Beauty Haul

Hello lovelies,

I know, I know!I said ages ago that I had a haul coming up and I've only just got round to it. I came to France with virtually nothing, so I needed to pick up a few things but you know when you only need a couple of things and then there's offers and you end up buying probably three times the amount of stuff that you needed, well that happened. I picked up a few things from ASOS, who had a great offer on Rimmel which just doesn't exist in France (Thank goodness for free international delivery!), Kiko and Yves Rocher, the French version of the Body Shop.

I only went to order a hair mask online and ended up picking up several items, the offers were amazing!

Tradition de Hamman Moroccan Clay Mask for Face & Hair - £8.45 (normally £16.90)
Monoi de Tahiti Lagoon Hair & Body Wash - £1.50 (normally £3.00)
Botanical Hair Care Hair Repair Oil - £7.63 (normally £10.90)
Shine & Fill Base Coat - £7.90
Yves Rocher Lipstick in Peach - £3.60 (normally £7.20)
Summer Glow Moisturing Lotion Face & Body - £9.45 (normally £13.50)

I only went on ASOS to look at dresses and ended up browsing over to Beauty. Shock-horror, these are my first Rimmel lipsticks, I've always been curious but never actually bit the bullet, well I have now.

Rimmel London Stay Matte Pressed Powder in Pink Blossom - £3.99
Rimmel London Wake Me Up Instant Radiance Shimmer Touch in Sand -£4.99
Rimmel London Lasting Finish Lipstick in Nude Pink - £4.99
Rimmel London Kate Matte Lipstick in 110 - £5.49

These were just a few odd things I picked up, apparently you can't buy a shampoo and conditioner together on offer in France, so I ended up buying two lots of the same shampoo and conditioner. Those pesky clever Frenchies making me spend more!

Dove Intensive Repair Shampoo - £1.34 from Boots (normally £2.69)

Dove Intensive Repair Conditioner - £3.99 from Boots

Nuxe Reve de Miel Lip Balm - £9.50 from Feel Unique (I've already done a review on this, which can be found here)

Kiko Nail Lacquer in 254 Wine Red Microglitter - £3.90 from Kiko

Have you tried any of these? What did you think?

Review: Nuxe Reve de Miel Lip Balm

Hello lovelies,

So I know a post on a lip balm may seem a bit snore-worthy but believe me, this works miracles. The weather in Bordeaux seems to have dropped about 15 degrees over night, no joke, and my skin had been suffering. My lips just can't take the bitter winds and I know the Nuxe balm had been so hyped up, it just fell in my basket.

It's certainly a luxury lip balm...if I'm spending £10 on a lip balm, I want a little frosted glass jar, I want it to look pretty on my dressing table and not like any old chapstick. And it certainly does, thumbs up so far.

Here's what Nuxe say about Reve de Miel:

"Effective by nature 
A repairing, nourishing lip balm with a rich, delicious texture to restore suppleness and comfort to dry and chapped lips. A must-have product: one is sold every 28 seconds throughout the world*! A repairing, nourishing lip balm with a rich, delicious texture to restore suppleness and comfort to dry and chapped lips. A must-have product: one is sold every 28 seconds throughout the world *!

Precious benefits for my skin" 

Now whether one is sold every 28 seconds around the World, I have no idea and how do you even work something like that out? To cut a long story short, Nuxe reckon a lot of people like their lip balm, but do I?

(I'm an awful blogger, I just couldn't wait to try it!)

The texture? Not like anything I've tried before and certainly not what I was expecting. It's quite waxy but at the same time, gritty... I'm really selling this, but that texture almost immediately disappears and I suppose in sorts, it exfoliates your lips. What really impresses me about this little wonder pot, it's that it really lasts. You can either use it lightly or pop it on as an overnight treatment and in the morning, you can still feel it moisturising away.

