Author: sapphireroses
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NEW Olens Double Tint Colour Lens Series ✨
‘𝘛𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘥’ 👁️👁️ The new year brings a new collection of circle lenses from 𝐊𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚’𝐬 𝐍𝐨.𝟏 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐒. OLENS offer a safer way to wear prescription and non prescription contact lenses with premium materials which are all-round healthier for eyes. The new Double Tint collection has been made…
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A Basic Night Skincare Routine for Dry Skin 💧
Let’s go back to the basics. Simple is often the way forward to feeding your dry skin with only the essentials. Overcome skin dryness, roughness, and a flaky skin texture with this easy-peasy 5-step skincare routine comprised of K-Beauty and J-Beauty products which are readily available from most local and internationally established Korean and Japanese…
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‘Treat your skin with food’ – Skinfood 🍯🫒 – One Brand Review (#trymereviewme)
Skinfood is not only a classic Korean roadshop (highstreet) brand used by people of all ages, it is a 64 year old brand devoted to creating skin-loving skincare formulas since 1957. Their core focus is to extract the nutrients of various fruits, vegetables and plants, to deliver essential vitamins to skin in the simplest way…
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My Top 3 Innisfree Products 🌿
To begin the relaunch of SimplyEm’sBlog after my unintentional absence, we’ll be revisiting one of my old favourites: Innisfree 💚 Innisfree was one of the first K-Beauty brands I reviewed here on my blog. Looking back now, I realise that brand review wasn’t that interesting or insightful. However, Innisfree’s concept of using as many nature-sourced…
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StyleKorean x Cosrx – Advanced Snail Mucin Line
Rate it, or overrated??? StyleKorean x Cosrx #trymereviewme The Cosrx Snail Advanced Snail product line is undoubtedly the most widely recognised skincare line from Cosrx. If Cosrx’s pimple patches didn’t spark your interest in K-Beauty, then perhaps the Cosrx Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence got the ball rolling for you. Snail Mucin is one…
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Best of K-Beauty 2021 – Top Skincare Picks
The time has come for a round up of the best Korean Skincare Products of 2021. These are my picks, but what are your favourites? SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE BELOW. For your convenience, I have added links to my reviews of each (almost all, sorry.. I need to catch up in my product reviews 😅) of…
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StyleKorean x Máry & May – Antioxidant solutions for anti-aging skincare 🫐 #trymereviewme
𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌á𝐫𝐲 & 𝐌𝐚𝐲. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘒𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘹 𝘔á𝘳𝘺 & 𝘔𝘢𝘺 #𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘰-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘊𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘉𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘢, 𝘝𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝟻, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪-𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 – 𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦…
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StyleKorean x Isntree – Detox, exfoliate, and soothe your skin with Green Tea & Isntree 🌿 #trymereviewme
𝘋𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘹, 𝘦𝘹𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘦𝘢 & 𝘐𝘴𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦 . For this Try Me Review Me with StyleKorean, we have a selection of some of this year’s nature inspired skincare products from by no other than Isntree, which just so happens to have been my favourite Korean skincare brand of 2019 & 2020.…
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StyleKorean x Torriden – The ‘Dive-in’ skincare line for all 💧 #trymereviewme
All about The Torriden Dive-In skincare range Torriden Dive-In is a collection of refined skincare products tailored to the needs of all skin types, by excluding the use of minerals oils, SLS, Benzophenone-3, and several over common skin irritants. The focus of the Dive-In range is to replenish moisture skin-deep, whilst additionally supplying some skin…
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[SERIES] Budget Friendly Korean Skincare Products 👛 – £20 ($27) and Under Oil-Based Cleansers
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Most of us know what it’s like to live on a tight budget. And even when we may have some extra cash to treat ourselves it can be difficult to justify waving goodbye to your money on luxury skincare, especially when nowadays there are plenty of well-performing budget-friendly options out there. Fortunately, with the expansion…
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Stylekorean x Benton – Goodbye Summer Acne Kit #trymereviewme
Introducing the 𝐒𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞𝐤𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐱 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐜𝐧𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐭 ☀️ (#trymereviewme event*). This is a carefully selected kit comprised for some of Benton’s most loved skincare products for oily and acne-prone skin types. All of the products included aim too soothe, provide anti-inflammatory ingredients, and restore/balance skin’s hydration levels to ultimately aid in the recovery…
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Visiting The Glam Touch Pop-up Shop & Private Event – 📍 Soho, London
