The Body Shop : Vitamin E Eye Cream // REVIEW

Hey hey wonderful people! I hope you're all well,

Today's review is on an oldie but a goldie! Now whilst I'm only the ripe age of 15 (not for too long!), I do enjoy using eye creams. Fortunately, I don't experience puffiness, but because I'm currently battling through my second last year of school (I'm aware that I'm doing it a lot easier than most out there), thus not getting a whole lot of sleep, an eye cream proves to be handy to banish the pesky circles beneath my eyes.

I've used a product from The Body Shop's Vitamin E line before and fell in love with it, so I decided to give their eye cream a go. Packed with vitamin E, shea butter and rose hip oil, this lovely, gentle eye cream helps to hydrate, smoothen and reduce the appearance of fine lines around your eye area. 

I either massage this around my eyes in the morning after a later night, or before bed after a long day to soothe sore eyes. 

Leave your opinion of this product in the comments below if you've used it, or if you have an eye cream you can recommend to me, let me know also!

Lots of love, until next time,

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Remington : Keratin Therapy straightener // REVIEW

Hello fellow blog trotters...what an intro. I hope you're well!

As promised in my post where I reviewed my two favourite heat defence sprays (which you can find here), today I bring to you a review on a hair straightener that has wiggled its way into my heart...okay that sounded better in my head.

If you're a devoted reader of my blog, you might have gathered how unmanageable my natural hair is. It's not a fun task to do my hair in the morning, and because its so hard to deal with and because I tend to sleep in and end up rushing my morning routine, I don't spare a lot of time to work with my hair. Also, unless I'm working with a hair style that requires curling my hair, I always straighten my hair before styling. Therefore, I need a hair straightener that is going to be kinder to my hair, and faster to use. Luckily, I found just the straightener, and I'm rather excited to share it with you!

Remington's Keratin Therapy hair straightener sorts out my unruly locks within less than ten minutes - about half the time I spend using my GHD. It's also half the price of the infamous GHD's, selling for around $100 (I was incredibly lucky to score this baby for only $20 in a clearance sale at Myer). 

Keratin seems to be in almost everything big in hair care at the moment. That's because it's one of the most effective ingredients to create uber healthy, strong hair. Luckily, my hair is rather partial to this wonder ingredient, and therefore thrives with any product containing it. This straightener is no exception. The straightener's ceramic coated plates are infused with keratin micro conditioners which are released into each strand with every use.

To save us both the time of length descriptions of this straightener, here is a list of features from their site:

• Up to 57% more protection from damage and breakage*

(The straightener has a sensor in between the plates that detects moisture levels in your hair, meaning it can change it's settings to protect your hair even further, unlike other hair straighteners where it would fry your locks)

• Keratin Protective Technology = Advanced Keratin Ceramic coating and exclusive Heat Protection Sensor
• Heat Protection Sensor on/off button with indicator icon
• Integrated digital display, 5 settings 160°C - 230°C
• Fast 15 seconds heat up – beeps when ready
• Longer length 110mm plates
• Floating plate for even pressure on the hair during styling
• Temperature key lock function
• Turbo boost function
• Automatic safety shut off
• Plate lock for storage
• Luxury heat resistant storage pouch
• Worldwide voltage
• Swivel cord

I hope you all enjoyed this post! Have you used this straightener before? Do you have one that is equally as good that you can recommend to me? Let me know in the comments below!

Until next time, lots of love,

                           

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Midi Skirts // STYLE TALK #4

Hello lovely humans! I hope you're well,

Midi skirts have well and truly done their rounds in the world of fashion as quite the statement piece. They've appeared in plenty of fashion shows also (both on the runway and in the audience) and on many blogs. A brave item to wear, and when personally styled they can be super fun and flattering.

I've chosen three midi skirts to style today, all very different within themselves. My key tip when styling midi skirts is to keep the top half form fitting to prevent a swamping effect, and to add accessories that are suited to your liking to allow your personal style to shine through. 

Futuristic neutrals

Inspired by an outfit I spotted at London Fashion Week, this pairing of a lengthy leather skirt and a grey crop with an interesting cut out is a perfect way of dressing up effortlessly. To ensure no attention was drawn away from that intense skirt, I've kept it simple with some strappy grey heels. To keep things casual yet classy, I picked out a black fedora and a pair of fun shades. 

ALEXANDER WANG crisscross knit top

VERA WANG leather midi skirt

BRIAN ATWOOD Ciara embellished heeled sandal

RAG AND BONE felted wool fedora

VINTAGE double-layer keyhole sunglasses

Mythical antics

When I was a little girl, my favourite outfit was my huge tulle ballet skirt paired with a hot pink singlet and a pair of ballet shoes. This costume, believe it or not, can be reinvented to suit my current age. Whilst I may no longer have the constant urge to slip out of whatever restricting outfit I was wearing and into my ballerina one, it's still fun to dress things up with a big, fun skirt. 

This outfit is inspired by the beautiful Zoella.

A skirt that is more appropriate than my ballet skirt for outerwear nowadays is this gorgeous number from House of Fraser. Depending on your mood, it can be paired with this black fitted halter neck crop, or an off-the-shoulder stripy top. To further this magical vibe, I've picked out this felt floppy hat, some stroppy black heels to keep things nice and clean, and a pair of circular lensed sunnies. 

LOLA SKYE Tulle midi skirt

Off the shoulder striped crop top

GIVENCHY Matilda black sandals

H&M wool hat

WILFRED TENSO blouse

THE ROW 8 round acetate/stainless steel sunglasses

Grey area

Yet another LFW inspiration, this pairing of an A-line midi skirt and black crop is a perfect way to keep it comfy yet classy. The pointed flats and sunglasses keep it sophisticated, whilst the leather backpack and burgundy fedora bring a fun, cheery element to the look. 

ROCHAS A-Line midi skirt

Retro Angled Cat Eye sunglasses

Sleevless crop tank

ALEXANDER WANG Lovisa Suede Pump

MULBERRY Mini Cara natural-leather backpack

JANESSA LEONE Vera Fedora

Which outfit was your favourite? How do you style your midi skirts?

Until next time, lots of love,

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