I have to say, when it comes to skincare I definitely dabble in many different brands (probably too many for my poor student loan to handle!). I love finding new products and YouTube is a massive influence - I know I'm not the only one that has watched a video and lusted after someones baby smooth, flawless skin and bought everything they mentioned!
To be honest though, The body shop is a brand I will always come back to! No matter what my problem is, be it a nasty breakout, or dry skin, I just know it will work.
Lately my skin has absolutely hated me, so it was time for a bit of shopping:
I had a horrible break out on my chin and in general my skin became very dry and dull, but this is probably my fault! All those late nights 'studying' right?
Let's be honest, too much alcohol + forgetting to take your makeup off before you fall asleep is never a good combination.
The Aloe range has really cleared my chin up, whilst being very gentle to my face. It's still not perfect mind you, but it's getting there. Plus the three step method was only £18 because of the christmas deals!
The facial cleanser is a rich cream constancy and leaves my face feeling fresh and smooth - I do find if i've worn particularly heavy foundation that day, I will need to double cleanse e.g. my Estèe Lauder Double wear. Once with my Aloe calming cleanser, then the Vitamin C Cleansing Polish to make sure everything is off! (Oh, the calming facial cleanser doubles as a good eye makeup remover too!)
Once i'm all clean I use the Aloe Calming Toner, again to make sure all my makeup is removed and to just prime my skin for moisturising.
Then if I'm feeling adventurous, I'll apply the Aloe Protective Restoring Mask, but I'll only do this before going to bed really because it needs a few hours to 'sink in'. However, it is a lovely surprise to wake up with baby soft skin! On a normal day I'll stick to the Aloe day cream and Vitamin C eye cream combo - the eye cream duo leaves a lovely dewy finish and really brightens that area, this is especially good as the size of my dark circles are borderline ridiculous at the moment! I haven't really heard anyone talking about it, but it should definitely be hyped: step one if a roller ball with a cooling gel, this really helps with puffiness.
Step two is a doe foot applicator which comes out with the vitamin C cream on the tip for an easy distribution.
On to the Tee Tree face mask. Me and this bad boy have had a fabulous relationship in the past and I feel that it will only get stronger; when I have my particularly pesky spots, he takes the redness down a lot and is just a lovely mask in general. If you like that cooling sensation, then this is definitely one to try! It can leave your skin a tad on the dry side, but once washed off just apply a nice moisturiser and you're good to go.
Oh and when I got to the till the lovely shop assistant told me I had money to spend on my body shop card, so naturally I picked some other bits up:
The strawberry body butter, Raspberry lip balm and Absinthe hand cream.
Can I just say, the smell of these products is amazing! I just want to eat the body butter and lip balm and the hand cream makes your hands feel so fresh its unreal - just go try them, you really have to!
xoxo
