BEAUTY: TRAVEL FAVOURITES #1

Left to right: Liz Earle Eyebright, Clarins Toning Lotion, Benefit High Beam, Clarins Instant Smooth Perfecting Touch, Benefit Dandelion Lipgloss, Benefit Posie Balm Lipbalm and Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish

We all have our Beauty Favourites, right? But what happens when you're off on a short break or a holiday abroad and you realise you cannot physically take your full sized favourites along with you due to weight/space restrictions? This post includes my top Beauty Favourites that travel around with me and how I manage to fit them ALL in my handbag.

Liz Earle travel Beauty favourites: Cleanse & Polish and Eyebright

Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish: We all know how much everyone in the Beauty and Blogging world love this product by now and I'm happy to admit I'm one of the many people that use this cleanser daily. Liz Earle have made this available to buy in this travel sized 30ml tube that you can purchase here for £6. An added bonus is that this size still comes with a Liz Earle muslin cloth so even when you are on the go you can thoroughly cleanse your face using the correct application and rinse methods. Cleanse & Polish is a sure winner if you're on a long journey and need to give your skin a brightening and freshening boost (as long as, like me, you travel make up free).

Liz Earle Eyebright: The perfect product for those of us that love to nap during our travels. Just like Cleanse & Polish, Eyebright is available to buy in a travel sized 50ml bottle that you can purchase here for £6.75 - this size will last you a lot longer than just your travel days too! This product contains Aloe Vera and Witch Hazel Water which help to revitalise tired and puffy eyes during those long journeys and travel days. It's wonderfully selected ingredients mean it's also non oily on the skin as well as being suitable for easily irritated eyes and contact lens wearers - hoorah! Tip: Be sure to carry a few cotton wool pads with you to use when applying this product to your face.

Clarins travel Beauty favourites: Toning Lotion and Instant Smooth Perfecting Touch

Clarins Toning Lotion (with Iris): This alcohol free toner helps to stimulate and refresh your skin when travelling and on the go. I have chosen to keep a sample sized bottle to refill using the full sized product, meaning it will fit in my handbag and I can take it wherever I go - perfect! I love carrying a toner when travelling, especially on flights. I choose to apply this product whenever my skin is feeling or looking dull from being stuck in a confined place for such a long time. Tip: Take this product on long haul flights and use to freshen up your face after waking up!

Clarins Instant Smooth Perfecting Touch: Why take a primer product when travelling with no makeup? This product can help to even out your skin tone, great to pop on your t-zone before arriving to your location to smooth out any imperfections travelling may give you (my face often breaks out on aeroplanes or if I have had a long day travelling). Just like the Clarins Toning Lotion I have chosen to keep a sample sized bottle to refill using the full sized product. Instant Smooth Perfecting Touch is suitable for all skin types and lasts an incredibly long time - a miracle product right?! I love taking this product in my bag when travelling because of it's lightweight texture, meaning my skin is able to breathe without being overloaded with product.

Benefit travel Beauty Favourites: High Beam, Posie Balm and Dandelion Lip Gloss

Benefit High Beam: A must have travel product - a highlighter. This smaller sized version is available in Benefit's lip and cheek kits and is a perfect size for carrying with you! I choose to apply this just before arriving at my destination as a pick me up for my skin. I apply it on my cheek and brow bones and just down the bridge of my nose to give me a radiant glow, hiding the fact I've been travelling all day - hoorah! Tip: Dot this product on using the brush provided and then lightly blend using your fingertips, be careful not to apply too much - watch out for that fine line between radiant glow and unwanted shine.

Benefit Posie Balm: Another must have travel product - a lip balm. I've chosen to include Benefit's Posie Balm as it not only hydrates and conditions your lips whilst you travel but it also contains a tint of pink, perfect for giving those lips a healthy amount of colour. Benefit do these lip balms in 4 shades so if Pink is not really your colour, you can check out the other options here.

Benefit Dandelion Lip Gloss: A travel favourite of mine to use just before you finish your travels. After keeping my lips conditioned with lip balm throughout the flight, I choose to apply Dandelion Lip Gloss just before I complete my travels for that added pop of shine on my lips! Just like the travel sized high beam, you can pick up this travel sized Dandelion Lip Gloss in Benefit's lip and cheek kits - travel hero!

Do you have any travel favourites or do you love the same products as I have mentioned for travelling? Let me know in the comments below! Enjoy your travels,

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BEAUTY: SKINCARE FAVOURITES #1

Left to right: L'OCCITANE Pivoine Sublime CC Cream, GOOD THINGS Deep Clean Exfoliator, Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish, CLARINS Smoothing Body Scrub, Liz Earle Deep Cleansing Mask

It's officially Spring (although the weather here in England is saying different), so it's time to share my current skincare favourites of the Spring months. As the weather gets warmer and the sunset gets later, my skincare routine always changes. The elements of the Spring months cry out for a skincare routine that involves cleansing, uplifting and moisturising products!

L'OCCITANE Pivoine Sublime CC Cream: CC (Complexion Corrector) Creams are thought to be the next step on from BB (Blemish Balm) Creams in the industry. This product contains CC pigments and pearly particles that conceal irregularities of your skin and leave you looking healthily luminous - perfect for those bright Spring days! A definite favourite of mine this Spring as I choose to use this CC Cream on it's own for a natural "no makeup" daily look. In addition to this, if you're looking for a fuller coverage, it makes a great illuminating base to your foundation - giving you an uplifting and refreshing finish to your makeup. L'OCCITANE's CC Cream comes in two shades - Light and Medium. These two shades cover a huge skin tone scale as the cream transforms in contact with the skin to adapt to your skin tone - perfection all over! You can find my review on L'OCCITANE's Pivoine Sublime range, including this CC Cream, here. 

