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http://www.cranberrylane.com

One of the store I often visit is the Cranberrylane. They sell 100% natural beauty products that they manufactured themselves. They have different face care lines as well as care for body and hair. They also sell natural materials/ingredients/tools such as beeswax, glycerin, herbs, base oils, essential oils and many more. You can get cheaper essential oils at Cranberrylane than any other places. They come in bigger size bottle too, such as 20mL and 50mL. The store also hold soapmaking classes.

I most often buy materials from Cranberrylane, such as glycerin, jojoba oil, and herbs or essential oils for the hair and body. It is very convenient for me because the store is located in Coquitlam, which is near to where I live. I also have tried some of their products. My mom now is using their cleansing milk and essence. She especially likes their cleasing millk as my mom has very dry mature skin and this cleansing milk hydrates her skin as she cleanses. The price of herbs in cranberrylane are abit expensive. I recommend aroma beginners to buy essential oils from there.

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Overall Rating: C+

Brand: Lavera
Area: face and/or neck
Texture: clear gel
Claimed effects: anti-stress, support cell-renewal
Leave on Time: 10 - 20 mins
Price: N/A

My experience:
- gel drys up very fast
- feels okay on face
- does little anti-stress functions
- hydration is average

Overall Rating: B+

Brand: Jurlique
Area: face and/or neck
Texture: medium thick creamy masque
Claimed effects: firming, nourishing, hydrating
Leave-on time: as long as you want, as long as it’s not dry
Price: N/A

My experience:
- very hydrating and nourishing
- does tighten pores
- the combination of lemon and orange essentail oils gives a soothing feeling, what a pleasant smell!
- drys up very fast, you can spray some spring water or floral water to keep it moist (it’s not recommend to spray running water)

Overall Rating: B

Brand: Jurlique
Area: Face and/or Neck
Texture: light watery cream
Claimed effects: fight wrinkles/finelines, antioxidant
Price: N/A
Color: White

My experience:
- very hydrating
- has a pleasant and relaxing smell
- the disadvantage is that you have to put face cream (with oil preferrably) after using this product to lock the hydration, or else skin will feel tight after application

It has been weeks since I updated. School + work is not that easy. I have tried alot of different jurlique sample products but I didn’t have the time or I didn’t have the motivation to write until now. But then I already forgot how they feel on my face, i’ve been too busy with things going on in my mind. I’m always worry about yesterday, today and tomorrow. What happened yesterday? What’s going to happen today and tomorrow? hmm. today is friday and its a day off for me. im going out today but need to vaccum first before i go. I know that lately many ppl had been visiting this site, and welcome all of you. I wish to share more stuff with all of you.

I’ve been reading this book recently.
It is called “The Skin Type Solution” by Leslie Baumann.
This first 3 chapters of th book basically helps you to find out what skin type you are and from there to choose the right products for your skin type which you will find in the rest of the book. There are 16 skin types, different combinations of 4 basic types. They are dry/oily (D/O), resistant/sensitive (R/S), pigmented/non-pigmented (P/N), and lastly wrinkled/tight (W/T).

I did the questionnaire and found that I am DRPT. I read the chapter on DRPT and found that this is the most common skin type. Anyone from Europe or Asia can have this type of skin. Yet, the products I found wasn’t that useful. I definitely prefer natural products rather than ones that contains synthetic ingredients.

I think anyone can try the questionnaire in this book to find out what skintype you are. It is always useful to know what skintype you have. I didn’t think the rest of the book is useful. Yet, I think the information will attract those who loves to try and buy different skincare products. I personally was one of those people before. I guess when it gets to a point where your skin never improves, you stop and keep everything as simple as it can be.

There is one section in chapter 2 called skin care myth that I really like about. There are 4 myths, the following one is one that I never know until I read the book:

Myth #3: Fragrance-free products contain no perfume or fragrance
“Fragrance-free means that there is no fragrance detectable by the average person’s sense of smell”
I’m very shocked as many people who have sensitive skin or people who prefer natural care like me would choose a fragrance-free product over the others. The book also mentioned that there is fragrance added to most of the skin products to cover their bad odors. From now on, we have to carefully select products. Maybe we can select products which uses essential oils as fragrance.

The first 3 chapters of the book is recommended.

Overall Rating: B

Brand: Lancome
Area: Eyelash
Texture: waterproof, wet
Claimed effects: super volumizing, 16 hours hold
Price: CAD$30
Color: black
Brush: straight, btw small and medium

My experience:
- helps you get great lengths
- super volumizing needs several applications
- very waterproof
- looks natural
- each application is a thin layer

Overall Rating: B

Brand: Kose
Area: Eyelash
Texture: waterproof, medium thick, medium dry
Ingredients: microfibers
Claimed effects: lengthening, curl lashes
Price: HKD$50
Color: black
Brush: curl shape, medium size, volume bristles

My experience:
- good length with a little bit of thickness
- very waterproof
- doesn’t help much to curl your lashes
- long lasting
- one application can still be very natural

Overall Rating: B-

Brand: Maybelline
Area: Eyelash
Texture: touchproof, non waterproof, medium wet
Ingredients: thin microfibers
Claimed effects: lengthening, smudgeproof for 12 hours
Price: CAD$6-10
Color: soft black
Brush: straight, medium fat, thin bristles

My experience:
- helps you get great lengths
- good for undereye lashes
- easy to get smudge if your eyelids produce natural oil
- hollywood star, Ziyi Zhang, uses it too