DE Loves Juara's New Mattifying Moisturizer & Winner of Giveaway & Motivate Yourself!

I don’t know about you, but when the weather gets warmer, my skin tends to get a lot oilier. To the point where I have to keep dabbing it with one of my blotting cloths every hour. If I’m out in public with Mr. DE and my face gets too oily, we have a code word. He’ll say "Shining" in my ear, and I know that means whip out those blotting cloths. I have to apply moisturizer before makeup although usually it can exacerbate the oiliness. However, for the last two weeks, I’ve been trying Juara’s new Sweet Black Tea & Ginger Mattefying moisturizer, and I love love love it.




I apply this right after my serum, and right before my primer. It’s loaded with exotic and beneficial ingredients like Ginger which works almost as a natural astingent. Cinnamon, which is great for it’s antibacterial properties and it includes hyaluronic acid which of course plumps up the skin. As I always says, the proof is in the pudding. First of all this is not very thick at all, it’s a pretty thin consistency. However, when I apply to my face, my skin feels very soft and smooth, not dry at all. After four hours my skin isn’t oily, and only after eight hours do I have slight oil, and it’s not bad at all, not like my usual grease filled face. It really works and it’s Paraben-free. Alcohol-free. Unfragranced and Oil-free. We love it!

www.juaraskincare.com

Winner of Jan Marini Mask is Linda Amdams. Linda you have two days to get back to me or i will be forced to give this to someone else.

Tami, the Genifique winner, please re-send me your information. I can't find it.

What are your plans this weekend? I'm interviewing this amazing woman for the site, and can't wait to upload it for you guys to see. I've decided that even if I don't get a job reporting just yet, I'll do things for myself, and PLEASE make sure that you're making moves too. Ryan Seacrest (yes this is funny) twittered a really great quote that I wanted to share with you girls "Find your light - they can't love you if they can't see you." - Bette Midler. Don't wait for things to happen, Make them Happen!

Hugs,

DE

Are you Toned?

I’m a huge fan of native beauty secrets. I love when I meet a friend from a new culture and they start telling me about the things that the women in their country do to keep beautiful. It’s so fascinating to me. I know in the Dominican Republic, coconut oil is one of our biggest beauty secrets, as well as using garlic to strengthen our nails. Japanese women use nightingale droppings to wash their skin and keep it looking beautiful. Isn’t that amazing! Juara products were made using the natural beauty secrets of the women from Indonesia. I’ve been using their Tamarind Tea toner for the last two weeks in the mornings, and I'm really impressed.



First of all this contains some major antioxidants like Green tea, white tea, and black tea (which will keep DE Lookin 21 forever).It contains Tamarind which Indonesians use for various medicine ailments and hyaluronic acid (which lubricates the skin). The scent of this is like an herbal infusion of tea-light, but not overly powerful.
The bottom line is, I love how soft and ridiculously silky my skin feels after I use this (You usually don't get that feeling with toners which can leave your skin feeling tight and dry). Right before I apply my moisturizer in the morning, I’ve been applying this and I notice my skin is less oily than usual, but still feels like silk. One day I even forgot to apply my moisturizer and my skin still felt smooth. Another great thing is, this is paraben, fragrance and alcohol free (many toners contain alcohol which can strip the skin-but not this one). I’m loving this!

Do you have native beauty secrets you want to share?

Do you tone?

What toners do you love?

I apologies for the delay in posting. My laptop is being bad again so I've had to rewrite all of my post.

Big Hugs,

De