Showing posts with label #bootsgiveitago. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #bootsgiveitago. Show all posts
It's been a quiet week on the blog given that I spent three days last week at a glorious hen party for my old housemate. Like most bloggers who have full-time jobs, the weekend is the key time for writing posts and taking photos in good light. However this weekend I spent most of it flying around with the other hens, or curled up under a rock feeling the consequences of cocktails the night before...
There may not have been blogging time but there was plenty of beauty time!! The brides friends from abroad were desperate to stock up on cheaper beauty buys from Boots and I graciously (with manic excitement) volunteered to be their cosmetic collecting companion!
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NEW BEAUTY BUYS! My Boots Makeup Haul!
Pinch, punch, first day of the month!! (Kick and a flick for being so quick!!) Do you remember doing this at school? I swear there were loads of "clever responses" like that, and they were all very violent thinking about it..
Anyway - can you believe it's March already?! March is when the cobwebs of the New Year have finally blown away. I have now fully recovered from the holiday season, my new healthy living routine is no longer a new year whim and officially a real thing and the time for my 'this-year-I'm-going-to's is pretty much now or never! 2014 is well and truly here.
But what has been brightening my grey days and equally greyer skin since January 1st? This fab CC cream from Seventeen! HIYA.
One of the most frequent questions I get asked is "What's your favourite BB cream" to use? It used to be the Garnier Matte Miracle Skin for Combination/Oily - but then I started using this Seventeen CC Cream and I was completely blown over!!
Let's start from the beginning
I'll be honest, BB creams are neither here nor there for me - not quite as much coverage as a foundation, BB creams are effectively a tinted moisturiser with an SPF. I'm usually an all-or-nothing kinda gal. I wear BB creams on lazy sunday mornings, after a rare trip to the gym and on (even rarer) good skin days.
What's the difference between BB and CC?
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Product Of The Month: Seventeen CC Cream
This year, one of my resolutions is to maintain a strict and non-lazy skincare routine. By non-lazy I mean, stop using cheap face wipes and micellar water Zoe. They're only for late night and drunken cleansing. I should be giving my face a full wash off cleanse at least once every day!
But whyyyyyyy? Face wipes and micellar water (particularly Bioderma) are awesome! They take about two minutes and I don't even have to leave my room! Unfortunately, my skin didn't agree with this one bit and decided to dry out and erupt in protest.
So with a lazy sigh, I stepped up my skincare routine, and stepped up to the sink...
What is this!? This is the cleanser I was using over November and December (with the exclusion of late nights and hungover mornings) - it's the Botanics Hot Cloth Cleansing Balm.
A balm? For the face? Even for oily skin? Apparently for all skin types according the label.
The way that the Botanics Hot Cloth balm works is that it melts into the skin like a face oil. You rub it all over the face to dissolve makeup and then you wash it off. The oil in the balm binds to the oil in your pores so that the grime is washed off with the balm.
Beauty pros and other bloggers have been raving about balms and cleansing oils for a while, so I thought I'd jump on the wagon and give it a go..
So what did I think?
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Spring Clean Your Skin: Botanics Hot Cloth Cleansing Balm
Today, a quick look at one of my favourite lipsticks of 2013. It's the No7 Stay Perfect Lipstick in Gay Geranium.
Alriiiight, hold back your giggles girls! It was launched way, way back in 1935 so you can thank 1930's No7 for the name.
But immaturity aside, this Gay Geranium shade is an absolute classic. It was actually discontinued and brought back due to popular demand - apparently the Queen is a big fan!
Christmas is definitely a time to crack out the colours and shades you wouldn't normally wear in your black-and-grey normal daily life. And this orange No7 lipstick is certainly not one I thought I'd normally wear.
But hey, if it's good enough for The Queen, it's good enough for me!
Let's take a closer look.
Alriiiight, hold back your giggles girls! It was launched way, way back in 1935 so you can thank 1930's No7 for the name.
But immaturity aside, this Gay Geranium shade is an absolute classic. It was actually discontinued and brought back due to popular demand - apparently the Queen is a big fan!
Christmas is definitely a time to crack out the colours and shades you wouldn't normally wear in your black-and-grey normal daily life. And this orange No7 lipstick is certainly not one I thought I'd normally wear.
But hey, if it's good enough for The Queen, it's good enough for me!
Let's take a closer look.
This No7 Stay Perfect lipstick is a wonderful, vibrant coral-orange shade. More orange than pink, it's a bright shade which I think suits a lot of skin tones.
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Merry & Bright - No7 Stay Perfect Lipstick in Gay Geranium
The morning-after-the-night-before is anything but pretty. Late nights and excessive merrymaking can be a challenge on even the most perfect skin and when you're half asleep and not feeling 100%, looking pretty can be.... tricky.
Even normally, sculpting your cheeks these days can be complicated. First you have to apply your colour, and then use highlighter across the cheekbones, and if you've really got some time - a darker blush in the hollows. Like I said, perfect cheeks can be complicated!
But of course, as with most complicated things, it's not long before the human race finds a simpler, easier way to do it and this No7 Instant Radiance Blush is a prime example of our modern evolution. Well done us.
Isn't it gorgeous? This is the Instant Radiance Blush palette from No7 and , believe me, it's more than just a pretty picture.
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Instant Pretty with No7 Instant Radiance Blush
So if you've read my first ever post, you'll know that I originally started blogging so that I could share my makeup and money and rambles with the masses.
I'm not gonna lie though, there are times when being a blogger has it's perks. One such perk was the honour of attending the Boots 'Give It A Go' event held in London this week...
So how did Give It A Go...go?
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| I was the cat that got the cream! |
What happened?
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Welcome To Your New Face: Boots - Give It A Go
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