Skin Update! + Mini Soap & Glory Peaches and Clean 3-in-1 Wash Off Deep Purifying Cleanser Review

So from a previous post I made last year you may or may not know that my skin is something I have huge problems with. As an example of a slightly minor thing after I shower I have to moisturise otherwise I get these blotchy red marks, not nice! Turns out when I was a kid I suffered from eczema! :o I thought it was just my little sister but my mum informed me that I did to, to a lesser extent. But still, explains my skin being so dry!

Anyway since, hmm probably Novemberish of last year I have been getting horrendous skin, Just on my cheeks which was weird. But it was really bad, painful, red, bumpy probably the closest to 'acne' I've been too. Turns out it was in part due to a product I was using, baby oil. I read on reddit that mineral oil is great to remove your make up so I used that for a while and it was great. However when I run out of that I used baby oil as it's just mineral oil with fragrance, which some people have issues with. Looks like I'm one of them! I didn't even think that it could be the main cause until I saw and thought about what had actually changed around that time.

So once I realised the root cause, I since switched to hemp seed oil which works for me with no break outs, and grape seed oil. I have some avocado oil too for moisturising but that can break me out too if I used it too regularly. My skin is now finally recovering, still got some red marks that are fading but I'm pretty happy with it at the moment!

Oh along the same note I did try Soap & Glory™ Peaches and Clean™ 3-in-1 Wash-off Deep Purifying Cleanser, which i've since removed from my routine as I think my skin was a little unhappy with it however what I can say about it is it's really nice! It's smells amazing, glides on really well and picked up any dirt or make up I missed. I'd recommend trying it to be honest. Remember to patch test products first though! Don't do what I did and end up with a massive breakout that lasts forever :) I got it from boots for £8.00, they also have a pretty cool 3 for 2 offer on.

I'll tell you all about the Paula's Choice products I've been using soon! I have their AHA and BHA and I am so far loving it :)

Thanks for stopping by! x

My Skin Care Routine

I woke up this morning to skin that is the clearest it has ever been, which is making me super happy! Honestly I hit 13 and suddenly I was fighting terrible skin along with terrible moods (really sorry mum and dad!). Although I would like to point out that my skin wasn't actually really really bad, I saw some kids with terrible acne and I felt so sorry for them as honestly my spots were killing my self confidence so I can't imagine what they were going through. It was however bad enough for me to absolutely hate it, left me with some scars albeit fading ones and a guy did go "yeah I noticed you seemed to get a lot after year 7".. 

Anyway as you can imagine I tried so many different products, some broke me out horrendously (I'm looking at you 'Simple') and others seemed to be okay but not actually helping in the long run. Nivea was a brand I stuck with for a long time, and probably one I would have gone back to but at the moment my current routine is a blessing and bloody cheap.

So my first product is this one, it's a really basic facial wash that my Mum bought from Wilkinsons for 80p, she said it was so cheap you might as well try it. She was right, it was cheap but omg surely its going to break me out horrendously because its only 80p. Well nope! In fact once I used up the first bottle I had to buy more, it's amazing. Hasn't irritated my skin or induced a break out. It's now my go to morning and night facial wash.

After using that in the morning I will then either moisturise with a bit of olive oil if I plan on going out in the sun (gasp, the horror! I will get back to this in another blog post I swear) or I use recovery oil which I found when googling for bio-oil. I don't know what the real differences are between the two, except this cost me 99p for 100ml on Amazon. I made the mistake (or maybe not??) of buying five of them as I figured that won't last long. It does! 

Here's the ingredients listed for those interested; Paraffinum Liduidum, Octylydodecenol, Squalane, Isopropyl Myristate, Prunus Dulcis (Sweet Almond Oil), Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary Leaf Oil), Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender Oil), Glycine Soja (Soybean Oil), Citrus Medica Limonum (Lemon Peel Oil), Bisabolol, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Retinol (Vitamin A), Parfum, CI26100.

No filter, No Make up :)

In the evenings if I haven't worn any make up I will just repeat my morning routine but if I have  worn make up I will put warm water on my face, then use olive oil to break it all up and use a wash cloth to get it off. After that I will wash my face with the facial wash to make sure it's all gone, put on some recovery oil and bam, done. Super easy, super cheap and it's working for me :)

I've added a (horrendous) picture of me from today, with out any make up. Plus my eyebrows and hair both need sorting eek! However the main thing is my skin, look! I still have the remains of spots, the patchy redness but it's fading. I just hope this continues to work. 

Oh another few things that I think are really important; I have been eating healthier, drinking more water and making sure my make up brushes and pillows are clean! Also if you phone people a lot make sure you keep that screen clean :)

Anyway I hope this is of some help to someone, feel free to comment and I will get back to you,

Rowan x

A First Hello

Bagel, the coolest cat

Okay, so this is my first post basically saying hi! I've wanted to start a blog for agees and have tonnes of failed attempts as I kinda get bored of writing to no one (haha!) however I figured I could run it as a side to my tumblr blog that crazily enough does actually have followers! So cool.

I don't really know what I'm going to write about here, it's probably going to be a life style blog? If I'm even right on the definition of what that is. Christ, I'm dead in the water already. Just expect blog posts about my life, my cat, make up things, hair things etc 

A mini selfie :O

So a bit about me, my name's Rowan and no I'm not a boy and no it's not exclusively a boys name either. As you can probably tell, common questions when I introduce myself (although not face to face, I mean I'm pretty obviously not a boy, I hope...) I'm 21, from the UK, currently unemployed and going through the most soul crushing job search ever. Honestly not hearing back, being declined it's tough but I'll get there, eventually! I also plan on studying psychology with counselling with the OU starting this October which will be interesting :)

I have a really cool boyfriend, who I've been seeing for almost 9 months which is a little bit insane to me as that's definitely the longest relationship I have ever had! I'm not entirely sure how he's not got fed up with me yet :P but I'm going on holiday with him and his family later on in July to the South of France which is stupidly nice of them to invite me along too! I'm both dead excited, and really nervous as this will also be the first time I've ever been on a plane. Eek! I'll let you all know how it went :)

Urrm what else, I have the cutest little cat ever. She's called Bagel and entered my life about three years ago I think? I say entered because honestly that's what happened. She turned up, meowing at 3am every night for food as someone dumped her. I mean how! She's adorable. Anyway, after doing the whole checking for a microchip, putting up found signs, knocking on what felt like a hundred doors and begging my parents to let her stay she ended up moving from our driveway to our house. I don't think she plans on leaving, the spoilt little moo.

(I mean look at that little face!)

Okie dokie so I think that's it for now! I hope I didn't bore anyone to death. And I promise my next blog post will be soon :) 

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend,

Rowan x