Morning Skincare Routine

Hey beauties, so i'm back with another blog, this time i want to let people into the ways i look after my skin everyday. 
So i thought of doing a morning and evening face skincare routine, and i'll talk about the products i always reach for and what works best for myself and also the ones i recommend.

I'm going to do two different blog posts to be able to fit it all in so there will be one morning blog post and one evening posted soon!! 

So every morning can be different, each and every one of you will probably agree that one morning we can be totally in to sorting our faces out and then other days we just cannot be bothered. Like Sundays... Sundays i can never really be bothered. BUT looking after our skin is just as important as brushing our teeth twice a day!! 

My first steps for my morning routine is preparing everything, making sure i have my products right in front of me so that when i'm washing my face i don't have to awkwardly reach for them.. I fill up my sink with warm water, not too cold and not too hot, just nice and warm. I then dampen my face with the water. I tend to find that if i put my cleanser onto a dry face it just doesn't feel right and tends to dry it out even more, so i like to make sure my face and neck are dampened before reaching for my first product. 

My cleansers tend to mix between two products, i have tried lots and lots of facial cleansers but these two tend to make my skin feel a lot more cleaner and softer. The first product is by a brand called NSPA, which are Nirvana Spa based in the United Kingdom. The reason i always tend to reach for this one is because its so affordable and so reliable. I love cleansers that make you feel awake and fresh after you've washed, and this one is a deep cleansing formula so you know that its working if it makes you feel fresh. So i just love it. It's a foaming cleanser,  which makes it more easier to apply i find, so i would literally pump two pumps into my 'clean' palms/fingertips and massage it evenly into my face and neck until absorbed, and then rinse it off with warm water. 

The other facial cleanser i love to use is the Simple's kind to skin vital vitamin foaming cleanser. Again it's foaming formula is great for my skin and i love using Simple products because its specifically designed for sensitive skin, which s great for when my skin is feeling agitated because of my KP (keratosis pilaris, spoken about in a previous blog). Again i would use the same steps, making sure my skin is dampened and i would gently massage it into my skin until absorbed and then rinse off with warm water. 

After i cleanse my face, i would apply an exfoliater to my skin, i usually only exfoliate my skin every two to three days, because over exfoliating can really dry out your skin. I use quite a few facial scrubs to my skin, but there is only really one that I've stuck too, and again its by Simple. This one is an oil balancing formula with very tiny and gentle beads. I always get oil mainly around my nose and only slightly in my chin area so this helps to balance it out a bit. I love the fact that it has witch hazel ingredients added into this as well as it's really good for the skin, and like i previously mentioned, it only has super super tiny beads to exfoliate your face with. I don't like using too harsh a scrub because i hate the feeling of an overly dry face and also the feeling that I've worked a product too hard into my skin. This ones also great as it's an antibacterial one, so to me it feels like it adds to the cleansing on my face. I just love Simple skincare because they're products have no harsh chemicals or fragrances added and they are just packed with vitamins!! 

I would only use a small amount, massage it onto my face and neck area and then rinse off. 

So after a good facial scrub i like to add a treatment to my face, I would either use a facemask if i have the time or just add a serum and a cleansing lotion before moisturizing. 

The cleansing lotion i am using at the moment is specifically for treating blackheads, those pesky little things!! 

So this one is by Neutrogena and it's called the Visibly Clear, Blackhead Eliminating. It's a pretty simple product, you apply it to your face and neck area twice a day and withing a few days it visibly reduces the appearance of blackheads in your problem areas. I had to admit, i found it hard to believe that a product like this would help improve the appearance of blackheads, but it literally has.. Within a week i started seeing changes. I normally get blackheads around my nose and on my chin and now some of them have gone and some of them are just clearing up, so i would strongly recommend this product!! 

I add this to a cotton pad and sweep it across my entire face and neck area.

The serum i like to use and would recommend is called Cellular Repair by MADARA, . This is an organic skincare brand, which is one of the reasons i love this.

So i admit this product is for anti aging, BUT i don't care i still use it only because i love the way it makes your skin feel. This product helps to visibly improve the smoothness of the skin and reduce the appearance of lines and wrinkles. Again, it's not something a 20 year old would need but this little product packs enough punch. It recharges the skin with essential moisture and vitality.

I apply it evenly onto my face and neck areas, gently massaging it in making sure all areas are covered. I would also use this in my evening routines. 

