My Skincare Wishlist

My skincare wishlist is quickly snowballing at a alarming rate but here is what my top items are:

Emma Hardie Amazing Face Cleansing Balm £34 for 100ml
This seems to be a must have for bloggers as it seems that this product is a staple in most bloggers skincare routines such as Lily Pebbles and Vivianna does makeup. I really want to try this as I have never tried any apart from foaming wash cleansers.

Origins Ginzing Moisturiser £23 for 30ml
This is such a hyped up product but I can't help but to lust after it. It seems to be featured in a lot of blogs and magazines so I want to test this wonder product for myself. It is a good time for me to get this as I have currently run out of both my facial moisturisers.

Hydraluron £24.99 for 30ml
This is another hyped up product that I was on the fence about but I wouldn't mind trying it. It is supposed to make your moisturiser work a lot better and to hydrate your skin more efficiently. It helps to make your skin absorb your moisturiser better and to retain it.

Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Recovery Complex II 30ml £48
This is totally a spurge product that I don't know if I can justify the high price tag. I don't currently use a serum but I am in the market for one and apparently this is the best of the best. I want to try this so bad but I will have to wait and see.

La Roche Posay Serozinc £13.70 for 150ml ebay seller monsieurgeorgew 

This isn't available in the UK yet sadly but you can buy it from eBay or some international websites that ship to the UK. This toner is another blogger favourite and I like the idea of it being in the form of a spray. I really want to try this out as I've read such amazing things about it, it definitely has a lot of hype to live up to. The price isn't too bad for a high end toner so I will be purchasing this soon.

So these are my current skincare lustings and I'm sure that I'll never purchase them all but I can always dream.
What is your top skincare product that you want to purchase?

Jodie x

L'Oréal Paris Skin Perfection 3 in 1 Purifying Micellar Solution initial thoughts

There are so many make up removers out there that I find myself trying a different one every month to try and find one that's amazing that I can stick with.

My favourite has always been the Lancome Bi-Facil but it's too pricey for me to use everyday so I've been on the hunt for a cheaper alternative.

I've tried more or less every high street brand one going to name a few I've used the Nivea gentle eye make up remover but I found this too harsh on my skin. I've tried the standard L'Oréal Paris eye make up remover and I didn't really like that. I have just finished using the Simple eye make up remover and I actually liked this one and I would definitely use it again woohoo. I was just about to repurchase it when this caught my eye - the new L'Oréal Paris Skin Perfection, a 3 in 1 purifying micellar solution and I knew I wanted to try it. I've seen it advertised in a few magazines and I liked the look of it. It wasn't too pricey either just £3 from Asda.

My first thoughts are that I like the packaging and that I hope it lives up to the recent hype.

After using this last night and this morning my initial thoughts on it are good. It feels really good on the skin and it got rid of my eye make up very well. I can't say for certain so soon how good it is but my first uses were promising. This could be the holy grail product that I've been searching for.

It promises to "dissolve all traces of makeup and that the micellar solution acts as a purifying magnet to capture on draw out excess oil and impurities rather than spreading them around your face"

I did feel that it got rid of my makeup better than the simple one and left my skin feeling clean but I will use this for a while longer before I say for certain.

Have any of you tried this and what did you think?

My skincare routine with Benefit B. Right range

After trying out some of Benefit travel size skincare products I decided to get some of them full size to use everyday. Here is my daily skincare routine.

Sometimes I do this routine morning and night sometimes it's just at night time only. This depends on how much make up I've been wearing the day before as I can use make up remover on my eyes, wash my face use make up remover again, sleep and I still have panda eyes when I wake up. The Benefit They're Real mascara is relentless to get off.

Anyway step one: I use a Nivea gentle make up remover blotted onto cotton pads and then I use this to remove any eye makeup.

Step two: I wash my face with the Benefit cleansing facial wash. I absolutely adore this as it smells so fresh and amazing. It's simple and foams very quickly you don't need to use much. A full size tube has lasted me about 5 months. Dry with towel. I picked this face wash over the facial scrub as I found that too rough for daily use as I prefer this gentle wash.

Step three: repeat step one as my eyes are resembling panda ones at this point.

Step four: Benefit toner. I splash a bit of this on my face and if I've used too much I dab the excess off with a cotton pad. It usually soaks in nicely though. This stuff feels really smooth. I'm not sure what it does but my face always feels so much cleaner after using this.

Step five: it's potent, this little pot of wonder by Benefit is one of my favourites. It's nice and delicate and I use this around my eye area. It helps to keep the area looking naturally bright and smooth.

Step six: finally I use the Benefit Total Moisture cream on my face and neck. Compared to all the other moisturisers I've tried this is my favourite as it soaks In immediately it's like my skin is drinking this stuff down. Also it isn't greasy and it smells great. As I've mentioned in a previous post that since I have been using this skincare range I have been complemented on my 'glowing complexation'. This moisturiser won hands down over Benefits triple emulsion cream as I found that greasy and it didn't soak in very well.

Overall I love this skincare collection and I will be gutted when it is discontinued as it is perfect for my skin. So I would recommend trying out the different sample products out there before committing to a pricey full size one.