A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to have been invited to private pre-opening event of the Glam Touch Pop-up shop in Soho, London! If it’s your first time hearing about Glam Touch, they are a thriving online shop with expertise in Korean skincare, makeup and haircare products. They stock several leading Korean…
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Spring/Early Summer Skincare Empties 2021 🌼🌤️
I somehow forget every year, that June 21st is the longest day of the year and officially marks the end of Spring and the start of Summer. So I probably should have done a Spring Empties post sometime last week, but you know, life happens. Anyway, with the new month and new season in full…
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My Current Go-To Soothing Ampoule for Sensitive Skin
During Winter of last year, I had the pleasure of using some products from Korean Skincare brand Cellabel for the first time. I tried out the Cellabel Triple Hyaluronic Cream & Calming Relief Gel Cream – both of which did wonders for strengthening my skin’s moisture barrier over the course of the cold months. During…
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Introducing the New Glam Touch Summer Skin Set ☀️
This is not the first time I’ve talked about Glam Touch here on SimplyEm’SBlog. Although, just to recap Glam Touch are the go-to online destination for all things K-Beauty! They are a UK based company, but ship throughout most of Europe too. They stock the latest and long-time popular Korean skincare, makeup and hair care…
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Mask Mondays: Nature Republic Green Derma Real Gauze Peeling Mask Review
At the moment my skin has been acting up due to the sudden change in temperature and weather conditions. During times like this I refine my skincare routine to just the basics, and try to use only skin calming/soothing products to reduce the inflammation of breakouts as quickly as possible. I have also been reaching…
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Is the new & popular Axis-y New Skin Resolution Gel Mask worth trying? 💭
Some weeks ago, on March 29th 2021, Axis-y unveiled a new rinse-off face mask in response to their well-received Mugwort Pore Clarifying Wash-Off Pack, which was released around the same time last year. A big factor which contributed to the success of Axis-y’s first wash-off mask, is the fact that it contains several ingredients which…
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[#AD] Skin Balancing Skincare For Summer ft. Jee And Ju Korean Cosmetics
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The sun is finally shining in the UK, for how long, I don’t know but time will tell. Whether it will rain or shine, we’re all in need of a skincare routine switch-up that’s more appropriate for Summer and to tackle the effects of humidity. In light of this new season, I have 6 Korean…
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[#AD] Petitfée B-Glucan Deep Firming Eye Mask Review ft. Skin2Seoul 💙💜
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[Skin2Seoul Discount Code: ROSES15]I’m glad that I can use this little corner of the internet to introduce you to a fantastic, upcoming online Korean Skincare shop which I have had the pleasure of collaborating with for this blog post. And that is no other than Skin2Seoul – a UK based online store specialising in Korean…
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The Essence Which Can Cut Down Your Routine By Half
As a skincare blogger, I often get excited about new products and product line launches. But one skincare range that I REALLY got intrigued by last year was the I’m From Fig collection. It’s been a while since I’ve actually felt such desperation to get my hands on something as much as this, and now…
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New Product Release From Aprilskin (Vegan & Cruelty-free)
The 3rd of May 2021 marks the official release of the new Aprilskin Collagen Peptide Plumping Serum. This purple anti-aging elixir is formulated with 40% plant-derived soluble collagen (400,396ppm), plus 3 forms of peptides (11,900ppb) to create a lightweight serum for use all year round. Furthermore, it contains a hylauronic acid complex made up of 7…
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The Banobagi Calming Care Line at Glam Touch UK 🌸
About Banobagi Banobagi is a World renowned medical group who specialise both incosmetic surgery and dermatology. They’re committed to combiningtheir knowledge obtained through clinical experience and thesis todevelop skincare products which solve common skin concerns. 20 plusyears worth of research has enabled Banobagi to discover uniqueskincare ingredients which directly target skin sensitivity, signs of agingand…
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What I eat in a day in lockdown (realistic, semi-healthy) 🥑🥯🍲
Most of you know me as a skincare blogger, and even though I’ve always added some element of beauty related content on SimplyEm’SBlog, my blog hasn’t always been as skincare focused as it is now. Before, this little corner of the internet had a running theme of food. Nope, I haven’t stopped being a foodie…
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Mask Mondays: Leaders Insolution Sheet Masks 💜💙
Leaders is not a new brand to be featured on SimplyEm’SBlog, and it’s one of the most well-known and widely sold brands for sheet masks from Korea. Leaders sheet masks tick all the boxes for me: they’re affordable Worldwide, the cotton they use is of high quality, the essence/serum in their masks isn’t too diluted,…
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Winter Skincare Empties 2020/2021
Today is officially the first day of Spring in the UK. The weather may still feel Wintery, with the lack of direct sunlight, but the 1st of March marks the end of a season and a moment to collate all of my empty skincare products which I finished up over the course of Winter for…
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Mask Mondays: SuSu Cosmetics Calamine Sheet Mask