At the end of all my treatments, i always finish with a moisturizer or facial cream. My two favorites at the moment are Nivea's daily essentials express hydrating primer, which i know is classed as a primer but to me it's formula is too thick for a primer and much more better as a moisturizer as it feels very refreshing for super dry skin and it even though its quite thick, it glides onto your face, leaving it very soft and hydrated.

My second favorite is for when i'm going out somewhere really nice, as it smells amazing!! 

It's called Cream Creme by Royal Apothic. The products packaging is super pretty and girly. The cream has a slight thickness to it but not too much.. 

Again, i love this product because of the way it leaves you're skin feeling afterwards. It's a very hydrating formula, which i was rather worried about when i got it because of the strong fragrance produced by it, but it's the total opposite. The fragrance just adds to it. The cream also has very light exfoliating pigments in it, so it's great for the days when i don't use a facial scrub. The ingredients are also fab for my skin type, as it contains Lactic Acid which is good  for my KP and dry skin and also has vitamins A and E as well as containing Olive Oil!!  

So there you have it! A fully detailed explanation of the skincare products i use daily on my face every morning, stick around to read what i use for my nighttime routine!

Hope you enjoyed reading. 

xXx

Keratosis Pilaris!

So for the first proper blog of the month, i've decided to write about Keratosis Pilaris or KP for short. I have got Keratosis Pilaris myself and even though it's a harmless skin condition, it does drive me crazy sometimes. The reason being is because the appearance isn't very attractive and when it tends to flare up, the itchiness is insanely annoying!

I've decided to write this blog because on my instagram account i've been having people message me asking me about what i use to maintain it and what it really means. Well, for those of you that don't actually know, read on! 

Keratosis Pilaris, is a skin condition that is very common for most girls and women. It can also be known as 'chicken skin' because the appearance of it can somewhat resemble the appearance of a plucked chicken (only slightly) because it's condition forms these tiny bumps on your skin. KP is where the body produces too much keratin, builds up and blocks the hair follicles causing the tiny little bumps to form. KP can be inherited, although a lot of cases are women who have just developed the condition. KP can also be formed if you develop or have developed eczema.

The very unfortunate thing about KP is that it can never be cured!! Not even science have produced a cure for this yet! 

I've never really had a problem with my KP until back in September 2015 when i woke up one morning with horrible itchy patches on my arms and slight ones on my legs. They were warm to the touch and like i previously mentioned very very itchy!! I knew it was my KP playing up because it was only the sections of my arms and legs with the bumps that was 'flared' up it was never the underneaths of my arms etc. Within a couple of days, the situation got very uncomfortable as it had spread to my face which as you can probably imagine was very horrible to have, when you wanted to go out to places and couldn't bear the thought that people were looking at you thinking you had some contagious disease. Which by the way, i shall mention now that KP IS NOT CONTAGIOUS!! (pictured below). 

So after a few very uncomfortable and itchy days, i decided to go and have it checked out just in case it was my KP and i had developed an allergy to something else. 

I was right... KP it was. The doctor prescribed me some gels and creams that i would have to use for a week or two to see if my symptoms would die down. 




The creams the doctor prescribed were called 'Hydrocortisone Cream 0.5%' and a 'Doublebase Gel' which would ease the itching. Overall, they were very good creams and the symptoms starting to go down within two to three days. 



With me being a very paranoid person, i searched high and low for different treatments that could help stop the KP from flaring up again and i came across this cream called 'AmLactin' which i purchased on Amazon. It's specially designed for KP sufferers and although the bottle cost me £20, it was a great purchase. 
The lotion itself has the features to hydrate, exfoliate and renew the skin. If used twice daily, the skin will soften and hopefully flatten the bumps caused by KP. It's fragrance free, non greasy (which is a bonus because i hate applying moisturizers and then putting on clothes and it's all sticky and horrible) and also long lasting. I strongly recommend this product to any person who has to put up with these horrible itchy bumps!!






 A few tips for those of you that have Keratosis Pilaris:
- Don't take very hot baths, if you are having a bath make sure the water is a suitable temperature, for example imagine your bathing an infant. 
- Dont itch!! I know it's very annoying but itching the problem can only make it worse, i found out the hard way!
 - Keep the skin well hydrated! This means drink plenty of water and moisturize you're skin daily.
- Use only gentle and mild soap or cleansers, I tend to reach for the 'Simple Skincare' range because its suitable for sensitive skin and contains no fragrance or harsh chemicals. 


