Current Favourites and Regrets

This month has been a bit boring for me, I havnt been buying any cosmetics since my birthday... but I see the newest trend is 'shopping your own stash' so I am happy enough with that! It saves me money too... were saving up to buy a dog!

I have a few favourites which have been treating me very well the past while and some I would definitely repurchase.

Liz Earle Moisturiser for Normal/Combination skin

I have yet to find a moisturiser that I like better than this one. I still consider myself a bit of a 'noob' when it comes to skincare, but this one has really taken care of my skin. Now that it is Winter I have to use more of this, but that's no problem to me as it glides on effortlessly. It can feel a little oily so putting make up on over this is a must for me. I never really do 'no make up days' (you never know who's going to call at the door). I may not buy this again right away as I have my Origins moisturiser to use... I just hope its good!

Liz Earle Superskin Body Cream

You can read my review on this here. Very heavy, thick and extremely moisturising... just perfect for me!

Trilogy Cream Cleanser
I wont go into too much detail here, because this really deserves a full review. But my skin has never looked so clean and even!

Nars Sheer Glow - Santa Fe
Still my favourite foundation, best applied with fingers and layered lightly, this gives me such glowy skin. I look so much healthier when I wear this!

Trilogy Organic Rosehip Oil
An amazing oil, I have been using this for well over a month now and I love mixing it with my moisturiser. A full review to come!

MAC Lipstick - Syrup
This is my "go to" lip colour when I cant decide what to wear. It looks great with and without a tan and it is my favourite Lustre finish.

REGRETS

My two regrets for this month are:

Clinique All about Eyes
Seriously, I have never used such a bad eye cream... it doesn't de-puff me, doesn't get rid of dark circles and it seeps into my eye making it bloodshot and makes my vision cloudy. I talked to the girl at Clinique and she was saying I was just applying it too close to my lash line... but no... I tried not putting it anywhere near there and it still happened!! I have another sample of this and an All About Eyes Rich to use as well... but to be honest I will give them away. They are ridiculous.

Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Lip Protector
Rubbish... This never lasts on my lips, every time I use it my lips get more and more chapped and its going down way too quick for my liking. Simply dont like it...

What are your current favourites that you think you cant do without?

Liz Earle Superskin Body Cream

With the Winter months ahead, between air conditioning and heating, my skin starts to suffer. I get dry areas on my arms, legs, chest, face... pretty much everywhere! My hands and arms tend to bare the brunt of it though and for me, dryness anywhere on my body gets really uncomfortable and itchy. For men it doesn't seem to bother them at all... what's with that?

I am so glad that I received this for review purposes, because I definitely think its made a huge difference in my skin. This is aimed towards Mature/Very Dry Skin, obviously I don't have 'mature' skin, but it does lean on the very dry during Autumn/Winter, which is bad news when I am fake tanning!

Liz Earle Say:



This divinely aromatic, ultra-rich body cream is formulated with 25% plant oils – making it our most intensive body moisturiser ever. With East African shea butter, organic rosehip oil, antioxidant cranberry seed oil and pomegranate extract, natural source vitamin E, plus the divine scent of neroli, this luxurious cream helps mature or very dry skin look and feel visibly plump and smooth.


Massage all over your body every day for beautifully soft, youthful-looking skin.


Naturally active ingredients include shea butter, organic rosehip oil, cranberry seed oil, pomegranate extract and neroli oil to visibly plump and smooth.


It is a bit of a bugger to get anything squeezed out of the tube when you are anywhere near halfway down, It is so thick and creamy and the nozzle is so small its near to impossible to get anything out. I will probably have to cut the tube open and dispense the rest into a tub, which is a bit of a bother. I hope they change this into a great whopping big tub to dip into!

When you get the product out, as I said it is very thick and creamy and little goes a long way, but when you try to use little, it doesnt spread out and you do really have to work at it. This type of body lotion is best if you have some time as it can take a while to sink in, which I really dont mind because this stuff is amazing.

Once applied, you have such a gorgeous dewy look to your skin that looks like you have just stepped out of a 'by the beach' photoshoot.... you know the kind... Gorgeous long wavy hair, bronzed skin with an amazing glow to it. During winter, tanning gets to be a bit of a hassle because my skin dries out so quickly and tan comes off quite patchy, not with this though! I put some on before I go to bed (or before a night out... better than shimmer!) and my skin feels and still looks amazing the whole of the next day. Its doing wonders for my elbows and knees, my tan is looking a lot smoother in those areas and I don't have to use any barrier creams. For me I think elbows and hands are a dead give away of age, so I try my best to keep those areas as hydrated as possible all year round!

