Green Tea with Mint Face Wash from Seri Naturals

The words 'Paraben Free' always YES ALWAYS sing to me.. its like this soothing comforting love song that plays straight into my heart.. and then im impressed just by the tunes.. even before i use the product. HAHA! I USED TO BE one of those girls who would stay face wash less rather than use one with loads of weird stuff in them but over the past few months i have reduced doing that. Its not always easy to find good paraben free products and being face wash less isnt a great idea sometimes.. Really. This product was one of the latest releases from Seri Naturals (if im not wrong) and i have been using it for a while now. Its almost going to be over. Its one of those basic cleansers. BASIC as in doesnt have any special claims or doesnt do wonders to your skin. Just a basic face cleanser you can use everyday to clean your face and be satisfied. The green tea extracts are a favorite of mine.. i dont drink green tea these days. I used to.. and i remember loosing a bit of weight and then decided i will keep it minimal. I do love to drink a cup a day but i never got around doing that. Green tea based products are something i am looking out to try for those anti aging properties and yes the scent is also refreshing and very lovely!

Seri Naturals is a lovely brand that offers us products that are paraben free and really safe for your face & body.

Triclosan

Parabens

Mineral Oils

Alcohol

Phthalate

Available in most supermarkets and priced reasonable so you might like to try this brand and see for yourself. They got some lovely body products too so do try them and let me know.

Scent & Texture:

A refreshing version of green tea. Smells so green and very green tea like with a dash of mint. Its a really lovely refreshing smell. Wakes you up in the mornings! Love it! It has this minty feel of MINT and comes on cool on your face. Love the minty freshness!

The texture of the cleanser is ofcourse very watery.. a bit too watery for my liking but it foams quite well and cleans really well. The only problem with the texture would be that i always end up pouring loads of cleanser onto my palm and its such a waste of product sometimes.

So..

A really good product for daily use. Perfect if you are looking for a daily cleanser without any unwanted ingredients. You might have to always remember to moisturise your skin after using this one.. it doesnt really dry out your skin badly but it doesnt moisturise too so face moisturiser is a must. You can not get lazy like me!!

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Blistex Soothing Splash Liquid Lip Moisturizer

I have used Blistex lip balms before and totally loved them.. they have an amazing range of lip moisturizers.. and when i ran out of lip balm (who runs outta lip balm??!!) I wanted to try something different so i bought this one. 

Its a super cute little tube. So tiny! Fits into a coin purse. Very handy. Its a roller type applicator which i love.. its easy to use and no digging your fingers into the lip balm and all that. Totally glides onto the lips and spreads loads of product making the lip shine.

The roller ball is really nice since its metal! Its always cool and gives you this instant splash of freshness even during the HOT HOT DAYS! You feel the coolness on your lips.. sometimes cool and sometimes ice cold. Love that!

Scent:

Smells like sweet mint. Polo? Yes smells just like that.

Shine:

It gives this beautiful splash of shine! Super glossy and shiny. If you dont like shiny lips.. please run away from this one. This is only for ladies who love glossy and shiny lips. Comes on clear.

Moisture & Nourishment:

The main attraction in this liquid moisturizer is actually the coolness that it gives to your lips. During the hot hot days.. you feel so warm and sweaty and then you can use these rollers on your lips to give it a SPLASH of coolness. How awesome is that! But if we are taking about moisture.. i must admit there is no moisturization or nourishment of any sort. It doesnt really work as a moisturizing or treating lip product. If you are looking for something that would have to treat dry or chapped lips then this is NOT for product for you.. dont expect it to make your chapped lips heal.

So..

I bought this product mainly for treating my lips and keeping it soft but ofcourse it did NOTHING to my lips.. but i still keeping using this all the time because i love love love the coolness it gives to my lips. I keep it in a cool place and then use it on my lips. Its so refreshing and cool! If you are looking for something to re freshen your lips - Yes try this! If you are looking for a good lip moisturizer? Run away!

Available in our stores for purchase. Contact us for more details!

WINNERS OF OUR AMAZING GIVEAWAY FROM LEARNING MINDS!

Winners of the giveaway from Learning Minds are..

