Mia's Review: Coast to Coast Pore Purifying Cleansing Water [Sponsored]

Previously, I've reviewed about Coast to Coast's Outback Skin Brightening Red Clay Mask HERE and I'm back to review another one of their amazing product.

Rainforest Pore Purifying Cleansing Water - $39
Key ingredients: Lilly Pilly & Neroli

This clarifying cleansing water containing Lilly Pilly & Neroli, perfectly eliminates makeup & impurities from the face & eyes to purify skin cells in preparation for your day or night skin care regime. The no-rinse formula makes it the ideal travel companion for those on the go.

This pore purifying cleansing water contains Lilly Pilly that has astringent properties that cleanse and freshen the skin to improve firmness and amplify youthful resilience. It is high in antioxidant vitamin C and fruit acids to help prevent damage to the skin’s cell structure and also promotes collagen and elastin production for increased suppleness.
Neroli is great for all skin type. It hydrates, softens and boost skin rejuvenation while stimulating cell growth and activity. It is also effective in treating broken capillaries.

Other than its no-rinse formula, this cleansing water further up the level of convenience by incorporating a press-pump head, which not only added the factor of better hygiene level by prevent contamination of the product by "2nd dipping" but also made this a one-handed usage bottle. You can easily set the bottle on a table , flip the cap open and press down with a cotton pad onto the dispensing head with just one hand. 

Cleansing efficacy of this cleansing water is pretty good, and I need no more than two pumps on a cotton pad to remove all the foundation/bb or cc creams on my face. It also gives a very refreshing, minty feeling o the skin, that makes this a not very good choice as an eye make up remover, for it might give you a slight burning sensation around your eyes if you go too deeply to remove, perhaps, the eyeliner on your waterline. 

Nevertheless, let's check out how effective this product is at removing some waterproof eyeliner. 

And that was just with ONE soft swipe of the cotton pad, and another two swipes to remove the rest of the overdone up eyeliner swatch. 

In addition to this, there's another 2 variations of this cleansing water to suit the needs of different skin types.

Coastal Ultra Soothing Cleansing Water 
Key Ingredients: Wild Rosella + Sea Kelp

This soothing cleansing water contains Wild Rosella which produces a protein that assists in revitalizing the skin with a high antioxidant concentration plus vitamin A, C and E. Sea Kelp is rich in vitamins A, B, C and E, as well as Calcium, Zinc, Iron, Niacin, skin nourishing minerals, trace elements and an abundance of amino acids. Its high silicon content helps to nourish and protect skin against moisture loss and can do wonders for evening out skin texture and tone.

Outback Skin Illuminating Cleansing Water  
Key Ingredients: Quandong + Sweet Orange

This brightening cleansing water contains Sweet Orange which is used not only for its anti- bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties but also for its calming effect on the skin and mind. Quandong is high in proteins, Vitamin C and essential fatty acids to rejuvenate and soothe the skin.

Coast to Coast Cleansing Waters are available at LIN’s Australia #B1-70 United Square or
e-shop www.coasttocoastaustralia.com.sg

Till then,
Mia Foo

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Mia's Review: Tilley Scented Soy Candles & Reed Diffusers [Sponsored]

In my previous post about Lin's Australia, I talked about their Neo Rosehip Oil Cleanser and this time round, I have another 2 awesome goodies from Lin's under their Home Spa range! 

A huge fan of scented candles, I was simply elated to find a full sized 40-hours burning time soy wax candle in Peony Rose scent in the bag along with set of reed diffuser. 

Tilley Peony Rose Candle - $55

This exceptionally clean burning premium perfumed candle envelopes your senses with the heavenly sweet floral scent of peony rose. Carefully crafted with a slow burning lead-free cotton wick, the white frosted glass container adds an elegant ambience to any décor.

For those burning scented candles in a non-airconditioned room, I'm sure you will have the disappointing experience of smelling absolutely nothing while the candle burns right in front of you. But for Tilley, the scent payoff was just great! 

Even with a fan on rotation blowing at the candle, I can still smell the slightly powdery floral sweet scent of the candle as it burns and when placed at another spot in my room away from the blowing wind, it can easily fill my entire room with the deliciously feminine smell. 

