I'm on twitter!

Hello,

Just a quick post to say that you can follow me on twitter.

I'm fairly new to the whole tweeting thing so if you have any recommendations or you want me to follow you just let me know in the comments below!

my twitter name is @wee_emzzy






Hope everyone is having a good weekend!

A little love
Emma xo

Girl crushing

Girl crushing sounds a bit Hulk-ish but I'm actually referring to my appreciation of other females. Like so many of us, I have a crush and Shenae Grimes is my ultimate!



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I love her casual style and take a lot of inspiration from her looks when I style myself. I'm only 5 foot 3 and as she is also teeny tiny, I find a lot of things that she wears I can pull off too. I love Milly mackintosh from made in Chelsea and her style is impeccable but I could never pull off half the stuff she wears. I reckon I would only just come up to the top of those long amazing pins of hers.

Back to Shenae....

I also love her hair... in fact... I want I want!! I love a lose relaxed looking wave and shes always rocking that. She always has a gorgeous colour to her hair too.

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She now has her very own fashion blog which she features OOTD's wish lists and more which you can check out here: http://officialshenaegrimes.com/
Now I can take my girl crushing to another level! (not Hulk smash)

So what Girl Crushes do you have?

A little Love
Emma xo

My le guide sante experience and review

 

 

 

I hope you all enjoyed my skincare regime post and hopefully you found it useful. I did mention a couple of tims that I had recently placed an order for a few bits with le guide sante. As I was just finishing the post the buzzer went and there was my order! I thought I would share my experience with you as I have never heard much about it anywhere. I don't even remember how I managed to stumble across it myself actually! anyway....

 

 

So le gude sante is kinda like a french pharmacy online. You can find products like Bioderma, Vichy, Caudalie, Nuxe , Le Roche posay and many more. If you are a fan of french skincare this would be the place for you! The prices are much cheaper than I have seen anywhere else and they also sell herbal and organic produce, massage oils, and even things for pets - if that's your thang!

 

 

I picked up two bottles of the Bioderma crealine water for £14:06 and a mini 100ml bottle for travelling for £3.12. I paid £15.95 for just one 500ml bottle one eBay so I'm getting twice as much for that here. Ive seen the 100ml bottles for as much as £8. I decided to go for a 100ml bottle of the Caudalie beauty elixir for £22.12 which I can never find cheaper that £29 pounds anywhere else. There were so many products I wanted and I piled in my basket high at first, but thought I should go canny for my fist order.

 

 

I went for the basic shipping option which cost £6.81 and this got my parcel to me in 4 days. Amazing! I was able to track my parcel and I don't know about you but I really love to be able to do this. My items arrived neatly packed and I even received a free sample of nuxe body oil! a wee brucy bonus there! they also do a points system where you collect points with every order and can use them to get free products. I have 20 which will only get me plasters at the mo... I think ill save for something more exciting.

 

Ill defiantly be back on the website again as they really were amazing! With such a wide variety of products, fab prices, top service and super fast delivery... what more could a beauty junkie want!

 

Check it out here - http://www.leguidesante.co.uk/

 

A little love

Emmax

 

 

Skincare regime - combo skin

I have been working on trying to get a skincare regime I was happy with for ages and I think I'm almost there so I thought it would be a good time to share it with you. My skin is defiantly difficult! It gets very dry but I also fine it to get a bit oily at times too. Its very sensitive and I break out loads too. You don't get more combo than that! If you have skin anything like mine then you will know the struggle it is to find products that solve these problems. Anything you use to combat the dryness seems to cause spots and anything that you used to fight spots drys out the skin more and irritates it... geeees!

OK so after much playing about, I have found these little beauts have been working a bit of magic for me.

