GladSkin Review For Adult Acne

Since puberty really I have had spots. And I am not just talking about the odd one here and there i'm talking a full face of angry redness. When I think about Acne I think of really awful scars etc but when I took my 'before' pictures for this trial I realised bloody hell I really do have acne haha. Its pretty depressing, I cant even contemplate having a day where makeup isnt an option. 

So when a trial came up from GladSkin - I couldnt refuse. They pride themselves on their acne gel which eats all the bad bacteria off your face - which leads to the angry spots. I also have dry skin in places (T section) where I over scrub. No amount of moisturizer heals this so I opted to try their Daily Care cream too!

This is how it came, with instructions too. 

You apply the gel on your face 2-3 times a day ( I do it morning and night and extra in the day if I am having a bad skin day) and once that is dry (2-3 mins) you apply the cream over the top!

You wait for a few mins and then do your daily makeup/skin routine. 

I have used these both for a few days and noticed my skin was actually getting slightly worse - though I dont know if that's because I am coming up to my period and thats when my skin gets the worse no matter what I do. However, I have read my own reviews on this product and a lot of them say that their skin went through a bad phase but then came out good. So I am persevering haha and hoping "it has to get worse before it gets better" rings true as it is my graduation coming up!!! 

I have taken my 'before' pics (and very apprehensive about posting them as I have never noticed how ugly I am haha) and will take my 'after' pics once I have completed the trial. 

More information on the products: GladSkin

:) x

UPDATED Hair Worx - Hair Growth Review

I think I may not be the only person in the world to have SUPER slow growing hair.. It has taken me approx 20 years to grow it half way down my back (3 inches past my boobs for reference) so I have been thinking about buying some hair/skin/nails style tablets. I brought some from Superdrug a few years ago and they were so huge!! probably the size of my little finger nail (I have long nails) I'm not too bad with swallowing tablets but they were unbearable and would stick down my throat so they would leave a horrible after taste. To be honest I didn't even notice much difference after the course anyway so I gave up hope. I had been thinking about taking some again as its my graduation coming up and wanted to look the best possible (my hair is awfully thin and I have slight adult acne). I was delighted to be kindly gifted these tablets by Hair Worx. I will be doing a 'before and after' post once I have finished the course of tablets as well so you can see the difference yourself :). 

I have been taking them for a week now and I can honestly say I can see a tiny bit of difference. I'm not expecting miracles as my hair isn't great anyway but I am hoping just to finally be happy with what I look like. In addition to this, my skin has also calmed down too. I know the tablets aren't specifically for skin but as the tablets are a mixture of different vitamins etc vital for hair growth which also relates to clear skin and nail growth. 

Here is where you can check them out on their website; http://www.tnhealth.co.uk/

and their Amazon link; Amazon

UPDATE

I have finally finished the course of this product! I have taken before and after photos to see if you can see the difference. I personally can - its not had a rapid growth as my hair isn't like that so it just wouldn't be possible. BUT I have noticed a change in growth as I have noticed I haven't needed a trim so often so therefore it's been getting longer because less has been taken off. Which leads me onto the saying the quality of my hair has changed, its gone from being quite coarse and dry to extremely shiny and manageable! The product is a mix of supplements to help promote healthy hair and as I am a vegetarian I dont get a lot of protein or iron (promoting strong hair) so this has really benefited me!

Between these photos I have had one hair trim (a month ago) and dyed my hair the night before!!

BEFORE

AFTER

Lazy Garden Days

There is nothing I love more than feeling the super hot sun on my skin whilst playing with my beloved dogs!

I have two dogs - two jack russells. The girl is called Jessie - who is amazingly the SAME age as me! 20 years old! So I have never known life without her.. she can be a grumpy old woman sometimes but she is incredibly loving and wants nothing more than a snuggle on the sofa!

The boy is called max - who is 8 years old! He is a GORGEOUS little boy who acts more like a human than a dog! He is very very clever and can sniff out his beloved tennis ball even if they are in a bag, unopened, in the green house, behind a box, on top of the roof!!! He is so clever haha! He keeps everyone entertained by pushing them a ball to throw.. if he hasn't got a ball, he'll use a stone, if he hasn't got a stone, he'll use a piece of rubbish! He loves lying on my bed sitting on my tummy for a cuddle!

