A Massive Amount of Empty Products

Since its been an absolute age since I actually made a video or typed up a blog post I've accumulated a stupid amount of empty products. Daisy, my puppy for those of you who don't know, has really enjoyed running around with all the plastic packaging. She has a real thing for plastic stuff, and shoes - the more expensive the better apparently...
I'm sorry if the pictures are a wee bit rubbish, I took them fairly late at night. But I think messing around with the settings made them come out okay, what do you think?

First things to mention are all bath type products. The Body Shops Honeymania bath melt, is absolutely lovely. It gives really nice silky soft bubbles that smell beautiful. If your not an overly huge fan of honey scents I would still recommend giving it a smell - my mum hates honey scents but really liked this one. Another Body Shop product is their limited edition blueberry body scrub. It looked and smelled like jam, the scrub was really good considering it wasn't overly harsh feeling on the skin. And of course it left your skin smelling divine. Another Body Scrub by Soap and Glory this time, this is ( possibly was...) my favourite scrub ever. Its the old design - maybe the formula is different now too - but I love it, it just leaves your skin feeling so so soft and nourished, I'm all for something that scrubs and moisturises in one step. I finished, after the longest time of owning, the Sweetie Pie shower Jelly. I don't know why it took me so long to get through this - I adore Whoosh - I think it might have just been how sweet it smelled or that its a little glittery? Who knows, but it basically just smells like jelly beans but only about 1000 times stronger in scent. Bath and Body Works, oh how I wish you would come to the UK. I did have two products finished from them but I think my mum threw out the other bottle. This mini sized bottle of Japanese Cherry Blossom smells absolutely heavenly, I don't think I'd ever smelt something even remotely similar. The other one I had was one of their aromatherapies bath foam and body washes. It was in the scent Sensual and boy oh boy did it smell good. I need more of it like... I cant think of anything that doesn't seem slightly insulting or rude, hmm. But I really want more of it, its just so good and for $13, which is approx. £8 its not that bad. Yes its maybe a tiny bit more expensive than the average shower gel but its more of a luxurious product, like Soap and Glory and Champeneys would be. 

Hair care now, and I've not used that much in the grand scheme of things. I've gone through another bottle of the 10 Wishes Marrakesh Oil, and I'm very close to finishing off my current bottle. I get this from my hair dresser as it acts as a heat protection and a detangler. The Umberto Giannini hair mask is something I actually finishes months ago and I'm only certain it made my hair feel soft, sorry I can't say much about it. I'm just a bit forgetful sometimes all the time. Since going from natural to red to brown hair I've been using products from my colour so thats why theres a nice empty bottle of the John Frieda Brunette shampoo. I've repurchased this in the big massive salon bottle as it worked out to be better value, I do find that it does help my colour last that bit longer - which is always a plus when getting it coloured is so expensive to start with. Two empty cans of the amazing Aussie dry shampoos. Best dry shampoo I've ever tried. Period. There's no competition with it, I'm still to try more but from the ones I've used this comes out on top. 

Skin care time, I' actually quite surprised at how much skin care stuff I've been using recently. The DHC Cleansing Oil is an absolute love of mine, I've yet to repurchase this exact one but I have bought a few other brands recently. The Philosophy Microdelivery exfoliating face wash is something I bought last year, and I've really enjoyed using it. IT may be a little on the pricey side but I'd been using it 3 times a week for a whole year and that's it only just being used up now, so it really is well worth the money. The Sanctuary Spa Hot Cloth Cleanser isn't something I've had for long, a couple of months maybe. And since it is about a tenner, its a little on the expensive side. I did really enjoy using it but I think next time I might just try the Liz Earle one. The Ren Clearcalm 3 Clarifying Clay Cleanser is such a lovely product to use, your skin feels so clean after you use it, but not tight! I'll definitely be buying this again soon. Can you tell I wanted to get absolutely wanted to get all of the Origins Checks and Balances Cleanser out? I mean look at it! I cut the top off, sign of a good cleanser - looks like it. 

Final thing, is the Hello Mouthwash. I love all the products Hello sell, their mouthwashes all taste lovely and give you a really fresh feeling mouth. I'm currently using the Mojito mint one and I have to say I think it might be my favourite one. 

What have you been using recently? 

