beautyconstellation: February 2014

Skincare Saviours: The Winter Edition

So, these are the products that have prevented me looking like a flaky, grey, 'Walking Dead' zombie this Winter. Here is my ode to my day and night time skin saviours!

Day

So, the addition of Hydraluron is probably of no surprise to any of you beauty readers in the know. Ever since it was mentioned by the fabulous skincare guru Caroline Hirons, Hydraluron has been a firm favourite of every Beauty Blogger and their dog (well maybe that's too far, but you get the picture) - and with good reason. The wonder product from Indeed Labs claims to 'increase skin hydration from below the surface with an ultra=high-quality hyaluronic acid that holds up to 1,000 times it's weight in water. Impressive stuff, no? I'm currently on my third tube of the stuff and can hand on heart say that my skin has never felt so soft and plump.

Korres 24 hour Moisturising and Brightening Cream is my favourite day time moisturiser by far. It's moisturising, softening and has the perfect amount of beautiful rose scent to make the product feel luxurious without being overpowering. I have the normal/dry skin option, as I do tend to suffer with dryness over the colder months but they do make an oily/combination formula which I'm tempted to purchase ready for the warmer weather. I like applying this little gem of a moisturiser in the morning, it's lightweight and easily absorbed providing a perfectly primed base to apply my make-up for the day.

Ahhhhhh, Dr Andrew Weil for Origins - Mega Bright. This inconspicuous little green pot, houses an eye cream of magical properties. I've honestly never used an eye cream that has made such a rapid difference to my horrendous dark circles - they're blue-toned FYI. I've been patting this on in my under eye region, day and night for the past week and have noticed my dark circles have lightened slightly as well as the skin in that area just looking healthier and more radiant. I've not needed to wear as much concealer and feel as if my face looks fresher and somehow more awake than normal. I cannot recommend this enough.

So, that was my 'Day' skincare instalment, stay tuned for the 'Night' addition. How do your skin care products change from day to night?

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The Splurge

All that glitters

So, today I had one of those days where things don't pan out quite how you'd like them to. As I currently have a few extra pennies apparently burning a hole in my pocket I decided to hit the shops for a spot of retail therapy. Here are my purchases :

I've been having a bit of trouble sleeping recently and it's starting to take it's toll on my under eye area. Too many late nights juggling uni deadlines, work and the harsh Winter weather has not been a good combination for my skin or general health. Hopefully this will help perk me up and make me look more alive, the lovely Origin's lady at the counter said I should notice results within 4 weeks (I do hope so because at £32 for 15ml it's definitely not the most purse friendly option out there). I'm currently on the last squeeze of my Indeed Labs 'eyesilix' so as soon as that's finished I'll give this a whirl.

My boyfriend, (being the loving dear that he is - #MUSHY sorry not sorry) decided to pick me up a surprise present from Mac as an early Valentine's Day present. He popped into my local Mac store on his day off work and with help from the assistant's picked out the Studio Sculpt foundation and M-A-C Red lipstick. It was a lovely surprise (thank you!) but the only snag was he'd picked out the foundation in the wrong shade, NW25 which would have looked a touch orange on my skin. I popped into the store a few days later with my aim being to just swap my foundation shade, big mistake! I came out with the beautiful, buttery, golden All That Glitters eyeshadow, alongside the equally wonderful Vegas Volt, an orangey-coral lipstick from their Amplified range. It's like Spring/Summer in a tube and I'm positive it will look amazing when I have a touch more colour in my skin.

Last but not least is the Orion Eyeshadow Trio from Topshop. I'm in love with the darkened champagne/taupe colour in the middle, it's velvet soft with a fantastic colour pay-off. In fact, it's the main reason I purchased this little pallete (along with the snazzy design on the front!).

Anyway, that's enough of me for now. I'll try and pop some individual reviews up once I've given some of these products a fair try. I'm really interested to see how the 'Elasticizer' works (may have to purchase the full size) and the Origins eye cream.

Have you tried any of these products before? If so, what did you think? Especially interested to hear about the Mac foundation as I've been a Nars Sheer Glow girl for the past year!

Katie