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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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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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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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Make-upOctober 24, 2019

AW2019 make-up must haves

You want to add something new to your make-up drawer to spice up your autumn looks? These three products take you through three catwalk trends but are timeless at the same time.

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Make-upSeptember 27, 2019

Beauty Bargain: Kiko’s Sicilian Notes Long Lasting Eyeshadow Duo

Goede beautyproducten hoeven echt geen aanslag op je bankrekening te zijn. Deze beauty bargain is budgetvriendelijk, gewoon goed en betekent meer geld op de ‘Ooit koop ik een Kelly van Hermès’-spaarrekening. (Scroll down for English.) Handig om mee te nemen op vakantie of om in een pendelmake-uptasje te stoppen, dit plaatsbesparende oogschaduwduo dat een metallic…

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Make-upAugust 9, 2019

Bring on the bronze

Bronze and metallic brown colours on your lids create a summery sultry look. Whether the sun is all out or it is a raining cats and dogs outside.

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Burning a scented candle that smells like George Clooney’s Garda lake mansion - so I imagine - so I no longer have to smell the horrible BBQ our new neighbours have going in the middle of the day. In winter. King Louie and Shere Khan approve. #scentedcandle #acquadiparma #acquadiparmacolonia #pressgift #vintageinterior #junglebook
Hot breakfast for a cold day that started way too early. (I started working at 5.25.) Oatmeal with peanut butter (in it and on it), caramelised banana, coconut and almond slivers. #bananaoatmeal #hotbreakfast #porridgebreakfast
Sunday Mask Day, the 45 minutes to read edit. (Beatlebone is a must read for any Beatles fan btw.) Step 1. Cleanse with go as u r’s waterless cleanser. (It is fragranced and I am not yet sure whether my skin likes it or not, we’ll see.) Step 2. I know this one becomes predictable but I like Nannic’s peeling mask and want to use it up - or nearly up - before opening another peeling mask. Step 3. Hydrate and add some anti-ageing ingredients to my skin with Ici Paris XL’s Time sheet mask. This one feels very cooling so it gave me a wake-up boost after a short night to boot. More in my stories. #franxsmd #sundaymasking #goasur #belgianskincare #nannic #waterlesscleanser #peelingmask #antiageingsheetmask #presssamples
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

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