Showing posts with label skincare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label skincare. Show all posts

Monday, 4 October 2010

Optimum Swiss Apple Over Night Skin Renewal Serum



When I saw that Superdrug were releasing this item I must admit that I didn't quite understand the significance of it. I just assumed it was another skin cream that would be just like the rest, big claims but no results. I then looked into it a little more after I noticed it was sold out in ever Superdrug that I went into. Apparently it contains a extract from a very rare Swiss apple named Uttwiler Spatlauber that can be found in serums priced £200+ for example Cellular lifting serum from Clark's botanicals, but it's a fraction of the price at just £9.99!
Here's what they say about it-
Swiss apple is then name given to the fruit of the extremely rare, and almost extinct Uttwiler Spatlauber tree which can be found in remote areas of Switzerland.

Swiss scientists were first attracted to the species after it was noted that the fruit refused to wither for weeks and even months after picking.

It was found that the apple contained regenerative stem cells which protected the fruit from decay much longer than observed in other fruit produce.

Further clinical research revealed that by slicing the apple, a layer of stem cells formed on the incision which could be harvested and grown in a liquid culture.

Their findings were published in the Journal of Applied Sciences and extensive clinical trials on a 1% solution commenced. The staggering results showed that Swiss apple stem cells can boost human cell production by 80%.

I find that the texture of this product is really nice and silky and you really don't need to use that much of it. I haven't noticed any difference in my skin yet obviously because I've only used it for one night. I look forward to doing a full on review :)

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Sunday, 1 August 2010

Sanrio Friends @ Build A Bear, Good Things Skincare, etc


First of all let me tell you how excited I am about the new Sanrio Friends collection at the Build A Bear Workshop. There are three new additions to the Sanrio line and includes the repromote of the white Hello Kitty. The other characters are My Melody, Chococat & Keroppi.
I personally love the way that Chococat looks the most, but I will be purchasing My Melody because she is my favourite character (other than Hello Kitty & Kuromi of course)
I will also be getting the white Hello Kitty because I only have the Tropical Hello Kitty at this moment in time. I can't wait. I also can't wait to get the little leopard print top that Hello Kitty is wearing in that promo photo. Needless to say it will be mine! It's going to be quite an expensive day out :-/
I love Build A Bears but they are so bloody expensive so buying two will cost me quite a bit, but they'll be worth it I'm sure.

In other news... over the past couple of days I've been trying out Good Things Skincare.

I've used the Stay Clear Cleanser & Five Minute Facial Mask so far and I must say they seem really good. The cleanser is the nicest smelling skincare product I've ever used and it really makes me skin feel clean without leaving it greasy and the Mask? I've just used it and my skin feels so soft. Thumbs up so far!

Thursday, 7 January 2010

Finally got out of the house!

Yay! After a few days of being stuck in the house because of the snow I finally managed to get out of the house annnd my MAC order finally came!

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We have-
Feelin' Good Tinted Lip Conditioner
Pretty Please lipstick
Siss lipstick

At first I wasn't sure about Siss, but I tried it on my lips and it looks rather nice actully. Pretty Please doesn't show up on my lips quite as well as I'd hoped it would, but perhaps that's because my lips are cracked at the moment so the colour can't spread evenly. As for the tinted lip conditioner... I am in love! It's possibly better than my Pink Fish lip conditioner. Perfect!


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Samy Products
These are two lovely looking products by Samy. We have the Fat Hair '0 calories' Thickening Promade & spray. I tried a little of the promade and it reaally did make a difference. I hope the more I use these products the more impressed I get!


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Simple Kind To Skin Cleansing Wipes & Beautyuk neutral palette
I ran out of my favourite Simple facial wipes a few weeks ago now and have been using others that are nowhere near as good as I was waiting for them to go into some kind of offer, but they haven't yet so I just bought one pack for now. Also pictured is the Beautyuk neutral palette. It looks rather pretty but I haven't even swatched it yet, but I've heard good things from people. Fingers crossed!


