It's a 10 Miracle Leave In Conditioner plus Keratin $20.99
I think it was about 6 months ago when I found out that everyone was raving about the leave-in conditioner from this brand It's a 10. Although the one which seems to be the most popular one comes with a pink lid, I ordered this one with an orange lid from Vitacost because they didn't have the pink one.
This spray works as a heat protectant as well as a deep conditioning treatment. It has keratin which smooths hair, eliminates frizz and restores shine. Apparently this leave-in conditioner makes your hair soft and bouncy.
I dried my hair without this conditioner which is shown left. (It's wavy because I have been having my hair permed for more than 10 years, not because it's damaged...) You can see how frizzy the ends are and it obviously looks really dry. On the other hand, my hair looks much smoother and more hydrated in right with this conditioner on.
It really does make my hair soft and bouncy as it claims and I'm totally in love with this product. I don't even want to dry my hair without it! Another thing I love about it is the scent. It has this floral yet fruity, sophisticated scent. It doesn't smell like a cheap drugstore product (though I love drugstore products most of the time) and it smells a bit more like a high-end product if that makes sense. I don't have enough vocabulary to describe the scent but it smells gorgeous.
It's not the cheapest leave-in conditioner in the world but definitely the most effective that I've ever tried. I'll repurchase it again when it's ran out. Have you tried anything from It's a 10?
Baby Pink BB Cream in Light 987yen
I wrote about this Japanese beauty brand called Baby Pink before (HERE) when I got their BB Power as a PR sample. The powder is amazing and I've been wearing it every day since I got it so I was very happy when they sent me this BB Cream as another PR sample!
BB cream in this tiny tube works as lotion, cream, sunscreen, primer, concealer, foundation and finishing powder it says. I don't know what it means that it works as finishing powder though...Anyway, it has SPF 35 UV protection which is very good for daily use. The colour I got is Light, and there is another colour called Natural which is darker and looks a bit orangey in the picture on their website.
I was kind of surprised and excited at the same time to see how pale it looks because usually foundations from Japanese brands are pretty dark and yellow toned which don't suit my skin tone but this one looks OK on my skin!
When I compare this BB cream to the one from Garnier which is on the right, you can clearly see that Baby Pink one is paler. And the consistency is just perfect (unline Garnier which is super runny and comes out from the tube instantly when I open the lid!) and it sits on my skin nicely all day. I blend it in using the buffing brush from Real Techniques and it just melts into my skin without staying on top of the skin surface which some liquid foundations do.
And then I set it with Baby Pink BB Powder to the flawless finish. This combo makes my skin looks very nice -it looks natural and definitely not heavy or cakey but the pores on my cheeks are covered.
I think this BB cream works better than Garnier's! I will repurchase it for sure which is rare for me to say about a Japanese beauty product. What do you think about Baby Pink, have you ever heard of the brand?
I used to love coffee much more than tea. I drunk at least two cups of coffee a day and I only drunk iced tea with syrup in summer mainly. Also I hated herbal tea because I thought it taste disgusting but from God knows when I became a tea junkie and now I have more than 10 tea boxes sitting in my kitchen cupboard. I picked some of my favourite teas here to talk about, to share my obsession with you all!
When I am tired and stressed, I drink these relaxation type of teas. Celestial Sleepytime
is my favoruite tea to drink before bed. More than a year ago, there was time I was anxious about everything and couldn't sleep well. But every time I had a cup of Sleepytime before bed, it made it much easier to fall asleep and I even had really nice dreams. It makes me relaxed and feel secure somehow.
Yogi Organic Herbal Tea Comforting Chamomile
is also very soothing and relaxing. It's pure chamomile tea which I drink whenever I have a stomachache that is caused by stress. It doesn't have a strong taste but it's definitely soothing.
Pukka Relax Tea Organic Chamomile Fennel & Marshmallow Root
has a little bit of a unique flavour that people who don't usually drink herbal tea might dislike. It tastes pretty herbal but again it contains chamomile which is my favourite. I also love the packaging, the logo is one of the prettiest logos in the world!
BOH Lychee with Rose tea is my favourite tea for Sunday afternoon. It has this fantastic aroma of the mixture of luxurious rose and fruity lychee. The base is black tea I assume but the aroma is pretty strong so I don't usually add sugar or milk. I love how sweet it smells but doesn't have any sweetener such as stevia. And look at the packaging! It looks so pretty!
I picked up AHMAD TEA Apple Refresh in The Tea House in Covent Garden. I picked up some nice teas for my mum and her friend so I thought I should buy something for myself too without spending a lot of money. This one was only about 2 pound or something and also I love apple tea so I thought it was perfect! It has this amazing aroma of fresh apples which I am totally in love with. I recently found out I can buy their teas in Japan although they're much more expensive here, so I might purchase some other fruit tea from the brand as well as this apple tea. Do you have any recommendations?
Last but not least, Twinings Apple and Pear Green Tea is just brilliant. I had a very similar one last year at my husband's sister's house and I looked for it everywhere as I loved it so much, but I never found it. It was black tea with apple and pear flavours, and I asked her to find it for me this year but she said she couldn't. They might have discontinued and instead they made this green tea version. She kindly got this one for me instead and I ended up buying 2 boxes of this amazing tea to bring back to Japan. I love anything with pear! I thought it was really weird paring apple and pear with green tea because for us Japanese, green tea is supposed to be plain. But this green tea is totally different from the one we drink in Japan and actually it tastes really nice with fruity flavour.
What's your favourite tea girls? And what do you drink when you want to relax?