Skincare Favourites

Hi loves, now, before getting very much in to make up I was never a skincare person, like at all, I would never moisturise before make up and never really take care of my skin at all (and I wondered why I suffered with spots and dry skin! Ahh the folly of youth). Anyway, since getting in to beauty bloggers/YouTubers and then starting my own blog, it has very much become a love of mine. So I thought I would talk you through some of my favourites at the moment.

Simple Kind To Skin Micellar Cleansing Water

Before I became obsessed I was very much a make up wipe girl (The horror I know?! Chastise me as you will) and I wondered why I would wake up with panda eyes and make up all over my pristine white sheets. And since becoming more switched on to skincare I have been loving Micellar water for removing make up, I loved the Garnier one for how quick it got all my pounds of make up off, but I have sensitive skin and it tended to irritate my skin slightly, so recently I picked up the Simple one. I used to love Simple products when I was younger, this was the brand my mother used so she would always just pick me up their make up removers, and since becoming reacquainted I have definitely rekindled my love. It just gets make up off so effortlessly, and I never had red patches of irritation when scrubbing my waterproof mascara off, so this one is definitely a winner in my book.

Soap & Glory Peaches and Clean 3 in 1 Wash Off Cleanser

Another cleanser! This is great for me in the mornings, just in case any make up got left behind in my rush to hop in to bed, and it provides a nice base before moisturiser, as you apply it then wipe it away with a cotton pad. It really leaves my skin so soft, and provides a smooth surface for the rest of my skincare and make up routine.

Simple Kind To Skin Protecting Moisture Cream

I have been loving this before make up ever since picking it up, it's not oily or anything and it sinks in so quick before applying the rest of my make up. As the foundation I use sets quite stiff, it can look cakey without a good moisturised base, and this does the job perfectly, and again as its Simple, it's nourishing and kind to my oh so sensitive skin.

Simple Kind To Skin Vital Vitamin Night Cream

Another thing I was never a user of, as I thought it was for older women, WRONG KIDS! Start as you mean to go on to retain youthful skin. Obviously I'm 20 so I'm not sagging quite yet, even with the stresses of drama school, but this definitely helps to retain elasticity, and as I have suffered with awfully dry skin I know that my skin can be prone to patches of dryness, but with this soaking in my skin overnight I definitely don't have that problem, and have never encountered it again since using night cream, so I'm so glad I made the discovery. 

Soap & Glory Make Yourself Youthful Super Serum

Casually my mother gave me a LOAD of Soap & Glory products she had just lying around (winner) and these little samples of the youthful serum were a part of that little collection (along with two body butters, the cleanser, foot scrub, hand cream and exfoliating wash, love you mother, babe) and I only got a 3 day sample but my god I have to pick this up. Not only did my face feel amazing but it also helped keep my make up on a lot longer, with rehearsals racking up at the moment my make up has definitely been slipping and sliding (ew!) but I could not believe how much this helped?! I'm so glad I got to try it, and will definitely be picking up a full bottle for myself, it smells a bit strong but you definitely get used to it and it's not overly potent. Such a winner!

So those are my skincare favourites at the moment, my lovelies, please check back for more posts and let me know your favourite skincare products in the comments below.

BOOTS HAUL

Hello lovers! Now, as you all probably know, Boots are doing a wonderful 3 for 2 triple points events! This applies to nearly all of their make up brands, as well as some of their skincare range. So I thought I'd share my purchases with you lovely lot, and I've seen a few other bloggers sharing their buys from this event, so let's all share and be Boots friends!

Bourjois Products

Now, as you can gather from previous posts, Bourjois is definitely my favourite drugstore brand, so I definitely took advantage of their products in this offer. I picked up the beauty of a highlighter I had been wanting for ages which is the gorgeous Bourjois Java Rice Powder, a wonderful pink toned shimmery highlighter, as I have cool tones in my skin this really suits me and my pale complexion, although I would not recommend it for you especially tanned folk, but I love this product, I've used it a few times since purchasing and it really helps to brighten up my face. Then I picked up two lippys from their Aqua Laque range, which is a glossy liquid lipstick, now I own nearly all of their Rouge Edition Velvets and am in love, so I thought I'd try these out, I picked up the colours Rosè On The Rocks and Viens Si Tu Rose, I have never been a gloss girl but as it approaches spring/summer I want to try out new beauty trends, I have only used the lighter of the two colours which is Rosè On The Rocks, and I can say it is stunning, a lovely muted pastel with a stunning shimmer, and for a gloss it really stays put for a lot longer than I anticipated, so I hope good things for the other colour I purchased as well as the rest of the range.

Rimmel Products

I'm also very much a Rimmel girl, they have wonderful products and they never let me down. I was in need of a new primer, and I'm the kind of person who likes to switch up my primers, I haven't found my holy grail yet so I keep on the hunt, and I picked up their Fix and Pro Primer, I haven't used it yet but I'll be sure to share my thoughts when I've used up my L'Oreal Infallible Base. I also picked up two more of the wonderful Kate Moss range of lipsticks, the stunning nude which is shade 03, and an amazing deep purple in shade 30. I've heard wonderful things about the nude and I've tried it once and I absolutely love it so I'm so glad I picked this one up, and I have such a love for deep purples so I'm sure I'll love that one all the same.

Skincare Products

In a great turn of luck all my skincare products seemed to run out at the same time, so it was time to pick up a new moisturiser, cleanser and night cream. And luckily their 3 for 2 offer extended to simple skincare, I used to use simple all the time for my skin was ever so sensitive when I was younger, and I thought it wouldn't do any harm to revert back to it. I picked up the Kind To Skin Micellar Cleansing Water, Kind To Skin Replenishing Rich Moisturiser and the Kind To Skin Vital Vitamin Night Cream. I've only just started to use these products so I don't feel like they've done the world of difference yet, but the moisturiser is definitely better on my skin and helps keep my face hydrated throughout the day. I also picked up four of my favourite face masks which are the Montagne Jeunesse face masks, not involved in the 3 for 2, just a little treat for Emily, these are always a part of my pamper evenings so I thought I'd stock up, and for £1? How can you not! 

