Magic Beans

[Pippedydeadeye]

I have that too, it’s beautiful.

[Disco]

you will enjoy dusting your face every day.

[Lily]

I really love Hourglass. Their products look like plump cushions.

[emma_p]

It lasts a really long time too. I just gave my palette to a beauty loving colleague and she was delighted!

[Pippedydeadeye]

I’ve gone bonkers in French pharmacies and apart from the hugely necessary hydrocortisone I just got, I have also bought:

La Roche Posay Mela B3 cleanser (meant to be good for pigmentation)
A313 retinol cream
Roger & Gallet Fleur de Figuier shower gel
The shower gel emma_p recommended
A little Nuxe Huile Prodigieux gift set that looked cute
LRP water spray (used half at le rugby).

[Pippedydeadeye]

I’m going to get the new Charlotte Tilbury foundation stick. I have tried it in Sephora a couple of times and it’s good.

[Ruby]

I've just ordered Skin + Me to sort out my melasma. It's gone mental recently, possibly because of hormones. I've had it since I was pregnant with the SAM and he's an actual man now but it's def got worse during menopause - I wear a hardcore daily sunscreen (LRP Anthelios) and top up with a spray and I look like a patchy dog.

I will report back.

[emma_p]

Is that the one all the instahuns use?

[Pippedydeadeye]

I think it is that one.

The REN stuff I used to use was brilliant for melasma but they don’t do it anymore.

I’ve been using the LRP Mela B3 cleanser and I think that’s meant to be good for it. I’m hoping it clears some of my acne scarring.

[Disco]

Yes I think so Emma.

Hope it works for you puby.

[Disco]

I was just about to mention REN as I’m currently using the overnight glow dark spot sleeping cream. I don’t have melasma though so have no idea if it works.

It stinks.

[emma_p]

I like the REN sleeping cream too but I found a huge unopened bottle Kiehls clearly corrective dark spot solution in the bathroom when I was putting everything away after our holiday. Turns out S was sent it by mistake in addition to his order and they told him to keep it. I have obviously appropriated it and used it for the last couple of nights.

[Ruby]

Is that the one all the instahuns use?

Yes. It's basically prescription strength. I've tried everything you can buy over the counter so I'm going to give it a go.

[Pippedydeadeye]

Did you have to do a little zoom call with them or just an online form?

[Ruby]

Just an online form and you have to take photos of your face to submit and then they get back to you.

[Ruby]

I'm slightly irritated as I could have actually bought Trentinoin over the counter in Greece just 2 days ago. :lol: However, it's got hydroquinone in too and you can't buy that in Europe.

[Pippedydeadeye]

I bought the A313 stuff in France. Not been brave enough to use it yet though.

[Flora Poste]

Let us know how you get on Rubes. I get my tretinoin via a dodgy online pharmacy from India but if that ever dries up I would happily try Skin + Me or Dermatica as I think they are pretty good value.

[Ruby]

Let us know how you get on Rubes. I get my tretinoin via a dodgy online pharmacy from India but if that ever dries up I would happily try Skin + Me or Dermatica as I think they are pretty good value.

It's only a fiver for the first month and you get a lot of extra stuff. It's £30 per month after that.

Does your dodgy pharmacy sell hydroquinone?

[Flora Poste]

They might do