Skincare and Makeup Exchange

I recently got a facial done – my first of the year!  I used to get one about once a month but lately I haven’t had the time.  Going to the medspa is a good indulgence – I do upkeep and maintenance at home, but nothing beats getting your face and scalp massaged for you!  I thought I’d share some suggestions on going to the spa. Prep • Don’t do at-home facial treatments like AHA or retinoids the day or two prior to your medspa visit – it will make your skin much more sensitive to extractions or exfoliation • try not to...

Here’s the round-up of another week-long series from last year: Radiant Skin series – which focused on achieving glowing skin just in time for Summer. Chemical Exfoliants Salux charm Skin Cloth Facial Mists Face Highlighters Exfoliating Cotton Rounds I plan to do much more week-long series this year as well.  And that’s the last of my round-ups for 2015! Back to frequently scheduled programming tomorrow. Share this: Share Click to email this to a pal (Opens in new window) Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr...

Today I’ll talk about a few of my observations as well as experiences in buying for makeup in Japan. ideally this will assist somebody available who may be taking a trip to Japan. First thing. There are SO. MANY. BRANDS. It’s overwhelming! In an typical Canadian drugstore, there may be about 8 essential brands. In Japan, there’s at least double that amount. as well as a few of them look so similar, it’s difficult to differentiate between them (cue joke about exactly how all Asians look alike ) I spent some gos to in the beginning just surveying my choices as well...

Winners, oh how I love thee! For non-Canadians, Winners is the Canadian version of TJMaxx (or TKMaxx in the UK). It’s owned and operated by the same parent company as Marshalls. Winners used to be the only game in town but now we also have Marshalls (I don’t really understand the differentiation between the two?)  For Canadians, Winners is probably a bigger deal than TJMaxx is in the us – we don’t really have a lot of options for discount stores… or department stores in general. lots of people treat Winners like another department store because they stock pretty much...