skincare
Tag3 Youtubers Whose Skincare Advice I Trust
Every evening (and by “evening” I mean 2am, when I’ve finally finished reading) I go to the bathroom and do my cleanse-second cleanse-acid toner-essence-eye cream-serum-oil-nightcream thing. During that time, I like to watch/listen to beauty Youtubers, the t..
The Ordinary: For Skincare Geeks on a Budget
Some of you may remember how I pledged – more than a year ago – that Life in a Cold Climate is not going to be one of those ‘look, here’s a new product!’ type of blogs. And I still make an effort to see the bigger picture, to test things thoroughly before re..
London Skincare Haul
I feel a bit uneasy about hauls – I’m absolutely fine with others writing and talking about the stuff they’ve bought, but not so sure I want to go there myself. It can feel like an orgy of consumption with little added value and I don’t want to be reminded t..
Diptyque Travel Collection
It’s a well-established fact that I lose all my rational faculties when confronted with mini or travel-size beauty products. I’m sure they emit some sort of chemical that affects my brain particularly strongly. There is a practical side to my obsession, thou..
Probably the Longest Blogpost on Cleansers, Ever
I’ve wanted to do an overview post on cleansers* for a while, but have been putting it off, as I’ve been unable to find my Sunday Riley Blue Moon cleansing balm. How is this possible? How can a person just lose a big tub of skincare? And of course it has to ..
The Brightening Project: Are We There Yet?
About four weeks ago, I told you about my issues with hyper-pigmentation and mentioned some products I planned to try. I also promised an update once I have my routine figured out and that’s what this post is about. For me, using the same products day in, da..
When a Beauty Buy Goes Wrong
As you may have noticed, I have a lot of experience with buying skincare. Therefore, I very rarely buy total duds, but there are often things that don’t perform quite as well as I expect them to. It’s never a great feeling – the waste of money, the waste of ..
6 Brightening Products and a Plan
I went on a tropical holiday recently and have the sun damage to prove it. And no, I don’t mean a few freckles here and there that I’m getting overexcited about, I mean proper darker blotches mostly on my forehead and a bit on my cheeks. I’ve never freaked o..
6 Mini Skincare Reviews: Cult Beauty x Caroline Hirons
While I haven’t bought any skincare this year, I’m not entirely without new goodies, as I pre-ordered The Cult Beaty Box by Caroline Hirons in December and it arrived a week ago. The fans of Caroline Hirons (there are quite a few here) would know that this i..
Best Beauty Buys of 2015
This list is a response to a reader request and I’ll do vol 2 next week, about non-beauty stuff. I love Best Of lists, but they are a pain to put together. To make any progress at all, I had to lay down some ground rules: only things that I bought for the fi..