My nail varnish storage

Hi!

A short post this week!

When I redecorated my room I thought it was time for a few changes, I used to store my nail varnish on a shelf beside my dressing table. I knew I wanted them to be stored somewhere else but it still had to be easy to pick whatever colour I needed without rummaging around a draw so I purchased this lovely box from Home Sense.

I feel its perfect, it keeps everything nice and tidy and as its silver and has a mirrored top it reflects light making it a nice feature piece on my unit. 

Kerry xo

My current favourite base products

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Below are my favourite foundations and BB creams, like everyone I have had my fare share of skin issues and I have tried multiple different products until finding the ones that suit my skin the best. I thought I'd share my thoughts with you guys.  (I have normal/combination skin)

NARS Sheer Glow (£31)- after hearing the hype about this foundation and seeing a lot of make up tutorials using this product I thought its worth a try and my goodness am I happy I did. This foundation sit so well on my skin, it gives quite a high coverage but I feel it gives such a natural glowing radiant look as well as making my skin tone appear nice and even. It's also very build-able so you can achieve the look you want.

Chanel Vitalumere Aqua (£32)- this is another product I purchased after seeing it being used in make up tutorials, it gives a nice coverage and again it gives quite a natural finish. This foundation doesn't have as much of a glow as the NARS one but its equally as good and blends perfectly.

Bobbi Brown BB cream (£29.50)- I totally stumbled across this product by chance, I was in Fenwick Beauty Hall and I got talking to the make up artist on the Bobbi Brown counter about BB creams; the lady offered to match the product to my skin so I could see exactly what the product was like. This gives a lovely coverage for daily use, I find this brightens and evens out my skin tone and it is something I reach for quite often when I just need a little something on those relaxing days when I'm not needing my full face of make up!!

YSL Top Secrets All in One BB cream (£39.50)- I got this with money I received for my birthday earlier this year, this is a product I use more underneath other products or alongside my concealer for those days when I'm not going anywhere I will need a heavy coverage. It's quite pricey and they're are other products that are just as good depending on your budget.

Kerry xo

Some new additions

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Over the last few weeks I've accumulated a few new bits and bobs.....

My local shopping centre has just opened a new home interiors store called Baytree Interiors and lets just say I could buy everything!! I did however manage to refrain from this and only bought two trays (one of which is in the picture above). I have been looking for a tray for a while to use on my dressing table so that everything looks a bit tidier and more put together so when I stumbled across these I instantly fell in love they're exactly what I'd been looking for! I'm sure I'll be using them in more pictures for other posts too.

As we've had the change in seasons I have picked up a few new candles, I love all the winter and Christmasy scents. I picked up two of the Frankincense and Myrrh and one winter fragrance candles from Marks & Spencer and they smell so rich and divine. The packaging is so pretty to and looks amazing wherever you put it in your home.

I absolutely love changing my pictures and adding new wall art, I feel like it gives a nice subtle change and gives you added options. I love all of the written phrases and I stumbled across the one in Next, the quote is so inspiring and reminds me that I can achieve whatever I want to.

The little wicker heart was a gift from my parents and fits right in with all my other accessories, I have put it up on my wall beside my dressing table and I love how it looks.

Last but by no means least is a new statement necklace I recently purchased this one from Marks & Spencer. I have been after a silver piece for a while and hadn't really seen one I really liked until I came across this. It adds just enough sparkle to any outfit and lets face it its always good to have some sparkle right?

Kerry xo

Hair Care

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So a few months ago I noticed that I was losing clumps of hair not only when washing it but just throughout the day too. My hair started to feeling quite thin and fragile and looked so dull and damaged. I have quite a lot of hair although my actual stands of hair aren't that thick, I initially but the lose down to the fact that I do have quite a lot of hair therefore you'd think I probably would lose more and my diet had not been particularly good (you are what you eat and all that jazz!!)

I was shopping in Newcastle and was in Fenwicks, I passed the Aveda counter and thought I would ask for some advice. The lady I spoke with was extremely helpful and asked about my current hair care routine, styling habits etc; she then asked if she could take a picture of my scalp so she could get a better idea of what was going on, I obliged and I'm so thankful I did. I wish I had a copy of the image, my scalp was dry and flaky but this was covered by a layer of oil. The lady explained that this was the reason my hair was falling out and that the main culprit for this was probably the sulphates and chemicals that were in the hair products I had been using, she advised me on what products I could use to help with this and reduce the hair loss I had been experiencing. She recommended that I use the Invati range, thankfully I had some spare money and went ahead and purchased the range.

Now I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I'm an expert on this issue about Sulphates and what they can do but I definitely noticed a difference in my hair and in the appearance of my hair. My scalp feels a lot healthier and this reflects in how my hair looks.

The range of sulphate free hair care is improving and brands like L'oreal have these ranges available so although they are slightly more pricey they are however cheaper than Aveda; this is handy depending on what your budget is.

Kerry xo