Skin Saviours

After a recent breakout caused by changing my face wash I went completely back to basics in order to get my skin back to normal, it's been about 4 weeks since my break out and with religious use of these products my skin is feeling and looking a lot better, almost better than before the breakout!

So a bit about my skin, I have combination skin that is oily in the T zone and prone to dry patches not specific to any areas, these are normally caused by spot clearing products. My skin is pretty unpredictable when it comes to spots, a year or 2 ago my skin was really bad. Now my skin is mostly clear with the occasional spot here and there and the dreaded monthly break out (the joys of being a woman), but I still have a lot of red marks left from when my skin was bad. Now onto the products...

1. La Roche Posay Purifying Foaming Gel - This cleanser has been my saviour for a long time, this was the first cleanser I used that helped my skin it almost completely cleared my skin up when it was at its worst. It doesn't dry out the skin like some acne products do and as it's a gel cleanser for oily skin it doesn't cause the skin to become overly oily and I believe it has helped control my oils. I don't know all the science behind it all I know is that it works for me! It is soap and paraben free so perfect for sensitive skin and at about £10 it's not too expensive, it's definitely worth the money!

2. Botanics Radiant Youth Microdermabrasion Polish - I bought this a long time ago and after a few uses forgot about it but when my skin broke out it was feeling pretty rough and bumpy and got very dried out so I started using this again to help remove the flaky skin and dead skin cells. As it is meant to be a microdermabrasion product the grains are much smaller and there are a lot more of them than in most normal exfoliators which gives a better exfoliation. After using this my skin always feels so soft and smooth and I actually think that now I have been using this almost a month it has helped fade some of my red marks!

3. Hydraluron - This product is raved about all over the Internet so I wont go on about this too much. I bought this after reading loads about it on blogs and youtube and I have not been disappointed, my skin feels softer and plumper, just healthier in general!

4&5. E45 Intense Recovery Moisturiser & Eucerin Replenishing Face Cream - These are my go-to moisturisers. I bought the E45 moisturiser when my skin was extremely dry and sore and have just kept using it as my night time moisturiser to keep my skin soft and flake free. The Eucerin Replenishing Cream is my day time moisturiser as it's not as thick and heavy as the E45 cream and works well to keep my face from going patchy during the day from drying out :)

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Revlon Colourstay Foundation

Hey guys,
I know everyone and their dog has done a review on this foundation but I felt the need to share my feelings on Revlon's Colourstay foundation as I have been using it a lot lately and have been having some thoughts about it. So here goes...

At £12.99 it is on the pricier side of high street/drug store foundations (I have literally just this second found that it can be purchased for £8.99 on Cheap Smells, who do free UK delivery yay!), but I would say it is worth the money. The foundation itself is a high coverage foundation so if your a tinted moisturiser/BB cream fan I would say this product is not for you. However if like me you like or need full coverage this foundation is your guy! It covers almost all of my pesky flaws, on a good skin day I could wear this, set it with a transparent powder and not need any additional coverage from concealer which is what I look for in foundations as although I like a high coverage foundation I don't like the feeling of wearing a lot of make up and looking cakey, which if you are applying a lot of other products on top of this foundation, is a risk you run. So I tend to apply a light layer using very little foundation and then going back over my problem areas with a bit more.

There are two types of this foundation to cater to different skin types - Normal to Dry skin and Oily/Combination skin. I have only ever used the Oily/Combination foundation as I have very oily skin which doesn't take long after applying foundation to start to look shiney. Which brings me to my favourite thing about the Revlon Colourstay foundation, it doesn't make me look shiney AT ALL! Unless it was an extremely hot day outside or I was doing something that caused me to sweat excessively, but under normal circumstances I have worn this foundation on long days at work and college and I have been shine free and this is the only foundation I own that I could say that about so for me that is a massive positive! It is also long lasting and doesn't wear off easily so for long days or nights out this foundation is perfect.

To apply this foundation I use my Real Techniques Expert Face Brush for a flawless finish. I would also use my fingers to apply it if I was going for a lighter coverage. I have this in a range of colours as I use it as part of my kit, on myself I use the colour True Beige when I have a good tan, if I'm paler I'll mix it with a lighter shade of foundation.

The first criticism I have about the Revlon Colourstay foundation is the colour range, I prefer a yellow toned foundation and I feel that the shade range for this foundation are all a bit pinky toned which means I have to mix this foundation with another more yellowy toned foundation to get a better colour match. My second and last criticism is that I feel like it clings to my dry patches slightly, which is not a massive deal as most foundations do cling to dry skin especially oil free ones. I might try mixing the oil free with the normal to dry skin foundation to see if that solves the problem. I'll let you know how I get on with that!

What are your thoughts on the Revlon Colourstay foundation?

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