Elizabeth Arden Great 8 Moisturiser + Retinol Capsules

I remember being at Boots just trying out the new Elizabeth Arden Great 8 Moisturiser when it had newly launched and being talked into buying several different bits and here we are with a long overdue review.

All About Lips #186 - Elizabeth Arden Toast To a Kiss Set

What is it about mini size products that just gets us so excited? They are extra adorable, easy to travel with, take up little to no room and are just a joy to behold!

March Favourites

First of all, let me apologise that I have not put up a monthly favourites for the past two months. The truth is that I simply didn't have any idea what to put up and so decided not to just write a post for the sake of meeting a self-imposed deadline.

I do not have too many for the month of March but some are revisits and some are new discoveries.

All About Lips #50

My 50th post for this series on the 5th of May (5th Month) of 2015.
Can we have any more FIVES?!

Anyway, this post has been a while coming as I have had a request (MY FIRST!!!!) since March.
I do apologise dearest Aneesa (and thank you for reading the blog) but today's blog post is dedicated to you!

Lip Care

Lanolips Ointment vs Dr PawPaw

Arguably my two favourite go-to balms because of the ace packaging and the multi-use promises, I am in love with both products!

Empties #12

This month's empties is so big that I am unable to do individual shots..

 I also had to put the items on the floor as some of them were in danger of leaking everywhere!

Empties #11

This is not even all of it.

My weekend away

Just as a quick introduction, I went away for a weekend where I needed to look professional and smart the whole weekend, so I packed accordingly!

First up is the skincare/haircare section.

FeelUnique

I have never shopped on FeelUnique, but that changed quite recently.
Here is my shop.

Empties #10

How time flies!

This is my 10th instalment of doing empties post!

I do really like these because I get to do a proper review of the products and I decide whether to buy them again or not.

If I throw a product out before it is empty, it also means I really hate it.


MAKEUP

L'oreal Super Liner Perfect Slim

I really like this for a drugstore liner. Nothing will replace my Shu Uemura liner, but this is my go-to when I forget my liner, or the one I leave at my boyfriend's place in case I forget my Shu Uemura eyeliner. 

It has dried out but it is not too expensive to replace and this is my favourite.

2014 Favourites!

I have been wanting to do this post for a long time!

The items featured have been featured many times on monthly favourites and I am trying to just narrow it down to one item for each thing in the category. So let's get started.

What I took along to Lucerne, Switzerland

So I knew I was coming to Lucerne for a 2 week break, and I tried to bring as many products which I ca get away with, without overloading the suitcase.

I also brought a lot of disposables in the hopes of finishing up and chucking them (as well as perhaps adding to the "empties" post.

SKINCARE
Merumaya Melting Cleansing Balm
Merumaya Iconic Youth Serum
Merumaya Night Renewal Cream
Avene Cicalfate Repair Cream
Elizabeth Arden 8 hour Cream (Fragrance Free)
Zelens Daily Defence
Clearasil Spot Treatment
L'occitane Bonne Mere Cream
Caudalie Moisture Recovery Cream
NUXE micellar water
Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Eye Cream (sample)
Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Oil (2 samples)
Rodial Stem Cell Oil (Sample)

BODYCARE
TheBodyShop Blueberry Body Butter
Caudalie Body Lotion
L'occitane Almond Milk Concentrate (2 samples)
Clarins Tonic bath & shower concentrate
L'occitane Shower Oil
TheBodyShop Strawberry Hand Sanitiser
L'occitane Hand Cream in Shea Butter
L'occitane Hand Cream in Rose
L'occitane Hand Cream in Peony

HAIRCARE
Macadamia Oil Healing Oil
Schwarzkopf Gliss Kur Liquid Silk Hair repair
Orgnx coconut &macadamia oil intensive repair treatment

MISCELLANEOUS
1% Hydrocortisone Cream
Opti Free Contact Lens Solution



Some of these are favourites, some of these are emergency stashes, some of these are multi purpose usage and some are just things I am trying to use up or try for the first time. I have a little of everything.

Mascaras

Inspired by Fleur's video on her top 10 under £10 Mascaras 

so I thought it would be nice to do a comparison of all the mascaras I have.
I went to have a dig around my bag and found.... a grand total of 13 mascaras!

Many of these are samples and I do have a few YSL Babydoll because I am obsessed with it.

Handheld liquids for a 7+8 hours flight

The title of this post probably confuses you, but 7+8 was due to my long flight being split into two flights.

I flew 7 hours to Doha, had a two hour layover and continued 8 hours home!

Since packing for a long flight means having a luggage, so my handheld bag had different liquids to normal travelling for me (which is just a handheld bag so all liquids must fit in)

Here is everything I took on my little bag from muji which I talked about in my previous post HERE and HERE. It is amazing and I highly recommend getting it!
You can get it from Muji HERE and it is the Large 19.5cm x 19.5cm TPU pouch.
I have traveled with it within EU and overseas so I can assure you that it is usable at all airports.
The zip top is particularly handy because it does not cause an overflow of product unlike the zip-lock

Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream

A blog post dedicated to one single item....
You know it is serious stuff then.


Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream

 I have here 2 different versions, the original scent and the fragrance free version.
I am pretty sure the small travel size one came free when I picked up the fragrance free version as well as a lipgloss at the Elizabeth Arden counter at House of Fraser, King William Street.
This was ages ago, but the lady was super nice and gave me a whole load of samples, including eye cream, serum, day and night cream and this travel size eight hour cream.

What is in my travel bag?

So I have officially gone to Sweden and I thought it would be a good idea to do an entire breakdown of my "liquids" bag and my other stuff bag.
These are basically all the skincare and make up which I have brought over with me.

Lip Product Addict Tag

So I watched a video collaboration of Amelia and Essie and decided that I would do a tag they created!

Obviously this is a slight modification as I am doing it in a blog post rather than video!
I have previously done the Lipstick Tag which was going around and you can read it HERE

What is in my Carry On Liquids bag

So I just came back from Holiday and it is almost shocking how much I have managed to squeeze into my little 1 Litre Bag!

I actually bought mine from MUJI as it has a little zip and is made of sturdier plastic so I can really put things in without worrying about it bursting (Which has happened once!)

All about lips #1

I thought I might start something new, which will basically be me featuring a few lip products on a monthly basis, and I am really excited to be doing this!

Elizabeth Arden Lipgloss In Sunset