If you happen to want to know more and have any question then please follow my instagram account and/or twitter. 
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Thanks for reading my lovelies!! 

xXx

I'm back!!

Hey guys, so i know it's been a while... like a HUGE while. But i'm back!!

I haven't written any blogs because this past few months have literally just flown by. I've been busy with work and several other things. BUT, i am hoping to get back into my blog writing as i enjoy just generally talking to a computer screen, or hopefully some of you guys out there that might happen to come across my blogs. 

So just a quick update on life in general. I am now 20 years old! crazy - i know. These past few months like i said have been hectic. I've been busy going places with my family and close friends, like London!! Oh my GOD! Can i just say London is incredible!! I have been there once before but it was with school and didn't give you the full on London experience, but this time around, it was purely amazing. I had my first experience of the London undergrounds which were in a way kinda scary, but altogether very fascinating. I can still hear the man saying " Mind the gap between the train and the platform". It was literally at every stop.  We went to other incredible places like Madame Tussaud's (don't know whether i've spelt that right)  which again was amazing!!

I've been to other awesome places but i won't bore you with the details. Anywho, so parts of this year was incredible as explained, and others were pure crap. To start of with this year was basically doctor appointments and hospitals. 
July 21st, i was sat at home watching tv with my mum, when the house phone rang. It was like 9pm in the evening and we never expect a phone call at that time unless something was wrong. Immediately thinking it was my nan, who bearing in mind is 93 years old, ran to the phone to it being my dads work, telling us my dad had an accident at work and needed to go to hospital. We rushed to his work and took him to hospital ourselves to be with him. He luckily was fine and had just badly hurt his shoulder, so he had to have an x-ray to be on the safe side, but all was well. 
But during the time at the hospital, i was fasting. I wasn't allowed to eat for 12 hours, due to having blood tests at 8:30am the next morning. So it was a terrible night as you can imagine. We were in hospital from 9:30pm - 1:00am. I roughly about 5 hours sleep that night, and was horribly weak in the morning. The blood tests had to be done because i wasn't feeling very well, i was always tired, constantly thirsty, and had symptoms of diabetes. Diabetes runs in my family so i was very concerned at what the outcomes would be. About 2 weeks later i had my results and thank God, everything was fine and it was just put down to stress.

Then in September, I had to go back to the doctors because I suddenly flared up with this rash all over my arms and face. Finding out after some tests that it was Keratosis Pilaris skin condition flaring up for no real reason. I was prescribed all sorts of creams and gels, and in a matter or 3-4 weeks I was back to my normal looking skin. 
Again, this is another matter I want to write about, as I've had a few people on my Instagram page asking me all sorts of questions about KP so thought it would be a great idea to just do a blog about it. 

And lastly in November, my nan because very poorly, and was amitted to hospital. Luckily she's getting back to her normal, chatty self. But was very worrying and scary, as they still don't know 100% what it was that caused her illness. 

But hey-Ho, new year, new beginnings and all that. 

Happy new year you lovely people and just watch this space!!!! 

xXx

Nivea Daily Essentials Tinted Moisturising Day Cream

Wow - it's been a while. Looking back on my last Blog, i have so many things i need to catch up on. Firstly i am now 19!! Whoop - Whoop!! But to be honest it doesn't feel any different than being 18. Hee-hee. 

Secondly i now have brown hair with a red dip-dye. I will go into more depth in a new blog about hair (Don't worry, i'm still going to do one on having bright red hair)
Where can i begin?! 

I have come up with some new ideas for Blogs. They all mainly cover skincare this time, as it is one of my favourite things. I physically can't go shopping without having to buy a new form of skincare, whether it's makeup based or skin based (I.E, Toner to Moisturizer). It's probably one of the things people talk to me most about, because i buy so much i must know what the products are like on skin etc. People always ask me how i get soft skin or clear skin and to be honest i don't really use a lot of products on my skin as i don't want my skin to be packed with different lotions or toners or chemicals in general. 

So to begin with i'm going to talk about my latest product. It's called 'Nivea Daily Essentials Tinted Moisturising Day Cream in Natural'. 
Let me just begin by saying i love this product. It's a very similar feel to having an affordable BB Cream but with less coverage. My skin is unfortunately very light, i take after my father on that, and i find it hard to find a skin tone match on makeup mainly because in the summer i look redder than usual and in the winter i look like Snow White. So i was a bit cautious on this product mainly because it is a colour based product, by that i mean it contains almost like foundation, a coverage shall we say.  However, i thought it would be great for days where you just can't be bothered to mess around with the foundation and the concealer etc and just want a natural looking fresh face with colour but without the effort, so i bought it. 