For this week’s Mask Mondays, I thought I’d feature a brand that isn’t common to find and I hadn’t even heard of until recently. It’s not a brand I’ve seen available in Korean drugstores which are notorious for their wide selection of single pack sheet masks. The sheet mask I’ve chosen is the SuSu Cosmetics…
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Mask Mondays: Banobagi Caviar Return Mask 🌊
Glam Touch UK recently introduced me to the Banobagi Rejuvenating Vital Line, which launched last month on Glam Touch’s website with a virtual event over Zoom which was live streamed on YouTube. The Banobagi Caviar Return Mask – a premium revitalising sheet mask, was released alongside the main products within the anti-aging range. A like…
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Comparing Rice Facial Masks 🌾
Rice is not new inclusion in skincare. The use of rice for brightening and conditioning skin with its bioactive compounds and rich antioxidants, is believed to date back to as far as 2,800 BC, Japan – before eventually reaching China, Korea and other East Asian countries who began to use rice for its beauty and…
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Mask Mondays: Dr. Jart Soothing Hydra Solution Sheet Mask 💧
I don’t know what happened lately, but my skin has been feeling extra irritated and I have some breakouts on my chin that stayed inflamed for longer than what’s usual for me. So I opened this Dr.Jart+ Soothing Hydra Solution sheet mask from Skencos, which I’ve been saving aside for a time like now, when…
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[#Gifted] Acwell Licorice pH Balancing Cleansing Toner
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To everyone who’s in lockdown, how are you coping? Mentally I’m feeling ok today despite this so called ‘blue Monday’ that comes around every January. So I feel motivated to upload a K-Beauty review everyday this week. The product I’ve chosen today is the Acwell Licorice pH Balancing Cleansing Toner from Skin Library (discount code…
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Mask Mondays: BETTERSKIN Premium Volcanic Ash 3D Sheet Mask
Welcome the first Mask Mondays of 2021. Today I have a different type of sheet mask from the usual to discuss. As you can see from the heading of this post, we’ll be taking a look at the 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐍 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐬𝐡 𝟑𝐃 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐤. Betterskin is a Korean brand who began making sheet masks…
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Diary #18 – To make or not to make new year’s resolutions 📆
Well, this feels a little awkward. Around this time last year, didn’t I make it my new year’s resolution to be more consistent with diary entries? I missed that target for sure. Which brings me to today’s topic: setting goals for the new year. In actual fact, reluctance to make new year’s resolutions. Taking into…
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[#Ad – paid] Base+ Personalised, Cruelty-free Skincare
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The perk of personalised skincare is of course it’s tailored to target your skin concerns and skin type specifically. Base+ is a female owned premium personalised skincare brand based in the United Kingdom. Their personalised moisturisers and serums are made-to-order and 100% cruelty-free. I have been working with this brand during the later half of…
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[#Gifted]💙 The Multi-Award Winning Facial Oil Which Rocked The K-Beauty Community in 2020 🌊
![[#Gifted]💙 The Multi-Award Winning Facial Oil Which Rocked The K-Beauty Community in 2020 🌊](https://simplyemsblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/img_20200613_160301_5547e2.jpg?w=1024)
A sapphire blue facial oil composed of 100% vegetable oil pleasantly exceeded the expectations of many K-Beauty enthusiasts in 2020. Curated by a brand which primary meet the needs of combination and oily skin types, with a large portion of their consumers being based in humid Southern Asian countries, it was surprising to witness the…
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✨My Top 10 Korean Skincare Products of 2020✨
Some of you may be less enthusiastic about these blogging trends which circulate around the end of a year, but from memory I don’t think I’ve ever done a K-Beauty round-up post consisting of my favourite skincare products that year. So why now? Well this year, more than ever, has given me several opportunities to…
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Mask Mondays: VT Cosmetics Gold Honey-Benone Progloss Mask Review 🍯✨
Recently I discovered these VT Propolis Gold-Benone™ Progloss Sheet Masks ✨ 🍯 Soaked in 28g of ampoule packed with Gold Honey-Benone™ – a combination of Gold, Honey and Idebenone to energise and nourish fatigued skin. 🍯 Also contains Royal Jelly Extract and Marine Collagen for revitalising and replenishing effects. Full ingredients Water, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol,…
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Mask Mondays: Dr. Althea Premium Squalane Silk Mask Review 💜
Winter calls for more frequent sheet masking – at least the change of season is my excuse for pampering with sheet masks. With this brings the opportunity to try some new sheet mask brands this month, and so I recently got my hands on a box of Premium Dr. Althea Squalane Silk Masks which are…
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Mask Mondays: Be Plain Bamboo Healing Sheet Mask Review 🌿 (Clean Skincare)
With the weather becoming colder, I thought it would only be appropriate to talk about a skin soothing and moisturising sheet mask which all skin types can benefit from to beat the effects of Winter weather conditions on skin. In the late afternoons or evenings, I usually go for a walk around my local area…
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[#Gifted] 92% Real Cica!?
