THE CALL OF THE GLOW

Kiehl's holds a special place in my heart, it was the first high end skincare brand I ever tried! So as a gift from my beautiful Mother for my wedding, she treated me to a custom designed skincare routine from whatever was recommended to me by the Staff at Kiehl's So to start I told them I have oily, acne prone skin, that is dry in places. They did a test and found my skin was actually super dehydrated at a level of 17% which is pretty bad! So they suggessted my skin was becoming so oily because it was over compensating for the lack of hydration in my skin. So we focused on calming the oils in my skin but also getting a lot of moisture and hydration back into my skin.  So the first product that was recommended was the midnight recovery botanical cleansing oil. I love a good oil to remove my makeup and this was more hydrating than the micellar water I had been using before. This does a great job of removing makeup and two pumps is enough to get all my makeup off inc...

There's no denying that I love skincare and makeup, but sometimes It really catches me off guard just how much plastic and excess waste there is in the whole industry. I am by no means an expert but just trying to make little changes to cut down the amount of waste I use! Before I bought anything to be more sustainable I thought about what I could reuse before hand. Empty bottles of cleanser or tubs that would otherwise see a trip to the bin! I found an old cleanser bottle and a spray bottle, ideal for cleanser and toner. I sterilised both and then got to work making my own concoctions. For makeup remover I was actually very surprised when I found Grape Seed Oil, can work just swell as a high end oil cleanser and I love this stuff! It's super cheap and can be bought bulk at refill shops and kept in a glass jar as oppose to buying plastic. For cleanser I mixed Castile Soap ( Dr. Bronner's), Jojoba Oil, Rosemary and Bergamot, to make a moisturising foaming cleanser....