Hello Everyone!
I have been doing a lot go 'girly' videos on my You Tube channel lately so I decided to break it up a bit and do this as a blog post instead (if you're wondering, I will probably be uploading a vlog next week). Also I don't find monthly favourites really interesting to watch but I like reading about them so I thought I would write it up instead with some pretty pictures.
Also, I decided to change up the font for this post so let me know if you prefer this one to my usual font. I think it looks very journalistic.
ANYWAY here are some things I have been loving in the month of March, enjoy!
Fashion Faves...
Over March, I have non-stop been wearing turtle necks. If you watched my last vlog, you will see that I wore a turtle neck top almost every day of the week. I have 3 tops (the black one is in the wash; the top one is a dark grey textured cotton turtle neck from New Look which was around £12 and I like wearing this with my new black skinny ripped jeans. The other light grey top is from Urban Outfitters which is also textured (which seems to be very fashionable at the moment)and its more of a high collar/half turtle neck the top which I think looks really cute.
I have also been wearing all my turtle necks with these two crystal necklaces which I got on eBay for a margin of around £2 which is amazing considering that the other ones I looked at online ranged between £15-£30. I just think they really compliment the turtle neck style and they add a bit of colour to the grey and black of the tops. I love them so much and I really want to order more colours! They had some nice transparent ones too.
My last fashion favourite of the month are these rings from Morocco which go with my crystal necklaces because of the light pink and dark purple colours. I love them so much and I have been wearing them nearly every single day because I think they look super pretty and it reminds me of my holiday. Also the pink one looks like that pandora style with the 'bobbled' edge but it was so much cheaper. I think I got it on the market for about £7 euros which is roughly £5.
Makeup Faves…
So my two first makeup favourites from March are both from Soap & Glory. The first one is the Archery Brow Pencil. One end of this pencil is a crayon which I draw the bottom frame in with and then I use the felt tip end to lightly draw in the hairs and fill in any sparse areas. I just find this more natural looking and quick in the morning then powder and I find the felt tip a lot easier and more suttle.
The other product from Soap & Glory is the SuperCat Eyeliner which is also in a felt tip style and it very thin which I find easier to apply and build up the layers with. This is very similar to the Stilla eye liner but I couldn't find it in store so I got this one instead because its the same kind of application rather than dipping this in a pot with a stick, which I find tricky and slow to do. I have been wearing these products nearly every day of March for college and I really recommend them if you need a less time consuming product in the morning.
I think this might have been in some kind of favourites type blog post before but I repurchased the Lasting Perfection Concealer by Collection at the start of March and again, this has been a part of my daily routine all through the month. I would say this isn't the best for under eyes but AMAZING for spots coverage. Just a tiny bit seems to have such great coverage and it literally looks like I have no spots. I know every single blogger talks about this so I won't say anymore (apart form the fact it is better than any high end product I've used and its a margin at £4 too! I will definitely be repurchasing this next month!).
My last makeup favourite is from Natural Collection and its the Clear Mascara. However, I haven't been using this as mascara, I've been using it to hold my brows in place once after I apply my brow pencil. I got this because I watched Becca Rose's video and she said it's really good for brows that don't stay in place or what I like to call 'tired' brows. So I decided to get it and it was only £1.99 which is such a good price and it really does the job.
(If you noticed all my makeup faves are drugstore products so they are all really affordable).
Hair Faves...
I'm the new Ice Queen okay.
Okay so my first hair favourite of the month is the Total Bleach and White Toner by Bleach London.
Before I discovered this brand, I used to constantly try to active platinum blonde hair at home and I used to always be really upset and disappointed that I had wasted loads of effort, time and money on dye/bleach that either didn't work or made it go yellow toned. After giving up I decided to get my hair dresser to bleach my hair which looked nice..but it just wasn't as bright as I had hoped and it costs so much money every single month to get my re-growth done. Also I realised it would look good but after a week it would fade.
