Beauty Haul

Its time for another haul. I went into town with my good friend Hannah and we both love beauty. I picked up some things I have wanted to try for a very long time.

First up is the Soap and Glory Night and Flight moisture miracle mask. What drew me to this product was the phrase 'Flight moisture mask'. I go on long haul flights quite a few times a year and eveytime I get off those 8hr flights my skin is feeling horribly dry from the air conditioning. As I dont have an Origins counter near me to pick up the Drink up intensive overnight mask or the Caudalie Beauty Elixer this is the closest product to it. I received an email from Soap and glory alerting me to this product and I was completly sucked in. I am excited to try this.

 Next I bought the Avene Thermal Spring Water. I bought this because I saw it in one of Zoella's Vlogs where Lousie from Sprinkle of Glitter loves these cans. I thought, £3.15 isn't setting be back a huge sum so why not try it out. I also managed to persuade Hannah to get one of these too. 

 

Penultimatly I bought the new Baby Lips hydrate. I don't like any of the other baby lips flavours other than cherry velvet. I have already tried this balm and I love it, it leaves my lips soft and it tastes so nice.

 

Finally, I bought the very hyped about Rimmel stay matte powder. I have yet to try it but it is one of Tanya Burrs staples and also Zoe from Zoella mentioned it in her Back to School video. 

XOXO

Current skincare routine

You will probably have read that title thinking, 'oh god, not another skincare routine change' but I assure you this is the last for a while. I can promise this because a. some of the products I am using are fairly exspensive so I wouldn't be changing them too soon and b. my skin has drastically improved for the first time in literally years! 

Lets get down to buissnes. In the mornings, I will splash my face with water. I will take about 1/2 a pump of Murad Energizing Pomegranate Cleanser. This is very refreshing and I love the smell. It doesn;t leave my skin feeling oily nor does it over dry it-perfect. I either splash it off with water using my hands or wipe it off with the Body shop luxury facial cloth, I did a post on this cloth. 

3 times a week I will use the Murad AHA/BHA exfoliating cleanser to remove any dead cells and to just refresh my skin. I.Love.This. One time when I used it, I came out of the bathroom and she said that she could see a differnce between my skin before exfoliating and after. Goodbye to that overly abrasive St.Ives scrub! 

After either cleansing or exfoloating, about 4 times a week I will use a mask. You may be thinking that is way too many times but I am just getting over a big breakout and using a mask often is helping so much. I have been using a new mask which I have wanted to try out for a while: Una Brennan Tea Flower Pore Purifing clay mask. Firstly, this smells amazing. It leaves my skin feeling soft and really deeply cleaned. TOP PRODUCT. 

Finally, after my mask or cleansing I will apply my moisturiser. I use the Murad Energizing Pomegranate Moisturizer. This is the best moisturiser I have ever used. It smells delicious and is very light but moistursing and leaves my skin feeling soft, hydrated and replenished. To finnish off I use my Baby lips lip balm in Cherry Velvet {from Singapore}.

XOXO

Haul:Topshop, Bodyshop etc...

Yesterday I went to town with my friend Lydia (from my previous shoutout) and I bought a few things. 

Firstly, before I do this haul, I thought I would update you. I realise I have been fairly lazy with my blog. Meaning I get my pictures of products off the internet and I dont have a regular blog routine. THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE! I am going to use my own pictures and do more interesting posts. For example: Whats in my makeup bag, Bathroom tour and more posts like that. With that ramble out the way, lets get on with the haul!

While I was in Topshop I couldnt resist my make-up obsessed urge to pay a visit to the make-up section. Last week I bought their Bronzing powder in Sandcastle. This is the best bronzer I have ever used. It gives a really natural summer glow to the cheeks without being orange or looking unatural. It is fantastic for contouring aswell if you apply it under your cheekbones. This was £9.

Next up, yesterday I bought the Topshop BB cream in shade 2. I.Love.This. Its the best BB cream I have ever used. I have used the Maybelline one {I hated it} and the Revlon Photoready BB cream (I got the wrong shade). This one gives a skin finnish, it looks like my own skin, but 100 times better! I literally cannot put into words my love for this. I apologize for this photo, the packaging is like a mirror so its very hard to get a good photo. This is £10.

Next up, I went into the Body shop and they have a whole basket of sample pots and you just ask for samples of the products you want to try. Even better, when you get your samples they give you a voucher for £3 off when you buy the full size of the products. I got two samples, one of the Seaweed mask and one of the Tea tree mask. I am excited to try these! In the body shop I bought the Luxury facial flannel. This is a very luxury facial cloth which is the softest thing you will ever feel. Its not a normal fabric one, its made off 100% PVA. It has a very squishy feel and almost like its made of silicone. 

This was £4.50.

