My August favourites

Hey lovelies ! August is my favourite month, full of summer, gorgeous weather and bright colours ! It's when we can get away with bright coral and neon pink ! 

My favourites that I've used a lot this month are:

Liz Earle cleanse and polish limited edition

Barry m textured nail effect in Ridley road

Liz Earle deep cleansing mask

Benefit lipstick in my treat

Aesop oil free hydrating serum

Mally volumising mascara

 

I have already reviewed this product, it's a gorgeous spin off on the original with grapefruit to brighten the skin ! I love the scent of this in the morning.

I love the colour and textured effect of this nail polish ! It's a lovely Tiffany green and the effect reminds me of OPI liquid sand ! I have been using this throughout August :-)

I love this clay based mask ! It cleans up any pesky blemishes I have ! I use it on my chin daily if they are really bad and I love the results I get from it ! It comes with a gorgeous little sponge to take it off easily ! :-) perfect mask for large pores and oily skin.

I use this lipstick daily ! One of my favourites really. It's a gorgeous sheer pink colour and it is really light in texture. I bought this for £14 and its lasted a real long time ! However it was on the benefit website half price so I bought 3 more ha ha. 

I love this Aesop oil free hydrating serum ! It balances the oil in my skin and it doesn't break me out which is good ! I use this at night in place of my moisturiser. The smell is divine ! Reminds me of medicine when I was a child ! It's a bit steep at £41 but it is a 100ml bottle ! I bought mine from Selfridges London and the girl on the counter was amazing ! She knew her stuff :) 

The last product I am loving this mont is this gorgeous mascara 

I cannot speak highly enough of this mascara ! It volumises my lashes so much they almost don't look my own ! I always use a mascara primer anyway so they look even more false and black ! I use this daily ! Mally make up never disappoints me ! Check out QVC uk for her full range :) 

So that's my August favourites really, have you tried any of these products ? :-) 

Mel xx 

Boots witch hazel haul

So if you have been following my blog you will all know how I suffer from oily blemish prone skin. 

I decided to do some more research after trying literally everything for my skin and I came across boots' own brand of witch hazel products designed for oily blemish prone skin. The products contain tea tree and witch hazel which are two of the best products for blemishes! 

It was on offer too, and this is what I bought. 

Il start with the cleansing/toner lotion. 

On offer for £2.39 for 150ml I will only use this as a toner, I use other products to cleanse my face with.  The smell is quite strong, but that is just a mixture of the tea tree and witch hazel. I really like this toner as it makes my pores less visible and my blemishes have definitely been reduced ! I really like this product :) I don't think it would be good as a cleanser though, it would probably get some traces of make up off.

Next up is the shine control day moisturiser priced at £2.39 for 75ml.  This moisturiser is so light, it's a gel texture! It kind of reminds me of the texture of aloe Vera gel, it's a little watery. This is okay, it's not the best I've used and not the worst. You only need the smallest amount and it does absorb into the skin quickly. Does it keep me Matte? Hmmm not really. It does for an hour or so. I will probably continue to use this on days where I don't wear make up.

The last product I bought was this night treatment gel priced at £1.99 for 75ml ! Bargain. This is the same texture as the day moisturiser, I really like this product though, I use it before I put my origins moisturiser on ! (Check my reviews on that). Yet again you need the smallest amount ! I imagine this will last ages !! It claims to work intensively overnight, cares for your skin without blocking pores and fights bacteria. My skin in the morning feels lovely and smooth when I use this ! I will definitively repurchase ! 

I'm really happy with this line of skincare and will probably get a few more bits. My skin has not had any new blemishes since using this, and it's nice to use products that I know are actually treating my skin too :-)

Have any of you tried this range ? I'd love to know ! 

Mel x 

Garnier moisture match

I'm a sucker for new skin care that "claims" it does this and that... In my local body care these were on offer for £2.99 so thought I'd give them a bash ! The green one is for combination oily skin (which I have ) and it did nothing for my skin ! It made it oilier and was horrid to wear ! The orange one is for dull skin which is a gel consistency, I really liked this one cause it was light and it did brighten up my skin ! Felt lovely ! The last one I bought was for normal skin, this to me is just a basic face cream but I like that it had an SPF 20 in it ! Have you tried any of these face creams before ?