The Body Shop : All in one BB Cream review

This is one of the first makeup products I've tried from the body shop, and so far I'm content with the purchase.

The consistency of the BB cream, is light weight and liquid so it pretty much feels like skin, therefore it's no surprise that this is a light-coverage-hydrating-dewy-finish bb cream. You can build this up on certain areas you need a tad more coverage, however all you need is a bit of concealer and you're good to go if you're going for a natural look. But for people who need full coverage, this can work as a great base but unfortunately won't perfect and cover the face like a foundation or heavy duty bb cream would. I think this is a great BB cream for anyone that's looking for a natural dewy bb cream, or something to wear to school to even your skin tone and hide some blemishes without looking to obvious( if your school is strict) cakey or heavy. It's really hydrating and personally I love it. My only qualm is that sometimes, I'll put it on and because there's no immediate difference like with a foundation, I literally wonder "Is this even doing anything?" because I think I'm used to dramatic effects, where as this is more subtle and natural.

I would recommend this to anyone who's looking for a decent western BB cream, but for anyone who's looking for something with higher coverage (to cover up scars, acne, pigmentation etc)- this isn't the one. Also, as it's supposed to adapt to your skin colour, it might not mesh well with really pale skin tones as it can tend to look too orange and dark even in shade one. 

Best of all, this wasn't tested on animals as it's from the body shop (yay)

Mini haul : The body shop

all in one bb cream, moisture it skin primer, matte skin primer

The body shop had a 3 for 2 offer recently, I usually don't go to the body shop all too often especially for makeup bits - I'm not too sure why. But after receiving quite a few bits for christmas, I have become more interested in the body shop.
I purchased the All-in-one BB cream, the moisture it skin primer and the matte skin primer.

Funnily enough, each face product I bought cost £12 - which for the price and size (25 ml) might not necessarily be the best deal but is considerably less then high end brands. I'm looking forward to trying these products out and I'll let you know how I get on. I might actually end up nipping back to the body shop as they gave me a lovely little £10 off my next purchase which I'm eagerly awaiting to use up!.

The body shop : joyful gingerbread house - Ginger bread sparkle and Cranberry joy

The body shop joyful gingerbread house

It's a new year and i'm still blogging about a festive gift set how strange...However, in many parts of the world, a new year means colder weather as the winter to spring transition sets in and in England this is usually when snow first appears. So cold weather equals to dry, cracking skin and a cry for warmth. 

During christmas I got this gingerbread house thing from the body shop from a family member, which has a loofah x2 mini body butters in festive scents and x2 mini shower gels in festive scents. I absolutely adore the cranberry scent it's so sweet and reminds me of christmas but the gingerbread one isn't as appealing to me. Like most body shop body butters, these are extremely creamy and sink into your skin leaving your moisturised with no greasiness or oiliness. 

Anyway, as boxing day has been and gone there's many lingering sales on all things christmas-y and festive, so if you want to grab yourself a bargain then you should purchase one of these (or the Vanilla scent which I received last year) which have been reduced from £13 to £5 for the full 100 ml tub. 

Thanks for reading, and happy new year everyone! 

The body shop : Elderflower eye gel - review

The body shop - elderflower cooling eye gel - £7

I received this eye gel in a christmas set this year, I was instantly attracted to it as I've been on the hunt for a new eye cream but I was reluctant to spend £20+ on one.  

This is an elederflower eye gel (not cream), which has soothing/cooling properties and can help lift your eyes and can relieve puffy eyes. Clearly, it's a gel consistency and it comes in a 15 ml pot which is average for eye creams, you need the tiniest bit so it will last a long time, also it's not perfumed. Also the price is on the cheaper side as it's only £7 and it's quite similar to the Clarin eye contour gel which retails for £29.

However... If your concern is dark circles, then this eye gel won't accommodate to that as it simply soothes, cools and wakens your eyes which is great for those who are looking for something to help with puffy eyes.
Personally, I do like the eye gel because of the cooling feeling and how it helps wake your eyes up, but I don't find this to be anything special and although I might repurchase this in future for the cooling feeling, it is by no means anything great and I have dark circles so I'm still on the search for a good eye cream.