Summertime Skin

During the summertime my skin often stays glowly and is kept really hydrated and refreshed, which is quite surprising since I have normal to dry combination skin. I really wanted to do a video on my skincare routine, but for now I will just share photos of my current skincare regime on my blog.

For years now I have been using Simple products on my face, my go to product is the Simple moisturising facial wash. Honestly this product is so amazing and I use it every morning to wash my face. When it comes to moisturising my face I usually just use my body creams. At the moment I am using the L'occitane Almond milk concentrate (hands down this is the best cream I have ever used for a good while and I'm not just saying that)  and on some other days I will use the Palmers cocoa butter cream.

Almond milk concentrate 200ml £38

Simple moisturising facial wash 150ml £3.29 (now £1.75)

Simple hydrating light moisturiser 125ml £3.99 (now £1.95)

Palmers Cocoa Butter 250ml £4.19

If I do need that extra moisture, I will then use the Simple hydrating light moisturiser on my face. Now this is not something I use often, however when it is the time of the month and I get cravings I will breakout a bit and have a few blemishes. So the best thing is to use the Simple moisturiser along with a toner or micellar cleansing water. This will allow my skin to breath and prevent any dirt from building up in my pores. I have finished my simple toner, below are some of the micellar water I use.

Travel size Bioderma 100ml £5

Travel size Garnier micellar cleansing Water 125ml £1.00/ £1.29

Garnier Micellar cleansing water 400ml £3.33

Side note: I think Simple should think about sponsoring me or send me some products... I mean I have been using their products for 14 years now. (That would be a miracle)

As for makeup in the Summertime I am lucky enough to get away with not wearing liquid foundations. Sometimes I will use a pressed powder and concealer, but lately all I have been using is a highlighter, a eyeliner pen or gel eyeliner and lip balm along with a lipliner.

For this look I used mascara and a pigmented lipgloss. At first when I bought the L'oreal infallible matte lipgloss ( around 3 months ago) my initial thought was its a liquid lipstick as it said it on the packaging it's matte. As soon as I tried it on and looked on the website I gathered that it was a gloss. Let me just say this product is really smooth and not sticky, but you have to becareful because it can get on your teeth. You do not want to be walking around with lipgloss on your teeth. So I would suggest using your finger to do a test out process. Put your finger in your mouth and close it around finger and slide your finger out to remove excess lip product in the centre of the mouth area.

   
Absolutely love my fragrance/ lip holder shelf behind me.

I loved this look so much and I was so surprised because I only used six products. It was a little out of my comfort zone as I have not tried such a pigmented gloss like that before. But this look took me between 5-6 minutes to do.

Click here to look at a previous blogpost on Simple products.

L'oreal eyeliner (£6.99) perfect slim
L'oreal eyeliner (£6.99) superstar Liner
L'oreal (£9.99) million lashes mascara
Becca highlighter in (£32) Champagne Pop (fav!!)
Blistex intensive moisturiser (£2.59)
L'oreal paris infallible lipgloss matte (£6.99): Smoke me up

Superdrug's are currently doing  a 3 for 2 offer on selected L'oreal products. Yess!! So do not miss out.

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