Onto the scent, now I'm not a great fan of honey and I thought I'm really not going to like this, it's not going to be for me. But strangely, it smells like chocolate orange, could this get any better!? It's not too strong or overpowering and I really like it.  It might not be for everyone but heyho...

So I'm going to cut to the chase and just say it works. If you've got horribly dry, chapped lips and want to inject some moisture back into them, this soothes, heals and softens, it's just a lifesaver for lips. 

I feel like I've rambled on about it, but yes I do feel passionately about this lip balm. Seriously, nothing else I've tried even comes close. 

You can find Nuxe Reve de Miel online at Feel Unique for £9.50 or in selected M&S stores for the same price. I know it sounds expensive but you do get a good amount of product and I can see this lasting through the whole Autumn/ Winter.

Have you tried Reve de Miel?

Feelunique Sale Picks

Hello lovelies,

Hope you've all had a top notch weekend! I've spent mine trying to do some last minute jobs before I go to France. Only ten days to go eekkkkk! In between errands, I've been naughty and browsing the feelunique sale, how can I resist a discounted beauty product. I haven't put an order in just yet but these are definitely on my wishlist.

Nuxe Best Seller Set : £21.60

The best seller set contains a Huile Prodigieuse Multi-Usage Dry Oil 50ml, Reve de Miel Creme Mains et Ongles Hand and Nail Cream 75ml and a Reve de Miel Stick Levres Hydratant Lip Moisturizing Stick 4g. I picked up some Nuxe products in my August Haul and so far so good. The Dry Oil has been on my wishlist for ages as it's a multi purpose product and would be prefect to pack into a travel bag.

Elie Saab Le Parfum Eau de Parfum : £30.40

I'm quite happy with my little perfume collection but the other day, I was flicking through an old Glamour magazine and found a little sample of this. I instantly fell in love, it's such a pretty floral scent but quite deep as well. I later found out that my best friend wears this, so I sneakily used some of hers!

GlamGlow Super-Mud Clearing Mask : £35.99

This  mask fascinates me, I've seen such glowing reviews on how it has performed skin miracles and I've been so close to purchasing it. It's meant to be the go-to product of the rich and famous but I'm a bit wary if it doesn't work for me and it promises such big things.

Tangle Teezer Original Professional Detangling Hairbrush : £9.18

There's nothing I can say about this apart from I love it. I already own one but can't find it! This has worked miracles for my hair, I find it doesn't pull or snag and my hair is left softer and easier to manage. I'm going to have one last search and if I can't  find it, I shall pick this up.

Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Volupté Lipstick : £19.98

I have nothing other to say than how beautiful are these! The packaging, the shades, I just want these to be mine.

Have you picked anything up in the feelunique sale?

August Haul

Hello lovelies,

So I sort of went shopping again... I know, I know. I was meant to be on a saving mission but I'd had my eye on these for a long time and they were all on one type of offer or another, they just landed in my basket and I accidentally paid for them.

It does look like loads but this lot came to under £30!

L'Oreal Skin Perfection 3 in 1 Micellar Solution 200ml : £2.48 (normally £4.99)

Urban Fudge Iced Raspberry & Vanilla Hairspray : £2.47 (normally £4.99)

H20 Plus Aqualibrium Marine Toner : £2.00 (these were on clearance in M&S but are normally £14)

Revlon Nail Art Moon Candy in Orbit : 2 for £10 (normally £7.99)

Simple Kind to Eye Balm : £2.66 (normally £3.99)

Revlon Lash Potion Grow Luscious Mascara Black Waterproof : 2 for £10 (normally £9.99)

Nuxe Anti Imperfection Care: £5 (normally £19.50 but on clearance in M&S)

Nuxe Anti-Shine Fluid : £5 (normally £19.50 but on clearance in M&S)

H20 Plus Face Oasis Shine Neutralising Gel : £2 (normally £27.50)

Told you they were bargains! I can't wait to try these out.

Have you picked up any bargain beauty recently?