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                  *** MY CURRENT SKINCARE ROUTINE ***

Happy Sunday everyone! The temperature is hotting up in the UK, so I’m looking forward to next week when I’ll have finished my self-isolation and can fully enjoy it! It’ll also be that time of the month next week (which isn’t as exciting) so I thought I’d share my current skincare routine that’s been altered to cater for my skin’s needs at this time. 

My current line-up includes:

💖 Carbon Theory’s Charcoal & Tea Tree Oil Cleansing Bar - I use this once a day at night, in order to keep away breakout-causing bacteria and to treat any whiteheads or brewing spots that I may have. I feel that any spots I do get disappear much quicker due to this product, so I’m counting on it to keep my face decent when Mother Nature comes to play!

💖 Deliplus Oat Water Facial Spray - I use this as my toning step in my routine. This spray includes Oat Kernel Extract to calm down inflamed skin and to soothe any angry spots. It’s ultra refreshing and a great way to top up my skin’s hydration levels.

💖 Viseger Pharma’s Oil Free Vitamin C Gel Cream - An oil free SPF moisturiser? Sign me up! This is a great way for me to stay protected without irritating my skin with heavier formulas, and really does have heavy-duty sun protection.

💖 Atlantia’s Pure Aloe Vera Gel - This aloe vera has been cold stabilised in order to maintain its effectiveness, and has been harvested from the Canary Islands. It has such a lovely, lightweight texture, and is perfect for bringing down any inflammation while gently moisturising my skin.

In the mornings, I splash my face with lukewarm water then use the Oat Water Facial Spray and the Aloe Vera Gel. If I plan on sitting outdoors or want a thicker base for my make-up, I use the Vitamin C Gel Cream. Then at night, I use the Cleansing Bar before toning with the Oat Water Facial Spray again then apply the Aloe Vera Gel. I avoid exfoliating, face masks and products that include a lot of oils around that time of the month as my skin is ultra reactive and more sensitive than usual. If I’m wearing make-up, I use an oil-based cleanser before diving in with the Cleansing Bar. 

 ~ Review of the deliplus Gel Secante Corrector (Correcting Drying Gel) ~ 

With all the stress of the past year and hormones playing the usual havoc with our bodies, it’s pretty obvious why varying spot treatments have been released by popular brands so often lately. According to Google Trends, there have been massive spikes of searches for ‘spot treatments’ since May last year, and ‘maskne’ continues to be a problem for many. 

I’ve been taking Microgynon since November in order to reduce my breakouts, but I still get tiny little red spots popping up every now and again. This is a mark of progress for me though - before, I’d be getting deep and sometimes painful cysts that would take weeks to clear up, whereas now my spots barely come to a head anymore. But when I bought this spot gel last summer, I was dealing with new breakouts pretty much every day and so I hoped this product would help heal them.

Does this product work on angry hormonal breakouts? I wouldn’t say so, but I do think it works really well on whiteheads and those pesky bumps I just mentioned. The texture is nice and thin so it’s easy to layer with other products in your routine, and doesn’t give you that sticky, tacky feeling as a bonus. It does smell pretty strongly of alcohol though, so sensitive skin types and those who can’t bear that kind of smell may want to stay clear of this, but I found no irritation when using this product. It also contains salicylic acid, which we all know to be a hero spot-fighting ingredient so that’s another tick in the box too 👊  

As I’ve finished this gel, I’ve ordered the Inkey List’s new Succinc Acid Blemish Treatment which I’m super hyped about as I’ve never tried anything from them before, but I’ve heard fab things about them! Hopefully this will be able to zap away my smaller breakouts and unclog my pores in the process 🤞

This morning’s shopping haul! Me and my boyfriend went to Mercadona (a Spanish supermarket) and I got all this for just under €27 😱 the products I bought are:

✨ Dermik Agua de Avena (Oat Water) toner spray

✨ Atlantia Pure Aloe Vera Gel

✨ Viseger Pharma Vitamin C Oil Free Gel Cream SPF 50+

✨ deliplus Lavender Soap

✨ deliplus Green Stick Corrector

✨ deliplus Oil Free Spot Gel Corrector

✨ deliplus Eyeliner in Hazel 

Today's daytime skincare routine! My time in Ibiza visiting my boyfriend has sadly come to an end after almost 3 months there, as I came home late on Saturday night 😢 My skin has felt a lot drier than normal, probably due to the flight and the change in weather (I have not missed the Welsh rain 😅). These are the products I'm using to combat this, without overloading my breakout-prone skin:

❣️ Garnier Micellar Cleansing gel wash (£3.99)

❣️ Deliplus Agua de Avena (Oat Water) spray toner (around €3.00)

❣️ Revolution Skincare 10% Niacinamide serum (£6.00)

❣️ Sukin Signature facial moisturiser (£7.95)

❣️ Carmex moisturising lip balm (£2.99)