imendu? Glütseriin on vist süüdi. Tuleb uus niisutav kreem otsida. (too oily)



Järgmisena Weleda saialille-hoolduspiim. Andmebaasi järgi võivad need looduslikud koostisosad põhjustada allergilisi reaktsioone kuid midagi eriti jälki ei tundu sisaldavat.
Hilisem lisandus: ostsin, proovisin - ei imendu, jääb väga õline (öökremina peale kandes saab veel hommikul seda õli vatiga maha nühkida)... tuleb järgmisena testida geeljaid, mitte õli baasil tehtud niisutajaid. Lähen küsin loodustoodete poest kreemide testreid, enam põrsast kotis küll ei osta. (omg, oily)




Kuigi naftakeemia on kaka-päh, pole ma seni veel kohanud meigieemaldajat, mis võtaks ripsmetuši kiiremini ja puhtamalt maha kui Johnsoni "bad boy" beebiõli... (the best eye makeup remover)









Sõbrants soovitas Dr. Hauschkat ja kinkis testridki: roosi päevakreem ning küdoonia päevakreem. Mõlemad imenduvad ülikiiresti ja ei jäta nahale õlikihti. Roosikreem lõhnab hullutavalt hästi. Kui see otsas, proovin küdoonia oma. (excellent, quickly absorbed by the skin but fiendishly expensive)


October 22, 2008
I now have a new friend, smells (strongly) like vanilla and feels great on the skin: Joik's goat milk based luxurious body lotion. So far so good. Unfortunately their homepage is in Estonian only... :S

I'd love to promote their stuff in other forums too, I am so pleased.





February 7th, 2009

Bought another Joik product - face cleansing oil. Perfect during the winter. Contains only natural oils and comes with 2 sponges.
It is applied all over the face on the makeup, massaged gently and then rinsed off using the sponges soaked in hot water. There is a separate product for removing eye makeup, that's a little gentler and more moisturizing.
Sometimes I use it as the morning moisturizer too - as the weather outside is something between -3 and -12 degrees I cannot possibly use the water-based goat milk moisturizer.