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DHC Cleansing Oil | Review

If you know me, then you'll know I have stupidly oily skin - and if I'm being honest the last thing I ever thought I'd use on my face was an oil. Well now I've got an oil for my face and I adore it! When I saw adore, I really do mean adore. I got this in a beauty box recently, its 30ml and I've been using it everyday morning and night for like a month. I would say I definitely have about half of it left, so it really does last an age!
I use a decent amount, about 6 drops from this is usually enough for my face. I just massage it all over my skin, and if I'm wearing make-up then this is the absolute best way to cleanse your face. It melts everything off - I had the new Benefit liner on last week and this made easy work of it! 
Its not broke me out, and I'm pretty sure it helps my oiliness - in that I'm less oily now I think. 
My skin feels really soft after using this, and definitely not oily! I have slightly dehydrated skin so I think this has helped even that out a bit. Apply this to dry hands and face and massage in for about a minute - you'll be amazed with the results! Scent wise, its nothing overpowering but I do like it. Just kind of a pleasant smell - I really can't describe it any other way than pleasant... 

If you're in the market for a new cleansing oil, then I highly recommend that you try this one out! I'm completely in love and will definitely pick up another bottle.

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You can buy the mini for £4.50 or the full 200ml bottle for £21.50. 

Beauty | July Favourites

So I'm a little late with the favourites post this month, even my YT video favourites has gone up a wee bitty late. Apologies, I just don't have much time during the day to write up posts since I'm cramming for my exam resits. I'm praying I can manage it - pray for me please? 

Anyway, as I type its just after 1am and I'm trying to rack my brain to think of the products I've been loving this month. It wasn't actually that hard this month to think of products I've been loving, a few in fact all of the products I've been loving are new and I think for the most part not properly featured on the blog? 

First up is something I got either at the start of July or end of June, either way its something I've used every time I've applied foundation. This product is the absolute wonder that is the Urban Decay Optical Blurring Brush - oh dear amazing brush goodness. I genuinely believe that this is better than the Real Techniques Buffing Brush, as much as I love the Buffing Brush I do just think that the UD brush just feels softer on the face and applies a wee bit better than the buffing brush. It costs £20, so its not cheap - but neither is buying the whole set of RT brushes just for that one brush... If you're looking for a new foundation brush I would highly highly highly recommend trying out the Urban Decay Optical Blurring brush - its just perfect. (insert heart eye emoji here)

Next up is a product I got at the same time as the UD brush, this product is the Clinique Anti Blemish Solutions Clinical Clearing Gel - what a mouthful, eh? My skin recently has just gone absolutely mad, I have no idea whats up with it but I have never been so spotty in my life. I kid you not, its not even like they are on my forehead like they usually are. They've taken to popping up on my cheeks, chin and around my lips!! They are such a nightmare, big red angry spots that hurt like nobody's business!!!! I bought this in a last bit of hope to try get my skin back to a normal amount of spottiness, and my oh my has it helped my face out. I do still have a couple of spots but they are on their way out. At first I was just applying this to the spot but recently I've been popping it all over my face and it feels lovely. They spots have been dried up, the redness is gone and they no longer hurt - YIPPEE! I basically went and bought this because I remembered seeing a post on Gemma from Miss Make-up Magpie's blog (I'll link the post here) and I guess it just stuck with me, she is such an enabler but I really trust her and her posts. I'll be doing a full review on this soon, so look out for that if you want to know more!

Another fairly new product to my collection is the Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara that I bought from a blog sale recently. I am so so so glad that I did buy it, the big fat wand just makes your lashes look so black, long and thick. Very big and fluttery, everything I want and more in a mascara. I absolutely love this, it gives quite a good curl as well. So much love for this!

I've had this for about half a month, and I love it. There is a review coming - or is it up now? I think it might be up now. Anyway, I just find that this is the best and nicest dry shampoo I've ever tried. No white residue, lovely smell, soaks up oil and gives a wee bit of volume. I won't go on about it too much since there is or will be a new post up soon. 

Ah, the Wet Brush. I saw my hairdressers was selling them and decided to get one since my dog now has my tangle teezer... I never got on overly well with the Tangle Teezer, I'm not sure if it was because the bristles weren't long enough or that it didn't have a handle, but anyway - as soon as I tried this I fell in love! It's so easy to brush through the hair and it doesn't pull at the hair. 

The DHC Deep Cleansing Oil is just perfection. I've been using this ever since I got this in the Latest In Beauty box, morning and night come rain or shine this gets applied. Its so lovely on the skin, leaves your face feeling really soft and just melts make-up off - even eye makeup. I recently tried the new Benefit liner and this little beauty just melted it off. Just magical. 

