My Favourite Cleanser #1 - Katherine Daniels Essential Cleansing Milk

I thought I would do a series of posts this week reviewing my all time fave cleansers. I have had problem skin all throughout my teenage years, and now I have finally got over my bad skin stage, I thought i'd share the products I used to try and combat that. All the products I am reviewing, I use both to remove my makeup and to cleanse my skin.

To start this week long series, my first favourite cleanser is the Katherine Daniels Essential Cleaning Milk. I have got through many a salon size bottle of this product!! I used this when my skin was at its worst, and it helped it SO much! It think the thing that I love most about this product is how gentle it is. My makeup just glides off, and makes my skin feel so soft and fresh.

It's not thick and greasy at all - it's quite a runny consistency and a little goes a long way. I think a lot of products on the high street are either too harsh and try to do too many things, or too gentle and do nothing!! This is the perfect in-between.

I have used this cleanser with the toner from the same collection - and they work amazingly together - so would definitely recommend this too.

I haven't seen anyone write a review about this product, I know its used a lot in salons, but is less well known in the internet world.. I think it deserves SO much more hype.. its so amazing!

First cleanser review DONE!! See you tomorrow.. it's a good'un!

You can buy the cleanser here , buy the cleanser and toner due here - and also find out more about the Katherine Daniels products here - www.katherinedanielscosmetics.com

LLB x

Makeup Inspiration | Gigi Hadid

Gigi is the ultimate 'it' girl at the moment - she is a natural beauty and great fashion sense. Having it recently been the met gala, I have been trawling through endless pictures, and although I wasn't the biggest fan of her makeup look this year (sorry!) - I did see a picture of her from last years gala and thought she looked amazing! 

I am always so inspired by her make up looks, so i thought i'd share my ideas on how to achieve a naturally beautiful look.

First up is the YSL Touche Eclat Foundation. This foundation is a light to medium coverage, it gives your skin a beautiful glow and is super natural looking. I used to use this foundation religiously, but haven't used it for AGES!! Its the perfect foundation for the summer if you need that extra bit of coverage - I would also team it with the YSL Touche Eclat highlighter. Gigi doesn't heavily contour, she just subtly highlights the high points of her face. This product is perfect for this as it reflects the light and blends into the skin seamlessly so looks super natural.

On the eyes I would use MACs Woodwinked. I know this doesn't suit everyones skin tone - definitely better for those of you who have blue eyes, as it really makes this colour pop, and paler skin. Gigi has perfected the sultry but fresh look - I think this eyeshadow is perfect for that. Not too over the top but it just adds something extra to the look. 

Secondly on the eyes, I would use the Benefit Push up Liner - its super black and makes it really easy to get a nice smooth line!! To finish the eyes off, I would use the Eyelure Individual Lashes. Again, they are perfect for adding volume to the lashes but still looking really natural! I also think they're so much easier to apply than a strip lash, so you cant really go wrong!

For the brows I would use the Anastasia Brow Whiz. I swear by this - I use it on a daily basis and I absolutely love it!! I don't have a lot of time to get ready on the mornings, and this just makes it super easy and quick to do my brows. Gigis eyebrows are perfectly imperfect - just filled in slightly to give her face some shape. This product doesn't add to much heavy colour - just enough for some added definition.

Finally is the lips! Gigi has a pretty pink glossy pout - so its really easy to achieve! The Nars lipgloss in 'Orgasm' is perfect for this. It has gold reflexes in so reflects the gold on the eyes really well.

LLB x

The Body Shop Hemp Review

So as you're probably aware.. I'm always on the hunt for a product that will actually help my dry skin. I've always loved body shop products, but hadn't used any in years!! I used to be OBSESSED with the body butter in the smell 'dreams unlimited' (i think!?).. it smelt absolutely amazing and did fab things for my skin. But I think it was a limited edition collection so once they stopped selling it, I was gutted!! Since then, I have been on the hunt for something I have loved equally as much, and until now I haven't been able to find it!!

Don't ask me why I didn't just try another body shop body butter in a different smell all those years ago.. because I have no idea! But i just recently had an epiphany and decided to purchase a body butter but in a different smell.

I went onto the body shop website and they seriously have all the smells you could ever wish for!! As I was looking through all the selections - I saw once which had a crazy amount of good reviews and decided to give it a go.

The one I picked was the 'hemp' body butter. I know it doesn't sound particularly glamorous, and I didn't even know what hemp was until I discovered this product - but it is so amazing for dry skin!! It hasn't got a very strong smell - it isn't like the other body butter that I got from body shop because that literally made me sell like i'd bathed in perfume!! I'm rubbish at describing smells.. but its quite an earthy herbal smell - it's nicer than i'm making it sound trust me!! The cream itself is really thick and creamy, it isn't greasy at all and juts makes your skin feel hydrated instantly!

While trawling the website, I found some other hemp products which all had as amazing reviews so I decided to add them to my bag too.

The first one was the hemp lip balm. Smells lovely, and makes my lips feel so amazing, plump and hydrating.. basically exactly what I want a lip balm to do!!

The second one was a hand cream. I don't really get particularly dry hands to be honest - but I thought an extra bit of hydration can't hurt and the packaging is delightful!! And yes, this is as amazing as the reviews suggest too! A little goes a long way - and I have my mum hooked too so i'll be purchasing another tube for her too.

LLB x