So that's everything in my Boots haul, I hope you enjoyed reading and if you picked up anything in this offer let's all share and discuss! Please check back for more posts.

January Favourites

Hi loves! Today I have my January favourites for you, so you know how this works, I'm going to talk you through all the products I've been loving throughout the month of January, this includes, beauty, skincare, haircare and some random favourites too. So let's go for it.

(Top left and middle left) So I'll start with beauty makeup bits, first is a recent purchase but a firm new favourite. And it's the MUA Conceal and Prime Palette which is a colour correcting concealer palette, I bought the fair palette and I have really wanted one of these for a while, I have pretty dark circles and hormonal redness around various areas of my face which, sometimes, standard concealer really doesn't cover up well, and I wanted to trial this kind of product before maybe splurging out on something like the MAC concealer palette, so I saw this in my local Superdrug and I couldn't not pick it up as it was only £4! Obviously I doubt it's as good coverage as the higher end products, but I'm still really happy with the colour correction it gives, the green is great around the redness of my nose and the yellow is wonderful around the purple areas of my eyes. All in all I really can't complain about this at all, and it's made it in to my favourites as I've been using this every single day, and I don't know how I went without!

(Bottom left) Moving on to another concealer, it is the holy grail of concealers for most bloggers/vloggers and it's, of course, the Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer which I bought in fair. I, for some reason, had never actually got round to trying this, I think I may have tried it way back when I didn't really care about make up so couldn't appreciate it's glory! So I thought for the grand old price of £4.19 I had to finally give it a try. And obviously, I was not disappointed, it's got such good coverage and it's so long lasting as well, everything you could wish for from a concealer, so really couldn't be happier with it, and I can definitely see myself repurchasing this over and over again.

(Top right) This is a little lip combo I've rather been enjoying throughout the month, and it's the Rimmel Exaggerate Full Colour Lip Liner in 064 Obsession which is a deep brown/nude shade, and over the top of this I like to put the Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick in 220 Heather Shimmer, which is another brown/nude shade, I really love nude lips at the moment, and in the winter freeze I think it looks lovely with rosy cheeks that come naturally this time of year, I also think this suits my pale complexion and brown hair, which is a plus!

(Bottom right) I've also got my favourite brand of lipsticks at the moment, and it's the beautiful Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet matte lipsticks. I have done a full blog post about those so check that out for more in depth talks, but at that time I only had 3, now I inexplicably have 7 (oops!) but I can't deny I love these lipsticks, if I can't be faffing about with liner and lipstick and just need something quick that I know is going to look great without too much effort, then I will always reach for these. I have the shades Grand Cru, Flambourjoise, Ole Flamingo, Hot Pepper, Peach Club, Happy Nude Year and Nude-ist.

Now I've got my haircare and skincare favourites, I only have one of each this time but normally there would be more, definitely! 

(Top photo) My holy grail skincare product of this month is 100% the Garnier PureActive Micellar Cleansing Water I was always one of the people who never bothered with fancy make up removers, it was simply some cheap make up wipes that I normally picked up by the till at Primark or Poundland even! But I always used to break out, and it always seemed to be those horrible under the skin spots that never actually come through but are so painful. So I thought it was time to change, and every blogger/vlogger and their dog talks about this product, so I jumped aboard the bandwagon and purchased this beauty, and I have not looked back. It's so much easier and quicker than make up wipes, and this way I'm not continuiously rubbing a grubby make up wipe back over my face, so I am so happy with how this a) takes off my make up quickly and easily, and b) how much my skin has been cleared and refreshed by this new routine, so A+ all round.

(Bottom photo) And this was featured in my current haircare routine, and it is, of course, the Garnier Ultimate Blends Sleek Perfector Oil this has helped my hair out so much, I begrudge having my ends cut at the hairdressers, and they normally use the excuse that "oh but look how split your ends are!" And with this, there's barely any damage to the ends of my hair anymore, and it also leaves my whole head feeling soft and sleek, which is never the norm for my hair, so I'm loving that. I just pump 5-6 pumps in my hand and put that through the ends and then brush it through the rest with my Original Tangle Teezer, it's so simple! And I've used this every single time I've washed my hair for a month now and there's barely any gone, there's still way over two thirds left of the stuff.

Now on to my more random favourites this month, and it's definitely got to be Smoothies, I purchased myself a BlendActive blender about a week ago now (I know it's fast but when you know you just know) and I need a lot more fruit in my diet at the moment due to some health issues, and I can't bear sitting down and eating fruit, so I thought a healthy way would be to get myself a blender to avoid that anxiety. And I thought I'd share with you my favourite smoothie recipe! I love to add 2 bananas, a few slices of watermelon, melon and kiwi, a few strawberries and then pop about 3 tablespoons of natural yoghurt in there as well, it makes it taste like a sweet sweet milkshake! Now I bought this beauty for just £19.99 from Argos, it was in the sale so I don't know about current prices but it's such a good buy!

Now I've got my favourite YouTubers, they do tend to vary in some respects, but a lot of the time I do tend to watch the same good old people. But here they are this month!

Nathan @ TheThirdPew

Gabby @ VelvetGh0st

Estée @ EssieButton

HowItShouldHaveEnded

Olivia @ Olivia Ryan

CinemaSins

So I hope you enjoyed my January Favourites, please let me know some of yours down in the comments and check back for more posts.