Beauty Tuesday | July Favourites

Hello! (Yet Another) Belated post here, I really need to get my self-motivation back, because I’ve been on my summer holiday since the middle of May, and I feel like I’m falling into a black hole of Netflix, Assassin’s Creed and Harry Potter. Bad, I know, but I am working on it.

So July is almost over! Where is this year going, I can’t believe it’s only five months until Christmas (I CAN’T WAIT) and I’m TWENTY-ONE in November.

Like. Whut?

I’m still nineteen in my head. I don’t want to be a grown up!

Anyway. Faves.

Skin

I am currently in love with my skin routine. I start out with the Camomile Silky Cleansing Oil from The Body Shop and a hot flannel from Primark to take it off with, which adds some really gentle exfoliating action, but won’t rip your skin apart like a scrub will. I then use the Pixi Glow Tonic on a cotton pad, wiping all over my face (careful around the eyes) and attacking those pesky spots and blemishes before they sprout and take over my face. I then finish with a moisturiser, The Body Shop’s Vitamin E Moisture Cream, which I got as a free gift with a purchase at Christmas-time, and I’ve been using it since and I’m not even half way through. I would like to get a facial spray, such as the Caudalie Beauty Elixir, but it’s a little pricey for my liking. I try not to splurge on ‘high-end’ products unless there’s some kind of offer, because my little student budget will only stretch so far.

Make-up

I’ve really been loving my YSL Babydoll mascara. It is definitely not cheap, but I had a Debenhams gift card for £15 so I got this for £9.50 or something crazy, and the really lovely sales assistant gave me a free sample of the mascara, for being ‘such a lovely customer’. This is the person who will not talk to sales assistants because I either feel intimidated or feel like I’m bothering them. I digress. The product is really lovely, it doesn’t clump at all, it doesn’t make your lashes crispy, it keeps them fluttery and soft, and smells absolutely delicious, it’s really fruity and fresh. It also comes in a few different colours; brown, black, purple and navy. Available from Debenhams for £24.50

Hair

I am so lazy with my hair, because it’s so long and ugly and half of it is just split ends, and I’m actually chopping it off next week hopefully! But the one thing that I always use is my Tangle Teezer. My hair is very long and always tangles, and the Tangle Teezer is the only thing that will get through those knots with zero pain. Literally, zero pain. I used to absolutely hate other people brushing my hair because it always hurt really badly, BUT NO MORE! Available from Boots for £10.99 (also comes in different colours, so shop around)

Art

As you may or may not know, I am an animation student, and as such I really like to draw in my spare time. Today I stole some of my boyfriends Copic markers, much coveted by many poor student artists, like myself, and I accidentally fell in love with them. They are markers, that blend easily. SAY WHAT. I will show you.

 

THAT WAS ALL DONE IN A FELT TIP PEN. Too bad they are ridiculously expensive. I will have to wait for Christmas and Birthdays. *depressed emoji*

Game

I’ve recently been replaying Assassin’s Creed, and I’m currently on the second one, and It’s making me want to go back to Italy so badly. I finally finished the first Assassin’s Creed a few days ago, and the ending was just like ‘……what? That’s it?’ But it does tie-in really well with the second one, which makes soooooo much more sense to me now. But the gameplay was really refined in the second one, although Ezio still likes to jump off walls in completely the wrong direction, landing on several people. Ho hum. But my real obsession has been my second playthrough of The Last of Us. I recently found out that they’re making a movie of it, and that they want Maisie Williams (Arya Stark in Game of Thrones) to play Ellie. YES. YES. ALL OF THE YES.

So those are a few of the things I’ve been loving throughout July!

See you tomorrow!

Mia 🙂

 

Beauty Tuesday | May Favourites!

I really like that piece of music yesterday – I need to listen to more classical music again, I miss having it in my life. I also miss playing my flute 😦

Anyway, today I am hopping on the beauty bloggers bandwagon, I’m going to share yet another list with you today, of lots of different things I’ve been loving in the month of May.

Where the hell is this year going by the way? It’s already June.

So my skincare favourite this month has definitely the Ginger Sparkle Body Butter by The Body Shop. Unfortunately, this came out at Christmas, and is no longer available, but it is absolutely stunning. It absorbs beautifully into the skin without being really greasy, and is smells divine, and it lingers aswell. When I was tucked up in bed last night I got a lovely waft of gingerbread. I also have a mini of the Clementine Body Butter, and a very long time ago I had the Pink Grapefruit version – these will always be a staple in my bathroom.

My makeup favourite is an oldie but a goodie – Urban Decay’s Naked palette. I bought this about a year and a half ago, I use it nearly every day, and I’ve barely even scratched the surface. It’s so worth shelling out the *cough 37 quid cough* because the eyeshadows are high quality, extremely blendable, and great everyday shades, and the brush that comes with it is a really lovely brush, although I wish it came with a blending brush. Definitely worth the investment.

I’m not overly into hair products, I find that if I use product in my hair it just makes it really greasy really quickly, and I have pretty oily hair to begin with, so it just turns into a bit of a nightmare. Products also knot my hair into dreadlocks, which is a whole other nightmare, but  I’ve really been liking the Dove Hair Therapy Dry Shampoo. Now, I absolutely detest dry shampoos, they just make my hair feeling really heavy and oily, but this one is quite lovely. It smells really nice, and it works really effectively as a texturising/volumizing spray. A fab little product, and really cheap too. Their Heat Defense spray is also really lovely.

Onto some more random favourites now, starting with TV shows.

There are only three words.

GAME.

OF.

THRONES.

Just watch it. Power through the first couple of episodes and the boobs will ease off. It is such a great show, and the books are even better. Just  do it. You won’t regret it.

I’ve almost finished Breaking Bad aswell – I know I was super late to that party, but it is really a very compelling show. And seeing Malcolm in the Middle’s dad cooking meth is just hilar.

Food fave? Sweet Potatoes and Halloumi. Obsessed. Sweet Potato fries. Sweet Potato brownies. Jacket Sweet Potatoes. SWEET POTATO ERRYTHANG. They are just so much tastier than normal potatoes, and a lot healthier for you. Fried halloumi is also an obsession, and I’ve even got my boyfriend obsessed. Love it.

And as my final favourite, it is Twining’s Gingerbread Green Tea. It is so delicious, and I look forward to my cup of it every morning with breakfast. It tastes like cake. Delish.

So those are some of the things I’ve been loving this month! See you tomorrow 😀

Mia 🙂