favourite blogger of may 2014 - pretty shiny sparkly

Kristina is my first favourite blogger of the month. I wanted to start by giving credit to less 

known blogger/vloggers but she is really one of my first loves and she truly deserves it.

Kristina is a beautiful woman, there is no argument about that. But most of all she seems like the sweetest and most  gentle person, I never met her but would love to. She has great beauty taste and she allows herself to have fun with it . she is the main inspiration for me to start my blog ("still baby blog"). She, like me, is a physician and found some refugee in beauty and pretty shiny sparkly things http://prettyshinysparkly.com in her time of despair. I can totally relate with that, that’s exactly why Im trying with this blog thing. 

Trying to escape and enjoy what's pretty and maybe even meet new nice people.

I guess as both physicians and people that went through a lot we know that there are more important things in life than makeup, but oh, the joy they bring and how important it is to grab on to any piece of joy or beauty you can find.

So thank you Kristina for the inspiration you are, for your beauty inside and out and for making me a bit stronger.

 Check Kristina out on her

 blog http://prettyshinysparkly.com

Vlog https://www.youtube.com/user/prettyshinysparkly

Korres wild rose skin care series

 I Started wearing makeup regularly only in the last 6 month. I still have days of makeup mistakes (my drag queen daysJ ) but I like playing with color. But just in the last 4 month, I realized that if ii also take good care of my skin, the makeup up looks so much better and I need so much less foundation. It also llasts much longer.

In the last few month I tried a lot of products and have kind of a routine, all which I hope to share with you lately.

One set of products is the Korres wild rose series. Korres is a Greek company that is supposed to be more natural ( I say supposed because their soaps have SLS) based on natural products and cruelty free. For me a product from Greece is a turn on, I like to support companies from less known "beauty" capitals, and the fact that its paraben and cruelty free sealed the deal and I decided to try it. Ill add that I have also a thing for 

Roses and rose scent.

I tried 3 products – the face wash, the serum and the moisturizer.

Wild Rose 24-Hour Moisturizing & Brightening Cream – it’s a nice moisturizer, glides nicely on the skin and leaves it soft for many hours. I cant really tell if it brightens because I've been using a lot of different products. I think this would be good for combo to dry skin, on oily skin it might be too greasy. The bad about it – comes in a small container-only 40 ml (most moisturizers are 50ml) and only has  SPF 6. But all in all a good moisturizer for women in their 20-early 30.

Wild Rose Daily Brightening & Refining Buff Cleanser – it’s a very very gentle scrub with tiny grains and leaves my skin nice and soft. There is no drying affect and I really like it. I bought it cause one of my favorite vlogger (essie) recommended it. If you want a nice daily cleanser this would do a great job.

 

Wild Rose Face and Eye Serum – I have an obsession with serums. I love them and the promise of miracles they provide. Miracles hardly happen but they are a nice addition to my skin care routine, and I especially like vitamin C serums as I do believe they brighten my skin. Wild rose is supposed to have a nice amount of vitamin c. I like this serum. Not sure its better then other vitamin c serums that ive tried but it gives my skin a nice feeling and I believe it does improve my skins texture and color over time in addition to my other skin care routine.

 

All in all a nice cruelty free, paraben free cosmetic series that I would give it a 7/10 and would probably buy again. Ah, and they hardly smell like roses

 

Stay kind

 

K

5 NUXE PRODUCTS - A REVIEW

I have a new fetish ( oh well, a few new fetishes) on of them being French pharmacy. Lets make it clear. I've never been to France and have no relation to France or its culture except my love for macaroons.

Still, there is something alluring in French pharmacy, the idea of iconic French beauty and class, the simple but elegant  packaging and the Frenchness of it all.

I started by trying 5 products from NUXE.

I love the fact that they are paraben free and or on the cheaper side of French pharmacy. they are also easly 

bought online so people from around the world can enjoy them.

So lets start the review:

NUXE Lotion Tonique Douce Gentle Toning Lotion – this is a simple toner, that has a great and gentle rose scent that I use every morning. I don’t wash my face in the morning  as I find it drying, so I just tone and continue with my skin care. It is nice, gentle , refreshing and non drying. It doesn’t do much in terms of tightening my pores but I didn’t expect it to. I would buy again although I do want to experiment with other toners as I'm new to the toner world

NUXE Crème Fraiche 24hr Moisturizing Cream  - a nice basic moisturizer, it keep my skin soft and supple but it is has way too much perfume in it (I prefer face creams with no perfume) and it isn’t anything special. It also sadly doesn’t have SPF that in Israel (where I live) is needed. It was ok, but I wont repurchase

 

NUXE Masque Purifiant Doux Clarifying Cream-Mask – I heard rave reviews on this mask and I have to say I was a bit disappointing. It’s a good mask by all means, it feels luxurious and leaves the skin soft and supple but it isn’t anything special , not something that you cant get with other masks, some much cheaper. I might buy it again but it isn’t a holy grail.

 

NUXE BODY Déodorant Longue Durée Long-Lasting Deodorant – I bought this deodorant as I am trying to use more natural deodorants, and this was is paraben free. However, it does contain aluminum which is a shame cause I loved it. All in all its a great deodorant and if you don’t mind aluminum in your deodorant I would recommend. I currently will stay away.

 

NUXE Reve de Miel Gel Nettoyant et Demaquillant Visage Face Cleansing and Make-Up Removing Gel – A very very gentle face cleanser that is surprisingly effective in removing makeup and leaving your skin soft and clean. It's great for sensitive skin or anyone needing a bit of a more gentle cleanser. I love it and I don’t have sensitive skin

I can say I was generally happy with the Nuxe Products; they are all good, even If some aren’t outstanding, and it gives a sense that it is a reliable company. Im defiantly looking forward to trying new products once I get my hands on them

 

Hugs and have a great weekend

 

K