Hello beauties and welcome to another monthly favourites! I know this is a little bit late but I seem to have been busier than I thought I would have been recently and so haven't had time to put this all together until now. However, I am going to try to start posting something every Tuesday and Thursday so hopefully, lots of new posts will be coming your way! Now, onto my favourites!
Organic Surge Daily Care Face Wash - £5.49 (currently on sale for £2.75) available here
I recently did a review of this cleanser (link here) and I have to say, I'm really quite impressed with this bargain! I saw this whilst it was on sale and bought it in a bit of a hurry (first time buyers get free postage too so it was literally too much of a good deal for me to not buy it) without much thought. Afterwards I read some reviews and I have to say, I was left feeling that I wasn't going to be impressed with this cleanser but actually, it's fab. Get's my skin clean, didn't break me out and didn't dry me out. What more do you want?
nspa Nourishing Eye and Lip Treatment - £3 available here
Prior to my Mother giving me this after not using it herself, I hadn't used an eye cream in a very long time after using one I absolutely hated. So, this was a welcome change. It's a nice consistency and decently moisturising. Having said that, and despite this being in my favourites, I'm not blown away with this. It says it reduced dark circles and puffiness but I doubt it really does. Seeing as I personally don't have a bad dark circle problem under my eyes, I don't need something that will help with that and I prefer Benefit's It's Potent eye cream however, for now, I am enjoying this budget eye cream.
Garnier Moisture Match Start Afresh for Normal to Dry Skin - £5.99 available here
I recently got a sample of this and two other moisturisers from Garnier's new Moisture Match line in le post, and after trying them out fell in love with them, this one in particular. The smell really reminds me of Benefit's Triple Performing Face Emulsion which, in turn, reminds me of a perfume by Britney Spears. This is quite a thick moisturiser which absorbs and sinks in beautifully and leaves my skin unbelievably soft. However, because it has no spf (and I currently don't have a seperate face spf) I only use this if I'm not going out all day or if I'm going somewhere where I know flash photography is going to be taken. As soon as I find a good face spf though, this will become my day cream. I am absolutely hooked.
Mac Face and Body Foundation in N1 - £21.50 available here
Oh my gosh, I literally cannot say enough good things about this foundation. It is absolutely perfect for this time of year! I've recently run out of my HG foundation (Clarins Everlasting Foundation, which I have reviewed before, link here) however even if I hadn't, I think I'd still be reaching for this. It's so versatile because you can either apply a really thin layer and just even everything out slightly or you can add quite a few to get a nice medium coverage that still looks totally natural. I know that a lot of beauty guru's on youtube have been saying this has become their favourite foundation for the warmer months and because it's so light you may think you need perfect skin to begin with to be able to use it. But you don't! I have an awful lot of acne scarring (okay I never had acne as such but it's just the common way to describe it) on my cheeks which actually makes me look like I have an awful lot of breakouts all the time if I don't wear make up. However, this starts to even things out with one thin layer and I just keep slowly bulding on the area's I need it and I get a flawless totally natural finish! Only thing I would say it, you're going to need a strong mattifying powder because this does look incredibly shiny and dewy if you don't set it with anything due to it's high water content.
Maybelline Color Tatoo in Permanent Taupe - £4.99 available here
Now, this next product isn't the most summery of products but I've found this to be incredibly useful recently. I bought this because I thought it would work in the place of a paint pot that Jaclyn Hill (favourite youtuber, hands down, if you haven't already, check her out here) used it one of her tutorials. However, whilst playing around with this on my own, I found that this all over the lid and blended with a 217 out in the crease, with a bit of black (or brown or grey, any would work) kohl eye pencil smudged out makes a really easy but beautiful smokey eye.
MUA Nail Polish in Pistachio Ice Cream - £1 available here
I think this may be one of my all time favourite nail polishes. I love these MUA nail polishes; they're only £1; you get bottle colour in two coats; they last really well. I've done a mini review on this one and two other colours in the range (link here) and I'd like to point out that in that review, I said the formulation of this one in particular wasn't as good as the other two. I don't know what happened but now it's just as creamy as the others so it's literally perfect. If you haven't tried these nail polishes and you can get your hands on MUA, I seriously recommend them, they have some awesome colours and they're super cheap so you can't go wrong. I'm definitely going to pick up some more of these ASAP.
Rimmel 60 Seconds Nail Varnish in Blue Eyed Girl - £3.69 available here
This is without a doubt my all time favourite nail polish in the world. In case you didn't know, blue is my favourite colour and I have blue eyes (which happen to be my favourite part of myself) so this nail polish was literally made for me. I've had this one for about a year and so it's starting to go gloopy and it's really difficult to reach product but seeing as you only need one coat to get opaque colour, I'd say I've still got one or two full applications left before I buy a new one (trust me, I will be buying a new one). I love the Rimmel 60 seconds formula, I prefer it to the lasting finish formula as I find these ones, ironically, last longer without chipping and they dry super fast. Looking for the link on the Superdrug website has made me realise some of the awesome colours they have in their range and I think I'm going to be going on a bit of a spree next time I'm near a Rimmel stand.
Clarins Hand and Nail Treatment Cream - £20 available here
I actually got this hand cream as a free gift almost a year ago when I bought some things from Clarins and only recently ended up using it. My nails were in a bit of a bad state and I'm terrible at remembering to moisturise my hands so, I decided to keep this next to my bed so that every night I could massage some into my nails and moisturise my hands at least once a day (better than not at all, right?). This actually ended up helping my nails a hell of a lot. They're a lot stronger and in much better shape than they were this time a few months ago and it's down to this product. I know it's a bit pricey for a hand cream but it will last you a while and I thoroughly recommend it.
nspa Rich Cocoa Bean Body Butter - Discontinued
I'd like to first off apologize because I had no idea this had been discontinued until I went to find out how much it was for this post. It may be a case of it just not appearing on the ASDA website and them still having it in stores but nspa have been changing so much recently that it wouldn't surprise me if it was discontinued. Unfortunately I've completely run out so I can't even ration it. However, it smelled absolutely heavenly (as all cocoa bean products tend to) and was super thick and moisturising. I especially liked using this on my legs after shaving and exfoliating to make them super soft. If you are interested in nspa's body butters, they do have them in other scents and you can find them in ASDA stores.
Random Favourite!
I enjoyed doing a random favourite last month and so I decided to do another this month. Again, it's a music favourite and it's a song by Gaelic Storm called Scalliwag. I discovered this song whilst playing the Sims 2 (yes, I still play the Sims) and realised it was one that was a real song that they had made the artist sing in Simlish. So, I went and found the originial and found that I just couldn't get it out of my head and I've been listening to it a lot this month. It's not going to be to a lot of people's tastes but I think it's really catchy and upbeat and I just absolutely love it. So, if you want to check it out, you can listen to in on YouTube here.
Well, that's it for my favourites this month. Again, I'm sorry that they're a bit late but hopefully I'll be more on top of things from now on.
Have a fabulous day,
Nikki x
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