Favourites: October 2016

October has been a bit of an in-between month for me, in terms of beauty products. I've finished up a lot of products that I've been using for a while (which you'll see in my empties). I've talked about almost all of them before, and because they've lasted until the very end of the month, I haven't really put anything new to the test. With all the products I have though, I figured this would be a good opportunity to talk about some long-standing favourites, though there's at least one product I haven't talked about before.

Review: May Lindstrom Skin The Blue Cocoon

May Lindstrom's Blue Cocoon was something I wanted to try for a long time, before finally deciding to take the plunge about this time last year. I initially hesitated mostly as it was complicated to get shipped here, but when I discovered it on a Norwegian online retailer, and on sale on top of that, I just couldn't pass it up. May Lindstrom's products are all organic, natural, free of most typical things you don't really want, and really high quality. I've previously used and reviewed The Jasimine Garden Botanical Mist ( here ), which I loved. The Blue Cocoon I think I may actually love even more.

Favourites: July 2015

There hasn't been much of a summer here in Norway, but I've made sure to take advantage of the days when the sun and warmer temperatures did decide to peek through. Even without the typical summer weather I've still found myself gravitating towards lighter makeup and skincare as I usually do this time of year. Fall is just around the corner and even though I'm a bit sad I barely got to wear any dresses this year, I'm kind of excited as fall is my favourite time of the year! I've already started eyeing candles - but that's for next month! Now for my still-"summer"-july favourites!

Favourites: May 2015

First of all I have to say my most favourite thing from the past month is finishing my Bachelors degree! I'm equally excited and scared to be finished, but finishing the work I'm all happy about. I kept up with the blog pretty well I think, except for at the end of the month when I just couldn't find the time. Now though I'll have all the time in the world to blog which I'm super excited about! For my May Favourites I used makeup pretty much everyday this month so I've got a few items here that quickly became staples the past month.

Review: Sarah Chapman Overnight Facial

The famous Sarah Chapman Overnight Facial. So many bloggers and youtubers have raved about this, especially on my side of the pond. It's a treatment oil packed full of fancy ingredients meant to give you a healthy and radiant complexion come morning, no matter if you only went to bed a few hours before. That sounds a rather impossible task, but if true, well, I had to check it out.

Favourites: February 2015

It's crazy how much shorter February feels every year even though it's just missing a few days. February was a fun month for me. I had a lot to do at school with presentations and exams, but I also took a trip to Copenhagen with my boyfriend which was a lot of fun. We just enjoyed the city with good food, good wine and a bit of shopping. If you haven't been to Copenhagen I really recommend going, it's a really nice city. But now for some beauty recommendations!

Favourites: November 2014

Apologies for the lack of updates lately. My focus has solely been on preparing for my exams. Additionally, there's barely been sunshine here for almost a month now. Every day is dark and cloudy, which makes taking pictures incredibly difficult. We finally saw the sun peek through yesterday so I grabbed the chance to finally be able to snap some photos for my November Favourites post. Just as I had taken the last picture the sun disappeared and I think it'll be a while until I see it again. When I do I'll start working on the empties post for November! I may end up doing a combined November and December one if there's no sunlight for another few weeks, but now for my November Favourites!

Review: REN Glycolactic Radiance Renewal Mask

Spend five minutes in the beauty blogging world and you're quite likely to stumble upon a post on this little orange number by REN. Undoubtedly one of, or the star product of their line I've read nothing but raves about the glycolic acid based peel mask. When I received this a few months ago, naturally I was quite excited to finally see what all the fuss is about.

Review: Elemis Papaya Enzyme Peel

The second peeling mask I ever tried was blogger favourite Elemis' Papaya Enzyme Peel. I had only used the Dermalogica Gentle Cream Exfoliant before this, another cult favourite, and was excited to compare the two.

Review: Dermalogica Multivitamin Power Recovery Masque

Dermalogica's Multivitamin Power Recovery Masque is something I picked up when my skin was being extra "turbulent". It was recommended to me by a rep at Dermalogica, but unfortunately at the time it didn't help my main problem - breakouts - at all. I put it away for a while only to come back to it this past year and found I now absolutely love it. Having hyper pigmentation being more a core concern at the moment this one proved to be a bit of a miracle worker after all.

Haul: Huge Collective Haul - Part 2

The second part of my huge haul, which is much much smaller! All skincare or haircare items!

Haul: Dior-centric July Haul!

Just a couple of things I picked up this week!

All used up: Sanctuary Spa 5 Minute Thermal Detox Mask

Sanctuary Spa has a fairly reasonable collection of skincare and body care products on offer in Boots. I have tried quite a few of their products and can honestly say I've never been dissappointed. On it's usual 3 for 2 offer I picked up my first 5 Minute Thermal Detox Mask about two years ago out of mere curiosity.

Review: Dr. Andrew Weil for Origins Mega-Mushroom Skin-Calming Face Mask

My first purchase from this life-changing skincare line was the face mask. Described as a mask to help reduce flare-ups and calm stressed skin it seemed just what I needed.

Review: Clarins Beauty Flash Balm

Truly a cult product up there with YSL's Touche Eclat, Laura Mercier's Tinted Mosturiser, Shu's Cleansing Oil and the likes. I'm sure you have all heard of this one before, a lot of you have tried it, some of you already swear by it, and for those of you still curious, there's this review.

Review: LUSH Cupcake Fresh Face Mask

Having always heard good things about this mask I finally decided to have a try myself!