February Favourites

It is that time again, that time of the month (no not that one) where I shower you with all the lovely products that have been serving me well throughout February. In the past I've dabbled with beauty favourites, non-beauty favourites and also just one big giant video of favourites. This month I wanted to go back to the old days and do a beauty and non-beauty video, it's a lot easier to film and a lot quicker to edit. 

This month has been a month of rediscovery. The Lee Stafford Treatment Mask for example is an old and firm favourite, back where it belongs on my teeny tiny shower shelf. Then we have the Simple Rich Moisturiser, which came to my rescue when new ventures failed me. This little face moisturiser came in and made sure my face had all the moisture it needed throughout the day, despite it's travel size. Another product that crawled out of my cluttered collection was the Soap & Glory Glow All Out highlighter. It usually sits longingly on my acrylic desk storage waiting to be used, but this month it made the makeup bag cut and proved itself as a nice subtle highlighter, well done little guy. My final rediscovery was the Real Techniques Expert Face Brush. I have two of these, the twins of my makeup brush collection, but this month I discovered a new and effective way to use it. It may have taken me longer than it should have to realise that this brush is extremely versatile. I like to use it flat against my face for buffing in foundation, but the other way to use this is to blend out concealer using only the side of the brush, it blends everything together without moving the coverage!

Next we have the new guys, they may be newbies but they have certainly proven themselves. After running out of my beloved L'Oreal Micellar Water I decided to take a gamble and try the newly released Garnier Micellar Water, I was not disappointed. Not only do you get tons more product, but it does just a good a job of removing all of my makeup. Last but by no means least we have the Revlon Chroma Chameleon Nail Polish in Pink Quartz. This shade was so beautiful I couldn't let it stay in the shop, a beautiful gold with a pink shimmer. Not to mention it has amazing staying power, after over a week it is only just starting to chip and that's with no topcoat!

Overall it's been a pretty successful month for beauty; let's hope next month I have just as many products to praise. Remember to check back next week where I'll be telling you all about my non-beauty favourites of February.

New Skincare Additions

My skin has been horrendous these past couple of months, I blame the amount of stress I've been under and in no way blame the copious amounts of chocolate and cake I've been eating. I've also been a little short on funds so I've had to use skincare that wasn't really fully working for my skin. But recently my face got to a point where I had to make a stand and splash out on some emergency skincare. 

In times of need I always find myself gravitating towards the Liz Earle counter in John Lewis. I've used Cleanse and Polish multiple times in the past and it is firmly in my top 3 cleansers of all time. It is perfect for my sensitive skin, it never fails to make my combination skin hydrated and looking in tiptop condition. This time I thought I'd better invest in the bigger 200ml version as I feel this bad skin is going to take a fair bit of time to get back into good shape. 

Next I popped on over to Boots to pick up some more micellar water, I prefer micellar water for taking off my makeup as I find it does a better job than makeup wipes and doesn't dry my skin out. I usually stick with the trusty L'Oreal micellar water but this time I thought I'd give Garnier's version a go. I usually stay away from Garnier skincare as I've had reactions to some of their cleansers and moisturisers in the past, but I bravely used this with pretty positive results, no swollen faces so far. 

And finally I picked up a moisturiser from John Lewis; I always try and go for products with natural ingredients as I find them less risky for my sensitive skin. Because I splashed out a bit more on my cleanser I went for a fairly cheap moisturiser. I chose the Organic Surge Blissful Daily Moisturiser and I've been using it for the last few days. I have to say that I'm not overly sure on it so far, but do not fear I plan to do a little review after I've given it a good run. 

Hopefully this little group of products will save me from this nightmare I'm having. I have also cut down on the sugary snacks, much to my dismay, so hopefully the full combo will have me back to good skin health in no time.