Hello!
Today I'd like to share with you one of my favourite perfumes - Lancome's La Belle Est Vie.
I have gone through half a bottle of this scent now. It's sweet without being too over powering and is a very feminine scent. I can wear it all day and still smell it after a long day at work. I have a new unopened box as shown in the picture, which was the last present I ever got from my dad so it is special to me and I probably won't want to open it and use it! I really like this scent as it is suitable to wear all year round. I have some perfumes that I only wear in the winter or summer, but this suits me all year round. If you're ever in a perfume store, give this one a smell!
You can buy La Belle Est Vie here.
Greta xx
Hello!
Today I thought I'd share with you one of my favourite mascaras. It's the Maxfactor clump defy black mascara, and I think it's wonderful!
Maxfactor is probably my favourite 'cheaper' make up brand. The only foundation I use is from Maxfactor, and they also sell my favourite lip products. I normally use a Lancome mascara (to be reviewed soon!) but as a much cheaper alternative this one is amazing.
I like that it has a plastic wand, as most of my mascaras are fabric, so this is quite different. It is easy to put on, even for me - a girl who is as blind as a bat and always end up poking myself in the eye! I don't think I've found a mascara yet that doesn't clump at all, but this one does a pretty good job of staying clump free.
This mascara has been with me for at least a year now and I will have no hesitation replacing it when it runs out. Well done Maxfactor!
Do you have a favourite mascara?
Greta xx
Hello everyone!
For my first proper post I thought I'd talk about one of my favourite beauty products. I have been a huge fan of Lush now for about 5 years. I always liked them when I was younger but being a teenager in a house without a bath limited my choices! I never really shopped in there properly until I got my own flat with a lovely bath. It was only then that I discovered that Lush aren't all about bath products (annoying I know - all those missed years!).
I started using the Lush cleansers about a year ago. Now being the grand old age of 26 I should have had a regular skincare routine for years. But naughty old me didn't reallly think it was important. I've always had reasonably good skin anyway, although I do seem to get spots off and on. Anyway, I decided to seek out some help for my occassional spots, and on the search I came across these things called cleansers. Yes, I do realise for someone who was 24ish that it is a little ridiculous not knowing what a cleanser is! That aside, I started using a Clinique one but I didn't feel like it did anything for me.
So here's where I turned to good old Lush! (I sure like to use the word 'old' a lot in this post!) At first I used the Herbalism cleanser, which didn't smell amazing but seemed to do the job. Then I went down to Cornwall and left it at home (oops) so a trusty trip to my favourite Lush store (Truro - love it there) and I had a brand new spanking pot of cleanser. Let the good times roll. I believe it was originally a limited edition Christmas product but they made it permanent, probably due to its awesomeness!
What attracted me to it at first is the smell! It has a gorgeous warm honey/a hint of cinnamon smell. It's really lovely. The unusual thing is that the cleanser contains whole pieces of popcorn! You do have to pick these out, and frankly I would prefer the cleanser without it. So this is how I find the cleanser works best for me -
1. I scoop out a small piece (about the size of a 10p) of cleanser and keep it on my fingers.
2. Add a few drops of water and mix the cleanser into a paste. It is quite tacky already in the pot, but this makes it more workable.
3. Rub the cleanser all over your face, avoiding the eyes.
4. Rinse off with water. I normally do this in the shower so that I have had a chance to leave it on for a few minutes.
And that's it! I don't use this every single day as I have other products that I use, but when I do use it, it feels like a treat! Have I noticed any noticable improvements in my skin? It always feels softer after I have used it. Unfortunately I still get spots but I treat those with other products. The point is that I enjoy using this product and it is one of the nicer skin care products out there.
Well if anyone is reading, well done for getting to the end of an incredibly long rambly blog post!
Apologies for the weird lighting - it looks like I have one brown eye and one blue! Plus the spots, urgh. I'm only human!
