Good Things....

Good Things 

Total Wipe Out

... Now, I love a good face wipe after a long day.

I Really dislike these. Now, I love the biodegradable side and the brand image, I just dislike these wipes.

They don't feel nice on my face, the texture is all wrong. Maybe its the only texture which makes them planet friendly?

I don't like being mean about products, especially when they're created with such enthusiasm ... But I suppose, you cant love everything.

I Haven't tried any of the other products, and im less inclined to.

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Orico Day Moisturiser

Orico 

Streetwise Antipollution Day Cream

I love using this when I go out later in the day, or getting ready for an evening out. It's a perfect night out moisturiser because it leaves skin feeling nourished, it a good base for make up, if you don't use a primer.

It's so light and creamy, doesn't feel heavy, but doesn't feel to oily which is great for combination skin. I wouldn't recommend this as a general  day cream unless your putting on sun cream as well as this doesn't contain an SPF, which is important in a day cream, which is why I use it later in the day and for evenings out.

I have tried a thousand and one moisturisers and find that most leave my skin either to dry half way through the day, too oily or just smell. Im a big fan of NOT perfuming face products, the skin on the face is a delicate thing, and perfumed products can cause reactions.

Orico ticks all the right boxes with this moisturiser, the fact that it's anti pollution drew me to it, I haven't seen many Antipollution moisturisers around and in a world dominated by buses and cars... and not to mention the dirt on the underground, our skin needs protecting from the man made elements.

So if your skin is feeling a bit beaten up by the elements, I'd recommend this!

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Beauty Haul

Beauty Haul Numero UNO

As I imagine, I will be hauling a lot of beauty products in the future, labeling this one number 1 seemed fitting. 

I am the equivillent to a magpie when it comes to beauty products, if its all shining and promising my heart automatically wants my hand to reach for myfavourite bit of plastic and purchase everything imagineable. My head does not. 

But as I lead mostly with my heart, my head has learnt to pick up the pieces later, this is my first haul of highly recommended products.

Dr Nick Lowe x2 - Eye Correct Serum & Neck & Decolette Firming Cream

Who doesnt want sparkly eyes and a chest to die for? ... Odd combinations, but run with me here... Skin looking a bit desperate, eyes in need of TLC = eye product. Summer, low tops, dresses, the ever looming deadline when i will have to be seen in swimwear... = decollete firming needed. 

I also love Dr Lowe's products in general.

Nivea Face Wipes. 

Ive used simple face wipes for years, but whilst out and about they had no brightening wipes, and Nivea is a brand my cousin swears by so... why not. If i dislike them, back to simple i go... 

Microdelivery Brightening Peel

As my skin is in the mist of some sort of rebellion against my social calender, making me look horrifically tired*, dry skin is plagueing my life. so Brightening up sounds like just the ticket!

*Despite the fact im sleeping a fine amount 

Sarah Chapman Chin & Jaw Lift

For when they eventually decide to attempt to hit the floor, im hoping that this little trick will delay it ever so slightly, Im also going to give one to my mother, who for all intense and purposes is my anti ageing guinea pig. (sorry mum)

Eucerin Dermo Purifier 

Im not a sufferer of spots (thankfully) but if one does pop up, I like to cover my entire face in treatment in case they're thinking of face domination. 

REN anti-ageing cream

Come here mother, I have something else for you to put on your face and tell me if I should use it or not...

LDN Skin Gradual tan. 

Ill start with explaining I have little patience for this type of product, I shower far to frequently for them to ever work, and I'm a sort of want it now get it now kinda gal so we will see how Iget on with this... WATCH THIS SPACE


So, Over the next few weeks, these will be put through their paces (lets see if i can stay up all night and hide the damage... )


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Benefit they're real!

Quick post whilst I'm on route to work,

Benefit they're real mascara!

I have been on the hunt for a mascara for ages, I've built up a steady collection of make up I don't use, every brand cheap and cheerful and the ones that I stare at feeling guilty.

It's been getting a lot of hype recently and is well loved it seems in the press, so when my Elle magazine arrived with a mini one I almost cried with excitement.

So far I haven't been disappointed.

The brush applicator is one of the best applicators I've ever used (and I've used a lot) mascara doesn't clump around the brush, it just glides off the brush onto my eyelashes , which need all the help they can get to be fabulous.

