N-Spa Beauty range

We both absolutely love the N-Spa Bath and Body range. They stock a range of deliciously lovely body butters, bubble baths and shower gels. Plus at Christmas they tend to release a range of chocolate, toffee and gingerbread scented products. Finally they're more than reasonable priced at around to £2-£3. I usually buy my selection from my local Asda.

Now I've been aware of the beauty range for a while but haven't really given it a go despite looking over the range on a few occasions. Well a few weeks a go, Asda had an offer on with price reductions over the whole range so I thought why not. I picked up the Melting Cleanser and the Illuminating Beauty Serum.
The Melting Cleanser is a gel that once massaged into dry skin and once a little water is added turns into a cleansing milk. I then buff off with a muslin cloth. It removes all traces of makeup and even got rid of my mascara - not bad at all!

The Illuminating Beauty Serum is described as 'sleep in a bottle' as it illuminates tired, dull skin. I'm not sure I'd go that far, but applied after my moisturiser and before my primer it definitely gives my skin a lift in the morning and perks up my whole complexion. I've actually been using this every morning since I picked it up and is definitely one of the better serums I've used.

Got to say it's not a range you'd expect to find in your local supermarket. It has a much more expensive feel to the whole range. Both products I tried definitely had a luxurious feel to them. I've already got a list of a few more of the range to try out.

Priced at,

Melting Cleanser £6 for 125ml
Illuminating Beauty Serum £7 for 50ml

There's currently a 2 for £8 offer on - bargain given the individual prices.

Liz Earle on QVC

The lovely people over at QVC have been kind enough to send over the Liz Earle 4 Piece Essential Discovery Set to try.  After scrolling through the Beauty section of QVC , I'm so impressed with the long list of Beauty brands that are available.  There's a wide list of products from makeup to skincare with some great sets and offers thrown in.

Now we're huge fans of Liz Earle on the blog.  Seriously obsessed with the Cleanse and Polish which was my first real taste of the brand.  Anyway onto the set,

The set includes the core selection from their skincare range - namely the Cleanse and Polish, Instant Boost Skin Tonic and the Repair Moisturiser day cream, along with two Muslin Cloths (love these things!).  The products are 50ml sizes for cleanse and Polish and Skin Tonic, and 15ml each for the moisturisers.  Impressively the kit included both the Normal/Combination and the Dry/Sensitive which at least gives you a chance to try out both formula's to decide which is best.  

Personally the Dry/Sensitive is the one for me.

There was also a handy Product Directory included in my box,

For me, all the products are gentle on my skin and I have to say my skin is left feeling soft and refreshed.  The Cleanse and Polish is without doubt the best cleanser I've ever used and the only one I've ever repurchased (lost count of how many I've been through).  The products just work fantastically well together and the easily deal with the horrible way my skin had got with the cold weather.

The Discovery Set is a great way to try out the brand for the first time or give as a present for someone else to try out - we did this a while back for my mum to have a go!  At £21.76 it's a great price for what your getting especially with the choice of the moisturisers and two muslin clothes and baring in mind that the full sized Cleanse and Polish at 100ml costs £14.25 and includes one muslin cloth.

Given my obsession with love of the Cleanse and Polish, I've included a little video clip for a bit of insight,

*PR Sample

Vichy Normaderm 3in1 Cleanser and a play with Vine

So I've jumped on the Vine bandwagon and had a go a doing a little post.

I've discovered that I own around 8 facemasks that I haven't even used yet and added to that recently was the Vichy Normaderm 3in1 Cleanser, which was one of the samples in this months Glossybox.  It's a Cleanser, Scrub and Face mask all in one.  It's a "Soap-free, paraben-free and alcohol-free cleanser, scrub and mask suitable for use on sensitive skin including spots and acne-prone skin" and it helps the "appearance of imperfections, clears impurities and eliminates excess sebum".  So all round a great little cleanser, scrub or face mask really.

So here I am trying it out in my lovely relaxing bath, 

It's quite a thick creamy product with little grainy texture for the scrub, but not as much as you usually fine in a scrub.  It's goes on quite easily and after 5 mins I did feel like it began to dry slightly on my skin but without a tightening feel on my skin.  My skin is left feeling lovely, clean and fresh.  I actually used a little of the product initially to remove my makeup i.e. using it as a cleanser.  It removed my makeup easily and rinsed off quite well.  Good thing really as it's a green cream!

- Available from Boots - £11.00 for 125ml

My username is the same as my Twitter account - LatBeautyAddict if you want to check out Vine.

Naked Skin Up Tone Girl

With my skincare I've definitely found that since starting the blog that I'm seeking out more and more natural/organic products.  It's probably been a knock on effect of really looking at what's out there and I have to say my skin is thanking me for it.