Anyway, before my holiday I didn't have enough money to get my roots done so I did a bit of research online and everyone was raving about a new-ish brand called Bleach London. As you may have seen from my How To video with Emily, we tried it out and my hair went super bright platinum white without any yellow/brassy tones. I am so happy and relived that I have finally found a strong enough bleach that works for me at such a good price of £7 per box. The white toner also lasts ages and the Reincarnation Hair Masque (my second hair favourite) that comes in every box makes your hair feel like silk and really repairs any damage from the bleach. As I brought two boxes of toner (my hair is thick) and 1 box of bleach I have 3 tubes of hair masques and I only had to use half of one through my root covering process recently.
I am SO happy with this brand and I will never go to the hairdresser again to get my roots done again. I was constantly given false promises that my hair couldn't go blonder or brighter than how it was when they did it because my natural dark blonde hair colour is so super strong and doesn't take colour well but I proved them wrong and I finally found a bleach that works for me!
My last hair favourite of the month is the 'Touch of Silver shampoo & Conditioner by Provoke'. Let me start of by saying these are the cheapest purple shampoo/conditioners I have ever brought but the most effective. If you didn't know, purple shampoo if for bleached or dyed artificial blondes (this will not work on natural blondes) so that the blonde doesn't go yellow/brassy toned. This is so good because it makes your hair feel like silk, it keeps my colour super bright and blonde and it also smells really nice too. I really recommend you get them if you have blonde bleached/dyed hair as they are so effective but low budget (I think they are £2-3 per bottle!).
Skin Care/Beauty Faves…
My first skincare favourite of the month is the Vitamin E Intense Moisture cream from The Body Shop. Me and my mum went shopping at the start of March to Portsmouth where they have a really good shopping centre outlet and I needed some new face moisturiser. So we decided to look in The Body Shop and I told the woman I had really dry but spot-prone skin and she said that sometimes the reason you get 'bumpy' looking skin is because it is too dry so it's almost like a reaction to the skin being to dehydrated. I think the science behind it is that your dry skin produces more oil to hydrate itself but the oil actually clogs up your pores and causes bumps and spots. So anyway, I tried some on my hand and it felt so creamy and thick and hydrating so I decided to get it. It also doesn't have SPF which is good because I can wear it at night too (and my foundation has SPF so I prefer not to have it in my moisturiser).
It was also pretty good priced, I think maybe £8-9 and they had a deal on where if you get three things the cheapest one is free so I also got the matching Vitamin E Eye Cream which I have also been loving this month and Iv'e noticed such a difference when applying my concealer that it doesn't crease as much under the eyes and they just feel more awake and less dry. I also got 10% off because I have a Body Shop card and another 10% for student discount so all this stuff and the third thing which I will mention in a minute came to £15 which is great for all that stuff.
So while I am talking about The Body Shop, I may swell mention my third purchase. I read a magazine the other day and it had an article about small things which are scientifically proven to make you more happy and one of them was having a citrus/fresh/tropical body wash makes you happier because your brain likes the smell of it in the morning or something like that. So as I needed a third purchase for my 3 for 2 deal, I decided to get the Satsuma Body Wash. All I'm going to say i the article must be true because it makes me so happy and it really wakes me up in the morning and I can smell it on myself all day. Also you only need a tiny bit and it foams up a lot. It's also quite a big bottle so it will probably last me a long time and by itself without any deals or anything its only £4 which I think is really good seeing as a little bit goes along way.
My last two favourites are the Simple Facial Toner and The Tea Tree Face Wash by SuperDrug.
Starting with the toner, I ran out of my last one which I honestly can't remember what it was but I don't think it made a difference and I was in Sainsbury's where they have quite a big Simple section and this was only £3 so I thought I would give it a try and I am so happy I decided to get this! If you are someone who has really sensitive, dry skin and your face feels all tired in the morning before school/college (that sounds really weird but you know what I mean)then I really recommend this because it feels so cold but SO refreshing on the skin and it really helps to wake you up in the morning. It also makes you feel really fresh and ready for the day.
