The Body Shop Warming Mineral & Ginger Clay Mask

If you've been following my blog for a while, you would know that The Body Shop is one of my favourite skincare brands. I had been so eager to try this little number out as it states that it's meant to be oil-absorbing. I have tried numerous products to try and settle my oily skin but haven't been completely satisfied. I have used the clay mask once a week for a month and have already noticed great results!

You really have to give this a good shake before squeezing the product out, *note to self* otherwise it will just run out and make a complete mess. It's a thick consistency which makes it so much easier to apply. Once applied to the skin, you can feel the warming effect instantly. It's a relaxing warmth and calms the skin. All you can smell whilst applying it is ginger. If you don't like the smell of ginger, then maybe steer away from this one. I can't wait to use this in the Winter months whilst chilling out in the bath.  

After waiting around five minutes, I rinse it off with warm water and a gentle face cloth. I feel a difference in my skin straight away. The more times I used it, the more I could see my skin improving. My skin had gotten clearer, smoother, my pores appeared smaller and I didn't need to blot my T-zone as frequent throughout the day as I used to. 

Hopefully, the longer I use this mask, my oily skin will eventually settle. For only £11, you can't go wrong!

Have you ever tried a warming clay mask?

Ro's Argan Body Conditioner Review

My sister has had this sitting in her drawer for a good couple of months and kindly gave it to me as she said that she wouldn't use it. Anything with argan in, I'm sold! So straight away, I couldn't wait to use this. I first thought that it was like any other body lotion, you apply it once you get out of the shower to moisturise your skin. Then I read the packaging. You actually apply this in the shower and then rinse it off and dry yourself off with a towel.

To begin with, it took me a while to figure out whether I liked or disliked the smell of it. It smells of roses, but there's something else quite powerful in there that makes it quite strong smelling. I got used to the smell after a while and eventually grown to really like it. There's nothing like slapping on a product that smells absolutely vile, is there? I'm sure we've all been there. The smell of this product is very powerful, everyone around me could smell it and asked what I had used throughout the day.

It's a very buttery and easy product to apply as it soaks into your skin instantly. When rinsing off, this product can be a bit of a nightmare as the water just runs off your body. A bit like if you have some body oil on and then tip some water over top. There has been a couple of times where the water wouldn't touch some areas on my skin and I had some residue but it easily came off when I dried myself with a towel. A good thing is that I didn't need to use my body butter to moisturise my skin afterwards. A perfect little product if you're in a rush and don't have much time on your hands.

Have you tried a body conditioner from Lush?

5 Life Goals I Want To Achieve

After reading Lisa's blog post on her future goals and plans, it gave me huge inspiration to share with you all my very own. Considering I'm 21 next month, I'm still really young, however some of these goals I would love to achieve in the very near future.

MOVE OUT & INTO MY OWN HOME

Liam and I still live with our parents, however we have both been saving up a certain amount each month to be able to afford to move into our own home. We haven't really thought much about whether it would be renting or buying. There are so many pros and cons to each but we will talk more about it and do more research on it once we've saved up enough ££££. Let's just say, there's still a long way to go yet...

GET ENGAGED ... & MARRIED

When I was really little I had always wanted to get married, like in fairytales. You meet your prince charming, get hitched and live happily ever after. However, when I was growing up, everyone said "don't get married, it'll just ruin your life". So I thought, what was the point? You spend all that money for one day and just sign a piece of paper and then will probably get divorced in twenty odd years. Looking back now, how sad is it that some people had been so negative and ruined my childhood dreams of getting married.

Being in past relationships, I had never wanted to get married to them or even thought about it. Now this is going to sound really cheesy, but since being with Liam, I have never wanted something more. I know what true love is and I know the meaning of marriage. We have spoken about it and luckily, he wants the same. I honestly can't wait for the day he pops the question.

HAVE BABIES

I have always wanted kids, either two or three. I see so many people that I went to school with announce that they're pregnant or they're now having their second child. I love watching pregnancy and birth vlogs. Don't even get me started on One Born, I love it! I can't wait to have a cute little bump and to make something that's a part of me. I'm so broody!

GO SKYDIVING

Lots of people think I'm crazy for wanting to do this. I was going to do it for my 21st birthday but I never ended up planning it in time. Luckily, I'm not scared of heights and I love the adrenaline rush. I will do it one day though.

LEARN SPANISH

I never had the chance of learning Spanish in school and considering that I had always wanted to learn it, I ended up on Duolingo a few years ago. I had a little notebook where I wrote things down and which I revised with. I loved it. It's such a pretty language to learn and the country is just so beautiful too. I'll have to dig my notebook back out and start again.

Have you thought about your future plans?

Brows: Pencils, Pomades and Powders.

Remember the days when brows weren't that much of a 'big thing'? Looking back on pictures of my high school days, it looked like I just had a massive forehead and no brows. You gals with light blonde eyebrows will know exactly what I mean. LOL. When I left high school, I discovered eyebrow pencils. I was using my Rimmel brow pencil for about a year, it weren't that great and I didn't really know how to use it. I just made light strokes over my brows to give them a colour. I may as well have just tinted them, why didn't I do that anyway?

I then moved onto using an eyebrow powder alongside the pencil. I used the pencil to outline my eyebrows and fill in any patchy areas and then filled them in with the powder. This routine seemed to work quite well but when I started getting more into makeup, I wanted them darker. Using powder is such a long winded process as it's so light, you have to keep building the colour up. Plus, it also fades throughout the day if you don't use an eyebrow gel after to seal them in place. I soon realised powder weren't for me and that's when I turned to pomades.

Eyebrow pomades have always worked wonders for me. They're pigmented, you can create precise hair strokes, you can fade with it or build the product up. I've found that they're the best to use for my light eyebrows. Sometimes when I have freshly tinted brows, I stick to the pencil for a few days until the tint fades so the colour isn't too harsh.

What products do you use for your eyebrows?