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Showing posts with label beauty. Show all posts

Saturday, 10 May 2014

Soap & Glory Collection: I may have a problem


Points to whoever can guess what my favourite body product brand is!

I would like to add that this stuff is only built up since around Christmas time - I get through S&G products VERY quickly and don't like to mousturise sparingly.

Does anyone else share my unhealthy obsession? A lot of people I know see S&G as a high-end high-street brand that is overpriced nonsense, but I honestly do believe that you get what you pay for - the products go a long way, do the job well and smell like the sweet love of angels.

It's always lovely to smell lovely!



Does anyone have a favourite S&G product? I think my favourite set of scents has got to be 'Sugar Crush' - so bladdy delicious! I feel like I smell like a pina colada when I use them.


XX




Thursday, 8 May 2014

NOTD: Rimmel 60 Seconds in 'Mind the Gap, Victoria'


I'm a big fan of Rimmel 60 Seconds - I always forget that I've just painted my nails and smudge them and have to start again (several times) so quick-drying polishes are the best. 

They have a HUGE range of colours, which are fabulous ogling material in any massive Boots! 
This is bad news for my bank balance though, I own about 15 shades but my collection is nowhere near complete. *woooo excuse to buy more*

This one slipped under my radar at first, but caught my eye the other day when I was in a local pharmacy, I love its duskiness (and good names are always a bonus). 


It's perfect in two coats, and will require a top coat if you don't want it to chip in a day. What a beauty!





Wednesday, 7 May 2014

Battle of the Cleansers!

I like to take good care of my face. I'm not naturally prone to spots but I do love a cheeky sweet binge and there aren't many days when I leave the house without a full face of make-up so if I didn't have a proper cleansing routine my face would definitely hate me!!

Here are the current bunch of cleansers I've got on rotation (sorry about rubbish pic quality):


L-R: No. 7 Beautiful Skin Cleansing Balm, B. Pure Micellar Water, Good Things Deep Pore Anti Blemish Lotion, No. 7 Beautiful Skin Hot Cloth Cleanser, No. 7 Soft and Soothed Gentle Cleanser, No. 7 Beautiful Skin Cleansing Lotion,  Soap & Glory Peaches and Clean 3-in-1 Wash off Deep Purifying Cleanser, Botanics All Bright Cleansing Foam Wash, Good Things Stay Clear Purifying Cleanser


Hands up who loves No. 7 vouchers? Ha!

All these cleansers essentially do the same thing (i.e. getting crap off yo face!) but trials and tests of them all have definitely highlighted the best ones! I'm lazy, so cleansers that don't require me walking to a tap really appeal to me, but I've found that the No. 7 cleansing balms and lotions are bad news if you plan on not using hot water or a toner to take off excess lotion - I tend to always be left with a face full of grease and specks of excess makeup (nice).

For this reason, liquidy cleansers and micellars are right up my street! The B. Pure cleansing water is a quick option and also claims to tone skin, but is hard to get onto a cotton pad and has left my face feeling tight and dry afterwards. The Good Things 'Deep Blemish' Lotion, however, is my absolute fave - it also tones skin which is perfect for quick cleanses when I can't be bothered to do more than one step, it smells divine, and isn't drying or hard to apply.

Soap & Glory 'Peaches and Cream' genuinely smells like peaches which is obviously lush, but using this isn't the quickest of processes... I always have to be quite rigorous with the muslin cloth to actually get all my make-up off with this one!!

The two cleansers on the far right (Botanics and Good Things) are what I generally use for morning cleansing. These both do the job well but could be drying if I didn't always moisturise like hell afterwards!


I don't like to have favourites, but the obvious winner here is definitely the Good Things Deep Pore Anti Blemish Lotion, which just ticks all the boxes that a cleanser can tick. You can get these from big Boots and Tescos, and I can assure you that buying this beauty will enhance your life.

That's all for now :) thanks for reading!! XX