I'm at home with a poorly sick Alex today and got to thinking about the amount of skincare/beauty products I use daily. Now as I don't wear much make up on a daily basis it's mainly skincare etc but it does take me a while in the morning/evening to get ready. These are today's products which I thought I'd share :
First up is my Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish which I use twice daily and couldn't live without. I love the feeling of the hot cloth used to remove the cleanser and the cold water afterwards really tightens up your skin. I have mine on auto delivery from QVC as I use so much of the stuff.
Then, depending on my mood, I use either Elemis Pro-Collagen Marine Cream which is easily absorbed into the skin and leaves it feeling silky smooth, or Elemis Illuminating Flash Blalm which has a slightly denser formula but goes on smoothly but takes a bit longer to sink into the skin.
Today I also used the Elemis Tan Accelerator on my legs as the skin was so dry (I suspect due to spending too much time in the sun) and this gives a lovely shimmering glow to the skin without leaving a sticky residue, and it smells lovely. Decided to treat my hands too so gave them their weekly treatment with Crabtree & Evelyn Citron Hand Recovery Scrub which contains tiny granules which slough off the dead skin and give you hands as smooth as a babys bottom. This was follows by lashings of L'Occitane Cherry Blossom handcream which I apply several times throughout each day. I love the Cherry Blossom scent although all of this range smells pretty yummy.
Onto the only make up I tend to wear on a daily basis, Benefit Moon Beam is a fan little highlighting liquid that I apply a pea sized amount of to the apples of my cheeks to give them a dewy glow. Finally I finish off with a coat of MAC lippy and today it was Midimauve that came out of the make up bag first. This gorgeous pale plum colour is a perfect every day shade and suits all skin tones. I love the vanillary scent of MAC lippies and these are the only lipsticks I've found that don't dry my lips out.
That's me done for today until tonight when it's Cleanse & Polish and Elemis Pro-Collagen Oxygenating Night Cream before bed.
Written down it seems like an awful lot of faff each day but my skin is always blemish free so I guess it's worth it. Thanks for reading :-)
