Winter Skin Savers.

Hello lovely blogger folk, 

Today I have a few products that I find to be really good life savers for harsh winter skin. Byebye winter face! 
Most people men and women included struggle with dried out skin during the winter, it's normally due to harsh cold wind and temperature change. This year your skin may be taking more of a battering than normal because we have fucked the planet sideways and the weather can no longer make it's mind up. 

The only thing that is going to help repair your skin is moisture internally and externally. You need to hydrate yourself, drink up to 8pints of cold water a day to keep your skin in top condition and moisturise at least twice a day, sometimes three if your skin is feeling particularly sore. Try to avoid exfoliation whilst your skin is dry and cracked. Really we should exfoliate once to twice a week depending on skin type, but sometimes it can be too harsh on skin. Using a 'muslin cloth' daily to wash skin after removing makeup is a great natural and gentle exfoliant.
Avoiding heavy makeup or scented moisturisers will also help. 
I.E; that Ted Baker body lotion you got for Christmas is not good for your face. Don't use it. 

Using more than one type of  moisturiser for your skin will also help too. 
For me every evening, I follow these few simple steps:

1. Take off make-up and wash face using clean damp muslin cloth (I really like Champneys, they're available in a two pack from Boots for £5.)
2. Cleanse skin using a cleanser that matches your skin type. I'm currently using 'Clarins - Water purify one steap cleanser with mint essential water' 
3. Tone skin, personally I really like ' Lush - Eau Roma Water'.
4. Use three drops of facial/beauty oil on a cotton pad, gently massage into the face and neck.
5. Apply 'Clarins beauty flash balm.' (This step is optional but I love this product)
6. Then finally moisturise with either 'Embryolisse - lait-crème concentré or Lush - skin drink.'

Now I know SIX steps may read as an awful lot of work but it's the lesser of two evils, and your skin will feel so ridiculously soft in the morning. As always I wasn't sponsored to talk about any of these products, and I've been using some of them for about a year. Take the time and spend the money when choosing skincare products, just because it's good for Sally it doesn't mean it's good for Sue! I'll leave links below for all products listed!

Clarins:
Cleanser:
clarinsonestepcleanserwiththelongestevername.com - R.R.P - £10.25 100ml.
Flash Balm:
clarinsbeautyflashbalm.com - R.R.P £29.99 50ml.

Lush:
Toner:
lusheau-roma-water.com - R.R.P £4.50 100g.
Moisturiser:
lushskindrink.com - R.R.P£12.95 - 45g.

Champneys Muslin Cloths - R.R.P £5.00 x2.
boots/champneysmuslincloths.com

I really hope this has been helpful for you, as always thankyou for reading and please leave me a comment, + 1 or subscribe!

Until next time,

'The Average Mum.' 

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year lovely blogger folk, 

How was your Christmas tide? Ours was lovely, although this year I wasn't feeling particularly festive in the run up. As much as I tried due to things that have happened over the course of the past 6months, I was riddled with sadness up until Christmas Eve, when we attended Christingle at our local church. Something about all the children holding their Christingle whilst singing Silent Night, with all the lights down in our gorgeous village church I couldn't help but get this great whoosh of Christmas spirit! 

After Christingle I went on to meet some friends at a local pub to exchange secret santa gifts, swiftly popped into to see another on my home. Then I dived into the madness that is settling two four year old's for bed on Christmas Eve.. we shall say no more!  
We spent our Christmas morning opening fabulous gifts and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing people actually like the presents I picked for them! We then went to Mum's where we were spoilt some more, and we spoilt some more people too. Mum and Stepdaddy Nigey cooked us an amazing lunch, then we spent the afternoon messing whilst feeling genuinely blessed. 

On Boxing Day after a swift tidy up (I shoved everything in the bedroom or into my Monica cupboard under the stairs) everyone came upto our house, including the guest of honour Matt's lovely Grandma and my bestie whose back from uni for Christmas!
We stayed in on New Years Eve, then went to my lovely M.I.L's for a buffet on New Years Day, I ate way too much and I still feel sick now. Oops. 


Now whilst I'm not at all religious, I feel that going to Christingle reminded I have a lot to be grateful for, I'm not the easiest person at times but to be surrounded by friends new and old, my gorgeous children, my Matt and our families I just can't help but feel very blessed this New Year. 

I really hope you all had a fabulous time too, as always please leave me a comment and thankyou so much for reading. Please feel free to +1 and subscribe! 
Until next time, 
'The Average Mum.' x