Elemis Facial Assesment Report/ Elemis Pro- Radiance Cream Cleanser.

Hello guys well I am going to do a little bit of a different post tonight there is a review but also a recommendation and showing you a service that is out there for those of you interested in more depth about your skin.

 Well don't say I'm not committed as I am literally laying my face bare to you all haha.

 Last month when I was having a shopping trip in John Lewis in York I went to the Origins counter originally to look at eye creams, but there was no one on the counter from Origins as it was a Sunday.

So the lady working on Elemis came over to help me out, she was such a great help and gave me some samples after asking me actually what I was looking for.

Through our own doing myself and my friend decided to have a look at the Elemis counter since we were there without pressure from the lady at the counter. 

I know a lot of folks feel the over bearing nature of the hard sell from some department store counter sales assistants but I can safely say this was not the case.

So a few years ago I was told that I had dehydrated skin so knowing this obviously I went for products relating to the needs of my skin.

I mentioned to the Elemis consultant that I find that my skin is very dull and when wearing foundation no matter what brand it is or coverage my foundation seemed to just not sit right especially on my forehead and it also clung to my nose.

The consultant told me about this skin mapping facial assessment report that Elemis offers to customers which is completely free and doesn't take long at all. 

So I decided why not I will give it ago.

What you do for this skin assessment is you rest your chin on this machine and close your eyes and there is a flash as a scanner takes pictures of your face, it doesn't hurt or anything and takes no time at all then your therapist will go through the recommendations for you and also print out the photos while going through all the ins and outs of the scan.

There will also be a recommendation of the products within elemis range of products that are suggested for your skin necessities and type. 

My skin assessment showed that I have combination to oily skin and the main thing I need to concentrate on mostly is to ex foliate and this will make my skin less dull and also keep my make up on longer and sitting better on my skin.

With a few samples of the items the consultant had of what was recommended for me she gave to me which is amazing.

Since coming home and using the samples I have to say my skin looked and felt amazing.

Now obviously the skin care is expensive so I haven't bought all of the recommended skin care for me.

But at the beginning of this month July I ran out of my normal cleanser so decided I would get the Elemis Pro Radiance Cream Cleanser that I had a sample of and seemed great for my skin.

 

 This is amazing it retails at 30 pounds I got it for 25 as I had a voucher for where I bought it from.

Its a deep cleansing cream, it smells amazing and has loads of good ingredients.

It helps and defends against bad pollutants that can cause your skin to be dull.

It has Moringa seed, balancing great burdock, anti oxidant rich noni and acai fruits.  

The fragrance is sweet Brazilian orange, lavender, ylang ylang and patchouli veil for the face, whilst essential plant extracts purify and moisturize dehydrated skin, dissolve make up and remove dirt and impurities. 

It also comes in 150ml and you don't need a lot at all, I use it every singe day and I totally notice a difference and I highly recommend Elemis and going along to a counter and having the free assessment and There is no pressure to buy the products the staff were very helpful and knew there stuff.

well I hope this was informative and if you got any questions please leave a comment on the blog post once it is uploaded. 

you can find elemis online at-:

www.elemis.com

www.johnlewis.com

www.debenhams.com

have a great evening xxx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Too Faced Peach Leopard Brightnening&perfecting Bronzer

Hello folks happy Friday it's a pretty wet one here on Skye today.

But when you have such beautiful items in your collection to blog about the day just gets brighter.

I am soooo excited about this post you have no idea, I first discovered too faced make up in boots in Glasgow when I was at college up until then I had never even heard of the brand. As I have always been into make up you know it was inevitable there was going to be major purchasing going on.

I saw this beauty and it changed my bronzer experience completely in the past I had tried body shop ones and the little bronzing beads and brands like rimmel and even Barry m and they did nothing for me I looked like I had been tangoed or thrown mud on myself.

This all changed when I discovered this amazing bronzer, it has thee most subtle tones ever and it looks amazing on the skin, now I have medium toned skin and it works perfectly for me doesn't look caked on or muddy and orange in anyway, also with having the hint of peach through the bronzer it gives that slight bit of brightening radiance.

