Younique Flawless Four

Ok... as mentioned in a previous post, one of my lovely friends is a Younique presenter and because of this I have access to a lot of pretty amazing make up and skin care.

See my previous blog about their amazing charcoal face mask here

This week It's all about some make up!

I have been using the Mineral Touch Liquid Foundation for a while now, although I only had one shade which was for when I'm tanned (Taffeta) and I haven't got round to tanning for a while so decided to get one for every day having run out of my daily foundation in the shade Velour. 

I have a lot of love for this product as it feels sooooo good on your face. Epic coverage without feeling like you're caked.
It's a liquid to matte finish, and you really don't need much product at all, plus It's got a handy pipette included into the design of the bottle which makes application super easy.
If you're anything like me, this comes in handy too as it means you don't end up wasting a load of product on your hand.

This time I also got the foundation brush which has a small indent in the middle of the brush which it says to use with this foundation. I feel this soaked up the product than anything else and I preferred to use it to build the layers up if needed and buff it out, but actually preferred applying with my good ol' beauty blender. The brush is super soft though and I'm going to give it another go with one of my thicker formulated foundations to see if it works better as I'm thinking it may not soak up the product as much.

I also picked up another one of their Touch Mineral Skin Perfecting concealers in Scarlet.
Again, I already had this in Organza, a slightly darker shade but wanted one to use for highlight and under my eyes to brighten. I have fallen in love with it all over again! 

It's slightly thicker than you would expect but it's easy to blend and the results speak for themselves. I've seen some people use it to cover tattoos just to show you how much it covers! Insane! And it lasts forever.

Lastly, I decided to pick up their Glorious primer. I ran out of my daily one a while back if I'm honest and just kept forgetting to pick a new one up. I know, I know... super naughty of me!

Now... I don't know about you... But I'm all about packaging, it gives me a similar thrill to that of stationary... 

I loved the streamline look of these products all being in black boxes with strong white font. Plus the foundation bottle is a gorgeous frosted glass effect with the writing in black.
However, you will need some scissors near by in order to get into this primer.  I didn't use it for a few days as I kept forgetting and didn't have the time to search around first thing in the am. Although frustrating to open... once opened... it is the nicest feeling primer I've ever used.
 I wouldn't be able to say it kept my make up on all day, but I think my skin is as much to blame for that as the product, and once I have got my skin under control I will report back on that. All in all, it's a lovely product and I would recommend it.

I picked these items up in their Flawless Four collection which they are unfortunately no longer running, but keep your eyes peeled on Emma's page as they always have deals going on and I would definitely recommend trying Younique if you haven't already.

I will do another blog post soon on some of my other favourites from Younique as there are some goodens! 

My Favourites whilst being ill.

So as you may or may not know, I haven't been very well recently and ultimately had to have surgery.
I figured I could get some blog posts written up whilst I'm laid up recovering as I'm not able to do much else.
It's very frustrating not being able to do anything for yourself and having to listen to your body a lot more with regards to moving around so it's taking a while to do anything!

Leading up to my surgery I had a LOT of baths as they really helped ease the pain I was experiencing.
I love a good bath and after living somewhere that didn't have one, it's been a god send here that we have such a nice bath. I have some faves since moving in but as I'm not allowed to have a bath currently due to my dressings, it's actually been nice to use some of the products I wouldn't have been using due to my love of baths.

One of my favourite ever shower ranges is from Original Source, and I'm sure I'm not alone. I think they smell amazing and leave my body feeling so refreshed. My faves are the lemon and the mint ones out of the ones I've tried although I need to try some more I feel as I love these so much. Are there any you guys recommend?  I am currently using both and have the tiniest amounts left not wanting to completely finish them. Not sure if this has something to do with a need to have closure... I watched an episode of Big Bang yesterday and Amy was trying to rid Sheldon of his closure issue... let's just say it made me think!
If you are the only person on Earth not to have tried them, you really need to. Most supermarkets have these on special offer every now and again. Although a good dupe is the Boots own range, they are pretty good too and are something silly like 70p!

