Some time ago, I had a good chat with an old chum from my uni days and we reminisced about how I introduced her to skincare and how she used to complain she had no time to even pop moisturiser on when she became a new mum. I used to tell her that a good yet simple skincare routine doesn’t actually take that long and that it would only take about 5-10 minutes. Of course, things have changed for her and she has more time to devote to her skincare now, but it got me thinking … how long do you spend working on your skincare routine each day?

I wasn’t exaggerating when I told her (and now you) that a simple yet effective skincare routine only takes 5 minutes to do. This doesn’t include cleansing since I cleanse my face in the shower anyway, but from toner to sunscreen, it really just only takes me 5 minutes. Of course, if I had more time, I would purposefully take at least 10-15 minutes to pop everything on and let each product sink in before applying the next. I like to spend a bit more time towards my evening skincare routine than my day but if push comes to shove and I’m really rushing for time, 5 minutes are all it takes.

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CROP’s skincare cropped (boo yah!) into the beauty scene (particularly at Coles supermarkets, where I do my grocery runs) not too long ago and now they’ve even launched a large range of makeup. I haven’t tried much of CROP’s skincare but the ones I have tried (e.g. their Gentle Cleansing Gel and Pure Rosehip Oil) are pretty good. So when I found out they’ve come up with a makeup range too, I was quite excited to see what they’ve come up with.

CROP’s makeup is mostly mineral-based as they have their mineral loose powder, pressed powder, blushes, bronzers and highlighters. Today I’d like to share with you the mineral pressed blush in Bouquet and even though it looks quite nondescript on the compact, it’s actually quite lovely.

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Now if you’ve been downloading free printables from my previous two posts on motivational printable stickers, you’ll know that I had to take the download links down due to copyright issues, much to the disappointment of many of you (very sorry about that!). To be honest, I was very relieved that I only received a slap on the wrist for that one. Geez, what the heck was I thinking?

I received a lot of requests to put the link up again or share something similar again on the blog. So I decided, heck, why not create my own motivational printable stickers instead of just grabbing images off Pinterest? And I did! It’s harder work but it’s much more satisfying.

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