It is the only bronzer I have literally used to the bitter end and hit pan on so you can imagine how disappointed I was when once out of this item and returning to boots to re purchase this bronzer they no longer had it, so I thought oh well this item must be very popular and is sold out I will try again another time.

To my dismay too faced has discontinued this item but have the pink leopard one in the collection still to this day.

I hunted high and low and could not find this item not even on e bay anywhere.

Then when on youtube a girl was talking about a website called glambots that you can buy and sell make up and low and behold there it was after years of hunting for it was my favorite bronzer.

So naturally I added it to my basket straight away without any hesitation.

As this company is based in the USA it took a few weeks to arrive but I am overjoyed to have it back in my life.

I have tweeted too faced and also written to them and posted on there instagram asking why they discontinued this item when they kept the pink version, according to customer services my messages have been passed onto the production team so fingers crossed we might see it back on the shelfs and on there website in permanent collection.

I have also just received a back up one from a girl selling one on e bay so I'm totally elated.

If you can't tell already this product is defiantly a staple that I would love to have in my collection for a long time to come and I would also love you all to be able to enjoy it with me. So also would be good if you got on board and contacted too faced also.

Anyway guys good to have this beauty back in my make up bag and I will enjoy it and lets hope you all get to also.

Much love 

Julie xxx

 

 

 

  

 

recently purchased lipsticks/gloss

Hello folks I am sorry I've not written a post in a while I like to be able to really have tried the products and used them enough to write about them and give my thoughts.

If you cant tell already I have a slight lipstick obsession going on lol.

The first brand of lip product that am going to write about it YSL.

These are from the YSL rouge volupte shine range.

I chose them in the shades number 44 and 8.

They come in the most beautiful luxurious gold packaging with the lovely ysl motif within a mesh type circles which also show the color of the produce on the packaging which is amazing.

They retail at 26 pound so more of a higher end cosmetic. They have an intense color pigmented glossy shine its very sheer but build able if want a more intense color and very comfortable to wear.

Its so moisturizing and like with all ysl lip products they smell amazing!.

Next up are my first ever Nars lipsticks.

 Nars is a light weight sheer textured lipstick which comes in fantastic range of shades it has good conditioners within the formula also antioxidants which nourish and protect.

I picked the color sexual healing which is the lighter shade and its a shimmering pink blossom.

Next color was dolce vita which is the darker shade and is a dusty pink.

These lipsticks retail at price of 21 pounds and they come in a lovely classic black packaging it feel a little swede on the outer packaging.

Moving onto Too Faced 

We have one of there melted liquefied long wear lipstick.

This is my only one of this range I went for the melted nude as if you haven't noticed already I go between nudes and pink or rosy toned lipsticks or glosses also retails at 17 pounds.

This is a liquid satin style of lipstick and as you can see from the picture it very pigmented and an amazing color pay off.

Its very intense and long wearing it also isn't drying which is even better. 

It comes in this cute packaging which too faced are great with there team make such cute and innovative products not only in the sense of ie. lipstick or eye shadows but also the outer packaging which catches your eye and look amazing in your collection.

  

You squeeze the lipstick out of the tube and it come out through a little sponge at the end and it smells like a really nice and sweet scent which I love. 

Lat but by no means least but this is the cheaper of the range I purchased is NYX.

 I was away in York and in there boots store the have a nyx counter so naturally being into cosmetics I had to have some ha.

I bought theses nyx butter glosses they are retailed at 5.00 pounds so reasonable.

Therte are many shades to chose from so one there for everyone.

As the name suggests they are very buttery in formula which is amazing and so smooth in application. There not sticky at all even though when trying them you might think they are going to be. Also fantastic color pay off.

I chose number 15 which is angel food cake and it the more dusty pink shade. 

And I also chose number 07 in color tiramisu which is a nice neutral brown shade and these also smell amazing and i highly recommend them.

well hope you have had a good weekend and speak to you all very soon. x