I've also, of course, been loving my Lush stash. I've been sparingly using my unicorn horn bubble bar along with northern lights bath bomb for a super colourful bubbly bath. As with everything lush, it makes your bath look and smell awesome. As soon as I'm allowed a bath again (stupid dressings) I'm getting my Comforter out as it's my absolute favourite and I need that scent in my life!

Beauty wise, I haven't really been using much as I haven't worn make up for a couple of weeks now as being in bed doesn't call for much of a made up face...Although I'm sure those around me would be grateful for a no-make-up-i-woke-up-like-this make up look... But I neither have the time or energy to do that. *chuckle*
I have however, been trying to make sure I moisturise to make sure my skin is still getting some sort of looking after and have been mixing it up between my Simple moisturiser and my Younique one. They are both lovely and make my skin feel gorge. They are both fab because you need the smallest amount and they have lasted me for ages.

I've also been using my Honey lip scrub from Lush as my lips have been rather dry, so I use this and then chuck on some Carmex to help moisturise them too. I'm all about the face moisturisation it seems! I'm usually shocking at remembering, so my face has definitely felt the benefit and is thanking me for it.

The last skin care item I've been using loads is this Simple Kind to Eyes Revitalising roll on. I may or may not have stolen this from my boyfriend... what he doesn't know won't hurt him. The metal ball on this coupled with the moisturiser feels so lovely under your eyes first thing in the morning and really helps me to wake up. Plus, lying around is surprisingly tiring, so I have been using it during the day too.

Lastly, I have been loving my current book of choice. A colleague lent it to me after I'd mentioned loving the film and wanting to read the book. It's taken me a while to pick it up, but while I've been off work I gravitated towards it and am struggling to put it down. I would say regardless if you've seen the film or not, the book is a must read!

If anyone has any ideas of what else I can be doing or any reading  recommendations whilst I'm holed up in bed, I welcome the suggestions with open arms!

Much love

T xx

Bannatyne's Spa Weekend.

A few weekends ago, My Grandma, Mum and myself went down to The Bannatyne's Hotel & Spa in Hastings.

It was a delayed Birthday treat for my mum, her birthday being in October. Oops!
We chose this spa as we have been here a few times previously for my grandmas birthday a few years ago as well as my mum's hen do.

We arranged to stay over the night so we could use the spa for a couple of days and it meant we could go into Hastings town for a mooch around as we love it down there. Also an excuse to get away from the boys for a night but don't tell them!

So Friday morning my mum picked us both up and drove us all down there, we got into our room and got changed ready for the spa in the lovely dressing gowns provided. Our treatments weren't actually until the afternoon, so we spent most of our time in the hot tubs outside... yes... outside! We were blessed with a rather lovely day for March stopping for a couple of food breaks along the way.

Then our treatments. Now as mum was birthday girl she had quite a few so we didn't see her for a few hours as they were back to back.
I went for a full body bamboo massage and an age defying facial. The therapist I had, Nicki, was super lovely. She explained everything thoroughly with me having never had a bamboo massage before. I'm going to say... definitely not for the faint hearted. It's a very deep massage, so if you don't like pressure, this isn't going to be your cup of tea at all.

I was so relaxed that I was basically asleep for the whole of my facial but it was super lush! I felt amazing when I woke up.

We then went to our room to get changed as by the time we'd finished our treatments it was 7pm.

We had already decided in the day we would eat in the bar as when I had seen the restaurant menu I thought it was a bit pretentious for the likes of me... I'm rather fussy!

We went for what we call picky bits which is our fave. Just a few of everything and shared it all with a couple of glasses of wine. Perfect!

Next morning we had breakfast in our dressing gowns... definitely the only room to do so... but who cares! We were on holiday.

Then we had lovely showers using the Elemis products in our bathroom and after checking out spent the afternoon shopping in Hastings.

All in all we had a lovely weekend, we rarely get the time to spend together just us three so it was invaluable.

Also a big shout out to Bannatynes for being super accommodating. We had to move the dates around due to me being unwell and they were more than helpful.

If you are looking for a spa treat, Bannatynes is one of my faves and I think it's rather reasonable. Check it out here.

Much Love,

Tk xx