H2O+ Deep Sleep Recovery Serum

I agreed I would only review products which are low-cost and easily found on the high street, but I use this product every day and it's worthy of a blog post!

I actually got my hands on this for free (I somehow won a huge box of beauty products from my favourite magazine!) and had never heard of the brand before. I was pretty excited to use it too because I'd heard everyone raving about serums and I find products that work overnight tend to work best for me (they are usually a thicker consistency and me being asleep means they have a chance to sink in!). 

It claims to be anti-ageing and helps make expression lines fade overnight. Being in my early 20's I'm not entirely sure I need it right now, but surely it's best to start using these products as soon as possible? If it fades wrinkles I'm sure it can do wonders for young skin!

And it has - my skin has been brilliant ever since I started using it. I have combination skin - combination in the sense that some mornings I wake up with dry skin, other mornings it's oily! It seems to find a happy medium between the two and my foundation just glides straight on the next day. 

Being a serum you're supposed to apply moisturiser afterwards, but I hate putting too much on my skin. I find using it alone has worked perfectly fine for me! If your skin is very or consistently dry then I would suggest finding a moisturiser to use overnight too.

Unfortunately it costs £32.50, but Marks and Spencer (wow, a product not from Boots!) have recently started stocking the entire range so it's easy to find. To justify the price, I can assure you that a bottle lasts at least 4 months! (I got mine 4 months ago and there is no sign of it running out.) I use it every night but a really small amount goes a long way. So if you want to treat yourself to a fancy product, this range could be a great place to start!

Find it here.

Bourjois Radiance Reveal Healthy Mix Foundation....

....Phew, that is a name and a half! I actually bought this foundation by accident. After hearing so many people raving about the Healthy Mix foundation I decided to give it a try, but I have now learned that cosmetic shopping on a lunch break isn't a good idea. Thankfully however, there is a happy ending!

I pretty much grabbed the first thing I saw with the name on it (Bourjois now have quite a collection of Healthy Mix products) and knew I'd be the lightest shade - Light Vanilla. I was over the moon and very excited to have this must-have product in my hands.

It wasn't until I got home however that I noticed how sheer and light the coverage was - it worked well and evened out my skin tone, that just wasn't particularly how everyone had been describing it! I realised I'd picked up the Radiance Reveal version rather than the original and I was gutted. Even though it still worked fine, I was so angry at myself for not looking properly! 

Luckily for the foundation (which nearly went to the back of my make-up draw) it has now become my best friend. It makes me look all dewy and as if I'm not wearing any foundation at all! A few days ago I had to hold a meeting after a rather eventful and late night out, and this product saved my life that morning! Usually on a day like that I'd be reaching for my thickest foundation to give me a second layer of skin, but this made me look like I'd had a decent 8-hour sleep! 

Bye bye tired, hungover, alcoholic skin, HELLO happy, healthy (-looking) me! 

PS. If you're after the original, you want the RED lid. The Radiance Reveal has a transparent one. I should have spotted this earlier... 

You can get the entire Healthy Mix range from Boots, and the foundation I went for costs about a tenner. (For some reason Boots haven't put the Radiance Reveal on their website)

Revlon Lip Butter

Now I LOVE lipstick. I don't remember the last time I went a day without wearing it. I discovered these through a beauty blogger who I absolutely love (essiebutton.com) because at first I didn't think they looked that great. They looked too sheer for my liking and couldn't imagine how they would look once applied, but they are incredible! Somehow the colour really shows up, but looks far softer than any matte lipstick. 

I went first for Tutti Fruiti, mainly because this is the shade Essie used in her video (I clearly have no mind of my own) and it looked gorgeous. It looks very orange in the tube so not one I would have usually picked, but it's a great way to try out a more daring colour as it isn't too strong. 

After using this daily, I decided to try a new one and they had bought out a few new shades! So I went for Wild Watermelon which, again, is a colour I would usually save for some kinda fancy-dress night out (I tend not to bother with red lipstick). However, because it's so sheer it's very toned-down, and it makes red a far more wearable colour for the daytime. 

You have to re-apply them a few times but they layer up easily to get the desired look - and I flippin' love them! They're ideal if you want to try a bold colour on your lips, without wanting to make too much of a statement. 

Find them at Boots costing £7.99.

http://www.boots.com/en/Revlon-ColorBurst-8482-Lip-Butter_1252852/