Spray your nails dry

As soon as I saw this sitting on a poundland shelf, I knew I'd have to try it! I am the worst person for not waiting till my nails are dry to do things, then I end up ruining my nails and moaning at myself!

So I tried this out on the purple Revlon polish from my Plums and Oranges post a while back.

I'll admit, I was rather dubious as I am with most things but I also knew I'd have to try it and find out for myself.  It does what it says on the tin. You paint your nails then spray this over them, wait for 60 seconds and you should have almost touch dry nails. I did, it was wonderful! I;ll definitely be trying this out on all my polishes and probably letting you all know the results!

Have you tried this or any other ways of drying your nails? Do you have any tips you swear by (such as dipping you rnails in cold water after you've painted them)? You all know the score, let me know below!

 

My skincare routine

I've seen a few people posting their skincare routines and so I thought I'd join in and show you all mine!

So, from left to right we have; Skinology Tea Tree Blackhead Cleanser, Pure Skincare Eye Make Up Remover, Skinololgy Tea Tree Face Wash and St Ives Naturally Clean Apricot Scrub.

I tend to suffer more from blackheads than any other kind of spot. They are usually right on my lip line as well which is rather disgusting and very annoying!

I try to use the blackhead cleanser at least once a day but morning and evening if I remember. It makes my skin feel so clean and fresh! I also weirdly like seeing how much dirt was on my face, please tell me I'm not the only one?!

 The eye make up remover, I obviously only use if I've been wearing make up that day. It's so gentle but gets rid of everything without irritating my eyes.

Now the face wash and scrub, I alternate between these two. I try to only use the scrub 3-4 times a week as it says on the packet, any more and I could do damage to my skin! But it smells soooo good how can anyone resist!? In between the days I don't use this, I turn to the Skinology Face Wash, this is quite gentle but with a strong scent of tea tree. 

I also have the Skinology Tea Tree Intensive Spot Treatment but I very rarely have to use it. Only if I great a great big dirty spot that makes me recoil every time I look in the mirror!

Where to buy:

The Skinology items are available from Wilkinsons and both the items cost 98p. I love this value range and will definitely be purchasing again! 

Pure Skincare can be found in Poundland and I spoke in more detail about the St Ives Scrub in this post here.

What is your skincare routine? What products can you not live without and what ones could you do without?

Treating myself

As the title suggests, I treated myself yesterday and now I'm here to talk about the things I bought! 

Some are pretty self explanatory, others I will talk a bit more about.

Nail Polish Remover Pads

I bought these simply because I tend to find nail polish remover really dries out my nails and makes them look horrible! Hoping these pads do a bit of a better job. If these aren't up to scratch, I'll have to keep an eye out for the remover pots that you dip your fingers in. I've heard good things about them!

Nail Polish

My wee nail polish collection is growing, and so it should! There are so many different shades out there by different companies. It's hard trying to decide what colour to do my nails some morning!

I chose the Revlon polish out poundland (there's a surprise!) and the Missguided polish came with this months Cosmopolitan.

The Revlon polish is shade 799 Plum Night and I'm not 100% sure but I belive the Missguided is called Missmatch. There are no other indicators towards shade number or name.

Palmolive Anti-Dandruff Shampoo

I absolutely love this shampoo and the bottle I had was finished. So I bought another! This stuff works wonders on my hair, I don't think I'll be looking out for any other shampoos for a while. 

Collection 2000 Colour Intense Trio

I know, I know, I have way too many eyeshadows already but I couldn't resist these two trios. They came packaged together so it was both of them for £1 If that's not a bargain, I don't know what is!

Lovely delicate looking colours but I need to invest in a primer and see what they are like combined with that.

St. Ives Apricot Scrub

So I received a 7ml sample of this a while back (I was sure I posted about it but can't find it!) Used it as soon as I got it and fell in love. I'm always wary about using scrubs as I have quite delicate skin, as soon as I tried this I knew I would have to buy it. The scrubbing beads aren't too harsh on my skin, it smells divine and leaves you with lovely soft, fresh skin!

I'm going to shock you all, but I didn't get this from poundland! I was out getting my fortnightly shop and took a wander up the skincare aisle in Tesco. Saw this and remembered I had a £1 off voucher in my purse (god bless coupons!) With the voucher, this only cost me £2.99, not too much to break the bank and for such a lovely product as well!

I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for more St Ives products.

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Cheap makeup - friend or foe?

Louis was a lovely boyfriend today and bought me these things from poundland after I fell in love with them! I think poundland can be fantastic for picking up a bargain, especially make up wise. I've purchased Rimmel and Sally Hansen products from there before, just had to rummage for a bit! It can be hit and miss sometimes but it must just depend when they get deliveries and certain products in. Long story short, I love poundland! ;)

The packaging for poundland makeup is, understandably very basic. All the Chit Chat products below are stuck to a piece of cardboard with a plastic sleeve over it. On the back of this plastic sleeve is the sticker with all the products ingredients and such.

Now, onto the products. The two polishes... I love green and purple, especially when put together! Both these shades look so vibrant and wow, I think they'll look great on their own or together! The colours on the packaging simply state they are lime and purple. I've never tried Chit Chat polish but I'm really looking forward to! These are both 12ml bottles for £1 each and have a shelf live of 18months according to the packaging.

Deep cleansing nose strips, the past week or so, I've been noticing that the pores on my nose are horrendous! No matter what exfoliator, soap, scrub, anything I use, they won't go away! If these don't work I'll need to try and steam clean my face!

Now these next two products, they look awfully similar don't they! I'm sure Benefit has some products like this ;) These were actually the first items I spotted and no wonder. Right now I don't have £23.50 to spend on the Benefit products (I hope to one day!) so for now, £1 products will do me just fine!! These are both 12ml bottles too with a shelf life of 24 months. I really love the highlighter, I can see me using that quite often. The cheek tint, I'm not too sure about, its looking rather purpley/pink on my arm right now from where I swatched it. Maybe I didn't rub it in quick enough or that's just the colour it comes out as, I'll try it on my cheeks another day and write up a post. While writing this, I actually just dabbed some on my lips to see what it was like and I love that!!

I'm now off to wash my face and deep cleanse my nose. Hope you enjoyed reading!
Do you use Chit Chat products or would you use them? How do you feel about cheap makeup?

Lips in a flash!

So if I'm in a hurry out the door or something and just want something quick to put on my lips, this is my go to product!

Poundland is my friend!

#3508 Fiery Red

It's not the most fantastic product ever but I like it. I like the colour, how it goes on and how it looks on.  It says the colour is Fiery Red but it looks more of a dark pink to me. Just me?

What are your go to lip products?