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Makeup Base is lighter version of foundation, to be use before makeup, it helps to achieve the naturally nude look flawless and long lasting complexion. It is also act as a layer of protection on the skin, which blocks the ultraviolet rays too.

Those with decent skin may also use makeup base on its own.

Some of the makeup base also come with vary shade of color to even out the skin tone.

Green = suitable for Redness Skin Tone, green is very good to tone down the redness
Blue = suitable for Slight Redness Skin Tone, Very Fair Skin Tone, blue helps to illuminates fair skin tone and tone down slightly redness
Yellow = suitable for Dark and Uneven Skin Tone, yellow helps to lighten dark complexion and unified uneven skin tone
Pink = suitable for Dull Skin Tone, pink can lighten and illuminates dull skin tone

Check out the popular makeup base available online

COOGI Carien Skin Formula Age Capture Make-Up Base 1.4oz, 40ml

COOGI Humanizing Make-Up Base Purple, 1.4oz, 40ml

LANCOME UV Expert GN-Shield High Potency Active Protection Make Up Base SPF 50 PA+++ 30ml,

Helena Rubinstein Premium UV Age Reverser Make Up Base SPF 40 PA+++ 1oz, 30ml

Kokuryudo Point Magic Make-Up Base SPF 18 PA+ 20g,

Christian Dior DiorSkin Radiant Base Sheer Skin-Lighting Refinishing Makeup Base SPF 20 PA+ 001 Transparent, 1oz, 30ml

Christian Dior DiorSnow White Reveal Makeup UV Base SPF 35 PA+++ Beige , 1oz, 30ml

SooRyeHan Dabitjin Dabit Makeup Base 70 Silver Blue, 1.2oz, 35ml

SANA Namerakahonpo Soymilk UV Makeup Base SPF 19 PA++ 40g,

Guerlain L’OR Radiance Concentrate with Pure Gold Makeup Base 1.1oz, 30ml

Guerlain Perfect White UV Enlightening Base Intense Brightening SPF 30 PA+++ 1oz, 30ml

Guerlain Meteorites Perles Light-Diffusing Perfecting Primer 1oz, 30ml

Shu Uemura UV Under Base SPF 17 PA++ 02 Pink, 65g, 1pc

Biotherm White Detox Biotanic[A] Lyzer Corrective Makeup Base SPF 25 – Instant Whitening Effect 30ml/1.01oz

My Beauty Dairy provides a wide selection of masks to suit different skin texture needs in different season.

This selection aims at restoring a delicate young and fair look to skin. With meticulous care this mask selection provides, your beauty diary is sure to be recorded with improved looks day after day!

Best Selling Online TOP Mask

#1 My Beauty Diary Beauty Mask Box Set (Asian Treasure) 1box,

#2 My Beauty Diary Beauty Mask Box Set (European Treasure) 1box,

My Beauty Diary Japanese Cherry Blossom Mask 10pcs, 1box

My Beauty Diary Apple Polyphenol Mask 10pcs, 1box

My Beauty Diary Cooling Mask 10pcs, 1box

My Beauty Diary Intensive Rice-Peptides Mask 10pcs, 1box

My Beauty Diary Provence Lavender Mask 10pcs, 1box

My Beauty Diary Yogurt Mask 10pcs, 1box

My Beauty Diary Red Wine Mask 10pcs, 1box

Dr. Jart+ Blue Label Dew Drop Blemish Base (BB Cream) SPF 27 PA++ mixed with water drop and BB cream, provides sun protection from UV rays to skin. This gentle BB Cream enhances skin’s natural radiant glow while covering blemishes for a clean, natural finish. Water holding system helps maintain healthy moisture level to leave a dewy., flawless look without glossiness. Porous powder controls sebum production while protecting skin from hazardous environmental factors.

How to use:

Apply on face and neck evenly after skin toner and essence, no need to use make-up base or foundation.

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Dr. Jart+ Blue Label Dew Drop Blemish Base (BB Cream) SPF 27 PA++ 50ml,

 
I admit sometimes packaging is holding the key to make me splurge. Without having the pretty packaging, I could have ignored this Lavshuca Liquid Lips totally at Lavshuca counter of HK Sasa store. Without an expectation, I received both the sample as GWP. 
  
 
  
The consistency is thick and moisturizing. It is not sticky at all yet [...]

From my previous experiences with gentle eye makeup remover, none of them able to remove extreme waterproof mascara thoroughly in a minute. Technically Bi-phase (dual layer, oil and liquid) kind of remover should be the effective one for any eye makeup because oil is still the best and gentle ingredient to dissolve makeup. Being practical, many [...]

I suppose a moisturizing lotion will greatly help with drier skin condition, but realized that isn’t flexible in my living country. My skin can be combination or normal or dry from time to time, which out of my prediction. In such case, adding moisturizing oil can be more powerful to address the issue with minimum [...]

Sensitive nose like me, I hardly addicted to any fragrance, especially I can feel dizzy and vomitous with wrong fragrance. This Biotherm Biosource Hydra-mineral Cleanser is one of the exception. It particularly attracted me by its sweety, refreshing, florally scent. The pleasure of “green-tea” smells heavenly to me.
 

