January Favourites

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It's hard to even think and reflect on the fact that we're onto the 2nd month in such a short period of time. I literally have no clue where January went, I feel as if I didn't do much last month aside from stressing about what's to come...


On a more positive note, today I'm sharing with you a few beauty related items that I've been absolutely loving this past month. Most of these products have already made their debut on the blog - except for my relatively new foundation, which is from MAC and I've been using it for a little over a month. Plus I'm going to share with you another product that I'm certain will stay a favourite of mine for quite some time.


Review | TEA TREE FACE MASK

Tea Tree Face Mask - The Body Shop

This week was by far the fastest, I can't believe it's already the weekend. I'm not at all complaining though, because tonight I will be attending a annually dinner party at my old workplace which I'm pumped about and I'm still in trouble with what to wear, guess you guys will have to see my outcome in a later post.

Today I  will be reviewing the Tea Tree face mask from The Body Shop. A while back in this post, I was contemplating on which face mask to try out and seeing as the tea tree one was the most accessible to me, I decided to start out with it and move up from there. It consists of menthol, tamanu oil, lemon tea tree oil and Community Fair Trade organic tea tree oil and it's described as: "suitable for blemished skin and instantly cools and lifts away impurities." I agree about 79,99% with the description seeing as I have problematic skin and no matter how much I hate someone I wouldn't recommend them to put lemon+menthol on their face, especially if they have breakouts without a good reason because every time I use this mask my face feels like it's on fire! On the other hand I do feel like the product actually works because in the 1 month that I've been trying it out (weekly), my skin feels a lot cleaner and fresher than before. It mightn't yet be 'perfect' but it's sure coming along. I guess lemon + menthol do indeed work well together.

Ways to use it: apply generously to clean face and neck and leave on for 10-15 minutes ( I usually leave it for longer, I would study or watch a show in the meantime). Lastly rinse off with clean water. Recommended use is once a week because it you use it too much you're likely to strip your skin of it's natural oils.

Do any of you ladies and gents have experience of this face mask, if so let me know below.

Beauty | Battle of the Face Masks


Face Masks




Being an avid reader of other beauty and fashion blogs I'm always on the lookout for new products/pieces of clothing or jewellery to try. The great thing about it is that after reading reviews from a couple of bloggers it either leaves me excited to purchase the product... or not and I personally feel it's good to know back in my mind how that certain product/item worked for the other person. Half of the time I don't end up being disappointed.

As of late I have been going through a lot of stress and my skin, especially the T-zone area has been breaking out like crazy. I have had problematic acne prone skin for about 3 years now but always had control over it and all that but recently the breakouts are increasing and I am experiencing very bad scaring.
I have used various masks and that felt like they work but after a few days my skin goes back to feeling 'fat' and whatnot. I've been eating healthy and have salads at most thrice a week, I workout and sleep 7-8 hours each night so I am not totally sure why this is happening right now.

Above are some of the facial masks that I find quite interesting after doing a bit of research, I really like what each and every one of them is said to do for your skin, most importantly I would really like to try the Pink Clay one seeing as it is said to be 100% natural with no additional artificial colours nor scents, very similar to the Body Shop one. I actually have easy access to most of these items it is just a matter of whether they are in stock at my work place or not... I shall later show you which one I will set my mind on and probably do a quick demonstration as well

Review | The Body Shop's Tea Tree Blackhead Exfoliating Wash


What the packaging says: "suitable for blemished skin, exfoliates to help unclog pores for clearer looking skin". 


This blog is dedicated towards fashion, beauty and lifestyle but I feel like I've sort of neglected the 'beauty' portion of it. I haven't really written anything regarding beauty products or such, so today I will be reviewing the exfoliating wash from The Body Shop.

I have been using this exfoliating wash for a little over a month now, I was very excited to use it and hoped it would clear my face but in all actuality all that happened is that my skin was left with dry (patches) around the cheek area. I was kind of disappointed since it's supposed to do good things. For me I just felt like it didn't make much of a difference. I definitely wont be purchasing this beauty product again; or at least not anytime soon. I used it regularly, a few days a week, sometimes even both morning and night. The dryness may have been a reaction due to maybe over excessive use of the exfoliator especially since it contains crushed apricot stones. Maybe that is the thing that caused the dryness and rough feeling of my skin after each wash.
Anyway, it just didn't work for me, but it might do the opposite for someone else. Don't mind my review, this is just an opinion of one individual, feel free to try it out and if you happen to have oily skin, especially in the T-zone and somehow the exfoliating wash works for you, please do let me know.


That's about it, please let me know below what you think of these, I still need to work on what I will be including in these sorts of posts. But I hope you enjoyed this one and hopefully it was helpful to someone.

New In | Necessities

Good morning loves, today I'm coming to you with a short haul from the beginning of the month. It's just a few necessities that I needed (and an amazing deal that I couldn't watch pass me by). I'm almost running out of my L'oreal daily moisturizer so I went ahead and purchased my all time favourite one by Clean&Clear; which was actually suggested to me by one of my lovely friends. I might do a review on it, let me know below if you'd be in any way interested to see that.
From left: The Body Shop tea tree black head exfoliating wash | Clean&Clear dual action moisturizer | Beauty Formulas deep cleansing facial wipes | Sally Hansen natural nail strengthener | Ella shoes booties
I will be writing a separate post regarding the shoes and how I came to buying them. Then I will tell you about the amazing deal that I mentioned above.

stay tuned!xx