One slight problem i found was that the colour was slightly too dark for my skin, but when going for a non-bothered natural look, you don't want too much colour to begin with anyway, so i blended it all out in, in my neck and hairline, not forgetting to blend by my ears. 

RESULTS: 

The result of this product on a first view, was incredible. I love love love this product and it suits me to a T. The moisturiser is very soft and delicate for the skin which is great if you have dry skin like mine. It does good on evening out the skin tone and making you're face glow a bit more. It also contains light reflecting pigments and vitamins, which is another good thing to look out for on products like these, because you don't want to be walking around with litle blemishes on you're face. 

I really do recommend this product to anyone who can be slightly lazy on certain days and need a quick boost me up on their face so they can start the day looking and feeling a lot more refreshed. 

INSTRUCTIONS: 

It's also really simple to use this product. All you need to do is start with a clean face and massage the cream in gently on all areas on your face. 


Okay, so that is the first Blog done. Stay tuned for more skincare and makeup products. Hope you enjoyed 

Thanks for reading, BeautyGeekz xXx 

Blog Writing.

It's been a while since i've written a Blog. A lot of new things have suddenly happened in my life, some good, some not so good.
But i've decided to keep my mind busy, and what other way to do that then write a Blog. 
I've always wanted to write Blogs, mainly because i saw Hilary Duff do it once in a film and though 'Hey why not, that looks entertaining'. Truth is, not a lot of people actually read you're Blogs, so most of the time you're just sat typing and talking to yourself.
And that's pretty much what i do on a daily basis anyway, but for those who are at home bored to tears and want to read some random rubbish, well here it is. 
So, Blog writing.. Why choose to do this. Ive seen a lot of people on youtube who do these Vlogs to video and explain what they had brought that day, or random pranks they decided to do to their friends, or my personal favourite, makeup tutorials. I don't really have the confidence to sit there and video myself talking about my interests or things i had brought that day, because to be fair, who would actually care what i do/did. Therefore, writing a blog might be different. People MIGHT want to read the things i get up too, People MIGHT have an interest in the same things as me, and people MIGHT want to know how i do things.. Or ask for advice. 


Sometimes, to me, writing a Blog is a way i can talk without actually talking. 
It keeps me occupied. Away from thinking about things that has happened these past two months ... 

Or blogging could be just to express how bored i really am. 

So there you have it. The reason why i choose to write Blogs. 

Thank you to whoever read this, and whoever actually was interested in this. 

Simple Sensitive Skincare Products

Today in England it has been extremely miserable, wet and cold! The rain hasn't stopped and the cold wind is probably the worst. Which is why i am now writing a blog on Simple's Sensitive skincare products. 

Simple is a really good skincare range for people who have to put up with dry skin conditions and skin that have issues with fragranced products. 

I've only just started using their products as they had an offer on in Asda for a set of three of their products. These included a Mouisterising Facial Wash, Soothing Facial Toner and a Hydrating Light Moisteriser. 

You're supposed to use them every morning and evening, which for about a week now i have, but thanks to this horrific weather today my face has became dry yet again. So i try use the moisteriser more often but not too much. 

Overall, the products are really 'simple' (i guess that's why they were named it). All you do with the Facial Wash is massage it all into the face and neck until it goes all bubbly, and wash it off using cotton pads or what i mostly use are facial sponges. The toner is used to help form a even complexion and provide a deeper cleanser for the face, which is perfect for when you've just taken off a full coverage makeup look and want that extra guarantee that the makeup has disappeared for good. I use one cotton pad for the toner and wipe it all over my face, not forgetting the hair line, around the nose and eye, be careful not to get it in you're eye though!! 

Finishing off i use the Hydrating Light Moisteriser, this stuff literally glides onto you're face leaving it feeling silky smooth.

Another product from the simple range that i use all the time,  is their cleansing facial wipes. These are really good if you want a quick makeup remover, they are very very moist, which is great for that fresh skin feeling. 

I really would like to try more products from this range like their Hydro Boost Moister Cream and the Cleansing Face Mask. 

Hope you all enjoyed the read and manage to take a look on Simple Sensitive Skincare Range, and enjoy them as much as i do! 