Absolutely love this! 

Tilley Soy Candle currently comes in a total of 12 scents and another scent that really caught my eye is Pink Lychee. 

Have to get my hands on that after I'm done clearing my current stock of candles and reed diffusers. 

And of course, the same scent is available in the form of reed diffusers.

Tilley Peony Rose Diffuser - $69

Peony Rose is a tempting rose aroma with an incredibly delicate allure that adds a soft feminine ambience to any room.

Reed diffuser is an awesome alternative to scented candles when safety issues restrict the usage of burning candles (small area with many clutter etc). Plus, by reducing the number of sticks you leave in the bottle of essential oil, you can easily tweak the concentration you would like to have in your room to have a more subtle, less overpowering scent and also have your reed diffuser last longer.

And a small tip: If you wishes to have a quick boost of scent, just flip your sticks and let the saturated ends be in direct contact with the air.

For more information on available scents of Tilley Soy Candles & Reed Diffusers, visit Lin's Australia HERE

Till then,
Mia Foo

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Mia's Review: Neo Rosehip Oil Cleanser [Sponsored]

Recently, after using up my current daily facial wash, I was introduced to LIN's Australia, a pretty new (at least, to me) Singapore based beauty & skincare e-store carrying a wide range of Australian products that seeks to bring nature into our urban settings.

Envisioning the needs of modern living, LIN's embraces a natural and an organic concept that holistically intertwines all your senses, proffering the ultimate sensory adventure and capturing the good from the earth, transforming its beauty into a conglomerate of touches, scents and visuals. Transcending boundaries and bringing nature into urbane settings, you can experience all of our nature's wonders painstakingly sourced to help create a mood of everlasting tranquillity surrounding your abode.

In LIN's, you can assimilate a range of quality skin, body, hair and scented natural products with an organic interpretation of beauty into an everyday routine. Extracted from plants with selective bottling of nature, we deliver gentle, wholesome and delicate products that are the best off our soil.
-credits to LIN's Australia-

LIN's is really generous to send me a full sized Neo Rosehip Oil Cleanser (250 ml, RTP $62) to try out! 

Deep and delicate cleansing - our motto! Help remove dirt, impurities, makeup and unwanted white and black heads - with neo's Rosehip Oil facial Cleanser. Blended in orange extracts, walnut and coconut. A cleanser designed with a gentle built in scrub, perfect to use everyday.

I've been using it every night in the showers for almost 2 weeks now and is still left with lots of product, so be rest assured that the $62 will last you quite a while. 

Even though it contains walnut shell (which I've heard some saying that it's too harsh on our skin), the amount of it is actually very sparse, as you can see from the widely spread out specks in the gel, and hence gives a very mild, barely there scrubbing feeling on the skin. 

The cleanser is of gel consistency and doesn't soap up at all, which is a good thing for ladies with dehydrated skin as the soap suds will tend to strip our skin of too much moisture, making our skin feel squeaky after every wash. Scent wise, it has a nice, soothing rose smell to go with the gentle scrubbing actions from the fine walnut shell powder to leave our skin smooth and supple after every wash. 

Unlike other strong scrubbing wash which left my skin 'flushed' and red after a short while of continuous daily usage, Neo Rosehip Oil Cleanser still leaves my skin feeling refreshed, smooth and supple after my daily washes after using it for almost 2 weeks straight. 

Now, let's see the cleanser in action, shall we?

Greedily, I've actually smeared half a pump of my Pixi liquid foundation onto half the area on the back of my hand, hence the patchiness and chalkiness of my skin. 

As I rubbed the cleanser in, it quickly 'emulsified' the foundation off my skin.

You probably cannot see the effect off the picture, but most of the foundation has been washed off in just 1 wash! 

But of course, this cleanser is not a 2-in-1 make up remover/facial cleanser, so be sure to remove your make up thoroughly with a proper make up remover before using this rosehip oil cleanser to thoroughly remove the remaining residues! 

For more information on Neo Rosehip Oil Cleanser and other awesome Australian products, visit LIN's Australia website HERE.

Till then,

Mia Foo

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