Monday Lusting #3

Base Coat // Dry Oil // Luggage Tote // Ring // Sandals

Happy Monday!

Top 5 | French Skincare

The skincare world can be a baffling one to navigate at the best of times, from trying to figure out what your skin type is and finding the products to target that type, within your price range but still provides great quality results? Yeah. Mind boggling.

Luckily, this little roundup from French skincare brands should hopefully help you if you're in a pickle, especially as most of the brands offer varying products for different skin types.

Nuxe Spring Wishlist | Blogger Competition

There are types of brands that you stick with because you know their stuff just works. Nuxe is one of those brands for me, my favourites having to be the Reve de Miel range - lip balm, cleansing gel... the body cleansing gel too! It smells heavenly and gets the job done...

Holy Grail | Lucky Seven...

The words 'Holy Grail' get thrown a lot around the blogosphere and YouTube - that product that you purchase time and time again because it is just that amazing, you cannot live without it. Over my time, I've procured a few, some have been discontinued, some have ended up disappointing me in the end; however there are seven (lucky seven, if you will,) that I simply cannot live without. 

Giveaway & Thank you || CLOSED

Yesterday I did a little post on transitional nails - featuring Essie's 'Bikini So Teeny' - a favourite of mine year round and I've got one to giveaway today... Plus a few other pieces I've been buying & collecting for all that follow my blog. 

October Favourites

'Tis that time of the month again; a little round up of the products that have really been rocking my boat so to speak. Without further ado and grumbling how time is flying by, four little gems that have made my life a little more beautiful in October...

Nuxe Reve de Miel Lip Balm

I think this might be one of the most raved about lip balms ever. From it's little glass jar to the apparently amazing scent and the fact it nourishes lips excellently; I lusted after it for an age, always forgetting to buy one up until recently.

Empties #3

It's been a while that I've done an empties post - it's just usually the hatred of having any empties lying around for a certain amount of time when they should be in recycling... 

These past few months (and I mean only a few, otherwise this post wouldn't of happened at all due to impatience and no where to store empty bottles and tubes,) however I actually used a fair bit up and keep the empties for this little show and tell.

First is the Dove Colour Radiance shampoo and conditioner - I really loved this combination and so far it's been adding a healthy amount of radiance to my coloured hair. I always have a problem making colour stay in (I dye mine a copper/red/orange combination,) and it's nice when a shampoo and conditioner actually do their job for coloured hair. I did notice although these products aren't sulfate free, they are lower in sulfates than a standard shampoo/conditioner - which is always good to know.

The Toni & Guy Sea Salt Spray has been a long term favourite - I've tried a few on the market (not the bumble and bumble, that's next on the list,) but this one just adds that perfect beachy texture and volume. I prefer to add this on damp hair before I go to sleep so I wake up with insane hair. The beach bed head. ;)

A while ago people raved about the Nivea In Shower Body Moisturiser - and it was something that appealed and luckily for me there was a sample in a magazine so I gave it a go and fell in love, then promptly bought a tube of it. I'm now on the second bottle of it. What I will say is that I personally still need a light lotion after this, but I'm sure for people who don't have dry skin this could be a time saver during the week when you're in a rush.

I loved Bioderma for getting rid of my make up but for some reason if I used more than two days running it was breaking me out (so disappointed,) so I was on the hunt for a make up remover/cleanser that would be suitable for dry and sensitive skin. Enter the Nuxe Reve de Miel cleansing gel. It's super gentle, smells amazing and gets rid of make up very well (even pesky eyeliner and mascara,) obviously when paired with a flannel or muslin cloth. I have nothing bad to say about this product and will be repurchasing when my Avene Cold Cream gel cleanser runs out.

The Palmers Cocoa Body Scrub is perfect for winter, I'd say as it is quite rich so definitely feels nourishing whilst obviously exfoliating as well. I've gone through about four tubs of this stuff and love it. I've just picked up a different scrub that doesn't feel half as nourishing as this, but I will use it up and then probably repurchase this one. Definitely a must for dry skin in particular.

Last but not least is one of my favourite toners, ever. The Vichy Purete Thermale Hydra-Perfecting toner is my favourite hydrating toners around (I use the pink version as I have dry/sensitive skin but the blue version is just as good which is meant for normal/combination skin - I've used that too,) as its free from parabens, alcohol and is hypoallergenic. It leaves skin feeling soft and supple so you're ready for serum afterwards. It just helps my skin feel much more plumper too. I'm currently using the Avene Gentle Toner which is just as good, so I'm in a pickle as to which one to repurchase! 

So that's it for a while, and I'm pretty pleased that all of these products have been rather nice - it's not to say I don't end up with rubbish products of course, but at the moment I've been doing pretty good with my purchases. Score.

Peace!

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Happy Monday Lovelies!

This week means one more trip to the doctors. Fun times! However there are some things I've planned whilst I'm resting up, namely; sewing. I'm going to be altering a tea-dress which is too long, making a cushion cover and hopefully a stool cover too. I would have done this last week, but the sewing box was misplaced!

I'm seriously craving some time away. At least seven days, sun, sea and sand... you get the drill. Last year/the start of this year I had such plans laid out (one city break, one sun holiday) - but of course life got in the way and now I'm left with not a lot of money to pay for it (blame the costs of keeping a car.) I shall settle for good ol' blighty and hope that this weather will extend to August so I can make a few trips out with the boyfriend.

For this reason (any excuse,) I'm seriously craving Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse in Golden Shimmer - I saw Essie's review and it just cemented the idea more in my head. I'd gladly take the smaller version, and keep it for summer evenings. The fact you can use this every where is also a win-win. Perfect shimmering pins and glittering hair? Oh please!

This orange crepe t-shirt style dress is also calling out to me, lightweight and a staple for the summer season, I feel!

I hope you have a fun-filled week!

Peace!

New Purchases - Feel Unique + Ebay...

Oh goodness.

It wasn't intentional. I was running out of my supplies - case in point, lower picture - my trial run of Bioderma has been extremely pleasing but it was running low so figured, yes, I will go for the next size up. 

That's how it begins you know, just an innocent re-purchase. Then you're on feel unique picking up a make-up removing/facial wash from Nuxe (which is so so honey smelling it makes me want to eat my face,) and a very amazing (so far,) yet bizarre cleanser from Burts Bees which is almost like a balm/oil - and deliciously orange scented.

Not to mention the usual from Palmers (body moisturizer, as standard for me, I tend not to stray far from cocoa butter concoctions,) and a new purchase from Avene.

I shopped around, mind you, to get the best deals. But I seriously cannot wait to tell you how they are working for me in a few weeks time. :)

Peace!