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GOSH lip gloss & Maybelline Coverstick
I was quite pleased to see a few GOSH products were on sale for half price today in Superdrug. I picked up this reaally pretty lipgloss that sort of reminded me of Morning Glory by MAC. I also got a new concealer by Maybelline. I've tested it out and so far so good!


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Hello Kitty Car Mats
These are the main reason I headed out today. They're on sale in Argos for £9.99, down from £24.99!! How good is that? The quality of these is amazing. They're so heavy and look really well made. The only worry I have is that they do look rather big. I hope they fit in my little Grande Punto. They only had one left in Argos too. Lucky!

Saturday, 2 January 2010

Birthday haul

Hey everyone! It's my biiiiiirrrrtthhhhhhdddaaay! :D I made a haul video, but my camera decided that it didn't want to save it so I'll have to remake it. Ho hum!

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Hello January!

Here's what I bought from Sheffield-
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and this is what my mum and dad got for me! :D

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Friday, 18 December 2009

Two days off and other ramblings

Hey everyone!
Finally I have two days off work! Let me tell you, 9 days straight (including a few 7am starts and 9pm finishes) really takes it out of you! I know people may not really think that working at HMV is a hard job and in some ways I suppose there are harder ones out there, but we have a lot to do, especially when you're in charge of a section like I am. There's orders to do, stock to be put out, top seller reports, CITing, repricing, serving, cleaning, moving sections around, remerchandising and at this time of year... helping Christmas temps out and other stuff. At Christmas working in the one and only music retailer is hell on earth. Don't get me wrong, I love my job and can't really see myself working anywhere else, but Christmas is so stressful and it ruined my Christmas last year. I'm not quite as stressed this year, thank god, but there's still a week to go! I'm working Christmas Eve and Boxing Day too. Blagh!

ANYWAY, two days off. I'm going to see Russell Howard tomorrow (as I've mentioned in every post I've made recently haha) I'm rather excited about it. Then on Sunday I'll be doing the last of my Christmas shopping on Sunday at Meadowhall. Woo! I only need to get a few bits, including buying something for my dad to give to my mum...

The dilema of what phone to buy once my contract is up continues. I was pretty certain that I was going to get the Nokia E72, but my friend bought an iPhone yesterday and let me play on it during my dinner today and now I am confused beyond belief. I think I might be leaning slightly towards the iPhone now. Except the main thing that I use my mobile for is the internet and the lay out of the internet on the iPhone is a little annoying, or maybe it's because i'm not used to it. I'm used to Opera Mini, where you have an option to have 'mobile view' where it fits the whole website to fit your screen and you can still read it without having to zoom in. Oh the confusion!

Now, Formula 1 chat. The main rumour going around right now is that Michael Schumacher will be returning next year with Mercedes GP. Part of me is excited to see Michael back but most of me is sad because Nick Heidfeld was supposed to be getting that drive with Mercedes. I really wish that he'd get given a good enough car to win some races. I think maybe he'll stay with Sauber or perhaps not get a drive at all and that would depress me a lot, espceially because Giancarlo is no longer going to be racing. I wish test drivers drove in races haha.

On a more cosmetics based chat, I was included on the Simple.co.uk Celebrity Hall of Fame!! http://www.simple.co.uk/Celebrity/Detail.aspx?fdCelebrityId=38
How amazing is that? I'm really proud!

I also urge everyone to watch this video!
It's Field Music's new song and video. David and Peter are wonderful blokes and so nice. I can't wait to see them again in Feb and get all giggly while talking to David again. They are the most underrated musicians I've ever come across and any little bit of promotion I can give them is my pleasure!
Field Music - Them That Do Nothing

How good is that?!

I was thinking of doing a 'Photo of the Day' sort of thing, where I take a photo of something random that happened that day. An object, place or person. What does everyone think?

I'm off now. Speak soon!

Adios!
Sarah

Thursday, 8 October 2009

Slacker & Simple

I haven't updated my blog in ages. I'm a slacker, I know. I'll try to update this a lot more often in the future, but for now here's my little review of some Simple products that I adore!