 The last thing I got, which was also free, is a 'sample' of the Lush Cosmetic warrior face mask. Now, I say 'sample' because it is BUT he gave me more in the sample pot that you would buy in the £5.49 pot! I was very excited! I will do a post on how I get on with this.

                           
                               XOXO

SHOUTOUT

I never do shoutouts normally but this is for one of my closest friends who just started a fantastic beauty and fashion blog. Click this link and follow her blog! http://f4iryt4les.blogspot.co.uk/

She also just started a clothing line called Character Clothing so go and like her page on Facebook and check out some of her stuff!

XOXO

Early August favourites

Today's post in going to be my August favourites.  I apologise for it being quite early (it's a change from it being late) but I am going to be in London all the time now before I go back to that forbidden word S C H O O L.

Firstly I have been loving the Oral B 3D white Brilliance toothpaste. Now, this promises to give you whiter teeth in two weeks.....well they lied. I have been using if for about 1 week and they are already whiter!!! I love it when a product sayes it takes longer to work and then it works quicker! I'm an impatient person if you hadn't guessed already.

My next favourite is a bit random but I have loved it and used it this month. It's the Loreal preference wild ombré for light brown to dark brown. This gave me amazing ombré results. The applicator was easy to use and I loved the little bottle of conditioning shampoo. It left my hair so shiny and soft! I would be lying if I said that it didn't leave my hair dry, it did. But you just have to be prepared to do a really good hair mask after using the ombré to really battle that dryness. 

My favourite shampoo and conditioner this month are the VO5 give me texture set. These are brilliant (and cheap as chips!). They leave my hair super soft and they do give it more body, more that just normal shampoo. I find freshly washed hair a pain but these products really give it some texture to work with.

I have gotten back into using my Morrocan oil. I love this stuff, the smell is incredible, it leaves my hair shiny and soft and it lasts a long time as I only use a little bit at a time. I really do think its worth it to invest in the bigger size as mine has lasted me longer than my friends 6 little bottles, she has by now spent more money on it than I did on the one bottle!

Onto the non-beauty category now, I have been loving Bloglovin'. This is the app where you follow your favourite blogs and read every new blog post that comes through your feed. I get asked a lot which are my favourite bloggers so I will just say now: I covet thee, Vivianna does makeup, What I heat today, Zoella and Into the gloss (but I only like to read their 'Top shelf' celeb interviews). 

I would highly recommend following these lovely blogs on the app!

XOXO

Mini haul + Update

The other day I ventured out of my comfort zone and visited a different town to the one I always go to and I found that their Superdrugs and Boots stocked everything that my local one didnt! So I was able to find a few things that I have been looking for for a long time. 

Firsty, I picked up a can of Fudge Urban Iced Rasberry and Vanilla hairspray. This hairspray promises to be soft touch(who wants crispy hair?) and to be anti-frizz. Now that sounds like my find of hairspray. The scent of this is incredible, it smells exactly how you would think it would smell but sweeter! Not everyone may like the sweetness of it but i do!

Next, I bought a can of Mitchum 48 hour deodorant in the scent Waterlily. This is possible the nicest smelling deodorant I have ever used. As a deodorant I'm not sure that it lasts quite for 48 hours but maybe more around 10-12 which is good enough for me!

In boots I needed a new concelor and because I wanted to branch away from my most loved Wake me up concealor I bought a really cheap Natural Collection cream concealer for £1.99! I do love a bargain. Not sure what I think about this yet but I will do a post on it.

Also in boots I needed a new mascara as my Maybelline Collosal Mascara has finished (I will also do a review on that) so I picked up the Rimmel Scandaleyes Retro glam mascara in 001 Black. I am already in love with this. I will do a post on this when I have used it for longer. 

As my summer holiday is nearing the end, my Mum and I are going up to London. I am in need of a new school bag and my friend sent me a pick of the new Topshop satchels which I may have a look at. I have created a beauty list of things that I need(well, need is maybe an overstatement!). I will do a haul when I get back.

XOXO

July favourites 2013

Thought I would start doing my monthly favourites. First this month is the Loreal Matt and Messy salt spray. I really loved this as it was great at giving texture to hair when you wanted a scruffy bun or just beachy waves.

Next I loved the Loccitane Verbena shower gel. This smelt amazing, extremely refreshing. It cleaned well but you need to use a rich moisturiser after as you may find it slightly drying.

Now this may seem like a weird one but I enjoyed using the CVS own brand acetone free nail polish remover (I bought this on my latest trip to NY). It smelt very VERY strong but after you finished cleaning your nails, it left them smelling amazing! I know,weird right?

Also I was loving this month was the Bobbi Brown BB cream. This is incredible. I have just the sample the lady at the counter at the counter gave me. I have It in shade Medium and I loved it. It gave the most natural finish to the skin I have ever seen. I would totally buy the full size.

That's it for July but be sure to check back for Augusts as I have some very exciting products to share my opinion on with you guys next month!

XOXO