Cleansers

First is my Bioderma crealine micellar water. I gave into the hype and picked a bottle of this of eBay and I'm glad i did! I had been using face wipes to remove my makeup but they are just so harsh on the skin. Micellar waters intrigued me as i wanted something that would remove makeup quickly and easily but was also very gentle.  this stuff  really dose feel like water and takes off all my makeup without any irritation. I just soak a few Cotton pads in the stuff and sweep it all over the face and bam! done! The eBay i got it from has stopped selling it but there are many others selling there. I have just ran out so have just ordered a few bottles from Le guide sante.Ill let you know how that goes as they are much cheaper to buy there.http://www.leguidesante.co.uk/

Next I like a deep cleanse, and for this I use my Liz Earle hot cloth cleanser. Boy is this stuff is delish! its so rich and creamy and a dream to rub into the skin. I actually look forward to using it at the end of the day. It has a very spa like sent, it reminds me of the smell of a stem room if that makes any sense?? This gets rid of any last bit of grime (yuk) on my face and leaves it so soft. I got mine from John Lewis and it cost about 15 pounds for the 100ml bottle and some cloths http://www.johnlewis.com/147598/Product.aspx

Scrub

I have gone away from using exfoliating washes as I get I gentle exfoliating effect from my hot cloth cleanse. There are times, especially in the winter, where my skin get a bit dull and flaky and so I turn to my Ginvera marvel gel. Its a really interesting product, you massage it into your skin and after a few moments you can feel all these little bits forming and that's the dead skin coming away! I know it sound scary and a bit yuk but its not at all, it has never once made my skin sore or irritated. Its the best thing I have ever tried for getting rid of flaky skin and it makes it brighter looking too. It cost me £19 from eBay but you can get it from cult beauty too. It may seem steep but this bottle has lasted me over a year and a half so its well worth the money.

Treatments

I picked up the witch hazel night treatment gel from Boots at Christmas time and an now onto my second tube. It Helps calm my skin when I'm having a breakout with out drying the area out. I just pop it on after cleansing at night time and I always find any redness reduced by morning. I use this on the areas i ten to get spots on as a preventative measure and I find that it stops any bumps that form turning into full blown angry spots. its only 2.99 from boots. bargain!

The Caudalie beauty elixir is another one that has been doing the rounds in the blog-osphere. I wanted to try it as I claims to do so much and when you are in a bad skin rut that is just the kind of product that calls out to you... buy me buy me!

Its hard to put my finger on it, but its doing something! Just like the witch hazel gel I feel it keeps my spots from coming to surface and its lovely and refreshing. At around £9 a pop for a 30ml bottle its certainly not cheap! I added a bottle of this to my le guide sante order too as it was a lot cheaper there. I might have a scout for some cheaper alternatives but for the moment its a must for me.

In a extreme spot scenario ill reach for my panoxly gel to clear things up. I have been reaching for this much less often these days as  I think the other products are working at preventing these situations. I  have the 2,5% version but you can get versions up to 10%. This is very strong and does really dry out the skin so you have to be very careful when using it and not use too much. It does help clear my skin quicker but does make my skin a bit red and sore after. you can get this from the pharmacy counter and its only a few pounds.

Moisturiser and Toner

At the moment I have been using Oilatum natrual skin repair cream and I cant imagine using anything else. It moisturises my dry skin without being greasy and helps heal up my skin where I have marks from acne. I really love this stuff and I get mine from Salisbury's for around 6 pounds but you can get its readily available in many stores. I also love the Boots No7 soft and soothed toner. I have been using this for a while now and it does exactly what it says on the tin! I use it after cleansing and it gets rid of every last bit of cleanser and leaves my skin lovely and soft. Its 8 pounds at boots but I always stock up when Boots have their No7 5 pound off offer. 

Eyes and Lips

I have been using this vitamin E  eye cream from boots but to be honest, I'm not sure its doing much? i really want to find a nice moisturising eye cream so any recommendations would be welcome! at them moment I'm going to try use this up. For my lips I love my ELF therapeutic lip balm which only cost me 1:50 from their website here http://www.eyeslipsface.co.uk/product~prodID~24.htm.
I only use this at night as its very thing and buttery but my lips always feel lovely and soft in the morning. I do also like my Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream for dry skin and my lips but I have just ran out. boo!

So that it! have you tried any of these? what products have you been using and loving lately?


A little love
Emma x

Setting sprays

Vitamin E and Vitamin C face mists

Hello! its been a very very VERY long time since I did a post! terrible! Anyway.....

I thought I would do a little review on these two beauties that I have resently purchased. I took full advantage of the 3 for 2 offer the bodyshop had on skincare this month, and picked up these and a moisturiser.

