Face Wipes: The best and the worst

Previously I have done two of these posts (here and here) and as I hadn't done one in a while I thought I'd get back on the face wipes testing wagon.

St Ives Gentle Facial Cleansing Wipes - £3.05 for 35 wipes (Superdrug)

These wipes were a little thin but the did remove well. For the money they are ok but I don't think I would buy again. I'd rather spend a little bit more for thicker wipes.

My overall impression: 5/10

Olay Essentials Wet Cleansing Wipes - £2.49 for 20 wipes (Boots)

These smelt really fresh and removed well. They even took off my mascara when I was too lazy to remove it properly! I quite liked these but I've used other which I would buy before I considered to buy these again.

My overall impression: 6/10

Superdrug Camomile Facial Cleaning Wipes - 99p for around 30 wipes (Superdrug)

Hated these. They made my skin sting so bad it felt like my face was expanding. Ended up using these instead of baby wipes to clean my hands when doing my make up. Would never buy again

My overall impression: 0/10

Nivea Pure & Natural Facial Cleansing Wipes - £3.05 for 25 wipes (Superdrug)

These wipes were soft, moist and thick. I could remove all my facial make up with one wipe without feeling like it was falling apart. My make up removed well and they had a nice scent.

My overall impression: 8/10

It seems like I saved the best until last with these wipes as Nivea Pure & Natural wipes were the best. I have started trying out other wipes so my next post should be too far away. Let me know which wipes you would recommend I they might feature in my next face wipes post.

My current favourite products

Over the last two months I have found a number of products that I simply love and thought I'd show you them in one post. There is a mixture of cosmetics, skincare and haircare.

Clockwise from top left:

Kleenex eye make up removal wipes - £2.99

A quick and easy way to get ride of eye make up at the end of the day and doesn't dry your skin out.

MUA Heaven and Earth palette - £4

A cheaper alternative to the Naked palette with a shade for every occasion, it's quickly becoming my most used palette in my make up collection.

Hello Kitty eyeshadow palette - No longer available, was £8

I've only used two colours in this eyeshadow palette, the third and fourth on the top row, but I love how pigmented the colours are. It's a bit of a shame this is no longer available.

Collection 2000 Cream Puff in Cotton Candy - £2.99

I don't go for pink lipsticks but that fact that this is a matte product appealed. You can build up the colour to how pink you want to go and I use this at least once a week.

Bourjois Flower Perfection foundation - £11.99

Simply the best liquid foundation I've used in years. Leaves your skin matte and lasts all day long. Amazing.

Organix Brazilian Keratin therapy flat iron spray - £6.99

As you've probably guessed this is organic and contains the moisturising ingredients cocoa nut oil and avocado oil as well as cocoa butter and keratin protein to help strengthen the hair. This smells amazing and my hair is left feeling lovely and soft once dry and styled.

Maxfactor mini polishes (colour shown Hot Pink) - £3.99

I love these polishes as for the same price as some 'cheaper' brands you get a much better quality product. I also love that they are quite dinky because who really ever gets to the end of a nail polish bottle? I have about 10 of these polishes.

Nivea Pure & Natural face cream - £5.10

A light cream that absorbs quickly and leaves your face feeling matte and is the perfect base for foundation.

Do you love any of these products or what would you recommend to try?

Review - Nivea Pure and Natural

Way back in February last year I bought three products from the Nivea Pure and Natural range. I got the cleanser, toner and face cream for normal to combination skin.

Nivea was never a brand the appealed to me, it was always a brand that seemed to focus on older people but this rang caught my eye because it is free from parabens and SLS so I thought I would give it a whirl.

The cleanser is a creamy consistency that I use with cotton wool to wipe away my facial make up. I find that I have to use two cotton pads but it does remove almost all traces of make up. The toner is clear and doesn't leave your skin tacky or stinging like some other toners do. The face cream is quite light in consistency and skins into the skin really quickly. It also leaves my skin feeling quite matte so is a perfect base to apply make up. 

All three products smell really fresh and clean and not artificial at all. I really like the scent. I would really like it if face wipes were added to the Pure and Natural range for those days when you can't be bothered to do the whole cleanse and tone routine. Overall I would buy these again as I'm impressed with the results they give.

The cleanser and toner are £3.36 each for 200ml bottles and the face cream is £5.10 for a 50ml pot but currently at Boots these are all on a 2 for £6 offer which makes a great saving!

Haul - ASOS, Boots & Glamour mag

This is just a quick haul post showing some things which I've bought over the last couple of weeks.

ASOS

Like many of you I bought the ASOS Groupon a couple of weeks ago, well actually I bought two. This was were you bought a £20 voucher for £9, it would have been rude not to have bought any! So what did I buy?

Nip + Fab Bust Fix - £16.25

Nip + Fab Tummy Fix - £19.25

Bourjois cleansing wipes - £3.50

Models Own nail polish in Disco Mix - £5.00

Boots

I popped into Boots to get some toothpaste but ended up with a few more bits!

