Winter Warmers

I've been wanting to write this post for a while, but was waiting until I settled on my favourite products that have actually made a difference to me this winter... Every year I think "right - this year I will find my perfect combination" but it never happens - this year however I feel I have come pretty close!

Lips
Lush Bubblegum Lip Scrub (full review here)
Love this little post of miracle magic! Leaves my lips feeling lipstick ready and removes all the gritty dead skin and scabs left over from me biting my poor little lips. Tastes scrummy too!

Nivea Lip Butter in Raspberry Rose (full review here)
A nice little product. No sticky residue on fingers and leaves my lips feeling lovely and moisturised  despite the winter chill. A perfect partner for my lip scrub.

Face & Hair
Fade Out White Moisturising Cream (full review here)
A gift from a PR company and I love it. It's my everyday facial moisturiser and it's made such a difference the past month or so. I forgot to take it to NY with me and my face felt horrible - until I got home and rejuvinated with this baby!

VO5 Hot Oil Moisture Soak Elixir (full review here)
To begin with I was a bit iffy about this product, but I am now in no doubt that this is definitely saving my hair from being left dry and brittle with this weather. A definite hair saver - I just wish it lasted longer!

Hands & Body
Soap & Glory Hand Food (full review here)
Love this little hand cream. Not just for winter, but all year round (when you work in retail anyway). It gives my hands a new lease of life and the smell is incredibly scrummy!

Soap & Glory Whipped Clean (full review here)
This shower cream has saved my body, my legs especially, from this cold weather. I don't know what I did before it and I don't know what I would do without it either! A definite must in my shower from now on!

These products are all my little winter savers - it's taken me a couple of months to choose my favourites and these definitely are the best of a bunch (and I mean a great big huge bunch of products). Hope this helps you in some way - I definitely feel I have finally found the ingredients for healthy winter skin!

What's you winter warmers?

Nivea Lip Butter

Nivea Lip Butter Raspberry Rose £2.25

This beauty was part of my pre-New York holiday shop. I usually just use their original lip balm stick thing, but I thought I would give this a go as it was new, and pink. Can't go wrong with pink!

What can I say, it's a lovely little product. It's easy to use, lasts forever and smells/tastes amazing. It's very moisturising for my lips and I have been using it after my Lush Bubblegum Lip Scrub (here) and they seem to make a pretty amazing team! Go team lips!

Overall a really nice product, not too expensive and not as greasy as vaseline thank god (can't get on with that stuff). It leaves no residue on your fingers so thats always a thumbs up in my book!

What balms do you swear by for winter?

Lush Bubblegum Lip Scrub

Lush Bubblegum Lip Scrub £5.25

My lips take a right beating no matter what time of year - mainly cause I bite them, but winter is especially bad and I get scabs and dead skin and they are just a bit eugh. So this year I was resolved that it would be different. So I picked up this lip scrub from Lush. I'm always intrigued by Lush and I love the concept behind the brand and their products - I haven't come across one yet that I don't love.

This product is made up of castor sugar which acts as a gentle scrub and jojoba oil to moisturize your lips without leaving them oily or greasy. I dab my finger in and then rub across my lips, then lick off. It leaves them feeling smooth instantly, I then pop on my current lip balm of choice (Nivea Lip Butter in Raspberry Rose) which helps to protect my lips. Having used it for only a couple of weeks I am already seeing a distinct  improvement into the quality of my lips and the ease at which lipsticks go on now.

My only reservation with this is that I'm not a huge bubblegum fan, or of any of the other flavours they do - this was chosen purely out of colour. But I've found that this doesn't taste very bubblegummy at all - to me anyway, it's actually rather tasty.

I would definitely recommend this product to anyone who asked and it's not a bad price either. It seems to be lasting forever too which is good! Definitely grab one of these little posts for the winter - it's a lip saver!

How do you keep your lips soft in winter?

Winter Warmers: Fade Out Moisturising Cream

Fade Out White Original Moisturising Cream £8.16*

This is the first in my little series of winter warmers! With going to New York I've been on the lookout for products that are gonna help me with the cold weather and this is one I was kindly sent to try.

It's a moisturising cream which has "clinically" proven to significantly lighten and brighten skin as well as moisturising. I've been using it for around three weeks now every morning and I really do like it. My skin started to look brighter after just a week and my dry winter areas stay moisturised thoughout the day.

It targets the dark areas and brightens them, while making my skin seem more toned.I really do like this product. My only niggle with it is that I'm not 100% keen on the smell, I don't know what it smells like, I can't put my finger on it, but it makes my noise wrinkle slightly. But it is something I can get over for the quality of the product!

I had never used "Fade Out" before, but I will definitely look into more of their products! This will be coming to NY with me to keep me nice and moisturized, and get rid of all the darkness stemming from jet lag!

Have you tried Fade Out products before? What "Winter Warmers" would you suggest?