Argan Oil..

I feel like I may have been the last person to jump on the bandwagon here, but I absolutely love the smell of Argon Oil. I discovered it at work one day, when the very nice ladies at The Body Shop delivered us some small samples of their new Argan Oil range. I kid you not, it smelt so good that my boyfriend went out a few days later and bought the body butter. I can't even describe how nice is smells, but I now use it every day after I shower. I own quite a lot of body butters, but they have now been put on hold so I can use this. The butter is so rich and creamy, the smell literally lasts on your skin all day, which is amazing!

I originally wanted the lip balm, as I have a bad habit of constantly using lip balm, which dries them out even more! However, you apparently can't get the balm on it's own.. only in a gift set, which I think is pretty unfair really. However, because my family and friends are so kind, my boyfriends parents treated me to the Argan Oil gift set. Though I must say, know I've got it, I don't want to use it all up! I'm trying to restrict my usage to make it last as long as possible! Please tell me i'm not the only weird person that does this?

I love the fact that you also get a pretty large hand cream in the set too, which is pretty nice since the body butter is too thick for your hands. The hand cream is a lot thinner, and so a little goes a long way with it. It's also quite a nice pale orange colour, I guess it's more concentrated? Whereas, the body butter and lip balm are almost cream/yellow.

I've not tried the shower gel much yet, because of the same reason above, but it is so concentrated and strong smelling. As you can probably tell by now, my whole body smells of argan oil, I even use a shampoo with the essence. 

Does anybody else enjoy the smell, or have a similar obsession with another smell? Let me know, so I wont feel quite as bad! haha!

Simple | Revitalising Eye Roll On

If you're anything like me, you'll wake up in the morning with red, puffy eyes. I don't know why it effects me more than most, but I constantly look like I've either been crying, or skipped sleep. Now if you know me, you'll know I love my sleep, so, I don't know, maybe it's just genetic? But what I do know, is this little beauty has now found a permanent home in my make-up bag.

I originally went into boots to look for a decent concealer to cover my ridiculously puffy eyes. I've been looking everywhere for a concealer that will cover my blue veins, whilst still being able to blend in to my make-up and cover my puffy eyes... Not much then eh? In the process of searching the store for this non-existent concealer, I found a revitalising eye roll on by Simple. I use quite a few moisturisers and make-up removers by Simple, so I thought I may as well give it a go. It's such an easy process too; you roll it in circular motions under your eyes, to work the gel in. Any remaining gel should just be 'dabbed' in to your skin with your finger. I should warn you, the metal ball is extremely cold, especially when using it first thing in the morning!

The roll on is a thin gel that contains cucumber, vitamins and a lot of water! I love the fact that they use only natural ingredients, and make it clear that there are no added colours or chemicals. So even people with the most sensitive of skin can use it. At £5.49 this is an absolute bargain. I use it every day, and have had the product for around three months now, so you get a lot of use out of it too! I highly recommend this eye roll on for people that suffer with puffiness, redness or blotches around their eyes. It helps a lot to control your bags too, if used frequently.

I apologise for the badly lit photos i'll be using in the next couple of months. I'm currently living in a 'bunk-a-bin' on my uni campus, and the lighting is dreadful. Obviously, i'm in lectures throughout the day, and have to somehow work with artificial lighting in the evening, which gives off an orange glow. Annoying!!

On My Jolly Holidays...

Recently I went on holiday to Wales for a few days. I used to travel there all the time when I was younger because my Nan and Granddad live there. Though I haven't managed to return for quite a few years now, and was so excited when booking my holidays this year. 

Before we had even got to our hotel, we decided to stop off in Abergele and climb a mountain. And let me tell you.. it was a mountain alright! It must have taken us around 30- 40 minutes to make it to the top, especially with the steep slopes and guessing the way. It was also around the only time throughout the whole holiday that I managed to gain any signal too. The view was beautiful too (the top photo), though i'm slightly gutted that there are black marks blocking some corners of my photos, which is down to my phone case. I didn't realise until after I got home. 

We traveled up to Llandudno and stayed in such a cute hotel. It had a purple and white vintage theme and was exactly how I imagine my room to be in the future. Any vintage/ beauty fanatic would have loved it; I sighed a little every morning when I had to leave the room and go out, it was that nice! We only stayed for three days because of work, but we were sure to make the most of it. 

