BRAND SPOTLIGHT: BURT’S BEES MAKEUP, YAY OR NAY?

A few months ago while I was still working in the beauty department, Burt’s Bees launched their much anticipated makeup range. This new makeup range prides itself as 98.9 – 100% made from natural ingredients, is cruelty-free, free from parabens, phthalates, SLS, petrolatum or synthetic fragrances and goes with the slogan “I Am Not Synthetic“. It also focuses …

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REVIEW: THE BODY SHOP VITAMIN E EYE CREAM

The need for eye creams are a long debated subject. There are many who don’t think it is necessary and then there are others like me who believe it is important to have in the skincare routine. If you refer to an article on Paula’s Choice, she too stated that eye creams are unnecessary (read …

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REVLON – COLORBURST MATTE BALM (PART 2) –

I am reallyyy sorry for the tons of beauty posts recently but as I have mentioned it before, it has been a long time coming but I just never got around it. It has been quite a number of things that I have been using for months and some I love while others, well, not so much. …

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REVIEW: OZ NATURALS HYALURONIC ACID SERUM

After my little disappointment with OZ Natural 20% Vitamin C serum (reviewed here), I was a little sceptical about their next offering, Hyaluronic Acid Serum*. However, I have had many great experiences with HA previously so I had very high expectations for this. As a note: For those of you who are not familiar with Hyaluronic Acid, …

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A STEP CLOSER TO CLEAR, SMOOTH SKIN WITH B·LIV

My loudly declared love for the Singaporean brand b·liv will come as no surprise to most of you as I have previously gushed about their amazing products here, here, here and finally, here. Yes, I do have a little obsession with everything b·liv and I have a long list of products that I plan to continue trying from them. Today I’ll be sharing two …

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REVIEW: KISS INSTAWAVE AUTOMATIC CURLER

Today’s post is different from all the other posts that I have done here. Why? Well, as some of you may noticed, Reflection of Sanity has one too many *sarcasm* or lack thereof posts that are related to hair. The reason for this is I am completely clueless when it comes to my hair. I …

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REVIEW: ALMAY SMART SHADE SKINTONE MATCHING MAKEUP SPF15

Every now and then I come across products that instantly pique my interest. And sad to say, there has been way too many time that my curiosity led to disappointments. I could do reviews on all my disappointing discoveries but that would make me come across as a fussy, whiny, way too hard to please …

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DELECTABLE, THE GARDENS MID VALLEY

Tucked in a corner by the escalator at The Gardens, Mid Valley is Delectable, a cosy little designer cake shop. I have never been a huge fan of cakes but there was something alluring about this particular shop so I dragged Kevin (well, not really drag as he has a huge sweet tooth…) and we …

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