Rosehip oil - the holy grail of face oils

Saturday 29 July 2017

















Every Tom, Dick and Harry seems to know by now that one skincare item I swear by is Rose hip oil and yes it's my answer to the  ''what would you take on a desert island'' question.

Lets go back to when my love affair started,around two years ago when I was starting uni I experienced for the first time dry/lacklustre skin. Now up until then I had enough natural oils on my face for the US to raid but come winter,my skin had become almost snakeskin like. I decided that oils was the way forward now I had tried bio-oil,coconut oil and olive oil and found that they would sit on my skin thus cutting out oil completely. After a random whim on feelunique I came across Rosehip oil and since it was on offer (my student finance had just dropped) I thought why not.

Since then I've repurchased Rosehip oil 4 times I've tried so many different brands both high-end/budget friendly. With Rosehip oil and I'm confident enough to say that the brand doesn't matter and just that its pure.


 Some of the benefits of rosehip oil are


  • it helps improve skin texture especially dry,flaky and uneven skin
  • It absorbs into the skin better then other oils
  •  Its a natural source of various vitamins especially vitamin A and high in antioxidants.
  • It's also super great for scarring which has been the main reason I've used it and continue to do so.

The Ordinary- Caffeine solution

Thursday 20 July 2017

Hello hello beautiful people I am back, and I have another Ordinary product that I am going to be reviewing. I have completely fallen in love with The Ordinary mainly because its affordable and produces skincare products that are traditionally higher up in the price point. Their oils,acids and retinols have made it easier on us skincare addicts wallets and minds alike.

This time round I purchased the caffeine solution which promises to help reduce the look of puffy eyes and dark circles. Everyone and the grandma knows how my bad my dark circles are which stems from my allergies and often having very sore/irritated eyes often leaving me with dark under eyes and lids. Now I'm no idiot and know there is nothing on this planet that will permanently get rid of my dark circles however I do have hope that I might find a product that will slightly reduce them. And also stop people from asking if I'm ill *sighs*.

 The caffeine solution is a light weight product and sinks into the eyes straight away personally it didn't really leave my eyes dry or hydrated but then again it didn't claim that it would! I don't struggle with puffy eyes so I can't say it backs its claim however for dark circle I noticed a very small and I mean very small difference. My under eyes unfortunately are still dark and so not much changed but for someone who's under eyes may be dark due to environment etc it may work.

All in all I wouldn't recommend it purely because I didn't notice a huge difference,personally I'm just glad it didn't cost my kidneys to purchase.