A quick round-up of the beauty products Jules has finished over the past few months, including candles, hair products, skincare and makeup.
Posts Tagged‘Avène Hydrance Optimale Hydrating Serum’
Camilla’s Beauty Empties
Finishing a beauty product is one of the most satisfying things for a beauty blogger, and Camilla has worked her way through quite a long list in the past six months. Find out what she loves and what won’t be repurchased:
Beauty Hoarder: Hydrating Serums
As someone whose main skin concern is dehydration, it’s no surprise that I tend to like hydrating serums, although why I need so many I’m not really sure! I’m a sucker for anything that claims to improve water retention in the skin and here are the ones currently in rotation on my face: Vichy Aqualia Thermal Dynamic Hydration Power Serum When Sali Hughes and Caroline Hirons both recommend a fairly affordable hydration product, you know I’m making a beeline for it. It has a very light, cooling texture that sinks quickly into the skin without leaving any kind of residue…
April Favourites // Jules
I tried out quite a few new things this month and there were a lot of hits, so here’s the lowdown. Shower I feel about shower gels the same way I feel about facial cleansers: getting clean is such a boring task that to keep me interested, they have to feel amazing and/or smell delicious otherwise I’ll move onto something else. Tori introduced me to the Creightons brand which she found in Pick ‘n Pay and so far I’ve ploughed through a bottle of Coconut & Honey and now I’m onto the zingy Lime & Grapefruit plus I have Vanilla &…
Quick Reviews #17: New Skincare
I’m not sure what it is about this time of year but there seem to be tons of new skincare launches happening. We’ve been sent a few things to try recently and *spoiler alert* they’re all awesome:
Glowing Winter Skin // Achieving the Impossible
Do you want to glow like J-Lo? I got you. Here is my fail-safe way to get truly glowing skin this winter: Skin prep is of supreme importance. I like to incorporate an oil of some kind, just to get a little bit of slip on the face. The consistency of my beloved Environ Hydrating Oil Capsules are a little bit too thick for this purpose, so instead I have found that mixing together my SKOON Concentrate Squalene with two pumps of the new Avène Hydrance Optimale Hydrating Serum works really nicely and creates just the right amount of glow.…