Cold weather = moisturisers x 100

Wow I’m on a roll, well not really but whatever second makeup/beauty tip in a row, yayyyy!

So right now, it’s so cold and when there is cold weather about, there’s that windburn we all hate, there’s the dry and cracked skin that nobody wants and our skin just needs twice as much moisture than it normally would. I’m pretty sure you bring out twice as many products during the winter than the summer. Well at least I do. Honestly, I can’t count how many times I’ve pulled out my lip balm or hand cream today, this weather is taking a serious toll on my skin.

Now who doesn’t love a nice long bath or a hot shower after a long day of whatever you happen to be doing. I admit, when it gets really cold, I love a good hot shower, who doesn’t.

So here’s a little tip to keep that moisture in your skin right after one has bathed themselves.

My face gets really dry after cleansing it or just getting out of the shower, so once you’ve washed your face,

-        Pat dry with a towel and grab some of your favourite face moisturiser and first rub it between your palms and then pat it down onto your skin. Doing it this way, really helps to lock in that moisture and doesn’t irritate the skin like it would if you slapped on some moisturiser and rubbed it all over your face really quickly. Trust me I’ve seen people do that.

Also,

-        Don’t forget the skin on our face is delicate especially around the eye area so take care and be gentle with your skin. (why else do you think we have moisturizers just for the face or just for the body, it’s not a money making scheme, we need both) and

-        Always moisturize after you shower, especially hot showers. Let’s keep skin nice and silky smooth feeling this season. Technically it’s autumn here, but it feels like winter.

And for all you in the northern hemisphere, your turn will come when it gets this cold.

Look at all this stuff!

Okay that’s it ladies and gents. I officially have too many beauty products. And don’t be like you can never have enough beauty products, but uhh I think you can.

I have no idea what’s gotten into me lately maybe it’s called growing up, but I’ve started to really think about the money I spend and what I spend it on and if I really need something, sooooooooo what I’m trying to say is I need to stop being such an impulse buyer.

Okay yeah so what I work in retail and you would think that you would know the tactics on how they sell a product but I just can’t say no sometimes and just buy something because I really want it and don’t NEED it. I don’t like making people feel sad that they didn’t get a sale out of me. I could be their only sale that day, think about it like that. (not likely the case, but you never know) I’m a you never know kind of person, you know? Alright this is getting confusing even for me and I’m writing this.

So as part of becoming a smart buyer instead of an impulse one, I am going to finish all these beauty products before I invest in another beauty product.

Impulse buyer like me? Let me know what one product you have way too much of.

Alright so, here I have like a million trillion creams and lotions that I currently own (some have been untouched, some are almost finished.)

I am not kidding you these are all mine. This was when it hit me that I had too many products because I had nowhere to store these on my makeup table.

the creams and lotions for soft skin like a baby's bottom.

So here I have:

  - Kenkay skin relief sorbolene cream  (1kg of that, but i don't care best product ever)
- Escada marine groove body lotion

- Sudocrem
- Palmer's cocoa body butter

- Palmer's cocoa butter formula

- nutrimetics botanicals green tea body lotion

- Solace mineral spa body butter
-Solace mineral spa body lotion

- Vaseline intensive care lotion in aloe vera

                                                                                                
  I wasn't kidding when I say I  use A LOT of different brands.

Next up we have the day and night creams:

The day and night creams

- Nivea creme

- Nivea soft

- Aveeno positively radiant daily moisturiser

- Aveenooooooo positively radiant tinted moisturiser

- Garnier miracle skin perfector BB creme

Then over here we have my facial cleansers, yes I use more than one,  I want to give every beauty product out there a chance

The daily cleansers

- Formula 10.0.6 Best face forward daily foaming cleanser

- Clean & Clear essentials self-foaming facial wash

-  Shiseido The skincare rinse off cleansing gel

- QV gentle wash

Lip care, who doesn't own some sort of lip balm, no matter how tom boyish you are.

And because our lips need some loving too, I stocked up on more than a couple of these

- Vaseline white petroleum jelly style

- Ultraceuticals professional ultra lip protect

- Nivea lip care in cherry (my favourite of all time and it's almost finished)

- Blistex silk & shine

- Lip smacker in gum ball galaxy ( taking it back old school to when these were the coolest)

- Chapstick ( I just love the name for this brand) I have a slogan for it, want to hear it?  Chapped lips? Have no fear chapstick is here.

I vow that I will do my very best at using up all these products before I purchase any new ones, but no promises.

And don't even get me started on the makeup products.

Wind = windburn = lips that hurt

Victims of windburn, the time has come to pucker up and smack on your favourite lip balms and save yourself from all that pain!

These couple of days have consisted of constant rain, wind blowing like no tomorrow making it impossible for me to wear my cloche hat and just overall gloomy weather where I just want to sleep and never wake up.

There are so many lip balms out there that it doesn’t even matter which one you buy as long as it protects your lips from all that wind and stops them from becoming dry, cracked and flaky.

I want to share with you all a little product that has become one of my all time favourite.

I absolutely love Nivea lip care in cherry. I love red lipstick so this was just an alternative for getting that red colour with all the nourishment and care it needed.

The thing I love best about this is the colour, I was surprised as normal lip balms don’t give you any colour at all, it either goes on clear or with a shiny finish.

There were times where I wanted to wear red lipstick, but then I didn’t because I would have to prep my lips to ensure the colour lasted the whole night, and I just wouldn’t have time. I opted for the lip balm instead, although the colour isn’t as strong as a normal lipstick, I mean what do you expect it’s a lip balm, it was easy, I didn’t have to worry about it bleeding and it kept my lips free from any cracks and as for the windburn… what windburn?

Nivea essential care is the original one for those who don’t want any colour, but still protects your lips.

Okay so, here’s a tip for all you out there that will help your lips feel nourished and keep them crack free.

When you go to bed tonight, pop on some long lasting lip balm, this will really help to prevent those dry and flaky lips that nobody wants.

When you head out for the day and it’s sunny but still windy, choose a lip balm that nourishes and protects. Go for something with SPF15, our lips need some loving too.

When I run out of my favourite lip balms, I turn to Vaseline white petroleum jelly style.

Yes it might be eww, yes it might be double eww, but it does the trick. When your lips are so painful that you don’t want to move them, you will try anything to stop the pain.

Vaseline is great, I think it’s worthy of its’ own blog, there are so many things I can say about it, that it would probably take up another page or two. Love this, you’ll definitely be surprised, try it next time when you run out of your favourite lip balm.

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