 
This has kind of mousy-clay texture, a hint [...]

Beyond hydration, youthfulness for the skin.
 
Dior presents a pro-youth hydration care with the blossom of Dior Gardens. According to Dior, Hydra Life  enriched with 3 plant extracts – Jisten, Cantella and Black Rose (cold-pressed extraction), to offer all the benefits of the Cellular Bio-Exaltation.
 
A complete range of Hydra Life includes Essence-In-Lotion, Essence-In-Milk, Essence-In-Gel, Essence-In-Creme and [...]

Item Reviewed: Off with those Heads

Price/pack size: US$63 (45ml)

Available at: Online – no information was provided on where to get b.liv. It used to be available in Sasa but I don’t see the brand anywhere now! Weird!

Ingredients:

Purified Water (Aqua), Aloe Vera (Aloe barbadensis) Extract, Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) Extract, Carbomer, Propylene Glycol, Menthol, Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) Oil, Poly(Oxy-1,2-Ethanediyl)Α-(Donyl Phenyl)-Ω-Hydroxy, Sodium Hydroxide, Perppermint (Metha piperita )Oil, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Diazolidinyl Urea.

Description: Off With Those Heads removes white & blackheads without violence or pain, and stops them from appearing ever again. The gel softens the clogging blocking your pores, allowing for effortless extraction and removal of all sores. Its essence ingredients keep oil secretions under control, and skin irritation will never again rule!

Use Off With Those Heads daily, on your cleansed, towel-dried face:-

1. Pump 2-3 pea-sized drops of Off With Those Heads onto your palm.

2. Apply on T-zone areas, or areas with black and whiteheads.

Review:

This is a follow up review from Cellnique’s Pro Sebum Gel (they have now repackaged it and are selling it under B.Liv brand name). I didn’t realise how bad my blackheads were when I stopped using Cellnique. And it was a silly reason for not using it – I didn’t like the brand name B.Liv and the childish packaging. I still prefer the previous elegant looking bottle.

Anyway, the product is still the same – transparent runny gel that spreads easily onto skin and absorbs quickly. There’s a cool sensation on skin, due to the peppermint oil. It dries matte so I can skip the powder if I want.

A few days after using OftH, I tried doing an extraction myself and the blackheads popped out easily, with nary a pressure! I had used the product for about a month when I went for a facial and I checked with the lady if I had a lot of blackheads. She said “no!”, so I was really pleased that the product worked. Usually, I would have many blackheads if I did not do my regular extractions.

Rating: 5/5

Would I buy again: Yes, if it is easily available

* A sample of Off with those Heads was received by me, from b.liv.

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Place Reviewed: The Ultimate Wellness Haven

Price: S$35 for 60 min massage (I had a special rate voucher)

Available at: Shaw Centre, Bt Batok, Changi Airport T2 Transit Hall

Services available:
Facial, massage, body scrubs, hair removal treatments, body masques, slimming treatments,

Review:
I’ve been on a spa whim lately, going for cheap deals when  I see one. This time, I came across The Ultimate when I was working one weekend. $35 for a 60 minute massage, $48 if you want to add a body scrub, is a pretty good deal!

So I visited the Bt Batok spa last night as it was pretty near me and I think I needed to destress after working my March weekends away. The Civil Defence club was easy to locate as I’m familiar with the area, but once I’m in, I took 5 minutes to find the spa. The many blocks did not link to each other, and if they did, it was only on certain levels. Totally confused me!

Entering the spa, I was greeted by an air of elegance – soothing music, warm ginger scents and the distant sound of waterfalls. The staff was friendly and quick to greet me, and also well-trained. Customers (both waiting for  their treatments, and those who have just finished their sessions) were sitting quietly enjoying their drinks. I was served a ginger tea to warm my senses while waiting for my therapist to come pick me.

The rooms were behind this screen that brought me to a different world. This  is where the ‘waterfall sound’ came from – the setting was almost like an outdoor spa! I was brought to this discreet room where there was an attached toilet and a massage bed. I quickly changed and got started.

The therapist first started by sprinkling some lavender EO on the cloth where I was lying face-down to help relax my mind and switching on the electric blanket so that I wouldn’t feel cold. I love lavender so I was drifting away pretty fast.

I requested for firm pressure and I found myself turning into jelly when the  therapist massaged my legs and arms with firm, long strokes. It was like she was pushing the stress and tension out of me. I also enjoyed it when she cracked my joints – totally enjoyable, though somewhat  scary cos not everyone  can do it (you could suffer a sprained neck or worse if not done  properly). My neck and lower back were loosened up after the treatment. As she massaged my scalp, I was away in lala land.

After the treatment, I was brought to the same recep area and was served ginger tea and a dessert (barley with beancurd skin – supposedly good for skin). The dessert was a tad too sweet for me so I didn’t finish it but it was cooked to perfection – the barley was tender to the bite and the beancurd skin was soft. The sales consultant came by to speak to me, but she didn’t do much hardselling. I wasn’t prepared to purchase a package because I hardly have time to utilise the sessions and it was often way out of my budget. When I told her that I’ll think about the package she offered me (30 sessions for $2200, I think), she was cool with it, and still very friendly.

