Good old Boots and their 3 for 2 deals. I was only in there
to buy some hand cream and I came out with five other bits and bobs which I
probably don’t need – a situation I’m sure many other girls can empathise with.
First stop was the ‘indulgent bathing aisle’ – but no bubble
baths for me, I’m a bit of a bubble bath/bath soak hoarder and get bored of
having the same scent in every bath. I hadn’t taken a look at the Soap &
Glory bit for quite a while. I had a phase last year during which I constantly
used their hand creams, shower gels, bubble baths and body butters and, if I’m
honest, I got a little sick of their signature scents. However, they do some
cute little travel-sized versions which are always useful for keeping in my
bag.
I chose the Soap & Glory Endless Glove hand cream.
Apparently it’s a 2 in 1 – moisture mask and hand cream. I think that’s just
basically a more appealing way of saying that it’s a moisturising hand cream,
which just also happens to justify that the product is 50p more expensive than
their other travel sized hand cream, Hand Food. I mainly chose it because it
smells different to their other products. It’s a very minty, more mature smell
than the others; very “man fresh out of the shower” which makes a nice change.
A lot of my friends have been fending off colds and flus
recently and I’ve found myself wishing I had some sanitiser on me as I HATE being ill and don’t want to risk a
chance of infection. I only really chose this one because it’s pink and smells
lovely, but it’ll be nice to have peace of mind that I won’t wake up the next
day sneezing all over myself. (Lovely image, I know.)
Seeing as it was 3 for 2 across that area of Boots, I also
picked up a Sanctuary Spa Salt Scrub sachet. (Steady on with the sibilance…)
I’d been meaning to get one of these for ages but I’m happy to be getting it
for free thanks to the 3 for 2. I have quite dry skin and thick hair so I love
body scrubs for exfoliating and making sure I’m not plagued by ingrown hairs on
my legs.
I couldn’t resist a little walk around the makeup section
too. My liquid eyeliner, L’Oreal Superliner Ultra Precision, was on its way out
so I bought the L’Oreal Superliner Black Lacquer as a replacement. I hear this
is meant to be brand replacement for the much loved Carbon Gloss eyeliner that
L’Oreal ceased production of a few years ago, so I am eager to see whether or
not it lives up to the hype.
That said, I have also been getting into gel eyeliner
recently. I’ve found that brushes with bristles render the already difficult
feat of the perfect cat flick impossible. This is mainly because the bristles
tend to cake if you don’t wash the brush out every day, and gel eyeliner is a
massive pain to wash out and I often don’t have time to if I’m in a rush. So, I
bought the Real Techniques silicone eyeliner brush. I haven’t heard any other
beauty blogger talk about this yet so I was buying it based purely on the hopes
that it will be easier to clean than gel from a normal soft brush.
Last, but certainly not least: I picked up a Revlon Lip
Butter in the shade Macaroon. I only
have one other of these (the shade, Pink
Truffle) and I absolutely love it. I can’t believe how moisturising they
are considering the colour payoff! I much prefer these to Baby Lips as they are
completely 50/50 in pigmentation and moisturisation – definitely worth the
extra £5!
