After my beloved Matiffying Day Cream from The Body Shop ran out, and the price had gone up, these new Moisture Match moisturisers from Garnier were released at the right time! I have oily skin so i bought 'Shine Be Gone' which is the green one.
It claims to be fast absorbing and oil free, to give 24 hour hydration and is suitable for sensitive skin. It also says on the box:
'Matiffying fresh texture- oil-free and easy to absorb. Enriched with green tea extract, well known for its anti-oxidant properties, it will leave your skin feeling beautifully smooth and mattified all day long. You can feel the difference instantly.
Shine be gone is enriched with a patented hydrating active and reinforces the skin's barrier function, helping your skin to maintain its level of hydration'.
I have been using this moisturiser for about a month, and i can honestly say it does just as good a job as the Body Shop Matiffying Day Cream, if not better. I can definitely tell the difference to using this and not using this, because although i have oily skin, if i don't moisturise my skin can feel quite tight and dehydrated. So not only is this a fantastic moisturiser, but this keeps all oil at bay for the whole day. If you have mega oily skin then powder top ups may be required, but for someone who just has regular oily skin, this moisturiser will mattify your skin for the whole day and as it claims, leaves it feeling hydrated for (nearly) 24 hours.
When i take my makeup off at night, my skin again feels a bit tight and de-hydrated, and Garnier suggests to use this morning and evening, although i must admit, I'm not really bothered about matiffying my skin just for bed, but if you want to, it would help to reduce oil production for the next day.
This moisturiser costs £5.99 in Boots, and with that you get 50ml. I've been using this everyday for a month and you wouldn't even be able to tell if I've used any, because it still feels full to the brim. I'm so glad I've found this moisturiser, as my body shop one was £10 for the same amount of product, plus i find the Garnier moisturiser to be much more beneficial for my skin and massively reduces shine and oil throughout the entire day without worrying about powdering, a winner if you ask me!
I am back! I haven't blogged in so so long and i am finally here again on my little space on the Internet about to try and explain my reasons for absence.
I've been tres ill, i caught a flu thing THREE TIMES and was off school for a total of 7 days (bad for a year 11, whoops), but that couldn't be helped. I was feeling very under the weather and stressed so i just took some time to focus on getting my health better and relaxing, and really, i think that's a good enough reason for not blogging :)
I've also been using up my last little bits of energy i had after being ill towards dancing and homework, having 8 dance shows and 4 exams to prepare for, i've been a busy busy bee, but i'm back now!
I have to warn you though, i am taking my GCSE's over the next three months so posts may be slowed down, but don't worry, i haven't forgotten about you and i check in here everyday :)
I did a January summary, and i thought i would do a February and March one too, not because i feel you're all interested in what i do everyday, but because i think it's nice to look back on things like this and appreciate what i did that month because sometimes it's hard to remember off the top of your head.
February
In February i was rehearsing loads and loads for 6 dance shows (the same show, done 6 times) which i didn't mind at all because i just laaave dancing. I had two days of dance intensive for the other dance company i'm in which was so much fun but completely exhausted me!
Illness number one, i caught it mid February and i was in bed for 5 days, although i went in for an English speaking and listening exam where we had to do a speech about the future to our classmates and i got an A*, ooooh yeah ;)
I had my college interview, and was offered a conditional offer!
Let the dance shows begin! The last day of Feb saw the first of the 6 dance shows! :)
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March
6 dance shows in 4 days, again very tiring but I LOVED IT SO MUCH!
The day after the last show i had a maths gcse paper, which fingers crossed i did alright in, maths isn't my strongest point:/
Illness number two. Unfortunately i hadn't had enough time to fully recover from being ill the first time, and after being close to many many people and children for 4 days, i got ill again. This time was worse than the first and third time, i literally couldn't walk 5 steps without needing to rest, flu is poopy:( I was off school for four days (friends didn't even bother asking if i was okay, but that's a different story).
This is extremely sad, but a highlight of the month for me was seeing Vicar of Dibley return to our screens on Comic Relief. I LOVE the Vicar of Dibley i have the boxset which i've watched about a thousand times (hear the clicking of people unfollowing, haha). No one really understands my love for it, it's brilliant! Ps, The actor who plays Jim lives in the village next to my town ;)
Illness number 3. I was very fed up by now and i hadn't felt completely healthy for nearly a month which sucked:( I wasn't allowed any more time off school because of exams, so i had to stick out feeling really crap for days, where all i could think about was being snuggly in bed, which is were i should've been really.
I then had two more dance shows, which weren't AS exciting because i was only doing one or two dances, but we had a great time in the dressing room!
I lost 10 pounds! I think i mentioned in my January post that i was losing weight and although i've done it as slow as a snail, i have lost 10 pounds and healthily too! Okay, so some of it may have been down to the fact that i was ill and didn't really have much of an appetite, but then again, i wasn't working out due to it, so it was kinda balanced out.
I have made a new blog for my weight loss: lauralosesweight.blogspot.com
Thanks for sticking with me!
Laura x
