Valentine's day GRWM - The Body Shop Vitamin E products

Valentine's day is the day to doll yourself up. A nice makeup, outfit and you're good to go on your date. But before makeup I like to prep my skin and these days I do that with The Body Shop Vitamin E products.

I have dry skin so it's really important to hydrate my face before makeup, so that it won't be flaky and patchy.

The Body Shop Vitamin E Cream Cleanser is perfect for the morning/daytime cleansing. It's really light weight, refreshing and soothing. The creamy consistency feels quite nice for my dry skin. For oily skin I'm not sure whether it's good or not, but I can tell it is not very oily. At night after taking off the makeup I tend to use a more 'heavy duty' cleanser like the Estée Lauder one on the picture.

After washing my face I use the Vitamin E Eye Cream. The ingredients are not the best as far as effectiveness, like the hyaluronate and the dimethicone are towards the end of the list, and I would prefer some vitamin K. But it contains glycerin which is good for absorbing and retaining water keeping the skin hydrated and sooth. It also helps in makeup application and duration. But it can't work wonders. Anyway in my opinion it's perfect for day time before makeup because it hydrates the skin, makes it soft and it absorbs quickly.

I would suggest the Vitamin E Aqua Boost Sorbet for similar reasons: it hydrates, makes the makeup easier to apply and stay put. It has a nice cold feeling because of the sorbet texture and I think because of the alcohol too. The alcohol is the reason I would say I'm not the biggest fan of this cream,
it feels a bit drying and strange, and it leaves my skin red for 1-2 minutes. I would not suggest this for those with sensitive skin.

Overall if you are young, looking for a moderately hydrating, cooling product which absorbs quickly and looks good with makeup then I would suggest the Body Shop Vitamin E collection.
Now I'm trying out some Aloe Vera creams from The Body Shop, I will let you know how that goes.
I heard that they are good for sensitive normal to dry skin. We shall see.

Watch my video with the valentine's day makeup, hair and outfit on my YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC27LjS5KCZCWqOdvs2VC3qw

Richie's two year toddler update

It was my son's second birthday on the 13th of January, so I thought I would give you some update on  his schedule and a lot more.

First of all he looks just like his father, the only resemblance with me is his eyes and hair. He is around 88 cm (35 in) and 13 kilos (28,6 lb). His clothes size is 2 or 2-3 years. He has 18 teeth, the rest are coming now.

His schedule is really convenient now: he wakes up between 7-8, then we change clothes and play a bit in my bed, then we have breakfast around 8-8.30. It's usually porridge with fruits or eggs with veggies. Then he has a snack before nap time which can be fruit, veggie, popcorn, yoghurt, cottage cheese or something like these. He takes a nap around 11 and wakes up around 12.30-13.00 pm. Then we make lunch together. His favorites are pasta or rice with tomato sauce, minced beef and veggies, with cheese on top. But basically he eats and loves everything even like grapefruit. Funny because he hadn't been eating much until he turned 1. So back to the schedule - he has a snack in the afternoon too and then we eat dinner together with his dad, he usually has a sandwich with veggies and fruits while we eat some fruits or veggies. He takes his bath

around 7.30 pm, then goes to bed in his room around 8-8.30 pm. Then around 10-11 pm he comes to our bed and sleeps there till the morning. He loves sleeping with me and cuddling at night - although he is not the cuddly type.

He still has breastmilk at nap time and when he wants closure.
He hasn't been wearing diapers for 4-5 months now.

Favorite toys: cars, balls, balloons, duplo cars - he is a manly man :D - and he loves dancing. He loves being outside, riding motorbike or bike (without pedals) and going to the playground.
Favorite TV program: Minuscule (bugs)

Talking: he speeks perfectly like 10-20 words, he knows the names of the family members, but he knows almost all words but has different (but similar) names for them. He can tell everything he wants: has to pee, hungry or anything.

He doesn't go to preschool or kindergarten yet, he will go when he turns 3. He looooves kids, he is never jealous of his toys or myself, he is really generous and does everything to get a kid to play with him. He also loves animals which reminds me that he is also really 'obedient', he never does the important things that he mustn't do. Like we have never put gate on the stairs when he was smaller, cause he just never does what he is told not to.

He loves helping out with housework, like vacuuming, wiping, cleaning the floor, spraying, getting out dishes of the dishwasher, loading washing machine, putting away toys, putting wood in the fireplace etc.

Alltogether he is a happy, content, easy toddler, always smiling and laughing and I love him more than anything in this world.





P.S. I will put up a video with him this week on my YouTube channel, stay tuned for that and subscribe to my channel!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC27LjS5KCZCWqOdvs2VC3qw