I thought I would share what my sunny garden days look like with only my dogs for company! I love these days .. getting my shorts on, getting the picnic blanket out and lazying around on the grass!

Friday Favourites

I want to do a new thing!! (yippeeee)

Every Friday I will do a big post/list of my favourites from that week, it could be recipes, quotes, memories, holidays, pictures, make up, advice, pets etc anything that I have loved that week :)

This is my first week of doing it (obviously) so here is my list;

My fave quote:


Fave birthday idea/treat:

Favourite crafty tip for my fellow sewers, to keep bobbins from unwinding:


Favourite simple but so effective crafty idea for a childrens bedroom:




Let me know what your Friday faves are!!! :)

Dandruff: The taboo subject

I have been wanting to write this for a while now, but not knowing where to start. As I have 3 deadlines on monday and with barely any work to present, this is the perfect time..!!

When someone says the word dandruff, like everyone else I would scrunch up my nose and shake the conversation off pretty quickly. It is associated with dirty smelly people who don't wash their hair. 

However, ever since last year, when a close family friend died and i was under a lot of stress in a horrible job (see blog post "Clintons is shit") I noticed a very small flaky patch on my scalp at the very front, in my parting. I used to try and scratch it out but then the flakes would get stuck in my hair and I could never get them out! Even in shower! The water would just cause them to stick to my hair.

Just as the stress was clearing up and I had left my job, we had our shower fixed but the plumber had fixed the shower on boiling!!! The hot was the colder side of boiling and the cold was SCOLDING! 

Mum being mum (any mum can take on any heat) doesnt realise how hot, to a normal person, the water is!! The patch started to grow and grow and around then I read an article about dandruff and how hot hot hot water can dry your scalp out, therefore create dry, flaky skin. 

I used special shampoo like Head and Shoulders but that just made it 100x times worse!! Which surprised me, it also made my hair AWFUL. Greasy and terribly frizzy and knotty. 

Its gotten so bad that even if my hair line itches I have to tap it as if I even press my nail into the skin, it spilts the top layer of skin and bleeds or just causes lots of flakes!!

So basically, the moral of the story is, dandruff happens to EVERYONE and the cleanest of people may have it and the dirtest people may not.. Also, use a luke warm shower!!

If anyone knows any good brands for dandruff please let me know!! I am dying to try anything and everything! 

X

Bonfire Night!

I took my poorly Grandma out to a local church bonfire night and it was fabulous!

There was no charge (amazingly) and there was drinks, and free cones of chips and cups of gorgeous homemade spicy pumpkin soup - which is my NEW FAVE!!

The chips! (sorry its blurry I was walking at the same time)

The bonfire!

And the fab fireworks!! It was so lovely to put this on for the community for free!!

I hope everyone else has a lovely bonfire night! :) 

Comment below with what you have planned!

xx

Halloween Party ft Naked 2 Palette

This is my Halloween Party make up!!

I had my foundation etc already done so I started with my contour palette (Sleek £6.99) and added a TINY little bit of black eye shadow in the mix just to make it dark without being ultra orange by layering it up!!

I then used my Naked 2 Palette to create a smokey but warm eye.

I used suspect and snakebite first on the crease.

YDK in the front corner and tearduct.

Tease in the crease.

Verve 3/4 of the way in, just to catch the light and make my eyes look bigger.

Busted in the crease and coming down into the corner.

A TINY bit of black out along the edge of my lashes, to mimic eyeliner.

YDK all over just to blend the colours altogether.

Foxy and BootyCall on brow line to highlight and control the colours.

Half baked along lower lash line to give warmth! 

These lashes are from Primark! £1! They are really good! However the glue is incredibly tricky and took me about 20 minutes to put them on. The best tip I can give is the glue is fab after a few minutes to go tacky on the lashes as they just kept falling off but then when I took my makeup off etc my eyeshadow stuck where the glue had been until the next morning!

