Liebster Award

Hey everyone,








So the lovely Emma from Fashion And Beauty Head To Toe (link) has nominated me for a Liebster Award, which I was amazed at. So the process to be considered for an award is:

1) Each person must post 11 things about themselves.
2) You must answer the 11 questions that the tagger as created for you.
3) You must create 11 of your own questions.
4) Choose 11 bloggers and link them in your post.
5) Go to their page and tell them.



So 11 things about me:

1) I dyed my hair for the 1st time when I was 31!

2) I'm a big scaredy cat, I'm scared of pretty much everything.

3) I am very indecisive about everything.

4) I hate confrontation.

5) I love shopping.

6) I'm considering studying to become a qualified beautician.

7) I love house music

8) I am a part-time Pilates and Zumba instructor.

9) I have a cat called Kiesha.

10) I eat too much junk food.

11) I love white wine.


The questions I received from Emma where:
1) What's your favourite shoe brand? Miu Miu, I love their funky designs and was one of the first pieces of designer goods that I purchased for myself.

2) What's your favourite season and why? Summer, I love the warmth! The ability to wear cute pretty dresses anytime (without a million layers) and sunglasses!!!

3) What's been your best bargain when shopping? I hate shopping in the sales, but I was shopping in Primark and Internacionale one weekend and picked up two bargain jumpers that are so on trend just now I've pretty much worn them to death.

4) Who do you admire (famous/non famous) and why? I actually admire the likes of Jordan and Jodie Marsh, they have set their minds to achieve something and got it. Non famous, it would have to be my girlfriend and my mum, they are of the same nature when they set their mind to something there's simply no stopping them.

5) What's your beauty secret? Always always take your make up off at night.

6) Best holiday and why? I've had a few fabulous holidays. I've been to Oz, Bali, Singapore, Thialand and Egypt and they have all been amazing! I could tell you my worst holiday though and that would be Tenerife, just not a place for me.

7) Night out or night in? Night out, I love nothing more than spending ages getting ready to go out and feel fabulous. 

8) What's your favourite scent? Chanel Coco Mademoiselle

9) If you could eat anything right now, what would it be and why? Chilli Nachos, I make a mean chilli which I will be making tomorrow night for diner and I cant wait.

10) Who's your favorite blogger and why? I have too many favourite bloggers! I started off following Llymrs and What I Heart today so I would say them.

11) If you could tell your younger self one thing about their future, what would it be? Don't be afraid of doing something different, don't follow the same path as everyone else.

My questions to fellow bloggers:

1) What is your most lust after item?

2) Where do you want to be in 5 years time?

3) Who is your fashion and beauty inspiration?

4) Where would be your ideal holiday destination?

5) If you won the lottery what would you do with it?

6) What is the one thing that you could not live without?

7) If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?

8) Would you ever get plastic surgery? What would it be for?

9) What motivates you?

10) What is the one thing you feel you don't do enough off?

11) If you had to dress up for a fancy dress competition what would you be?

The bloggers I wish to nominate are:

Alana

Laura

Suzie

Rachel

Katie

Helen

Claire

Lizee

Hannah

Lucy

Lora

Good luck folks and I look forward to reading your posts.

xxxx

Crystal Polish

Hey everyone,



I posted a few days ago a review for Crystal Clear Wipe Away The Years Cleansing Milk, which you can read here, I thoroughly loved using this product, but I have to admit not as much as I loved using the Crystal Polish, this has become my hero product. I love love love it!

As you may already know Crystal Clear is world famous for their in-salon Microdermabrasion treatment. It is a truly wonderful treatment, that gently exfoliates the outer layers of the skin. It targets issues such as ageing skin, lines and wrinkles, open pores, and blackheads and more, this was a treatment I used to get monthly until my beautician relocated. Since then my skin has slowly crept back to being dehyrated and often prone to bad spots, as I have mentioned in previous posts. So when I read the information that come with my products I was delighted to find I was trying out their at home version of this amazing salon treatment.

I just want to point out here how amazing this product is packaged, very salon like and professional. I have it sitting proudly in my bathroom, within easy reach.

The swatch does not do the polish any favours as it is full of fine crystals that give the microdermabrasion effect, which smooths and exfoliates the skin. The polish also has essential oils and peptides to encourage the anti-ageing effect started with the Wipe Away The Years Cleansing Milk. It is recommended that you use the polish daily as part of your routine and I fully agree.

