Farmacy Sleep Tight Night Balm £42.00 for 50ml (Link) I recently purchased the Skin Saviour Kit (Link) from Cult Beauty which is a collection of the best selling products by Farmacy which contained this little beauty. Sleep Tight is an overnight balm that you massage into the skin as the last step in your routine, it starts out as a jelly like balm and turns to oil with the warmth of your hands. It cocoon’s your complexion overnight hydrating to the max and preventing any moisture loss. It's jammed packed with oils like sweet almond, sunflower, evening primrose, jojoba, grape to name a few which will nourish and plump up your skin without clogging pores and Echinacea GreenEnvy™ which is a natural form of Cichoric acid; an antioxidant that helps support a more evenly toned complexion and helps to reduce redness. I think for £42 the 150ml pot will last forever as you need so little each night so definitely worth the cost and I will be purchasing a full size. I have been using this religiously with the Farmacy Sleep Tight and it’s a match made in heaven; it helps to press the balm/oil into my complexion as well as providing a facial massage which firms and tones the facial muscles. I’ve seen a lovely improvement in the tone, texture and overall firmness of my complexion since starting this routine and it's so relaxing to do each night.

LA Girl Pro-Conceal £5.00 (Link) I’m definitely a ‘high-end’ girl when it comes to skincare and makeup; over the years I’ve concluded that you get what you pay for, there are definitely exceptions to the rule and these concealers by LA Girl are most certainly one. The peach corrector is fabulous at counteracting those dark blue/purple circles under the eyes and the concealer brightens and conceals like a dream. I think I enjoy these so much because the texture is wonderful; lightweight, pigmented and they smooth the under area which to someone with dry skin caused by retinol is a revelation. All this and they’re cheap as chips. I’m one of those on a night out who always wears a red lip. It’s my statement look and as I have so few nights out I always like to look like I’ve made an effort and try and use up the 50 ‘ever so slightly different’ toned orangey reds in my collection. However recently I decided I needed a change and purchased a liptensity from Mac for an evening of cockatails in Manchester. It was lovely to not worry about smudging lipstick/whether it needed topping up etc and I actually had a better more relaxed night because of it. This formula is so smooth and hydrating and one of those lipsticks you can just apply without a mirror whilst waiting for your cocktail to be mixed or at your desk if you need a top up throughout the day. Shade wise I chose Doe which is a darker brownish nude which was a perfect choice for my skin tone and I do dab it over some lip balm as a sheer lippy day to day. 

So those have been my favourites over May and April really, what have you been loving? Anything new I need to try?

Fresh Pressed Renewing Powder Cleanser

These little sticks contain a powdered cleanser formulated with 10% vitamin C as well as salicylic acid, each morning you empty the sachet onto a wet palm and rub together to activate the formula then apply to the skin avoiding the eyes. I tend to leave on whilst brushing my teeth so it has some time on my skin and then rinse off. My skin feels smoother and brighter after each use and I’ve not noticed my skin feeling tight or dry either. The sachets are great for travel but I think the packaging is a bit wasteful as most of it is empty space and if I was to purchase just the cleanser on its own I would personally prefer it in an airtight container of some sort rather than the individual packets.

Fresh Pressed Daily Booster

This serum is designed to be mixed into your moisturiser twice a day, I actually tend to mix in with my first stage essence; in my head, it means it’s the most potent as it’s the first thing on my skin after cleansing and toning. Not only containing 10% vitamin C the Booster is also blended with Molasses and Mulberry Root to help fade pigmentation, grape extract for antioxidants, salicylic acid which gently exfoliates helping the other ingredients penetrate into the deeper layers of the skin and there’s also some anti-inflammatory ingredients like cucumber, caffeine and betain algae so the formula doesn’t irritate your complexion.

In contrast to the cleanser’s packaging I really like the dispenser, due to the l-ascorbic acid being a very unstable ingredient when mixed with water on first use you peel back the foil on top and release the powdered ingredients into the liquid and shake. This formula then stays ‘Fresh’ for 7 days use and then you are supposed to discard, which I think is a tad hasty and I just used until it’s finished as again it’s very wasteful and I doubt it has spoiled.

Overall I have really enjoyed using this 7 day system, at £25 it’s a good course to use whenever your skin needs brightening and any pigmentation fading as I saw a huge difference in these areas to the point of actually forgetting to use foundation one day as my skin was so even in tone I thought I had already applied it (It was a Monday for reference). I have some pigmentation just under the outer corner of each eye on top of my cheek bones and they have faded dramatically with the use of this system which I’m thrilled about.

The 7 days is a good course to see actual improvements and although I’d like to use every day it would be a very expensive habit; I will say I did use half a sachet of the cleanser at a time to make it last longer and the booster didn’t seem to run out using a couple of drops a day in 7 days so in total the system lasted around 14 days which reduces the price per use. I will purchase this again and I am tempted to invest in the cleanser and booster individually because I actually don’t know which product has improved my skin the most or if it’s the combination of the both so I think an experiment needs to be carried out using just the cleanser on one half of my face and the booster on the other.

I rarely am pulled in by marketing when it comes to mascaras because I generally just don't believe the results, however the L'Oreal False Lash Superstar X-Fibre Mascara I was hook, line and sinker. 

I've typically not gotten along with fibre mascaras previously as I find little specs of the fibres fall down onto my under eye and cheek throughout the day but I have't found this to be an issue with this mascara, perhaps it's due to the fact you apply the base coat.

I am so impressed with this formula, step one would be an amazing mascara on it's own as it manages to lift and lengthen the lashes amazingly, I don't curl my lashes but it looks like I do when I use this mascara. Once you add the second step the fibres add volume and more length, the more coats the more dramatic you can make it. 

I usually only purchase waterproof formulas as my mascara always smudges during the day and don't get me wrong if L'Oreal released a WP version of this I would be running to Boots but I have to say it holds up really well and only begins to smudge under my eyes after 10 hours + of wear so for most days it isn't an issue.

Totally recommend this mascara and at £7.99 a total bargain! (Link)