We are tied to the ocean.
And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch
- we are going back from whence we came.
John F. Kennedy
Happy World Oceans Day.
If you are a regular here and taking your time to read my thoughts about new make-up, skin care and fragrances which I share in this tiny space of mine, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Today I would like to ask you to use this time to think about our resources and how each one of us can help to preserve the natural balance of our planet. Although there are numerous dates to remind us to be sensitive to environmental issues (here is a list at Wikipedia), I selected this date since Oceans are so dear to my heart. So don't worry, you probably you won't be seeing me posting about Global Wind Day, World Wood Day nor International Polar Bear Day. These would be subject matter of another blog after all although polar bears are also so cute!
To keep the beauty bits intact during this ocean awareness post, I decided to merge it with a short first impressions review of Cream de La Mer. Recently I was made aware that La Mer partnered with National Geographic to support three researchers who work on ocean conservation. By a little bit of this and that I am hoping to keep the integrity of the blog while being a tiny more useful to the planet. Works that way? Please keep on reading...
To keep the beauty bits intact during this ocean awareness post, I decided to merge it with a short first impressions review of Cream de La Mer. Recently I was made aware that La Mer partnered with National Geographic to support three researchers who work on ocean conservation. By a little bit of this and that I am hoping to keep the integrity of the blog while being a tiny more useful to the planet. Works that way? Please keep on reading...
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| La Mer The Moisturizing Cream |
Why is this topic so close to my heart?
I am very lucky to be able to spend a few weeks each year in a Mediterranean beach house, enjoying the warm touch of the sun as well as cooling and calming effect of the sea. I eagerly wait for that time of the year to be close to the sea side and live in the climate I adore so much. Sitting by the beach and observing how the guests of the hotel with whom we share a part of our beach handle their wastes and treat the sea as a garbage can slash black hole of waste has always taken me by surprise (or more properly disgust). It is interesting to see the difference between a short term and long term state of human mind. If you won't be there next year, why care? It is someone else's beach anyway. I wonder if it ever occurs to one that the seas are mostly connected and where ever you will be next year, your waste will find you.
It is not just about a few beverage cans, a burned cigarette, some napkins flying in the wind on to the ocean which occasionally make some of us jump and try to catch a plastic bag before it sinks and settles on the bottom because once it does, it is very hard to take out. But what about the restaurants, bars and business who rely on the infinite resources of the sea which turned out to be not that eternal after all. This caused in rapid deterioration of the sea water quality and reduction of the fish species even I can point out in the last ten years. I have watched one of the most beautiful bays getting polluted by the Yacht owners who don't want to pay and take care of their wastes year by year.
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| 8 June 2015 World Oceans Day and the special edition La Mer The Moisturizing Cream |
What can we do?
I would suggest starting by being a little more sensitive and less careless. Did you know that one of the things which dangers the ocean life most is our energy consumption? You can read a very interesting article about ocean acidification which is caused by the carbon dioxide which we pump into atmosphere here. The research shows that oceans absorb a good deal of CO2 (around 30%) which was released during the last century and it continues to do so. Today ocean acidification is called global warming's evil twin.
How to reduce energy consumption? Here are a few things we can do. Switching of electronic devices we don't use, changing our bulbs to energy saving ones, heating less and more wisely, using house appliances more carefully, and many more. Here are a few ideas how to do so.
Apart from energy consumption, there are other ways we can help ocean life survive. These include using fewer plastic products, cleaning up the beaches and not leaving any waste behind, eating sea food which are not endangered. Here is a great article which states 10 things we should be doing to save the oceans. Number 8 suggest we should influence change in our community, which I think I am trying to do today...
... number 7 states that the organizations which work for the ocean should be supported. Which brings us to the next topic. La Mer's famous Cream de La Mer now comes in a 100 ml blue heart packaging to remind us of the oceans and to protect them. I had the opportunity to try the cream for the first time (can you believe) last week and here are a few first impressions and thoughts on that one too.
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| La Mer The Moisturizing Cream |
La Mer The Moisturizing Cream comes in an open pot so it is advised no get the product out with a spatula for hygiene reasons. I was quiet surprised to find out that the consistency of the cream is rather thick and if you apply it directly onto the skin, it doesn't glide the way many newly formulated creams do. The recommended way to apply the cream is to warm it up by rubbing it between your fingers until it looks transparent and apply on your face after that. To my experience if you do that you need less product and it is absorbed quiet easily living a dewy and well moisturised complexion behind. I haven't tried the cream under my foundation because right now days are very warm to do so. Cream de la Mer is very rich so in any way I would prefer to use it over the night. When I did so, in the morning my complexion looked nourished and happy until now. However it is rather early to report on the effects so I will use it further and keep you updated on that one.
What are your thoughts about World Ocean Day? Do you think ocean acidification is addressed as much as global warming?
Oh and have you tried La Mer The Moisturizing Cream yet? How do you find it?
Disclaimer: The products in this post were provided free of charge for my consideration.
I am not paid for this review. All opinions are honest and my own.
