My current favourite products - June 2012

This is another post showing my current favourite products. I only blogged about my last ones in April but I've already found quite a few new products that I love and will without a doubt be repurchasing.

Batiste dry shampoo in Lace - £2.99 

I remember buying my first can of Batiste dry shampoo way back in 2006 when I was heading off to uni and I never looked back! I use it at least every other day as a freshen up for my hair as I simply don't have time to wash it every day. The new Lace fragrance is gorgeous and the design on the can would look fab on anyones dressing table.

No7 Beautiful Skin Melting Gel Cleanser - £9

The name of this product intrigued me - the idea of melting my make up away really appealed to me so I got this with a £5 off No7 voucher and it didn't disappoint. It removed make up really well and is gentle on the skin. My full review can be found here.

Vaseline Aloe Fresh Moisturising Gel - £4.99

I bought this last year initially to use during the summer months as it would be a lighter consistency to a body cream or lotion and when we had that lovely few days of baking hot weather a few weeks ago I dug it out and started to use it. It's not as moisturising as a body lotion but it still does a great job. This is also available in cocoa butter.

Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation - £8.99

After much deliberating about whether to try this or not I decided to take the plunge. It's coverage isn't as heavy as I normally like but it's perfect for wearing during the day as it gives your skin a natural radiant glow. Full review here.

MUA Love Hearts lip balm - £2

At first I wasn't that impressed with these, I bought 3, but I've grown to really like them. They are a coloured balm that are really very moisturising and these generous sized pots will last ages. Again my full review can be found here.

Collection 2000 Gel Eyeliner - £4.99

This is the tiny little black pot in the photo above. I was a little apprehensive about this as I love the Maybelline gel liner but the Rimmel one was disappointing. To my surprise I actually think this is the best one I've tried. The pigmentation is good, it's long lasting and the brush shape is really good. I'm going to blog about this in more detail very soon!

Miss Sporty Clubbing nail polish - £1.99

For the price this is amazing. The quality is good, it's long lasting, the pigmentation is good, the brush is good, in fact buy it to try it and I can guarantee you won't be disappointed.

Are any of these your favourites or have you got different ones?

Trusted beauty products for under £5

A recent survey, where women over the age of 50 voted for their trusted beauty aids, found that the top ten products voted for all cost under £5 each! So are us young 'uns missing out on some wonder products? Here are the top ten:

1. Vaseline lip balm - £1

2. Neutrogena anti-ageing hand cream - £3.77

3. E45 face wash - £4.50

4. Ponds anti-ageing cream - £4.00

5. Wash & Go shampoo - £2.30

6. Collection 2000 lipstick - £2.99

7. Wella Silvikrin hairspray - £2.00

8. Revlon eye shadow - £3.79

9. Astral all-over body moisturiser - £3.00

10. Neutrogena Cleaner and tone - £4.03

I couldn't find a product which matched this description so no piccy.

Prices were taken from the survey and I've tried to match the product to the description as best I can but they all might not be correct.

Do you swear by any of these? Or have you got another product under a fiver which you couldn't live without? Let me know in the comments below!

Hero product - Vaseline Lip Therapy

Ok, I have previously mentioned that I'm not a fan of Vaseline lip therapy tins but with the launch of their cocoa butter tin late last year I changed my mind.

Ever since the launch of the original vaseline lip therapy these little tins have been flying off the shelves and many people see them as a must have for their handbag. There have been a few additions to the range including the green tin (aloe vera), the yellow tin (spf, I believe this is discontinued), the pink tin (rosy) and most recently the brown tin (cocoa butter).

Vaseline have also introduced new lip therapy sticks where you can buy your favourite variety but in a formulation like a lip balm. This appeals more to me.

 Image from: Google Images

Are you a fan of these little tins? Which is your favourite one? Will you be trying the stick formulations?

Haul - Boots and Savers

Ok, ok, I know that I said I wasn't going to buy anymore toiletries until I'd used up my stash but these ones are ok as the majority of them were free! 

Boots

These were free because I got them with my points! All Organic Surge products at Boots are currently on 2 for £8 and considering most of them are over £8 now the VAT increase has been effected this is a real bargain. These were £8.16 each so I saved £8.32!

