Body Shop Vit. C Facial Radiance Products Review

Honestly, I’ve never been impressed with any of Body Shop’s products. I break out most of the time & usually I’m very careful on what I put on my skin, particularly my face. I don’t use anything but St. Ives Apricot Scrub & SebaMed Protective Facial Cream Moisturizer for babies. Yes, you read that right, for BABIES! I may not have the perfect face in the world, but these are just the products that work on me which gives the softness & protection that I require.

Anyhoo, around 2 months ago, I went to Body Shop to buy for a new eyebrow liner. When in the counter, you know how the sales talk goes, “oh pls try this, pls try that”…I usually say no to these offers but the lady had her own face to show & that sparked my curiosity as her face was indeed looking radiant. So, I bought the Vitamin C Facial Radiance Powder Mix.

When you first get it, you need to push down the white cap for the powder to be released onto the liquid. Once released, shake them well, change the cap & you can start using it. I’ve used it for a month, and I must say, it’s to die for! This is the first time a Body Shop product actually does what it says on the label. It gives you this lasting glow & at the same time, brightens up your face. They’ve told me that the effect of the product only lasts for 10 days & you need to get a fresh one. Basing from my experience, that’s complete BS! I still kept using it after the said deadline & nothing happened to my face. It didn’t break out & the effect was still there.

Now, my new face routine goes like this:

1.       Wash my face with St. Ives Apricot Scrub. (I know scrubs are bad when used everyday, but for some reason, it does nothing to my face & have been using it since I was 20)

2.       Wipe face dry & apply tiny dots of Vitamin C Facial Radiance Powder Mix all over face & massage in circular and upward motions.

3.       Wait for face to dry & let my skin absorb the product completely, then apply my SebaMed Facial Moisturizer & also massage in circular and upward motions.

Sadly, I’ve already run out of the mix and had to buy a new one. I chose the 3 piece set just because it was waayyy cheaper than buying it alone..

The set includes:

1 Vitamin C Facial Radiance Powder Mix

·         Already been using it as stated above. Use everyday for 10 days or in my case, a month.

1 Vitamin C Microdermabrasion

·         This is used for exfoliation. Unlike St. Ives Scrub where you can actually see the little balls that scrubs your face, this product is way more fine. It sort of feels like rubbing sand on your skin. I’ve tried it once & it’s like as if my face is sooo clean. To be used on the once a week.

1 Vitamin C Skin boost.

·         This can be used after your moisturizer & before you apply any makeup. The product has this velvety feel & once you apply it, it makes your skin feel flawless. Love it!

Overall, my experience with the Body Shop Vitamin C products is absolutely amazing & I highly recommend it because it’s a product well done with a cheap price tag. No wonder it’s their best seller. I hope they don’t stop making these.

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Daily Challenges

Though never actually completing them, I’ve always love me some simple challenges. And now, since I’m actually serious this time to change my life in any way be it big or small, I’ve joined this wonderful site that I would like to share to you & hope that you would find it interesting as I did.

Basically, it helps you to improve your overall well-being. Upon joining (which is free btw!), you will receive your first challenge and it is actually up to you to decide if you want to act on it or not.

Let me give you a little tour:

This is what the first page looks like. If you want to know more about the purpose of the site, you can just click the LEARN MORE link as you see below.

To join, let me show you how:

Once you’ve clicked the “YES SIGN ME UP” link, you will be given a choice to either sign in with your Facebook account or sign up with your email address.

If you do decide to sign up with your email, this is what you’ll see. Just fill the form and hit signup:

 Your next screen will be the following:

PROFILE SETTING

HOW THE DAILY CHALLENGE WORKS

CONNECT OR INVITE OR FRIENDS

WHY IT MATTERS

(this is the evaluation of your well-being. You can take it now or skip this step)

Once you’re done with this, just go log in to your email first & validate your address.

When completed you will be redirected & this is what your Home screen would look like:

That’s it. Easy right?! So what are you waiting for? Join the fun & change your life!

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How to delay from starting your own blog

The debut of this blog has been postponed from since god-knows-when. So based on my own experience, these are the things that would absolutely delay you from starting your own blog……or never actually launching it.

1.     Blog Title

Seriously, stop thinking too much about what title is unique or whatever crap you think that’s different. Just come up with something easy to remember & which reflects you. I spent countless of times thinking of a name, setting up a blog, creating an email & never actually posting on it coz I came up with another name then had to start again. TIP: once done, don’t go back. IT’S A WASTE OF YOUR PRECIOUS TIME.

2.     Theme

So you set up your blog & you want to start posting. But something seems a bit off with the theme. So you change & change & change until you got back to where you started. I’ve downloaded a myriad of themes but was left disappointed at the end coz it’s either the themes don’t work or I’ve found a better one. TIP: SIMPLE is better for a lot of reasons.

3.     Intimidation

Yes, I’ve felt that. Especially when reading from a successful blog and the thought of the market being overcrowded along with the self-doubt of negative “what-ifs”. TIP: Just go for the jump! Go for it! Fuck what anybody says. Don’t listen to that negative ass inside your head.

4.     All about the money

Please, stop thinking about the money. Been there, done that. I went on for days daydreaming about how much money my blog will make when I post this or that or whatever and in the end I come back to reality and realize that I haven’t done anything…AT ALL! TIP: Prioritize on building your blog, sharing your voice & helping others. Then money will follow. All it takes is a little bit of hard work & dedication.

5.     Niche

Actually, since I’m starting out & am a newbie to blogging, I can confirm that I have no certain niche. Yes, I am quite lost for now & I know that’s not right coz we should actually have to be an expert about something in order for us to share it to the world. But I don’t. Instead, I would very much love to talk about anything or everything that interest & excites me. Maybe down the road I would find that “forte” I’m supposed to be doing. For now, I’ll stick to being random. TIP: don’t bang your head on what you should do or not do. Be spontaneous. It’s YOUR blog! YOUR rules!

That’s it. So let not these petty things stop you from creating your wonderful blog.

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