Beauty

Kajsa me and my mom are away for a couple of days. My mom has her birthday in a while and cause of that we decided to have ourselfs a mini vacation. We will spend it in a small town and do spa treatments among other things.

I like to get away for a while and have no “must do’s”. I find that it gives my soul a break when I don’t have to do things. My anxiety gets a couple of days off and that’s better than all medicines.

Kajsa has settled in perfectly. She’s used to stay in hotels. I often begin the “hotel stay” with a walk to let her feel where she is. Dogs are wonderful in how they just like how things are20170216_140005

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Tangles

I often get tangles in my hair. Even if I use “heavy” schampoo`s and conditioners and so on they keep showing up. When I have long hair my whole hair is often one big tangle. I like having long hair but it`s almost impossible. Because of that I`ve used different hair oils to make it better.

I write hair oils and many of you probably think “oil makes my hair greasy”. My hair gets greasy as well if I use “pure” oil like olive oil. I remember when I mixed olive oil and essential oils and put it on my hair. It looked like I had never washed my hair! It only weighed my hair down and my hair looked dirty. Pure oil is excellent for deep conditioning where you leave it on your hair for a while and then wash it off. When you only want to get soft hair you should use oils especially made for your hair.

This hair oil is probably the best one I`ve used.

20170125_180706This is Marc Anthonys, “Coconut and shea butter oil”. It`s a lightweight oil that makes your hair soft without any greasy feeling. It smells discrete but nice and it melts in with your hair. It makes at my hair almost tangle free. I find that it`s best to put it on when my hair is wet.

You can buy this everywhere.

Soft lip

I love lip balms. I seem to buy them all the time. I buy tinted ones and those without colour. If I don`t use any lip balm my lips get dry.

 

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A small part of my lip balm collection.

I think my obsession with lip balms come from my insecurities about my mouth. I have always thought it was too big. Even today I don`t like it. That`s interesting considering the lip hysteria today. Many put fillers in their lips and can`t get them big enough. I should probably be grateful I got naturally big lips.

If I don`t wear lip balm my lips get dry and that makes me feel more insecure about my mouth. I have a lip balm in every pocket and bag! I know I don`t need as many as I have but I can`t help it. My favourite part when it comes to my skin is of course my lips. Put me in a store and you`ll soon find me at the lip care counter.

The best lip balms to me are the ones where you don`t need an applicator to put them on.

The lip balm above was a good one. It was soft and easy to put on.

I have tried lip balms in many different price ranges and I don`t think the most expensive ones were the best. They all made my lips soft regardless of the price. The more expensive ones had a nicer package but that`s not important to me. It`s the inside that counts and what I care about.

 

Pores

I don`t know about you but I like to hide my pores. I have combination skin and find that I have rather large pores in certain areas on my face. Especially on and around my nose. I think pores are one of the biggest issues when it comes to skin. There are creams and concealers that claim to shrink the appearance of pores and I`ve tried many. Most didn`t make any difference.

My favourite brand, NIP FAB, has the best pore shrinking product. It`s their “Glycolic fix serum”. It`s a serum that both makes pores decrease in size AND it exfoliates the skin. The exfoliation in this serum is not the same as a face scrub that goes deep into the skin. This is kinder to your face but it gives the skin a healthy even look to it. I use it in the morning under my moisturizer and I love it. Try it!

Calming

20161123_174948I`ve had an itchy scalp for a long time. I have tried many things that were supposed to calm the scalp but nothing has worked. Instead they often make it itch more. I have used different shampoo`s that would help with dandruff and built ups but they also made it itch more. Dandruff shampoo`s are often very harsh to your hair and if you don`t really have dandruff they can damage it.

This product works for me. It`s climbazole 4. It`s a leave-in scalp tonic. You can use it as a pre-shampoo treatment but I think it`s better to apply it after the hair has been washed. Then it has more time to do it`s job until the next hair wash. I apply it to my scalp by first putting it in my hands and then I rub it on. I did put it on straight from the bottle the first time I used it but I found that I got too much of the tonic on the scalp. By doing it with the hands I get the right amount.

It smells like tee tree oil. I like that. When you have applied the tonic the smell gradually fades away though. The best thing about it is that your hair won`t look greasy at all. The texture of the tonic is very light and it “melts” into your hair. I have used it for a while now and my hair feels better than it has in a long time. Great stuff.

Wrinkle

I love all things in beauty. Skincare in particular. I think the older you get the more you have to care about taking your skin. Wrinkles begin to show and the sooner you take care of them the better. Today there`s a whole range of different products  out there and they fit every need when it comes to skin.

Botox is one alternative in the fight against wrinkles. For all of us that can`t afford it or simply just don`t want try it there`s other things to use. There are many skincare products that claim to be as good as botox and I have found a brand that is great. You might have heard of it: Nip Fab. They have many different products and this one, the viper venom series does a great job in smoothing wrinkles. I love this “Frown fix”. It doesn`t hide all the wrinkles but you definitely see a difference. I put it on my forehead and around my mouth twice daily and my wrinkles decreases. Try it!

 

Beauty

I am crazy about beauty. I am crazy about beauty products and spa treatments. I like it all. If I had the money I would live in a beauty salon.

My favourite beauty products at the moment are beautyboxes. I have been subscribing to Lookfantastics beautybox and I like it. Once a month you get a box with beauty products. You never know what you are getting and it’s fun to open the box. I get products I would never buy myself and find new favourites.