We all have those days, when you wake up and discover the holy mother of breakouts on your face, that makes you just want to crawl back into bed and sleep until it’s gone. For me, these tend to occur when I’m hormonal (damn you Mother Nature, periods, pregnancy and childbirth weren’t enough, were they?),…
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Beauty
The Skincare Series: Oily Skin Saviours
When my skin gets a little on the oily side (read: when I eat too much pizza, McDonalds, cake and chocolate) there is pretty much only one brand that I rely on to turn my face from oil slick to baby’s bum. Thank you, Body Shop, for hiding a multitude of carb-related sins. So when…
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The Skincare Series: Heavy Makeup Busters
Sometimes, when I’ve piled on layer after layer after layer of mascara, eye shadows, blushes, bronzers and highlights, I like to pull the big guns into the makeup removing ring, to make my life a bit easier. This is a step I slot in right before my usual cleanse, just to make sure I’ve really…
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The Skincare Series: Evening Routine
Nightime is when I reach for a few heavier products, I like stuff that is really gonna feel luxurious on my skin, and stuff that really feels like it’s doing something. I start by taking my beloved Bioderma on a cotton pad, to take off the bulk of my foundation and eye shadow off (I…
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The Skincare Series: Morning Routine
I always used to be really bad with skincare in the morning. I was a run a cotton pad of cleanser/micellar water/whatever I had to hand, across my face and then do my makeup, sorta gal. Slap on the hand I know. Now, I’ve been using the same products for a while, and they really…
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Lifestyle
This Week I…
…celebrated my boyfriend’s 20th Birthday. It was a bit of a bust since he had a deadline at 10am the morning after, so he spent most of the day working, but we still managed Cake and a bottle or two of Champagne with friends. …wrapped up warm and ventured out to watch the fireworks in…
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Beauty
The Christmas Wishlist
Le Creuset Mixing Jug in Teal // Cups Measures // Hand Blender // Amethyst GHD’s // 40mm Pancake Lense // Giorgio Armani Si // Zara Leggings // Zara Scarf // Therapie Himalayan Detox Bath Salts // Lush Let The Good Times Roll The Christmas season is fast approaching guys, after this weekend there’s only 6…
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The Best Of: Benefit Cosmetics
Benefit was pretty much the first ‘high end’ brand that I got into, so as a result, I’ve tried a fair bit. I’ve also been fortunate to go to several Benefit blogger events where I’ve been gifted products, and got to try things the Benefit way. There are only a couple of products from Benefit…
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Crushing On: Majdan Rocks
Shall we talk about some jewelery that I am loving right now? My lovely internet friend Michaela introduced me to Majdan Rocks after I spotted a gorgeous ring on her Instagram feed and what has resulted is me lusting over everything on the website. It’s not often I go gaga for jewelery, but when I…