Some months I struggle with cobbling together a post full of favourites and then others, my picks are glaringly obvious and it's a complete doddle. This time around, it's the latter. The past month was one of the busiest I've had for a while and it felt like I was away more than I was at home. With all that travelling, my makeup bag was stuffed with the same line-up for the whole month and, the new products that I did try, happened to make the cut into my monthly edit immediately after giving them a go.
We all chop and change the skincare products that we use, especially when new releases are constantly hitting us and there's a sudden surge of interest in specific products that are the next must-have. But, my skin doesn't like that, at all. Whenever I cut my routine down to the products that work for me time and time again, my skin is very grateful and it shows. Also, skincare products take a good few months to really get to work on your skin anyway, so if you don't use it for long enough, chances are you won't see the true benefits from it. At the moment, my morning skincare routine looks like this. It may seem like a lot of steps for a busy morning rush, but the longer I take to give my face a good going over, the better my skin and makeup looks and the better I feel. This morning routine has been working well for me for a few months now and so I thought I'd share it with you guys.
Usually, I'd describe my skin as combination/oily, with dehydrated tendencies. However, when this time of years rolls around, with the cold, blustery weather and deadly central heating, it transforms into being much more dry in areas and oil is less of a problem. There is nothing worse than patchy, scaly skin that becomes just so obvious when makeup is put over it. Exfoliation is key. When I just want a quick, gentle exfoliation, then I choose this little wonder, the Ginvera Green Tea Whitening Marvel Gel. I've had this ever since it suddenly burst onto the scene, so I've had plenty of time to give it a good going over.
