April Favourites

Hellooo my lovelies,

Guess who's back and has finished uni for Summer? That's right meeee! I cannot express enough how happy I am to be back doing what I love! and what better post to come back with than an April favourites post!

 One of my big favourites this month has been nude lipsticks and my recent favourite has been MAC's 'Honey Love'. It's a matte finish which I'm not usually a fan of but it's very creamy and it's just my perfect brown toned nude. (Also I didn't realise that Marc Jacob's 'Honey' perfume was next to it until just now..what a coincidence!!)

 

 Another lip trend favourite I've loved this month is orange lips. As you all know from my previous posts, I've bought the orange lipsticks but never actually had the confidence to wear them. Well April was the month that I broke out of this and I actually got quite a few compliments on my lips! I've actually been loving both these two shades worn together, I feel that it just makes my perfect orange shade. I do like them both on their own but Revlon's 'Mischievous' is quite light and Rimmel's Moisture Renew 'In Love With Ginger' is a very bright red toned orange. So I apply the Revlon one then dab the moisture renew one on top and bam I have my perfect combo!

Left to Right:- Honey Love, Life's a Peach blusher, Rimmel's 'In Love With Ginger' and 'Mischievous' 

 Another favourite this month has been my 'Lifes a Peach' blusher by Sleek. It's just the perfect Spring/Summer shade and it's easy to apply in a rush without managing to put on too much which is a massive plus for me. I love Sleek's packaging aswell, it's very reminiscent of Nars and is small with a mirror which is perfect for on the go.

  

 I have a lot of skincare favourites for the month of April. Mainly because with my exams I've been having late nights and early starts and my diet has certainly not been the best. So my skin has been hating me and letting me know allllll about it by breaking me out!! My trusty duo to combat this have been my Effaclar Duo (+) and Sudocrem. I have a full review of the Effaclar Duo here and I'm sure by now you all know how amazing it is for your skin and handling breakouts. I've always been familiar with Sudocrem but never before have I used it on my spots but it's amazing for shrinking them and reducing redness but there will be a full post all about that on my blog soon!

 Another skincare must have this month thanks to my exams and massive under eye circles has been 'Origins GinZing eye cream'. It's just so refreshing and cool to apply under your eye after a pityful 4 hour sleep or throughout the day when your eyes are beginning to shut themselves against your will, this bad boy has been a saviour!

 My nail polish favourite this month is 100% got to be Huckleberry by Barry M. It is one of their new gelly pastel shades which I featured in a haul last month. It's very unusual and I don't have any other shades like it in my collection, it's like a duck egg blue but a pastel version of that. It's a very milky colour which compliments a tan amazingly and it's the colour I've been reaching for every time I painted my nails throughout April.

 This one will be no surprise to any of you and it's pretty much an always favourite but throughout this month and all the lack of sleep, I have a new found level of appreciation for this. No concealer would ever have been able to cover the bags under my eyes but this paired with concealer was enough to make it look like I hadn't spent half the night hunched over textbooks! If you don't have the touche eclat or are sitting on the fence about buying it- do it, just do it and I promise you you'll be thanking me!!

 This is a bit of a random favourite but my all time favourite body lotion is Johnson's baby bedtime lotion, yes I do realise I'm not a baby but this helps me sleep too!! It smells gorgeous, I can't even begin to describe it but it's just very calming and relaxing and helps you to de-stress and chill out and get to sleep. It's also very mositurising and helps you see where the saying 'skin as smooth as a baby's bottom' comes from!! It absorbs really quick too and the best part? It's only around £4 from Boots!!

 My last favourite this month is a fashion one and it's this statement necklace from Accessorize. I love, love, love this and I want to wear it with everything! It goes amazingly with dresses and tops on nights out, it instantly makes your outfit look more 'made up' than it is. It's also really great for everyday too, I especially love this with white jumpers because the white just makes the blue pop. It was expensive at £22 but considering the amount of detailing that's on it I don't think it's too unreasonable and it's not a specific metal so can be worn with gold or silver jewellery..bonus!

What things have you been loving this April?

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Lots Of Love,

A x x x 

Skincare Saturdays || Evening Skincare Routine

 Hey lovelies,

 Since last weeks Skincare Saturday post I showed you my morning skincare routine which you can see here, this Saturday I thought I would share my evening skincare routine with you.

 The first product I use is again Bioderma, I use this as my make-up cleanser because it's very gentle on the skin and it removes the toughest of makeup very easily and quickly - yes, even that stubborn water proof mascara! I like cleansers like that because there's nothing worse than when you have to pull at your eyelashes to get mascara off resulting in lashes coming out (eek).

 The second product I use is of course my beloved Effaclar DUO (+) by La Roche Posay. I love this so much as I'm sure you can tell from my review of it and it being in my March Favourites! It's just a great moisturiser and it also corrects my skin while it's doing it, perfect!

 Soap and Glory's Self-Heating face-mask is not a product I use every night but I do use it once a week at night time. Usually on a Tuesday but occasionally I'll use it another night during the week if my skin is particularly bad or I just feel like I need a little pick me up. It's a lovely face-mask and I have a full review of it here.

