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Self-Care must haves✨
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items We all need a bit of self-love, and some things really help us give ourselves that bit of me- time. Whether it’s caring for your hair, skin or body and soul, this is the ultimate list of my favourite things to use when caring for me ❤️
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Face and body skincare🧴
Hair Care 🎀
Makeup & Perfume💄✨
Vitamins, supplements & general health 🌱
Books & other🪄
Face and body skincare🧴
Inexpensive but so so good for your skin. Melts away makeup quickly and leaves the face feeling smooth and clean.
B. Melting Cleansing Balm 65g | Skin - Superdrug
This is my favourite item on this list! Like magic in a bottle! I use it all exactly as directed on the bottle and it’s never let me down. My scars have faded and pimples clear beautifully when using this product! Clears skin pretty much overnight! W...
Truly Targeted Acne-Clearing Pimple Patch with Salicylic Acid
Love these! Leave them on either during the day or overnight, and they really do work well on pimples. The case is adorable and I love that it’s a refillable item! They’re also super cute when they’re on the face so that’s a great bonus!
Hydro-Stars Pimple Patch Acne Stickers - Starface World
Love this brand!!! I’ve tried a lot of their products and this is one of my favourites of theirs!
Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 (with Ceramides) - The Ordinary
Wild is my absolute favourite, go-to brand for pretty much everything they do! I love the refillable shower gel, my favourite scent has to be either the honey and almond or amber and oud. Love the cases and can personalise too!!!
Natural Body Wash - Refillable Organic Shower Gels - Wild
Back again with Wild!!! Absolutely love this deodorant! The scent lasts all day long no matter what I’m doing, and there’s so many to choose from!!! Some of my favourites are: Vanilla Buttercream (was a Halloween special and I stocked up on it becaus...
Wild - Refillable Natural Deodorants, Lip Balms, Body & Hand ...
From a lovely business I discovered on holiday in in St David’s, Wales, UK. My favourite face scrub. Makes my face feel amazing and cleared up my skin! Plus smells amazing! Made from sustainably sourced ingredients!!!!!
Mermaid Seaweed Face Polish - Really Wild Emporium
An absolute swear by in my skincare routine. Smells like a dream and leaves the skin feeling so so nourished and soft. I literally can use this on my whole body, including my face! Does exactly what it says on the tin.
NIVEA Soft Moisturiser Cream for Face, Hands & Body, 200ml | Skin
A bit more on the pricey side, but absolutely worth every penny. A staple cream that I first received in an advent calendar, and now I can’t go without it! Hydrates my skin, and makes my face look and feel super hydrated and nourished. Also keeps tho...
Elemis Pro-Collagen Marine Cream
Ren brightening eye cream has been a staple in my routine! It’s been one of the only eye creams I’ve found works and instantly makes me look refreshed and feeling my best! A definite must have!!
REN Clean Skincare Radiance Brightening Dark Circle Eye Cream 15ml
Such a good overnight mask! My skin feels so hydrated the next morning and I look so refreshed after using this mask! Can be used overnight or during a long plane trip (I haven’t tried that yet but definitely will on my next one!). I absolutely love ...
Dragon's Blood Hyaluronic Mask | Plumping Face Mask
I bought this for my daughter as her skin was quite dry after she was born, and it worked wonders! But now I also use it as it works so well to moisturise and nourish dry skin! It’s 100% organic coconut oil which is just brilliant and there’s no nast...
Kokoso Baby Coconut Oil | Natural Baby Skincare
I love this red mask! I use it once a week and it really has done wonders for my skin! It makes my skin look and feel smoother, and it’s definitely clearer when I’m using it! Highly recommend!!!
AHA 30% + BHA 2% Peeling Solution
A brilliant exfoliator! It’s gentle on my skin and works wonders to keep my skin looking fresh and clean. It smells amazing and doesn’t disappoint! I hate exfoliators that are too harsh and feel like they’re ripping off my skin, and this one is so ge...
Glycolic Acid Rejuvenating Face Exfoliator
I love this serum! It’s brilliant! I use the hydra B5 intense and it’s so hydrating! I use it after cleansing and my face feels super hydrated and plumper after using it. It’s a fab product!!!
Hydr8 B5™ - Lightweight Hydrating Serum
This product has upped my skincare game! It’s a brilliant overnight mask that leaves my skin feeling so hydrated & smooth in the morning! I swear by it and use it every night to give my skin that effortless glow in the morning. Plus it smells ama...
Overnight Hydration Therapy
This toner has been an absolute game changer for my skincare! Makes me glow like no other toner, and have avoided breakouts when using this! 100% recommend✨
Toners - Medik8-US
Hair Care 🎀
Favourite conditioner and the best one I’ve used on my hair! Smells absolutely gorgeous and the scent lasts for such a long time. Makes my hair feel so soft, and as a curly haired girlie, makes my curls bounce. I leave it in whilst I wash my body, th...