A big thumbs up for this spa and its staff! Pity spa prices are always sky high, so unless there’s a great promotion that I cannot say no to, I won’t take up a package. Usual prices for a 60 min massage is from $180 onwards.

Rating: 4/5

Would I buy again: Maybe, if there was a good promotion.

Item Reviewed: Dr Jart Black Label Detox Healing BB Cream

Price/pack size: S$32 for 50ml tube

Available at: exclusively at Watsons

Ingredients:

- Arbutin : Whitening

- Pore Purifying Complex : Provides Oxygen to Your Skin

- Hyaluronic Acid : Mosturizing

- Coenzyme Q10 : Gives Your Skin Tension

- Centella asiatica extract : Protects Your Skin, Relief

Description:

Triple-function of whitening, wrinkle decrease and UV protection. It has a soft, moist application and provides a natural skintone.

Review:

The sample received is a small tube, around 5-7ml?

Texture of the BB Cream was runny, much like a liquid foundation, or even a tinted moisturizer. It spread easily on skin, without much tugging. However, it lacked coverage. It melted into skin and disappeared. It looked like I applied tinted moisturizer, with my scars still very much visible. I have some dark scars from my acne days and I often use mineral makeup to cover the scars. I thought I might be able to use less mineral makeup if I used a BB cream under it. It was weird for me because I also have the silver label and it has pretty good coverage! Black label was runny and thin on the contrary. I still had to use the same amount of mineral foundation to get the coverage I want. It was as though I didn’t apply the BB cream.

The sample was generous though – a mini tube very handy for traveling.

Rating: 1/5

Would I buy again: NO

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Dr. Jart+ Silver Label Rejuvenating Blemish Base SPF 35 PA++ Whitening 50ml,

Shiva was certainly testing me as I made my way to India this time, and as I later found out, also as I made my way to Africa. It literally took 80 hours for my feet to hit the ground in Chennai. Due to plane problems, instead of flying American to Brussels, then Jet Airways (an Indian airline that partners with American) to Chennai, I was put on the direct flight from Chicago to Delhi.

This Saturday, March 27, My Yoga Online is celebrating Earth Hour. At 8:30 pm local time, hundreds of millions of people all over the world will be turning out the lights for 60 minutes. Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sidney, Australia, when 2.2 million homes and businesses turned their lights off for one hour. Last year, just two years later, hundreds of millions of people took part; over 4000 cities in 88 countries committed to turning off their power. Earth hour is now the world’s largest global initiative for climate change.

The team at My Yoga Online will all be participating this year. We hope you do, too, and we compiled our favorite tips for making it Earth Hour, every hour, below.

Top 10 Tips

1. Replace an older furnace with a new, energy-efficient model. This can boost your home’s energy efficiency by 20-30%.

2. Calculate how much energy your business consumes using this online tool.

3. Buy green electronics.

4. Use EPEAT to help you evaluate and compare electronics, based on their environmental attributes, before you buy.

5. Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics ranks the 18 top manufacturers of personal computers, mobile phones, TV’s and game consoles, according to their policies on toxic chemicals, recycling and climate change.

6. Food portal CHOW  has a feature to rate the kinds of packaging used for food, based on energy used to create it and decomposition.

7. Reconsider buying bottled water. Get the facts from the David Suzuki Foundation, including how much energy is used to create them.

8. Find tons of tips on greening your home and business.

9. Check the Energy Star Canada website regularly for updates on new energy-efficient lighting.

10. Queen’s University’s Live Building Project focuses on tips for commercial spaces, but these can be applied to your home, too.

For more information, please visit Earth Hour.

For more earth-friendly insight, check out all the Green Living articles on My Yoga Online.

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My Yoga Online has posted an informative new workshop video presented by Sharon Gannon: Chakras Explained. Jivamukti Yoga founder Sharon Gannon guides you through each of the chakras with detailed description. Please enjoy this intro segment prior to Sharon’s ‘Chakra Balancing Yoga’ practice.

Click here to watch: Chakras Explained

About Sharon Gannon: In 1984 Sharon Gannon and David Life created the Jivamukti Yoga Method, which is a path to enlightenment through compassion for all beings. The JY Method emphasizes vinyasa, scriptural study, devotion, prayer, music, chanting and meditation as well as animal rights, veganism, environmentalism and political activism.

…Learn more about David Life and Sharon Gannon

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My Yoga Online has posted a new yoga tip video featuring Jesse Enright: Yoga and the Knee: Smart Yoga Tip. This Smart Yoga video tip focuses on techniques for maintaining stability and alignment through the knee joint.

Click here to watch: Yoga and the Knee: Smart Yoga Tip

About Jesse Enright: Jesse Enright has been a student of Yoga for eleven years and an instructor for the past nine. He began his studies with Sivananda Yoga before exploring the more dynamic Ashtanga Vinyasa, the detailed alignment of Iyengar and the comprehensive intelligence of Vijnana Yoga.

…Learn more about Jesse Enright

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