Skin Care

So recently I have become one of those people who Cleanse's, Tone's and Moisturise's day and night religiously! I don't know what has happened but now when I don't do it I feel disgusting and like my skin is dirty. I always found it annoying when cleansing in the morning with water, I got water all over myself, my skin was never dry after and I am generally a lazy person so if something annoys me I am not going to do it for a long amount of time. I found a solution!!!!! Cream Cleanser! The best thing since sliced bread (trust me!). 

So here it is, recently I have been into using more natural products on my skin so Lush and Sukin are great reliable brands. Don't get me wrong, I am not a person who uses organic and natural products all the time, I am perfectly fine with ingesting crap junk food and food full of preservatives, I only wish I had the will power to use organic ingredients in my food and resist the urge to buy the packaged fatty junk food but I am just not that kind of person! But I like the idea of putting organic products on my face ... and it fortunately seems to work for me. Another positive of the routine is that it doesn't break the bank!  

The 9 to 5 cleansing lotion is fantastic! In the morning I apply it and use a tissue to remove, you don't have to keep it on for any amount of time you just quickly apply and remove. You can use a cotton pad to remove it but I am never organised enough to always have those on hand so I much prefer using tissues. At night it is great for removing make up! I use an eye make up remover for all eye make up but for everything else I just apply this twice to ensure that all the make up is removed. This bottle is $7.95 from lush and for 240g its $15.95 which lasts a lifetime! Click here to check out the website! 

So next step is toning. This has a spritzer sprayer which is very easy apply, I don't like the other ones that you have to put on a tissue to apply to the face. Its quick and easy to do a couple of sprays and then your done with your toner. This balances out the oils on your face and ensures that you don't have a lot of shine throughout the day while moisturising at the same time. Its $7.95 for 100g and $20.95 for 250g so its once again good value! Click here to have a look at the website. 

I like the concept of having one moisturiser that does everything and is not too expensive and I think this really hits the mark. You just need a little pump of the moisturiser and is quickly absorbed into the skin so you don't have to wait long to apply your make up afterwards. After using these steps I find that my skin is already primed for make up which eliminates another product in the bathroom! This moisturiser is $10 and because you don't need to use much it is very cost effective! 

Sometimes I find it too difficult to get to Lush to buy these products so another option is the Sukin Cream Cleanser and Toner. They are both $10 each and probably work out to be the same in terms of cost effectiveness when compared to the Lush products. Sukin is readily available at Priceline, Chemists and some supermarkets. 

So there you have it! My skin care routine, it works for me and my skin has been the best it has been in a long time. 

Thanks for visiting!

xxx

My Christmas 2012

Merry Christmas Everyone!!! I thought that I would give everyone a little summary of my Christmas day, what it involved, what I wore, what I did. I have a lot planned for the New Year with my blogging, it might change a bit but it will still have the same concept that keep you coming back (thank you by the way). 

I don't have a big family so Christmas isn't a massive event for us, its just a casual family lunch after opening presents that morning. My mum cooks a mass of food for five people which is the reason I will be eating ham, chicken, pork and salads for months to come. 

I love waking up and getting everyone down around the Christmas tree and sitting handing out presents and watch people open them and smile at the unexpectedness of their gift. It makes me happy, I just want to freeze the moment and live in it forever. 

This was the first present that I opened, and for anyone that knows me personally they know that I love owls and animal print so this pretty much summaries my two loves in life! Its from a local store called Zjoosh which I have talked about previously on this blog here. My mum knows her daughter! 

This is another christmas present, of course its animal print! It was bought from a little shop in Byron Bay and was my outfit for the day. I love this dress, I could just slip it on and not have to do much else to make the outfit look good! (Please ignore the mess behind!!!) 

I wore these with my dress, they are easy to slip on and make an outfit look ten times better. The first set of bangles only arrived on Christmas Eve from Vanilla Wardrobe. This is a Facebook page set up by a working mum, it is very new and doesn't even have a website yet. It was a very personal experience, she contacted me via messages on Facebook and we worked out payment that would suit me. The bangles arrived relatively quickly and just in time for Christmas!! I love them and will get A LOT of use out of them. The other animal print bangle is from Zjoosh (of course!) which I actually forgot about until I sorted through my jewellery the other day so this is its first debut for a while!

Christmas Flowers .... Christmas Bush and Dahlia's!

So that is my Christmas wrapped up, I have the second half of the family coming over on the weekend so the fun will start all over again! 

Thanks for visiting

xxx 

I'm baccccckkkkkkkkk!!!!!

There are no excuses for my absence! To be honest if I managed my time better I could find the time to blog but things just got away from me as I have had to make a big adjustment in my life. I have gone from studying on my own time in my own way to working more than 45hr weeks! Over the Christmas new year period I (hopefully) have some well earned time off! I have lots of posts planned that selfishly revolve around me and not much else. As I said a lot has changed, my fashion, beauty, skin care and funnily enough my interests, I'm starting to notice my maturity starting to effect the way I think. Please stick with me, I appreciate it!