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 

March Favourites

Hellooo my lovelies,

 I cannot believe it is April already, this year is flying by (the older I get, the more the year seems to fly by..anyone else??) but that means it's time for another monthly favourites post! I don't have as many monthly favourites as usual this month but I do still have my old favourites such as YSL touche eclat but I think you all know by now how much I love that! So I decided to just add in new favourites/products I've rediscovered that I've been loving throughout March.

  During March, I was a teeny weeny bit naughty and actually purchased 3 new MAC lipsticks that I showed in a haul here and here. One day I will manage to save money I promise... I bought Pink Pearl Pop, Pure Zen and Girl About Town. I've been loving all three so I tried to pick my number one favourite out of the three but I had to pick two for seperate occasions. I have been loving Girl About Town which is a beautiful fuschia pink for more fancy occasions such as a 21st I went to and out for dinner etc, it is such a gorgeous lip colour and I can't believe that I waited so long before picking this up. My favourite shade for day-time wear has been Pure Zen, it's such a simple nude shade and nudes are bang on trend this season. It looks beautiful with a more heavy eye or even with simple eye make-up for a basic, chic look. I always struggled to find my perfect nude but now I have definitely found it!

 My favourite blushers of March was simple, hands down it is Sleeks Californ.I.A. palette. It's a beautiful palette of cream blushers that I've been using religiously and often (yes I know I'm really sad) get it out and swatch it on my hand just to admire how pretty the colours are! They're the perfect corally/peachy shades for Spring/Summer and I have no doubt that I'll love them for many more months to come! The packaging is really slimline and compact which is ideal for me when I'm staying places or if I'm doing my make-up on the go (after I'm running late and have to decide between making the train or having perfected make-up...) My favourite two shades in this palette are the first two which are 'Newport Peach' and 'The Surf'. I have done a review of this palette on my blog here.

 My number one favourite of this month is one million percent La Roche Posay''s Effaclat Duo. No words can explain how much I adore this product, it has done miracles for my skin. I had my doubts when I bought it because nothing ever seems to actually work when it comes to reducing redness and correcting blemishes. Look no further, this product is a miracle worker and I will forever recommend it to anyone I love that has problems with blemish-prone skin! I never used to be confident enough to leave the house without foundation on but after a few weeks of using this I could. As if it couldn't get any better it actually produces visible differences within 24 hours. I have a full review of this on my blog here.

This favourite sort of connects to my previous favourite because since my skin has been better I've not needed a heavy foundation. So for lighter coverage I have been enjoying using Maybelline's Dream Pure BB cream. I've never really been into BB and CC creams and don't entirely know a lot about them. I do know though that this gives me just enough coverage that it still looks natural and like skin whilst covering anything I need it too. I really like the packaging of this too, it just feels nice to hold and I like the turquoise writing on it. However, it does get pretty grubby as you can see from the condition of mine! I love that this has SPF in it too because it'll be ideal for Summer when you need the protection and also want lighter products on your skin.

 My favourite perfume this month has been Taylor Swift's Wonderstruck Enchanted. I love this perfume, it reminds me of a time when I was super happy in my life and my boyfriend bought me it so it always reminds me of him! It smells amazing, I'm really bad at describing smells but it's a mixture of fruits and florals. It apparently contains passion-fruit, pink poppies, wild berries and peony blossoms but it is a gorgeous concoction and I haven't really reached for any of my other perfumes this month. I am planning on doing a perfume collection very soon though so keep your eyes peeled for that! Another thing I love about this is the bottle, obviously it's pink which pleases me immensely it's a pink opaque glitter BUT when you hold it up to the light it goes a transparent hot pink and you can see how much you have left. I love the gold writing too and it did have a gorgeous gold charm around it too but that broke from me carrying it around in my hand bag :(. I absolutely adore Taylor Swift and it's entirely a coincidence that I absolutely love her perfume too! (I'm not so keen on her purple version of this).

