While I love holidays, I don’t enjoy the process of getting back to exercising when I’m home, especially running. I love getting back to my daily routine but when it comes to running, it’s difficult. It’s baffling because when I’m in Malaysia visiting family and friends, I’d either be running on the treadmill at my in-laws’ home or going for a run at the Botanical Gardens in Penang when I visit my folks. I try my best not to skip out on my runs and workouts and so far, I’d been pretty consistent with my exercises even when it was very warm to want to leave the air-conditioned room.

But for the life of me, I can’t figure out why it’s so hard for me to get back to running without feeling like I want to die when I’m back home in Melbourne. For all intents and purposes, it should be easier because 1) I’m familiar with the routes and 2) the weather is usually far more comfortable to run in compared to the hot and humid temperatures in Malaysia. For some reason, I found it very difficult to get back on the horse and my runs deteriorated. With the decrease of quality runs, my frustration grew and many times, I really wanted to give up.

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Do excuse the lame title for this product review. Obviously my head was in the song. 😛

I’ve never actually heard of Catrice Cosmetics until about a month ago when I was back in Malaysia visiting family and friends. I was doing my usual perusal of Watsons phamarcies and that was when I stumbled upon the brand on one of the shelves. After a bit of Googling, it turns out that Catrice Cosmetics is actually a German brand and is wildly popular in Europe along with the likes of KIKO and Essence. As for Catrice makeup in Malaysia, they come in a variety of styles with very affordable price tags.

At that time, I didn’t know what to get and knowing me, the safest bet would be to try out their blushes. I decided to get the brightest blush I could find and the Illuminating Blush’s design caught my eye. The Coral Me Maybe swatched pretty sheer but as I was in a hurry, I figured I’d just pop it in my shopping basket and give it a real go when I’m back home in Melbourne.

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This eye cream came in a Caroline Hirons Cult Beauty Box that I’d gotten months ago. The items in the box were personally curated by Ms Hirons herself and this eye gel came highly recommended. At that time, it was just about summer and it was great timing because this cool eye gel was a welcomed treat around the eyes.

However, the more I used it, the more unimpressed I got. Okay, maybe unimpressed is a tad strong a word because it didn’t cause any adverse reactions on my skin. With that alone, I ought to have liked this eye gel. It’s not a crappy eye gel, really, but it’s really not that great either despite the rave reviews.

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