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GET THE LOOK: Spotlight on Highlights Let’s hear it for highlights - nothing makes skin look fresh and healthy like a dab of luminizer on the top of cheekbones, cupid’s bow and on the inner corners of eyes. RMS Beauty’s Living Luminizer is my not so secret weapon and gives an I-only-drink-green-tea-and-practice-yoga-daily glow. 

GET THE LOOK: Spotlight on Highlights

Let’s hear it for highlights - nothing makes skin look fresh and healthy like a dab of luminizer on the top of cheekbones, cupid’s bow and on the inner corners of eyes. RMS Beauty’s Living Luminizer is my not so secret weapon and gives an I-only-drink-green-tea-and-practice-yoga-daily glow. 

RADAR: Crazy as a Coconut

I recently bought a big ol’ jar of coconut oil after articles espousing its benefits seemed to pop up all over the internet. Never one to ignore what the cyberworld tells me, I decided to test the claims of coconut oil’s moisturising, makeup removing powers. The results? Coconut oil is the hardest working product out there! I’ve listed below some of the things I’ve been using coconut oil for:

  • Makeup removal: The simplest, cleanest, easiest way to move ALL makeup (including eye makeup and waterproof makeup). Simply warm a little oil in your hands and then emulsify over skin, and gently swipe over eyelashes and lids to remove mascara and eyeliner in a flash. Remove using a muslin cloth with warm water. 
  • Hair conditioner: When hair is looking a little lackluster I run some oil through the ends of my hair and leave in a bun overnight. Rinse the next morning for super soft, super shiny hair! 
  • Moisturising mask: As it’s winter in Australia my skin has been quite dehydrated, so when I have some time in the morning I slather oil over my face and décolletage and leave it for about 20 minutes before rinsing it off in the shower. Instant hydration with a lingering tropical scent! 
  • With green tea: Miranda Kerr adds a little coconut oil to her green tea each day to ingest its health benefits. I add a teeny drop to a cup of green tea and it adds a beautiful subtle flavour (I’m still waiting on my transformation into Ms. Kerr, however). 
  • Aftershave: My boyfriend has sensitive, reactive skin (not to mention a sensitive, reactive girlfriend) so he smoothes some coconut oil over his face after shaving and reports that it is immediately calming and soothing. 
  • To refresh makeup: At the end of the day when makeup is looking a little flat, I press a tiny amount of oil over cheek and browbones to lift makeup and illuminate skin. The trick is to use a minimal amount and to just press it onto skin - don’t rub or this will take off makeup (see tip 1 above!). 
  • If anyone else has tips on how they use coconut oil in their beauty routine I would love to hear from you! 

5 minutes with Miranda Kerr


What’s the latest with your skincare range Kora Organics?


“We have just launched a blog section on the website with over 35 bloggers - experts in nutrition, exercise, meditation and spirituality. I wanted it to be a place people could go to for information on health and well-being as well as quality organic products.”


What are your can’t-live-without products from the range?


“I love rosehip oil (it’s great for sun damage or scars), the body lotion, exfoliating cream and eye gel.”


You sing the praises of Tahitian noni juice …


“I’ve been drinking noni for the past 12 years. It has 177 vitamins and minerals, and is a potent antioxidant. It’s great for healing. If I had sunburn or pimples, I used to soak a cotton ball in it and put it on my skin. That’s why it made sense to use noni as a key ingredient in the skincare products.”


Why is natural skincare important?


Well it’s probably because the skin is the largest organ in our body, and it really does absorb everything that we put on it. I’ve done the research on some of the harmful effects of what is put into some products. It’s not good.


Apart from yoga and eating well how do you care for your body?


“Body brushing stimulates blood flow and exfoliates the skin. I do that every morning.”


What are your make-up must haves?


“I love make-up artist Rose-Marie Swift’s line, RMS; it’s organic and in pots that are great to travel with. If I’m feeling a little tired, I apply a red lip, because it really does lift the face.”


Interview via vogue.com.au

David Parker
I’m really not sure. This might be the first time I’ve seen one.

Anna Sivalle
Exactly what I thought!