BeautyBlog67-Skin Care 101

Hey Lovelies!

Part 2 of Beauty 101 coming right at ya! Sorry for the delay! Here are my go to skin care products + a bit more!

Disclaimer: I have oily combination skin so the majority of these products are targeted my skin type! I do however, try to give other suggestions.

As you may know, if you've been following my blog for a while, I simply love my Cetaphil cleanser. I raved about it several times! (My skin care routine and Five Fab Favorites) It's great for any kind of skin - it doesn't really lather but it cleanses really well! You can find this at CVS 7-9 dollars. Enough for several months and I'm never going back to Clinique soap!

BTW: Before using my Cetaphil, I always remove my make up with a baby wipe so the soap can really cleanse the skin! The trick to perfect skin without make-up break outs!

I also love LUSH! (Shout-out to AC for introducing me to this amazing brand) So if you're able to get your hands on anything LUSH then be sure to check out their face products! I love Dark Angels but it's for oily skin only - check out Angels on bare skin or any of the other amazing body/bath products like bath boms, bath melts and soaps! Makes bath time fun and luxurious;)

You can order LUSH products from the UK to DK from this website lush.co.uk

These are some other YouTube hyped products I've either tried out or is dying to try out!

Purity Made Simple Cleanser - I think it's like Cetaphil (the expensive 20 dollar version) but I still wanna try it out to see what all the fuss is about! It can only be bought at Sephora or Ulta in the U.S.

Since I have a special fondness for all things Ole Henriksen I have also been eyeing his Three Little Wonders kit but it is 70 dollars in the U.S. and probably outrageously expensive in Denmark! I don't understand why Danes cannot buy Ole's products from his U.S. online store! BTW: I used to loooove his little green lip balm - retails for around 15 dollars.

Another YouTube hyped favorite is the Fresh Soy Cleanser, which I really wanna give a try. Normally, foam cleansers are not great for my skin but it has improved and loads of people say it's the bomb... Additionally, their Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment is getting a lot of attention on blogs and YouTube.

Always wanted to try Kiehl's. I've heard many good things about their shampoos, their lip balms and of course their Creme De Corps. Did any of you try any of their products? Please let me know if I should give it a chance!?

I've dreamt of getting the Clarisonic Mia ever since I first saw it reviewed on YouTube. I've been using the Neutrogena Wave cleanser (check out my review here) but it broke and now I'm saving up for a CM - but 200 dollars...!?

For facial moisturizer I use my beloved Laniege skin care products. AND I still swear by the Clinique Dramatically Different Lotion for extra moisture. I am also in love with the Clinique All About Eyes creme! Give it a try. You will love it!

However, here are a few drug store face lotions I've heard a lot of good things about:

Neutrogena Healthy Skin Face Lotion SPF 15
Clean and Clear Finishes Pore Perfecting Moisturizer
Aveeno Positively Radiant Daily Moisturizer Spf 30

Drugstore must have face-scrubs/masks/suggestions!

Queen Helene Mint Julep Mask - again check out my mini review - it's a must have...! 3 dollars. Think you may be able to find it online on ebay or so.

St. Ives Blemish And Blackhead Control Apricot Scrub - if this is too harsh for your skin then try the one for sensitive skin! I love this products but have been using my Dark Angels instead, since my St. Ives ran out!

Clean and Clear products! Used them back in 2001 and found them too teenage-like but when I got back on the wagon in 2008 they had improved and have a lot of great affordable products. Very much a cheaper version of Neutrogena products now also sold in Denmark! I got a face scrub from Føtex. Recently I was sent the MORNING BURST® In-Shower Facial by a wonderful friend in the U.S. and I can really recommend this if you can get your hands on it

Last but not least I love the Biore Deep Cleansing Pore Strips - great for removing black/white heads!

So that was it for my skin care 101

Hope you liked it!

Any questions or comments are very very welcome - just leave them below!

xoxo
msbeautyblogger

BeautyBlog66-2010 Summer Hype: EOS Lipbalm

Hey Lovelies!

So this post will be about one of the major 2010 summer hype-products - the EOS Lip Balm Smooth Sphere.



The little egg shaped packaging has had beauty-addicts like myself going Gaga all summer. Unfortunately, EOS (Evolution Of Smooth) sphere lip balms are not sold in Denmark, so I luckily had a friend (thanks Katrine!) bring me one back from the US of Amazing A! However, they can be ordered online on ebay and amazon. If you're living in Denmark EOS can be bought through nicehair.dk





So - I'm not gonna lie - I bought this lip balm because of the packaging, the unique shape of the lip balm itself and a bit beacuse of all the hype it has gotten on beauty blogs and YT this summer. I got the Summer Fruit and I'm hopefully soon getting my hands on the Lemon Drop, which has been sold out everywhere. The Summer Fruit smells really sweet and fruity - albeit it has a bit of a artificial scent in the beginning until it's broken in.

