Spring Trilogy: Skincare

Welcome to my Spring Trilogy series! This year for each season I thought it would be fun to share my favourite skincare, makeup and fashion products in a weekly series themed post. I love the way the seasons make us change our everyday habits and these posts are almost a way of sharing my favourites and must haves for the changes in seasons. Kicking things off today with skincare, my routine it becoming a lot more focused on removing dry skin and combating oil at the moment rather than controlling breakouts. It has meant that my entire routine has had a shift around and new products have come into the mix.

LIB X Style Beauty Awards Box

I am not the biggest fan of beauty subsciption boxes, I find the products inside are very repetitive and not at all what I like/actually need. Latest in Beauty however are always a little different, they make one off special edition boxes that put the rest of the boxes you can buy in a dark hole. Their newest collaboration is with the Sunday Times in honour of he Style Beauty awards and boy let me tell you its a cracking collaboration. The box costs just £25, which is pricey for one box but the contents inside is well worth it. You get to choose six products from their list, most of which are full sized and almost create a box that you want to try things from.  Brands include The Body Shop, MAC, Essie and Charlotte Tilbury. Yes you did just read that right. I had my eye on a couple of bits and when I read on twitter from Hannah (amazing blog is here), that something had come back into stock I jumped for the buy button.

Revolution Pro Haul

Ever since Makeup Revolution launched their brand a couple of years back, I have been obsessed. Since then, they have evolved and taken the world by storm. Recently, they've had a massive change around, so Makeup Revolution is now just Revolution. Freedom which was more for makeup artists is no longer exists and they now have Revolution Pro and Obsession along side the normal brand- if that makes any sense at all? Anyways, this post is a good old haul. I haven't done a haul on here in forever, I seem to just jump straight to the review. This is a haul of all the bits I've picked up from the Pro range. There was so much I wanted to try but I went with the top part of my wish list and am so excited to try it all! They are however all on one site called Revolution Beauty, and in selected Superdrug stores.

Currently Loving #3

As another month passes by (quickly as always) it is time to share products that I have been asboutely loving and using non stop. Some this month are basic tools, the items that I just can't live without on a daily basis, I feel like these are sometimes hidden away and not loved enough. March has disappeared infront of my eyes and I am hoping that I give April every love and attention it deserves before life gets busy again.               

Skincare Diaries: Dr Roebucks

If you didn't already know, I am slightly addicted to skincare. It takes me a while to test things out as I have to make sure that my skin doesn't break out, actually benefiting from it and then using it within my routine. I have been slowly adding some bits from Dr Roebuck's into my routine to see how they are and have to say that they didn't disappoint. I've been using some in the morning, some at night and then just mixing them up into my everyday routine.                                     

GRWM: Glam

One of the many videos I love to watch online are GRWM (better known as get ready with me's) so today I thought I would do that but in a blog post format. Here's hoping it kind of makes sense. This is the makeup/hair look that I wore a couple of weeks back to my very early birthday (6 months) meal with my bestie who works abroad. I loved how the final look turned out!                                      

I have been obsessed with the Becca Backlight Primer, it gives my skin such a glow but without it looking oily and messy. When paired with Double Wear, which is a very matte foundation it makes my skin look semi-glowy and semi-matte which is honestly a match made in heaven for me. This duo lasts for a good 7/8 hours which is just incredible. For concealer I am still very much in love with the MUR concealer, in fact it is nearly finished - which has amazed me but the coverage, formula and colour is just perfect. At this point my face was looking very flat, so I added some bronzer to give me more of a face shape that was defined and slim looking.

I am so indecisive when it comes to eye makeup but my go to is always gold and nothing else. So, I ended up taking the top row of shades from this GWA palette and blending them together to make my crease/lid. Then taking the tiniest bit of the Primark pigment I applied this to really enhance the gold however this is more of a yellow toned gold rather than true gold so I had to really blend and fix it to suit me more. These retail for £5 as a set of 3 and are such a good investment! 

As it was the evening and such a special occasion I decided to add a pair of fluttery lashes, these are the Radiance ones from Esqido ($29). They have just the right amount of volume and length to make my eyes not only look wider but bigger underneath my glasses and they fit like a glove so I didn't experience any discomfort. This glue is also LIFE CHANGING, I think I have found my favourite lash glue ever ever, the fact that its in a tube with an applicator makes it so much easier to apply and control. It dries very quickly and clear which helps with hiding it on your own lashes. These have a very thick band, which I didn't think I would like at first but it looks ok once mixed in with mascara. I adore how these look and my eye makeup looked stunning, I added a extra bit of glitter eyeliner to make the look even more amazing. 

For hair, I went with the very sleek and straight look, in the morning I washed it using the Shea Moisture Smooth and Tame duo* (now available at Superdrug for £10.99 each). These are made using the super nourishing ingredient that is Argan Oil and the addition of Almond milk which helps to make the hair even softer. These smell amazing and I really did find that my hair was tamed and detangled after using it. The shampoo took a little while to lather up but nothing a bit more singing in the shower can't fix. I noticed that my hair wasn't as wavy/flicky out after using this and it meant that I just needed to blow dry with a brush to get it looking sleek and smooth. 

What are your favourite products to get glam with?