May Favourites

Sorry that it is quite significantly into June and I am only just posting this, trying to get into the blogging routine.

from left to right: soap&glory sugarcrush buttercream, soap&glory sugarcrush body wash, nina by nina ricci, john freda hair mousse, body shop face exfoliator, l'oreal micellar solution, e45 cream and elizabeth arden 8 hour cream.

e45 cream and elizabeth arden 8 hour cream

May for many people including myself was a time of exams and deadlines and just a lot of stress in general. As per usual my skin reacted to this by having an absolute bitch fit, random breakouts but the worst had to be the explosion of eczema and general dry skin on my face and on my body. I am used to this occurrence now and tackled it head on with no mercy! E45 cream and Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream became my staples for everyday skin care and I laid off the makeup or anything perfumed (which I normally avoid anyway) until it had all cleared up, these two products are life savers.

body shop aloe gentle exfoliator

This is a great exfoliator which is essential for my dry skin, but I have found that many exfoliators are highly perfumed and can be quite harsh in my sensitive skin, but this exfoliator has little fragrance and also calms down any redness. 

l'oreal skin perfection 3-1 micellar solution

I have almost finished the bottle of this, and I just think it is a great makeup remover and I genuinely believe that it does a great job of clearing my pores, especially on and around my nose. 

sugar crush body wash and buttercream

I guess this next one counts as skin care, it is the Soap & Glory Sugarcrush  Body Wash and body butter. I just love the scent so much it smell of really sweet lime and brown sugar, I feel like I become a lime cheesecake or a key lime pie every time I use it, I advise you to go sniff it next time you are in Boots and I assure you that you will be addicted to it! And the body butter is really moisturising and makes my skin feel amazing. Ooh and I love that the body wash has a pump, so handy!

john freda luxurious volume thickening mousse

In regards to hair care there is only one thing that I seek and that is volume, its not that I have very thin or fine hair its quite the opposite, I have a lot of hair and due to this it is very heavy and can sometimes just drag itself down flat to my head, which I something that I cannot stand. So for a while I have been using the John Freda luxurious volume thickening mousse which I think does a pretty good job of injecting a bit of life at the roots of my hair, I am impressed.

perfume

My absolute favourite scent of all, Nina Ricci perfume, Nina, has finally reached its peak time of usage, spring/summer. This perfume not only has such an adorable bottle but I am head over heels in love with the smell, I have used it as my one and only perfume for almost two years and I cannot get enough. And unfortunately I am running out, in fact this bottle is not long for this world (sob) and I do have many other perfumes that I could wear, but it just won't be the same.

makeup

My May makeup favourite is a bit of a wide generalisation, but I have been absolutely loving all things orange. I have take a photo of some that I have been wearing a lot of this month. As you can see they are mainly lip products but a sneaky nail varnish has made it in. I just love all these colours! There may be the odd coral in there but I'm counting them as orange. 

left to right: rimmel apocalips in luna, l'oreal glam shine stain splash in 501 bonnie, bourjois rouge edition in 09 orange pop up, topshop lipstick in infrared, 17 supreme shine lipstick in hot flash, revlon lip butter in tutti fruiti and juicy papaya and barry m nail paint in block orange.  

I just think that these shades are great for summer as they are so bright and cheery, and they really complete a summer day or night time look. I think they suit my skin tone well and look great on pretty much everyone.

I have also been loving ALL of my real techniques brushes they are just a dream to apply all of my makeup with, and washing them doesn't take half as long!

randoms

And a few random favourites to finish, a recentish purchase of mine was a gorgeous River island purse, now for some reason this extreme bright purse tickled my fancy and the more I looked at it and held it the more any doubts about it, being too bright or too out there, vanished and I was sold. In the bright sunny weather we have been having recently it fits in beautifully, very happy.

The book that I have recently been engrossed in and have just finished is the 'Intimate Adventures of a London call girl' by Belle de Jour. Note: this book is not for the faint hearted or indeed the under 18's. This is the book that the 'Secret Diary of a call girl' with billy piper in is based on, now the tv program is tame compared to this book. However, instead of it just being pages crammed with sex scenes (a la fifty shades), it has a very endearing and intriguing character at the heart of the story as well as a great plot! I will be getting the sequel as soon as I can!

river island purse-£17 and book-£5.99 from amazon
(or free if you rob it off a friend like I did.)

And that's all of my May favourites, any ideas for blog posts or reviews are welcome! Thanks for reading :)