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34452 Mask – Clicks Global Research

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34452 Mask – Clicks Global Research

Ok, I have joined Clicks Global Research with the intention of getting products to review on my website.

This 34452 Mask is the very first product that I have received.  I got it just now 9 September 2017.

I have to start it immediately as I have to complete questionnaire no 1.

I hope this mask will make my ageing skin brighter!

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Day 1

I have just applied the mask at 12:21pm after I have cleanse my face thoroughly with Simple foaming cleanser followed by Nivea gentle Exfoliating scrub.

I applied the mask generously as now I am beginning to feel a little tightening to my face and a little itching between my nose and lips.

It is 12:31, I rinsed off the mask with warm water.  I don’t see much difference, except I feel refreshed and I can still feel a nice tingling to my face.  Nice.

Day 2

Noticed that my face was itchy and had a two or three pimples overnight but surprisingly my skin is brighter.

Apply another coat of the mask.

Yeah, my face is brighter and thank goodness, the pimples did not bother to stay.  They just vanished as quickly as they appeared.

Fringe Benefits, the Bangs

Hair Care

Fashion

Fringe Benefits, the Bangs

Having grown up in the Philippines, I call the fringe as bangs.  The fringe or bangs suits almost everyone.  It can shape your face, it can high a multitude of sins like small forehead or wrinkles. With the right style of fringe, you can lose years of your age 🙂

Being a very young miss in the late 70s, when rollers are the height of hair styling, I have learnt that rolling your bangs can be fatal to your hair-style.  Overly rolled fringe is a no-no.  It has that outer-spacey look 🙂

Deciding to have a fringe can be quite a feat or NOT.  Start off with the longer bangs, below your eyes.  When you have gotten used to it, then shorten it a little bit until you have a style suitable to your needs.

 

Hair Care

Hair Care
Hair Care

Hair Care

Hair Care

Woke up and having a bad hair day?

Try adding a teaspoon of baking soda to your shampoo.

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When to stop colouring grey hair?

When and why is totally up to you but as a guideline, when your hair is 80 percent grey then it might be better to surrender to the greys! 🙂

Soft, Beautiful Hands

Skin Care

4323565-dwie-ręce-kobietThere are many movie stars who are so unbelievably gorgeous but only to be let down by their hands.  The hands can tell on you.

Soft, Beautiful Hands

Angelina Jolie, Madonna and Sarah Jessica Parker have bony and veiny hands.  These probably have to do with their fluctuating weight and in Madonna’s case, her over-exercising.

At a certain age, the  hands become naturally drier and liver spots also known as age spots start to appear at the back of the hands.

Look after your hands and it will look after you.  We owe it to our hands that they are properly cared for.  Often we take them for granted; forgetting how versatile they are, that they complete us as human beings. No other species have”hands’ that are wonderfully made and perfectly formed.  😉

There are many secrets to beautiful hands.  Some of these secrets were regimen practised by many previous generations.  Some are old wives tales and yet some are so obvious, it is overlooked.

Hands that Warm the Heart

Here are my favourites:

1. Wearing of rubber gloves to do the housework, especially washing up, scrubbing surfaces, polishing using the hand, etc.

2. Have some oatmeals at the ready.  Once or twice a day, your hands should be rubbed with oatmeals.  It will whiten the hands as well as make them soft and flexible.

3. Roughened hands can be made softer by rubbing then with almond oil or olive oil before going to bed.

4. To moisturise the hands, generously apply a good moisturising cream in bed, wear glove overnight.  The next morning, the hands will be soft, smooth and moisturised.

5. The length and shape of the nails  should exactly correspond with the tips of the fingers.

6. Biting the nails should be avoided as a dirty and disagreeable habit, and one utterly destructive to their beauty, strength, and usefulness.

7. To remove stains and discolorations of the nails, a little lemon juice or vinegar and water is the best application.

8. The skin, as a rule, should never be cut, pared, picked or torn off, as is commonly done, and the less it is meddled with, otherwise than in the way just mentioned, the better.

Strawberry Foot Scrub Recipe

Home-made beauty products

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As it is summer, strawberries are not at their dearest.  So why not pamper yourself and your feet with strawberries and luxuriate in their opulence.  Afterall, the feet work very hard to support us all day.  They are often neglected but I think, they need tender loving care now and again.

And a good start is a foot scrub.

Below is an easy recipe for a foot scrub.

Strawberry Foot Scrub Recipe

Ingredients:

8-10 ripe strawberries

2 tbsp olive oil

3 tbsp sea salt

Method of preparation:

Mashed the strawberries with the olive oil.

Stir in the sea salt.  Mix thoroughly.

Application:

Apply the scrub to your feet.  Massage to the areas which are particularly rough such as the heels and the ball of the feet. Work it.  Expoliate.  Indulge those feet.

Wash the feet and then dry.

Do not forget to apply foot cream for a thorough pampering.

Wash & Shampoo, the Lowdown

Hair Care
Indian Girl

Indian Girl

I thought it was only me; I find using the same shampoo over and over, no matter how good it is, make my hair lifeless.

