Getting Ready For Summer

Just a quick post today, I thought it'd be a nice idea to show you a few products that I'll be taking on holiday with me. I have been using the majority of the products but some are new purchases for my holiday! So excited to get some nice weather for a week.

Estee Lauder - Bronze Goddess: £40

This perfume smells AMAZING. It is the smell of Summer, I feel bad talking about this because I know how hard it is to find as it sells out so soon. But a great alternative to it is the Bronze Goddess Capri, Estee Lauder have brought out a new Summer scent, smelling slightly similar perhaps with a more citrus smell. If possible try get your hands on this amazing perfume or at least give it a sniff!

Maybelline - Super Stay 10 Hour Tint Gloss: £6.99

I stumbled across this gloss when I was in my local Boots store a few days ago. It reminded me of the  YSL Rouge pur Couture Glossy Stain lip stain, obviously minus the price tag! I was kind of unsure at first, I swatched a few colours on my hand and loved the feel. The gloss/stain isn't sticky and gives a great colour pay off. I bought the gloss in the shade 'Fresh Fuschia', a lovely bright Summer pink shade.   The product has a strange smell, not a bad strange at first I was a bit put off but now the smell is growing on me! It's almost a fake fruity smell, but a nice one! Another plus is the wand, which is a lovely take on the YSL applicator. I will certainly be looking at the other colours. 

NARS - Soft Touch Shadow Pencils: £17 each

These NARS shadow pencils are so lovely for creating a Summer's night smokey/copper eye looks. They are a very creamy consistency, therefore would make a nice base for other eyeshadows or just on their own with a good primer. The bronze/copper shade is SKORPIOS and the pinky/nude is GODDESS. Both are still available on the NARS cosmetics website. 

Elizabeth Arden - Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant: £18

I bought this before I went to Center Parcs, thinking it would be like a cream formula as apposed to a gel. I was pleasantly surprised with this product, it really kept my skin moisturised and protected from the strange weather we are having. I'd say it was ideal to put on any dry/cracked/sore skin it works wonders! Although it has a slightly odd smell, kind of a mix between a medically smell and grapefruit. Oh how I'm selling this...haha. The smell grows on you and the product is worth the 'getting used to the smell'.

The Body Shop - Body Butters: SALE IS ON!! Range from £6-£12

I think everyone will know what these are and also will have tried them. I'm not going to go on about them, as I'm sure you've seen a million blogs raving about them! The three body butters are my go to 'smells' for these; Olive, Coconut and Almond, I also really like the Brazil Nut and Shea Butter ones. I'm not really a fruity smell person, so the ones pictured above are right down my street. If you like these as much as me and the next person, then get yourself to The Body Shop because there's a major sale. I got the big body butter for £6 instead of £12 and I got the two smaller ones in a set of three (one I gave to my mum) for £6 instead of £12. So get yourself there for some treats!!

Let me know your Summer time must haves, do you like any of the products above?

ox