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Thursday, 15 August 2013

Hand Care

In my line of work(s) - Dental nurse & Masseuse I tend to get very dry, sore hands so i'm always on the look out for good hand creams/emollients

I recently picked up 2 new samples, which are going to stay in my work bag so I can make the use of them while at work and see if they actually make a difference

They are;
Nivea- Hand Cream Smooth Nourishing (anti dryness) with Macadamia Nut oil

Mellor & Russell - Macadamia Oil Repairing Hand & Nail Cream for dry skin

If anyone knows of any good hand/nail creams/emollients please let me know!

CJ xo

A Day at Home, Skin & Hair Care

As i am spending all of today at home, and have no visitors due to arrive, I thought, what better time than now to do some hair and skin care treats!!

Perfect timing as my Latest in Beauty box arrived this morning and my Glossy Box just 2 days ago!

So I set to preparing for a morning of lotion and potion testing *rubs hands with glee*

Hair

Wash: Aussie Miracle Moist Shampoo - my old trusted favourite, smells amazing and always leaves my hair feeling great

Condition 1; Alberto Balsam intensive conditioning treatment with honey & almond extracts - does exactly what it says on the blurb "hair smells as good as it feels"

Condition 2; ShinyHappyHair/ Andrew Barton S.O.S Help Me! - this product claims to be the "superstar of hair treatments for when hair needs SOS care. Gorgeous Shea butter helps to gently mend all the crack, smoothes the hair cuticles & adds supercharged shine" I followed the instructions as to "massage evry last drop of the sachet into the hair ends and work almost to the roots. Leave for 3 minutes, comb through and rinse thoroughly ." Upon rinsing my hair felt worse off than it had before I applied this product, unhappily this SOS product was not quite the superstar for me! :(

So I slathered my hair in Argan Oil and worked it into a high messy bun to help it recover.

( I always try to double condition my hair as it is very dry, coarse and frizzy, and I have found that to not do so leaves it and me very unhappy)

Face

As i doubled cleansed last night and am staying firmly inside the house today, I only felt the need to do a single cleanse this morning, so again what better timing than to trial one of my recently received goodies? :)

Cleanse; nspa - Melting Cleansing Milk- "luxurious gel that turns into a cleansing milk with Grapeseed Oil & Essential Oil of Neroli" this smells simply divine

Sure enough this product is lovely to use, turned from a gel to a milk with the addition of water to the fingertips, this did not cause me any issues while using, no stinging eyes, tight skin and so forth, after using my flannel to remove all trace of product my skin felt clean, firm and ready to go with no dryness or tightness.

Moisturize; I chose to only use my Natural 100% Coconut Oil today, which I absolutely love, which makes my skin feel nourished, looked after and happy!

Happy Face, Happy Hair :)

CJ xo

Latest in Beauty - Arrival of the box!!

I received my box from Latest in Beauty this morning, a much anticipated arrival it was too!!

Inside the box was 5 items pre-selected by the Latest in Beauty team, and 1 item I purchased separately;

nspa - Melting Cleansing Gel - Cleanse 1

this is for the MR.

Groomed - Texture Sculpting Wax, Natural hold

nspa - Exotically Creamy Coconut Shower & Bath Gel

Andrew Barton / ShinyHappyHair- S.O.S Help Me!- twice a week conditioning
The Frizz Tamer - tame it mask power dose

Eve Lom - Rescue Mask
(this was my seperate purchase 6. pounds)

I'm going to be making sure I trial some of these bits very soon, will let you know how I get on!
Thank you to the Latest in Beauty Team

Happy Pampering guys

CJ xo

Wednesday, 14 August 2013

FOTD

Today's face from cleanse to make up;

Today I decided I'd blog about my daily face routine, see what my lovely readers think, if anybody is interested?! :/
Let me know please

So here goes;

Cleanse routine a.m;

After showering I used :
L'Oréal 15 second miracle cleansing oil and
L'Oreal 3in1 purifying micellar solution

then i used my Rana Argan Oil

For make up i decided on a minimal look for today, which consisted of:

Sleek's Conceal and Highlight Pallette

MUA Pro Base Conceal & Brighten Kit

Bare Minerals - Warmth

Benefits - Hoola

Mary Kay - Lash Love Mascara

All brushes are Bare Minerals

And finally, I know it isn't make up or even a face option,but I love it, so I thought I'd include it! I spritzed with

Clarins - Eau Dynamisante

My evening cleanse will consist of:

1st Cleanse: Simple - Vital Vitamin Foaming Cleanser

2nd Cleanse - L'Oréal 15 second miracle Cleansing Oil

Let me know what you think :)

CJ xo

A foodie post

After recently making my boyf a homemade strawberry cheesecake (which went down very well) and choc chip cookies (not as well, but went down all the same) cos im just that lovely ;p we decided to concoct a little snack out of the leftover ingredients, we now have a new found favourite snack!

Marscapone digestive slices layered with fresh strawberries!! Yummy :)

Happy snacking guys

CJ xo

Tuesday, 13 August 2013

Bags for Breasts by Cutey

Bags for Breasts by Cutey

I came across this page via Twitter, Cutey are a start up charity who are donating 10% of first year profits to Breast Cancer UK charity.

They have launched a new brand of luxury leather handbags, the owners having had personally been affected by the illness in the family are passionate about raising awareness and much needed funds for the charity.

Have a full read of the charity webpage.

Please all help support this wonderful cause, go grab yourself a new bag and help fight cancer.

Happy shopping and Fund raising guys

CJ xo

The Glossy Box arrival

Hello

So today I received my very first Glossy Box, the package arrived in a pretty box emblazoned with the Glossy Box logo
On opening I found a second pretty box nestled securely inside with a leaflet on top;

I eagerly removed the leaflet (which is full of info on each product within the box) and found a pink ribbon tied around some black paper and a seal protecting the goodies inside!