Resolution '14: Better Cleaning the face; the house is a different priority

Do we need yet another resolution? Yes, when it's in the cutest bottle!

Cleaning up is one of the key-elements of healthy skin and I've never really skipped on that. I only wanted to stop using 'the chemical' and leap over to 'the organic side' to see if my flake-prone skin would improve.

Since I had gotten a sample of cultproduct May Lindstrom 'the Clean Dirt' I wanted to explore cleansing grains/clays. May Lindstrom is quite expensive and also quite potent with warming spices and cleansing clays. That is fine on some days, but when skin is sensitive...soothing is a better option.

 The Rose Cleansing Polish has been branded as their most gentle and still effective cleansing scrub:

 

source: FrenchGirlOrganics

This sounds really credible looking at the ingredients such as softening Rose Hip, Hibiscus, Lavender and the ayurvedic wonderpowders such as Neem & Tulsi.

French Girl Organics has gotten a couple of a good reviews on various blogs. And ofcourse I've gotten too enamorated on the cute packaging...

Hence, my new powder habit is a healthy one:

 

I have only used it a couple of times; too little for a full review. However, I will discus it when I have used it more oftenly.

I bought it over on etsy from FrenchGirlCosmetics (here).

Falar...Benamor?

Lingering on other sites makes you crave new thingies. The dear "Worship" once showcased some European goodies with those old-fashioned packages (here). That made me even more curious for this tube when seeing it in Portugal

It comes in one of those metallic squeezy tubes that stays like that when once squeezed.

It has been used since 1928 by various famous Portuguese, eg. the last queen of Portugal. But the romantic part was buying it during one of my journeys.

Not so romantic, but you can buy it from this place too.

It suits me...

I have been stumbling upon this gorgeously vintage suitcase in a second hand haberdashery:

Quite original, lovingly vintage, and the price...



A fab deal: It suit(cases) me...

stash-shopping: givenchy (vintage) coat

During a bit of blog-surfing I came across to a very valuable challenge: shop your stash, which implies that you have to look in your stash of makeup/clothes/etc and find the one thing (or millions of things?) you haven't used yet, and have already bought this for at least six months ago.

My mind is so foggy, so I cannot remember the blogger who mentioned this challenge (aaaahhhkkk, need a diary!) but I absolutely love the idea of re-finding goods in your closet and using them.
I have chosen for a vintage coat I have bought early spring 2008. I think it is the right season to use the coat, and flaunt its gorgeousness around ;P

Vintage items have become more and more fashionable for the last couple of years. Although I love the idea of recycling and reducing your carbon footprint (by buying less clothes), I still do not like the musty smelling shops that are to be in synch with vintage clothes shops.

If I do want to buy vintage, I head to posher vintage shops, or buy online (and check the desciption in order if they are not smelling like mothballs or such).

I cannot remember where I bought this coat (my alzheimerish memory), but I was absolutely charmed by it when I saw it online. It was a vintage Givenchy coat (or claimed to be) in a gorgeous wine colour, and had these sixties era sleeves...ohhh...

I still do not know if it is the real thing, but I like to think so. It did not break the bank, I paid around $100 (something I do remember-money related things). It came in an good condition, except for a bit of vintagy smell. I kind of left in in the closet for 7 or more months, and a week ago I decided to wear this, and brought it to the drycleaners. Voilla, the smell was gone, and a beautiful coat emerged.

Here is the close-up of the Givenchy label. It is supposed to be 60s Givenchy "nouvelle boutique".

Still, I haven't worn it yet. Perhaps this post will convince me to wear this next week...So, beware of the girl in the bordeaux Givenchy coat, LOL.