Good Things - Face The Day

The other week I picked this moisturiser up for just £3.99 in my local Superdrug. (I was pretty much sold by the pretty packaging and half price sign) Good Things are a relatively new brand who offer a host of affordable skincare products for young skin which are free from parabens, mineral oils, sodium, laureth sulphate, and animal ingredients. 

As mentioned before the packaging sold it to me, It's just so simple and pretty fitting in perfectly on my bedside table. Plus the simple tube style packaging makes it really easy to quickly use if you're in a rush.

Face the day gives off a wonderful berry scent, I wasn't sure how I felt about this when first applying to my face as I was mainly scared about it reacting badly to it - although no such thing has happened in the 2/3 weeks I've been using it. This light moisturiser quickly sinks into my skin and leaves it lovely and soft!

This products retails for £7.99 in Superdrug and Boots which isnt bad when you consider that you get a rather big 100ml of product.

Free L'occitane in Marie Claire..

I really love my L'occitane hydration cream, So when I saw that Marie Claire were giving away a free hand cream (worth £8) away with their magazine I jumped at the chance to try it (There's also a Dove sample too, which I was pleased to see being the huge fan of Dove haircare that I am)

Marie Claire are offering a choice of four hand creams; Shea Butter along with three limited addition scents (Date Bouquet, Rose petals and Mango Flower). I could only find Date Bouquet in my local shops, if any copies of the magazine at all! They're clearly going down very well and I will be looking out for the Shea Butter one to try out!

The December issue caught my eye when I was was flicking though. There are a choice of  two Jemma Kidd  (JK) products; the instant lift skin perfecting primer or I-Define volumising mascara. Which is out on November 8th.

Marie Claire costs £3.70.

NEW Mua cream blush in Blossom!

I've wanted to try a cream blush for ages, but up until recently there has been a serious lack of these on the highstreet! Of course that all changed when MUA released four shades of cream blush ;  Yummy, Dolly, Blossom and Bittersweet. 

The swatches over at MUA's blog pulled me towards the shade Blossom, although I want to go back for Dolly now too.

The sun couldn't make it's mind up when I took these images so I thought it would be easier to show you guys the product with both natural and artificial lighting to give you a greater idea of the colour Blossom has. 

Blossom is a lovely 'everyday' shade which is easy to build upon if you wish to do so, I found this cream blush was really easy to apply with your fingers and really easy to blend.

You can pick these up in selected Superdrug stores and online over at MUA's website for just £2!

MUA Professional Eye Primer.

I knew this eye primer was good, I just didn't realise how great it was until 2am on a Saturday morning when I realised my eyeshadow was still pretty much perfect, I seriously wish I had before I had before and after pictures because there was hardly any difference between when first applied and when I finally took it off.

Friday night I had battled wind, rain and worse even worse trains! By the time I met the girls (two hours late, but It wasn't my fault.. I swear!) I expected my eye make up to be all over the place although when I went to the bathroom it was the same as when I left which pretty much amazed me.

Although the surprises didn't stop there, when I finally made it back home after another fun train journey (I seriously hate them so much)  I looked in the mirror to find my eyeshadow was still pretty much perfect. For £2.50 this stuff does an amazing job and it's not as if it takes much effort just two quick swipes and you're good to go!

You can find this in selected Superdrug stores or over at MUA's website, Pick one up you seriously wont regret it! 

Free Benefit Minis with InStyle.

 Armed with just a fiver in my purse, I finally had the chance to pick up a couple of copies of Instyle this weekend. I am loving this thing they have going on with Tesco, £2.50 sounds so much cheaper than £3.80! (Plus it meant I could pick up two copies!)

I was really shocked with the number of magazines left without freebies because people had actually riped the plastic apart to steal them. Which is really unfair to those actually buying the magazine! It seems Tesco spotted this too because their magazines are now 'Security Protected'  - Which clearly is a load of bull since its just a sticker, but hopefully it might stop this happening. 

Luckily for me they still had all three Benefit goodies; Benetint, Cha Cha Tint and Sun beam. Although I only picked up Cha Cha Tint and Sun Beam as they appear the most popular online and I was worried if I left one of them until next time I wouldn't get the chance to try them but I will be going back at some point next week for benetint

(Please ignore my nails, I had glitter on over the weekend although being me it was picked off by the end of last night!)

So far I'm loving both products!  I have nothing like these in my stash so It's been fun playing around with these this morning, I was worried that Sunbeam wouldnt work on me because I am so pale, but as a highlight I think it works great and I cant wait to incorporate it into my make up routine next week. I also love the look of Cha Cha tint on my lips (it doesnt look as orange as I was expecting) Although I will probably post full reviews at some point next week. 

There's also a voucher inside so that you can grab a free BADgal lash mascara when you bring the page to any participating Benefit Beauty Bar. Which is great value for money, although I wont be bothering since I already have a sample size in my make up draw. In case anyones wondering about sizes/price, These sample size's are 4ml each which works out just under a third of the full size products. 

Have you guys picked your copy up yet?!

Last nights make up..

Flawless Fix Beauty Balm/ Witch anti-blemish Skin Clearing Primer/MUA Undressed Palette/MUA eyeshadow Primer/Loreal Telescopic mascara/Natural Collection Colour Corrector stick/Benefit That Gal/Revlon Lip Butter in Peach Parfait/MUA Cream Blusher/Mua Eyebrow Kit 

MUA Eyeshadow's used, Lip butter, Colour corrector stick, MUA Cream Blush

Last night I met up with some friends for the first time in a while. They live pretty far from me, the journey involves trains and everything - Which I'm terrible at getting! Above are the make up items I used, It was my first chance to really put some of the newer products to the test! So expect full reviews on the MUA primer, Blush and eyebrow kit as well as the colour corrector stick (which I've been meaning to post about fully for a while now) within the next few days.

Did you guys do anything interesting last night? 

Carmex...

I always have what seems like a hundred lip balms on the go, but as the weather gets cooler there's only one lip balm for me. Normally I go for the tube, but thought I'd try the classic one in pot form  since it was half price the other week. I find Carmex is the best for me when it comes to adding moisturise, I also find it lovely and cooling on the lips.

I do quite like the idea of the pot form of Carmex although I found that it was quite small and sometimes hard to get the product out. That in mind I still think it's a fantastic product considering the price point and will be buying again.

You can buy Carmex products from a host of stores including Superdrug (here)

Whats your favourite lip balm?