Winter skincare regimen, and tips (Part 1)

If you did not know, I am a naturopath, I try to incorporate as many organic brands as I can and I try to use as little products as possible. I have a personal belief that wearing skincare that includes nasties like “alcohol”, “fragrance”, sodium laureth sulfate” defeats the whole point of “skin care”. The staple items I use for facial skincare are moisturiser, cleanser, suncream and serum. My skin philosophy is that if I am not going outside I avoid putting anything on my skin besides water and I allow my skin’s natural oil do the moisturising, and your skin’s natural oil is the best moisturiser that caters to your skin pH and type.

I should first tell you that I have combination/oily skin before I start recommending you products, just so you can have a good idea what skincare is best suited for your skin type. During the colder months my skin is a mixture between oily and dry, it’s mostly dry when it has been exposed to windy weather. (Tip: UV rays are particularly stronger during rainy days, so apply suncream!).

No matter what the weather or how lazy I am I make sure I apply suncream at all cost when going outside! I think cancer in my family is a genetic trait so I am absolutely afraid of the sun especially living in a country where the risk of skin cancer is especially high, therefore I lather my self with suncream and reapply every few hours. I use two types of suncream and I interchange for some variation. I use the Essential-C Day Moisture Broad Spectrum 30+ and its infused with vitamin C and the second is to help prevent wrinkling and ageing, I use anti-ageing formulas because I find them to be a lot more gentle than the formulas for teenage skin, Total effects Anti-Aging Daily moisturizer SPF 15 with SolaSheer Technology.

For cleanser, i’m currently loving Skin Resurfacing cleanser by Dermalogica, the only downside is that it has alcohol ingredients disguised as words like Citronellol and Benzyl PCA. But on the contrary it does have a list of appealing and very natural ingredients such as Capric Triglycerides which is a fatty acid a factor that could restore skin’s youthfulness and plumpness and Aniba Rosaeodora, Rosewood Oil and Perlagonium Graveolens that are all plant derivatives.

 

(part 2 is coming soon…)

 

 

Aveda’s Rosemary Mint

I’ve nearly finished the bottle and want to buy a second one. I’m absolutely in love with Aveda’s skin care range especially with their Rosemary Mint body lotion. It has a refreshing sensation which leaves a cooling effect on the skin and it’s very revitalising and relaxing. It’s ideal for days where you just want to rewind on a hot summers day.

It has an acquired scent but the cooling effect on the skin is so overpowering and lush it could even put a baby to sleep! As for the hydrating effect it does its job fairly well. I get really dry itchy skin on windy days and usually wearing Aveda’s body lotion once would keep me hydrated for a week. My skin literally drinks it up.

Do I recommend this? Heck yes!

Tom Ford reds

I’ve recently being loving Tom Ford’s lipsticks. I’ve tried the True Coral, Wild Ginger, Cherry Lush, Scarlet Rouge and Crimson Noir. My verdict is that all the shades are absolutely beautiful and depending on your skin tone it colour matches perfectly. I have a friend who tried the True Coral and has a more paler skin tone and it looked so luxurious on her! I tried the Scarlet Rouge since I have a much warmer skin tone and had a yellow undertone and it was the perfect match for my skin colour.

Wild Ginger is a vibrant orange red shade and it looked fabulous in the tube and I wished I was able to pull off a colour like that… But I digress, my verdict on the quality of the lipstick is that although it is extremely rich and creamy it isn’t very long lasting. I recommend using a lip primer or blotting away the moisture and leaving only the pigment if you’d like it to stay on for a very long time.

It is very pricey for a lipstick even as a designer lipstick. But the exterior of the lipstick tube is very durable and very classy. I am the type of person who prefers to invest in good quality things and I don’t buy makeup often either (perhaps, twice a year) so when I do buy makeup I make sure the shade and quality is good enough to splurge on.

 

 

 

 

 

In love with Kjaer Weis

I’ve always been a fanatic about clean and organic skincare and makeup and recently i’ve come across this brand which really helped with giving a dewy and healthy complexion while being completely natural. I have very sensitive skin towards makeup but this definitely allowed my skin to breathe and it does not feel too heavy on the skin either.

I haven’t tried the foundation yet but i’ve been loving the lip tint and blush. It’s in a cream formula and the consistency is to die for and it’s nothing compared to the dried patchy consistency of Bobbie Brown’s cream based makeup.

I’ve currently being using the lip tint in ‘passionate’ which is a warm raspberry red and it diffuses perfectly with my natural lip colour but it also gives it the extra depth in colour which I love!

 

And the blush in ‘sun touched’. My skin has a yellow undertone so I was weary about buying this type of shade because it’s a bronze colour but it shows more as a peachy brown on the skin.