I have been wanting to try a setting spray for suuuuuch a long time as I hate the cakey dry look I get with powder. I really cant go without setting my makeup as my skin gets quite oily and my makeup ends up going all patchy. Yuck! Corrie at http://www.dizzybrunette3.com/ always raves about the Bodyshop Vitamin E spray, and how it helps keep here makeup in place for the day, so I decided I would give it a go.

I am loving this stuff! It really does help keep my makeup in place and makes my skin look lovely and dewy. I spray it after I have finished applying my makeup in the morning and then spray it on my face for a refresher if I need it throughout the day. I feels lovely and cooling on my skin too which is nice. I was a bit worried my sensitive skin would take a horrible reaction to this as it has a light scent but I have has no problems with it

The Vitamin C spray is reccomended for Dull skin and is supposed to give your skin a 'pick me up'. Now to be honest I feel the first spray does that for me anyway and this one has been stinging my face slightly (damm my sensitive face) I think someone with normal skin would have no problem with this though!

I did try the ELF setting spray but really didnt enjoy it. I wanted to take a photo to add in this post but I couldnt find the bottle anywhere. It had a such an odd smell and it really really stunk my face. I found that it did help set my makeup but made my skin look really dry.

I hope this has been of help and I would really reccomend trying a setting spray if you are wanting to get away from powders.

A little love

Emma xo

my top blushes

I got to work today and there was a package for me with and item I had been excitedly waiting on for a while. It was a new milani blush and it had come from a fellow makeupalley user with whom I had just had a swap.

For those not currently aware for makeupalley, this is a website where you can fine product reviews and swap makeup! AMAZING! so whilst scrolling through the very long list of products avalible for swap I found a Milani blush in sweet rose. Now I had herd of this brand and seen many youtubers raving about their blushes, but could never find Milani avalible anywhere in the UK (sigh!) So I had a look through the this users wish list just hoping to find something on there that I had that I could swap with. Yipee!!! she was looking for BarryM dazzle dusts which I have loads of!

We argreed a swap and now I have my lovely Blush, one of my new favs I'd say! so I though I would do a run down on my top blushes, including my new love!

So lets start with the Milani blush.

This is in sweet rose which is in a deep pink colour with purple undertones. This is a matt blush which I really like as its sometimes nice not to be all shimmery. The colour looks quite deep but its not massively pigmented, so when on the cheeks it give a nice subtle hint of colour. I think im going to quite like wearing this shade in fall through to winter.

Next up is my ELF studio blush in tickled pink. This is a light pink blush with a slight blue undertone and only a hint of shimmer. I am now on to my second one of these as I love it sooo much and use it most days! Its got just the right amount of shimmer and is just the right shade for my pale skin tone. I love all the ELF blushes and I would really recommend trying them out, cause at £3.50 you cant go wrong!

Now I would say this next one is probably quite a popular choice but rightly so! Im talking about the little Bourjois blushes and the one I have is in 35 Lune D'or. This is a shimmery peach gold colour and this looks fab and gives me a really healty glow. I love the smell of these and the pot is so teeny tiny it's dead easy to carry about in your bag for touchs ups. This one is priced at around £7

The next blush is one from Prestige, which is a new discovery for me. This mineral blush is in natrual and looks more like a bronzer but gives a nice peachy golden natrual glow to the cheeks. Looks very good with a tan and this is my new go to product when I have gained a little sun. This blush comes in a few other lovely shades and costs around £6

Next is another ELF blush, this one is from the £1.50 line and is the natrual radiance Blush in the colour Innocence. Another little gem and a total bargain! you can see form the picture is has been very loved. This is a very light pink with a little shimmer. This would suit someone with very pale skin as the colour is very light. A little goes a long way with this one!

Im not sure why some of my pics are going in sideways??? ech!!

Anyways.... I have swatched all the blushes below for you to see

L-R Innocence, Tickled pink, Lune D'or, Natural, Sweet rose

I would recommend checking these out and im sure they wont disappoint!

A little love

Emma x

It all begins!!

Hello!

so after years for reading blogs I have decided I may be ready to make one of my own.

I have always been a fan of makeup and really rely on the advice of the lovely ladies whos blogs I follow to help steer me in the right direction of the best products, and help avoid any duds!

Hopefully ill be able to do the same myself

Here goes!

A little love,
Emma x