Almost immediately after we arrived in Llandudno, we went straight for fish and chips, a holiday favorite of most, I just couldn't pass up the opportunity. I somehow also managed to find myself in an arcade after trailing through all the cute gift shops. Let me just say I am ace at those 2p machines! I was also shown what rock pooling was, which i'm now ashamed to admit I had never done before. For all you other first timers, you should really hurry up and take part, its so exciting finding all sorts of sea creatures under such tiny rocks! 

Of course, on the second day I just had to go crabbing. I hadn't done it in so long and it's almost a necessity when in Wales, especially when we were so close to Colwyn. We had only been there for an hour, and managed to catch 53 crabs.. they weren't small ones either! I'm happy to say I soon caught the knack of that too, and had a smug smile on my face for the rest of the day. 

The third day was travelling home day, but not before we went to the Welsh Mountain Zoo. A post on that will probably follow tomorrow. Not many of you know this, but I'm on a Zoo Management Degree Course, and I was quite shocked to see the enclosures these animals are kept in. I'm unsure whether that's because I'm used to Chester Zoo standards or what, but more of that will follow tomorrow! 

All in all I had such a lovely few days in Wales, letting my hair down and having fun!

Where are you off on holiday?

Green Tea?

 I have recently become a massive fan of green tea! I started my health kick around two weeks ago now, and on my journey, i've managed to adopt green tea too. I found it so hard to get into drinking it for the first 2-3 days, as the taste really is as vile as everyone thinks it is. But I now try to drink at least two cups of the stuff a day. I can't get over the amount of flavours and brands available, though I had never even looked in the green tea section before.

I have been absolutely loving the PG tips version of lemon flavoured green tea. It smells incredibly lemony, but it's a shame it doesn't actually taste of it. It's the only one I have tried at the minute, as my dad only just bought me the Knightsbridge version. He also picked up the plain green tea too, which i'm a bit unsure about, since theres not much taste with the added lemon to begin with. 

So lets see why green tea is a definite YES!

• It helps speed up your metabolism and energy levels
• Not to mention it helps to clear up your skin
• Helps lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels 
• Studies have shown it helps to prevent cancer and arthritis
• It raises your immunity to common illnesses 
• It also helps to fight allergies
• Helps lower blood sugar levels to protect from diabetes 

Need I go on?

I think this is such a must for us all, regardless of whether or not you are trying to lose weight or tone up for the summer. All of the benefits involved should be enough to push you to try it, and you wont be disappointed with the results either!

Foundation Mixing | Yes or No?

 So first off.. Is it even okay to mix two different liquid foundations together? Yes!

Even if they're not of the same consistency or brand? Yes!

Here's a nifty little trick for all you beginer beauty lovers!

I used to use Rimmel Wake Me Up foundation religiously before I started my blog. It was my go-to foundation and I didn't even question whether or not it was right for my skin type and colour. Although after searching around and realizing I do indeed want to try a bit more with my make-up and fashion, I then went out and bought Revlon Colorstay. 

I managed to find an old photo I took of what the two colours look like. They both claim to be Ivory- I'm just as confused as you are. So as you can tell, there was a massive difference- not even a 'tan will solve it' difference, it was huge. Obviously I had tried the Revlon in the shop against my skin prior to buying it. But I think I tripped up a bit because I bought it in the winter, when I had no natural tan left in me. Anyway, you can imagine how washed out it has made me look ever since. I've carried on using it for the past couple of months, but it doesn't help me at all- I may as well not be wearing any foundation at all. So I finally took it upon myself to sort out the colour, and decided to mix my foundations together. Luckily I still had just under a quarter of a bottle of Wake Me Up left, so have since added around a quarter of my Colorstay foundation to the bottle too. It took a little while for it to properly mix (it resulted in my shaking and stirring) but I eventually sorted it. 

 This is the finished product on the left, compared to the Colorstay foundation on the right. I'm aware the camera doesn't do it any justice (again), but there is a slight difference in the colour. Using the Colorstay has helped to lighten my other foundation a lot, and I've finally got it to the perfect consistency and colour that looks right on my face- hallelujah!