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Thursday 13 December 2012

Winter Beauty Essentials

Winter is definitely the time of year when mine and many other people's hair and skin are at their worst. Frosty mornings, cold winds and the lack of sunlight can leave you feeling down but there are a few products I use to battle against all this!

Rimmel Wake Me Up foundation in 100 Ivory - this is a new foundation I picked up recently from Wilkinsons. Lots of the Rimmel makeup was down to under £5 so I thought I would try this out after hearing some great reviews. At this time of year as my skin can start to feel dry and dull, but this foundation has a slight shimmer in to make you look more awake and give a glow to your face. It's brightened up my complexion and makes my skin look a lot better than it really is! It has SPF 15 in too which can protect your skin from the Winter sun rays. It also lasts a really long time, especially if you set it with a powder.

Cath Kidston Hand Lotion in Cherry Blossom - I picked this up recently from TK Maxx for just £4.99 and thought it would be lovely to sit on my chest of drawers as a piece of decor. I wasn't expecting this to smell amazing and actually moisturise my hands, but it does! Really well in fact! The consistency is quite thick, so you only need a little pump. I'm not sure if they have this in a smaller size, but I would love to have one to pop in my bag to use it throughout the day!

Pantene 12 Hour Night Therapy Oil Replacement for Dry/ Damaged hair - as well as the Winter cold being really damaging for my hair, I recently used the L'Oreal Wild Ombres to Ombre my hair and was quite worried my hair would get damaged from the bleach. I found this product in Poundland and thought I would give it a go. This is amazing stuff! I apply it every night before I wash my hair (so about 2/3 times a week) and once I have washed my hair the next morning, it's super smooth! My hair doesn't go as frizzy after it's dry and is in such good condition compared to before I was using it. If you see this in your Poundland, definitely pick it up! It's really good and such a bargain!

Blistex Relief Cream - this is my all time favourite lip therapy cream. It has ingredients in that will help cold sores, sore, cracked and chapped lips. I use this when ever my lips feel sore or need some moisture and leaves them in great condition. Definitely worth keeping in your makeup bag.

Soap & Glory The Righteous Butter - everyone needs to use a body lotion in the Winter time as skin can get very dry. I love using this body butter on my elbows and knees as this is where they get the driest skin. I have also been using a sample of the L'Occitane Shea Butter Ultra Rich Body Lotion which I would really recommend too!

♥ Re-Gen Cream - this is my new skin care favourite! I read a review of this on Zoella's blog ages ago and finally found it in my local Asda. This cream basically has the same ingredients as Bio-Oil, but the great thing is you can use it on your face! It has reduced my pigmentation marks, blemishes and has left my skin feeling really soft and moisturised! I use it twice a day, everyday and noticed the results so quick. I will probably do a full review of this once I've tried it out for longer, but at the moment I love it! 

What are your Winter beauty essentials?

33 comments:

  1. I love that hand cream, love it so much. My winter beauty essentials must be my bodyshop face moisturiser and body butter x

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  2. oooo i'm going to keep a look out for that hand cream, its so pretty x

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  3. Oh wow! I didn't realise Cath Kidston did hand cream?! Definitely need to get this!

    www.fashionandbeautyrelated.blogspot.co.uk

    x

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  4. I saw the Pantene night hair cream oil (?) [but I was hesitating to get it or not only because it had foreign writing on it] but now I for sure will. Thanks loads and loads

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  5. Blistex relief cream is a god send at this time of year, my lips get SO chapped. I'm always slathering moisturiser on too x

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  6. The righteous butter has to be the best smelling cream in the entire world! I <3 Soap and Glory, you should try their sugar scrub it is out of this world!

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  7. My boyfriend's Mum is a hairdresser and told me never to use Pantene! It just coats the hair and does more damage than good x

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  8. i'm so jealous you found the Re-Gen Cream in your local asda! how much was it?!

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  9. great post! I love anything super hydrating this time of year :)

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  10. Great post :)

    beauty-iao.blogspot.co.uk xx

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  11. Great post. I love the Blistex cream, it's my go to lip product when they're chapped!
    X

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  12. Great post! I really love hydrating lotions in winter, because my skin gets soooooo dry! xxx

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  13. OMG! I love the Rimmel London Wake me up foundation ! Quite excited that I'm not the only one who likes it. And the shimmer; I find gives you a really nice glow. :) I love the Clinique Dramatically different moisturizing gel. It is really good for a non-foundation day. But also to put on at night.
    Lots of love
    Annabelle
    TheCurleyGirl
    xoxoxoxoxoxoxox

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  14. Ren-Gen cream sounds amazing :) I use blistex religiously as well as homemade lotion from my grandma!

    xo Ashley
    luckylittlebird.blogspot.com

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  15. I keep hearing great things about that Rimmel foundation... very tempted to try it out for myself!!

    Cassie
    thriftthick.blogspot.com
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  16. I love the Rimmel Wake-Me-Up Foundation. I love it, I need to repurchase :)
    LaceyLoves x

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  17. Ive been using Ren-Gen cream for ages and it works perfect on my skin at this time of year! love the Cath Kidson hand lotion as well :D

    abrunettesbeautyblog.blogspot.com

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  18. great winter essentials! some of my winter essentials are body butter, lip moisturizer and hand cream! hope you can check out my blog for some +vibes and inspiration.xp

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  19. So many wonderful things!! I love the Soap & Glor though, it works so amazingly well!!

    I hope you are having a lovely week my dear and thank you so much for linking up to last week's Aloha Friday Blog Hop.

    If you have time, we'd love to have you come back and link up to the Aloha Friday Blog Hop if you haven't already!

    Aloha,

    Jean {What Jean Likes}

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  20. Hello There,
    I just found your beautiful blog and can't stop reading. Every thing is so pretty around here. I Became your newest follower and look forward to your future posts.
    Lots of Love,
    Chloe from Lobley Cottage blog

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  21. I really didn't like Rimmel's Wake Me Up foundation (I know I'm a minority here!). I do love Pantene though, I have quite dry hair so I'll give this a go.

    http://www.tea-and-cocktails.blogspot.com

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  22. I have been wanting to try that Rimmel wake me up because I keep seeing bloggers using it! Must be good stuff. I also want to try soap and glory's hand food!

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  23. Love the Rimmel Wake Me Up foundation, it was in my October Favourites! hehe xxx
    http://bonjourperfection.blogspot.co.uk

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  24. Aw that cherry blossom hand lotion must smell amazing, I love the packaging!

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  25. love this post sweetie! I adore the soap and glory body butter and Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation xxx

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  26. Such a good post, love the Cath Kidson range aswell as Soap & Glory!
    http://styleandsplurging.blogspot.co.uk/

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  27. Cath Kidston hand creme is supposed to be fantastic :) I have bought Ellie some for Christmas, but that big tub was a bargain! The Pantene oil therapy sounds fantastic too; I use the VO5 hot oils xx

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  28. I want to try the Rimmel London Wake Me Up foundation, I have heard so many amazing reviews about it.
    I love this post + your blog.
    Rachael x

    http://beautyin1place.blogspot.co.uk/

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  29. I've been using the Re-Gen Cream cream on a new scar from a recent operation and it works wonders Xx

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  30. i really need to get some of this re-gen stuff!
    love your blog, just discovered it :)

    X X X
    loralovessequincoats.blogspot.co.uk

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