Loving Lately #2

Halfway through another month, where is all this time going?! I'll be married and popping out kids before you know it at this rate...

Just like last month, I've decided to do another Loving Lately post, just to bridge the gap between monthly favourites, and show you what products have been in my rotation.

Vichy Pureté Thermale Cleanser: I picked up this cleanser at the beginning of the month, as I needed something to suit a more 'normal' skin type, which my skin seems to have become. It's hydrating, and quite refreshing considering it's a milk. It hasn't broken my skin out at all, my skin is actually pretty clear at the moment. It's also paraben free which is a bonus.

Tresemmé Platinum Strength Deep Conditioning Treatment: My go to hair mask at the moment. My hair is pretty damaged so I use this every time I wash my hair (every two days) to help strengthen it. I've definitely noticed an improvement, my hair is a lot healthier these days! 

Organic Argan Oil with Liquid Gold: A little drop of this rubbed into the ends of hair after blow drying, helps keep my hair soft, and is strengthening it too. Every now and then I coat my hair in this for twenty minutes before I get in the shower, like a quick treatment, and it seems to be working!

Rimmel Scandaleyes Eyeshadow Paints: In this boiling hot weather, my makeup is just melting off my face, but not these bad boys. These stay put all day, and I've been reaching for them every morning. Read my full review here.

Urban Fudge Iced Raspberry and Vanilla Hair Spray: The best hold of any hair spray I've ever used. I've been wearing my hair up a lot because of the heat and this ensures my hair stays put all day (and all night if I forget to take the 4000 grips out). If I'm wearing my hair down, I spritz my brush with this and then brush my hair through with it, to prevent static and frizz, and to make my hair smell good, because this stuff smells heavenly. 

Real Techniques Expert Face Brush: I've been using this to apply my base, since it gives better coverage than the buffing brush, and I've been using lighter coverage foundations. This brush is also great for blending in concealer, and using bronzer to contour your face, since the shape of the brush means it sits perfectly in the hollows of my cheeks. I could probably go away and take just this brush for base, bronzer, concealer, blush & highlighter. Yes I know it needs a wash.

Avene Eau Thermale: Since going on the underground these days is like getting into a bath with Satan, this has been my best friend. My boyfriend thinks I'm ridiculous but I honestly wouldn't get on the tube without this at the moment. It's instant cool refreshment and it doesn't ruin your makeup. Perfect.

Sleek Sweet Cheeks Blush By 3: I haven't been wearing a ton of makeup, but this has made the cut quite a lot. I really love this blush palette, you can read my full ramblings on it here.

Revenge Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger: Lastly, I love nothing more than a trashy chic lit book to read when it's hot, and this ticks all my boxes. Fashion, drama, relationships, the lot. Anyone who loved the first book should pick this up.

That was longer than I expected it to be! What have you been loving recently?

June Favourites

Another month has been and gone and here we are on the first day of July. I can only hope the weather this month will be an improvement on the the dark skies and humidity of June, that have been sending my hair crazy.

It was really hard to pick my favourites for the month of June, I had a week of using some products back home, then I spent a week on holiday, and two weeks in London, so there are very few products that I have been consistently using throughout the month. However, the ones I have been using however, are good 'uns, so here we are.

No 7 Beautiful Skin BB Cream for Normal/Dry Skin: I started using this on my holiday, as I fancied a lighter base, with good SPF protection, and it's not really orange on my fair skin. I really like this, I expected that it would be okay, but didn't think I'd continue to use this once I got home. It's a gorgeous product, and if you're in the market for a lighter base, that suits pale skin, this is the one!

Tresemme Platinum Strength Hair Mask: I'm still not convinced on the effectiveness of this, as a repairing hair mask, but I've been really loving this instead of a conditioner, it's just a little thicker than your average conditioner.

Rimmel 60 Second Polish in Rose Libertine: This has become a bit of a cult blogger polish, but I absolutely love it. I'm not a big fan of pink polishes, but I love this. It's a beautiful dusky pink, with a good wear, it lasts about a week and a glossy finish. It's been on my fingers and toes for the most of the month.

Rimmel Wake Me Up Concealer: I've had this for a long time now, but for the last two months, I've been using this every single day as my under eye concealer, on top of Illamasqua's pinky white under eye concealer, which acts as a corrector. It's the only combo that works on my giant under eye bags.

Lush Ocean Salt Face Scrub: I picked this up after Lush discontinued my all time favourite Let The Good Times Roll Scrub. It's really different, it's a cream with big chunks of salt in, that gently exfoliates your skin but whilst giving it a boost of moisture. It's a hard product to describe, so I'd recommend picking up a sample and trying it out!

Caudalie Beauty Elixir: My love for this has been reunited, after it got me onto my plane, since I'm mad scared of flying. The essential oils really calmed me down. I then used this as a toner for my holiday, and have carried on using it since. I only normally use this sporadically, as it's so expensive, but I figured, what's the point in buying these things if you don't use them? Anyway, my skin has cleared right up since using this!

Shu Uemera Lash Curlers: I used to own these a long time ago, and when I lost them, I just replaced them with cheap ones, which never really did much. Well anyway, I replaced these at the beginning of the month, and remembered just how good they are. They really are the only lash curlers that work, and they make my crappy lashes look incredible.

L'Oreal Glamshine Splash Stains in Lolita and Romy: I picked these up for my holiday and haven't stopped using them since. They're a great alternative to lipstick, and also a pretty decent dupe for the YSL Glossy Stains, although the colour range is massively different.

Montagne Jeuness Buriti Fruit Body Smoothie*: I saved the best til last. The best body moisturiser I've ever used, hands down. Lighter than any other moisturiser, and a yummy fruity fragrance. I'll be repurchasing this for sure.

So those are my favourites! What are yours?