Jenny Cole

My Top 3 Moisturisers

By Unknown - 04:49:00

I don't know about you but my skincare regime is very long and I HATE doing it. Despite the fact that it actually makes my skin decent for a couple of days at a time. Ignoring what I just said, it's extremely important to have a skincare regime and to stick to it...daily. I know, i know, its such a chore but it has to be done.

The last step to my skincare routine is moisturiser. There's so many on the current market; many of which will appeal to you because of celebrity indorsements and the many advertisements we come across on a day-to-day basis. However, you have to find the right moisturiser for your skin type and what works for you. Wether your skin type is dry, oily, normal or combination: there is the perfect moisturiser out there for you.

Here's my top 3 moisturisers; all of which I have used up and in some cases I will repurchase them...

MAC Mineralise Charged Water Face and Body Lotion- 100ML

This moisturiser in particular is a particular favourite of mine, especially before i put on makeup. Simply because it is so lightweight on the skin and gives you a nice little glow to your skin which shines through your makeup (depending on your coverage that is). I wouldn't recommend it for those who like having a moisturiser that heavily hydrates your skin or for those who have a dry skin- just because of how light it is. I'd highly recommend it to those who have normal skin: best to put on before makeup.

Benefit Cosmetics Total Moisture Moisturize Facial Cream

Now this one is defiantly for those who have dry skin-combination skin...like me! This moisturiser is on the more hydrating side of the scale and perfect for tackling your dry skin (when it occurs). If you're skin is combination but more dry than oily than this moisturiser will be perfect for you!

Clinique Moisture Surge Intense Skin Fortifying Hydrator. Very dry to dry combination.

This has to be my favourite moisturiser of all time. Hands down. After walking into the nearest Clinique counter and explaining my dilemma they pointed me in the direction of this moisturiser in particular. After having a little discussion over what i wanted to change within my skin (particularly the dry aspects that annoyed me beyond belief- no matter how often i exfoliated, cleansed and washed my face, those little dry patches didn't go away!). Until this little god send appeared in my skincare regime. It's safe to say that my skin has become a whole lot better since trying this product and i'll defiantly be re-purchasing it, very soon. It's even better than the moisturiser my doctor had prescribed me to battle with eczema. As you can tell...it's my favourite.

Hope you enjoyed my little blog post on my top 3 moisturisers! See you soon!

Jenny xo

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How I clean my makeup brushes

By Unknown - 05:56:00

Cleaning makeup brushes is a chore we must all commit to doing at some point. Many of us try to put this task off as long as humanly possible because to put it simply-it takes to long to do and complete. Yet the reason why we have to do this chore is pretty important. I can't lie and say that i haven't put off cleaning my makeup brushes every now and again and using the same excuse (that i haven't had the time). When applying makeup to your face, you're picking up bacteria from your skin which then stays in your makeup brushes bristles festering. Then the next time you go to use it your applying a mix of makeup and bacteria to your face- while doing so picking up more bacteria from your skin. Entering us all into this cycle that doesn't end until we clean our brushes; providing us with those ugly spots that we hate and complain about. Vicious isn't it?

It's very important to deep clean your bushes every couple of weeks to fight against this bacteria and to have your brushes looking like the first time you brought them. If you're skin is oily or problematic than I'd suggest that you'd clean your brushes a bit more frequently than that of a person whose skin is normal and doesn't suffer a lot of problems from their skin.

The majority of my brushes are from real techniques and when they came out with a brush cleanser i couldn't resist to jump at the chance to buy one to help me quicken up the 'little' chore that we have to carry out.

Here's my process on how I clean my makeup brushes:

1) I gather up all the tools that i need, i.e my makeup brushes (thats a must), brush cleanser and a pot of warm water (no more than a couple of cm though!! We don't want to be wasting water!) or at least be near a tap.

2) Either dip your brush in the pot of warm water or run it under the tap, holding the brush head downwards or at an angle so the water doesn't go all the way into the brushes head and start messing around with the glue.

3) pump a little bit of your cleanser onto the bristles of your brush.

4) Now for this part you can either use your hand or a hand held tool (shown in one of the pictures above) to lather up your brush and help break down the bacteria and get your brush clean again. Start swirling your brush around, occasionally adding some warm water to the mix to help with the lathering.

5) Squeeze out any excess product

6) repeat if necessary

7) lay your brushes down on the side so any left over water can drain out and so your brush can air dry over a couple of hours while you get on with your day. ( i like to leave them drying over night so i can use them once i wake up the next morning).

Hope this gave you a little insight into how i do the chore that i have a love/hate relationship with. Maybe it even educated a little bit and you found it helpful.

How many of you are going to go wash your brushes now?