Dr Ceuracle Royal Vita Propolis 33 Capsule Eye Cream

One thing I'm really lax with is eye cream. My eyes are very sensitive so when products get in them I suffer all day. Due to that it's rare for me to bother with eye cream. I was recently sent the De Ceuracle Royal Vita Proplis 33 Capture Eye Cream to trial and was hooked as soon as I took it out of the tube because it comes with a really cute little applicator. I'm all about the cute little touches. 

 

Royal Vita Propolis 33 Capsule Eye Cream contains vitamin c, royal jelly, vitamin e, collagen capsules and propolis. It reduces dark circles, plumps and hydrates.

The massager improves circulation and helps to firm.

I've really enjoyed using this eye cream. The massager is solid and lovely to use, it feels very cool and soothing. With twice daily use I'm noticing that my eye area looks firmer, the dark circles are a little lighter and the fine lines are plumped up. I've had no eye irritation (yay!) so am able to use this morning and night. 

Whilst this is very hydrating it absorbs quickly. Once I've applied it's dry within a minute. I'm thrilled to have found a very affordable eye cream that's effective and doesn't irritate my eyes!

 

You can purchase Royal Vita Propolis 33 Capsule Eye Cream online for between $27 to $35.

Note: This was provided to me for review.

Thoughts of the week

1. Imagine how different the world would be if we spoke words of love to women and taught them to love their bodies, instead of constantly tell them that they are flawed and need to change. If we told them that the things they've been taught to hate about their bodies are beautiful and they're perfect exactly as they are? Wouldn't that be wonderful. That'll never happen though, because women hating themselves is a billion dollar industry.

2. I have hope though, the world is changing. Women are standing up for themselves and taking back their power. Iran is the perfect example, as is the MeToo movement. It's happening and I couldn't be prouder.

3. People are different now to when I was growing up. The world is different too. I don't think people are better, they're nastier and more aggressive. I don't know why. We had an incident at the skate park this week. A boy of about 12 was being rude to the other kids and yelling at them. The other adults there didn't bother doing anything about it, but after he'd screamed at Eljay twice and nearly had him in tears I asked the boy to not be rude. I calmly and quietly said to him that it's okay to ask other kids to move, but please don't yell and swear at them. A whole pile (about 15) of teenagers came up and started recording me and yelling at me not to be a Karen. They didn't even know the boy who I was talking to so I have no idea why they got involved. I stayed calm and told them that I would like everyone to be polite. They kept on yelling at me so I walked off.

What is with that? Why be rude and aggressive to people, especially when it's nothing to do with you?

4. Also, what's with people not standing up for themselves? There was another man there watching the whole thing but he stayed as far away as possible. After I'd walked off he came up to see if I was okay. He said that he'd noticed the boy being awful to the other kids but he didn't say anything. He then said that there's no way he'd let his 16 year old go to the skate park because of the horrible (unsupervised) kids there. I told him that if everyone stays quiet then the nasty people will continue to get away with their behaviour and by staying quiet we're condoning it. 

He didn't have an answer to that one.

5. Since when can we not nicely ask people to be kind? Why does it have to be seen as a confrontation? Also, why do people think name calling is appropriate? Is that the way they're treated at home? I just don't understand the rudeness and nastiness of people.

FFS Friday - Tired tyre

Hello beautiful people. How are you all? Have you had a good week? Anything you want to talk about? 

We're back to school and work now. I'm still working this term which is great. They've kindly let me change my days to fit in with Chai's gradual introduction to high school. The schedule the high school have given us is crazy. If you were working you couldn't do it. The first two weeks he goes for an hour, the second two weeks he goes for 1 hour and 45 minutes, the next week he goes for 2 hours 45 minutes, the week after that he does two full days in a row then the last week I go with him for an hour. 

I have to take him to each session then take him to school afterwards. The high school is fifteen minutes drive from the primary school so if I was working it'd take a good chunk of time out of my work day. 

It's also going to give me a bit of an idea how I'm going to manage getting both boys to school at the same time in two different locations. I still haven't figured out how I'll manage that one. They both start and finish at the same time. I need a clone. 

We're giving Chai a phone for christmas, I'm thinking we might need to give Eljay one too. I really don't want the boys having phones, but if they're going to have to wait around for me to pick them up, having a phone would make me feel a bit more comfortable about it. Maybe I'll get Eljay a smart watch. 

I'm also wondering how we'll fit Chai's therapies in when he's at high school. At the moment we do therapy straight after school, but once he's at high school it'll take me longer to get him to therapy so all the times will have to be pushed back. It'll also mean that he might not be able to do his tutoring as we'll have to leave for school before his lesson is over. Maybe I'll be able to break it up into two half hour sessions, that might work.

I've been avoiding thinking about next year as I can't see any solutions. I've been hoping that an easy solution will magically appear. There's still time so maybe it will. I have my fingers crossed. 

 

We went back to the skate park for the first time since Chai's injury. Chai was understandably a little nervous, so we went to a smaller skate park and he quickly got his confidence back. I'm a nervous wreck the whole time they're skating, but Chai isn't so that's good.

