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A little tub of pure gold. It can pretty much do anything, and I mean anything....you can even cook with it....okay I haven't got the one you can cook with but im pretty sure if you get the stuff from Holland and Barrett im sure you can cook with it.

So what is it you ask???

COCONUT OIL! Its solid at room temperature and then turns into a silky oil once warmed up in-between your fingers.


From Superdrug for the awesome price of just £2.29

For the face

So you might be thinking how on earth could you use that oil on your face when you have extremely oily skin as it is!! hmmm... Well I find this when applied around once a week or once a fortnight really helps to balance out how much oil my skin is producing therefore making me overall less oily.

For the hair

Forget about expensive hair masks from the salon that truly are a waste of time and money just use the coconut oil on the mid-lengths to tips of your hair to keep them nourished and looking like you have just walked out of the salon...(but for a fraction of the price) I use it like an mask....so leave it on for however long you like I tend to do it overnight and then wash it out in the morning so my hair really has the time to soak up all of the oil.

For the body

Although I have super oil face skin...(face skin really???) the rest of my body gets super dry, flaky and cracks easy (lovely), so I find myself having to moisturise a lot sometimes even twice a day because it gets so dry! And although I love my Body Shop body butters they aren't quite enough! So using this means that im able to have glowing smooth hydrated skin as well as maintaining my tan from my recent holiday!

Bye for now x

I have to admit my morning routine isn't as strategic as most, its simple, quick and gets the job done with little effort. Im definitely not one to be spending an hour on their skin in the mornings as one most normal people don't have the time and second that just far too much effort.

Step 1. Cleanse.
Im a bit naughty with this step and on a everyday basis unless I have actually nothing to do will be a wipe over the face with a make up wipe. Yes I know make up wipes are not the best thing for your skin but I have never found any problem with this particular wipe. They are the Johnsons Make up be gone pampering wipes. I think they're really for night time use with the relaxing scent but these just do what I need them to do without being over fussy.

Step 2. Tone/refresh.
I don't think you can probably call this a toner but it really tightens my pores and refreshes my whole face which is brilliant for a little pick me up in the morning when you really want to be curled up in your bed. So the product that I use to cheat myself into actually waking up is the Avene Eau Thermal. It's a brand that I really struggle to get my hand on and I've been wanted to try it out for a while. It's basically expensive pressurised water in a spray can. It does have added minerals but I don't really think they do anything radical to my skin but just prepare it for the next step.

Step 3. Moisture.
Usually I would just whatever moisturiser I had in my collection but after receiving a sample of the Nuxe dry oil for face and body, this was a good way of trying an oil instead of moisteriser and ive found that it actually helps to balance out my skin and stop it from creating too much excess oil.

Then im ready for make up or just a lazy day!

Sorry I didn't blog last week had a bit of a personal/stressful week :(

Bye for now x

Seeing as my birthday is coming up, I thought it would be a good idea to treat myself to some new make up/beauty purchases. So I stopped at boots probably one of my favourite places to spend a large amount of my time.



Why is it so easy to spend money in Boots....like way too much money!!


First things first...ignore my terrible nails throughout this video my nail varnish had flaked off due to a long day of shopping....

I was sceptical on trying these new matte Apocalips but I took the plunge and chose the shade 307 Meteoric Matte very autumn appropriate. At £6.49 not a bad purchase.


SHOCK HORRIBLE NAILS AGAIN....But because I clearly didn't have enough nail polishes already, I was missing a wine or merlot colour from my collection, this one is called Bordeaux and its a perfect deep red with a purple undertone. Price £7.99.


I've been dying to try these L'Oreal color riche eye shadows for a long time and this colour...oh wow im in love! I think I could compare it to the Nars duo finish shadows and can imagine myself using this shadow wet to get a more intense colour pay off. I got the shade 502 Quartz Fume. Price £5.49.


A dupe you may say for the Bobbi Brown shimmer brick...I do hope so!! There was a golden tone shade as well but I think the rosy shimmer will be easier to pick up on my skin. So the shade 020 Rose Glow. Price £8.99.