I really love this product already - it really moisturizes my (very easily dried and chapped) lips! It smells great, I love the smooth, soft rubbery-like packaging and it comes in four different versions - Summer Fruit, Sweet Mint, Honeysuckle Honeydew and Lemon Drop. The price: 3.29 US Dollars in CVS or similar drugstore - however they range anywhere from 5 to 10 dollars online so if you have a friend in the U.S., who can send it to I'd highly recommend that.

You can check YouTube Beauty Guru and TV News Anchor Emily Noel's EOS review here!

Also, I'm not the only one loving this product...



By the way, EOS claims to be "95% organic, 100% natural, and paraben and petrolatum free. Packed with antioxidant-rich vitamin E, soothing shea butter and jojoba oil, eos keeps your lips moist, soft and sensationally smooth."

xoxo
msbeautyblogger


(Photos: evolutionofsmooth.com, amazon.com, wordpress.com)

BeautyBlog65 - 25 Question Tag

Hi my darlings!

I wanted to do this random 25 question tag going around YT amongst my favorite beauty gurus - so you can all get to know me a little bit more - on things non-beauty-related;)

Here we go - feels like we're on a first date;)

1. Do YOU HAVE ANY PETS?
No but I really want a dog! A red-brownish little daschund!

2. NAME 3 THINGS THAT ARE PHYSICALLY CLOSE TO YOU.
My iPhone, a scented candle, and both the Brothers & Sisters S1 and Gossip Girl S2 dvds:)

3. WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE RIGHT NOW?
Pretty nice! No rain, sunny and hopefully a balmy 20+ degrees (celsius)

4. DO YOU DRIVE? IF SO, HAVE YOU CRASHED?
I drive but hopefully, I have never crashed.

5. WHAT TIME DID YOU WAKE UP THIS MORNING?
Around 8 AM

6. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SHOWERED?
This morning:)

7. WHAT WAS THE LAST MOVIE YOU SAW?
OMG...I saw this really bad chick romance flick called 'No Reservations' a few nights ago. Catherine Zeta-Jones and Aaron Eckhart play chefs and she also gets custody of her sister's daughter. Very very chick flick and I'm embarrassed to say I did shed a tear or two:) Besides 'Sex and the City 2', the last movie I saw in the movie theater was 'Armadillo' about a Danish platoon in Afghanistan.

8. WHAT DOES YOUR LAST TEXT MESSAGE SAY?
My last text was from a former high school class mate, who would not be able to make it to our high school reunion in three weeks. He has an exam during that weekend so I wished him the best so the last text simply says 'Thank you'.

9. WHAT'S YOUR RINGTONE?
It's the generic iPhone 'Old Phone' ringtone.

10. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A DIFFERENT COUNTRY?
Yes, I've travelled quite a bit on several continents. I've been to the U.S several times, Africa, Asia and of course Europe.

11. DO YOU LIKE SUSHI?
It's my favorite kind of food!

12. WHERE DO YOU BUY YOUR GROCERIES?
Depends. Since I'm still a poor student I tend to shop at Netto and although I'm not fanatic about it, I really like organic items. I must say I miss the Whole Foods I lived across from in Washington D.C. - all organic store!

13. HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN MEDICATION TO HELP YOU FALL ASLEEP FASTER?
Once - an herbal kind of medication but I generally do not like any kind of medication and although I sometimes suffer from insomnia, I never take sleeping pills.

14. HOW MANY SIBLINGS DO YOU HAVE?
I am adopted and I have one adoptive brother and five biological siblings.

15. DO YOU HAVE A DESKTOP OR A LAPTOP?
Laptop - I love my MAC White MACBook.

16. HOW OLD WILL YOU BE TURNING ON YOUR NEXT BIRTHDAY?
28 - I know I'm gettin' oooooold;)

17. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS OR GLASSES?
Nope!

18. DO YOU COLOR YOUR HAIR?
Never have. I kind of fear the never ending circle if I begin coloring my hair - besides of all things beauty related hair was never my big interest.

19. TELL ME SOMETHING YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO TODAY.
Besides working on my master's thesis, I will be looking forward to a visit from a BFF of mine! We haven't seen each other all summer - we've both been travelling the world, so we are catching up big time tonight!

20. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
Besides the movie the other day and the lousy movie, I cried last when I saw my brother reunite with his biological family in Korea.

21. WHAT IS YOUR PERFECT PIZZA TOPPING?
Veggies and chicken/beef. Important: Only one kind of meat on my pizza, please!

22. DO YOU PREFER HAMBURGERS OR CHEESEBURGERS?
Hamburgers. Although I like a bit of cheese when it is used in dishes like pizza or lasagna I do not like cheese very much!

23. HAVE YOU PULLED AN ALL NIGHTER?
Yes, at Ohio University I pulled a couple of them...

24. WHAT IS YOUR EYE COLOR?
Brown.

25. CAN YOU TASTE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PEPSI & COKE?
I wanna say I can but I usually only drink Diet Coke and don't like the taste of regular coke. So I can taste the difference between Diet and Regular but I really don't know if I can taste the difference between Diet Coke and Pepsi Max...

OK - just a little randomness;)

Hope you're all doing very well - please leave a comment letting me know what you'd like to read, know, learn more about on my little blog!

kisses
msbeautyblogger