 

Have a lovely weekend!

Thoughts of the week

1. The kids and I watched Little Monsters at the cinema this week, we really enjoyed it.

2. My BFF gave me a Philosophy shower gel last week. I'd forgotten how nice luxury shower gels are.

3. I've been using the new La Roche-Posay Cicaplast B5 serum, it's amazing for sensitive, irritated skin.

4. I have found my holy grail natural deodorant. It's the sensitive deodorant from Kitikiti Mantu. I'm almost finished my first tube and am about to repurchase. I've yet to put it to the test through hot summer days, but so far it's kept me completely odour free all day and night, which no other natural deodorant has managed to do.

5. We still have no coffee machine.

FFS Friday - Be still my beating heart

Hello beautiful people. How are you all? I hope you've had a good week. 

Ours has been quiet because of Chai's injury. Here's what happened:

Last week we were on a play date at the skate park. We live there now. We go almost every day and spend at least two hours there. The boys are really good on their scooters. They always wear helmets and don't do anything stupid.

So, we're on the play date, it was just Chai and I because Eljay was away. I saw Chai go into the bowl, next thing he comes out, covered in blood and screaming for me. That's one of the worst feelings as a parent, seeing your child running towards you covered in blood.

He had a huge gash on his head, just above his eye and it was bleeding all over the place. His face, hands, shirt, shorts, legs and shoes were all covered in blood. I could see his skull through the wound. It wasn't nice.

The car park is about 100 meters away and the first aid kit was in the car. I won't be making that mistake again. From now on when we go to the skate park the first aid kit will be in the skate bag. 

Anyhow, Chai was naturally very upset. I lay him down to calm him down and get him to stop yelling. I only had a few tissues in my bag and nothing that I could use to stop the bleeding. Thankfully a young teenager gave us a bandage and another lady gave us some gauze and cleaning patches. Chai was really upset so I gathered our things together and we walked to the car. 

On the way to the hospital we called Tiger to get him to meet us at the hospital. He was in a loud area so said he'd call us back. We got to the hospital and Chai was starting to get a bit woozy. At the front of the hospital they have a tent set up, you have to go there, sanitise, put on a face mask and answer questions before they'll let you into the hospital. Sometimes they'll refuse to let you in. Anyhow, as soon as they saw us coming they got a wheel chair. Chai refused to sit in it but was he was wobbling all over the place I made him sit down. I managed to sanitise my hands and grab a face mask then we went into the emergency department. 

As usual the emergency department was full. Tiger still hadn't called so I sent him  a photo of Chai sitting in the wheelchair covered in blood with the message "You need to leave work now." I didn't need him there and could have left him at work for the day but I'm over dealing with these things on my own. As soon as he saw the photo he called to see what had happened and left work.

 

Thankfully kids covered in blood with head injuries are seen very quickly. We saw the triage nurse who put gauze and a big bandage on then sent us down to wait for a Dr. Whilst we were in with the triage nurse Chai's friend who he'd been on the play date with arrived. He was understandably very worried about Chai. 

I would have been happy for them to stay and sit with us, but thanks to covid rules they had to leave. 

We didn't have to wait long for the Dr to call us back. They checked Chai out, had a good look at his skull and got ready to stitch him up. I thought we'd have to stay in for the night but because he didn't lose consciousness, didn't have much of a headache and was very lucid we were able to go home.

 

Tiger arrived before they started stitching Chai up, but wasn't allowed to see him because of covid rules.

 

Chai ended up with seven stitches. The wound goes right through his eyebrow, which he's really pleased about because he's been wanting a "cool eyebrow scar" for years now. 

 

I still have no idea how his head got cut. His helmet fits well, doesn't move around and sits out 3cm's from his head. He said that he smashed it into the concrete edge, so he must have been on a funny angle. He had a slight bruise around the wound but no other marks. No redness, bruising or swelling. I'm really at a loss as to how it happened.

 

I am so grateful that he wasn't more seriously wounded. It was so awful, my Mummy heart is still feeling fragile. 

The first two nights he slept in my bed, after that he went back to his own room. He didn't have much pain at all and wanted to be up running around. Keeping him quiet was a challenge, especially on the school holidays. 

He got his stitches out a week later and seems not to have any lingering side effects. 

That's my exciting news for the holidays. 

Have a wonderful weekend beautiful people.

Thoughts of the week

1. The first week of the holidays are done. It's not been as much fun as I hoped it would be, but things can only get better from here.

 

2. Chai got a head injury on Wednesday, it was awful. I'll post about it next week. Thankfully he's healing well, but it's meant that we're restricted in what activities we can do.

 

3. Lanolips have released another limited edition collaboration with Gelato Messina and it's a caramel flavoured balm! OMG! 

 

4. Christmas releases will start coming through soon. I wonder if they'll be as underwhelming as they were last year. 

 

5. In wonderful news for people who use the NDIS, Kurt Fearnley has been appointed as chair of the NDIA. About time they had a disabled person in the role!