I have previously used this and having been diagnosed with Dry Eye and MGD, I hoped that this would help keep my eye area clean and moisturised. I use it as part of my skincare routine in the morning and evening and as compress when my eyes feel sore, tired and itchy. As part of my morning routine it helps remove sleep from my eyes. During my evening routine it helps make sure that I have removed my eye makeup and keep my eyelashes clean. I keep one in my drawer and another in the fridge to use when I need a compress. It is cool and soothing to my eyes and since using it regularly I have more...attached the noticed that the symptoms of Dry Eye and MGD are under control if not improved. This will stay in my skincare routine and as part of the arsenal for helping me keep my Dry Eye and MGD under control.

I was kindly sent this by Lola Makeup to review. I chose the Pomegranate shade and I am very pleased with my choice. It doesn’t need a lipliner to be applied first as it doesn’t bleed into the fine lines that I have around my mouth. The pencil shape helps apply it to the lip area perfectly. There is enough pigment to give a hint of colour to the lips and is moisturising without being sticky. I like to apply it straight from the bullet but it is creamy enough to be applied with fingertips to give a more edgier look to the lips. Some cream lipsticks make the skin on my lips peel off this dmore...oesn’t. It stays all day. You can build the colour on your lips without it looking sticky or gloopy. This is one of those lipsticks that can be worn everyday with jeans and t-shirt or when you want to look more polished when wearing smart clothes such as a suit.

I was kindly sent this to review by NYX. The brush is a weird shape which I have never seen on a mascara before. It is hourglass shaped but also rounded. The bristles are all the same length. It also has a swiper in the tube so that the brush has the right amount of product on. I found it difficult to apply to my inner corner lashes as I couldn’t figure out how best to hold the brush to get them – I did poke myself in the eye several times. It applies lovely and has a matte finish which I love. The first week I only wore one coat and didn’t notice much lift effect to my lashes. The secmore...ond week onwards I applied two coats and saw a lift in my lashes. My lashes in with two coats were flexible and didn’t clump. The only downside to this mascara is that it dropped and as someone with Dry Eye it is not good to get bits of mascara in my eyes. I would have liked bristles on the end so that I could hold the brush vertical in order to apply mascara to the inner corner lashes.

I have in the past used coloured eyeliners but have always gone back to either black or brown. I liked but not love the They’re Real Eyeliner, I found I had issues with the green, blue and purple eyeliners. I wasted more on a sheet of tissue than I had put on my eye. They would release product when not in use and would break off when I applied them. When I saw that Benefit had released a new eyeliner, I couldn’t wait for my Brow Wax and Tint appointment to try it. Emma at John Lewis, Grand Central Birmingham demonstrated the purple and blue. I am glad that I tried the blue first as this more...is the colour and texture of and eyeliner I have been looking for. It is soft and easy to apply without having to prime it first. It glides onto my eye lids without pulling the skin. It lasts without smudging or fading. I haven’t tight lined my eyes for awhile as I have Dry Eye and MGD and some eyeliners irritate my eyes. This doesn’t and I have fallen in love with the way my eyes look once done. In the future, I will tight line my eyes with this and apply Roller Liner as my liner and try the purple, brown and black.

I was colour matched after having my brow waxed and tinted by Emma at Benefit Stand, Grand Central, Birmingham and thought that the colour was a little too dark for me. But I was so wrong. In the previous new launch of a Benefit foundation (Hello Happy) I am a shade 1 but this time I was a shade 2. Emma applied it using a sponge but at home I apply it with a Real Techniques foundation brush (I must get a new BeautyBlender). It goes on like a dream, isn’t patchy after a few hours wear and looks perfect in every light due to the photochromic pigments. It reduces that the redness on my cheekmore...s, chin and nose but the best part of this foundation it doesn’t hide my freckles. My skin tone looks even and with a dewy glow that a woman aged 44 must create with highlighter. It doesn’t feel as if I have any foundation on, it just looks and feels like my skin but better, healthier. The benefit does it again, creates another new favourite go-to product.

I think this year I have tried old favourites and have fell back in love with them. This is another one of those. Not only is it a lovely exfoliator on its own, but when used with the cleanse and polish it just gives a more satisfying clean to my skin. Whether I am using it with Cleanse and Polish or in its own I only use one pump which is enough to exfoliate my face, neck and décolleté. It can be splashed off, but I prefer to remove it using a damp muslin cloth as I can make sure I have removed any leftover jojoba beads. This, to me, is not one of those harsh scrubs that contain apricot more...kernels but a creamy and thick that allows me to work on those areas that feel a little rough and bumpy. As I have sensitive skin, I use this only once a week with or without the cleanse and polish and as my morning cleanse as I have found that my skin responds better to it in the morning than at night. This enables me to massage it into my eyebrows and gently over my eyes. Since doing this I don’t get the red flaky patches of skin on my eyes like I have done in the past. I have been following it with Liz Earle Instant Skin Boost and Ole Henriksen C-Rush Brightening Gel Crème.

I was kindly gifted this lipstick by GlamGeek. This is the perfect pale nude. It smells like chocolate orange but doesn’t last long if you don’t like fragrance makeup. The lipstick is a mousse texture which makes it easy to apply along with the triangular shaped doe foot meaning that you can use the tip to outline your lips before using the whole of the applicator to fill in, it doesn’t streak. You can also use your fingers to apply this if you want a more subtle wash of colour to your lips. Within seconds it is dry and doesn’t dry your lips and lasts all day. It is smudge-proof and non-more...transferable. My lips felt soft and it was easy to remove with my Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish with the muslin cloth.

This was kindly gifted to me by Lola. It is the first liquid that I have tried. The doe foot applicator applies the right amount to the lips, giving both coverage and colour to the lips. The shape of the doe foot applicator also helps to line the lips before filling in and creates the perfect cupid’s bow. The liquid lipstick is not too runny or too thick, it is the right consistency to stay where it is applied. One coat gives enough coverage and doesn’t streak. Within a few seconds the lipstick is dry to a matte finish which is perfect for everyday wear, even if you are wearing jeans andmore... a t-shirt. The lipstick doesn’t transfer to cups and glasses so there is no need to reapply throughout the day. My lips weren’t dried out by the formula they were nourished and hydrated, some matte bullet lipsticks have made my lips peel. This didn’t. It is easily removed using my Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish with the muslin cloth. I didn't need to rub too hard to remove it.

{GIFTED} I am not a nail artist, but this varnish made me feel like one. The brush makes it easy to apply a thin coat and in three swipes along the nail. For a sheer effect you only need to apply one coat. The photograph below is two coats. It dries quickly and does not chip easily even without a topcoat. The glossiness of the polish lasts, some nail polishes the glossiness fades within a day or two – this didn’t. The varnish applied evenly to the nail plate and the colour in the bottle is the colour of the varnish, I have had some that dry darker or even lighter than that in the bottle

In this heat this is the perfect product in the spray bottle but unfortunately, I have the bottle that you pour out the required amount. And it lives in my fridge – no I am not posh enough to have a skincare fridge, it just lives in my normal fridge. Why, because it helps with the itchiness of my skin from the day and night’s heat. Not only does this help with the itchy skin it also helps to reduce the heat and stickiness of my skin. I use it morning and night after cleansing my face with Cleanse and Polish. My skin feels softer and plumper after using it. Some days I feel as I don’t neemore...d to apply my moisturiser if I am stopping in the house. On the days that I am out and about I will apply my UltraSun 50+. I use a dry cotton pad and wipe it all over my face, neck, décolleté and behind my ears as I find I am perspiring there too. If I had the spray bottle, I would spray my face whenever I felt sticky and hot.