Final product now, the EOS lip balm in Strawberry Sorbet. Another blog sale purchase, its so moisturising and really hydrates your lips. I take this basically everywhere with me, I kind of though that these wouldn't be great and would just end up being another overly hyped product - but its really not! They are really lovely and they smell amazing! Totally worth trying if your able to. 

What have you been loving this month? Also are there any cleansing oils or facial oils you'd recommend? 

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Latest In Beauty | The Glamour Beauty Edition

I was out walking my dogs when I saw on twitter the new Latest In Beauty Glamour Beauty Edit box. If I can remember correctly I had missed out on previous boxes from them - le cry, so y'know like any rational person I decided that I absolutely must have it. I didn't even wait till I got home before ordering a box, dog walking and box ordering. The box costs £16.95 inc postage and its contents were worth £86 - I think thats crazy good value!

The box itself is lovely, the neon pink against the white back ground looks stunning - or at least I think it is. There was two products in the box that I was really excited for and new that they made the box more than worth buying!

These products were by far the products I was most excited to get my hands on, the Illamasqua Glamore Lipstick I got is in the Cherub - I don't think all the boxes had the same shade though... This is one of their new nude shades and retails at £18.50. Considering the box is £16.95, you get an amazing deal as it is worth more than what you pay for the box! I've not tried the shade yet but it looks like it could be a really lovely colour - maybe my perfect nude? We'll see... 
The next item I was really excited to get was Magnifibres Brush On False Lashes, this retails for £21 on their webpage - it can be found for cheaper elsewhere but you get a money back guarantee when you buy it straight from them. I've wanted to try this for ages, I'd seen it awhile ago on blogs and the results it gave looked amazing! I'm really happy I get to try it out before spending so much on it - if it works then I'll be so so happy. I'll write up a blog post to let you know how I find it. 

The Bourjois Cream Blushes were something that I'd wanted to try for awhile, but being rubbish at blush and not being sure about the colours or how to apply it I kept putting it off. The shade I got is 01 Nude Velvet, it looks really natural and nothing to crazy - hopefully I'll manage to work with this and make it look good on me. 
Crabtree and Evelyn Nail Lacquer in Apple. When I first saw this I was a little like - what is C&E, then I looked at the bottom of it and understood - I didn't know that Crabtree and Evelyn did nail polish, I thought it was only creams and body things they sold, but what do I know - eh? I love a good red nail polish, personally I prefer the darker shades to lighter ones. This colour looks absolutely stunning! When you look at it in the light it looks like it has gold running through it - definitely need to apply this soon! 

 The Toni & Guy Glamour Volume Plumping Whip, this retails at £7.19 and looks pretty cool. It claims to give body and bounce - both of which my hair could do with. I think it looks like a thick body butter in the tub but feels a lot more creamy, it doesn't smell like anything special - I think just like typical hair stuff. I can't wait to try this and see if it can give my hair a wee bit of oomph. 
The DHC Deep Cleansig Oil really interests me. It's £21.50 for the full sized 200ml bottle - for whatever reason I thought this was a lot more expensive than it is. I've never used a facial oil before, I just figured my skins oily therefore I do not need an oil for my skin. Apparently though oily skin loves oils, especially if you have dehydrated skin (which apparently I do). I'm looking forward to trying this, hopefully it'll sort my skin out.   
I think there is now a BB cream/thing for everything now, the Rimmel Sun Shimmer Instant Tan BB Skin Perfector retails for £6.99 and I'm quite excited to try this - I really like Rimmel tans, they are the only ones I've found work for me and they are reasonably affordable. 
Hawaiian Tropic Satin Protection Ultra Radiance Sun Lotion SPF30 is available for £5.99, it smells so lovely - like coconuts, which is odd cause I usually can't stand the smell of it. It feels really silky and absorbs quickly into the skin, it should get a lot of use as it has been uncharacteristically sunny in Glasgow recently. And I've gotten just the tiniest bit darker. 
The final item in the box was the Velvotan mit, it costs £2.99 - more than I'd usually spend on a mit, but it looks nice and I'll use it with the Rimmel tan. 

The products in this box are really amazing, it is seriously worth the money you've paid for it. I'm not sure if there are still some left but if there are then I would seriously recommend nabbing one as soon as you can. 

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