GOOD THINGS Deep Clean Blackhead Exfoliator: Firstly, the combination of berries and other fruits in this products ingredients give it a scent that is out of this world! The perfect uplifting, fruity skincare for Spring months. The tiny micro-beads in this gentle exfoliator have placed it in my daily skincare routine this Spring to keep my skin feeling fresh and clear all day. With ingredients such as soothing liquorice and willow bark, this product helps to keep bacteria away from your skin. To ensure your skin is kept healthy this Spring, GOOD THINGS have added papaya extract to this exfoliator to boost your skins radiance throughout the day - woohoo! Tip: This product is to eliminate the build up of new blackheads, not to get rid of existing blackheads.

Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish: Of course, this is still in my skincare routine this Spring. A product my skincare routine cannot live without! As this product is taking the cleansing world  by storm, I'm sure I don't need to explain why it's made it into this post. For those of you yet to discover the wonders of this product: Ingredients including Rosemary, Chamomile and Eucalyptus help tone, soothe and purify your skin - honestly, they do exactly that! I use Cleanse & Polish every morning (after using GOOD THINGS Deep Clean Exfoliator) and evening to ensure my skin is left moisturised, fresh and radiant both all day and all night. I would recommend always rinsing this product off using a Liz Earle Muslin Cloth for a thorough cleanse of your skin. 

CLARINS Exfoliating Body Scrub: The Bamboo Powders of this products ingredients produce the exfoliating action of the natural micro-beads - incredible right?! This product has made it into my skincare routine this Spring 3 times a week (or when I'm braving bare legs in the slightly warmer weather) based on it's incredible results. I'm guilty of forgetting exfoliation during Winter months so by Spring my skin is crying out for effective exfoliation products - hoorah for this body scrub! As well as removing those nasty flaky surface cells, CLARINS Exfoliating Body Scrub contains Liquorice Extract and Shea to soften, condition and protect your skin for days before your next application. An extra wonder of this product is it's versatility surrounding it's application; you can apply this body scrub on to dry or damp skin - a life saver when in a hurry! Just don't forget to rinse thoroughly before applying your moisturiser. 

Liz Earle Deep Cleansing Mask: The second Liz Earle product to make it into my Spring skincare routine! Of course, my skincare routine has to include a face mask - I use this one once/twice a week, or when needed on breakout areas of my face. The ingredients of this Deep Cleansing Mask, including Aloe Vera, White and Green Clay and Manuka Honey, help to soften the skin whilst removing all impurities - a must for these Spring months! To find out the benefits of these ingredients for your skin head over to my full review of the Liz Earle Deep Cleansing Mask here. Tip: If, like me, you have oily/combination skin this mask will do wonders for maintaining clear skin this Spring!

Swatches: L'OCCITANE CC Cream in Light, GOOD THINGS Exfoliator, Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish, CLARINS Body Scrub, Liz Earle Deep Cleansing Mask

Will you be adding these products to your Skincare Favourites this Spring? Or do you have other products you absolute love as the weather gets warmer? Let me know in the comments below! Enjoy treating your skin to the care it deserves this Spring, 

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BEAUTY: L'OCCITANE, PIVOINE SUBLIME RANGE

Left: CC Skin Tone Correcting Cream in Light, Right: Tinted Lip Balm in Rose Plum

It's that time of year where we all head out to buy our Spring/Summer make up and skincare. I was delighted to find the new range from L'OCCITANE in my local store - no wonder I left with several products! I'm always so impressed with the service and assistance by L'OCCITANE colleagues so if you have one near you, give them a visit. I tried both these products in store and instantly fell in love, after using them religiously for several weeks now, I haven't lost this initial obsession.

Swatch: Tinted Lip Balm in Rose Plum

Tinted Lip Balm in Rose Balm: I was initially attracted to this lovely product because of it's combination of colour perfection for Spring/Summer and an SPF of 25 - perfect for fair ladies like myself. I almost allowed myself to purchase several out of the 4 colours this balm comes in (Rose Plum, Rose Amber, Rose Nude and Transparent). I must order the transparent balm for super soft lips all Summer. These balms remind me a lot of Benefit's balms but I feel these out do their rivals in the category of 'looking amazing whilst doing an equally amazing job', not only do the colours look great but the balm really works in keeping lips moisturised all day. Apply one layer to keep those lips looking healthy or layer these balms up to create a lipsticks that lasts for hours.

Swatch: CC Skin Tone Correcting Cream in Light, before application

Swatch: CC Skin Tone Correcting Cream in Light, after application

CC Skin Tone Correcting Cream in Light: The first CC Cream I have found that works with Oily skin types - yippee! Since purchasing this product several weeks ago, my foundation has not been worn. A blend of primer, moisturiser and foundation - CC Creams are my new make up must have for Spring/Summer. Not only does this product beautifully even out skin tones, just like it's lip balm pairing, it has an impressive SPF of 20. I apply this CC Cream with my fingers after my daily skincare routine of cleanser and toner, no need for cleaning foundation brushes - woohoo. The miracle makers at L'OCCITANE have created a CC Cream that gives both a mattifying and luminous finish, life complete. Although this product comes in only two shades (lights and medium), they cover a huge range of skin tones so head to your nearest L'OCCITANE to find the one for you.

I could not be more impressed with a new range this Spring, tweet/email me to let me know if you've had the chance to try this range yet and if you're yet to experience the wonders... enjoy the moment, 

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