Teenage dreams

In just under 2 months I will be 28, a grown up...to some degree. Yet I still suffer from spots on my face, ones that no concealer invented can cover some times. Yes I did think that I would be past this stage by now but I am sure that the amount of pain killers ect I am on don't help and my skin is getting a little bit cheesed off at time.

When I was younger I was under the impression that to get rid of spots you needed to first strip your skin of any natural oils or moisture that showed themselves. Then I would rub on toner that stung so bad I thought I had used paint stripper and then the final step was spot gel but no moisturiser. Every thing I did was wrong and I now wonder why my spots were not worse, they deserved to be lol

                                                     
When I feel the first throb and bump under my skin these days I go gentle with my skin care.
I cleanse with a cream cleanser, my favourite is a icon any way and needs no explaining I am sure.
Liz Earle Cleanse and polish cleans my skin properly whilst feeding my skin and keep the moisture levels up. Using the Muslin cloth gently gets rid of each dry layer as the spot breaks through and dry's up.
A gentle skin refresher follows just to get rid of any remaining cleanser.

I then use a tea tree Gel on the spot. Not only is it anti bacterial so stops the spot getting worse it also clears up the spot as it goes. I like Superdrug Tea tree range, it's purse friendly and it works but seems more gentle than some out there.
Once that dries I use Liz Earle's Skin repair moisturiser. I am normally the oily version but when I have bad skin I opt for Dry/ sensitive to be gentle.

The final step in my routine and the one that scares who ever sees me is my Sudecreme face mask. I just apply a layer of Sudecreme over the spotty area to protect the skin and it does clear spots up super fast! You do look like a horror film extra though so be warned lol

Hope you all find this helpful. Leave me a comment below if you have any recommendations

Sam x

sorry there is no photo of Cleanse and Polish but I have ran out !

A time to relax....with Liz Earle

I have been on a little bit of a mission lately, to try and recreate the spa feeling at home.

I don't know about any one else but I have not really had any spare pennies to indulge in treatments when ever I have been feeling a bit stressed, which has been quite often of late.

I did a review on a facial I had and loved at my local beauty shop but not only is it nice to keep these things for a really special treat it is hard to afford the upkeep of one or two a month.

This is where a little box of tricks comes in to it.

The normal check list of recreating a spa like feel at home starts with nice smelling candles,

Then followed by bubble bath, may be a face mask and some relaxing music.

This is all great but after I have done all this I start to feel a bit bored and start with the ordinary mundane thing of getting washed, I am really odd in the fact that I can't just get out of a bubble bath without a good scrub first.

The thing is this can be relaxing too!

Starting at the top with a face massage, grab a cream cleanser. My favourite is Liz Earle cleanse and polish.

Massage in slow motion around your face paying attention to your forehead where all the stress builds up. Not only is this relaxing and almost sends me to sleep but because of the steam and taking the cleanser off with the muslin cloth it is a really good deep facial.

If you have not tried Liz Earle before why not get the Essentials Try me kit?

 For £22.25 which is less than what you would pay for a facial you get

30 ml of the Cleanse and polish, I would say this will do at least 6  facials

50 ml of the instant boost skin tonic, This can be used two ways, While enjoying a soak put two cotton wool pads with this tonic on over your eyes to soothe and de-puff and it smells great too. You also use it as a toner at the end of your spa time just to freshen and soothe the skin.

In this little green bag you get a choice of moisturiser too, either normal/comb or dry/sensitive

The moisturiser will last ages and it makes doing a home facial very economical.

If you are any thing like me you will also have a stock of the full sizes too, who said you can't have a spa day every day?

I will be buying one of these kits to tuck into my over night bag when I get married as after a long day I think I will need all the help I can get to look normal the day after lol 

Next time I will be trying a good old body scub and body wash, can some thing so normal have a spa feeling?

Sam x

Spa pic at top credited to ambientmusicgarden.com

The Liz Earle photo was taken with my own fair hands

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Celebration time for Liz Earle and her team!!

The iconic Cleanse and Polish from The Liz Earle range is today celebrating yet another award to add to the 49 they already had, Yes that’s 50!!!!!!

50 awards and accolades over 15 years is some thing to shout about.

Proof if you ever needed it that the Liz Earle philosophy of Gentle, botanical packed cleansing is reaching cult status.

Maybe if you were thinking of trying Cleanse and polish it’s the push you need to get buying. You won’t be alone you will be joining millions who have already added it to their beauty routine.

To date a total of 6million bottles and tubes have been sold in over 80- countries, which means 1 every 30 seconds! All these women can’t be wrong!

Cleanse and Polish is also making it’s way in to the celebrity world too with the likes of Lily Allen, Justin Timberlake’s Mrs, Jessic Biel and Miley Cyrus, to name a few

Using it to keep their well papped faces clean enough for star status.

Liz has only ever made one cleanser and now we know why!!

Congratulations to the Liz Earle team xx

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