My night routine is, double cleanse the skin with Wipe Away The Years anti-ageing cleansing milk, eye make-up remover, then scrub with Crystal Polish, then onto Crystal Clears Illuminate serum and then finish with a moisturiser.

Having done this for a few weeks now, the results are clear to see. My skin feels much softer and hydrated, my breakouts have been considerably less, those pesky white lumps under the skin are diminishing, and my pores are smaller, absolutely wonderful results.

Crystal Polish retails at £32.00 for 150ml pot, which is at the higher end of my budget but is definitely worth it. You can purchase it here from the Crystal Clear website and it is on my current Purchase Soon List.

Have you tried Crystal Polish? Or any of Crystal Clear's Products?

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xxx

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Hey everyone,



So Google reader might be no longer available after July? All the blogs I love to follow are quickly declaring which blog reader they use and can view their blogs from. So it got me thinking.

I'm still a newbie I feel in the blogging department and haven't actively tried to obtain followers, I simply have been posting my thoughts just for. After viewing my statistics on Blogger I know I have one follower, who is the lovely Suzie from Miss Beauty Bits you can also follow her blog here

So I've signed up to Bloglovin, to not only push my blog but to follow all my favourite bloggers. So please feel free to add your blog links below for me to follow.

xxx

Crystal Clear Skincare

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A couple of weeks ago I instagramed and tweeted a picture of the goodies I received from the lovely ladies over at Crystal Clear, I was like a kid at christmas when they arrived.
To my delight I received Crystal Clear Wipe Away the Years Cleansing Milk, Crystal Clear Crystal Polish, and Crystal Clear Illuminate Serum. I recommend having a good look on the Crystal Clear website to see all their amazing products, you can go from here

So what I'm going to do regarding the products is review each of them separately in posts of their own. I've simply got too much to say about each item.


Crystal Clear Wipe Away the Years Cleansing Milk


Since I've been blogging I have become a huge fan of miceller waters to cleanse my face, so I was slightly unsure of how this cleanser would fare, I need not have worried.
The Wipe Away The Years Anti-Ageing Cleansing Milk is a dream to use. It is a lightweight formula that effectively removes all traces of makeup. I personally like to double cleanse my face, due to the nature of the jobs I do.
I found that although the cleansing milk is super effective I still required a separate eye make up remover, which is something I've always found no matter what cleanser or water I use.

Crystal Clear have added powerful anti-ageing  ingredients into their product, which is something I consider to be extremely important since I don't particularly like to admit my age these days.



"All the while that you are cleansing, you are also applying an active complex of peptides that work together to help repair the cutaneous damages of age, reducing wrinkles, improving elasticity and leaving your skin smooth, revitalised and oxygenated"*



The active ingredients Crystal Clear have used are: Biopeptide, Oxygen Complex, Norgel, Extract of Olive Oil, Precious stone (tourmalia) and an Essential Oil Complex comprising of sweet orange, geranium, santal and grapefruit.

Crystal Clear state that their product is suited to all skin types, especially sensitive / dehydrated skin, and I would fully agree. Before using the milk my skin was extremely dry and dull, with my main concerns being spots and fine lines. I find that now my skin has improved, the quality and appearance has increased whilst my spots have decreased, a win win situation for me.

I have loved using this product and it is something I would purchase myself, and at £27.00 from the website, I think this is a reasonably good price for a product of this caliber.

So once again a big thank you to the PR team and the team at Crystal Clear for sending me these products, my face feels great!

xxx







* quote taken from Crystal Clear Skin Care booklet

Inspirational

Hey everyone,



We all have people who inspire us in life, it could be by following their fashion style, beauty style, lifestyle or attitude. For me that person is my mum, she has been my go to for all things beauty and skin care related for years, and she has also just turned 60! It amazes me that she is looks this good!

She looks fantastic for 60, my mum credits this to the fact she has always looked after her skin. Her ideal gifts for birthdays and Christmas good face creams, she has a long standing love affair with Estee Lauder 's Advanced Night Repair. There is a running joke in my family of my mums 'lotions and potions' and how she goes to bed smelling of some serum or cream.  As I am getting closer to my mid thirties, which I hate to admit, I can see why my mum was regimented with her skin care routine. I now frequently wish I had listened to her years ago stating that: "You should always take your make up off at night", " you should never pick your spots", and  "you should always always moisturise". I find there is nothing better than having a good chat with my mum about what face creams we are loving at the moment, discussing our routines and treatments we get or want to try. 

So who is your inspiration? Who is your beauty go to? I'd love to know, leave your comments and links at the bottom for me to check out.

xxx