THE CALL OF THE GLOW

Is that the smell of pumpkin?.. the sound of leaves under my feet?.. ahhhh my favourite season! I cannot get enough of fall! But with all the joys of darker nights and sweater weather comes the dreaded dry skin! As soon as October rolls around Boom!... Dry and flakey skin everywhere! So my summer skincare simply doesn't cut it and there are a few changes that help my dry skin! For cleanser, I pretty much use my Kiehl's Calendula Face Wash all year round, it's just the perfect cleanser that works in all months! For serum, I actually use The Ordinary's Niacinamide 10% and Zinc 1% solution, I tend to get more spots when my skin gets drier, so I find this helps keep them at bay and absorbs super quick! I also switch up my moisturiser, from lightweight gel moisturisers to a thicker creamier formula! The Ordinary's Natural Moisturising Factors + HA has become a firm favourite, it's super thick formula that just soaks into my skin and leaves my skin feeling so so...

I've really been looking for a product that hits the spot when it comes to acne (sorry I couldn't resist) and when Zitsticka kindly sent me some of their spot clarifying patches I was beyond excited! So here is me, on the right in all my baby faced glory and as you can tell, I'm definetly used to the odd spot or two. I've tried pretty much every 'acne fighting', 'spot eradicating' product you could dream of... except spot patches! So this kit is amazing because it comes with two steps. The first is the 'cleana', which is a cleansing swab, to make the area around the spot all prepped for step two. I love this stuff because it feels almost medicinal, it really feels as if the area is 'clean' and I would buy these patches individually and wipe them all over my face every evening! Now.... Step two is the 'Killa' part. This is the step that's going to kill those spots! This step works by using self dissolving micro darts th...