 I've been loving the Soap and Glory five fruits body butter this month too. It smells mouth-wateringly good and it reminds me of my Summer holiday in Italy as I was slathering this on left right and centre to moisturise my sun-dried out skin! The main thing I love about this is how quickly it sinks into the skin because there is nothing worse than having to hang around semi-naked whilst you're waiting for body creams to soak in. It lasts quite a long time too as I still have a third left in my old one and is super affordable. Plus the packaging's pink so I can't complain!

 My last favourite this month has got to be O.P.I.'s 'Which is Witch' nail polish from the Wizard of Oz collection. I've been loving having this on my ring finger with a variety of colours in March from lilacs, whites to mint greens. It just jazzs up your manicure and makes it look more girly and instantly like more effort has gone into it than really has done. I usually despise glitter nail varnishes because although they look fabulous they are a pain in the ass to remove but this is very long lasting and I've had no problems with chipping. It does take at least 3/4 coats of this to get it opaque enough to wear alone though and sometimes it'll look even better if you add an extra few coats on top of that too. When my other nails were chipping, I simply changed the colour of my nails but left the glitter on the ring finger. Having to spend 10 minutes scrubbing at my nail trying to remove chunks of glitter is a lot easier when you've had a months wear out of it instead of just a week!

What products have you been loving this month? Have you tried any of these ones?

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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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Effaclar Duo

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Lots of Love,

A x x x

Skincare and Fashion Haul

Hellooo my lovelies,

 Recently my skin has been going crazy, not so much spots but just blemishes and red marks and the odd spot of course too. I finally seem to have reached the age that around that certain time of the month I get one or two really bad spots instead of just the random teenage hormone spots that I used to get. So I decided I would take advantage of Boots 3 for 2 to try and sort my skin out! I also really wanted to pick up a few of the Revlon matt balms but they didn't have the ones I wanted in stock so sadly I don't have them to show you...yet! I will be back to pick those up soon though and I have a very large amount of Boots points to spend so I'll be sure to show you what I get when I get them!

 A product I've been hearing a lot about lately is La-Roche Posay, Effaclar Duo and I read so many good reviews on it that I just had to give it a try so that's what I did. I will review all these products on my blog if you would be interested in seeing them! The second product I picked up was the No Clogs Allowed face mask which I saw on Zoella's Youtube channel and I instantly had to have it. I love face masks but the little individual packets annoy me because there's enough product to last me more than one time but because it's in a flimsy packet I can't keep it to use another time. Even better, the mask is a self-heating face mask which is my favourite type of face mask and it turns blue when you put it on your face! The last thing I picked up as my 'freebie' was Dr Spot which I haven't heard anything about so it was a complete blind buy but there was no other skincare things that I was looking for so I just went for it. Fingers crossed it'll help get rid of those period 'pains' that pop up on your face at that time of the month!

A very sleepy pup crashing my blog photos hahaha! 

 

  On my way to Boots, I was walking past H & M and they had all their amazing new pieces in the window so of course I HAD to go in... I never actually bought any of the things I saw in the window because I was in a rush to get back to do my uni coursework but I will be heading back the day I finish it!! I did find one thing though that I just could not leave the store without! It's this gorgeous fluffy/shearling cardigan/coat and it is so so comfy. Literally everyone I have seen wearing this I've asked to stroke me hahaha. I thought it was the perfect piece because it can be worn as a coat in Spring and Summer but then also as a caridgan on colder days! It can also be dressed up or dressed down and it is white so it will go with everything! Could you get a more versatile piece?! I've already worn it twice, once as a coat to the cinema with my boyfriend to see Non-Stop which is a great film by the way! and I've also worn it causally for just errands as a cardigan! It's not in the slightest bit itchy or furry on the inside because it's lined with a silky/satin material! Plus it was only £29.99, bargain!

Lining 

What skin care products can you not live without?

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-No Clogs Allowed £11.50
-Dr Spot £8.00
-Efferclat Duo £15.50

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Lots of Love,

A x x x