Candy Rain Conditioner - Lush
Works really well to boost the volume of my hair after diffusing and my curl routine. Always use if I feel my hair needs a little lift!
Raise the Root Thicken + Lift Spray - Color Wow
My go-to shampoo!! Smells amazing and makes my hair feel clean and soft! Pairs well with the Lush ‘Candy Rain’ conditioner (the Garnier conditioner that matches this shampoo is also great)
Honey Treasures Repairing Shampoo for Dry, Damaged Hair
As a naturally very curly haired girlie, I had been looking for a product that would enhance my curls and keep the frizz away. When my hairdresser first used this product, I was instantly in love and knew my search was over! I had found the product I...
Tigi Bed Head Foxy Curls Contour Cream 200ml | Hair
My favourite dry shampoo! Love the scent and always revives my hair on those days when I just don’t want to wash it or feels it needs a little bit of love and life between wash days! Love, love, love!!!!
Batiste Rose Gold 350Ml | Hair
My go-to heat protectant for my hair. When I straighten my hair, I like to make sure it’s protected from heat damage, and this works wonders. It doesn’t make my hair greasy or heavy, it does the job perfectly, plus it smells absolutely gorgeous!! My ...
Bedhead Some Like It Hot Heat Protection Spray Non-Aero 100ml
A brilliant colour protecting shampoo! It truly does prevent fading when washing and is now my go-to shampoo and conditioner combo for protecting my colour between hairdressing appointments! It’s a game changer!!!
Color Wow Color Security Shampoo 250ml
I use this alongside the shampoo and, as said before, it truly does prevent fading when washing my hair! I use the one for thicker hair and it makes my hair feel like a dream after washing, and keeps the colour nice and vibrant! A must have in my rou...
Color Wow Colour Security Conditioner for Fine to Normal Hair 250ml
Smells amazing and protects my hair from heat, especially when blow drying! It also keeps it shiny and frizz free, which is a must when styling after straightening (as I’m a naturally curly girlie and frizz is my enemy, especially when putting heat o...
L'Oréal Paris Elnett Styling Spray Heat Protect Hair Shine 170ml
Makeup & Perfume💄✨
My favourite primer by a long way. Expensive but worth every single penny! Makeup sits so well on my face when based with this primer, and lasts a long time. Absolutely love it! Plus, a little goes a long way with this product!
Primers, Face Primers - Avant Skincare
Absolutely love this! One of go to foundations. Sits beautifully on my skin and has good coverage, especially when paired with their concealer (also in list). Works well with powders and setting mists, all around love this product.
Revolution Skin Silk Radiant Satin Serum Foundation
The best budget concealer out there! Blends and sits so well and the coverage is perfect! As many as I’ve tried, I always go straight back to this one! Also blends beautifully with the skin silk foundation (also in this list☺️)
Revolution Conceal & Define 16H Full Coverage Concealer
Love this liquid blush! Blends well and the colour pops, absolutely love her!!!
Liquid Blush - Revolution Beauty
Favourite baking powder! Doesn’t make me cakey, and sets makeup really well, plus no flashback in photos!!!
Makeup Revolution Loose Baking Powder
This lipstick smells and looks amazing! So smooth over the lips, and the shade ‘Hug me’ is my absolute favourite! It matches my lips beautifully!
Lustreglass Sheer-Shine Lipstick - MAC Cosmetics
The best lip gloss out there! The smell is DIVINE, it’s not sticky and looks amazing! Nothing more I could ask for, it’s the best!!!!!
Lip Slick collagen_up beauty balm - Glow Hub
A favourite way to set my face!! Inexpensive and an absolute go-to for setting my makeup if I want that dewy look!!! Absolutely love!!
Studio London U DEW U Setting Spray Dewy | Make Up
Another favourite of mine!!! Smells DIVINE, I literally want to eat it! And fixes makeup beautifully!! Plus it’s nice and cheap! Works wonders!
I Heart Revolution Dewy Setting Spray Watermelon
Another favourite, affordable blush of mine! Super pigmented, perfectly blendable and easy to apply, plus comes in some gorgeous shades. A must-have in my makeup bag nowadays and a staple in my routine, especially since it’s so pigmented and a little...
Revolution Skin Silk Marble Blush Stick
After using this brow pencil, I will never go back and use another. Super affordable and makes doing my eyebrows absolutely effortless! I have been using this brow pencil for a long time now and I don’t think I’ll ever change it up. Definitely my fav...
Makeup Revolution Precise Brow Pencil
I received this eyebrow pencil in one of this years glossy box subscription boxes, and I fell in love. Literally perfect! Not too dark or heavy on the brows and super easy to blend out with my natural brows. Just makes them look so much more put toge...
