Top Tip: Hot Cloth Cleanser Cheat Sheet

Hi guys!!

This tip is for all you gym-bunnies out there. The No.7 Beautiful Skin Hot Cloth Cleanser has instructions as to its use but I have found a super cheat which allows it to work so much better!!

After you hop into the shower before going to the steam room after a hard session in the gym, take a minute to apply some of the No.7 Hot Cloth Cleanser to your face, rub in circular motions as you would normally, and then go into the steam room. Let the steam open your pores and allow the cleanser to sink in. While your in the steam room, massage the cleanser into your face every so often. When you're done in the steam room, take a proper shower and use a muslin cloth or a flannel to gently buff off the cleanser.

After all that is said and done, don't forget to moisturize your skin with your favorite moisturizer, I used my Garnier Pure Skin blemish control lotion.

I have found this method so useful and my skin has been amazing because of the extra help it has been getting in the steam room!

If you try this tip please do let me know in a comment or tweet me!

Amy
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Review: Dove Silky Nourishing Body Cream

My name is Amy and I am, as my mother would say, "A divil for forgetting things". Things like moisturizing. For the brief time I was using the Nivea In-Shower stuff, I was religious at it, but I finished it, never repurchased and life went on... albeit a bit more flakily.

Then my mother gifted me this glorious tub of thick, lightly scented cream!

This cream is heavenly and you need it in your life. It's rich, creamy, sinks in quickly with no residue and it smells divine!! A little scoop with your finger is enough for each part of your body, which means the tub with last a long time before you have to replace it.

Personally, I find this cream so much better after a round of intense scrubbing with Tough Stuff! Talk abut your killer combo!!

Have you tried the Dove Silky Nourishing range? 

Is there anything I should try? 

Drop me a comment and let me know!

Amy

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June BBC Day 16: Skincare Routine

I've always been about minding my skin. I've never suffered from acne, and most of the time, my skin is pretty well behaved aside from one or two small spots here and there! I don't believe, and have never believe in wearing a full face of make-up everyday. It's expensive and tough on your skin. I fully advocate going without. And I have to say, I've never bothered much with make-up and I still get told I'm attractive, beautiful (and if you're from the sticks, you'll know what it means to be called "a fine lookin' young-wan" by your elders). Going Au Natural has never stopped me meeting people, never stopped me getting male attention. While I fully understand why girls go out everyday with their face all made up, that's just not for me. I stick with my skincare routine, and that's enough for me!


When I'm in the shower I use Loréal Men Expert Pure and Matte facial scrub. It's designed to fight impurities and mattify the surface of your skin. I use two small blobs every time I get into the shower, the first to get rid of the oil on my skin, the second to get down into the pores. It never fails me!

After I finish with that, I gently run my Body Shop Facial Brush over to help increase blood-flow slightly. The bristles are soft and it just makes my skin lovely and tingly before I hop out of the shower.

After that, I run a Skin Wisdom Youth Protect wipe over my face to remove any residue that might be on my face, because the water isn't always great here at home! Then I take a little of my Elemis Softly Softly moisturiser and rub it til its all sunk in...

For my body, I've recently started using exfoliating gloves in the shower with my shower-gel, and then moisturizing with either Lush's Charity Pot, or if I need to look glowy for something, I will use my Garnier Summer Body Gradual Tanning Lotion. It's brilliant and not streaky at all. It also smells like apricots, but when you get into the shower it takes on that horrible burnt biscuit scent that we all loathe. Oh well, you can't win every round!

If I'm feeling like a treat, I'll pop this mask from the Boots Essentials range on for 3-5 minutes while I'm slathering myself in some lotion or another from the shoulders down! It's enriched with cucumber and I personally find it extremely softening and deep cleansing! It's somewhere in the €2.50/€3.00 price range, so its easy on the pocket. Also its good for using solely around the nose area if that's what you would rather. It comes in a bigger version too, so if you fall as hopelessly in love with it as I have, then you will be dying to repurchase the bigger tube, which is only a euro or so more expensive!

After I use the cucumber mask, and I've rinsed it off with barely warm water, I like to run a cotton ball with a little toner on it. Now, I'm not terribly fancy with my toner, and only that I already had the toner I have now, I'd have invested in the toner from the Boot Essentials like too. I use the Tesco Cucumber Toner to remove any leftovers from the Clay Mask, and then top it off with the Elemis moisturiser. I only use the mask 2 or 3 times a week, so this extra couple of steps just slot in pretty seamlessly to my normal regime.

So that's my very lengthy explanation of my skincare routine! Sorry if its a bit waffley or possibly a bit preachy, I got a bit caught up!

What is your skincare routine like? Do you get as involved in yours as I do in mine? What's your favorite product? Can you recommend any other masks for me to try? I would love to read your comments and suggestions down below!

Amy
xoxo