Amarya Beauty Box-September

Received my September Amarya box! I was so surprised and so eager to know what is inside when the postman gave me this big Amarya box.

Here's the content of my box:

Dr.Hauschka Daily Face Care Kit (for normal, dry and sensitive skin)

This kit contains the following products:
Cleansing Cream (10g)
Cleansing Milk (10ml)
Facial Toner (10ml)
Moisturizing Day Cream (5ml)
Quince Day Cream (5g)
Rose Day Cream (5g)

Also there is a Dr.Hauschka 's Catalogue included in the box, which provides the detailed information about the brand and its products. I am really happy to receive this kit, which is included from cleanser, tone to moisturise. Can't wait to try them.

Herbfarmacy Lip Conditioner (6g) This lip balm contains herb Marshmallow and specially made vanilla infused oil, which is great for lip softener and conditioner. This brand is new to me and I will put this lip balm in my handbag and see how it works.

A great beauty box! Start looking forward to my next one....

Did you get an Amarya Box this month? What do you think?

Beauty Budget Find: Ramer Bath Sponge

I found this shower sponge from Asda and it only costs £1.50.  The Ramer sponges are manufactured in England since 1945 --- I love the product with history.

This is a very nice sponge, it is very soft.  I tried both shower gel/cream and soap and find it is great to use with soap, it is foaming and gently clean the skin.

It becomes hard when dry,  but place in warm water and you will gain soft sponge again.

Did you try this shower sponge?  Have you found any beauty budgets?

Magazine Freebies - October Issue

Today I picked up two issues of this month's InStyle Magazine and I got Clinique Repairwear Laser Focus (7ml) and Turnaround Overnight Radiance Moisturizer (7ml). The other two freebies are High Impact Mascara (4g) and Long Last Glosswear Spf15 in Air Kiss (2.3ml) respectively.

Normally, InStyle costs £3.80 and Tesco now has an exclusive price of £2.50, so this is a great treat!

I think this sample size is a reasonable one to try, sometimes you might get 1ml or 2ml sachet, but this is not a good trail size especially for the skin care product because it is hard to tell whether the product is good or not. In my opinion, you can only see the results about serum or moisturizer after at least one week try.

Also, next month's InStyle magazine comes with Benefit freebies. You can choose from Sun Beam, Cha Cha Tint and Bene Tint. I used Bene Tint before and really like it. Looking forward to next month's treat.

Have you got this month's magazine?

Beauty Tips: Easy & Effective Eye Mask

Wrinkles under eyes are something we can not avoid as we grow. It seems to happen overnight, but actually the fact is, it happens over a period of time.

There are so many reasons to cause wrinkles: frequently squinting, smoking, over-use computer, sun exposure, ageing process, lifestyle etc. The simple explanation is the skin around eyes is very thin and it loses elasticity easily. As we know, collagen and elastin provide the support structure for skin and help it to keep smooth and resilient. However, the production of elastin and collagen is slowing down as we age. Our skin starts to lose its elasticity and strength. When this happens, wrinkles begin to appear. So it is not hard to find out the ways to solve the eye wrinkles: supply elastin and collagen!

After talking so much about wrinkles, I am going to share with you my easy & effective eye mask:

1. Prepare two things: floral water and cotton pads
2. Fully soaking cotton pads with floral water and then apply them on the eye areas
3. Leave it for 3-5 minutes

Keep doing this, you'll find out the benefits:

• Help eye serum/ cream to absorb
• Refresh tired eyes
• Easy to put on make-up e.g. eye shadow
• Reduce the possibility to develop wrinkles

There are few things that should be paid attention to when doing this mask:

• Carefully choose the floral water, because the skin around eyes is dedicate, especially for the sensitive skin. I suggest to use organic floral water or some toner/lotion designed for eyes. I usually use Melvita Cornflower Floral Water, as cornflower floral water has softening and soothing qualities, which makes it particularly suitable for the eye area.
• The cotton pads must be fully soaking, or it will soak water from the skin.
• Use the eye cream after the mask, this mask only hydrates the skin, which increases the elasticity. However, you should still use eye cream to moisturiser the skin.

Prevention is much better than cure!! When we are young, we think it is too early to think about eye wrinkles. WRONG! The earlier you take the action the better, you can reduce or prevent the wrinkles once they start to appear.

Start trying this eye mask! And tell me how you feel ;)