The best natural toner:: A'kin Hydrating Mist Toner

I've been using natural mist toner for quite some time now, and recently fell in love with A'kin Hydrating mist toner.   To give you some background about this brand, A'kin is an Australian natural skincare brand, all of their products are ingredient-rich, vegan and 100% natural botanical aromatherapy and formulated without animal ingredients or animal testing. 

By using natural skincare products you are avoiding heavy ingredients that may do harm to your skin, such as block and irritate pores leading to increased acne and rough skin.  

The main ingredients in this hydrating mist toner are organic coconut water, green tea and chamomile. Coconut water is full of vitamins and nutrients, green tea helps to tone and chamomile is known to calm and soothe tired and stressed, which is something I definitely need as I suffer from sleep deprivation.  Also, if you suffer from redness on your face you can give this toner a try, otherwise I find it quite hydrating for myself and I have normal to dry skin. 

Moreover, this toner is free from:

• parabens
• mineral oils
• silicones
• sulfates
• synthetic fragrances
• artificial colours
• propylene glycol
• phthalates

I really like this product because it's natural, vegan and does not contain alcohol. The scent is also very calming, it sure does refreshes my skin every morning when I use it.   One more thing I like is the pump of this toner, it disperses very fine mist, trust me, I've came across some pumps that only sprays in one direction, but this one is different, it spreads evenly on my face. I think it's very important to use a natural toner because this is the first layer of skincare product that touches your skin.  So, I highly recommend going natural and once again I love this mist toner!

5 Must have items for a 3 min casual makeup!

Ever since being a mom, it had made me realise how crucial time is, I would be lucky enough to just have 5 minutes of myself time in the morning (without being interrupted) to do a quick makeup!

I used to do full makeup everyday, by full I mean I would apply foundation, contouring, occasionally false lashes, etc, but after being a mom, how much time do we really have? I know being a mom is busy enough but we shouldn't forget the joy of makeup and keeping ourselves pretty.

Here  are 5 items that I use everyday for a quick and causal makeup.

1. Naturaglace Makeup base
The makeup base helps brighten my skin, I don't have much marks on face so I'm ok with just a base and since its a casual makeup, I'd like to keep things light, but if you are looking for something a bit more you can go for a CC cream which helps even out the skin tone and gives you some coverage. Naturaglace makeup base is organic and is SPF 30 plus PA+++.

2. Visee eyebrow pencil
This eyebrow pencil itself is flat, so you can easily draw the eyebrow shape you want.

3. Etude House Play101 eyeliner pencil
I cannot live without an eyeliner pencil! It makes your eyes not only bigger but gives your eyes power!  Sometimes I use brown, sometimes black, depends how strong I want the eyes to be and this Play101 is very smooth and doesn't smudge, takes less than 1 minute to draw an eye line.

4. 3CE blush
I like to wear a very light layer of pink blush just to give me some color on my face, so this is optional if you prefer to put less things on your face! 3CE products are quite pigmented and a little goes a long way.

5. Karen Murrell Lipstick
Ever felt like you are wearing makeup and still looking pale? With this kind of light makeup, I would just lightly use my fingers to dab the colours on my lips and it will look very natural even if it's a bright red one! KM lipsticks are known to be edible and long lasting, so you only need to apply one thin layer and you don't have to worry about reapplying it throughout the day.

This is one of my simple makeup look that I wear almost everyday when I'm out and about running a few errands and don't want to go without makeup AND have limited time. 

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