gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
*fills teapot*
Beauty products that actually work
- Thread starter Ms T
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Manter
Lunch Mob
Chocolate milk is the best post exercise hydration, apparentlyhttp://www.fitnessmagazine.com/recipes/healthy-eating/superfoods/chocolate-milk-after-workout/
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
gaijingirl you have beautiful skin. You always seem glowy when I see you 
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
gaijingirl you have beautiful skin. You always seem glowy when I see you
aw thanks... are you sure it wasn't sweat?
kittyP
Pluviophile
Oh
I wasn't completely misremembering. I think she also said that even though some tea has just as much caffeine as some coffee, the way it releases is different so your better with tea.
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
I've already forgotten what a serum is
and need to google clarimatte.gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
I've already forgotten what a serum is
the ones i've used since we started this discussion all look a bit like jizz tbh... it's like expensive face jizz to make your skin glow.
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
I really would like a glowy unspotty untired unsaggy looking face.
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
yeah.. that's pretty much what I said a few posts back but fwiw I always think you look good - I suppose just like May said the same to me.
We are all very harsh on ourselves it seems.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Well, I'm still not 100% unspotty but my skin is a thousand times better than it ever has been before, on a pretty basic regime of hot cloth cleanser-serum-moisturiser-eye cream. I've always had dull, 'flat' looking skin; now it seems more 3d if that makes any sense.
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
So serum then moisturiser or moisturiser then serum?
I need to sort this out, as long as it doesn't make my spots more 3D
I need to sort this out, as long as it doesn't make my spots more 3D
I don't think I've seen you much this year, my skin is pretty awful now.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Serum first, then moisturiser.
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
So serum then moisturiser or moisturiser then serum?
I need to sort this out, as long as it doesn't make my spots more 3D
well I thought you looked really good less than 2 weeks ago on the London Classic.
But if it's worrying you I hope you find the right stuff - I've not really stuck to the regime properly but I am doing much more than I was doing before this whole discussion started and I think it makes me feel better about myself anyway.I find it makes a real difference in energy levels too. More so the older I get. If I don't keep that 2l up, I feel really sluggish and my concentration goes to shit.
I only started using moisturiser aged 30 (after two full-on years of clubbing - 3 day 'rave' binges, chainsmoking, not sleeping or eating etc). I noticed my skin drying out big time so started using it. I've always had greasy skin, and washed with soap and water for years, nowt else.
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
Fuck me there's a lot of choice out there!
This one came up in an article as good for sensitive skin: http://www.boots.com/en/Hydrance-Optimale-Hydrating-Serum-30-ml_867052/
This one came up in an article as good for sensitive skin: http://www.boots.com/en/Hydrance-Optimale-Hydrating-Serum-30-ml_867052/
purenarcotic
Conveniently Pocket Sized
Not really a beauty product per se but I've been searching for ages for a perfume I really like and today I finally found it. Costs a small fortune but it's proper gorgeous smelling. I hardly ever get myself anything but had a proper awesome outcome at work and thought I deserved a treat.
Biddlybee - take yourself into a Boots shop, and ask them, and ask for samples. That way you won't splash out cash on something that's gonna irritate your skin. They give you samples in these little plastic tubes and you get quite a lot!
moonsi til
worked it out now!
I just discovered that TK Maxx is good for skincare! Last week I bought a 'Yes To Carotts' night moisturiser and a '40 Carotts' Retinol day cream. I had already bought the day version of the night cream in Boots a while ago.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
I have the 'Yes To Blueberries' serum at the moment moonsi, it's really good. Although it does look like jizz 
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
I can recommend Boots No 7 Radiant Glow Foundation. There are lots of different shades so you can get a good colour match (they have one of those nifty devices in store to do the matching). I am warm ivory and it's perfect - better than some of the higher end foundations I've tried. And only £12.50.
kittyP
Pluviophile
I only started using moisturiser aged 30 (after two full-on years of clubbing - 3 day 'rave' binges, chainsmoking, not sleeping or eating etc). I noticed my skin drying out big time so started using it. I've always had greasy skin, and washed with soap and water for years, nowt else.
I have always had quite oily skin, inherited from my mum.
But for me, one of the best hangover cures, since I was in my teens has always been washing my face, so therefore stripping it a bit, then smothering it in moisturiser.
When your really hungover you can feel your skin drinking the moisture up in a huge way. It's such a lovely feeling!
kittyP
Pluviophile
Or at the makeup counters in Morleys.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Absolutely. I remember me and my friend sitting in her bedroom post-rave, having degrimed ourselves, listening to her groaning 'ahhhh, fresh goo' as she smeared her face in Olay
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
I went this morning, they told me they didn't have any samples, how do you get them?!
I might go to superdrug instead on Wednesday.
I do have a new bright red lipstick though.
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
Give us some more tips soj... they wouldn't give me any samples! Going to try a different shop on Weds, who did you ask?
