Hair removal : last post

I promise this post is the last one about hair removal. But I thought it could be interesting to distinguish what I used where

- for bikini line: sugar wax from Marocco. Once you know how to use it, it is fast easy and perfect and it costs nothing. You can even make your own!
- for the tighs : sometimes with an electrical device or cold wax because it is less messy than the hot version.

And to explain the picture:

-for legs and armpits : no!no! and nothing else. Well if I go for a vacation abroad where I can not plug my stuffes, I go for hot wax in a beauty salon but otherwise it is no!no!.
How does it work? Well it is an electronic device with hot blades (not cutting ones, it is not a razor) that locate hairs (up to 1 mm) and flash it. The heat propagates through the hair to the root and kill it.
So it is a bit smelling as the hairs litteraly burn (grilled pork I will say), it is a bit time consuming and it takes time to get used to it and make it work as its full potential. The hair removal lasts about a week and hairs grow back like after shaving but less strong.

Pros : - absolutely no ingrown hairs
- fewer and fewer hairs (I have patches on my legs free of hairs now)
- not painful at all

Cons : - the funky smell
- it is a bit time-consuming
- you have to have used it for a while to see a diminution in hair density
- the hot blades and buffer are a bit hard to find. Anyway now they are sold online at many places.

Price: 199€ at Sephora but you can buy it abroad for cheaper. It is pricey but efficient enough in my point of view.

What I like the most about it, is the fact you can use it laid on the coach, eating popcorn and watching TV at the same time. It is not the discovery of the world but it has the same advantages as shaving without any of the drawbacks.

That is it...
See ya :)

Eye palettes from China

Well, one of my few readers, Lullaby (hi you!), was wondering about these Chinese palettes and more specifically, about its content. Why?
Because they are super cheap and the color pay off is really good for the price. So all in all, they are very attractive and it sounds too good to be true.

Where can you buy them? Well several places as they are mass-produced in China. They are sold by Coastal Scents in the US, Zoeva in Germany and on Ebay directly from Hong Kong.

Do I have ever tried one of them? I personnally own 5 of them (both 88, the neutral, the neutral+blushes and one made of shimmery baked eyeshadows). I bought the first one at Coastal Scents and the 4 others at Zoeva. I try to avoid buying stuffes at CS as they tend to be rude to their customers. They all come from the same place, a dark plant in China.

Will these e/s cause sensitivity or allergy?
I can just talk of my personal case. I have not encountered any inconvenience with those. They are easy to remove and do not irritate my eyes. And I do have sensitive eyes.

Anyway are there heavy metals in there like mercury or lead?
I have no way to perform my own chemical analysis of these e/s but they were labels on the ones I bought at Zoeva. So here are the contents displayed on the Zoeva's ones:
-talc, everybody's know about it
-mica, every girl who use mineral makeup is aware of what it is :p
-mineral oil, ok this is paraffin, this thick oil extracted from crude oil
-kaolin, white clay which helps to minimise shine
-titanium dioxide, improve coverage and sunscreen (si si si)
-magnesium stearate, white pigment and moisturising
-isopropyl palmitate, binder
-lanolin, emulsifier and emollient
-methylparaben et propylparaben, preservatives
-BHT or E321, controversial antioxidant
- the other CI numbers are cosmetic colorants; organic, mineral, synthetical or crude oil-derived. All of them are allowed in Europe (I check all of them :p)

So I will say that from this list of contents, nothing worth than in others higher end eyeshadows. Well if you are an organic addict, the contents sound bad and it may be. Anyway according to current regulations they are health-friendly.

No heavy metals to declare as long as the list of contents is reliable. And I tend to be confindent with German information, German people are known for their seriousness.

That's it...
See ya :)

Back to the world

Hi there I am back! Hope you are doing well :)

I have been taking care of my nephew for the past week. I have to reckon that children can be really exhausting but all in all they are funnier above all.
I have not many new beauty-related things to talk about as I tried to make mu skin have a rest during my vacations. My spots and blemishes seem to vanish surely but slowly with the anti-acneic treatment I am now using. Anyway, it has a bad side effect that make my skin becomes really dry so I will perhaps stop using it for a while and come back to it if I break ou again.

I will try to write my first scientific article on the CS palettes, more specifically if they are health safe as they are mass-produced in China.
Apart from that, I will soon send pictures of my strong and healthy nails!!! OMG I am really impressed with brewer's yeast. It sounds like a little miracle to me right now ^^. I will also make a haul of all my new purchases of make up and skincare. I just need to go back to my place and grab my camera as I am now still on vacations at my parent's.

That's it.
See ya :)