Canadian Beauty

Throwback to trips from the past, when I bought this Made In Germany tin of Nivea and then hoarded it until just now. Everything is dry and dusty this time of year because it’s so cold outside, but the Winter Solstice is almost here and the Nivea is helping. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

New to me are also these Cerave Anti-Spot Barrier Patches which are clear but have ceramides and niacinamides to help moisturize that pimple so you don’t have a crusty piece of skin where it used to be. Do they work? Yes, absolutely, to help moisturize skin, but not to get rid of pimples all together. They help heal them better than ever.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Finally, on my desk is this Charlotte Tilbury Jophoria body cream. As much as I thought it was just a body lotion version of their perfume for layering, I’d say that this is actually a replacement for perfume because it smells so strong! So if you are anosmic to the perfume spray or feel that it doesn’t last long enough, then this is what you need instead. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

What’s shocking is that as I was Googling the body cream, I saw that one of the recommended searches was “dupe” and that’s a bit hilarious because I already think of Joyphoria as a dupe of other beachy solar perfumes. It might be a bit on the sweeter side, and I find the tuberose to be very amped up, but it’s not a unique scent DNA. But, I guess teenagers might want an even cheaper version, and in that case, I’d suggest taking a peak at secondhand sites, because something is bound to show up. At any given time, people seem to move on from their favourite vacation perfumes and go to something else. Little do they know that scent is so evocative of a memory, much like my hotel selfie and little souvenir jar of Nivea.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