This lippy is from Superdrug Revolution, its only £1 aswell! I normally am fond of their bargain brands like MUA but this one is rubbish! It was last minute so I had to buy it anyway but its so slippery and just did not stay on my lips at all! But its a lovely colour regardless of the quality!

These were a rush aswell!! I brought the spider things as a last minute thing but when I got home I found the horns in the cellar which I am super glad about as when I tried the spider ones on again they are so silly looking haha!!

This is the finished result haha! 

Hope everyone has a nice Halloween! :)

Sisterhood of the world bloggers award!

                                         

Rules:
1. Thank the blogger who nominated you, linking back to their site,
2. Include the Award logo on your own blog,
3. Answer their 10 questions,
4. Make up 10 new questions for the bloggers you nominate,
5. Nominate 10 bloggers to do the award

After reading Lauren Morgan's blogpost, I have been nominated to do this Sisterhood of the world bloggers award! 

1.  Whats your favourite lipstick?

My favourite lippy has got to be - GOSH in 154 - I dont usually wear lippy but when I do its normally on uni days etc so I tend to keep it neutral. This colour is a deep deep scarlet red. It's very halloween but still suitable all year round. It also makes your teeth look super white which is always a winner eep!!
2. Whats your favourite animal and are you an animal lover?

I am a MASSIVE animal lover! Only really house hold pets/farm animals etc rather than snakes and spiders but still love all animals and just cant understand when people put them into rescue centres/ or abandon them :( 

I have two jack russell dogs, Jessie and Max. They are my lovely babies!!  We get Jessie from a rescue centre and she was awfully abused and I just cant bare to think about it when I look at her sad, lovely face! :(

                                       3. Whats your favourite style of sunglasses?

Sunglasses dont really suit me at all to be honest. I dont even wear them much on holiday but if I had to choose it would be the Ray Ban style!
4. If you could go anywhere in the world where would it be?

If I could go anywhere in the world it would probably be back to Disney Land Florida. I went with my family and another close family when I was about 8. We are all 20+ now and we still always rave on about it whenever we are altogether - begging our parents to take us back!! Its just magical.
5. If you had to pick an actress/actor to play your life who would you pick to play you?

Not because I feel they represent me, my life, or my looks haha but if I take it in a way of who is my favourite actress it would have to be either Sarah Jessica Parker for the glamour, or Kate Hudson/Jennifer Garner for a romantic comedy haha!
6. Whats your favourite tv program

I watch a lot of TV, so I have a lot haha! But I love, Hollyoaks, Made in Chelsea, The only way is Essex, Keeping up with the Kardashians, Dont tell the bride and anything else thats abit of rubbish really!!
7. Favourite food?

My favourite food is anything with chips really haha! I am a extremely fussy eater! to my mums despair! 
8. Whats your dream job?

I am currently studying Bridal wear at University, in my 2nd year! So anything to do with weddings really. I am obsessed with everything to do with them! Ideally I would love to own my own barn converted studio selling gorgeous boho wedding dresses. But thats probably a far away dream!
9. whats your  Favourite scent (perfume)?

I have a few faves. I love Christina Aguilera's first perfume with the lacy bottle. Nina Ricci's first perfume. Kate Moss' first and all of Vera Wang's.
10. Have you got any hidden talents?

I sadly have no hidden talents :( I am that girl who watches a Disney film about a girl who cant Ice skate then becomes amazing (Ive forgot what its called) and then I spend the next few hours looking at where  I can learn to figure skate etc haha! I used to do gymnastics which I did for 8 years. But Ive now lost all my flexibility! 

I dont really have any blogging friends haha so nominate yourself if you're reading this :) 

Dont forget to tag me!

Here are my questions; 

1. What is your dream job?

2. What is your favourite all time song?

3.Whats your favourite film?

4. Who is your celeb crush?

5. What is your favourite 'go to' outfit and why?

6. What is your favourite memory of this year and why?

7. If you won the lottery what would you do with it?

8. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

9. If you had to have a career change what path would you go down? or Study 

10. What do you hope to achieve in 2015?

:) have fun

Merry Hill Shopping Haul

On Sunday I visited Merry Hill Shopping Centre. I think its near Dudley but i'm not too sure as I just followed the Sat Nav and i am pretty oblivious to anything else haha! 