Have fun BeautyGeekz xxx

NSPA Skincare Products

Everyone should know the importance of looking after our skin, whether it's just on our faces or all over our bodies. It all should matter. So i thought i should share mine in hope that it might help someone.

Moving on... I regularly take long hot bubbly baths surrounded with candles (as that is the only time i truly relax) During these times i use my up-most favourite products of all time. They smell AMAZING and i genuinely think that they work so well.  These products are called NSPA. The originate from a spa called Nirvana. But they have published the products they use and only sell them exclusively in Asda. Which i find great because i have a local Asda near by and i find them reasonably cheap for how good they work. 

This is their Bathing Ritual range, it includes a moisturizing body wash, shower mousse, a foaming bath milk, body polish (which is used as an exfoliator), warming salt scrub, body lotion, body butter and a hand and nail cream. The thing i love about NSPA is that their products is organised into 3-4 groups. The first group are the cleansers which have a big number one on the packaging, the second group is exfoliation with a big number two on it, the third group is treatment, and the forth is moisturize. 

However, the bathing rituals only come in three groups which is the 1st, 2nd and 4th groups but they have recently produced a treatments range (3rd Group) for the bathing rituals, which is a body firm treatment. 

But as i was saying these products really do work and you can see a big difference in the way you're skin looks and feels. The smell is luxurious as well and the BEST thing of all is that they have produced a scented candle using the same scent of the bathing rituals range which is Jojoba and White Jasmine. Also, when you have got out of the bath an d used you're lotion/body butter, you can smell even more great by using their Jojoba and White Jasmine Body Fragrance. 

So i always have the most spa-like baths ever. 

The NPSA range also covers a Beauty Ritual Range, which again i always love to use. In fact, i use this range as soon as i come out of my bath. 

So, again they use they same organised structure, of the 1-4 assigned groups. 

The scents are all different which i think is good, because having the same scent of products get a little boring... 

Firstly i use my Deep Cleansing Facial Wash. This is a good cleanser for taking off makeup although i usually take off my makeup before i get into the bath, but i still use the cleanser and it gets out makeup that you can't always see. I use only one pump of the cleanser which is foamed based, and gently massage it into my face in circular motions. I then use cotton pads to remove it. Secondly i use a Revitalising Vitamin Toning Mist which i spray all over my face to give my skin that extra boost. 

I then move onto my exfoliators, i have three of them. I can use all of them but generally i only use one or two at a time. My main one is called a Brightening Detox Scrub which is a cream-based scrub that i massage deep into my skin. It has micro exfoliation beads that gently buff away dead skin. It smells really good as well. I remove this using Facial sponges, which i buy from Super drug. The next one is a Hot Cloth Polish, which is harder to use on yourself, but at the same time feels amazing. I usually pump 2 skirts of the cream into my fingertips and massage all over my face again. I then grab my Muslin Cloth which i put into warm to hot water, NOT TOO HOT though!! And then i gently put the cloth all over my face and dab the cloth into the cream that's already placed on my face. The feeling is like luxury. It really is!! I then remove it using the muslin cloth.

The other exfoliant is called the 5 Minute Magic Mask, and its a mask you apply to you're face which has tiny orange coloured beads that disappear when you massage it into your face, which is what it's designed for. The beads are filled with vitamins which helps to soothe your face and leave it looking more radiant. You then have to leave it on for 5 minutes. Remove by facial sponges and cold water to ease puffiness. 

Moving onto the third group, treatment. The treatment product that i use is a Deep Hydrating Facial Oil, which is great for my skin as it gets really dry in some places. So all i do with this oil is drop 2-3 drops into palm and rub together until it gets warm and gently dab it onto my face. 

I also use another product called a Replenishing Moisture Mask. Again, it's cream based which is easier to massage into my face. The reason why i use this mask is because it's deeply nourishing and you can sit back and relax for 10-20 minutes while it works wonders for your skin. Remove it by facial sponges and warm water.  

The last step is forth, which is moisturize. I use a product called Oil-free Moisture Gel. I don't want to use too much oil, so i find this moisturizer really kind to my skin. It quite literally glides onto face, leaving it feeling like a baby's bottom.  

Hope this is not boringly long for you all, i just thought it would be nice to read from someone who has used the products specifically. 

If you have any questions at all, please leave me a comment. 

Thanks again BeautyGeekz. 

xxxxx