My last skincare favourite I found when I was having a major break out so I wanted something with tea tree as it acts like an anti bacterial and this one was really cheap so I thought I'd give it a go as I love finding skincare bargins (theres not that many. `for the first few days my skin exploded with spots and it kind of got worse but I thought I would stick with it for a bit..honestly because I couldn't be bothered to go out and buy a new one and after like a week my skin was almost completely clear. I think it's because it works like a face mask. Your skin alway gets worse after a face mask because it gets everything out buried deep within the pores and brings it to the surface and because this is really exfoliating it did the same kind of thing, so it got everything up. But after a week, my skin looked so clear and I really recommend it or at least any face way with tea tree in!
I put these two together because they both really wake you up in the morning and make you feel fresh and wide awake.
Random Fave…
I must seem so boring saying this but I literally have one random favourite of the month which is the brand new series of Catfish on MTV. If you didn't know, it's a show about people who fall in love online and they future out who it really is and like 90% of the time its not the real person. I just think its really interesting to watch and understand the sicology behind it and why they did it, especially now days when everything is online and its so easy to steal someones pictures from Instagram and pretend you are that person. Also this series, Tyler Okley was on it who is a YouTuber so whoo team internet!
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Thank you so much for reading! I hope this was helpful and maybe you got some good ideas of things you could buy to suit you! Sorry if this was loads of writing but I haven't written a long blog post in ages and I didn't upload a video this week so I felt this one should have more detail. If you liked this make sure to go follow me on BlogLovin' (the link is on the right side bar) to see when my next blogpost will be, give this post a +1 and a share, it means a lot!
See you soon,
Charlie x
<3
Starting with the toner, I ran out of my last one which I honestly can't remember what it was but I don't think it made a difference and I was in Sainsbury's where they have quite a big Simple section and this was only £3 so I thought I would give it a try and I am so happy I decided to get this! If you are someone who has really sensitive, dry skin and your face feels all tired in the morning before school/college (that sounds really weird but you know what I mean)then I really recommend this because it feels so cold but SO refreshing on the skin and it really helps to wake you up in the morning. It also makes you feel really fresh and ready for the day.
My last skincare favourite I found when I was having a major break out so I wanted something with tea tree as it acts like an anti bacterial and this one was really cheap so I thought I'd give it a go as I love finding skincare bargins (theres not that many. `for the first few days my skin exploded with spots and it kind of got worse but I thought I would stick with it for a bit..honestly because I couldn't be bothered to go out and buy a new one and after like a week my skin was almost completely clear. I think it's because it works like a face mask. Your skin alway gets worse after a face mask because it gets everything out buried deep within the pores and brings it to the surface and because this is really exfoliating it did the same kind of thing, so it got everything up. But after a week, my skin looked so clear and I really recommend it or at least any face way with tea tree in!
I put these two together because they both really wake you up in the morning and make you feel fresh and wide awake.
Random Fave…
I must seem so boring saying this but I literally have one random favourite of the month which is the brand new series of Catfish on MTV. If you didn't know, it's a show about people who fall in love online and they future out who it really is and like 90% of the time its not the real person. I just think its really interesting to watch and understand the sicology behind it and why they did it, especially now days when everything is online and its so easy to steal someones pictures from Instagram and pretend you are that person. Also this series, Tyler Okley was on it who is a YouTuber so whoo team internet!
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Thank you so much for reading! I hope this was helpful and maybe you got some good ideas of things you could buy to suit you! Sorry if this was loads of writing but I haven't written a long blog post in ages and I didn't upload a video this week so I felt this one should have more detail. If you liked this make sure to go follow me on BlogLovin' (the link is on the right side bar) to see when my next blogpost will be, give this post a +1 and a share, it means a lot!
See you soon,
Charlie x
<3
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