I read somewhere from some hairdresser site that the hair get used to the shampoo and once this happens, the hair would not be responding to the bounce and shine that  shampoos are supposed to provide.

I myself have a stock of different shampoos which I alternate using.

There are plenty of celebrities who think that washing and shampooing hair is over-rated.  I think I once read somewhere that Nigella Lawson only washes her hair twice a week.

The young actress, Shailene Woodley said in an interview that she only shampoos her hair once a month.  She likes her hair oily.

Skin Basic Regimen

Relaxation Skin Care Sleep

bath shower

Skin Basic Regimen

From the age of 30, we start to see visible changes to the skin.  At this time a good skin regimen should now be in place.  Gone are the days that you leave your make up on to go to bed, when too tired to do the basic cleansing.

Dryness of the skin begins to appear which means wrinkles are hard on its heels.  Pores are more enlarged.  Skin colours are less vibrant nor supple.  Capilliaries break out.

But having said that with proper care, we can delay the signs of aging.

Here are some of the basic skin care:

Hydration – ensure to drink lots of water; at least two litres a day.  Water flushes out the toxins.

Exercises – it has been found that regular exercises has some therapeutic effects on the body.  The more you exercise, the faster the skin heals itself.

Stop the Stress – Relax; stress makes the skin sag.  It gives you eye bags for starter.

No to Smoking – Next to the punishing effect of too much sun, smoking is aging to the skin.  Smoking can take away your healthy colour, leaving you rather gray.  It also gives premature aging along the mouth and lips; constant pursing of the lips to inhale and exhale a smoke can effect wrinkles.

Sleep – It is when one is asleep that the cells repair themselves.

And the most basic regimen is to CLEANSE, TONE AND MOISTURISE.

DID you know?

The ideal time to moisturise is after having a bath or taking a shower.  Moisturising damp skin ensure that the moistures are locked in.

More skin regimen:

Before you shower, dry brush your body, everywhere you can reach, which a coarse loofah to buff of dead cells and at the same time stimulate your circulation and aid lymphatic drainage.

Home-made Body Scrub

Home-made beauty products

There is a very inexpensive way to smooth-en the body, you do not have to go to salon or buy expensive products when you can easily make your own at home and scent it with whatever scented oil you have got lurking in the back of your cupboard from last Christmas!

The ingredients for a good scrub are already in your food cupboard. 🙂

Salt/Sugar
 

saltplus

Olive Oil

Olive Oil

plus

lavander

Lavender oil

equals

 

 

 

 

 

 

Body Scrub

Ingredients:

1 tbsp olive oil

2 tbsp salt (if running low on salt, use granulated sugar)

3 drops of scented oil (lavander, grapefruit, bergamot, cedarwood, sandalwood, citronella, jasmine, eucaliptus or any of your favourite)

Method of preparation:

Mix the olive oil with the salt or sugar.

Then add a few drops of any of the essential oils you have got in your cupboard or by the bath tub.

Mix it well.

Gently massage over your arms and legs this scented oily salt or sugar.  Give is a vigorous scrub all over before you  hit the shower.

Rinse off with warm water.

You will be left with a supple, soft, clean skin.

Do this once a week.

Beauty Regimen: Face Toner

Skin Care

Beauty Regimen: Face Toner

Toner is the second stage in facial care.  The first being cleansing and the third is moisturing.  

I have to admit, often I bypass this stage.  I cleanse and then slap on the moisturiser, in the morning and just before going to bed.

How important toning is?

Toning is that process that pick up all the residue of the day’s grime that somehow can’t be remove from cleansing.  Toning is buffing the face and neck clean.  It cleans and refreshes the pores which make them ready to receive all the goodness from a good rich moisturiser.

Toning is especially good to use in the morning.  It wakens up the skin and tighten the pores and give you an energised glow especially if the toner has been stored in the fridge.  It is calming, soothing and cooling.

Hairstyle: The Bun

Hair Care

A woman with her hair turned up always looks as if she were going some place – either the opera or the bath.
– Orson Wells

Girl in a bun
Hairstyle: The Bun

The bun is so versatile.  It can be a very sleek ballerina topknot or a sexily messy bun.  A bun can highlight a long graceful neck, the face, the chin, the shoulders.  It gives one an instant elegance.

It is also useful to just keep away the hair from hindering you in doing some chores, like gardening.

A bun is not just a bun!  There are several styles that encapsulate a bun.

How to make a bun:

Comb your hair.  Brush your hair to remove tangles. Finger comb your hair if creating a messy bun.

Pull your hair back.  It is up to you how high it should stay.  It can be a top bun, center of the back of your head or top of your nape.  Make sure that you’ve grab all the strands of your hair in one pull.

Twist your hair into a knot. Take the entire handful of hair and twist it in the same direction, creating a rope-like piece. Then, wrap it onto itself to create a knot-like spiral.  Secure with elastic band and some hairpins.

Finish the look. Use a strong hairspray to keep the hairstyle.  Finally smoothen any loose ends.

You are good to go.
Below is how to make a bun using a chignon foam

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