So on to today's new purchase.  I've been using Lush's Breath of Fresh Air for a while and fully admit I love it, however in recent months I've found that my skin didn't really agree with me.  So off I went to try something else.  I've used a lot of Naked products before and in particular I love the hair care range.  I find that the products are lovely and gentle to use.

The tone contains witch hazel and calendula and is for Sensitive Skin.  It smell lovely and refreshing and you can really smell the witch hazel.  I just put a little on a cotton pad and sweep over my face and neck after I've cleansed every morning and night.  My skin's left clean and refreshed.

It's £4.49 for 200ml - bargain.  I now need to get hold of the cleanser as well.

Purity Organic Skincare

Today's post is on the lovely Purity Organic Skincare range.

First a bit of background - it's a Organic British Brand with all the products falling under £9.00.  At present there is a total of 7 (only 6 of the 7 shown above - they also stock both an anti-aging moisturiser and a simple facial moisturiser - I received the anti-aging one to try) with more to come.

I actually love the brands philosophy,

"Intelligent Ingredients, few in numbers and highly effective, a combination which results in beautiful skin and is kind to the earth.

Less is more in beauty"

Key Ingredients,

"Sweet Almond Oil, a superb moisturiser and softener, Aloe Vera to soothe and protect, Coconut to soften and moisturise, Cranberries for their Omega 3, 6 and 9 properties, Ceramide 3 to moisturise and protect, Rose, Oats, Beeswax and Avocado to soothe and condition"

I've been trying to simplify my skincare regime lately as I feel that my skin is really not coping with a lot of brands and I've been looking at switching to some sort of more natural product, so this came at the perfect time.

Anti-Aging Moisturiser £7.99, Anti-Aging Serum and Mask £8.99 , Regenerating Overnight Moisturiser £7.99

Both the Anti-Aging Moisturiser  and the Regenerating Overnight Moisturiser appear thick and quite solid like in the tube, but once you remove a little it rubes in more like a balm type product.  I actually love the way the texture and feel of both.  The soak into my skin easily, leaving a a lovely non tacky hydrated finish.  Also given the nature of the moisturisers a little goes a very long way.  It's fantastic.

The Anti-Aging Serum and Mask has the normal gel/serum like texture. You can use this both as a a daily night time serum as well as a mask.  I found that for me I much prefer it as a mask as it lives my skin gorgeous soft the next day.

Now I'm on the wrong side of 25 so it's definitely not to early to start trying the anti-aging products, so I was more than happy to give the anti-aging moisturiser  and serum a go.  However I can't really say I've noticed much difference to my skin in respect of anti-aging as it's not like I've got any fine lines etc at the moment.

I have to say that the facial wash has been my least used product.  It's not something I've ever used and it just doesn't fit into my daily routine.  It's not that there is anything wrong with it and it's just not for me - it's never a product I go for.

I've actually used the Facial Exfoliator deep pore cleanser as part of my morning routine.  It's a lovely gentle exfoliator which left my skin clean and soft to start the day.  It removes any dry flaky skin and it's also been helping to sort out my bad skin recently.  It's priced at £5.99 which is about my usual price for an exfoliator.

The Conditioning Cleansing Lotion has been lovely to use.  When I'm being lazy I just use this in evening and it removes my makeup easily, even my non-waterproof mascara.  As with the whole range my skin is left with a lovely moisturised finish.  Priced at £4.99 it's going to be a definite repurchase.

Overall I'm more than impressed with the range.  Not only in quality but price.  You usually find that with organic products that the price can be a little on the steep side but these are more than reasonable and well worth the price.  I would easily repurchase any of the products, although as stated above the facial wash is just not for me.

Liz Earle Skincare Essentials

 

So today we wanted to give you a heads up about a great offer Liz Earle runs every month – basically it’s their Your Monthly Skincare Essentials.



It includes Liz Earle’s Cleanse and Polish, Instant Boost Skin Tonic and Skin Repair Moisturiser. Your also usually get a little extra treat – this month being the Energising Body Lotion (I've linked our previous Liz Earle Reviews).  It costs you £41.00 and you get free postage and packaging. Normal price for the package would be £63.00, which is a great saving.


Now my mum recently purchased this after hours of me of raving about the Cleanse and Polish and loving the skin repair moisturiser, she decided that this was a great way to buy her moisturiser and try the other products. I think she purchased hers in February and received the Intensive Nourishing Treatment Mask and also as she had stated that she was recommended the offer by a friend she was sent a sample size of the Cleanse and Polish with a Muslin cloth.


Overall if you like the products this is a great way to purchase them cheaply! I’m actually keen to get the Cleanse and Polish trio, which means you save around £1 on each and you have spares.