BEAUTY BUBBLE BLOG

Curl Harmony Curl Reviver

May 16, 2013 • hair care review

I haven't talked about hair lately and this is because I am trying to keep it really simple when it come to hair. I use quite the amount of oils in my hair as a treatment and finishing serum. The reason behind that is the fact that there are only so little amount of products that would suit me or make my hair happy. I have talked about those few before, but as a blogger I am always in search of the other holy grail hair product.

My hair can be unruly, dry, frizzy and unmanageable. They can also be smooth and well behaved! So I have noticed that they act really mice when I pamper them with as natural ingredients as I can. There comes the downside of a lot of hair finishing products, their main ingredients are usually different types of silicone (yes, apparently one silicone in one product is not enough). So no styling products for me or only as my guilty pleasure! Until I found Curl Harmony.

It is basically a light balm that smooths down any frizz, dryness and adds a lot of healthiness to your locks. Even though it is Curl Reviver, it can be used in any hair. I have natural wave to my hair, but I used it also when I had my hair straight.

It is enriched with Avocado Butter, Kokum Butter and Coconut Butter. It promises to provide hair with moisture, calm frizzing and leave hair looking silky fabulous every day. Now to be honest, it is not entirely natural, but has natural butters as main ingredients.

A little bit of this product goes a long way. You only need to apply few pea sizes to get the perfect effect of it. I have used my little jar for months now and still have plenty of it left.

I apply little amount to damp hair and let it air dry or use a blow dryer. Then after my hair is completely dry, I usually apply little bit more, to give it final touches and smooth down any fly-aways, frizziness or dryness. It makes hair super easy to comb through, very manageable and smooth.

The days when you choose to wear curls, it makes them soft and bouncy even after you abused your hair with hot tools to achieve that perfect curl. This product has been my hair saviour!

Curl Harmony Curl Reviver is available in here. You can choose between 250ml and 60ml jars. Mine is 60ml and I can assure that you can get plenty of use out of it.

Skincare Like Art by Marble and Milkweed

May 08, 2013 • review skin care

I have had the pleasure of trying out quite big sized samples of Marble and Milkweed wonderful skin care. Usually I give skin care some more time before hyping about it, but these little two treasures are just phenomenal and unique.

First of all something about the brand. If you visit their website you may stay there for a while, because everything looks so simple and heartwarming, from the products to the presentation and descriptions. It is simply the art by itself!

Their products are designed to simplify the way we care for ourselves. They are formulated almost exclusively using organic and fair-trade ingredients, and are made carefully by hand. They are gentle and contain no harsh chemicals or artificial scents.

Marble and Milkweed Rose and Chamomile Cleansing Nectar

This cleanser has a base of raw local honey with botanical essences of organic German Chamomile and organic Bulgarian Rose Otto. As you know honey has so many benefits for the skin, starting from antibacterial properties and finishing with anti-aging values. It really feels like putting nectar on your face, it doesn't lather, but cleans very well.

It forms silky almost milky texture on your skin when massaging with wet hands.

The sweet and floral, yet calming scent and smooth texture will provide the ultimate relaxing cleanse experience for your skin. You may think that honey in conjunction with essential oils won't get your face clean, but you are wrong. After rinsing everything off your face it feels so clean, smooth and hydrated like velvet. This cleanser is best to use after your makeup has been removed. It has so many nutrients and good ingredients you would want to get the most of it, and that can only happen on makeup free face.

Rose and Chamomile Cleansing Nectar is available in here.

Marble and Milkweed Rose and Chamomile Facial Scrub

Once again raw local honey, organic oats, organic rose petals and organic rosehip seed oils are only few good things in it. Rosehip seed oil is so high on vitamin A which promotes skin cell regeneration therefore it is so healing on skin. Sesame oil that contains vitamin E is extremely hydrating and has been a favourite ingredient in Ajurvedic skin care for thousand years.

This scrub is quite thick and comes in form of a paste. It smells sweetly floral and comforting and you almost want to eat it after. The colour of rose petals give it so luxurious look and feel.

You get a smallest amount of it and warm it between your hands with little amount of warm water. It forms liquid paste that is easy to work with. Then you apply it on face and start to exfoliate. Particles in it are very gentle yet do their job very well. I leave it usually on my face for few minutes, just to allow everything in it to penetrate my skin better and then rinse it off. It leave skin glowing and clean without any redness or irritation like a lot of scrubs would do. This scrub can get addictive!

Rose & Chamomile Facial Scrub is available in here.

So, these are reasons and my rant why I love these products. I will keep using them as long as these samples last (like with most of the organic products little bit goes, really long way) and hope my skin will benefit even more than it has done in the past week.

Take care!

Brightening Facial Mask

March 22, 2013 • diy skin care

I love cranberries not only as my food, but as my facial. Cranberries are extremely beneficial to our bodies and I figured it can be wonderful on my skin. I have done this face mask a couple of times now and it always amazes me how my skin feels afterwards. There are pretty much tons of recipes out there how you can do it, but I use only two ingredients to make it more simple. Honey and cranberries! If you are allergic to one of these, you should skip this mask.

Cranberries are very high on antioxidants so it help to fight skin environmental damage. It also has vitamins C and K in it that are good for pigmentation, anti-aging and dark circles. Tannin and enzymes make it good exfoliating and antibacterial proprieties.

Honey can be good for moisturising, locking moisture in skin, cleanse and killing any bacteria. Honey is a natural remedy for preventing aging, wrinkles and also has a lot of antioxidants in it.

How I do it? I take about two table spoons full of fresh cranberries and put them into bowl where I can smash them with spoon or fork. You could use food processor or mixer, but I couldn't bother myself with it. It is actually easier to use spoon as the quantity is so small.

There you go, now it is is all smashed and looks like jam or paste. Now you'll add about one teaspoon full of honey. I use organic flower honey I bought from my local beekeeper. It is better than honey from grocery store, but if you don't have any organic honey that would do as well.

And now you mix everything together. Honey is sweet and therefore it sucks all the juices from cranberries out extremely well. The juice part is what you actually need, so it is good when it comes out more liquidy than it was before.

I got something like this. Now I put this liquid part all over my clean face and tried to avoid the skins of the cranberries. Everything else with the seeds in it went on my face. As honey is stickier it keep the mask from dripping or running. After wards I patted tiniest amount of this liquid gently around my eyes as vitamin K brightens the eye area.

With mask on you will wait about 15-20 minutes and look like you just murdered someone. If you want to be extra good for yourself, you will eat some cranberries during the wait (extremely good for you) and then you will wash you face with luke warm water and enjoy your lovely face afterwards.

I made way too much of this substance and ate the leftovers while I was waiting this mask doing its job. Sweet honey made it taste oh so wonderful!

As it is not cranberry season right now I used my fresh defrosted cranberries I put into freezer at the end of the last year. Frozen cranberries can also be found at the store. It is important that you won't use canned cranberries as these don't have any vitamins left in them!