January Favorites

Sorry this is a tad late my lovelies, real life took over for a bit, but we are back on track. So this will be my first monthly favourtes.

Hair:
Unq1 hair treatment, this was recommended to me by a girl in work. It's great!! Protects your hair from heat styling. (Watch this space for a giveaway)

Skincare:
Vichy 3 in 1 cleanser, this leaves your skin feeling really nice. It struggles slightly with gel liner but its really nice so I don't mind having to use separate eye makeup remover.

Face:
Estée Lauder Doublewear foundation, what hasn't been said about this foundation already, extremely long lasting and excellent coverage!

Mac Mineralize Skin Finish, as a dry skin lady I find this keeps my skin from drying out.

Eyes:
Lancôme Hypnose drama eyes mascara, doesn't smudge on my eyes and makes my really pathetic little lashes look good!

Naked palette (there's no look that can't be achieved with this palette).

Inglot Gel eyeliner (black) really really long lasting and a great price!

Lips:
Nothing got my attention this month just Vaseline Rosy lip therapy :)

Tools:
Real techniques buffing brush (please excuse the dirty brush in the pic, I was too lazy to wash it before the pic) great brush! Leaves a flawless finish! These range of brushes are great value and available in boots.

Non Beauty
My Kindle fell back in love with this in Jan, I really enjoy reading but after a long day in work I sometimes am too tired to read before bed! So I'm doing my best to get a few pages in a night.



So that's the round up.

What were ur Jan faves?

Love

Donna

My Cleansing Routine Favourites - Part 2

 

At the weekends I will cleanse before bed with cleanser and cotton pads. My go to cleanser at the moment is Garnier Soft Essentials Cleansing Milk.This is a cleanser, I'll be honest here, that I grabbed one day in the supermarket because I had run out and it was on offer, but I'm glad I did. It’s a fantastic cleanser, it's for dry skin, which I occasionally have. It's a complete cleanser so no need for a separate eye makeup remover (great for bob's*). I wear Estée Lauder Double Wear foundation most days and it takes it off with no effort. It’s really good at removing gel liner and mascara.
Its really well priced too. You can get this cleanser in most places for about €5.  This is the cleanser I keep in my professional kit too, its perfect!

If my eyes need an little extra clean,the eye makeup remover I normally go for is Lancôme Bi-Facil eye makeup remover. The one I am currently using is the tiny one I got as part of a set along with a Kohl pencil and a Hypnose Drama Eyes mascara before Christmas. I would normally have the full sized bottle, so I will need a trip to Boots soon. I am in love with this eye makeup remover!!! I don't have a bad word to say about it.

On to toner. I'm not a huge fan of toner the bottle I have, I’ve had a while now. I use Nivea Visage Daily Essentials Refreshing Toner. I like my cleansing to be as quick as possible. So I really only wipe the toner over my cleansed face as quickly as I can. I don't really have much of an opinion on toner so I apologise for that, and I only use it cos that’s what we are always told, cleanse, tone, moisturise lol. And it could also be because none have ever blown me away and stood out from the crowd.

Tomorrow will be the last instalment :). Then I'm thinking a foundation review is in order, I've been wearing my Inglot AMC foundation for a few days to give you guys a review.

Love

Donna
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FOTD

You'll have to forgive the quality of the photo, I know it's not great. I tried a close up of my eyes but it seems I have the most unphotogenic eyes on the planet, so until I up skill on the photo taking you'll have to bear with me.

Foundation- Mac Studio Sculpt NW25
Powder - Mac Mineralize Skin Finish in medium
Highlight - Benefit's Girl Meets Pearl
Blush - Inglot no 34
Contour - Benefit Hoola
Eyebrows - Avon True Colour 6 in 1 Eye Palette Neutral Eyes - the matte taupe colour
Eyes - Naked 2 palette : Foxy all over the lid as a base, tease blended into the crease, bootycall all over the lid. I then used Makeup Forever Star Dust over that, I think the shade I have is 902. ELF cream eyeliner and a couple of coats of Lancôme Hypnose Drama to finish it off.
Lips - Soap and Glory Mother Pucker in the colour Punch Bowl.

Not doing much today just a lazy Sunday and date night with the hubby.


Love

Donna
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