The festive period has finished but winter certainly isn’t over. At least not in the UK, temperatures are dropping down rapidly and between that and central heating our skin can suffer.

In the past year I have fallen deeply in love with face oils. I have oily to combination skin and I have diched moisturises for face oils. I feel like my skin is more nourished and doesn’t tend to get as oily during the day. Also it doesn’t make me brake out, foundation applies more smoothly and it creates a nice healthy glow. What more could you want right?

I use Nude Progenius Omega Treatment rescue oil every single morning. I apply a small drop and smooth it all over my face. It leaves your skin looking and feeling great.

As mentioned in my Evening Skin Care Must Haves post, the Kiehl´s midnight recovery range is sheer perfection! The Midnight recovery concentrate oil is wonderful, it feels lovely on the skin, it sinks in quickly and the next morning you wake up with baby smooth skin. The Midnight recovery eye cream is incredibly nourishing and gentle on delicate skin. It’s the perfect eye cream for the evening.

Also worth mentioning is my trusty Nuxe lip balm. It’s the best lip balm to slather on at night time, it is really nourishing and thick leaving your lips baby smooth by morning.

As skin tends to get a bit dryer this time of year its also very important to exfoliate. I don’t use physical exfoliators as skin care experts have said that they actually damage the skin surface. I have recently discovered Rodial Super Acids x-treme rush peel. It contains active azeliac acid, glycolic acid, lactic acid and fruit acids. It removes dead skin revealing a new layer of skin therefore making your skin feel smoother and looking glowier.

I also love a good face mask all year round, I have been using the GlamGlow SuperMud a lot lately. It’s a deeply cleansing mask designed to deep clean your pores. It might not be to adequate for sensitive skin, but its great for normal to combination skin.

My all time favourite body cream is by far the Rituals Sakura magic touch body cream.

I have been using it religiously for more than a year now. I don’t purchase any other body cream. I love how soft it makes my skin feel and how rapidly it sinks into my skin. But I would have to say that the reason why I can´t live without it is the scent. I just absolutely love it. So much so that I think I own or have owned pretty much everything from the Sakura range. I´m obsessed!

Lastly, a part of our body that tends to suffer a lot during winter but that sometimes gets forgotten is our hands. Its really important to have a good hand cream. I love this one from Rituals. I absolutely love the smell of it and love how soft my hands feel after using it. This hand balm is targeted for dry to extra dry skin. The skin on my hands is quite normal so I tend to use it at night before I go to bed. If you struggle finding a good nourishing hand cream, I would definitely give this one a go.

Let me know what skin care products you can’t live without during the colder months.

I feel like the new year is when everyone decides to take care of themselves a bit more. Our most common resolutions are to exercise more, eat better, drink more water, etc. Those are all extremely important things to do in order to keep your body healthy but we sometimes seem to forget something equally as important, our mind.

As I mentioned in my Goodbye 2016 post, I occasionally make myself extremely unhappy overanalysing things. Don’t get me wrong, its important to think things through but obsessing about something you can’t actually change wont do you any good. This year I am going to try and free up my mind and think more positively. There are a number of ways you can try and change the way you think. At the moment I am going to start small and work my way up. That’s why I decided to purchase the Kikki K Wellnes planner and I wanted to share it with you as you might find it useful.

Kikki K is a brand known for their lovely planners and adorable stationary but this isn’t and ordinary planner. The inserts are designed to improve your overall wellness. The inserts include My Day, Weekly Reflection, Mind and Exercise. Each section is designed to work on a different part of your life. You can write down not only things you would like to achieve, but also how you are feeling as it tries to help you think of the reason and what you can do to improve.

 There is also a section were it helps you create healthy habits as well as sections dedicated to mindfulness and gratitude, these are aimed to make you more content. This might not work for everyone but its worth giving it a try.

With this planner your able to track your progress and see how well you have done.

You don’t have to buy the planner itself as you can buy the inserts separately. I bought the whole lot as I am a sucker for everything stationary related. The planner in itself is beautifully made from saffiano leather, and the gold hardware meshes really well with the grey outside and the mint interior.

You can practice mindfulness without spending a penny, but sometimes having something ready for you to write on with different types of questions you can answer, makes it a bit easier to start and to keep yourself motivated.

I have linked everything I use down bellow, if you fancy taking a look.

Let me know what are your tips to clear your head and keep a healthy mind.

Textured Leather Wellness Planner: Grey

Wellness Planner Refill: Inspiration

Happy Healthy Habits Box: Inspiration

Metal Rollerball Pen: Inspiration

Vision Board Kit 10PK: Inspiration

Lifes Little Sticker 2 PK: Cute

Charlotte Tilbury only launched her makeup brand 3 years ago but it has quickly taken the beauty world by storm.

Charlotte Tilbury started her career as a makeup artist and has done such a great work promoting and packaging her products, she truly is a #GilrBoss to look up to.

But Charlotte Tilbury isn’t just a pretty face and great branding, her products are incredible. Makeup artist always make the best makeup.

These are the products I have tried to far:

Luxury palettes: I have The Sophisticate and the Golden Goddess. Both palettes are amazing. The eyeshadows are perfectly pigmented, they blend like a dream and they are not at all powdery. Even the glittery shade from the Golden Goddess palette doesn’t have fall-out. This is certainly one of the best eyeshadow formulas I have ever tried. The shades last on my lids for the entire day. The Sophisticate is a great choice for everyday makeup, specially if you work in an office environment.

K.I.S.S.I.N.G lipstick: I have Coachella Coral, it’s a nice coraly pink perfect for the summer. I wouldn’t say its my favourite but it’s a nice lipstick.

Matte Revolution lipstick: Don’t let the name full you, it is a matte formula but its no where near as matte and drying as a liquid lipstick. The bullet is slightly square on the tip, for more precise application.  I have two shades: Amazing Grace which is a dusty rose and Very Victoria which is a subtle brown.

 

From top to bottom: Coachella Coral, Amazing Grace, Very Victoria

Lip Cheat Lip Liner. I have the shades Pillow Talk and Crazy in Love. To be honest I never use Crazy in Love, but Pillow Talk is my staple lip liner. I use it every single day. It matches my natural lip colour perfectly and it works wonders when trying to “cheat” the natural shape of my lips.

Filmstar Bronze and Glow: Its by far is the sexiest makeup product I own. I absolutely love the packaging. The actual formula of the product is really good. I haven’t really used the bronzer much yet but the highlighter is absolutely amazing, I have been using it daily.

Let me know what Charlotte Tilbury products you have tried