Make Up | Hydreane BB Cream

LA ROCHE POSAY HYDREANE BB CREAM IN LIGHT £15.00*

I'm definitely a lover of BB creams. Those days where you don't want anything too heavy on your skin - look no where else, BB creams are the thing you need. Especially in summer. So when this little beauty landed on my doorstep I was incredibly excited and started testing straight away. I love their Effaclar Duo, it's the one constant spot buster in my life so anything from La Roche Posay was always going to excite me.

So, hello BB cream. The consistency of this is heavier than other BB creams I've tried, yet it feels incredibly light on the skin. It's easily applied with my Real Techniques and absorbs quickly and easily. It feels as light as BB cream should on your skin, not heavy like a foundation. The tone is perfect for my skin, it's basically spot on which I love.

I've been using it on its own mostly and it works well that way - I've had a couple of people compliment me on my foundation and then are shocked when I've said it's a BB cream - a real testament to it I think as other BB creams I've tried have very little coverage.

So are there any downsides? Just one I think, I've found that it can be a tad oily - and with my own oily skin it means that sometimes it can make my skin look very shiny/oily and a couple of spots have popped out. But when this is only when my skin is having a particually oily day. I have found that using La Roche Posay Effaclar Mat* (review coming soon) that this does combat this so it's not actually too much of an issue.
This BB cream will definitely be coming with me on holiday, it contains SPF so I don't have to worry about that and it just looks really natural. So far, probably the best BB cream I've ever used. It is at the higher end of my budget, but it's definitely worth it. Also, I love that you get 40ml of this product. Foundations and BB creams are usually 30ml, so you get that extra 10.. Definite plus! It does everything I would want a BB cream to do - definitely on the top of the list for me!

Have you tried La Roche Posay BB cream? What's your favourite?

Wishlist | FD Avenue Summer Wishlist

FD Avenue are a pretty new company to me, but now I've found them - why have I not found them before! Bad Lisa.
Anywho, they have a huge variety of different styles throughout and all really reasonably priced. I thought I would pop together a little wishlist of bits I would pick for our current weather... I've given up saying "Spring" or "Summer" as I just don't think seasons exist anymore. We are just in a continual bubble of random weather-ness. Right, rant over. So, I picked these bits with our current weather in mind.

1 | This dress I couldn't resist. It's blue (definitely a list dress) and floral (check two on Lisa-ness). It's a tropical type dress and I think would be perfect for my French holiday in July. Pop it together with a tan and my tan wedges.

2 | Next up, I fell in love with the girliness of this top and the colour. It's just so cute and it has the really adorable lacy peter pan collar. Okay, you get it, I think it's cute. But just LOOK at it!

3 | These jeans are completely in style at the moment as well, boyfriend cut and distressed and I've been looking for a pair for ages and these seem to be the perfect type.

4 | Pretty pretty top. I have a definite thing for collars are the moment I think. i think this is just a gorgeous pattern and would amazing with denim shorts on holidays. Lotta love for this one.

FD Avenue have been kind enough to offer T&M readers 30% off their entire range of clothing online. Just pop this LISA30 at the shopping basket and voila - discount! This code will last until the 21st June. Happy shopping!

What's your favourite item from FD Avenue?

Life | Beauty Confessions

I've seen this on a couple of beauty blogs over the past couple of months and I've loved reading them. For me I think I fit into a stereotype that bloggers I love are perfect (o dear) so it's been so nice to see that they are human like me! God, I sound like a raving looney fan. So, I thought it would be a lot of fun to do one myself! If you do one please let me know as I love to read them.... And any hints/tips you can give to help me get out of my little issues just comment below!

Removing Make Up
I'm awful. I don't do it every night and it's so ridiculously bad. Every week I start with "right, this week I will do it every evening" and it just never happens. Don't get me wrong, I know how important it is to my skin to do this and I know I will never get the skin I want until I start doing it - I'm just a lazy lazy blogger.

Eyebrow Maintanace
Basically I don't do it. I'm awful. They just get to live like they want to - I will remove the monobrow when needed but I'm so lazy it's usually done with a quick razor - BAD BAD BLOGGER. I know this is bad, and I bought Tweezerman tweezers to try and get myself out of this eyebrow rut. But it didn't work. I did recently see a post on Stacey's blog about HD Brows at salons, so I might be tempted to go get it done and then sort myself out from there. Need the motivation guys!

Daily Make Up
Recently I forgot to take my make up to the boys house, so I bypassed breakfast so I could run home do my make up and get to work on time. I was then judged by someone at work for doing this. She thought I should have just come in without make up. Well I'm sorry I can't - but I refuse to feel guilty about it. I don't wear it a a mask because I'm insecure or hate my face. I just love make up and honestly if it makes me feel happier about myself - what is the problem?

Lack of Perfume
I don't wear it everyday. I would like to - love to really. I have quite a few bottles and I'm in love with a couple that I have, including Marc Jacobs Daisy which is undoubtedly my favourite. However, I just forget to do it. When I do apply it it does get noticed and I get complimented. I just need to remember to do it more.

Sorry Top Coat
I don't use a top coat on my nails, and very rarely a bottom coat. It's usually just two coats of the colour I want, wait twenty mintues and then off I go. I do use Models Own 3 in 1 as a base coat, when I remember, and I know it does make a different. But in terms of top coats, I've just not found one worth the hassle yet.

So the thing to remember - beauty bloggers aren't perfect. We don't all stick to a regimented schedule of beauty dos and don'ts.... Just don't tell anyone!!

What's your beauty confessions?

Make Up | Five Item Face

So, the other day I moved in with my boyfriend for 5 days. Why 5 days? Well, because his parents went away so we had to house sit. Everything was going well (well, okayish - when told to get chicken he got turkey and was promptly sent to Sainsburys) on the first night. All was good. Wake up the next day, go to get ready for work and here comes my issue - I forgot my make up.

No, how a beauty blogger FORGETS to pack her beauty items is beyond me. So, I had to drive home quickly put on a very quick face of make up and head to work - making it with about 30 seconds to spare. This gave me the idea to do a post on quick make up - and then I saw others named the "5 item face" so I thought I would combine to two...

So, first of all is your base. For me the idea before the five item face is that i won't be using moisturiser or primer, so on goes the BB cream - in this case it is La Roche Posay Hydreane BB Cream in Light. It's thick enough to be mistaken for foundation, but light to wear so it's a win all round. Next up is my 17 Glow Shimmer Brick - this is a highlighter/bronzer in one and I cannot live without this, and in this case it takes care of two areas in one product. Next I go to the eyes... Some sort of eyeliner is a must for me, and recently I've been reaching for Rimmel's Scandaleyes Eyeshadow Crayon in Black. I use it as a liner on my waterline and with a quick smudge you have some colour (well, black). Then I pop on the mascara - I do not leave the house without this on, it's just a golden rule for me. Lately I've been loving L'Oreal Telescopic Mascara in black. It's long lasting and lengthens fantastically. Then I finish off the look with my lips. Here I've used Bourjois Rouge Edition Lipstick in Shade 4. Long lasting, moisturising and the perfecct everyday colour.

This is pretty much my everyday work face - just minus the primer, moisturiser, blusher, eyeshadow, concealer, lip scrub and gloss... So actually quite a lot. But I have to say, this five item face doesn't do too badly!

What's you five item face?