Daily Skincare routine

I thought I would share my current everyday skincare routine. I usually remove my makeup using The Body Shop tea tree skin clearing foaming cleanser. This is one of my favourite face washes, although there are definitely cheaper alternatives which do pretty much the same thing (the website says this face wash is £5.00 but I swear I paid £7.00 for it in store? Maybe it's changed). I then follow with the Tea tree facial toner from the same range. Again I'm confused as the website says this is £3.00 and I'm sure I paid more for it in store? Odd. Anyway..I love the body shop products, and I especially love the tea tree scent. I feel like these products are really cleansing and leave my skin feeling tingly and fresh. (I also use the face wash every morning when I wake up and I find it really refreshing.)

After these two steps, I usually follow with my Clinique dramatically different moisturising gel. I've previously reviewed this here so I won't go into much detail about it! All i will say is it's my absolute favourite moisturiser ever...but I just can't justify buying it regularly as it's so expensive and doesn't seem to last that long! This is why I've bought a new moisturiser for the time being - a much cheaper alternative - My skin moisture lotion from Tesco. I think I only paid about £1.75 for it as it was on offer! It's an average quality moisturiser I suppose...nothing special but I just got it while I am between moisturisers! It has a nice fruity scent, and I like the fact it is oil free / mattifying. 

As for the other two products; The soap and glory pore facial peel is something I use about twice a week. I've previously reviewed it here so again, I won't go into too much detail about it, but i love it! And finally, my little miracle product.. Sudocrem! Anyone who has never used this on their face, you are missing out! It's so effective at getting rid of spots. I'm pretty lucky and don't tend to get breakouts that often, but whenever I do, the first thing i do is whack a load of sudocrem on my face! It honestly works wonders. Does anyone else use any of these products? What do you think of them? 

Soap & Glory goodies

I picked up these two Soap and Glory products a couple of weeks back in Boots. I'd been on the lookout for a pore treatment / mask and I spotted this one. I'd not really heard any recommendations for it or anything but I usually love Soap and Glory products so I thought i would give it a try. I've been impressed with other products of theirs I've tried before, such as the Scrub Actually and the Righteous Butter. In Boots they had an offer on Soap and Glory (buy one, get one half price), which I think is still on. So I decided to get a lip butter as well, because I'm a self confessed addict and can never have enough lip balms / lip glosses / lipsticks! 

As expected, these products didn't disappoint. The lip butter has a lovely smell (coconut and shea butter!), and is really moisturising. The only negative I have about this product is that you have to use quite a lot of it to get a decent coverage on your lips, to make them feel moisturised. Therefore Ive used quite a bit of it already. The 'facial peel' is amazing! I absolutely love it so far. I've used it a couple of times as a full 'peel' for 15 minutes, and I've also used it a couple of times as a 'quick refresher' like it says on the tub, where you leave it for around 5 minutes. After using this, my skin feels amazing - so so smooth and baby soft, and it also feels really clean. I'd definitely recommend it! As for the actual minimisation of pores, I'm not too sure how far this works, and I haven't noticed a drastic change to my pores - but then again we can't expect miracles, and I have only used it about five times so far! But it's definitely worth it for the way it makes your skin feel :)

Links

The Fab Pore Facial Peel - £8.00 from Boots

Smooch Operator Lip Butter balm - £6.00 from Boots

Week in photos

First row; cinema date with my boyfriend, ear cuff, uni certificate finally arrived, obsessed with these atm - nicest crisps!

Second row; a few cheeky primark purchases, frankie and bennys breakfast mm, new floral bedcover from ikea which I'm in love with, roast dinner my nana made me.

Third row; dressed up for a night out, soap and glory face mask, cute signs in ikea, pistachio cake in ikea cafe.

Bottom row; snuggly afternoons, the most amazing drink ever, my new favourite clothing item - SO SO happy that it's getting cold enough to wear jumpers and uggs etc etc, my favourite alcoholic drink mmm (the best flavour by a mile)!