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Today’s blog post is centred around one of the latest additions to the Some By Mi family – the Real Cica 92% Cool Calming Soothing Gel 💚 Some By Mi have added this Cica Gel to their AHA•BHA•PHA 30Days Miracle line knowing well the widespread appreciation for Cica (Centella Asiatica). This gigantic 300ml bottle is…
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Autumn Skincare Empties 2020 🍂
I actually didn’t expect to be writing another empties post because, A: it’s time consuming and B: it’s time consuming. Now that Autumn is technically over, now is the time to share with you what skincare products I used up this season. Also now is the time because I don’t want to keep hoarding empty…
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Mask Mondays: Briskin Real Fit Second Skin Mask (Hydration version) 💗
The Briskin Real Fit Second Skin Mask (Hydration version) is Glam Touch‘s best selling sheet mask. I regretted not picking one up to try from Oliveyoung in Korea last year, so it’s great to have easy access to a variety of Briskin masks in the UK. About this sheet mask: 🌸 It’s a Bio-cellulose mask…
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Support Small Businesses This Christmas – A Gift Guide
Whether you are a Blogger or not, countless people have pieced together Christmas Gift Guides this year. It’s been a few years since I participated in this blogging tradition and I won’t be joining in with Blogmas, however I decided to write a Christmas Gift Guide entirely featuring only small businesses in light of this…
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[#Gifted] The Luxury Cleansing Water Free From Surfactants – Oolo
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It’s about time that we take look at a luxury innovative product which doesn’t follow the product creations which are trending among the majority of Korean skincare brands. The 𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐚 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝗪𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 contains only three ingredients: • Jojoba seed oil – an non comedogenic, antioxidant botanical oil rich in Vitamin E. It…
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[#Gifted] A Simple Way To Add Ceramide Into Your Skincare Routine
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It’s all well to talk about trending skincare products and newly developed formulas which are curated with unique and uncommon ingredients, but sometimes it’s good to spread the word about skincare which ultimately serves our skin in the long run and helps to diminish sensitivity issues cause by external factors. Which is why today…
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[#Gifted] Cellabel Skin Care – Relief for Sensitive Skin
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Today I bring two reviews in one blog post about a lesser known Korean skincare brand which deserve more recognition: Cellabel. Their skin care is mainly targeted a sensitive skin types. One of the products I will discuss is for sensitive dry skin, whereas the other is more suitable for sensitive combination and oily skin…
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WING•STOP – West Central London
WING•STOP has become a hot spot for fried chicken wing lovers across it’s UK locations, but originally Wingstop was founded back in 1944 in Texas, USA. Even in present day the restaurant chain remains a “pre-jet” aviation themed diner serving chicken wings, boneless chicken wings, chicken tenders, seasoned fries, churros and refreshing ades to wash…
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[#Gifted] Rovectin Skin Essentials Conditioning Cleanser Review
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It’s been a while since I used a skin care product which is specifically classified as hypoallergenic. The main reason for this is because once I had made the switch from Western drugstore skin care to Korean skin care, there was less of a need to reach for hypoallergenic products in particular as the majority…
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[#Gifted] Aprilskin Real Carrot Serum Review 🥕
![[#Gifted] Aprilskin Real Carrot Serum Review 🥕](https://simplyemsblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/screenshot_20201029-110927-01-01.jpeg?w=1024)
Carrots in a serum? – Yes, it’s a thing and my skin is loving the addition of this ingredient to my morning skin care routine. I decided one of the most sensible things to do right now for transitioning into Autumn/Winter, is to apply a thicker/tacky serum rather than the watery ones I was using…
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Ingredient focus: 4-Terpineol 👩🔬
4-Terpineol, sometimes also referred to as Terpinen-4-ol, is gradually becoming present in skin care both in the Western and Korean beauty industries. Typically this ingredient which stems from Tea Tree Oil, is used in cosmetics to target blemishes and breakouts. 4-Terpineol is extracted from Tea Tree leaves and contains one of the most high concentrations…
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