Anna Maree

Mridula

Terra Leigh

Shamee Agarwal

Congrats to the winners and please make sure you email me - tell me your full name, address and contact number to pinkcloudsz@hotmail.com within 48 hours to claim your prizes.

GIVEAWAY: GRAB THE NECKLACE!

A really beautiful statement necklace from Dulce Couture! Fill in the rafflecopter and STAY PRETTY!

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Dove Indulgent Nourishment Deep Care Complex Hand Cream with Shea Butter

Why are you always talking about hand creams for God's sake?! Yes see i can hear you.. i definitely can. Am i really talking too much of hand creams? Well im thinking too much of them lately. You would have seen my review of The Body Shop Hemp Hand Protector. I love it! Totally! BUT The Body Shop doesnt come so cheap and also for someone like me who finishes up hand cream like ice cream (no i dont like ice cream but its kinda rhymes so i had to put that in there somewhere hehe) ok not ice cream.. like jelly beans.. like hot sauce.. i CAN NOT always buy The Body Shop can i? I need to look for more options for day time moisturization. So i got this one. 

Texture:

A thin lotion like texture. Absorbs very soon. Most ideal for day time use. Doesnt leave any grease or oiliness. 

Scent:

Warm and comforting like a toffee. If you are familiar with shea butter scents.. this is a warm version. I like it.. its not too much but its there. Stays on for long.. the scent is there everytime i bring my hands near my nose. Even after washing my hands. Not strong but light and long lasting.

So.. 

When i first used this cream.. i didnt like it.. i felt it was not moisturizing.. it just got absorbed so fast. Didnt make my hands soft or smooth. It just went on and disappeared. But after using it for days i realised it works.. it repairs your hands and you do feel your hands are more softer and smoother and less dry. Its a really good hand cream if you want to treat your hands.. if you want to fix it. BUT does not provide adequate moisture at the very moment you apply it. I have been using this for weeks now and i like the long term effect. If you got normal skin and want something light.. you can give this a try! Or if you got patience to wait and see results yes go for it!

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Winners of the Week are..

The Twinkly Eye - Anna Maree

Diva on Board - Sana Mohammed & Ghera Mhae Pacilan Rusiana

Bling Girl - Garima Kumari

Hats and Hugs - Nikho Ro

Congrats to the winners and please make sure you email me - tell me your full name, address and contact number to pinkcloudsz@hotmail.com within 48 hours to claim your prizes.

Magnetizing Jasmine Refreshing Body Mist from United Colors of Benetton

Did you know that they had body mists? Well i didnt. Anyways this is a clean transparent bottle filled up with light lilac body mist. Looks super cute and inviting. Very fresh looking.

Scent:

Its not the usual jasmine scent that you would imagine. For my brain its almost non jasmine! I cant find any jasmine anywhere. But then again its a beautiful floral scent. The bottle doesnt have details about the notes but this is kinda interesting dont you think?

'The fragrance sends you onto Nile riversides into the secrets of Ancient Egypt and gets you magnetized by jasmine'

Honestly the whole Nile riverside effect is totally lost on me. LOL! Maybe i just lack imagination. Yeah? Sitting here in my bedroom and trying to figure out this scent. I do admit that its lovely.. beautiful.. sweeps through me with a floral breeze. SOFT and floral. Yes i think a bit of magnetizing effect in here and a lot of freshness. 

So..

A beautiful modern floral scent.. fresh and uplifting. Staying power is not great.. it stays on for an hour or two at most.. something you might want to try out during the summer for some floral ness!

If you are in Sri Lanka and would love to purchase one of these.. Drop us a message HERE! We got some bottles in stock!

GIVEAWAY: ITS VERO MODA TIME!

Yes so here we are! Blingbox is giving away this top from Vero Moda (in size medium) to one very EAGER fan of ours. So all you got to do is - follow the rules!

Rules:

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Comment below telling me WHY you are the 'VERY EAGER FAN OF PINK CLOUDS'

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GIVEAWAY: BOWTIFUL ME!

This is a giveaway from US! Yes once again we are opening our own giveaways especially since our online store is open and all new items we add to the store will be introduced through a review or a giveaway.. maybe even both! Excited? Well i am! So to win this cutey headband.. all you need is a VALID POSTAL ADDRESS TO ANYWHERE IN THIS WORLD and ofcourse follow the rules below.

