Review - Balance Me super moisturising body wash

I got this a couple of months ago as a freebie with a magazine. I hadn't used anything from Balance Me before but was sure it was a brand that I would love. Balance Me is a brand that was created in the UK and every product is free from parabens, sulphates, petroleum, mineral oils, silicones, deas, pegs, propylene glycol, artificial fragrances and colours, so basically no nasties are included in their ingredients.

The super moisturising body wash contains yarrow, patchouli and vitamin rich shea butter which is said to leave you feeling clean, refreshed and moisturised. I used this in the shower before work and have to admit I was quite impressed with it. The fragrance wasn't as strong as I expected but I liked that it wasn't too overpowering. I also like that it contains shea butter as I have been neglecting the moisturiser since the beginning of winter so my skin has seen a slight improvement since using this product.

This comes in three different sizes starting at £8 (this 125ml size) up to £12.25 for a 250ml bottle and as it is more expensive than I would normally pay for a shower product I don't think I would pay full price for a bottle but if they were free with a magazine again I would buy a couple to add to my stash.

It is available from Balance Me online.

Day Zero Project - Take a photo everyday for a month: week one

As a part of my Day Zero Project everyday in March I am taking a photo to show what I've been up to and doing. Here is week one of photos.

1st March - Packing 

2nd March - Baking cupcakes 

3rd March - Shopping goodies 

 4th March - This is supposed to show you it snowing but it doesn't!

5th March - Eating mini eggs in bed 

6th March - Eating a banoffee sundae in bed 

7th March - Buying a size 16 item of clothing and it fitting for the first time in years!

Week two's photo's will be up next weekend!

A year of nail polish - February

Yes I'm late posting this but I've had a pretty hectic few weeks and as they say it's better late than never!

Maxfactor - Hot Pink

Maxfactor - Prussian Blue

This was two coats but I should have done a third as it's not opaque enough for my liking

Mega Haul

Boots

No7 Beautiful Skin foaming cleanser - £4 (was £9)

Maxfactor nail polishes - £3.99

(shades Sunny Pink, Graffitti, Red Bronze and Meteorite)

Maxfactor make up must haves - free gift

Bourjois flower perfection foundation - £11.99 (2 for £13)

Bourjois flower perfection primer - £10.99 (2 for £13)

EcoTools sleep mask - £4.99 (buy 1 get 2nd half price)

EcoTools facial buffs - £2.99 (buy 1 get 2nd half price) 

Superdrug

Kleenex eye make up remover pads - £1.49 (half price)

Simply Pure cleansing mask, face scrub & eye make up remover - £2.59 each (3 for 2)

Primark

Blue and brown shoes - £8

Red leather shoes - £12

Cherry Coke Lip Smacker - £1

Set of 4 rings - £2

Pug PJ's - £5

Skull print scarf - £3 (I think)

Owl print top - £4

Car print top - £8

Block print t-shirt - £4

Avon

Smooth Minerals foundation - £10.50 (2 for £12)

Colour Trend lipsticks - £3.50 each (was on a buy one get 2 free promotion)

So there is my haul, Primark has so much good stuff in at the moment, could have spent a fortune in there but was good and resisted! Like usual send me the links to your latest haul posts.

Wednesday Wishlist - 11

ASOS

1. Curve Skater Dress in Brush Stroke print - £32

2. Curve Wrap Dress with Bow detail - £35

3. Curve Vest Dress with Puffball Skirt - £25

New Look

1. Bow Print Self Tie Belt Dress - £19.99

2. Hudson & Rose Swirl Applique Hoody - £16.99

3. Knitted Jacquard Heart Jumper - £22.99

4. Inspire Panda Heart Print Top - £7.99

W7 powder update

Way back in October last year I blogged about Benefit powder dupes by W7 and questioned how long it would take before I hit pan considering the Benefit boxes took 2 years to use up. 

So after using the W7 Africa highlighter several times a week since October it has taken 5 months to hit pan.

This is a much shorter time than the more expensive Benefit powders but for the £2.99 price you can afford for this to happen, all in all I'm still impressed with these dupes!

The month that was - February

This month has gone by so fast, can't believe it's March already. So what has happened in February?

Well, at christmas I bought a tin of Fox's biscuits which when opened were all soft and a bit nasty so I complained and got sent £10 worth of vouchers! So off I trotted to spend them and this is what £10 worth of biscuits looks like:

Needless to say I won't be buying any for a while!

I also bought two of the new Kit Kat chunky's which were both amazing and I tried the new orange Aero bubbles, also very scrummy!

And of course it snowed :-( which I hated.

My friend is also due to have her baby soon so as I had been gathering bits and bobs for her for a few months now I decided to try to organise it all in a basket to give to her. I forgot to take a photo of the finish basket but it did look loads better that this photo when I was trying to get it all together!

What I had for tea one day: a banana milkshake, pop tarts and a pack of piri piri chicken crisps! 

And finally I started burning my Cookies & Cream Yankee Candle which is a USA exclusive and it's AMAZING! It smells so good!

Oh and I also had a job interview yesterday so fingers crossed for that one!

Hope you all had a great month!