Favourite: Zinc

IM SORRY, its another skincare product!

This time  my favourite is not a person and not on an actual product you place onto your skin but a daily vitamin which helps to contribute towards the condition of your skin.

ZINC - it sounds like a superhero supplement

I've tried about 3 or 4 different brands of daily nutrition tablets which claim to help your skin - yet Ive seen no change..until now. I currently take the Holland and Barrett High Strength Zinc tablets. These tablets are in no way a medical or prescription tablet. It is easy to get them from the high street from health specialists such as Holland and Barrett and do not feel like you have to take these to have good skin - it just aids your skin hair and nails. Taking these daily I've known a massive difference in how quick my skin reacts to imperfections and my hair has started to grow?! BONUS! My skin however has become slightly lenient on Zinc as i forgot to take it for a couple of days and my skin went crazy. Luckily they are not expensive at all, here in the UK Holland and Barrett have a penny sale which means it is possible to get 2 packs of 100 high strength Zinc for £5.07. Taking this daily will therefore last for 200 days!

If you have problematic skin and you feel you've tried everything, give Zinc ago. It does say if your pregnant, breastfeeding or on any other medication it would be worth to give your doctor a call to double check, so please do to be extra safe! If not, go for it! Zinc is worth being one of my favourites as its helped me so much in the maintenance of my skin and my healthy lifestyle!

Laura xo
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Skin Saviour!

As an ordinary 18 year old girl, its normal to have problem skin. I don't have serious achene but i do get stages of break outs, which of course no one wants.

I have tried my fair share of blemish preventing products in my time and haven't come to a single product that my skin needs! I have combination type skin so sometimes finding products that tackle my oily t-zone but are still gentle on my dry areas can be tough...Until I made a break through...

I don't know if I'm just being really naive or are just late on the band waggon but i haven't seen this product in any blogger or youtubers skin routines..

Witch Hazel..or as i call it - life saviour. 

After trying a serious amount of drugstore and high street skin products such as clean and clear or Clearasil products, I went to a pharmacy knowing that they would truly understand my skin and would be able to give me a product which does what it says on the tin.

Witch Hazel is a liquid form which i use on a cotton pad instead of a liquid cleanser and wipe all over my face. Instantly, i found this automatically helped the healing process of my skin and prevented my skin from getting worse again. Once i finished my first bottle which lasted me about 2 -3 months, i experimented to see if the Witch Hazel was actually helping or it was just a coincidence that my skin was behaving and used another cleanser... My skin automatically deteriorated and went back to how it was.

Would defiantly recommend it to combination - oily skin type as it can be quiet drying if you have overall dry skin but as i have combination skin, it balances my oils out!

Here in the UK its sold in most Pharmacies or supermarkets as i have spotted it in my local large Asda and retails for about £2.50 -£3 depending on where you buy it.

I believe this stuff really is made by Witches because it is truly magic! 

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Laura xo

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Contour with Lipstick?!

Yes, as the title of this suggests I DO use a lipstick to contour with! This wasn't planned at all, it was an accidental purchase. After the massive hype of NYX's Taupe powder being amazing to contour with i thought i would give it a shot and order it. However my order got mixed up and when it arrived i had been given the Taupe lipstick instead of the powder.

First, i was very disappointed as i don' wear any brown lipstick. But then I watched a youtuber who suggested a lipstick as a blusher and it looked really nice and natural. In the past, it has been really difficult to bronze or contour my skin because of my fare skin - everything always seem to look muddy or orange on me. Therefore the idea of using a colour which has no orange in it appealed to me. Along with that creams work so much better on my skin than powder.

To apply i pull that stupid duck face or fish pout!

 Then blend in with my Real Techniques Contour Brush!

This for my skin tone gives such a nice natural contour which doesn't look orange or muddy because of the slight pink undertones in the brown! Would defiantly recommend it to anyone out there with fare skin like me and can't contour properly!

Laura xo

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