Soap & Glory Sugar Crush Range | Review

Soap & Glory Sugar Crush Body Scrub £8 | Soap & Glory Sugar Crush Body Wash £6.50

Mmmmm, even just thinking about these Soap & Glory delights is making me want to run to my bathroom to go and sniff them! Not even joking, when i first got the Sugar Crush body scrub all i could was sniff it every time i went past, i love the scent that much. I'll start off by saying that before these products came along i wasn't all that fussed about soap & Glory as a brand. I felt their products were a bit samey and all had that very distinctively sweet Soap & Glory smell, which i personally, whilst i didn't dislike it, just didn't really float my boat all that much. The Sugar Crush range however, is a completely different kettle of fish! I actually bought the products separately after hunting through boots to find a body scrub and got one whiff of this and was sold. The range smells kind of what you would imagine cocktails in the Caribbean to smell like! The scent is very zesty and subtly sweet, definitely a wake-me-up kind of scent, perfect for mornings! The scrub is really really good too, which is always a bonus to it having a nice smell! I use this a lot on my shins to ward off dry skin and thinks it does an amazing job!  Using the body wash as well does help to maintain the fragrance on your skin and comes in some a massive 500ml bottle that you can't really go wrong! This range is also complete with a body cream but just haven't bought that due to my sensitive skin! This is by far my favourite range from Soap & Glory and definitely one to try if you want to steer away from that sickly sweet kind of smell!

Face Mask Storage | Anthropologie

Anthropologie Kebaya Mug £10 

My skin care obsession has been reaching new found levels of silliness recently and soon it may not even be able to fit on my dresser...! In the meantime though, i have had to come up with some little ways to minimise the room some of my beauty bits take up! One of my absolute favvvvourite stores in the whole wide world has to be Anthropologie and when i was in London i was constantly popping in to their Chelsea and Regent Street stores to purchase some of their to-die-for home ware. Whilst they also sell clothes i'm far more drawn to their home ware as it's so eclectic and fits my style down to the ground. Anthropologie's mugs are my personal favourite as for one they are massive and two they are just so beautiful, (i down right refuse to drink tea from anything else now). I did however find a use for my Kebaya mug and didn't quite have tea drinking in mind. I simply popped three of my favourite face masks in and voila, they take up less room, and it looks down right lovely on your dresser! 

Antipodes Kiwi Seed Oil Eye Cream | Review

Antipodes Kiwi Seed Oil Eye Cream £24.99

In a recent order on one of my favourite beauty websites Naturisimo, i purchased this eye cream from one of my two favourite skin care brands Antipodes. Now, whilst i'm only 20 i've recently decided that the earlier i start looking after my skin the better condition it will be in in the future, hopefully leaving me looking younger with minimal wrinkles etc! Eye cream was obviously the next step in my skincare routine that i has previously been skipping out on in favour of using my everyday and night moisturiser on my eyes instead (very lazy). I obviously wanted something natural on my eyes as i didn't want to irritate them or let chemicals absorb into my eyes. This cream feels very rich but is not heavy in the slightest and is fragrance free which i think is a good first step for my younger skin. The cream contains 100% pure avocado oil, manuka flower & carrot seed which all sounds rather lovely to me and this also contains kiwi seed oil which is very rich in vitamin c to help soften and moisturise skin. The cream is supposed to be applied at "sunrise and sunset" and be patted in gently with fingertips to avoid damaging the eye area with pulling. I've been using this on my eyes for over a month now and you can barely tell i've touched it! A little definitely goes along way with this cream and it leaves my eye area feeling nourished and protected and like i'm doing something to help my eye area in the future! I think this has brightened the area a little too which is a little bonus! The Antipodes brand is really lovely on the skin and will be purchasing more products from them in the future!

Weekly Wish List | Spring Wants!

1. New Look Ripped Denim Dungarees £26  2.Wildfox "Twiggy" Sunglasses 3.Clarins Gentle Exfoliating Toner 125ml £20 4. Aerin Limited Edition Lipstick in Tulip 5. L.I.L.Y by Stella McCartney 100ml 6. Clarins Instant Smooth Self Tanning 30ml

Even though the weather in the UK at the moment can hardly be described as spring, i though i'd try wish it here with a little wish list with some things i think are ideal for the season! Dungarees are a must in my eyes for spring, easy practical and can be ever so chic, this pair from New Look are a bargain and have that lovely acid washed look that will look lovely with bronzed skin (ahem, Clarins)! Number 2 is the lovely wildfox Sunglasses! I keep seeing these everywhere and i'm so tempted to just purchase them, but i can't seem to justify nearly £200 on sunglasses when we barely even have sun in the UK! Ah well, they shall remain firmly planted on my wish list for now. My third item is something which i've heard a bit about recently and i'm quite intrigued to see what it's like! The Clarins Exfoliating toner has been described as a gentler version of the famous Alpha H Liquid Gold, which when used every other night can transform the skin, leaving it radiant and glowing. It's basically a chemical exfoliant  which people have said isn't as harsh as Liquid Gold, which appeals to me much more! This lipstick by Aerin looks soooooo pretty, such a perfect spring shade AND the packing is just luscious. Whilst in the Debenhams beauty hall the other day i had a quick spritz of some perfumes i had been meaning to check out recently, this one by Stella definitely stood out with it's lily of the valley and earthy, mossy notes and i think its a contender for a new spring/summer fragrance! Finally is a product i've wanted for ages! Now i'm a sucker for anything that tells me i will achieve that bronzy glow (this is what happens when an English girl lived in Australia). I just love the fact its multi use product and will give me a golden glow whilst acting as a smoothing base for my makeup, just lovely!

(Almost) French Pharmacy & Boots Haul

 Avene Thermal Spring Water Spray 150ml £5.85 | Bioderma Sensibio H2O 250ml £9.99 | Trilogy Certified Organic Rosehip Oil 20ml £11.75 | Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse Multi Purpose Dry Oil 50ml £17 | Rimmel Apocalips Lip Laquer £4.99 | Kate Moss Matte Lipstick £5.49 

Today's post is a little mini haul of all the things i've bought recently! Got a little Escentual delivery through my door  this morning and could barely contain myself when ripping it open (there nothing better than beauty deliveries!). Went a little mad with the French pharmacy skincare (really need to get myself to Paris) and got a few things i'd been after for AGES, namely the Nuxe Multi Purpose Oil and the cult beauty product Bioderma. Happy Alice for now, though my online shopping itch is already desperate to be scratched...

Finnallllly decided on the Trilogy face oil after seeing it had won lots of beauty awards! Used this this morning and my face felt so soft afterwards! Will do a full review after using it for longer though of course!

 Got the beauty blogger and cult beauty favourite Bioderma after my makeup remover was on its last legs! Very excited to try this and see what all the fuss is about!

My legs have recently been very dry so i've been after this as i heard its brilliant for dry skin! Will also try this on my long locks and see how it fairs...

This avene thermal water spray was more of an impulse purchase as they had huge offers on Escentual on all French Skincare. It had rave reviews on the site and claims to generally calm and sooth skin which really appeals to me!

In little boots trip recently i took advantage of the 3 for 2 offer and got myself some little bits i've wanted for ages (stupidly forgot to include my third item which was the bourgeois healthy mix foundation). These two Rimmel goodies really caught my eye because of their different take on the classic red lip. The Apocalips is in shade Big Bang and reminds me of the YSL Glossy Stains. It's a liquid lipstick and looks really pigmented and drys down to a stain after a few hours. The second is the Kate Moss Matte Lipstick in shade 107 which is a more plummy shade which is lovely!