After seeing this on Gabby Lindleys' lips I knew I had to have it...think a very Kylie Jenner instagram...I know its probably well past its sell by date but I love the look of a brown nude all over the lips and this is a cheaper way to see if im able to pull it off! The shade 050 Tiramisu. Price £2.99 #BARGIN.


The king of all the top coats. I've tried so many alternatives and nothing comes close. If you can get over the pretty strong smell this will be your nail painting best friend it changed everything, the longevity and the strength of your nail polish which is brilliant for me as I feel as polish easily chips on me. Price £9.


After getting nail polish remover absolutely everywhere I thought I would finally try this. It's truly brilliant so quick and simple and perfect for lazy little all me! Price £4.99.


I saw these while looking for Seche Vite and they just caught my eye...wow.....Im a huge fan of pop art so these were right up my street again after another recommendation from Lily Melrose. Price £8.99.


I've always really enjoyed the Yes to range especially the cucumber range that is really refreshing and cooling and when I came across the tomato range which is for combination and acne prone skin. There is one problem though....I absolutely hate tomatoes with a passion. Thankfully it doesn't smell like tomatoes it does have a scent but one I can only describe as play dough. Scent aside I hope it helps my skin. Price £11.99.


At last we've reached the end of the boots haul but first the last purchase. My nails are in a bad way to say the least they have bad ridges, dry and very brittle. After actually letting my nails grow without picking them down to a stub I thought that I needed to do something that would improve there appearance. Nail rehab couldn't be better named. Price £9.95.

Bye for now x

The interview process was definitely different compared to what I was used to. Its more like an X Factor situation with different stages of auditions.

Commence round one:

This consisted of a quick-fire interview about the company and to really discover what your personality is and how it will 'benefit' the company. I did my research into the company and wrote up actual revision cards. Yes I actually had to revise for this interview. About 100 girls turned up for the first stage. Then the nerves really started to kick in. One girl after another were being sent away with a 'no, but maybe try again at a later date', by this point the heart felt like it was pounding right out of my chest! It was time to face the music, I sat there shaking like a maniac and answered the questions with the knowledge that I had been revising till the early hours of the morning. After what felt like forever, (Was actually around 3 minutes) I was told that I had succeeded in the first stage and was invited back to the second round in a couple of days.

Round 2:

The practical round was something you couldn't really prepare for. It started of with an introduction to how you would approach customers and how you can get them to the counter to try out some products. To work with Benefit you have to learn a new vocabulary including the words babes, hun, love etc. This was hard for me as these are just not the words that I use in my everyday life... After this was a series of role play putting what we had learnt into action against the other girls going for the same position as you.... Next it was time to learn about five products that we would be using on the customers they included, 'It's Potent eye cream', 'POREfessional Primer', 'Rebel tinted moisturiser', 'Benetint lip and cheek stain and finally 'They're Real mascara'. The products were easy to apply so I felt confident with this part.

The final test was going out onto the shop floor and putting everything that we had learnt that morning into practice and actually getting the customers back to the counter for you to practice what you had learnt and try to possibly convince them to buy one or a selection of the products that you used on them. I love applying makeup so this wasn't a problem for me it was approaching the customers with the bubbly vocab that I found really hard, I was really struggling and not enjoying myself. Were also being overlooked or in other words marked on what we were doing, I was pulled to the side and told although I was amazing at applying the makeup, I wasn't very good at approaching the customers, by the point she started talking to me I was already at the point of asking to leave as I wasn't comfortable or enjoying myself so I was fairly happy when she basically said it for me.

Conclusion.

If you're good at talking to people with a bubbly vocab and have that bubbly personality naturally with also being good at applying makeup and being in constant conversation with the customer this is probably the best job in the world for you!

Although I didn't enjoy my experience and didn't get the job, I do not hold this against the products themselves and find myself purchasing Benefit products on a regular basis.

Bye for now x