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Shielding lotions

I was offered a chance to try Skin MD Natural Shielding Lotion last month. I think it is common knowledge that I am an avid fan of beauty products. Hence, I took up this opportunity to test a new product I have never tried before. Skin MD Natural has kindly offered to send me a bottle of their shielding lotion¹ together with brochures and a few sachets of samples². The shielding lotion is multi-purpose and can be used on the face, hands and body. It also comes with sunscreen SPF 15 which I had purchased myself from local stores because I wanted to see how well both of them worked together.

According to Skin MD Natural, the shielding lotion works differently as compared to conventional moisturiser because it keeps moisture-robbing irritants away from the skin while the proprietary “super” humectants hydrate the skin throughout the day. This makes me even more eager to try out this lotion since I have a problem with dehydrated and oily skin ever since I am on the acne.org regimen 2 years ago.

Skin MD Natural Shielding Lotion

I have been using these lotions for a month as facial moisturisers³ and this is how I feel about it:

Fragrance & Texture

Both lotions are fragrance free but I feel that it has a slight smell of sunscreen, even for the normal lotion without any SPF. The smell does not really bothers me since it is quite faint. Personally, I like it this way and prefer my skincare products without any added artificial fragrance due to my sensitive skin condition. The texture and consistency of the lotion with SPF is thicker than the normal lotion. I would prefer the texture of the normal lotion since it is much lighter and easier to apply.

Texture and consistency of the lotions

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1. As pictured, the shielding lotion is the bottle with red cap [«]
2. I gave the brochures and samples to Chewy since this lotion is suppose to be good for people with eczema [«]
3. I did not really try it on my body but I use it as a hand lotion sometimes [«]

Who says you can’t get valentine’s day gifts for yourself? I get myself presents every year during Valentine’s and this year, I bought some pretties from Soap ‘n Sorbet. I have read about this new online shop selling extremely gorgeous beauty products from Makeup Stash! a few weeks back. Looking at the beautiful product catalogue with brands like Tokyo Milk and Lalicious, who can resist?

My pretties from Soap n Sorbet

For the n^th time, I succumbed to temptation and ordered the famous Steam Creams and Tokyo Milk Rosewater Lip Balm. I have read really good reviews about the multi-purpose steam creams which can be use on the face, hands and body. Besides that, it comes in the most adorable packaging. I ordered one of the limited edition Steam Cream Cute as a Bunny Gift Set which contains the Porky Rabbit and Grace tin designs. I kept the rabbit tin and gave the other one to my sister for her birthday. Thumbs up to Soap ‘n Sorbet for their wonderful packaging and efficient delivery! My orders arrived via registered postage nicely sealed and packed in a sturdy box 2 days after I had placed my orders. Everything was bubble-wrapped carefully and they also included 2 samples of their perfumes and hand creams.

Steam Cream Cute as a Bunny Gift Set

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It has been a long time since I wrote any reviews of the beauty products I’ve purchased and tested. I drafted this post in September 2009 and only managed to finish it in January 2010. Fret not! It’s not going to be more than a thousand word. I will be reviewing my favourite products from Nuxe – Creme Etincelante and Micellar Foam Cleanser with 3 Roses. I’m a hardcore fan of this French brand, Nuxe and I’m going to share how much I love them. This is my collection of Nuxe products taken last September:

My skincare collection from Nuxe

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