Happy Wednesday, ladies! How’s the week treating you so far? This week’s poll actually reveals something embarrassing about myself, so before you read on, here’s the question: what do you do with expired beauty products? Do you know that almost every skincare product comes with a certain use-by-date logo? Go check your moisturiser, eye cream, [...]

In my trip to the US, I managed to score a lot of Smashbox products at Costco (imagine that!) and Sephora, thanks to Smashbox’s best of beauty kits. I had to be practical, of course; I can’t expect everything in the kits to be fantastic. A goodie I did find though, was the Photo Finish [...]

Find a moisturiser that does double duty. Day formulas should contain a broad spectrum SPF of at least 15, and after that, you can pick your weapon: antioxidants, anti-aging, anti-acne, you name it. Some dermatologists favourites include glycolic acid (which boosts cell turnover), salicylic acid (to comba blemishes), vitamin C, E or green tea (potent [...]

I’ll be honest with you. I was never impressed by makeup by Clinique. Sure I drool over how pretty the holiday collections look, but at the end of the day, I never found the actual makeup appealing. The eyeshadows are sadly paltry in terms of colour payoff, and so are the blushes. Still, I wouldn’t [...]