A day in the life...

So its Saturday, I thought a do a bit of a day in the life type post. Mostly because i'm incredibly bored of revision and i'm taking a little break so why not make a post. This is purely little bits of my life from today.

 Stacks of revision, is anyone else feeling the pressure of looming exams or essays? My second year assessments start on the 9th May so definitely starting to get the fear! I've spent most of my day in my room reading through notes and making revision cards, also researching for my dissertation proposal. I don't hate revision, I do like learning and studying, as lame as that sounds but I hate the thought of having to remember everything for one single exam, makes me very anxious, oh well preparation is the key!

So I've had this on in the background today, really good film, it's based on The Borrower's by Mary Norton but based in Tokyo. I adore Studio Ghibli films, particularly directed by Hayao Miyazaki, my favourite is Howl's Moving Castle. Definitely give these a go if you're looking to watch something a bit different, the artwork is amazing and the music is always good.

Okay so I was a bit naughty, I took a walk this morning just to get some air, and somehow I ended up in Boots with this in my hand...Anyway its Revlon's Lip Butter in Peach Parfait, I saw it when I bought Berry Smoothie a few weeks ago but held off until I'd tried Berry Smoothie. Well I loved the product so I picked up this today. It was £7.99 which i'm happy to pay because I don't often find lip sticks or glosses that I like. But I love these so much, mositurizing and the colours aren't too in your face. Peach Parfait is a lovely buildable peachy pink colour with a slight shimmer but again as with Berry Smoothie not highly noticable.

Last but not least i've been stuffing my face with these bad boys today. I consider myself to have a reasonably healthy diet...and then exam period comes along and it goes out the window. These are soo good, ridiculously unhealthy but oh well, they taste amazing. I don't know how readily available this flavour is in the UK I buy mine from a retro sweet shop in Taunton and apparently they also stock them at Fizzy Lips in Bristol so i'll have to have a look!

Anyway I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend :)

x

An old faithful

So this is a product i've been using for years and will probably always have it to hand. Its not something I use everyday but I think its good staple product to have (a bit like Vaseline and Sudocrem!), and it is this: Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Moisturiser.

First off if like me you are a bit partial to chocolate then you'll love this, it smells  divine. It's not sickly smelling like some cocoa butter products its just lovely. Anyway on too the important bits this moisturiser is enriched with vitamin E and its quite an intensive moisturiser that relives dry skin. It also helps to reduce the appearance of scars and stretch marks. The best part; it really does work. I started using this to try and reduce the appearance of a bad scar on my leg and it worked miracles, yes the scar is still there, it always will be but it is far less scary looking than it was, the redness reduced very quickly and it's definitely not as big as it could have been, which I attribute to using this product on it everyday once it had fully healed. I also use it as a moisturiser if i've been swimming or been in the sun for a long time to combat dryness or tight feeling skin and it makes your skin so soft and quickly sinks in so there's no horrible sticky feeling.  I have also recently been using it on some stretch marks (yes I have stretch marks no shame here!) around my hips and its definitely helped. All in all a big ten out of ten for this product. It retails at £3.77 in Boots for 250ml, in my opinion that's a bargain and I would definitely pay more for it if it were more expensive.

A recent addition to my Palmer's collection is the Dark Chocolate and Peppermint Lip Butter, which I picked up a couple of weeks ago in Superdrug for £2.99. Oh my gosh I love this already, its another cocoa butter formula that soothes and softens the lips, but it does have a glossy finish which is really nice if you're having a bad dry lip day but still want to have a bit of shine, it saves using a drying lipgloss or lipstick and makes your lips feel so nice. Plus it also smells amazing. It is also a squeezy tube applicator so its so easy to apply and just throw in your bag for on the go. I'll definitely be repurchasing this when mine runs out!