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.

I have used this product in the past and have seen comments that the formulation has changed. I think that the change is for the better, to me it seems more luxurious than before and the fragrance isn’t as overpowering. I may have said other cleansers are the best cleanser I have used but I will admit this is really the one for me. I have used it in my twenties, thirties and now my forties. I love the fact that it is applied to dry skin as I can massage into the areas that I feel special attention for example my eyes. I was worried that this may irritate my eyes, but I should not have wormore...ried. I use one pump and that is enough to work into my face and neck I use this time to massage my face as there is enough slip to do it. I start with my eyes if I have mascara on and then move to the rest of my face and neck. I remove with the muslin cloth that came with the Cleanse and Polish. Using a clean area, I wipe with one finger gently around my eye area changing to a clean area until it is clean and then move to my other eye. Once I have done this, I then wipe the cloth all over my face neck and behind my ears. I prefer the water to be tepid rather than warm as I have noticed my redness is reduced. Once I have removed it my skin feels soft and is not calling out for moisture. My rare hormonal spot disappears the next day after using Cleanse and Polish. Also, if I cannot stand for long periods due to my back spasming, I can sit on my bed, apply it then remove it with a damp muslin cloth. I love to use Cleanse and Polish as both first and second cleanser when double cleansing after wearing makeup. I promised my skin I won’t change my cleanser again – until I see something, I like more likely.

When I first saw this lip pencil, kindly gifted to me by Lola, I thought its colour was sandy rather than nude. The brush on the other end of the pencil is brilliant for correcting mistakes or smudging/blending it. The formulation is soft and glides onto my dry lips and doesn’t make them drier it actually nourishes them. It feels like velvet on my lips, as the photos below show I have lines around my mouth, this lip pencil didn’t bleed into them nor did it come off when I kissed my two boys – they hate it when I leave my lipstick/pencil on them. It lasted all day and was easily removed usimore...ng my IT Cosmetic Cleansing Balm. Some lip pencils I have used in the past have stained my lips this didn’t. I have worn it on its own or under Benefit They’re Real Double the Lip Bare Affair to help define and make the lipstick have a little more staying power. It creates the perfect natural looking lip for every day wear and for those occasions when you need to feel more polished.

I was kindly sent this by LoLa. On warmer days I have don’t like to wear foundation and this seems the perfect answer. The BB cream is a little thicker than I expected, and the shade is a little dark for me. I first applied it using my fingers and though it was easy to blend into my skin but left it looking as if I had a suntan. The next time I applied it I used a Real Techniques Buffing Brush and it blended better into my skin without it looking as if I had a suntan. Both ways of applying it, it did not sit in my fine lines that I have around my eyes and mouth. It covered the darknessmore... under my eyes and on my lids. It is great to wear if you want a less structed look and are sightseeing or out walking at lunchtime as the SPF of 20 is enough. It lasted all day and was not patchy. The BB cream was easily removed using my IT Cosmetics Balm or Micellar Water. It is a great product if you want to look as if you have a tan as it has skincare benefits that some fake tans don’t have.

I love Palmer’s Coco Butter Body Lotion and hoped that this would help me with my dry hair. Maybe I should have bought the conditioner to go with it. I only used it the once as my hair while I was rinsing out the shampoo actually felt worse than before I used it. Once I had left it to dry naturally it actually felt like straw, was not its bouncy controllable self. This is one product I will not be buying again

As stated reviewing the shampoo, my hair needed a lot of TLC due to the hot weather the UK had in the summer. I had thought I might need a richer conditioner to get rid of the crunchy patch of hair, but I didn’t. I would use this in the shower, wash my hair twice with the shampoo then apply lots of conditioner. Wash my face and body then wash the conditioner out – leaving the conditioner on my hair for at least ten minutes before rinsing it off. My hair once I had left it to dry naturally was more manageable and softer. The grey hairs were shiny and whiter, my natural brunette hair had thmore...e lovely coppery tones in it. In other words, my hair didn’t look flat or lifeless.