One of the benefits of my job is getting to sample a lot of products … and scoring Dyptique samples is like winning the beauty lottery. I first fell in love with Dyptique when I smelled the famous candles (Baies, anyone?) but the French brand’s skincare products are also to…
Auteur: Lydia Parafianowicz
When friends ask me for tips on skincare bards, [comfort zone] is one that always comes to mind quickly. The brand was founded in 1996 as a skincare division of the Davines group (based in Parma, Italy). Now, the [comfort zone] brand is available worldwide and praised for its unique,…
After a few months of faux lash extensions, I’m in the midst of a quest to regrow my eyelashes and nourish them back to their former glory days. I am currently experimenting with lash serums to try and ease this road to recovery, but a friend also recommended Filorga’s Optim-Eyes Lotion.…
Drumroll please … introducing the newest “it” product from Dior: the Dreamskin Perfect Skin Cushion. Think of it as a cover-up, a corrector and an anti-ageing formula all in one. The product promises to reduce the appearance of redness, shine and pores, while giving skin a youthful glow; upon application,…
Ever heard of hair dye made from … quinoa? Well that’s just one of the ingredients in Davines’ new “Mask with Vibrachrom” hair dye, which I tested out last week at Kapper 466 in Amsterdam. The innovative, permanent dye formula – which launched in April of this year – is…
There’s been a lot of buzz in the beauty industry lately about serums and how we should all be using them to give skin an extra boost of moisture. So I’ve been testing out First Aid Beauty’s Ultra Repair Hydrating Serum for a few weeks to put it to the…
Skin feeling a bit prickly and dry? This on-again-off-again “summer” weather we’re having in Amsterdam has my skin majorly confused – it’s either hot and oily or cold and dry. My secret to avoiding cactus-level dryness is Rodial’s SUPER ACIDS x-treme after-party scrub. The scrub is my new day-to-day go…
This has officially been the summer of weddings for me (including my own!) and, as a result, I’ve been to my fair share of bachelorette parties. Oh, the drama! Organizing a bachelorette can be tough work – you have to deal with different opinions, expectations, budgets and desires. Ultimately, it’s…
I’m FINALLY of on holidays to Italy this week and can’t wait to hit the sun! Leading up to the holiday, I’ve had the help of Yves Rocher to prep my skin for sun exposure – especially since it’s hardly seen any for the past few months! Yves Rocher’s Sun…
My beauty routine has been well finessed over the past, say, 15 years, and there are some products I just can’t live without. When I first moved to Holland I had a minor meltdown that I couldn’t find some of my favorite brands in the country – until I discovered…