Rules:

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Like this picture and SHARE IT! Comment on it saying YAY! tagging 5 friends

Like the picture in this link 

This giveaway will go on till we hit 10,500 likes. 

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GIVEAWAY and WINNERS: LITTLE DIVA ON BOARD!

A really cute giveaway for everyone who has a little girl! We got 5 of these cutey BABY ON BOARD SIGNS from Learning Minds to be given away! The winner can choose the color she/he wants! YAY! Follow the rules and and ENTER!

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Winners of the Week:

Getaway - Angela Henson

Decor Time - Ashley Kelly

Hats and Hugs - Olga Ristani

My Shalwar Palace - Fathima Bushra

Congrats to the winners and please make sure you email me - tell me your full name, address and contact number to pinkcloudsz@hotmail.com within 48 hours to claim your prizes. 

GIVEAWAY: When I was just a little girl..

Its wonderful being a girl.. isnt it? Being able to be the daddy's little girl and at the same time being mom's major supporter + love. Its truly wonderful being a girl.. having such a huge heart to show love to so many special people in our lives. So on that note - LETS GET TO BUSINESS! Here we have a lovely giveaway sponsored by Just Herbs for you all. Two winners will get a bespoke product recommendation and Just Herbs products worth Rs. 1000 each sponsored by Just Herbs.

Rules:

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Post a picture of you as a little girl with your mum on your Facebook page and

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sharing it with @JustHerbsIndia and @ZathyM

Ask your friends to “like” and re-tweet your entries

The more the likes/re-tweets the more your chances of winning.

Ends: May 12, 2013

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GIVEAWAY: SPARKLING EYES!

I totally love love handmade beauty products.. natural ingredients and cruelty free cosmetics so i am always on the look for more and more lovely companies who offer these type of beautiful cosmetics. Etherealle - a company that gives you beautiful hand crafted cosmetics made from natural ingredients is hosting a super giveaway for us. YAY! Sounds amazing right. So here we are - An amazing giveaway prize for one winner. Remember to follow the rules. 

Rules:

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White Jasmine Hand and Body Milk from Spa Ceylon Ayurveda [Review and List of Winners]

This review was a very much requested one! Loads of readers asked me how good it is.. did i use it.. Does it lighten the skin.. whats so special bla bla bla. So finally decided to post the review and hope it answers all your questions. First of all this one is from Spa Ceylon's WHITE RANGE which aims at lightening and brightening skin tone. I got this product from the gift set which was reviewed HERE. Its a really pretty set so you definitely would want to have a look at that.

My thoughts on the WHITE RANGE:

There was a bit of confusion on this range.. many ladies were saying they didnt want to WHITEN their skin.. they dont believe in WHITE. Yes ofcourse i dont believe in WHITENING myself. Its obvious you can NOT whiten your skin tone further than what you were born with. So this range just helps you maintain what you already got and yes if you got a bit of sun damage and a bit of skin darkening.. yes it is supposed to help whiten and lighten. So its all about maintaining and keep your skin healthy. No harmful chemicals or bleach in here.. no mercury so there is no scary talk about 4 shades lighteR in 4 weeks.. become snow white in 4 days etc. No scary outrageous claims and no silliness.

Scent:

Jasmines! Its a beautiful scent of jasmines along with other subtle scents which come out a bit floury. If you know what i mean. Its light and beautiful. Nothing strong.. no headache of too much jasmines. Its simple yet flowery. Stays on for hours and makes you feel really fresh and scented up!

Texture:

Very creamy! It says body milk but the texture is that of a thick cream. Really thick.. takes a little time to get absorbed into the skin. It leaves a white cast sometimes.. so i always keep massaging the cream into the skin to avoid this.

Does it really work?

GOOD QUESTION! For a cream to work at its best you got to use it every day and for a couple of months atleast. Since its natural ingredients and all that.. it may take time to show results. I am a super lazy girl who rotates her creams as per her moods. I havent used it enough to be sure if it works or not. But in between this rotating and using.. i have used up 3/4 of the bottle and would love to use another one too. Though you might not notice.. it moisturizes well and leaves skin soft for quite a long time.

