Neil's Yard Beauty Sleep Concentrate - A Real Miracle

Neil's Yard Beauty Sleep Concentrate - A Real Miracle

Hey Beauties!

Today's post is going to be about The Neal's Yard Beauty Sleep Concentrate. Neal's Yard is a skincare brand that specialises in cruelty free, ethical and safe skincare. Neal's Yard really are quite firm when it comes to their safe approach to skincare, which you can see for yourself here - I think its great when skincare brands really put effort into ensuring that their products are the very best they can be. Its very easy and tempting for brands to load their products with cheap "safe" Chemicals, but when a brand really goes that extra mile to ensure that the end product is really safe it gives me faith to use and trust the brand. Theres even a little story behind the Neal's Yard Blue Bottles, as they are made in the UK and fired from scottish sand and soda ash from Cheshire in line with the brands CarbonNeutral status. I honestly couldn't believe how interesting the Neal's Yard website was when I first started researching, and I can tell you its well worth theread.

My sister very kindly gave me the Neal's Yard Beauty Sleep Concentrate as a gift which retails for £31.50 and I have been really loving trying out a new brand with such good values. I'm a complete skincare geek and recently I have been really getting into trying new products, plus I work for one of the best skincare brands in the world Elemis who are another fantastic and ethical skincare brand, and I'm sure you have seen me rave about them before. However, I was so intrigued by the Beauty Sleep Concentrate, as it sounded right up my street.. I mean who doesn't want beauty sleep in a bottle haha ? - I hope you enjoy my review sweeties! and I'm always free for skincare advice, so you can either tweet me, or leave me a message in the comments section below.


About

PROVEN IN CLINICAL TRIALS TO INCREASE SKIN'S MOISTURE LEVELS BY UP TO 98% OVER 12 HOURS.Infused with naturally regenerative narcissus tazetta bulb extract, a smoothing tri-peptide and antioxidant-rich nourishing grape seed oil, for skin that looks and feels beautifully moisturised, replenished and recharged. With a delightful blend of aromatherapy essential oils renowned for their calming, relaxing properties.

The Review (Sit back and relax! its a long one haha)

I have been testing this out for just over a week now and I'm actually beyond amazed with this product.  It's a lovely thick (ish) serum that has a really unusal scent not like your typical lavander/camomile scent used for bed time serums/remedies. It actually smells quite spicey, but this might be down to the ylang ylang and patchouli within the ingredients. Ylang Ylang is also very well known for calming and balancing the mind, which really helps make it a soothing nightime remedy.  Patchouli is also fantastic for mood enhancing, as well as treating anxiety and depression.

I thought maybe 1 or 2 nights of good sleep could be a co-incidence, but over a week of deep sleep since using this product ?! surely it has something to do with it. I come from a family with sleeping problems and most nights it takes me a minimum of 1-2 hours to drop off, and then I wake up throughout the night a few times as well. However since using this product I have slept right through the night! its amazing :D -

However, I don't want to promise these kind of results for everyone, as we are all different... but in terms of its claims of being a sleep enhancing night serum I would 100% agree. It leaves your skin looking completely rejuvenated in the morning, which is amazing! I have been waking up looking half alive! so thats a huge bonus haha.

It's also really suitable for all skin-types and it hasn't left my combination skin oily in the slightest. It's still early days with this product but just over a week of perfect sleep and rejuvenated has left me feeling pretty good. The combination of aromatherapy and skincare benefits makes this product the perfect night time treat, and I really look forward to using it at night.



I hope you have enjoyed this review lovelies! I would really love to know what you think about this? - Would you give it a try ? - I appreciate every single one of my followers and really love hearing from you! also feel free to leave your links in the comments section below.

Guest Post - A Mermaid's Summer Essentials

Guest Post - A Mermaid's Summer Essentials

Hi Everyone!

I just wanted to take the opportunity to introduce the lovely Jessica from "The Mod Mermaid". Recently, I have been looking for guest writers for my blog and was thrilled when Jessica tweeted me about posting on my blog. Her blog is really lovely and as you can see from the images below, she takes gorgeous photo's! and really embraces her inner mermiad! so please stop by her blog if you get a chance (www.themodmermaid.com). I absolutely love helping other bloggers and I would love for you to leave a comment below if you would like to feature a post of my blog sometime. I'm thinking of having two guest blogger's a month, so from now on I will always be on the look out for new writer's. Hope you are all doing well lovelies and enjoy this fabulous post from Jessica.

Hello everyone! My name is Jessica and I write a beauty blog as well called The Mod Mermaid. Before I begin this post I'd just like to extend a huge thank you to India for allowing me to write a guest post for her blog! I really enjoy reading her blog, especially her Chanel posts that I live vicariously through! I'm really excited that I get to share a little something with all of her lovely readers. So today I'm going to share some products that every mermaid shall need for this summer, a.k.a. some of my summer essentials! I've included products for your eyes, lips, cheeks, nails, and even body! 

Even though it's the summer time and your lips may not be getting as dry and chapped as they would in the colder months it's still important to keep your lips hydrated, if not for the moisture but so your lip gloss or lipstick can apply smoother! My favorite, that I always come back to, is the EOS Lip Balm in the flavor Passion Fruit. The flavor/scent is summery and sweet and my lips become soft and smooth! I find myself whipping this out even when I don't really need a reapplication! Next, every mermaid's got to have her nail painted in some sparkly and bright colors! My favorites have been Julie G's Oh Em Gee, Barry M's Hi-Shine Greenberry, and Julie G's Mermaid's Tale. Oh Em Gee is a fun and bright pink shade that steps back from all the blues and turquioses. Greenberry and Mermaid's Tale, on the other hand,  are gorgeous blue's that reflect the sea and always make me think of a mermaids! 

