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Thursday, 8 January 2015

My skincare routine | Morning & Night


Helloooooo. Today I'm writing about my skincare routine which as I finally think I've found all of the right products for my skin. I used to just take my make up of with a wipe (the horror) and then go to bed thinking that my face was all clean and fresh. How oblivious was I? Now I'm finally seeing all he benefits of a skin care routine and I highly recommend you get one (if you haven't already). Your skin will start to get better especially if you drink water, eat healthy and try not to wear foundation every day.


Both morning and night I wash my face with a Nivea cleanser. I really like it because it's gentle on my skin and I don't feel like I'm covering my face with loads of harsh chemicals that are going to break me out. After I've cleansed I use a garnier gel wash. This just seems to liven up my face and even out my skin tone. At night I use the garnier refreshing toner, this is so so good. The reason why I don't use it twice a day is because I found that it was breaking me out so I completely stopped using it but then my skin went too oily and broke me out. Also, I only use the toner on my t zone.


After I've washed and toned my face I apply the no7 eye serum to my eyelids and under my eyes, after I've rubbed that in I use the no7 eye cream. Before I got these I never realised how much my eyes were lacking in moisture and softness. I used to get quite bad dark circles under my eyes as well but these have been working wonders and sorting that out.


I then use these two no7 products to moisturise my face. In the mornings I use the day cream and at night I use the night cream (obviously).

Below are some products that aren't part of my daily skincare routine but I still use:


I recently picked up the L'oreal Paris micellear water after hearing such good reviews about it, who would like me to review it? Anyway, I've been using this when I've been wearing makeup (face makeup like: foundation, bronzer, powder etc...) as I find that cleansers and face washes don't fully remove makeup and I'm trying to completely stop using face wipes because of the harsh chemicals in them.


Another thing I've been using recently is this eye makeup remover by No7. 


Finally, you've guessed it, it's ANOTHER No7 product. I use this exfoliater once or twice a week as I think it's really important to remove all traces of dry skin and throughly clean your pores. This is such a good product and it's so gentle on my skin which is sometimes quite hard to find with exfoliates. 

So, that's my skincare routine. What's yours?

All my love,
A British Brunette xo

Thursday, 1 January 2015

Hello, 2015 | Resolutions


I'm sitting in bed with the heating on and with my candles lit - I don't think I could get any more cosy. It's always when I'm not doing anything in particular that I can reflect the easiest so, I decided that this is the perfect time to think about 2014 and make my resolutions for this year.

It's the end of a year which means the start of a new one (obviously). A new year means many different things including New Years resolutions. I make them every year but never seem to keep them. In order to stick to them, I'm writing mine out for you to see.

Like I've said, every year I make them but don't seem to keep them, the reason for this is because I'm ridiculous when I write them out. I found my ones for this year (I don't think I completed a single one) and there was a whole list of about thirty resolutions. Yes that's right, THIRTY! So, this year I'm going to keep it minimal and only set myself three. 

01. Get healthy. This is probably one of the most if not the most common resolution for a lot of people. I ALWAYS set it and ALWAYS don't keep it. This year is going to be different though, I'm going to get healthy. I don't just mean this as in getting toned (that is a benefit though). What I mean is feeling healthy. I don't want to feel tired anymore. I definitely don't want to get out of breath either. This is going to be suuuuuper hard because I love lying in bed watching a series for about ten hours straight and eating all the junk food under the sun, but I'm determined to do it.

02. I want to get rid of anything negative from my life. Whether it be a person or a thing or whatever, if it's restricting me and holding me back then I'm going to get rid of it. I feel like doing this will help me become a lot more confident in myself as everything will be a lot more positive (hopefully).

03. My last resolution is a mixture of a goal and resolution. I want to start trying really hard in school because I have six months left (six months that I wish would hurry up) and I need to achieve everything I can out of them. In order to do this I need to be more organised and stop procrastinating (that's the resolution side of it)  as I procrastinate every single thing I do. Literally, you can give me something to do and I can easily put it off to the very last minute. 

Aren't these just the most cliché resolutions you've ever heard? Anyway, what are your New Years resolutions? I'm really nosy so comment them below and I'll read them. 

I hope you have the most amazing year so HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

All my love,  
A British Brunette xo 
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