Whilst it doesn't seem thick, it plumps up lashes and coats them nicely. So far I'm impressed! A nice addition to my mascara collection I seem to be building.

Manuka Doctor - Bee Venom Face Mask

Rejuvenating Bee Venom Face Mask

Recently, the power of bugs and pests seems to be taking over our beauty wardrobes, Think Bees, Snakes and the rumors of Bird Faeces facials.

Always up for trying something new,  I gave this a shot. 

The smell isn't fresh as i imagined it would smell, its more medicated, which could do with some work, but the smell didn't put me off. I've been dying to use a Bee Venom product for ages, (along side the snake serum, it felt fitting)

• Cream Coloured
• Dries Clear (almost)

The Texture is amazing, i don't know how they got this product SO lightweight, so easy to apply but they're ticking all the right boxes for me! Masks i find can occasionally be sticky, this is the total opposite and feels more like a moisturiser. 

Left on for 25minutes.

Washed off. As is washed off it just slid off, leaving behind this soft fresh looking skin, that i thought i'd never achieve. 

Part of the API NOURISH range. 

After using this product a couple of times, alongside my normal routine, my skin has never felt more nourished, moisturised and slighly glowing. 

If your skin is looking tired, and you need a pick me up, I'd recommend this product to anyone!

Will be definitely looking to try out other Manuka Doctor products now, this one has gained a spot on my "HERO" shelf, for those days my skin needs superhero saving.

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All A Flutter

After reading Marian Keyes article in STYLE magazine, I have to agree that False Eyelashes have steadily become part of every girls make up wardrobe. Eyelure have also released a TRIPLE layered pair that im itching to get my hands on.

The rise in False Eyelashes has grown so much over the past 3 years, so much so we have mascaras claiming to give you that false lash effect. 

I’m starting to realise that as the years go by, and the beauty must haves and essentials build up, my morning routine is getting longer and longer..

Eyelashes have become something i cannot live without and it’s not that my own eyelashes aren't adequate for whatever it is their meant to do, it’s just there not “fluttery” enough.

I once went out a few months ago without them and got told I looked “strange” without them, surely I should look weird with them?

I wear eyelashes daily, and recently I've started to not wear them.

Not because i don’t want to, but simply because laziness with my routine is kicking in. My working day usually ends with me at home now and not on an unexpected night out – this isn't to say that there isn't a pair kicking around in my handbag for that occasion.

Wearing eyelashes daily also means when I do get dressed up my mother described my eye lashes as “road sweepers” – Not a look I’m fond of if I’m honest. Wearing them becomes the norm. 

The reasoning behind my eye lash wearing obsession is primarily, I haven’t found a decent mascara, and I’m a stickler for perfection. Falsies just make me have that “spring my step” sort of feeling...

It’s funny how you can get so attached to something, you originally didn't need, i look at photos of myself 4 years ago and i look fine, (i could do with longer lashes, but all in all i look presentable) ... Anyone comes near me with a camera these days and I’m not sporting a wow brow, lashes and killer cheek bones and I feel like an extra in The Lord of The Rings.

So, Aprils Challenge, is limit eyelashes to important social occasions and going out, and NOT to wear them in the office.

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Tea Tree Goodness!

I am a big fan of Tea Tree anything! They always smell amazing, and with this little gem, Body Shop delivers.

Takes about 3-5 minutes to totally matify, i left it on as i got dressed and i was surprised that it didn't smell at all medicated, which tea tree can smell like at times. 

Smooth. Lightweight. Non Greasy.

I am under the impression (or delusion) that my pores are in desperate need of some Minimising and Refining and some hocus pocus that makes them disappear. Whilst im aware that there is no 100% miracle cure for pores, 

As a Rosaeca sufferer, my skin can be highly sensitive to all manner of products that claim to be sensitive so when trying something new, I'm always cautious. 

The tea tree was cooling on my skin, redness was calmed by the tea tree and my make up slid on and stayed on for a significant amount of time. 

I can totally understand the 4 out of 5 star reviews on the website, and at only £7.50, not a bad investment, a little also goes along way with this products, so whilst its only a 30ml tube, it will last a lot longer than you assume .

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