But for me, I seriously think it is slightly over-moisturised cause I’ve combination skin. Which means that after awhile my face becomes oilier. But from what I’ve heard (from most beauty experts), oily skin still needs to be moisturised daily. Thankfully, the beauty industry has evolved drastically to accommodate each beauty need.

As for me, I need a mattifying moisturiser so that my skin won’t look like as if the sebum produced on it can be used to fry an egg. Recently, I’ve used the La Roche-Posay Effaclar M Mattifying Moisturiser as part of my daily beauty routine.

The Effaclar range from La Roche-Posay is a comprehensive range of hygiene and skincare products developed for the various stages of oily and acne-prone skin. This particular moisturiser has Zinc Pidolate to neutralise shine and Vitamin CG and E to prevent sebum.

But unfortunately, my skin doesn’t really react much to the moisturiser. It turns greasy even with this moisturiser. Although, it works wonders on the skin of my neck. You see, there are visible signs of ageing on my neck, as I thought it lacks moisture. Thus, La Roche-Posay Effaclar M Mattifying Moisturiser feels wonderful on the skin of my neck.

At $36.90 and with only 40ml, I think it is a good purchase for someone who has mild combination skin. As for me, I still need to be looking for a perfect and affordable mattifying moisturiser.

Nur @ ilovelookinggood

15 Things Hair and Makeup Artists Can’t Live Without

See what they depend on most in their beauty stash

Hair and makeup artists, especially the ones backstage at Fashion Week, have access to tons of products. And even though variety is the spice of life, there are a few things they use constantly and simply can’t work without. See what they are, and why you should have them in your makeup bag too.

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Now, honestly I have never quite favour hair removal creams. I think, they are a messy lot. Well, during the ice-age, when yours truly was experimenting with beauty for probably the first time, I chanced upon a very old tube of Nair Hair Removal Cream. I read the instructions and tried it out. It was a disaster. The smell was pungent, while the procedure made a total mess of my floor. On top of that, I had a weird reaction towards the cream. Safe to say, from that day onwards, I vowed never to try any hair removal creams.
 
That is, until recently. I had set one of my off days specifically for grooming myself, but because I had visitors the whole day, I could not escape into seclusion. Therefore, I opted to giving Veet a chance it never had.
 
I was absolutely thankful that my sister had bought the spray-on hair removal cream as compared to other more traditional hair removal creams whereby you will need your hands to help lather the cream all over your skin. This method shortens the application time by half. All I did was spray enough cream on to the desired body part and I’m good to go. The spray gave a good cream coverage over my skin while I wait for it to work its wonders.
 
While waiting (five minutes as instructed), I went about doing other toilet duties such as brushing my teeth and washing my face. After that, it was back to the hair removal procedure. The Veet Spray-On Hair Removal Cream comes with a handy spatula to help wipe-off the cream. It works just like your normal shaver without the razor sharp blades.
 
Hair comes off very easily with each glide of the spatula. Once I was done, it was back to the shower and off goes the cream. The only bad experience I have from trying the cream out is the strong scent. I wonder why do all hair removal cream have a very strong acrid-like smell.
 
However, a major downside as compared to epilating, hair growth rate is much faster too. This is because, only the top is sort of chopped off just like shaving. Within days I can feel soft stubbles growing on my what was supposed to be satin-like legs. Haiz….
 
Nur @ ilovelookinggood

This particular post was supposed to be out on Halloween or maybe the day after. But because yours truly is a busy bee, she didn’t have the luxury to sit down to blog on a daily basis.

So here I am, blogging my night away and scheduling them for you lovely and wonderful readers.

Now, some of you on my Facebook might have notice that a certain outfit I threw on looks like as if I’ve been MJ-fied.

Well, on Halloween, that was exactly who I wanted to be. My whole outfit was inspired by Michael Jackson.

Michael Jackson, the deceased King of Pop, made military jackets cool once again. Unfortunately, the trend only picked up after his demise.

Anyways, he not only made the military jacket trendy once more, he also made the red pants look hot! Remember his red leather pants from Thriller?

A quick google can show you that a couple of celebrities have been seen sporting the red pants -  below we have the cute Katie Holmes and the rocking Kelis.

Meanwhile the military jacket was seen on everyone everywhere. Rihanna and Beyonce are among those who decided to dress as a tribute to Michael Jackson’s unique sense of fashion.

I myself am loving the military jacket trend. Especially during this rainy season, sunny island Singapore can get a bit cold when indoors of course.

My military jacket retailing at S$89.90 (I know its a steal for a denim jacket right?!) was purchased at Bershka which opened recently at ION Orchard. Yeah! A new shopping center to die for. Literally! I loved it there!

Whereas, my red pants were from two seasons ago from Mango at a price I can’t really remember.

The rest of what I am wearing is below -

• Light Brown Tudung/Hijab from Geylang Serai Market
• Large Brown Tote from M)phosis
• Brown Peep Toe Heels from Charles and Keith

Nur @ ilovelookinggood

Nevertheless, I shall dedicate the next half hour to this blog post. Recently, if you’ve read a post written by Fai, he blogged about a well-known sunscreen from La Roche Posay.

Now, I shall blog about a similar sunscreen from the same brand, La Roche Posay’s Anthelios AC Fluid Extreme SPF 30.

The kind people from L’Oreal Singapore, had invited me and Fai to sample out some of their products. One of them being the said sunscreen.

Many of us have probably seen the brand La Roche Posay around in Watsons, Guardian, other local drug stores and even in hospitals. Yes, La Roche Posay is a series of skin care products with very clean white packaging.

Now, I was recommended the Anthelios AC Extreme Fluid SPF 30 as I’ve combination skin which is more to the oilier side. On top of that, being a woman who is so concerned about her appearance, the good people recommended Anthelios AC Extreme Fluid SPF 30 because of its UVA and UVB protecting properties.

