Skin and hair care products I love

We all have those special beauty products we can’t live without. OK, not literally, but you know what I mean ;) These are my life savers:

A lot of Body Shop stuff, as you can see!

When I first moved over to the UK almost 3 years ago I suddenly got quite a bad acne, something that made me really depressed. I had never had anything like it before, but it was probably just my skin that reacted in a bad way to the new country. What has really helped me with that is the Tea Tree range from Body Shop. It took 6 months or so since I started using it, but after that the acne was all gone. Amazing! The little container in the front is the eye cream from Body Shop's Aloe range - great for my sensiive eyes.

For my dry hair I use moisturising shampoo and conditioner from Aussie (best brand ever!). Other than that I only use moisturising oil and dry shampoo to take care of my hair. The hair oil from Moroccanoil is fantastic, and it smells better than any hair product I’ve ever smelt. It’s alcohol free, which is a big plus. Just 1-2 pumps of this after washing (before blow drying) keeps my tips healthy and shiny.

For those mornings when I’m treating myself to a sleep-in and don’t have time to wash my hair my day is saved by Batiste dry shampoo. 

I’ve got annoyingly dry hands, especially around my nails. The set Satin Hands from Mary Kay (where I used to work before) is a real saviour for that. The emollient night cream made of bee wax can be used as normal hand cream (but beware, it’s very greasy, so you want to stick to using it at night) or it can be used together with the apricot hand scrub. I usually rub some of the night cream on my hands first, and then put some scrub on afterwards – this makes the scrubbing more gentle. Wash off with only water (no soap) and put some normal hand cream on afterwards. It’s a real treat for your hands!

A foundation is not only used to make your skin look flawless, but it also protects the sensitive skin on your face against pollution. My favourite foundation and mineral powder are both from Body Shop.

What's your life saving beauty product?

Inspiration for Halloween

Halloween is getting closer, and I’m feeling inspired!

I’m meant to go to a Halloween party in a couple of weeks, and I’ve been thinking about what to dress up as.

I’m not much for costumes, but I’m more for the face paints. Below is some awesome celebrity Halloween makeup – which one is your favourite?

I’m really loving the green glittery fairly like makeup in the 1^st picture, as well as the Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) inspired makeup in the 4^th picture.

I’ve not been to a Halloween party in many years, but last year we went to a dressing up rave outside of Leeds called Raise the Roof. I then painted my face all red and gold – inspired by the band Kiss – and I simply used normal lip crayon, lip pencil and eyeshadow to create this look.

I missed that rave this year, which is why I’m so looking forward to Halloween this year instead. I’ve not decided what I’m going to dress up as yet, but I’m thinking I might get some cool dress up contact lenses and I might base my Halloween makeup around that. I’m thinking lots of dark eyeshadow, eyepencils of different colours, etc…
I would love to recreate that green fairy makeup from above, and I’ve seen some of that green face and body glitter really cheap on Cosmetics4Less. Only £1.99! It’s worth thinking about… ;) 

Support in Style

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Women are strong, and there's no doubt about it!

October is breast cancer awareness month, and this is definitely worth highlighting. 

To all strong women out there - this post is for you!

Support breast cancer charities and researching companies by purchasing any of the below items, which are all in collaboration with breast cancer companies and who will donate a percentage of their profit throughout October.

1 Pink Ribbon Woven Mini Tote Bag ‘Fight Like a Girl’ - pinkribbonshop.com

2 Women’s fragrance ‘Pretty’ - Elizabeth Arden

3 Breast cancer color nailpolish collection - essie

4 Pink patterned scarf – Stella & Dot

5 Dark pink leather bag ‘Isabelle’ - Madison

6 ghd Pink Cherry Blossom – ghdhair.com

7 'Pink Peony' Illuminating Bronzer - Bobbi Brown

8 Different pink hues hairbands - manemessage.com

9 Black velvet platform shoe with silver details – Shoe Dazzle

10 Pink sports bra - Panache

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Leather and studs

I am, and will always be a sucker for rock music and melodic metal. Whenever I go to a rock gig I dress up a litle bit rocky - how could you not do that ;) A bit of leather and a lot of black is mandatory. I used to go all out rock chic when I was younger, but it's a bit more subtle nowadays. I went to a big rock concert in Newcastle last weekend, and the first thing I did on the day of the concert was to dig out one of my leather skirts from the wardrobe. I went for a casual rock chic look on this particular night... something similar to the outfit below.

A leather shirt, a southern inspired checked shirt and a pair of black leather boots is a great base to a casual rock chic outfit. An alternative is to swap the leather skirt for a pair of worn out, ripped jeans. Rock up the outfit with some skull or stud accessories.

If you want to go all in metal chic - way more hardcore than a normal rock chic - go for all black, lots of leather, studs and spikes, and a pair of wicked ankle boots. That biker style leather lacket is just do die for, and I'd do anything to be able to walk in those pointy stilettos without looking silly. Notice the tiny studs on the shoes - so metal! And this style has found its way into the highstreet fashion lately. I visited the shoe shop Office the other day, and they had a whole section of shoes what were covered in different sized studs and spikes. The shoes below are all available in various highstreet shops at the moment.