I don't spend money like your usual 19 year old girl - I love to save!! Its like a extremely satisfying (and obsessing) hobby of mine! So i went hoping to find a good bargain or two! 

Also I hadnt been to Merry Hill in a good 10 years so I wanted to see what it was like and see what Christmas displays they had put up!!

So this is my 'haul', though its a shopping spree to me its probably the average girl's weekly spend haha!

This is my first bargain of the day!! I've needed a plain white loose ish t shirt for a while and I spotted this one in TopShop in the sale for only £8!! (instead of £16) And if you know me you'll know how obsessed I am with eyelash lace! I just love it so much it makes everything look so pretty and delicate! Which I also noticed TopShop are loving at the mo too as a lot of playsuits, dresses and bralets were covered in it!

H&M is one of my fave shops just because its your standard 'everything' shop! It is all so reasonably priced aswell. I go in and I am certain I will come out with something! I spent a while in this shop and spotted a pencil skirt (which youll always find me in) completely covered in multi coloured sequins which I feel in love with but couldnt justify £30 when I could only wear it to go out in :( as I was walking out of the shop I turned and this jumper caught my eye - maybe due to the fact the sequins blinded me - and I just loved it! for only £14.99 I knew I had to get it as itll brighten up any winter outfit and I also needed a simple pull over jumper aswell!

The next shop I went into was the wonderful Primark - I mainly love the Home section rather than the clothes here just because its always such a bargain and they have really improved their quality of products I think. For example the candle above is in the same glass packaging as a small Yankee Candle which I also have (and love) and this candle was 8op and the Yankee Candle is £8.39. Yes the Yankee Candle may last longer but the quality I find is exactly the same, the smell when lit etc. It makes you think how much profit Yankee Candle make when Primark can still make profit on it being 80p. 

I brought this candle as a little present for my mum as it smells of lovely Christmas baking and she loves to light candles whilst cooking. Especially around Winter!

As you can probably tell I am obsessed with buying candles especially bargain ones haha! This candle was only £2 which is amazing so the size and the quality of it! I have it by my side now and it smells amazing, a lovely cosy winter warm smell! Its in a warm red glass case too. I think a small collection of these would be the perfect house warming present for a friend aswell.

My last purchase (except from a few boring pairs of knickers and socks) were these! I had been in River Island and New Look to find a pair of new boots. My feet are slightly odd as one foot is size 4 and one is a size 4 1/2. I couldnt fit in any size 4's but size 5's were too big! Also I didnt really like how big the heels were on the River Island's and New Look's shoes. I didnt like any styles enough to pay £30+ for anyway. I accidentally found this in Primark and because of the elasticated sides I could fit in them with ease! The heels werent too big and the ridged soles grip onto the floor meaning they are perfect snow boots ( please snow this winter!! )

For only £15 I couldnt say no! 

I have a Body Shop Rewards Card so I always quickly pop in to Body Shop whenever I pass, I only have a small one in my town, to see what offers they have on! 

I love their Tea Tree range and already use the Facial wash which I got free with the rewards card as it was my birthday month and they give you a free gift worth up to £5 and the wash was £5! 

http://www.thebodyshop.co.uk/loyalty/love-your-body/index.aspx

Due to many colliding offers and my card I got them both for just £10!  The night lotion is good as your body recovers whilst you sleep so having something extra pushing your body to heal is fab! 

Also I love the lip balms but this one is one I had never seen before - lip butter which is much more moisturizing than the normal balms. It also doesnt give any colour which is good if your just after a neutral face!

Again, if you know me you'll know I only own one pair of jeans and they were brought just recently! 

I decided I wanted some jeans as a good plain pair of jeans to go with everything all year long!

These are from New Look and I wasnt really sure what colour I was after. Just that I wanted Skinny ones. These fitted me the best but now I have got them home I think they are maybe too blue? Im not too sure. Maybe/hopefully they will fade after a few washes!!

These were £24.99!