And last week I had to return something but I didn't have my receipt so had to have an exchange. I got Vaseline aloe vera gel and cocoa butter gel which were 2 for £5 (or £4.89 each). I like the idea that they are a gel so they will be lighter to apply in the summer when lotions and butters are sometimes too rich.

I also got Naked rose body wash (£3.99) and Naked starflower body wash (£4.07), Tresemme naturals mini shampoo and conditioner (£1.32 each) and a Bourjois little round pot eyeshadow in shade 13 (£5.99).

Savers

Fee at Makeup Savvy tweeted about finding these Naked products in Savers so the next day when I was in town I popped in to check them out. They were £1 each instead of around £3.99 and I got a bottle of white ginger body wash, a tube of cocoa butter body cream and a tube of rice shower scrub.


Have you tried any of these products? What did you think?

End of year review

Well it’s almost a new year, 2010 has flown by. It’s scary to think 2011 is only round the corner.

This is my end of year post. A round up of everything from favourite products, favourite bloggers, product wishlist and more!

Products I loved in 2010

• Mineral foundation - Collection 2000, Lily Lolo
• Revlon mascaras - Double Twist and Grow Luscious
• Good Things skincare
• No7 kabuki brush
• Avon freeze dry nail spray
• Vaseline cocoa butter lip therapy
• Burts Bees lipbalms
• Colour B4 hair colour remover

Favourite bloggers of 2010

I follow so many different beauty blogs but there's only a select few which I read religiously and this is because the bloggers are so down to earth and it feels like you're reading something written by a friend. So with this in mind my favourite bloggers of 2010 are:

• Olivia - Olivia Writes
• Lou - Sprinkle of Glitter
• Sherrie - Mirror, Mirror on the wall
• May - May Loves Make-up

And all these lovely girlies are on Twitter so get following them on there too!

2011 product wishlist

This next year Im not going to go mad with buying new things, my post coming up in a couple of days will detail more, but I do have a product wishlist which I've been collating over the last few months. And it's quite lengthy! So here it is:

A’Kin

Lemongrass shampoo - £7.49

Mandarin shampoo - £7.49

Jojoba conditioner - £7.49

Naked

Salt scrub - £6.99

Orange blossom body wash - £3.99

Sensitive shampoo - £3.99

Sensitive conditioner - £3.99

White ginger body wash - £3.99

Facial toner - £4.49

Facial cleanser - £4.49

Organix

Coconut shampoo - £5.25

Coconut conditioner - £5.25

Vanilla shampoo - £5.25

Vanilla conditioner - £5.25

Everyday Minerals

Matte base

Intensive base

Nick Nack blusher

Like lady bird lake blusher

Multi intensive concealer/eye primer

Dark brown brow colour

Benefit

Bella Bamba face powder - $28 (released mid January in the UK)

Lily Lolo

Nude concealer - £7

PeepO - £7

Barely Buff foundation - £12

Une

Mineral foundation powder - £9.99

Nip + Fab

Tummy Fix - £18.95

Cellulite Fix - £17.95

Bust Fix - £15.95

The majority of these brands have their own websites which you can buy from but if not they're all available to purchase off the net.

Blog posts

I've got lots of ideas for blog posts to do next year and loads of reviews to write including:

• Veet in shower hair removal cream
• Veet pre -epilation spray
• Philips Satin Perfect epilator
• Eyeliners
• Soap & Glory Sit Tight
• Toni & Guy brunetter shampoo & conditioner
• Schwarzkopf got2b collagen lift hairspray
• And many many more!

And finally.....

All that I have left to say is that I hope everyone has a happy new year and I'll 'see' you all in 2011! xXx

Review - Vaseline cocoa butter lip therapy

I don't like vaseline. Strange thing to say at the beginning of a review but I don't. The only thing I use it for is when I've got a cold and my nose is sore! But when I saw that vaseline had released anew cocoa butter lip therapy tin I though I'd give it a go as I love cocoa butter.

When I bought this I had a cold and my lips were really sore and cracked so thought I could smear this all round my mouth to rehydrate!

I have the original vaseline and the aloe vera tins and I think that this one is less gloopy which is why I love it! It also smells and tastes gorgeous and I use it all the time.

It does soothe chapped lips and in this crazy UK weather is a god send at the moment.

This was only £1.89 for a 20g tin which will last me for a very long time but I would definitely repurchase.

Have you tried this? What did you think? Which is your favourite Vaseline lip therapy tin?