New Skincare

I have decided that it is time that I start to use a proper skincare routine. I have always just use bits and pieces from everywhere and I haven't really cared much about a proper regime. I still love the products that I have tried from Garden Of Wisdom but I thought I would try products from different brands and try to find products that will work wonders on my skin.

A lot of skincare brands offer kits and travels sets, and I think this is the perfect way to try a new skincare brand. You receive small sizes of products so you don't have to invest in a large sized product and then realize that it does nothing for your skin or even worse it might end up causing things that you weren't expecting like a breakout or two.

The first brand that I decided to try is Decléor, a French skincare line that focuses on the use of essential oils and aromatherapy in their products

I bought this set from HQHair for £39.00 and I  received a gift with purchase when I bought my kit so I manage to double up on some products.

In this kit I received the following products:

AROMA CLEANSE Foaming Cleanser

HYDRA FLORAL Anti-Pollution "Flower Nectar" Moisturising Cream

AROMA NIGHT Neroli Essential Night Balm

AROMESSENCE NEROLI Essential Serum

AROMA CONFORT Moisturising Body Milk

AROMA CLEANSE Toning Shower And Bath Gel

AROMESSENCE SLIM EFFECT Draining Contouring Serum

ARÔME TONIC Tonifying Body Treatment Fragrance

The first kit contains a lot of products to try and my first impression is good. I haven't tried everything yet but the things that I have tried so far I like. But there is one thing that I'm on the fence about and it is the scent of some of the products. I should have guessed that some of the products should be heavily scented since they are aromatherapy products but I somehow didn't grasp this when I bought this kit.

I have an issue with the Neroli Essential Serum and the Neroli Night Balm. They have a strong scent that I just don't care for. I really like the effects of the night balm because it is very good at moisturizing my skin but I'm bothered by the scent, it isn't something that I like to feel when I go to bed. It might just be that I don't like the scent of neroli. The rest of the products have a very soft and nice scent to them and the shower gel has a more invigorating unisex scent that I like very much.

In the gift with purchase I received:

AROMESSENCE SLIM EFFECT Draining Contouring Serum

AROMESSENCE SOLAIRE Tan Activator Serum

AROMESSENCE NEROLI Essential Serum

AROMA CONFORT Moisturising Body Milk

HYDRA FLORAL Anti-Pollution "Flower Nectar" Moisturising Cream

AROMA NIGHT Neroli Essential Night Balm





So I received several duplicates in this kit except for the Tan Activator Serum. I was really excited about this serum because I was thinking of buying it in full size but I wasn't sure that I wanted to spend that much on a face product without trying it first so I didn't buy it so it is nice to be able try it.

 I will do more in depth review of the the products because I already have some things that I would like to say about some of the products. So posts about some of the products will pop up in a few weeks when I have had a chance to try them some more.

London Shopping: Beauty Stuff

It feels like ages ago since my last post but I finally got myself to sit down and write this post.


I did some beauty shopping in London and I made a visit to Boots and a visit to Superdrug. I have been to Boots many times before and it is one of my favorite places to go when it comes to beauty shopping. It was however my first visit to Superdrug and I have to say I like this store a lot.

I picked up a Vichy Dermablend Foundation in shade no 15 Opal in Boots. I think this was their lightest shade and this is a little bit too light for me now but I think it will look good on me in the fall when my tan starts to fade. I was surprised at how dark the shades of this foundation was and I do believe that people with fair skin will have a problem finding a shade in this foundation.


In Superdrug I picked up two blush/highlighter compacts from Collection 2000. These are called Shimmer Shades and I picked up both of the colors that were available, Blushalicious (on the right in the picture) and Way To Glow (on the left side). The packaging feels very cheap and they are cheap they cost less than £5, but the product is actually quite good. These are shimmer products as the name states but they aren't super glittery. I have used the dark bronze shade in Way To Glow and it gave my cheekbones a very nice bronze glow.

The thing that made me buy these is that Blushalicious seems to be a good dupe for Deep Throat from NARS. I don't own this blush but the Yummy Mummy's Beauty Blog has compared the two blushes and found them very similar.


I also bought two Dazzle Dusts by Barry M , no.100 (Brass) and no. 10 (Grey). These are very shimmery but highly pigmented eye shadow pigments. I haven't had the time to try these yet but I think that no. 100 will be a favorite. It is simply beautiful and it is the color of brass but with some gold in it.


I couldn't go to London without taking a look at the popular and highly raved about palettes from Sleek. There was a lot of colorfull palettes to choose from but I choosed a more neautral colored palette called Storm. I fell for the colors on the bottom row of the palette, the dark blue, dark green and grey color. I think these would look great as a liner together with the more neutral colors in the palette. Most of the colors in this palette are shimmery but there are two matte ones in here as well, a nude and a dark brown.


The last things that I picked up in London was some products from Soap and Glory. Boots had a deal going on, buy 3 pay for 2 so I picked up three bodycare items. I have heard a lot of good things about their Righteous Butter so picked one up. I also bought two body scrubs, Flake Away and Some Like it Hot Body Softening Thermal Scrub. I have to say that these products smell amazing.

That was basically everything that was beauty related that I bought in London. Stay tuned for some reviews and eye makeups that will be coming up. Hopefully it won't take me forever to write my next post.

A small LUSH haul coming soon

I did some shopping yesterday. LUSH was my goal for this little trip. I received a newsletter saying that their Halloween stuff had arrived this week. Since I finish work early on Fridays I thought it was the perfect day to go and check it out. The weather is really bad here today and it is very dark outside so I am not able to take any decent photos of the things that I bought. This means that I will post my haul a little bit later. Hopefully tomorrow. But I thought I could write a little about the Halloween products now to give you an idea of the products.

The Halloween products differ from the ones in USA and in the UK. "The Great Pumpkin Soap" and the "Cobweb bath bomb" weren't released here in Sweden instead we were able to buy "Want to Believe" Bath Melt instead. If I'm not mistaken this is part of the holiday line in the other countries. "The Jacko bath bomb" is being sold but I didn't like the scent of this one. It looks cute but I thought it smelled like toothpaste with some holiday spices in it. Not something that I would like to bathe in.

If you are a fan of Snow Fairy Shower Gel and you want to buy it before December you're in luck. This shower gel is released before the Holiday products and are available in stores now.