The smell.... ohhh the smell!! It is heaven in a tube! It reminds me very much of Lush Therapy Massage Bar, I think it might be the Shea Butter? I am not quite sure though... but I could sniff myself all day wearing this! I am rubbish at trying to describe smells, so you will have to forgive me if I didnt write a very descriptive paragraph.

I will definitely be buying this, and I would really recommend it to anyone with dry skin... it doesn't even have to be very dry. It also didnt give me any spots on my body, which I thought might happen as it was so thick. I will probably try and get Tommy to start using this... it could possibly be a losing battle though.

Liz Earle... please bring this out in tub form!!

This retails for £27.50 for the 200ml and £12 for a 50ml Tube, so it might be worth trying out the smaller size first?

What are your favourite body lotions? What are you all using right now?

Birthday Haul!!

Ok so this year I have realised that once you have a kid, your birthday doesnt get very important! Most people were just giving me money here and there and I ended up buying all of my own presents, I think I prefer it that way though!

I made some modest-ish purchases, things I have been lusting over for a while! I also got a LOT of freebies! I love samples of products!!

A'kin Unscented Shampoo and Conditioner.

Typical Mommy style, I had to buy something for Amber! The shampoo is for her poor little head, its covered in cradle cap again and Johnsons baby shampoo is so harsh on it! I have been dousing her head in olive oil every day and I will be using this tonight on her.

The conditioner is for me, I always go through shampoos a lot quicker than Conditioners, so It will probably take me a while to get using this one!

A'kin Unscented 24 Hour Leave in Conditioner.

This is amazing! I have used this twice now and so far I am extremely impressed! It came free with the Shampoo and Conditioner so I was happy enough to get it. Its also has heat protection for the days when I decide to blow dry my hair or straighten it.

A Perfect  World Antioxidant moisturiser with White Tea

This is the one without an SPF as I prefer not to use an SPF during the winter, there's barely any sun anyway! This one seems really nice, I used the sample sizes that I received with my Origins orders and loved it! Smells really good too ;)

A perfect World Moisturising Lotion with White Tea

I am on my second bottle of Liz Earle Skin Tonic and thought it was time for a little change, this had very good ratings on the Origins website, so I will let you know how it goes!

Youthtopia Foundation SPF 15

This is a skin firming foundation and a firm favourite of mine, Sarah kindly sent me a sample of this to try out the colour and I finished the whole sample, which is very unlike me. So I might leave foundation purchases for a while, I also bought this for my Mums 50th this week too!

Spot Remover Anti Blemish Treatment Gel

I am always on the lookout for new blemish treatments and I am really hoping this works!!

MAC Select Moisturecover NW15

I have this in NW20 as well and its only good when I have tan on. But I love this for under my eyes! No cakeyness (is that a word?- No) , and my eyes feel a lot more comfortable than when I have my Estee Lauder Double Wear Concealer on! 

Tenderling Blush

I have yet to use this, but it has been on my wishlist for a looooong time!!

Yay for samples!!! I bought my mum the new Clinique Repairwear Laser focus for her birthday and the Clinique girl gave me a Bonus box and another few samples... sweeeeeet! Thank God for working opposite Clinique and Estee Lauder! :p The blush is lovely!

A few samples from Origins too, it came in a great wee box, and I ended up with 2 of each of them because I bought the wrong colour of foundation! I cant wait to try the Modern Friction Scrub, but I have to say I hated the Checks and Balances Face Wash, so I might give that to my Mum! 

A friend of mine at work gave me the Ojon Restorative Hair Treatment to try out as I am still stripping my hair with Colour B4... honestly... 4 TIMES NOW!!! 

I cant for the life of me even out the colour of my hair! I will get there some day I hope!

On another note... I am absolutely shattered these days, I will tell you why... Because we have mice in our bedroom... yep... mice...

They crawl into our bed and scuttle all over me, not Tommy... Just me. I thought I was going insane the first night, because when I felt it it ran away so fast we couldnt see anything at all! Just as well I dont mind mice or I would be moved out for a while!

Were still trying to catch them, it will take a while im guessing!