 Another two products that I use at bedtime are the Deep Sleep pillow spray and stress less rollerball. I use the roller ball on nights where I'm particularly stressed or worked up about things to relax my mind and prepare it to sleep. The pillow spray I spray onto my pillow and I also spray a few spritz's onto my neck area (as if it was perfume) because I believe that helps to relax me more. I'm more than happy to do a full review of these on my blog if you would be interested in reading it.

What products do yo use in your evening skincare routine?

Lots of Love,

A x x x

 Also I'd just like to apologise for only posting two posts a week the past few weeks. I have massive exams at uni next week and they're all one after another so the good news is I'll be back to normal in May, the bad news is is that I probably won't have many (if any) blog posts up at all next week. As I only have a day between each exam I really do need to focus every minute of that on the next one, I hope you understand! I just wanted to let you know that I really miss you all and I love you all very much and I'll be back soon, I promise mwaah x 

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Skincare Saturdays || Morning Skincare Routine

Hellooo my lovelies,

 For this weeks Skincare Saturday post I thought I would share my morning skincare routine. I don't actually have a really extensive skincare routine like a lot of beauty bloggers but I personally prefer to stick to a few products that I know work for my skin.

 The first thing I do when I wake up is cleanse my face with Bioderma just to ensure that my skin is clean and to remove any sweat or whatever that may have been on my face during the night. I love Bioderma not only for removing makeup but also for cleansing because it's really gentle and it doesn't get your hair messy or wet like a lot of cleansers seem to.

 Next I use my beloved La Roche Posay as a moisturiser before make-up and to help correct any blemishes or red marks. Which by the way it does an amazing job of and I have a full review of it here and it also featured in my March Favourites so you know it's good!

 The last product I use on my skin in the morning before make-up is my Origins Gin-Zing eye-cream. It is pricey (around £23) but it's better than using a regular moisturiser under your eyes as the skin is more delicate and sensitive there. I particularly like this one as the gin-zing makes you feel more awake and ready to face the day and it helps to reduce eye-bags and puffiness which is always a winner!

What products do you use in your morning Skincare Regime?

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Lots of Love,

A x x x 

Skincare Saturdays || La Roche Posay Effaclar Duo || Review

Hellooo my lovelies,

 A few weeks ago I went out and purchased the La Roche Posay Effaclar Duo after being told by so many people how amazing it is. I don't have acne but I do have blemish prone skin, I'd say it's normal to combination and I usually get blemishes on my cheeks and the odd spot. This product claims to correct imperfections, unclog pores, fight against marks and that after 24 hours skin will be visibly less red and after four weeks pores will look unclogged and skin texture will be refined. Furthermore it also claims to give 24 hour hydration, lasting mattifying base for make up and helps control the appearance of shine. That's a lot of claims!!!

 I have been using this product for nearly three weeks now and I have noticed a massive difference in my skin!!! As the brand states- after 24 hours you really can see a visible difference, not a massive one straight away but you can definitely see that the products working. With this you have to apply it to your whole face day and night so just before you go to sleep and in the morning before you put your make-up on. I had no problems with using it in place of a moisturiser as my make-up base, it did as good a job if not better in hydrating my skin but also keeping it matte. I actually found myself forgetting to powder this morning because even with a dewy foundation on top my face didn't look like it needed powdered! As I don't suffer from dry skin I'm not sure if it would be enough on it's own or if you would need to use a moisturiser before it to keep your skin hydrated.

 The product is a white creamy texture and it's a thin consistency so spreads nicely on your face. I do find that I need quite a lot of this product to cover my entire face but my tube still feels like its over three quarters full so I think this will last a long time.

 Although I don't suffer from acne, I do get hormonal spots every now and again and I do still have these even with using this. So I'm not entirely sure this product would help take all spots away but it would definitely help those who have really red, angry acne as it helps diminish redness. It did seem to help quite a few smaller spots that I had on my cheeks to pack up their bags and leave because I now have less spots on my cheeks! As for the unclogging pores, I'm not sure if it has done this or not because I have still been getting the usual amount of spots I would get but that could also have been other products causing them. However, it's definitely worth purchasing for the improvements it will make in reducing redness and smoothing skin texture alone. My skin feels smoother and I haven't had any red marks or discoloration appear since using this product.

 I will 100% be repurchasing this when it runs out and I'm super glad I was convinced to buy it because I now feel confident to leave the house without wearing any face make-up and if I do wear any I can get away with just concealer! Whereas previously I would have had to cover my cheeks as I felt self-conscious about the red blemishes.

If you have blemish prone skin, suffer from redness, spots or any kind of imperfection then you should definitely give this a try. I'm convincing everyone I love to try it because it's so so good. It's £15.50 from Boots and if you try it out before June then La Roche Posay guarantee to give you your money back if you don't notice clearer skin!

Have you tried the Effaclar Duo? What did you think of it?

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Lots of Love,

A x x x