Sugar Silk Beauty Brow Definer Pen with Spooly - Dark Brown
Iconic London are my favourite setting sprays! They work so well and give my make up look such a lovely finish. They make my makeup last much longer and the prep-set-blur is amazing! Absolutely love!!!
Prep-Set-Blur
One of my favourite setting sprays if I want that glowy finish. I use it to prep and set! Works beautifully both ways!! Lasts super long and works so well! Love love love!!!!!
Vegan Prepping and Setting Spray
This blush stick has become a staple in my makeup bag! Blends so well and completes my look perfectly, it’s an go-to of mine pretty much every time I do my makeup! Absolutely love!!!!
Buff Blush Colour Stick | Makeup
This right here is such a good concealer! It covers beautifully and is now an absolute staple in my makeup routine. I don’t have to use a lot of it and it doesn’t feel or look cakey and blends beautifully! It feels like I’m not even wearing any when ...
No7 Lift & Luminate TRIPLE ACTION Serum Concealer Rich 8ml
I absolutely love this lipstick! Glides on smoothly and completes my look perfectly! I use the shade honeylove and combine with the lipliner, and sometimes top with their clear lipglass for an effortless lip look! Love it!!!
MACximal Silky Matte Lipstick
A wonderful lip liner. Creates beautiful lip looks and lines my lips brilliantly! Blends well with lipsticks (I use the shade ‘Spice’) and is a product I’ve fallen in love with! Plus there’s such a wide variety and choice of shades! Highly recommend!...
MAC Lip Pencil Lip Liner
Sol De Janeiro went viral for a reason; it’s fabulous!! I use 62 & 59 and I absolutely love both of them! The smell lasts all day long and I still smell it on my clothes the next day! I’ve had so many compliments on it when using! I love perfumes...
Perfumes & Body Mists - Deliciously Scented
Another favourite perfume of mine! It really is a fresh scent that lasts all day long! It’s a beautiful floral woody scent that I’m in love with! And the bottle design is just the cutest thing!
Moschino Fresh Couture Perfumes
This one is an oldie but goodie! It’s always been one of my favourite scents since my mum and aunties would use it. It’s a floral fruity fragrance and it lasts all day! I’ve always loved this one and always get compliments when using it! It’s a super...
Versace Versus Red Jeans Eau de Toilette Spray 75ml | Fragrance
This is one of my top perfumes! I adore Calvin Klein Obsession! My auntie would use this perfume and I can see why! It’s a beautiful, amber spicy fragrance that is just so warm and intense (in the best way)!
It makes me feel sophisticated, sexy and ...
Calvin Klein Obsession Eau de Parfum Spray
Another favourite of mine! I’ve been using this for years and it’s never failed me. My auntie & uncle bought me this when I was about 14 & 12 years later, it’s still a favourite of mine!
It’s an oriental floral fragrance that makes me feel s...
Fcuk Her perfume & aftershave collection
Another oldie but goodie! Fantasy is a gorgeous, sweet, floral fruity gourmand fragrance! Another fragrance my aunties used to use that I’ve always loved.
It’s fun and playful and lasts a long time! I absolutely love this fragrance when I’m in a pla...
Britney Spears Fantasy Eau de Parfum Spray
Ted Baker Original is a gorgeous floral and green fragrance! I absolutely love it! It’s a refreshing scent that lasts all day and is light, so it’s perfect for wearing everyday! It’s a beautiful, go-to scent I’ve always loved!!!
Ted Baker Woman Original 200Ml Edt | Fragrance
This perfume by the late Jade Goody is one of my top scents! It’s a gorgeous floral fruity fragrance that, despite the name, is super gentle. It’s a feminine fragrance that lasts a long time, and I’ve always had compliments when wearing! Highly recom...
Jade Goody Eau De Parfum 100ml Spray
Vitamins, supplements & general health 🌱
My go-to when I’m needing a bit of help digesting. My mother in law is a kinesiologist and she recommended these for me as I have some digestive problems often. When I’m feeling a bit sick after eating, I get a papaya mint chewable and I feel so much...
Papaya Mint for Digestive Support | Nature's Sunshine
Books & other🪄
Such an amazing read if working on yourself and want to create your own reality! Manifestation is real✨
Manifest - Roxie Nafousi
There’s nothing like a good journal! I have countless notebooks and journals, and really enjoy getting my feelings out onto paper. It helps me understand how I’m feeling and regulate, then deal with my emotions in a healthy and positive way. It’s alw...
Notebooks & Journals
I love my little instax camera! It’s such a joy to take photos and have them with you straight away instead of having to have them printed! They look great and have a beautiful old aesthetic about them. I made a little album of photos I took with my ...
Instax Mini Film Cameras for sale
These little photo albums are adorable! And the perfect place to store your instant photos! I made one for my daughter of photos I took during my pregnancy and at her gender reveal, then ordered some custom vinyl stickers from Etsy of her name to mak...
instax™ mini Print Photo Album