Evening skin care routine:Autumn/winter edit.

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Today's post is my evening skin care routine for the cooler months. Hopefully you caught my morning skin care routine but if not you can click here. Hopefully some of you will find this one helpful.

 

-First thing I use is the Body Shop waterproof eye make-up remover. I use a tiny amount of  this with damp cotton pads and it gets all my eye make-up off with just one go. It's incredibly gentle on the eyes and doesn't leave any oiliness like a lot of eye make-up removers do.

-Next thing I use is the Elemis balancing lime-blossom cleanser. I've mentioned this in a blog post before which you can read here. My bottles looking a little bit sad now and I will definitely be getting another bottle soon because I think it's brilliant.

-I then follow this up with the Elemis balancing lavender toner. The Elemis toners all come in spray bottles which feels really refreshing on the skin. I just spritz a couple of pumps and it feels really cooling and soothing on my skin. The lavender scent is lovely and relaxing before bed too.

-Next I use the Simple soothing eye balm which I mentioned in my morning skin care routine, I find this works just as well in the evening and helps to sooth my tired eyes before bed.

-I then use a night cream. I'm currently using the Olay double action sensitive night cream. I always like to smother my face in night cream before bed so I've worked my way through this pretty quickly but really like the texture of this one and find it very hydrating. I've only recently re-discovered Olay but have been enjoying there products a lot recently.

-About once a week I like to use a mask over night to really lock the moister into my skin. I've currently been using the Decelor hydra floral masque and absolutely love it. (Being the idiot that I am have taken a picture of the wrong product but to my defence the bottles look very similar!) This mask goes on as a really smooth cream and then completely sinks into the skin and disappears. I leave it on over night and rinse off whats left in the morning. It makes your skin feel amazing and I always feel like my skins glowing after I've used it.

Hope you enjoyed today's post. Keep checking back for new updates as I've started to upload a bit more regularly.

Robyn xx

Morning skin care routine:Autumn/Winter edit.

 

 

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Today I'm going to run you through my current morning skin care routine. I'm really happy with my skin at the moment and although I've definitely cleaned up my eating habits recently I would mostly put it down to the products I'm using. I would say my skin is combination to oily but is definitely starting to feel a bit dehydrated recently due to the cooler weather so I've started to use a few things to lock in a bit of moisture. Hopefully some of you find this helpful!

 

-I always start with the Elemis tri-enzyme resurfacing facial wash. This really helps to smooth my skin and leaves it feeling squeaky clean and incredibly soft. I used to suffer with broken capillaries and redness in my cheeks and the resurfacing technology in this seems to have really helped to reduce the appearance of these.

 

-Next I use the Elemis gentle rose exfoliator. I don't use this every single day although it's designed to be gentle enough to do so if you feel you need to. I only use it about twice a week and feel that this is enough for me. I love the rose scent of this and the texture is so silky and gentle. As well as buffing off any old skin it also helps to hydrate the new skin underneath and my skin always feels better for using it.

 

-Next I use the Decleor aromessence neroli. Decleor have a range of these for every skin type and the neroli is designed to hydrate the skin. You need the smallest amount of this so you hardly feel like there's anything there but I can definitely feel that it's working. (PS, excuse my obvious blue tacking in the picture, dammit!)

 

-I then like to follow with an eye cream. At the moment I'm using the Simple soothing eye balm. My eyes are one area that I noticed being particularly dry and I will hold my hands up and admit that I had been slacking with eye creams. I'm sure this one isn't doing anything overly amazing for lines and wrinkles but it definitely helps to sooth and hydrate the eye area which I'm happy with for now.

 

-Finally I moisturise. I'm currently using the Olay essentials complete care for oily/combination skin. At first, I wasn't sure what I thought of this product but after using it for a while I find it really helps to soften and brighten my skin and think this will become a regular purchase for me.

 

Hope you all enjoyed today's post and hopefully some of you found it helpful if you have similar skin to me. Keep posted for my night time skin routine coming soon!!

 

Robyn xx

Top 5 bargain tans

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Continuing on with my little series today with a look at fake tans. Now that it's starting to warm up a bit  I thought it would be good to have a little look at something to get glowy and bronzed. I've focused on the more affordable tans because these are genuinely what I use and don't really feel the need to spend more. Hope you enjoy!!

5. First up is the Simple kind to skin, sun kissed moisture cream. This is basically a gradual tan for the face. Whilst this only leaves a very subtle tan to the skin I really like the idea that it's designed especially for the face and has all the benefits of simple's usual moisturiser. It doesn't cause any nasty break outs like using a body product on the face can do. Of course this is a bargain too at £4.99

4. Next up is the Solait tinted bronzing lotion. This one came as a pleasant suprise. I bought this on a whim just to see what it was like but didn't really expect to much but it actually applies really well and leaves a nice bronzed look that's not orange at all. This one goes on with a little hint of colour then develops over the next few hours. This makes it so much easier for applying and doesn't leave you with any nasty streaks or white patches. I haven't noticed any biscuitey tan smell with this one either so you won't spend the day craving ginger nuts! Another bargain at £6.99, need I say more.

3. Next up is probably the most well known bargain tan. We all know St. Moriz is just a snidey version of St Tropez but that doesn't stop it being a good tan in it's own right. This is definitely easier to use that St Tropez as it goes on dark so you don't miss any areas by accident. The mouse texture blends really easily as well and doesn't feel heavy or greasy on the skin. I normally use this one before bed (sorry bed sheets) as you do look a little bit like an umpa lumpa at first but after a quick shower in the morning your left with a lovely all over tan with no nasty smell. I would say that this one can leave the skin feeling a little bit dry but at just £3.99 I'm sure you'll have plenty left over for a body lotion.

2. Next we have the Loreal Sublime bronze self tanning gel. Again this one goes on with a hint of colour (are you sensing a theme) I just fine this way so much easier. The gel texture with this one means it glides really evenly onto the skin and doesn't cling to any drier areas at all. I use the tinted and shimmering version but find it leaves more of a glow than full on shimmer, it smells amazing for a tan too. This ones slightly pricier at £8.99 but I think it's worth it.

1. Today's big winner is the Garnier body summer body moisturising lotion (these tans all have very long names!) I've raved about this product before which you can read here if you like. I really, really like this tan. Not only does it leave the skin silky smooth, it also gives a really natural looking tan that can build up over time. I always buy the 400ml bottle and fine it lasts me ages. This is around £7.99 but is nearly always on offer, total bargain!!

Hope you enjoyed today's post and that you've now got some ideas of how to get bronzed for summer. My next post is going to be something a little bit different that I'm really excited to share with you.

Robyn xx