I’ve been a sucker for rice-based beauty products, ever since I tried Komenuka Bijin Cleansing Powder made of rice bran. I’m currently using Nature Republic Fresh Farm Rice Foam Cleanser and have seen results, on the other end of the price spectrum, with the sake-derived SK-II Pitera skincare….
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I first learnt of Sonia Kashuk from an international beauty forum more than ten years ago. There, I befriended a makeup lover from the US (*waves* Carolyn D.!), who sent me not only Sonia Kashuk makeup sets in swaps but also the brushes with the soft lavender blue…
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Remember Modern Mercury? Here’s Topaz Chameleon, a warmer counterpart to that beautiful highlighter. Part of the Estée Lauder Topaz Spring 2012 collection, this striking palette seems more summer than spring but like the latter season, it’s a discovery in itself.
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My dear friend Iris often brings back beauty goodies for me from her overseas trips but when she gave me a few baby products after a sojourn in France, I was especially touched. Among the items I received from her was Bioderma ABCDerm H2O Micelle Solution, a cleanser…
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Here’s a peek at Dior Vernis in 579 Plaza, a striking hot pink nail lacquer whose name was inspired by the legendary Hotel Plaza Athénée situated near the House of Dior on Avenue Montaigne in Paris.
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Not long ago, my friend and beauty blogger Joey gave me a bottle of Bioderma’s popular micellar cleansing water, singing its praises as she did so. She loves it for makeup removal and enjoys its clean feel. “Like water,” she told me. She also gave me Bioderma Dermatological…
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I recently finished a 15 ml sample bottle of this cleanser, a gwp I’d received when I made a Guerlain purchase. Promising to smooth and soothe, this eye and lip makeup remover from Guerlain is a bi-phase (oil + water) emulsion, formulated to gently remove more tenacious makeup.
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