For cheeks and eyes I like to keep things really natural as i don't like being all dolled up. Urban Decay's Naked Basicshas been my favourite not just foe the summer but all year long! The shades are matte and help you create a natural look that only accentuates the natural and gorgeous feature of your eyes! NARS Laguna bronzer is my one and only for getting a summery glow to my cheeks. A little dusting on the high points of my face and I get the light bronze I would expect when popping up to shore. Usually I'll leave it a bronzer because I like the sun-kissed effect, but when i'm feeling i need a bit more colour I'll pop on NARS Orgasm which is the perfect peanut butter to the jelly that is laguna.

Now being a mermaid, we can't have our mascara smudging all over our face so waterproof mascara is your best friend. Wether you're at the pool or at the beach, mascara is usually that one product us beauty lovers can't leave the house without, so a waterproof formula, like CoverGirl's LashBlast 24HR, really helps to keep your lashes defined without smudging about. Although I forewarn you, it's a nightmare to remove when you want it to finally come off, haha! To make my eyes look bigger and brighter I've been loving Rimmel's Scandaleyes Waterproof Khol in Nude.When I crave a bit more color my go to has been Urban Decay's 24/7 liner in Freak, a gorgeous metallic green that really does wonders to bring out a sparkle in your eye.

Lastly, every mermaid loves to sparkle and I'll give you one of two ways to do it! The first is with a bit of shimmery gloss and my favorite's got to be Bobbi Brown's High Shimmer Gloss in Bellini. It's a super sheer-peach with flecks of gold and pink shimmers that looks absolutely gorgeous on. Plus, it's not sticky, which I love! Don't have time to be pulling our hair from our lips this summer! Now if you're like me and are totally in love with shimmer, I'd say Bath & Body Works Shimmer Mists are a must! I have three and can't choose which I love most! I know that not every country has a Bath & Body Works (which is such a shame) but I'm sure if you search "shimmer mist" you're bound to find some great ones!

So by this list it seems like we're going to need a very hefty "essentials" shell bag (get it? shell bag? I promise I'm not a complete nutter!) All these products are essential for my summer beauty routines and they'll be getting a lot of use from me. I'm loving bringing the natural and not so natural sparkle to my face and body this summer. None of these products will distract from your natural beauty, but only enhance your mermaid shine.

KORRES Lip Butter Guava Review

KORRES Lip Butter Guava Review

Hi Beauties!

I'm back with another post and I must admit I'm feeling very proud of myself for getting into a more regular blogging pattern. Even if I'm not posting I'm always active via twitter on my I phone so never feel like you can't talk to me just because I'm not posting as much. I'm there for every single one of my lovely followers and if you ever need to chat then just send me a tweet or a personal message via Twitter. If you don't already know I used to make and sell my own lip balms, and i was surprised at how well loved they became overtime. However, with my new job and uni I just didn't have the time to continue. So! that leads me onto the story that I had always fancied trying out a Korres lip balm, but had never really got around to it. I always see them popping up on my blogger feed, so the other day I decided it was about time I bit the bullet and so I invested in a new Korres lip balm. I decided on the shade Guava as I wanted something clear or something with a slight milky tint and that is exactly what Guava is. I have so many different shades in my collection and for once I fancied something a little more plain! so instead of having a good old ramble :D I will get into my review, which I hope you beauties will enjoy reading! - I also love hearing your thoughts, so make sure you leave them in the comments section below.

The Review - KORRES Guava Lip Butter £8.00

Before I get started I just noticed I missed out the A on the picture caption oops* I'm still trying to get used to my new keyboard cover for my Mac haha. Onto the review - Guava is a lovely rich lip butter that feels absolutely amazing in the pot and also on the lips. The application is fantastic and you really feel like you are going to achieve lovely supple lips. I must admit that this product doesn't last half as long on the lips as I expected, but I quite like applying lip products.. so pulling it out of my bag a few times a day isn't a biggie for me. However, if you are looking for long lasting moisture then this might not be the product for you. Don't get me wrong! because this product does really make your lips feel great, but you do have to apply it quite a few times for it to feel like its really working. I do really love the tropical scent and the way it adds a tiny milky tint to the lips without making them look ghostly.. Plus this lip balm is free of nasties such as parabens and sulphates (which is always a bonus) - The packaging is also super cute and really quite robust, which makes it great for traveling around with. I also like how the lid is colour coded to the shade, which I think is quite a thoughtful and cute touch from Korres. I'm sure that some of you will understand the frustration of having to turn your lipsticks upside down to see what shades they are! haha true beauty blogger style.

Overall

A really gorgeous lip butter with a lovely scent, luxurious texture and great packaging. The only down side is the fact that it maybe doesn't last as long as it should for its price point. However, If you don't mind a few applications a day then this lip balm would be a brilliant choice, as when its on the lips it feels so comfortable as well as adding a tint of colour to the lips. I couldn't be without this lip butter now and its definitely one of my go to products at the moment. I would also like to try some of the other butter's as they have lovely colour tints to them. I hope you have enjoyed this review lovelies and if there are any special request for reviews, then please leave them down below.