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Instytutum Skincare
03 Dez 2017 Allgemein Comment

Instytutum skincare – Brand overview and giveaway!

Almost exactly a year ago, I received a surprise package from a brand I never had heard of: Instytutum skincare. Now I am always game for new stuff, and over the last year you have seen it featured multiple times here and in the skincare routines I do on Instagram. A brand focused video was way overdue!     Instytutum offers skincare made in Switzerland, was founded by a pharmacist named Dr. Natalia Derkach and is free from parabens, sulfates, mineral oil, artificial colorants and SLES/SLS. Their water is filtered…

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November Empties
27 Nov 2017 Lifestyle Comment

Taking out the trash 14 – November Empties

This blog post contains PR-Samples and affiliate links. Please see disclaimer   I took last week off work. There were numerous reasons, and the leading one surely was that I had accumulated so many extra hours over summer that I needed to loose a few. Another, really important reason though was that I wanted to get back on top of my blogging game again. After the summer holidays life was so busy, I never quite went back to my prepared and prescheduling self. And I was tired (in every sense…

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Instytutum Flawless Skin Mask
09 Nov 2017 Allgemein Comment

Instytutum Triple Effect Peel – Am I a hypocrite?

This blog post contains PR-Samples and affiliate links. Please see disclaimer. A few days ago, I got chatting in the comments of another blog, discussing favorite cleansing balms. Of course I had to mention Clinique Take the day off (Review) as my favorite. She said it was her least favorite. I wanted to know why, she wanted to know why and we both said: “Because it contains no fragrance.”     Which got me thinking. You see, fragrance in skincare is somewhere between “the devil” and “I could do without…

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Fall Favorites 2017
30 Okt 2017 Allgemein Comment

Fall Favorites 2017 – Being unique

This blog post contains PR-Samples and affiliate links. Please see disclaimer.   Are we ever as unique as we like to think? Most of us, especially those that have any kind of creative outlet online, like to think that their content is fresh and special and easily distinguable from others. We put “our own twist” on things, have a theme in our pictures and invent fancy names for even fancier blog post series. And then, one day, we take a step back and realize we are doing what everyone around…

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Instytutum Flawless Skin Mask
26 Okt 2017 Allgemein Comment

Instytutum Flawless Skin Mask – Abbrevations

This post contains *PR-Samples and affiliate links. For more info please read disclaimer. Abbrevations are always a source of amusement for me. As are alliterations (see what I did there?), but for a different kind of reason. The abbrevations you use tell a lot about where you are coming from and, as there are multiple uses for most of them, can lead to quite some confusion. Take TCD for example. For the longest time, a TCD to me was a transcranial Doppler, something you do in neurosurgical patients to evaluate…

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Instytutum Ultimate Anti-Wrinkle Brightening Eye Cream
28 Sep 2017 Allgemein Comment

Instytutum Ultimate Anti-Wrinkle Brightening Eye Cream – Being pleasant

A few weeks ago someone saw me and my daughter and told me to raise her “to be a pleasant young lady”. Now getting unwanted parental advice from strangers is something you quickly grow used to when having kids, but this one got me thinking: You see, there are many concerns I have in raising both my kids, but making them “pleasant” is not among them.     Independent, caring, strong, well-mannered, thoughtful, educated… So many adjectives come to mind, but pleasant? I think I don´t even associate pleasant with…

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Instytutum Body Rain
17 Aug 2017 Allgemein Comment

My Summer Essentials

I bet you are tired of me babbling on and on about my holiday already. But I can´t help it, I am excited. Only a few days from now I will be flaunting my legs under the sun of France, listening to the waves crashing on the shore and sipping on a cold drink. At least this is what I hope for. Holidays with kids have a tendency to not go like planned.     But at least I want to be prepared. Not in the sport and diet kind…

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11 Mai 2017 Allgemein Comment

Instytutum Resurfacing Glow Toner – Three times is a charm

You may have noticed that over the last few posts, I have changed my „ingredients“ setup quite a bit. I tried typing things out in a continous text, focusing on the ingredients I thought important. Much more enjoyable to read, but too little information. I tried listing every ingredient, sorted by “Favorable”, “Filler” and “Unfavorable”. Made the blog posts very long. Plus, I am still unsure what is supposed to be a filler ingredient?     And now, doing my very best venturing out into unknown html territory, trying to…

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20 Apr 2017 Allgemein Comment

Instytutum Cleansing Milk – Are you an introvert?

For someone that went through adolescence before googling personal traits became the norm, trying to find a name or label for what you are could be a challenge. You see, these days I open my browser, type a few keyword and can take a test to tell me if I am intro-, extro- or ambivert. My 14 year old self had to figure that out all alone. Is being around people invigorating or draining? Would I prefer to stay in or go out? You had to find out on your…

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13 Apr 2017 Allgemein Comment

Instytutum Anti-wrinkle Brightening Serum – Mountain streams

Do you remember me gushing about how I wished I lived in a country where winter meant real snow? Like Switzerland? To be honest, I have rarely been in Switzerland in the winter, but I have been there quite a lot in the summer. It is a great place for hiking, and the green grass, the mountains and the abundance of crystal clear water running down the cracks are a refreshing sight.     This crystal clear water is what plays an important role in the products of the Swiss…

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