Travel Skincare

Someone asked me before not long ago,"What skincare products do you bring when you travel?". So it's time to answer that question now. 

In the past, I don't really care about what I brought because I thought bringing what you normally apply on a daily basis would be sufficient. Super wrong mentality. That was why my skin always looked clogged and dull after every overseas trip. 

My current skincare problem is not acne (can we get an amen!) but clogged pores and bumpy skin texture. I also sometimes get dry patches, especially on areas with acne scars. 

Cleansing

• Makeup removal with Biore makeup wipes. 
• Double cleanse with Avene Cleanance Gel and SKII Gentle Facial Cleanser. I only double cleanse at night. 

Mask

• Wash-off masks: Caudalie Instant Detox Mask, Origins Out of Trouble Mask and Origins Clear Improvement Mask. 
• Sheet masks: Innisfree It's Real Squeeze Masks in Tea Tree and Bija (not in picture, they were all hidden in my luggage).
• I make sure to apply the Instant Detox Mask at least once every 3 days, and then apply both Origin masks (one after another) daily on specific areas. It may seem excessive, but using them daily improves my skin condition instead of drying it out. If I feel like my skin is feeling a little bit thirsty after all these wash-off masks, I will nourish it with a sheet mask. I apply one sheet mask every night before I go to sleep when travelling. 

Toning

• When I was in Copenhagen, I tried out a new toner from my beauty salon. It's called Pink Astringent Lotion and supposedly very good for clogged pores. It did nothing much to my skin. No breakouts and no improvement either. 
• I always make sure to bring a toner because I find that my skin absorbs moisturiser better after toning. 

Treatment

• Alpha-H Liquid Gold. This has been a great discovery! It's not a miracle product, but it's a slowly-but-surely product. I have used this for 3 months and my acne scars have faded significantly. The problem is I seem to always have new scars because I get breakouts once in a while also HAHA. Ohwell~ Hormonal acne is a tough opponent! 
• Do take note that if you're trying out Alpha-H Liquid Gold, you need to use it once every alternate evening. And also, don't use any products with salicylic acid before applying the Liquid Gold because apparently that reduces the effectiveness of the products in Liquid Gold. 

Moisturiser

• The Body Shop Tea Tree Skin Clearing Lotion. This is an oldie but a goodie. I have used this for the past 2 years and I'm still going to continue using because my skin loves tea tree. I'm not so fond of the night cream version though - it's quite heavy and I think it was one product that clogged my skin. 
• Etude House AC Clinic Daily Gel Lotion. I always double up on moisturiser because having oily skin does not mean that I don't need moisturising! On the contrary, I have to moisturise diligently with the correct type of moisturisers so that my skin doesn't produce more oil. Very ma fan one, but still must do. 

Spot treatment

• In case of sudden appearance of unwanted characters like zits, I use Simple Rapid Action Spot Zapper. 

Eye treatment

• This is also not in photo but I always have a lot of eye cream samples. For this Copenhagen trip, I used Laneige Time Freeze Eye Serum, and wah the sample was so generous! I used that for more than 18 applications and still left A LOT. A bit heart pain when I had to throw it away because it was really nice! 

So I guess the next question people ask is "why are your skincare products so huge when you are travelling?"

This is because I had a check-in luggage. Can check in 30kg what, why I need to specially buy travel sized ones right? If all I had was a carry-on, then I'll be more selective in my skincare products. :) 

Copenhagen OOTDs

Because I had an entire room to myself, I spent around 10 minutes every morning trying to take a nice photo of my outfit and of my face (outfit for the blog, face for the man HAHA). 

The weather in Copenhagen was GLORIOUS. I could wear my jackets without sweating and I could bare my legs without feeling cold. It's that perfect balanced sunny-windy-cool-breezy weather. 

I was a much happier person when I was in Copenhagen. Really lor, if only Singapore were to have Scandinavian weather, I think we won't have so many uncontrollable rages and lor li lor sor complain kings and queens. Confirm chill and nua, yet still efficient one! 

Copenhagen 2015

Yes, I know! I'm sorry! 

I've been missing for way too long and if you think that I have quit blogging, nope! Just really really busy at work. 

I'm planning to blog at least twice a week, let's see if that's possible. Work has been slightly overwhelming ever since I came back from Copenhagen. But I'm sure things will stabilise soon. Positive thoughts all around! 

I won't be doing many in-depth product reviews but I'll try my best to write quick reviews so at least you know what I've tried and what are my thoughts on these products. 

Photo spam from my Copenhagen work trip first! 

The flight to Copenhagen was blissful and serene. The 2 of us occupied a 3-seater row and there was no babies. 

The flight back to Singapore was a complete nightmare. Full flight with more than 5 babies near our seats and a drunkard sitting next to my miserable middle seat. D: I had a very rough 12 hours. 

Last year, my colleague and I shared one hotel room and it was kind of squeezy, so this time we booked a room each. We stayed at Wakeup Copenhagen! 

The view from my hotel room was quite gorgeous, as evidenced by the above 4 photos. 

Back at Joe & The Juice again. I heard through the grapevine that someone is bringing in the brand to Singapore? It's a good idea because all Joe & The Juice servers are really handsome in Copenhagen so I hope they do that too in Singapore (hur hur hur), but walao what are the prices going to be like? I had juice + sandwich and the total was already DKK90+ (or almost S$20).

Food photo spam coming up...

It's quite funny how we wanted to save money and eat from convenience stores daily, but ended up eating good food and drinking alcohol almost daily. 

We accidentally let slip the fact that we were going to have pastries from 7-11 and salads from supermarkets for our dinners and our Danish colleague was shocked and disgusted (LOL). So she reserved multiple restaurants for us so that we won't have to "suffer". She arranged so swee swee and the bills were on the company, so WOOP GOOD FOOD. 

LOL sorry had to include this extremely sweet rock melon that I had for breakfast before my flight back to Singapore. After 8 days in Copenhagen, DKK20 for half a rock melon was too cheap! 

More photos of the beautiful city! Yes my captions are very unoriginal. No need outstandingly quirky captions lah, the photos very nice leh! 

Argh this photo reminds me of the ultimate SUAYNESS that I encountered on the last day. 

So, I bought a 7-day pass for all public transport modes, and everything went smoothly for the first 6 days. On the 7th day, I changed my bag and hence forgot to bring the pass. JUST NICE, got train conductor checking train passes. ZZZ. 

So yes, he gave me fine ticket (DKK750), but told me that I could go to the website and then send a photo of my ticket to cancel the fine. The entire website was in Danish so I had to consult a Danish colleague to ensure that I send the photo to the correct recipient. 

In the end never pay anything lah, but I was so anxious at that moment okay! 

Oh oh, we were lucky enough to chance upon the Pride Day celebrations too! :)

Our Danish colleague has a Tivoli gold membership so.... YAY CAN GO IN FOR FREE.

Back to Carlsberg for beer. It wasn't as exciting as when I visited last time during exchange.

We also went for canal tour. If you come to Copenhagen, you HAVE to go on a canal tour. You can see everything and it's not one of those anyhow 20-minute kinds. Our canal tour was more than 1 hour! So many breathtaking sights and people!

See you again next year! :)