So..

A lovely scented lotion full of natural ingredients.. perfect for jasmine lovers and if you are looking for some skin lightening.. you can try this out. Im not sure if it lightens your skin but it moisturisers well and smells divine.

AND NOW WE COME TO THE WINNERS OF THE WEEK!

DECO TIME - Iliana Reyes

PAMPER ME NOW - JAMIE GRAY & GABUS1217_8

TANGLED ALREADY - HANA CLAY, JOJO SEAH & JANET TIONG

YOUR GETAWAY - JAMIE KELLER GRAY

Congrats to the winners and please make sure you email me - tell me your full name, address and contact number to pinkcloudsz@hotmail.com within 48 hours to claim your prizes. 

GIVEAWAY:THE TWINKLY EYE

MADISON STREET BEAUTY IS GOING TO GIVEAWAY AN EYESHADOW SET WHICH CONTAINS 5 BEAUTIFUL COLORS TO ONE LUCKY WINNER! SO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY AND STAY PRETTY!

Rules:

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The Body Shop Hemp Hand Protector

There were days when i never owned a hand cream.. there were days when everyone around me used to talk about dry hands.. brittle nails while i was busy reading study books and wondering what the fuss was all about?! Dry hands? I didnt ever have to deal with that misfortune.. i was blessed with beautiful super soft hands. I was never worried about them.. didnt give it a second thought and yes i was ever ready to shake hands and make a new friend. Well.. that was like maybe 10 years ago? 8? 5? Seems like ages. And now? Here i am looking for good hand creams.. checking for ingredients.. wondering what works best.. wondering if detergents are doing the harm.. too much of typing? sun damage? OR AM I JUST GROWING OLD! OMG! haha.. i dont mean to sound so scary but trust me.. dry hands? It is scary.. super annoying and something you would NOT want to deal with. I know you are happily looking at your beautiful hands and sighing 'THANK GOD' but i have to tell you.. if you are not going to look after your hands.. you will be feeling just like i am now. Ok maybe i am being a little too dramatic? Ok.. well actually the harsh weather.. household chores and YES i am growing old. LOL. These factors really effect hands.. and i had to find the BESTESTEST hand cream on this earth to deal with my situation.. and did i? Maybe not the BESTESTEST but Yes the best hand cream i have ever used is here below:

I did try a couple of hand creams before but just for review purposes.. i see something nice and want to try it. I wanted to use something nice smelling on my hands. Those were the reasons for buying the few hand creams i had owned. Then one day.. i just realised my hands were getting drier by the day.. a few painful spots.. and i am horrified. No handshakes everybody.. especially for Mr. Husband. Who kinda teased me saying my finger prints were all fading away. He was trying to be funny actually but the next day we were at The Body Shop at City Center looking at hand creams. Mr. Husband hates this sort of shopping but the punishment for commenting on my fingerprints were - Find me a good hand cream NOW. HAHA! So we ended up coming home holding 2 lovely hand creams from The Body Shop. This one and the Almond hand and nail cream which i will write about very soon. (THE SCENT IS SO DREAMY AWESOME) I didnt know which to choose. So i bought one for the day and one for night time. The Hemp Hand Protector is for night time obviously.

Texture:

The texture of this cream is really thick and super creamy. Takes a little time to absorbed but it gets absorbed well and doesnt feel greasy at all. Your hands feel instantly soft and super moisturized!

Scent:

A VERY medicine like scent.. not something you will love or fall in love with but its ok i guess.. you definitely might not hate it. Its not unbearable or anything. Its just that it is not girly or feminine in any way.

So.. 

An amazing hand cream perfect for REALLY dry hands.. or if you want something good for your hands at night. Do try this out.. you will love it for sure. And yeah i wish it had a better scent but it doesnt really bother me much. So ladies remember start using your hand creams early so that you dont wake up one fine morning and totally freak out (like i did!).

For those who live in Qatar and would love to keep in touch with the updates - Keep in touch on Facebook with The Body Shop Qatar. If you are in Sri Lanka.. you can purchase this product from us for only Rs. 1500. Contact us here.