Flawless Friends - Skincare/Make up Routine!

I've been meaning to do a post like this for a while. My routine. Witch Skincare asked all their Flawless Friends to post on how you keep your skin looking flawless. Well my skin is far from it so I rely quite a bit on make up. But I use as much skincare as I can to help things along the way.

My routine changes all the time but this is what's working for me at the minute. I haven't included cleansers but these vary between No7 Hot Cloth Cleanser, Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish and L'Occitane Angelica Cleanser.

Evening - I use the following products: Body Shop Vitamin E Moisture Serum, Clinqiue Overnight Turnaround Moisturiser, Avon Planet Spa Eye Cream, All For Eve Balm and Body Shop Tea Tree Face Mask (put only on blemishes)

Morning - I prep my skin with: REN Hyrdacalm Global Protection Day Cream, All for Eve Balm.

Then apply: Maybelline Superstay 24h Foundation, Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer, Collection Pressed Powder, HD Brow Pallette in Bombshell, Collection Extreme Eyeliner Felt Tip, Avon Plump Out Mascara, MUA Every Lash Mascara, Yves Rocher Sexy Pulp Mascara (yes I use three different mascaras!), MUA Blusher, NYC Lipstick and Lipcote.

And that is how I "fake"  my flawless look. I'll never be blemish free as that's my skin type and I've learnt to live with it. When my skin really breaks out I apply the good old Witch Blemish Stick (the oldies are the goodies) and that soon sorts me out! But other than that, there's no use stressing over bad skin just accept it, eat healthy, drink gallons of water and it will all clear up one day!

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REN Skincare Kit Review!

RRP £16*

Another magazine freebie review! On the copy of this months Red magazine was this beautiful REN skincare kit and who am I to refuse free skincare? So I snapped it up. The kit contains the Hydra-Calm Global Protection Day Cream Sensitive, Active 7 Radiant Eye Gel and Vetiver v7 Hand and Body Cream.

Hydra-Calm Global Protection Day Cream Sensitive: Now this is the product I am in love with and I'm going to be gutted when I use it up. I have been using for the past week and I'm not sure if it's a coincidence or not but my skin has cleared up. The formula is light but really nourishing for my skin. It feels plumped and smooth. It retails at £27 for 50ml! Which for a budget beauty girl is a lot of money! But it does an amazing job. I am finding that using more expensive skincare works far better than cheaper skincare and I do have a love for expensive skincare at the minute!

Active 7 Radiant Eye Gel: I've been using the eye cream every other night. Eye cream is something I'm trying to get into the habit of using next year I reach the grand old age of 20 and so I'm starting to panic about wrinkles (how vain of me?). This eye cream really cools the area around my eyes and it makes them feel less puffy! Always a good thing. It doesn't help my dark circles but I don't think anything will. I do like this eye cream but I'm not to bothered about repurchasing it. It retails at £20 for 15ml.  If someone wants to buy it for me then I'll happily accept!

Vetiver v7 Hand and Body Cream: To be honest body cream is body cream to me. I've been using lots of different ones and enjoyed them. This is no exception. It is a really nice cream leaves my skin feeling super smooth and it's nice as it has no scent, so you can put any perfume over the top. I found this cream great for putting on my legs after I had shaved them, I find that some creams make my legs sting! I do love this product and with a price tag of £9 it's not too pricey!

Did you get the REN skincare kit? What are your thoughts?

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