A quick fact/read about UVA and UVB is that, UVA (A stands for Age and Allergies) – UVA rays penetrate deeply into the skin and can reach the dermis, accelerating skin ageing and can cause sun intolerances.

Meanwhile, UVB (B stands for Burn) – UVB basically stimulate tanning and are mainly responsible for sunburn.

Now, being vain, I definitely would want to avoid those two culprits.

With both anti UVA and UVB properties, I definitely can say that my skin will be very well protected.

However, like any other sun protection fluid, you need to keep reapplying every once in awhile. The good thing about the Anthelios AC Extreme Fluid SPF 30 is that it is suitable for people like me (some who rarely goes out and under the sun). I prefer the shade and I usually carry an umbrella (rain or shine). So applying it once in the morning is actually quite sufficient.

During testing, I layered it on my hand and I absolutely LOVED the feeling. The fluid’s texture is light and slightly runny. On top of that, it absorbs into my skin within minutes.

But when applied onto my face, I experienced noodling which made me feel like I was exfoliating my skin using sunblock. Maybe it is my skin, and maybe the sunscreen is reacting with some of my other facial products. But if you are like me, you would prefer opting to the earlier sunblock from Fai’s post Anthelios XL 50+ SPF Cream. Otherwise, this is the perfect sunscreen for you.

Retailing at S$36, I say, the Anthelios AC Extreme Fluid SPF 30 is definitely a good buy if you’re not too particular about slight noodling.

Nur @ ilovelookinggood

P.S. Do check out La Roche Posay’s blog too – La Roche-Posay Singapore A quick read from their blog states that Leighton Meester aka Blair Waldorf is a fan too!

A man is easy to please. And it’s even much easier to buy him things. Just notice what are the items he has that is already worn out or things which he needs but haven’t found the time to go shopping himself.  You have to realise that we Men don’t shop often. Normally, our purchases comes mostly once a year and we usually tend to spend big on such items.

Gifts to consider

1. Watch
2. Pen
3. Gizmos and Gadgets (Phone, Lappy, GPS)
4. Wallet
5. Messenger Bag
6. Briefcase
7. Facial Set
8. Shoes
9. Cufflinks
10. Exclusive Shirt (Ted Baker or Calvin Klein)
11. Ring
12. Business Card Holder
13. Electric Shaver

Now, if you are really a sugarmummy, I would suggest to buy for them either a car or a wonderful home surround sound theater system. Haha. Hope this helps. Have a Merry Christmas!

Fai @ ilovelookinggood

Clothes

1. Ted Baker
2. Zara
3. River Island
4. Uniqlo
5. Topman

Jeans

1. Levi’s
2. Lee Cooper
3. Buffalo
4. Uniqlo
5. Giordano

Shoes

1. Pedro
2. Aldo
3. Bally
4. Converse
5. Lacoste

Bags

1. Jack Spade
2. Mont Blanc
3. Aldo
4. Bally
5. Agnes B.

Fai @ ilovelookinggood

10 New Holiday Makeup Looks

Steal a style from one of these celebs for your next big — or small — bash

A holiday party is no time to stick with your everyday makeup routine — you need to shake things up! Have some fun trying a new look, and watch heads turn in your direction as you enter the soiree. Bonus: all the looks in this gallery are super-simple to do with the makeup you already own!

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We are back! Our blog was recently hacked into and I had trouble getting it back.

Thank goodness, all worked well and our web hosts helped reset our password back. So I Love Looking Good is back up and running smoothly.

To our hackers, what you did was not funny at all. We put in a lot of hard work for this blog.

On a lighter note, I owe you readers plenty of good posts. I promise you they are on their way.

Nur @ ilovelookinggood

This is the first installment of our La Roche-Posay facial care series. Firstly, we would like to thank the good people at L’Oreal whom has helped us in having this great and exclusive opportunity to try out the La Roche-Posay facial skin care line. We shall be trying out most of the La Roche-Posay range and will be blogging of our opinions here in the weeks to come.

Well, as you know, I am a really big fan of sunblock. Being a brown guy, it’s ever important to protect my skin from the harmful Sun’s UVA rays. And am a typical guy and I dislike the all important steps. Thus, I like to take shortcuts and reduce the number of steps. It is a big help to have a SPF sunblock cream with some moisturising attributes. Well, I tried out the Anthelios XL 50+ SPF Cream mostly used for combination skin like mine. And I have to say, I loved it!

As I have reiterated a few times to our readers, I am really fussy when it comes to sunblocks. Frankly, its because of pain. The pain of having chemicals trickle down and sting my eyes (Usually facilitated by the ever easily perspiring me! :p). Thankfully, the Anthelios XL sunblock dries up and is absorbed easily by the skin. After using it for a few weeks, I simply can see a smoother skin though am hoping it can improve my complexion more (Haha. Hey, am not as fair as Nurul you know!) Well this is my breakdown.

Pros

• Easy & simple to use
• Smooth & cool cream
• Leaves the face clean and tight 
• Absorbed immediately into the face, leaving no greases or oily feeling
• Strong Sunblock Protection : 50+ SPF (Protects against UVA rays)
• Good for combination skin
• Water resistant

Cons

• Another application is needed in the later part of the day
• No nice smells from the cream
• No whitening or anti-ageing attributes

Do give it a try. The Anthelios XL 50+ SPF Cream is found in major shops and retails at $45.90.

For more information about the cream, you can head on down to La Roche Posay’s own Blog http://www.larocheposay.wordpress.com.

However, there is a special sale by Changi General Hospital Pharmacy and it’s going for only $34.42. Here is the link: CGH MY PHARMACY

Fai @ ilovelookinggood