CHARLOTTE LAUREN // MAKEUP ARTISTRY: January 2015

I am a terrible blogger and I'm aware of that. I've accepted it, now lets move on. I know I haven't blogged for a while (a while being about half a year, oops) but with 2015, new year new me trend (and a new camera, goodbye Iphone quality) I thought I'd give it a go again! So here I am with a review of a bunch of things I've finished over the past few weeks!

First I have Maybelline Fit Me Foundation (£4.54 what?! bargain), and yes it is empty, I know it looks full it took me by surprise as well! I bought this foundation quite a while ago and at the time my skin was normal to oily and I found this foundation just made my face look waaay to shiny, it wasn't a good look for me, but as its gotten (is that even a word?) colder my skin has dried out so much it's ridiculous, but one good thing to come out of it is that this foundation now works for me!
It leaves my skin looking dewy but not oily and it doesnt looked caked on or stick to some of the dryer parts of my skin which is great! Overall I think if you have oily skin this foundation probably wouldn't be best but for those of you with dryer skin I definitely recommend giving it a go! I went to repurchase it but they didnt have my shade (120 if you was wondering!) so I got Maybelline 24 hour stay foundation (£9.18) instead, I'll let you know how I like it.

My only hair product is this Batiste Dry shampoo, this is actually my new one the one I ran out of was Blush (£2.99), and this one is XXL Volume (£4.00), as for the blush one it was a good dry hair shampoo, it gives your hair a cleaner look and feel when its looking a bit oily. There's not too much to say about it, it does it's job! It does leave a white cast in your hair like most dry shampoos if you dont rub them in well enough though. The XXL one is my personal fave though as it gives me great volume and texture, it doesnt give my hair a cleaner feel, it just feels like it's full of product after I use this but it does make it look cleaner and adds the volume I need so it's perfect for me, I don't think this one would be for everyone though just because it is a heavy product to be putting on your hair. Overall they're both great dry shampoos it all just depends on what your hair texture is like and which one you fancy!

Next I have another foundation (I tanned my neck and not my face so I have to fix that everyday now haha), this one is Revlon Colourstay (£8.49), I got this foundation a while ago but it was too dark for me so I just used it for my kit, however now that I've fake tanned my body it worked quite well to match out my face with my neck! I love this foundation and I use it on a lot of people. I find it looks great on both oily and dry skin even though this is the type for dry skin, I don't actually see much of a difference in the formulas of the dry and oily foundations but that's not really a problem. I've already repurchased this foundation in a light shade and a dark one to add to my kit again!

The first of my body products is this Soap and Glory shower gel (£6.50) called Foam Call, Soap and Glory have my all time favourite body washes I rarley use anything else and this one is no exception. They all leave my skin feeling moisturised after I get out the shower and they smell gorgeous! The one I'm using at the minute is called Rich and Foamous (£6.50) and it's my favourite of them all simply because it's my favourite scent! So if you're looking for a new body wash I would definitely recommend any in the Soap and Glory range just test out which of them you like the smell of! I don't see much difference in them (I'm sure they are different but they all leave my skin feeling silky soft and that's fine by me!).

This is the Dove Summer Glow Gradual Tanning Lotion (£3.49), I absolutely love this body lotion, I use it every other day to keep up my tan and I exfoliate about twice a week to make sure it looks nice. I use the one for 'normal' to dark skin (not entirely sure what colour normal skin is but it works) and it makes my skin a really nice shade, I have tried fair to medium but it made no difference to my skin at all! As far as the lotion goes it keeps my skin feeling soft and it soaks in really fast which I love it doesn't leave your skin feeling sticky which I find a lot. It does have a slight fake tan smell but it doesn't last very long so I cant see that being an issue, but personally I don't mind the smell of fake tan so maybe if you did it would me more offensive! I repurchased this product before I even completely ran out of it, so I would definitely recommend!

And thats everything I used up over the past few weeks! I hope you found this helpful, tell me if you've used any of these products. Thanks for reading.

Charlie xo

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