#SBBC Day 8 | The Autumn Tag

This tag was created by Georgina from http://www.makeup-pixi3.com

I love Autumn, it is not too hot or too cold, and I love being able to wear onesies and snuggling up in Jumpers again. I also think everything is so pretty in Autumn with all the trees changing colour and everything. So I saw this tag circulating around and decided to do it for #SBBC Day 8 because I still haven't quite found the haircare routine for me yet as I am always changing products, so I thought I would write about something different today.

For Autumn, what is your...

Favourite thing about it?

Definitely cuddling up in a onesie/jumpers and reading a magazine with a hot drink in bed! I just love the colder months.

Favourite drink?

This is a hard one, but probably a ginger bread latte or hot chocolate, it's a hard one to pick between!

Favourite scent/candle?

My favourite scent for Autumn would be any one of the Yankee Candle Autumn scents really, I think they always come up with some good ones. But I especially love cinnamon candles in Autumn, and I would love to be able to try the B&BW candle in Leaves.

Best Lipstick?

My Revlon lipstick in 'Blushing Mauve' It is a sort of berry red raspberry colour and it looks perfect in Autumn because it blends in with the general colour scheme of the month, I also love MAC's 'Fanfare' in Autumn.

Go to Moisturiser?

I love the No7 Beautiful Skin moisturiser for Normal/Oily skin because it doesn't make my shiny or break out, but it gives me a good amount of moisture.

Go to colours for the eyes?

Deeper bronzes and browns, I am a massive fan of a neutral smokey eye in Autumn!

Favourite music or band/singer to listen to?

Ah this is really hard, I love so many bands and singers at the moment and I don't really have a specific band or singer that I go back to specifically for Autumn, although at the moment I have been loving John Newman and Tom Odell.

Favourite outfit to wear?

I love wearing leggings or skinny jeans, with my Uggs a slightly thinner jumper and a cable knit cardigan, so cosy and comfy!

Autumn treat?

I am going to treat myself to a Yankee Candle and some nice new boots, although I need to save again first as I have had a few too many clothing hauls recently.

Favourite place to be?

Inside! It is too cold for me to be outside, I love to be curled up in my bed or relaxing on the sofa with a book, and if it is cold enough a fire. I love fires, for some reason they just make me feel super relaxed and cosy.

Thankyou Georgina for this tag, it is a really lovely one!

I tag:

Marie-Louise

Becky

Linsay

#SBBC Day 7 || August Haircare Favourites

Hi Everyone! And welcome to the final instalment of my August Favourites : Haircare! So this month I have found some great hair products which have been working really well for me and my frizzy locks. So I recently got my hair chopped off into a shorter style for summer and I have been straightening it a lot more and these products have worked so well for me!

First up, my shampoo and conditioner. Herbal Essences Beautiful Ends, this smells gorgeous! Just like raspberries and it makes my hair feel very soft and smooth which I love. It also does a good job of keeping my hair oil free without being too drying.

Next are my two leave in conditioners, the Herbal Essences Beautiful Ends Split End Protection Cream(woah that was a mouthful!) and the Aussie Miracle Hair Insurance. My hair cannot go without these two products, the days I forget to use them it is as if someone has swapped my hair for straw! I definitely recommend both of these products, they are fantastic!

Next I have the Lee Stafford 'I Hate My Hair the Day It's Washed' which aims to Defluff, defrizz and deflyaway, which is literally everything I need! This is a solution spray that you spritz through your damp locks and it calms your frizz etc. down, and this makes my hair so much smoother and more manageable.

Then another Lee Stafford product, the Climate Control Serum, this again is great for defrizzing your hair and calming it down, whilst also protecting your hair from humidity that causes it to frizz up.

And the John Frieda Full Repair Deep Infusion* which is an oil for dry hair and this adds so much moisture to my hair, smooths it down and makes it look so much more shiny, I absolutely love it. 

This mask has been my savour this month! My hair was feeling awful from being on holiday and out in the sun all day and also straightening it a little more often than usual, but as soon as I put this on my hair my hair felt all lovely and silky again. This is basically a treatment which you put on for 5 minutes before applying your conditioner. It also has heat protectant in it which is awesome, although I always add my heat protectant aswell just for extra protection!

Last but not least, my TRESemme Keratin Smooth heat protectant which is my favourite heat protectant ever because it smooths my hair and makes it look so shiny! I wouldn't be without this, so if you're looking for a good heat protectant then I would definitely recommend this one.

Thanks for Reading,

What have been your haircare favourites this month?

Staple Items | #SBBC Day 6

I think that today's topic for #SBBC is a really good one. It is about staples that perhaps you wouldn't normally talk about or mention, so I decided to talk about cotton wool. Most of us use this every day and I have had a fair few experiences with awful cotton wool that just falls apart. (not just me?) So I decided to share my favourite with you!

They are these large square cotton pads from the baby section in Tesco. I love how large they are because it makes taking off your makeup so much easier, and instead of using loads of little cotton wool pads, you only need 1 of these if you use both sides, or maybe 2 depending on how much makeup you are wearing.

The great thing about these cotton pads are they are very thick and they don't just disintegrate, they stay held together for the whole makeup removal. They are also fantastic for removing nail polish because they don't fall apart and they are much stronger and better at removing glitter polish too.

You get 50 of these for £1.73 and they will last you ages because you only need to use one because of how good quality they are. You can buy them here

Fave & Fail Makeup Removers | #SBBC Day Five

Today's #SBBC topic is Faves and Fails Makeup Removers, but I decided to make this singular and talk about my favourite and least favourite way of removing makeup.

