All posts tagged: Korres

Late Night Showers With Korres

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As I’m writing this, I slowly recovering from a particularly heavy session on the crosstrainer that I’ve conveniently placed in my garage (fancy, I know!). Now, I don’t do sexy while working out, I fall in the red-as-a-tomato and constantly heaving category, and trust me, it is not a pretty sight. All that stands between me and dropping in my bed like a sack of potatoes (too tired to do elegant now) is a a quicky of some sorts, a short but refreshing shower. After oooh-ing and aaah-ing when the water hits my aching muscles, I reach for the one shower gel in my vast collection that somehow perks me up and soothes me at the same time, the Korres Mint Tea Shower Gel. Korres and I go waaaaay back, even to before this whole beauty infatuation of mine began. Greek, organic and with a high concentration of natural ingredients, it rings a bell of another brand, but unlike Apivita, Korres does not zoom in on one specific ingredient for all of their ranges. Tailor made, …

The ones I just can’t do without!

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We all have our favourites. you know, those products that get used far more than any other, the ones you just can’t do without, the ones that are that failsafe option for those moments you’re in a rush, feeling insecureor plainly uninspired. Despite the overflow of make up in my bathroom drawers (I’ve got enough colours to paint rainbows till the end of times), these are the beloved, the ones I’ll never be able to do without. Repurchase guaranteed! Clinique Redness Solutions Daily Protective Base: My primer numero uno! Not necessarily intended as a primer by the hotshots at Clinique, but this fluid keeps my redness at bay whilst at the same time making my make up last longer than a snow cone on the North Pole. Double win! Bobbi Brown Smokey Eye Mascara and Bobbi Brown Corrector in Bisque: At any given time, you’ll find 3 or 4 mascara’s in my make up bag, but this one takes the cake. Intense ink-black colour, va-va-voom volume and the perfect curl make my eyes look like …