The debate between natural/organic skincare vs the normal non-botanicalones

(photos sourced from here and here)

The other day when I wrote about my journey to discovering natural skincare, a comment to me caught me by surprise and I'd like to clarify on this blog on why I am on that journey and iron out any misconception if I had ever made it sound like natural/organic products produce better results.

1. Providing options

First of all, as I've shared many times in the span of 1 year, I'm a little frustrated that many good brands and products do not work on my skin in the long term. I find that some of them do give me great results but only for 6 weeks tops. Thereafter I'd see bumps on my skin that's so hard to remove and I just had to look at the ingredients and find out why I keep getting such a reaction.

NEW in the market: Clinique Cheek Pop - irresistible wearable pretty colours in a small simple case.

The Clinique pretty cheek pop blushers must be one of the most spoken topics recently among beauty enthusiasts. This is from my observation as I keep seeing the gorgeous colours highlighted in exciting reviews and beauty swatches of blogs and instagram accounts. So, when I was asked by the PR people of Clinique which colour I'd like to try, it totally made my day :)

I picked Berry pop from the 4 vibrant and wearable shades available to us. I must admit that despite having read many reviews before, the excitement got to me and after I chose the colour, only then did I realise that I may have chosen a strong colour. According to the review of a friend and prolific blogger I look up to, the colour may be a little intense and can be overdone if not applied sparingly.

Jurlique Balancing Day Cream & Herbal Recovery Night Cream - botanical charms of Australia.

I especially like the packaging of this particular Jurlique product. The Balancing Day Cream comes in a slender 40ml or 125ml tubes and it is such a joy to use.

Clinique Repairwear Laser Focus reformulated - smooths, restores, corrects.

I was thrilled to be given the opportunity to try out a bottle of the Repairwear Laser Focus serum which went through a reformulation.

According to Clinique, they've collated feedback from users of the original serum and based on the feedback they've made some adjustments to their formula to enhance the efficacy of the product. This is a quality that many luxury skincare brands would practice to maintain the quality of their products and how they would grow together with their users and potential users according to times and needs.

Beauty tips for beautiful skin could just mean keeping it simple.

I got this book at my matriculation batch reunion in mid-November 2013 and cannot thank the person in charge of prizes and goodies enough. She probably got this during a fire sale at Popular Bookstore as the price tag reads just RM5 but the contents of this book is very relevant and priceless. Simple tips but relevant. The best thing was winning this in a quiz and she specifically picked this book to be given to me and I must say I love friends who know me this well that I'm able to come home with such a gem.