Montagne Jeunesse 'Skin Heroes' review

Hello everyone,
last week I was contacted by the brand Montagne Jeunesse to see if I wanted to do a review of their new 'skin heroes' face masks. I was delighted when they asked me and I said yes immediately! I have tried face masks from them in the past and i was pleased with the results. These masks however are quite different to your average packet face mask, because they come with a mask AND a moisturizer! I think that this is a really good idea because the moisturizer and mask match with what they are are trying to do. For example the 'Dry skin mask' comes with an 'ultra moisturizing mask' and a 'rehydrating skin serum' 


Montagne Jeunesse's products are all suitable for vegetarians, and they always look to use natural ingredients, which is great! They have a really wide range of products, and they also do a range for men!

 I decided to try out the Break-Out Mask first. It says: "First you'll need to flush out those blocked pores with this mud mask fusion of calming Tea Tree and soothing Canadian Willowhero. Let Witch Hazel's natural powers help calm your skin"

It is really simple to use. You simply apply it to your face after cleansing, and leave it for 15-20 minutes. It is green in colour, and smells of Tea Tree which is calming and refreshing. Tea tree is really good for clearing up spots and acne because of it's bacteria killing benefits.
Because it is a mud mask it is really thick in consistency, and applies really easily. There is a lot of product in each sachet (15g of face mask and 3g of moisturizer) so you can apply it thickly and not have to worry about it being patchy, like some face masks.
Here is what it looked like on (que awful photo!)

As you can see it is really thick in consistency and it completely covered my skin. This photo was taken just after I applied it. After 20 minutes, it dries and goes quite crumbly around your mouth which I didn't like (if you don't talk then this won't happen though!) 
It was really easy to wash off, unlike some masks I have tried, and it came off with a muslin cloth and some warm water.

This is the moisturizing cream that it came with. It is a relatively thick cream, without it feeling too heavy on the skin. It smelt exactly the same as the mask (like Tea Tree) it says: "Secondly follow with this super moisturizer of tantalizing Tea Tree and calming Canadian Willowherb. Allow mother nature to work her magic to solve those problem areas" There was enough moisturizer for two applications, and so I used the rest of it when I went to bed.

After using both of these my skin felt much softer and smoother, any redness on the problem areas on my face was greatly reduced. 

Montagne Jeunesse can be found in ASDA and on their website they are very reasonably priced at £1.49 each (and postage from their website is only 50p- bargain!). I think these are great as a weekly skin treat, and I can't wait to use more!  I will be doing reviews of the other ones, and I am just about to write up a review of the de-clog nose strips (which I really liked!)

If you have any request for which review you would like to see next, please let me know!

Thankyou for reading, have a lovely day ♥

summer lovin'

A few people have been asking for some new nail art posts, so here is one! 
I decided to turn my plain peach coloured nails into my favourite nail art design earlier. Here is how it turned out

They are actually really easy to do, if you have a really fine nail brush, a dotting tool, a steady hand and some patience! I got my dotting tool and brushes off of eBay and they were under a pound each.
All you have to do to recreate this look is paint white stripes across four of the nails. Then paint one of your fingers with a mint green colour. I used Rimmel 'Misty Jade' for mine. Then get a light pink/peach I used the same one that I have on the rest of my nails (Accessorize 'Apricot Crush') and with your dotting tool make a couple of dots on your nails. Once that is dry paint some little curved lines with your paintbrush on top. You can use a bright pink/red for this, but make sure it is darker than the other colour. Wait for that to dry too and then paint some little leaves onto it with a darker green. Mine is Barry M 'Spring Green'
Once you are sure it is dry, then finish it all off with a top coat! I used Barry M 'Base and Top Coat'
And that is it finished!


I think this is perfect for spring/summer and I will be rocking this look a lot over the next few months!

Thankyou for reading, and have a lovely day ♥

Hi summer.

Dress- Primark

Vest (under dress)- Boden

Bag- Cath Kidston

Scarf- Blitz (Brick Lane, London)

Sunglasses- Primark

Shoes- Toms

(I have no makeup on except for lipstick!) 
Lipstick- MAC Viva Glam Nikki

Nails (left-right)

Barry M- Berry Ice Cream

Accessorize- Apricot Crush

Barry M- Blueberry Ice Cream

Rimmel- Misty Jade

Barry M- Flamingo

ELF matte top coat

Bracelets (left-right)

ASOS

H&M

Lily loves Lola

Thankyou for reading and have a lovely day ♥

Call me maybe?

Shirt- Topshop (last year)
Leather look leggings- Primark (£6!)
Shoes- Toms
Bag- Cath Kidston
Scarf- Blitz (Brick Lane, London)

Nails- OPI Come to Poppy and I Lily Love You




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#marchphotoaday

Hello everyone,
Last month I took part in the #marchphotoaday challenge on instagram. It is run by @fatmumslim and basically there is a list of prompts and each day for the whole month you have to take a photo with that theme! Here are the photos that I took during the month

Here is the list of prompts in case you were wondering!

I really enjoyed doing this, as it is a great way to get more used to instagram and it is fun to look at the photos which everyone else has posted! I am doing the #photoadayapril and the #hairphotoaday throughout April, and I would love it if you joined in aswell! Please let me know if you do, and if you wanted to follow me on instagram, my username is @islaay


Thankyou for reading this and have a lovely day ♥