Mid - week pampering!

I am so glad there is a computer between you and I right now!

I currently have green hair, a grey face and white feet.

I'm having some me time - therefore making myself look like a hot mess just to make myself look beter in the long run!

Generally Wednesday evenings are my time. Mark works Wednesday evenings so I either catch up with my girlfriends or give myself a bit of a facial!

Tonight it's the turn of a facial and it honestly feels like forever since I've pampered myself a bit!

So where do I start?

Yankee Candle - Pink Lady Slipper

First up, I light a candle. This is what I'm burning right now and I love it!

Sudocrem, Lush - Hair Doctor

Next I slap on some sudocrem on my feet and dry areas. I then pop some cotton sock on to avoid getting sudocrem EVERYWHERE!

Then I cover my hair in a deep conditioning hair mask to give it a bit of TLC.

Muslin Cloth, Biore' Cleanser, Tesco Cucumber Cleansing Wipes, L'Oreal Dermo Expertise Eye Make Up Remover.

Then it's time for a deep cleanse! I start by using a wipe to remove the majority of my make up. 

Then I attack my eye make up with the make-up remover I am currently loving! 

Finally I usemy daily cleanser with a hot muslin cloth.

L'Oreal Perfect Clean Exfoliator, Superdrug Mud Therapy Deep Cleansing Mud Mask, Lush - Tea Tree Toner Tab

Exfoliating is next on my list. I only exfoliate once a week as my skin is sensitive and when done more often it gets easily irritated!

Normally I like to use a Lush face mask or a home made one, but I've run out of my Oatifix face mask and right now, I'm too lazy to mix up a home made one! This mask is clarifying so is perfect for helping to reduce the appearance of pores.

After sitting for as long as possible (enough time to write a blog post or two!) I jump in the shower and wash it all away.

Afterwards I use this toner tab.

Bliss Body Buff, Bliss Body Butter

In the shower I love using Bliss' body buff as a gentle exfoliator.

I then proceed with my regular hair routine.

Then once I'm out of the shower I use a body butter to keep my skin soft and moisturised.

Beauty Formulas Cleansing Face Pore Strips, Beauty Formulas Cucumber cooling Eye Pads, Talika Eye Therapy Patch

Next I use a deep pore strip across my t-zone.

Today I am trying out these eye patches which I received in my May Jolie Box.

I then lay down for 5-10 minutes with some cucumber eye patches on.

Distlled Witch Hazel - Caudalie' Vinsource SOS Hydrating Serum, Superdrug Tea Tree Spot Stick, Essential care Organic Rose Moisturiser.

And finally, my favourite part!

I use witch hazel to close up my pores.(If I have none then I use lemon)

I use a spot treatment on any blemishes I have.

Then I use the Caudalie SOS hydrating serum. I love this and would use it everyday if it wasn't for the hefty price tag! I'm still working my way through my Glossy Box sample but I don't know what I'm going to do once it's run out!

Finally I use a natural moisturiser rather than the Oilatum cream I use daily.

I usually give my self a mani-pedi too!

How often do you like to pamper yourself?

What are your favourite products to use?

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May Empties

This is my first empties post and I have to say I love the idea!

Knowing that I will be uploading this post at the end of the month gives me motivation to use up my products before buying more!

I have a range of hair care and body care products this month.

First up is make-up remover:

I love love love the L'oreal Dermo-expertise Gentle Eye Make Up Remover. It's a product I have repurchased and will continue to do so.

Garnier Simply Essentials 2-in-1 Make Up Remover is one I really did not like. It leaves an oily residue on the skin and took a while to remove make up. I will not be repurchasing this.

For Hair styling products:

John Frieda Frizz Ease Thermal Protection Serum. This is the first heat defence serum I have used and have re-purchased! It's so light weight and effective!

Wilko Dry Shampoo. I am not impressed by this dry shampoo at all! It leaves a lot of white in your hair no matter how hard you try to rub it in or brush it out. I also feel like it does noting to make my hair less greasy.

I love both of these Hair care products.

Charles Worthington Mineral Hair rescue - I use this every other time I wash my hair and it always makes my hair feel light and well conditioned.

Lush Hair Doctor - This intensive hair mask is great for every hair type and is something I have re-purchased.

And finally some body care products.

Bliss Body Butter - Blood Orange and White Pepper was a sample in a Glossy box. I find this body butter extremely moisturising and have bought the full size of it! (I loved it so much I even had to cut open the bottle just to get every last bit!

Nair Hair Remover for Sensitive skin is a great alternative to shaving. I much prefer using a hair removal cream as I find it much gentler on my skin and this one is great!

I love reading monthly empties posts! What are some of yours?

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Love for Lush

Ok, so I feel like every other blog I read now a days is a lush review/ haul. And here's another!

I discovered lush about 4 years ago (I think?) and I tried a few face masks but one bought me out in a mega rash! Seriously my whole face was red and blotchy! Understandably I stopped using lush. But my rash didn't budge. 

So any way turns out it was something else which broke me out not the lush products.

My skin always looks dull when I use products which aren't natural or very mild. For example something such as Superdrug's Vitamin E cream is too harsh on my skin and gives me small bumps under my skin. 

I've been hearing soooo much about lush latley and decided that I needed to treat my skin and hair to a bit of TLC ontop of my regualr routine.

Off I plodded to Lush and I bought 'Oatitix' and 'Hair Doctor'.

Oatifox is a gentle face mask and cost £5.75

Hair Doctor is an intensive hair mask and cost £6.50

Oatifix

'Cleanse, soften and moisturise dry, sensitive skin. A blend of bananas, vanilla and oats to cool and nourish, illipe butter to reduce redness, ground almonds to gently polish and kaolin to cleanse your skin'

This smells absolutly amazing! It smells just like banana flap jacks! mmm I just want to eat it all up! 

This has got ingredients in it, one being illipe butter which has amazing moisturising qualities. 

The instructions say to leave it on for 5 to 10 minutes but I could just sit with it on my face for ages. Once you get over feeling like you're covering your face in Goldielocks' breakfast then you can really enjoy the product. The smell relaxes me automatically and as it drys it tightens on the skin ever so slightly. 

I wash this off of my face with warm water on a cotton pad and leave it at least an hour before continuing with my usual skin routine. 

My skin is so soft and feel so refreshed and looks really fresh and alive.

Hair Doctor

'Hair & scalp mask - If you've really got your hair in a bad way, then you need this stimulating mask made from seaweeds and mud.'

'If your hair could dial 999- this is who it'd call. Give hair doctor a go - you'll love his bedside manner.'

This product was a complete impulse buy. I went into lush to buy a new solid shampoo bar and was just having a mooch and found this and thought I'd give it ago.

Over the last 3 months I've really stepped up my hair care routine as I'm trying to grow it. This means no heat and super deep conditioning.

I used this on my hair this week and as you can see by how much I'v used I really loved using it!

Again it smells delicious! It contains ingredients such as seaweed, coconut oil and peppermint. I covered my hair in this and left it on for half an hour then rinsed and shampooed.

My hair was so soft and silky!

I went to the hairdressers for a trim today and she was so impressed with the condition of my hair! She couldn't believe just how lovely it was!

So both of these products have massively impressed me and I will 100% be re-purchasing these!