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The other day a personal trainer I know was confused. She had signed up a new client, but they had asked if they could just put their sessions on hold for a few weeks as they were having her eyebrows microbladed. This confused said trainer as she couldn’t work out…
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Yes, that’s right. Beauty products made specifically for exercisers have arrived. Now I know you might be looking at me as if I’ve fallen for a big pile of marketing hype, but stick with me here, there’s good stuff behind the gimmick. The range is by a company called Mio…
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It’s not often that I would dedicate a blog post to a week in the life of my feet – but they have had a fairly exciting time recently as I decided to try a pair of Footner exfoliating socks. That’s right – socks that pedicure your feet. How genius…
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Beauty products aren’t normally surprising. Normally, they are, at most, interesting, sometimes they’re sticky let downs – but Douvall’s Argan Oil was different; The story goes as follows… Douvall’s is a company set up by a woman called Alicia Douvall. She’s an ex-glamour model and best known in the UK…
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I don’t normally read the Daily Telegraph – it’s one of those big papers that make me shouty as I try and fold them, but today I was researching something and I ended up on their website only to discover a fascinating article on nipple tattooing – now renamed as…
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Brief Recap – last year I tested the first High Street DNA test for skin from London’s The Organic Pharmacy. While I found the science fascinating I wasn’t massively impressed with it as a product for its price. They only tested for one gene variant (the one that says how fast, or…
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So, after my nose-vibrating ‘exfoliation with toothbrush’ experience the other day I have finally managed to purchase batteries and use a proper cleansing brush called the Ayvo. Billed as the Clarisonic’s budget rival the Ayvo is a rotating brush that you use with your cleanser to get deep down into…
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Okay, so this is weird. Yesterday I exfoliated my face with an electric toothbrush – and I’m not totally sure why. I’m pretty sure I read about this idea in a magazine this weekend – and that it was recommended by a dermatologist – but, when I went through all…
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There are benefits to having ash blonde hair and slightly olive skin (my natural colouring) – you can get away with leaving a couple of extra weeks on your roots if you need to, when you do go, it doesn’t take too long to go blonde again (I hate the…
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As I said in my first post back from my holiday, my first evening in Japan was spent on a mission. I was going to the beauty department of a store called Tokyu Hands and my mission was to buy goodies the likes of which I’d never seen before. Top…
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