So my fail are baby wipes! I will only use these to remove makeup if I absolutely have to because they really don't remove your makeup! It is crazy because before getting into makeup remover I used to use baby wipes all the time, and because I could see makeup coming off onto the wipe I assumed it was taking off all my makeup, however, when I bought my Bioderma and saw just how much more was coming off and I have never looked back!

So following on from the fail is my fave! I love my Bioderma, I think this is the best makeup remover I have ever tried because it does a fantastic job at taking off all my makeup. I have not yet tried the L'Oreal alternative so when I finish my second bottle of this stuff I will try that, however although Bioderma is expensive it lasts ages. I bought 2 bottles of this in France and one bottle lasted me just short of a year(maybe about 8/9 months?), and I use this every day, so really it is fantastic value for money and it does the job.

Thanks for reading,

What are your makeup faves and fails?

Favourite Handcream | #SBBC Day Four

Today's topic for #SBBC is Favourite Handcream and I knew I would have to pick Soap & Glory's Hand Food. I am a bit of a hand cream addict and recently had to give away more than I care to count bottles of handcream because I realised I had way to many! But out of all the hand creams I have tried this has been a firm favourite of mine and I have continued to repurchase it again and again. I love to stock up on this at Christmas when they sell the bigger bottles with the pump dispensers because they are great value for money and last ages!

This stuff smells so lovely as does the rest of the Soap & Glory range and it does such a good job! I don't find this very greasy at all and it sinks into your hands pretty quickly. This also makes my hands feel so smooth and moisturised and I wouldn't be without it. My Gran suffers from really bad cracked skin on her hands and I bought her a bottle of this last Christmas and she swears by it, so I would definitely recommend this if you have very dry skin!

Thanks for reading,

What is your favourite handcream?

August Favourites 2013 || Skincare

Hello Everybody!

I am now doing my second installment of August favourites: Skincare! I love skincare and I think that a good skincare routine is a must if you want your makeup to look the best it possibly can. Anyone agree with me?

First up, the LUSH Eau Roma Toning water, this stuff is fantastic for calming redness in the skin and has really helped to even out my skintone. I also love this because it is really refreshing to spritz this over your face morning and evening.

Next is my all time favourite cleanser, my No7 Beautiful Skin cleanser! I don't think I have ever repurchased a cleanser because they always stop working for me, or I just didn't like them enough, but this is my 3rd bottle of the stuff, it always keeps my skin under control and keeps it looking fresh!

Next is the day cream to accompany the cleanser. This is fantastic if you have combination/oily skin like myself because it is nice and lightweight but really moisturises your skin without making it feel greasy or look shiny. This also has SPF15 in which is great, and you can purchase it with any £5 off No7 vouchers you have!

Next is my Baby Lips lipbalm which I picked up in Singapore, which is why the packaging and product is slightly different, I absolutely love this, and when my £10 voucher for Boots from Valued Opinions come, I will definitely be buying some of these!

I received this in a Glamour Magazine I believe, a little while ago, and I love it! This really hydrates under my eyes as I find that sometimes my under eyes can get really dry and I also feel like it has made the skin under my eyes much brighter!

This face brush from No7 is fantastic! I got this for my birthday and I don't know why I haven't reviewed this because I honestly wouldn't be without it! The great thing about this brush is it deeps cleanses, removes makeup fantastically and it makes your skin super smooth and even in skin tone!

Last but certainly not least, one of my favourite products this month. This body lotion has been my saviour this month, it helped with my sunburn on holiday and helped keep my skin super moisturised in the heat and is helping to prolong my tan too! This stuff smells amazing and sinks in super quick too, I absolutely love it!

Thanks for reading,

What have been your skincare favourites this month?

Cosmetics in my Hand Luggage | #SBBC Day Three

Hello and welcome to #SBBC Day Three! Today is what you take with you when you're travelling, so I decided to show you a few essentials that I take cosmetic wise, I don't take much but I take a few bits I can't be without on the plane.

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First up, hairbands! I always have these with me incase my hair is annoying me and I want to tie it up, or for when I arrive wherever I am going if it is too hot I can tie my hair up straight away.

Next is lipbalm, my lips always dry out really badly on the plane so I think I would die without lip balm to add some moisture back to them!

Along the same lines as lip balm I have eye cream, the skin around my eyes goes so dry and horrible on a plane and so I have to apply eye cream or else I get really itchy sore eyes.

I always carry Anti-bac with me because I like to use it before the plane meals and to freshen up a little bit, or if I spill a drink on me etc. it saves getting up to go to the toilets.

I also take a body moisturiser because my skin gets very dry on the plane and it makes me feel very uncomfortable, this also helps to freshen me up a bit when I have been on a very long flight.

I like to take a concealer because I don't know if it is just me that this happens to, but being on a plane I always tend to get a few breakouts, I think it is because of the air and how it is kind of unclean, so I like to take concealer with me! It is also useful for covering under eye bags when I am feeling like a zombie the other side.

I can never sleep on a plane and I get quite uncomfortable so I like to take a sleep balm to calm myself down a bit and to try and help me get a few winks of sleep.

Last but not least, deodorant, to freshen up on the plane, I hate going for a day without a shower!

So those are my travel, carry on essentials, what are yours? I'd love to hear from you in the comments!

Thanks for reading