Current beauty favourites

It's been a while and with all the craziness that every day life brings, I found that I get some peace and relaxation in... exploring beauty products (that is trying them). So why not share my "passion" with everyone?
These past months I have discovered and started to enjoy a various range of products, some of which will be listed belov. Let's start.

Make-up

One of my recent descoveries is the NYX Shine Killer primer. I love it. I have a very oily complexion and this mattifies my skin and reduces the shine and makes my make-up last longer.

Of course that I still get oily throughtout the day, so this takes me to the next product I've been loving: NYX Matte Blotting Paper. Whenever I feel that my skin is getting oily or whenever I notice that it getting shiny, I just use one of these and... shine gone!










Sticking to face products, my current go-to foundation is L'Oreal Infaillible 24h Stay Fresh Foundation. I like the way this makes my skin look, it has got very good coverage, it's buildable and a very nice finish. The only downside to this is... I got this at the beginning of the year, in shade Vanilla, hoping that once the winter is gone and the sun is up I will catch some sun (I'm veeeery pale). It's June and that hasn't happened, so this foundation is a little to dark for me. Also it has a yellowish undertone which doesn't go with my skin.















But there's a fix to this. My next favourite product: The Body Shop Shade Adjunsting Drops - Lightening. I adore this product. I put one pump of foundation on the back of my hand and then add two drops of this magical 'potion' and mix them together. My foundation instantly gets lighter withouth changing it's composition.














Face

For my face, I have been loving the products from the Simple range.

  

Let me start off with the Simple Spotless Skin Cleansing Wipes. I have been using the original Simple Cleansing Wipes until I ran across these ones and loving them more. I have an oily, acne prone and with dry patches skin, so these have been very nice for me. They take off my make-up well and at the same time they're quite gentle with my skin and I have noticed an improvement in my skin.











The next Simple product is the Simple Micellar Cleansing Water. Again, it takes off my make-up very well, cleans my face without being rough, removes eye make-up and it doesn't sting my eyes (I have heard people complaining about this, but it's not the case for me).
















And the last one is Simple Purifying Cleansing Lotion. I use this after I've removed all my make-up and cleaned my face, just to make sure there's nothing left on my skin and also to hydrate my skin in the process. Removes any residues and leaves my face soft.










When it comes to washing my face, I've been leaning towards Biore products.

My every day facial wash is the Biore Deep Pore Charcoal Cleanser. This cleans my face nicely, without drying my skin and I think it helped clear out my skin and at the same time balance it.

Every other day I'm using the Biore Blemish Clearing Scrub. It's a very gentle scrub, doesn't damage my skin and cleans it very well. It has small, fine exfoliating beads and also larger exfoliating beads. I find it to be gentle and purifying.










Body
Moving on to body care, I have just one product that I've been loving a lot lately: Superdrug Body Butter Cherry and Macadamia. The main reason I got this is the smell. It smells AMAZING. My boyfriend was smelling random lotions and body butters and when he got to this he loved it. He had me smell it as well and I couldn't resist, I had to buy it. and it was a bargain: buy one get one free, so I did. Not only does it smell nice, but it also feels very light on my skin and I think it's perfect for summer and definitely a change from all the heavy stuff I've been using during winter and even spring. Did I mention it smells divine?






Hair

Ohh, my hair... I have thin, oily, with dry ends and tanlgy kind of hair. I've just started to use the products from the L'Oreal Elvive Extraordinary Clay: Re-balancing Shampoo, Re-balancing Conditioner and Clay Masque. So far they've been working great. I wash my hair every day, yes, it gets that oily and ever since I've started to use this range I find that I can go a day without washing it. Which is a big accomplishment for me. I know that washing your hair every day is very damaging to the hair, but I can't stand feeling my hair dirty and seeing it oily, not even a bit.

As long as I use a dry shampoo the second day, washing it every other day is ok. This brings me to my first ever dry shampoo that I've used: TRESemme Instant Refresh. I've had a hate-love relationship with this dry shampoo. I had it for ages and when I first used it, I must have been doing wrong because it would leave a white residue on my hair which was very difficult to remove. So I put it away. Until about a month ago. I started to use it again and this time I guess I did it right because it worked. No white residue left and my hair felt clean the second day. The only thing I don't like is the smell, I can't describe the smell, it's just not for me.






And lastly... my hair brush. My detangling hair brush which I cant live without. My hair gets soooo tangled and I needed this brush in my life. It detangles my hair so nicely and it's a life/hair saver for me.

Until next time, take care of your body, mind and soul!