Griya Kelapa Coconut Lime Hand Cream

This hand cream with rice protein, coconut and lime softens and nourishes dry hands. I have very dry hands and I go through tubes of hand cream like a mad woman. A small tube lasts me about two weeks, and then it’s empty. I am already a third in this Griya Kelapa Coconut Lime Hand Cream but I really try to use as little product as possible, because it smells soooo good and I want to enjoy this hand cream for as long as I can. The mix of coconut and lime – all-natural of course – really smells amazing. And the hand cream also softens and moisturizes my hands as promised. It doesn’t necessarily do a better or worse job than other hand creams, but I am giving it extra points just for the smell. What can I say, I’m a sucker for products that smell nice.

Price: 24.90 CHF at Bali Cosmetics.

Conclusion

I bet you already saw this coming, but I am pleasantly surprised by the products. By the hand cream, obviously, but also by the two hair oils. So I apologize for all those times that I said how awful I thought hair oil was and how terrible it was for people with my hair type. I have to set the record straight: hair oil doesn’t necessarily make your hair look greasy and even people with my hair type can use it to get healthier hair. So yes, I was wrong. But if it gets me better, stronger hair in the end, then I don’t mind being wrong :-)

Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair serum

After seven years of intense research on the effects of lack of sleep on our skin, Estée Lauder has tweaked the formula of their famous Advanced Night Repair serum so that it now combats skin aging even better. The research showed that poor sleep or lack of sleep visibly accelerates skin aging. So what used to be just a scary hypothesis has now been proven to be a fact. Help! It appeared that the skin cells of the bad sleepers in the research didn’t recover as well during the night as those of the test subjects that did get enough sleep (7 to 8 hours). The skin of the bad sleepers also suffered from 30 percent more moisture loss. And thirsty skin that doesn’t regenerate at night ages faster of course. But luckily now there’s the new and improved Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair serum. Of course the serum can’t miraculously give you a good night’s rest, but what it can do thanks to the new ChronoluxCB technology is boost cell renewal and cell regeneration, and therefore counter the aging effects caused by a lack of sleep. And just like the original version, the new Advanced Night Repair serum from Estée Lauder also contains antioxidants and hyaluronic acid that fight skin aging and help keep the skin healthy. So don’t let worries about skin aging keep you up at night, because Estée Lauder can now keep your skin in top condition, even after a short night.

I’ve been using the new Advanced Night Repair serum for just over a week now, and seriously, I can already see a difference. I am a terrible sleeper, but even after a rough night my skin looks fresh and full. I might not always feel very awake, but at least now you can’t tell anymore from my skin. The new Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair serum has been available since mid-August in 30 and 50 ml for respectively 92 and 140 CHF. For 150 CHF you can now also buy a special limited-edition version of the Advanced Night Repair serum with a matching Pink Ribbon Charm to support the 2013 Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign.