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Hair Make-up SkinJanuary 15, 2020

My beauty resolutions for 2020. And I plan on keeping them.

Forget the more healthy food and more exercise resolution: beauty resolutions are much easier to keep, promise. Here are mine. 

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Make-upDecember 27, 2019

Glitter all the way

Sparkling glitter eyes for new year’s eve? Yes please! But you might want to think about which one to buy.

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PerfumeDecember 22, 2019

4 things you may not know about scented candles and three pretty must haves

There is more to tell about scented candles than the simple fact that they smell nice. Here are four fun facts and three examples that give your home a luxury hotel or spa feeling.

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Make-up SkinDecember 13, 2019December 13, 2019

7 pretty stocking fillers

Small presents are great too: these seven gifts are perfect to give any Christmas stocking some extra oomph. 

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Hair Perfume SkinDecember 9, 2019

4 Christmas gift ideas for the niche beauty lover

You still need to find the perfect gift to make your niche beauty loving friend happy? One of these four will put a smile on his/her face. 

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Make-upDecember 4, 2019

6 fragrance free lipsticks

Fragrance free lipsticks might be a bit harder to find than their fragranced counterparts but they do exist. Proof: these six lippies.

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Make-upNovember 27, 2019November 27, 2019

Party proof palettes: the budget edition

Whether you are looking for the perfect Christmas gift for a make-up lover or whether you just want to treat yourself to something new for all the Christmas parties you have planned, these four newbies will turn you and someone else into shiny happy people. And they won’t break the bank.

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Make-upNovember 22, 2019November 22, 2019

Party proof palettes: the pricey edition

Whether you are looking for the perfect Christmas gift for a make-up lover or whether you just want to treat yourself to something new for all the Christmas parties you have planned, these four newbies will turn you and someone else into shiny happy people. 

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Make-upNovember 15, 2019November 15, 2019

Four fragrance free foundations (try saying that five times in a row)

You are allergic to fragrance in cosmetics or you prefer to avoid it? These four foundations are fragrance free. (No essential oils either.)

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SkinNovember 8, 2019

Winter is coming bodycare

Winter is coming… Meaning: you might want to switch to (even) more nourishing body care to prevent your skin from turning into sandpaper the next couple of months.

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They’re very cliché - less sugar, more excercise - and most people give up on them after say 2 months but I find resolutions in the beauty department are much easier to keep. I wrote about mine on the blog. And intend to keep them. (I promise you’ll see more of me this year, @jochenvanhoudt 😀!) Link in bio👆🏼as always. #beautyresolutions #resolutions2020
Another skincare empty! I am not that big a believer in the whole free from industry unless it’s free from fragrance and drying/skin damaging ingredients. Which is why I love the Baby Pure range Louis Widmer launched last year. It’s free from fragrance, silicones (bad for the environment), mineral oils (dito and I don’t think normal skin needs them), alcohol (it can be drying), phtalates, parabens and colouring (unnecessary). Now, I don’t want to get into the whole phtalates and parabens discussion - the EU has pretty good regulations unlike the US - but with babies/young children whose skin is not completely developed yet and more permeable you might want to avoid certain ingredients entering their little bodies. Just to be on the safe side. Back to this body lotion I used on myself - why wouldn’t an adult use children’s cosmetics? - and on my 5 year old stepdaughter. It is nice and is easily absorbed after a shower but in winter my and her skin need an even more nourishing and soothing formula. Still, this is a nice one for summer! I will also be testing BabyPure’s body oil. If you are looking for baby/children’s skincare, I think all in all this is a pretty good range as it is fragrance free. You and your child don’t need fragranced skincare. Plus, why camouflage that lovely newborn’s natural smell? #franxskincareempties #babypure #louiswidmer #fragrancefreeskincare #fragrancefreebodylotion #childrenscosmetics #presssample
Make-up empties! Well, past their use by date products so they need to go. I loved these mascaras - I have easy lashes - though I only wore the Bourjois one when I wanted thick lashes for a night out. The other 3 are much more for every day use: BE Creative and L’Oréal if you like volume, curl and length but nothing over the top. Maybelline’s Snapscara for very natural, curled lashes. I love a good eyeshadow pencil and these ones by Lancôme are really nice and stay put for quite a long time. (I kept them way too long.) The Metalizer liquid eyeshadow by Dior was a limited edition, which is a pity as it is a good, long-wearing shadow in pretty metallic brown hues. Maybelline’s Curvitude Eyeliner is good if you like tightlining but you can do a cat eye with it if you want to. (It’s good but not one of my favourites.) On to skin then: Bourjois’ Healthy Skin is a lovely range if you want natural, glowy skin. This BB Cream is quite covering, I see it more as a light foundation. But I would love an SPF in it. I liked using all 3 concealers. The Maybelline Mastercamo palette may look scary to people who do not wear make-up often but it is actually easy to use: 2 correctors to neutralize skintone issues, 2 concealers to cover say dark circles and 2 highlighters so you can mix up your own colour in each category. I used this one - 2 Medium - when I wanted to make an effort. Otherwise I stick to just concealer. The MAC Waterweight one is like a serum so a little goes a long way and it blends seamlessly and easy into skin. I liked using it in summer - even as foundation - as it feels like you’re wearing nothing and it is longwearing. The L’Oréal Perfect Match one is probably my favourite. Easy to apply and blend for a natural look. The Away We Glow Liquid Booster in Glazed Donuts by NYX is a clever product: you mix these glow drops with foundation to make it more glowy or use them on their own as a highlighter/bronzer. But it smells off so it needs to go. #franxskincareempties #glowdrops #concealer #bbcream #mascara #unlimitedmascara #snapscara #maybelline #lorealparis #truematchloreal #bourjois #becreativemakeup #nyxcosmetics #awayweglowliquidbooster #presssamples
Sunday Mask Day, the Sam from het Muizenhuis discovers skincare edit aka the dehydrated forehead edition. This week, I noticed my forehead had some really dry spots and that the expression lines on it looked more pronounced, so I am treating it to loads of nourishment and hydration and some peeling acids to get rid of the dry spots. Step 1. I went to bed with a thin layer of Nannic’s gentle White Willow Bark Peeling Mask on my face to let the acids do their job all night long. It is a gentle formula with soothing ingredients so I can take it to keep it on all night long. Step 2. I deep cleansed my face with Elizabeth Arden’s Superstart Probiotic Cleanser. Step 3. I spritzed some soothing Tolériane 8 spray all over my face before applying a layer of Kiehl’s Avocado Nourishing Hydration Mask, which is step 4. Resulting in skin that feels super smooth and soft and dehydration lines on my forehead that are less visible. More in my stories! Also: if you don’t know Het Muizenhuis, go take a look on its Instagram account. It is amazing and kids - and a bit older people like myself - love it! #franxsmd #sundaymasking #avocadonourishinghydrationmask #kiehls #whitewillowbarkpeeling #nannic #elizabetharden #superstartprobioticcleanserwhiptoclay #toleriane8 #larocheposay #peelingmask #claycleanser #hydrationmask #dehydratedskin #winterskin #presssamples #hetmuizenhuis
Our kind of souvenir is the edible type... The BEST caramels I ever had - from Pärlans that does amazing flavours like juniper berry or curcuma - and flavoured green tea from the cutest tea shop in town. Both shops are in Södermalm. #stockholmsouvenirs #stockholm #pärlanskonfektyr #pärlans #caramels #teabox #greentea #teacentreofstockholm #södermalm
I know, I know, I’ve been posting a lot of skincare empties this week but what can I say? I cleaned out my bathroom cupboards and got rid of anything past its use by date. I hate throwing Urban Decay’s Meltdown Make-up Remover away but it’s been open for way too long. This is such a good and quick cleanser, especially if you like heavy make-up looks. This spray dissolves a smokey eye in no time, it’s fragrance-free and contains only 3 ingredients. I feel like UD’s cleanser range did not get the attention it deserved as it had some really good, gentle cleansers. I can’t find it on the Belgian webshop anymore, so I guess it has been discontinued (in our country), which is a pity. Beauty Kitchen’s Berry British Sustainable Beauty Oil was a nice fragrance free oil, made out of berry seeds from the juice industry that would otherwise have been thrown away. I used it before going to bed when my skin could use something extra in winter. It smells off now, so it has to go. Eycerin’s Hyaluron-filler and vit C booster is used as a cure - you can buy a pack with 4 boosters - whenever you feel like your skin can use some extra glow and plumpness. I liked it but I think it is a pity it is fragranced. (Clinique and Paula’s Choice have fragrance free vit C boosters.) Everyone knows I love CeraVé. Its Hydrating Cream is good if you have really dry (atopic) skin. However, I prefer the milk as it is free from mineral oils. (They can help atopic skin keep hydrated and I use them when nothing else seems to work but I switch back to something without them once they have helped my skin.) I also would advise you to buy the tube as this jar was way too big for me to finish within 12 months. The Body Shop’s Shea Butter is a multitasker that you can use on dry skin, lips and hair and mix with other priducts. (The brand has some DIY recipes on its website.) It was not enough to keep my dehydrated lips happy but I can imagine it working on other people’s skin and lips. By buying this product, you support women in Ghana who make shea butter for The Body Shop. #franxskincareempties #skincareempties #sheabutter #urbandecay #beautykitchen #berrybritish #hyaluronfillervitcbooster #eucerin

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