White Glo - £4.07

Sensodyne repair & protect - £3.99 (I think!)

Colgate sensitive pro-relief - £3.56

And they are on 3 for 2 so I got the Colgate one free!

Sure Crystal clear diamond - £1.44

Lee Stafford Argan Oil - £7.99 (normally £10.99)

Nivea Pure & Natural hand cream - £2.03 (normally £3.05)

Nivea Pure & Natural face cream - £3.40 (normally £5.10)

Revlon nail polish in Ocean Breeze - £6.26 (or 2 for £8, me and my mum got one each)

No7 mens Multitask hair and body wash - £2 with my £5 off voucher

No7 Eyeshadow Blend and Contour brush- £1.75 with my £5 off voucher

Glamour magazine

I have only tried Clinique twice before and have to admit I wasn't impressed but I did like their liquid soap. So when I went on a hen weekend last week I needed a mini face wash & my local Asda had had a new delivery of Glamour mags so I got two, one with the liquid soap and one with the all about eyes cream.

Liquid soap - £13 (200ml)

All about eyes - £22.50 (15ml)

Have you tried any of these? What did you think? And have you had a spending spree lately? Link the page in the comments below for me to have a nosey!

Haul - York & more

Just a quick post to show my recent purchases and what I got from York when I went on Tuesday.

Savers and Home Bargains

From Savers I bought 2 dental flossers, yes I admit this is boring, but they are really good! I normally buy Wisdom ones but these were only 59p or something so I thought I'd give them a go. The floss is on the end of the handle and it makes it really easy to get to the back teeth or if your teeth are close together and normal flossing is hard. Oh and the floss is on replaceable heads incase you were thinking that it sounds unhygienic!

And from Home Bargains I picked up 3 Montagne Jeuness face masks which were on offer at 3 for £2! I got 2 chocolate and 1 white chocolate. You can win a chocolate one as well as other goodies if you enter my 100 followers giveaway which can be found here!

Beauty Expert

I had £10 in Tesco clubcard vouchers to use and in their clubcard rewards scheme you can now exchange them for vouchers for Beauty Expert. For every £5 you have in Tesco vouchers you get double the value in Beauty Expert vouchers. So for my £10 I got £20!

I was spoilt for choice about what to get and as I'm on a spending ban I didn't want to put much money towards my purchase but I found this little starter kit from Ren for £19. I have been wanting to try this brand for a while so this gave me the perfect opportunity to do so. And it was free!

Boots

In my local store they had Soft and Gentle deodorant on clearance at only 97p so I picked up a can and they currently have all skincare on 3 for 2 so I used my points and got the new Garnier Intensive 7 days body lotion in mango (£2.99), Nivea pure and natural cleanser and Nivea pure and natural toner (both £3.36).

Also on clearance was Eylure body tape, Babyliss straightener brush and Mavala nail polish remover pads.

Boots and Zest

I should have took these photo's separately but never thought, I don't feel very well today so you'll have to forgive me!

From Boots I got Sanctuary moisturiser and toner (both with £5 off as I used my facial skincare vouchers). I wanted the face wash too but the Boots in York was out of stock :-( And I got the 17 photo finish face primer (this was free as my mum got this for me!) Sorry for the bad light on that product too.

And from Zest, which is one of those tiddly little shops crammed with discontinued cosmetics, I got a Sally Hansen Kwik Off nail polish pot (I already have the Apricot one and love it) and a Wet n Wild mineral foundation in fair (again I have one of these but it's in medium).

The Gift Company

I've been looking for decorative things for my bathroom for ages and in the shop window this little pelican caught my eye and I had to have it! It was £7 and my mum bought me the matching boat but I'm getting that for Easter.

Daisy Taylors

Daisy Taylors is a cute little gifty type shop in York and they sell some really pretty stuff. I got a little basket (£3.99) which I knew would come in handy, only problem is that I've forgot what I wanted it for!

And I bought my friend a gorgeous card for her wedding (£4.90) and a cute little cat card (£1.99) for Chris's niece's birthday which is on saturday.


Have you bought any new goodies recently?

Nivea - Pure & Natural

Nivea are launching a new skincare line called Pure & Natural where up to 95% of the ingredients are from natural origins including organically certified aloe vera, shea butter, chamomile, argan oil and burdock fruit. The products are also free from parabens, silicones, colourants and mineral oils.

Products

 (Images from Boots)

Day cream for normal to combination skin - £5.10

Day cream for dry to sensitive skin - £5.10

Anti wrinkle day cream - £8.49

Anti wrinkle night cream - £8.49

Cleansing lotion - £3.36

Cleansing toner - £3.36

Milk and honey lip balm - £1.99

Also available:

Hand cream - £3.05

Body lotion for normal to dry skin - £3.57

Body lotion for very dry skin - £3.57

I'm not a fan of Nivea products, they never appeal to me, but I'm certainly interested in trying these especially the cleanser and toner and they are a really affordable price.

These are currently only available at Boots.