Jewellery for Future Mums!

I was looking for a gift for my pregnant friend the other day when I came across these adorable necklaces for pregnant women!

The necklaces are silver pendants which, when they move on the belly of pregnant women, create a soft chime which babies hear and respond to starting from the 20th of pregnancy.

It is inspired by an old tradition in Mexico (where it is called “Mexican Bola”) and also in Indonesia where women wear this necklace during their pregnancy to stimulate their babies and start to create a link with them. New mums can also wear them as maternity necklace and use it to play with their babies during breast feeding or to make them sleep.

All the models are really pretty. Some have bright tassels, stars charms or mini pearls attached to it. You can choose the pearl you want (I personally loved the coral one!) or choose the actually birth stone of the baby.

For super chic new mums – have a look!

25eur / 20£ / 35$

www.emmabola.com

Collection “Madam Pom Pom” – with tassels and stars

The Liberty Collection

The Mini Pearl Collection

And for the more classical models – I love the one which seems like a gorgeous Hermes necklace below!

 

Hot Bamboo Massage

Hot bamboo massage is the new stones massage!

 Using warm bamboo canes and bamboo oil to stretch muscles and massage the body, this massage improves lymphatic flow, stimulate drainage and the heated bamboos are just what you need to release tension and tightness.

The “hottest” new treatment in town. ;)

Now available at Champneys.

55mn, £65

www.champneys.com

Happy Bank Holiday Monday!

Have a great one. xxx

Review : Phytocyane, Densifying Hair Treatment Serum

As you may know, I started to take food supplements for my hair in order to prepare them for my wedding this summer. Well I decided to put all chances on my side and start another treatment in parallel which I think should complement very well the effects of the tabs: Phytocyane, a densifying hair treatment from Phyto.

Phytocyane is a serum specifically formulated with good ingredients and nurturing vitamins for hair and designed to be injected directly on the scalp (think mesotherapy applied to scalp). 

I won’t list the names of these ingredients because they are all a bit long and technical (though Phyto, as you know, only uses plants so everything is 100% vegetal and natural – no bad chemical nasties that go into you scalp!) but essential some target keratin production, some protect hair bulbs against free radicals (to extend each hair’s life cycle) while vitamins B and silk proteins (I can name these easy ones!) improve hair thickness. There is  even one ingredient (“tyrosine derivative”) which promises to slow down the appearance of grey hair. So yes, essentially, these ampoules are pure goodies for your hair and do everything they can to prolong the life, shiny-ess, thickness and colour of your hair.

The way it works is that you need to apply the serum contained in the ampoules after your shampoo/conditioner, on towel-dried hair. Apply the serum on your scalp, section by section, using the applicator nozzle provided. Massage gently to make your scalp absurd as much serum as possible (I found that it is actually nice to take a bit of time to massage your head every now and then!). Each ampoule is 7.5ml which I found was quite enough to properly cover a whole head. Do not rinse and if you want, blow dry as usual (am trying not to blow dry too much at the moment). You can use these ampoules as an intensive treatment over one month (three times a week) or just for maintenance (once a week).

I do not know if I am loosing less hair and it is hard to tell if my hair started to be thicker already but what you almost immediately notice is that this treatment definitely creates more volume (perhaps the massage helps to properly lift up the roots?) and also my hair are terribly shinny and super duper healthy these days.

Phytocyane, Densifying Treatment Serum, 12 ampoules (1 month supply), £38.50

www.phyto.com

Fabulous Find of the Week

Power Nap Office Pillow, from Donkey Products.

Fill this one under Zzzzz to hide it discreetly on your bookshelf!

For days when coffee just isn’t enough..

www.donkey-products.com

Green Fingers

If like me, you can’t get enough of your mint green nail polish, you will love this new summer nail trend.

Happy Spring!

Beauty Boosting Supplements

My wedding is in exactly 2 months now so I decided to start a cure of vitamins for my skin, hair and nails as is often advised.

I decided to try Wild Nutrition, a brand I read a lot about recently – Vogue.co.uk called them “supplements that are changing the face of vitamins”!

Vitamin C Skincare

We all know the positive effects that vitamin C has on our immune system but fewer people know that our good old vitamin C works quite the same when applied to our skin.

Organizing Your Summer Makeup

If you’re like most girls, you have a giant makeup hoard hiding in one of your bathroom drawers. From blue mascaras to all forms of foundations to all those eyeliners we just had to try (but never wore again), there are lots of hidden treasures (and countless duds) in our makeup drawers. And in the summer, things only get worse. We add in sunscreens and bronzers, blushes and body glitters. Things only get more disorganized during warm weather. That’s why a having a cosmetic organiser like the ones at thesalonoutlet.com is super important.

Wonder Hands

Every since I got engaged, I have had this beautiful ring sitting on my fingers. While I could not be happier to wear it every day – and I still do look at it several times a day! – I realised that my hands were…  well not that glam.

I have had problems of dry hands and fingers for a little while and even got a few cracks this winter. I tried many hand creams, and while some have pleasant scents, they usually aren’t moisturizing enough for me. 

After finishing the tube of my last shea butter hand cream, I decided to try next the Cicalfate repairing hand cream from Avène.

Trending: Neon Eyeliner

Weekend dare:

Why not amp up your eyeliner game this weekend and layer your usual black liner over a neon base. It is more wearable than it sounds.. Have a look!

Eye Skin Care

When I noticed at the start of this year my first two fine lines around the eyes, I freaked out and decided that it was time to add specific eye care products to my skin-care routine.

After a bit of research, I decided to try 2 products from Lancôme: the Bi-Facil makeup remover (voted “Best Beauty Buy 2014” by InStyle and often described as the holy grail of eye makeup remover) and the Visionnaire Eye Corrector, an eye cream which claims to help fight 2 common eye problems, wrinkles and dark circles.

The Smell of the Rain

But not any kind of rain. City rain. And more precisely London rain.

This is the type of smell that inspired Jo Malone to create its new limited edition of fragrances: the London Rain collection.

The collection contains 4 different colognes, each denoting a different kind of rainy weather, from romantic and intense rainy mornings to wild rainstorms at night. 

Happy Easter Wishes!

Max Factor’s #Selfeye

Max Factor makes some of the best budget mascaras on the market so I am always quite excited when they release a new one. And their new “Excess Volume Extreme Impact” mascara, launched this year, promised to be, despite its long complicated name, a really interesting product.