Current Skincare Routine - Clinique, Benefit, Liz earle

I'm constantly changing up my skincare routine, buying new products and changing it up. This is my current skincare routine that I have been loving using products from Clinique, Benefit and Liz Earle.

Clinique dramatically different lotion

I've been using this moisturiser for a while now i normally use this just before i go to bed i tend to like thick moisturisers for night as i think it make its more moisturising but actually it doesn't. This moisturiser is so light it dries within seconds and that is absolute bliss it leaves your skin silky soft but without the oiliness feeling definitely a 10/10 for this moisturiser.

                          Benefit Triple Performing Facial Emulsion

This moisturiser I use throughout the day as it has a tri-complex which will help capture and maintain the water on your face to keep your skin feeling hydrated and looking fresh throughout the day. especially throughout the summer I like a nice dewy skin and during the week I try not to wear make-up to I just put this moisturiser on and I feel hydrated all day, definitely a good purchase. 

                                   

Liz Earle Instant Boost Skin Tonic

This is probably the only product I haven't changed since Christmas. I got this as a Christmas present with the Liz Earle cleanse and polish and yes it has lasted me this long which is a bonus since i love it so much. This toner does the job it closers pore and feels great on my skin it also removes the last bit of makeup still left on your face after washing it off. 

Clinique Anti-blemish Solutions Clarifying Lotion

This lotion is great is you have a few breakouts now and again, recently i use to wear make-up everyday and suffered a few breakouts i bought this and was so happy with the results. this lotion helps clear dead skin cells and reduce oil to may lead to breakouts it also helps unclog pores and eliminates shine. 

Clinique Take the Day Off Make-up Remover

As most makeup removes they do the job but this make-up removers really gets of that hard to get off mascara them stained red lipstick and that not going to move eye-shadow that you thinks a great idea until its time to take it off for bed. 

Clinique Repairwear Laser Focus Eyecream

I was never one for eye creams before but recently have been seeing a few bags under my eyes from working and not getting enough sleep, this is an wrinkle correcting eye cream but i think the sooner you start the better. 

Thanks For Reading

Lauren

            

Anxiety/depression my story

I'm writing this post to tell you my story of suffering anxiety and depression, I want to help people who suffer from it and think there's no help or too scared to get help. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, I want to tell this story as honest as I can and the feeling I felt through out my suffering, I still suffer slightly today but I can manage a lot better than I use to be able to and hopefully this post may help you too.

So I guess I'm going to start with school (when I went to my counsellor I never thought school bothered me until I went so I'm going to start here) to start with school was a happy place I loved going I had friends that id grown up with there and enjoyed every day, until someone called me skinny, anorexic, skinny bitch that's when it all changed. For a few years I dreaded going to school even if it didn't happen in days or months I was on  edge from there. I used to go to school with a smile on my face but away dying inside id go home and cry in my room at night so no one knew I was ashamed, ashamed of the way I looked I hated myself. Why didn't I have bigger legs? Why don't I have boobs? Why can you see my ribs? We're many questions is ask myself. As I got older it stopped from the person, I don't know why but it just did but then doesn't say it didn't scar me and I wasn't on edge everyday because I still was. When I got to year 10/11 I felt a bit happy we'll should I say I thought I was. I found a group of friends who made me feel safer and happier but I was still questions myself in the mirror in the morning. I'm going to try and put my story in less detail now as it's going to end up being 10 pages long!! So time when on at school got through my gcses

And again thought I was happy. I wouldn't wear certain clothes because they'd make me look skinner id wear 3 to 4 pairs of leggings to make my legs look bigger and just went on with my days. Time went on and I left school and went to college, the day I started college I've never been so nervous I knew I was quite a shy person and I was scared I wasn't going to make any friends it took me a while to settle in to college but eventually I made an amazing set if friends. Unlike school I never felt I had to be someone I was not and I truly enjoyed college. I still asked the same questions everyday but college was a little bit easier. When I left college I started a full time job in a nursery this was a big change for me and it must has knocked me over the edge. For a while I was okay but one day, I had a massive panic attack at work. I had no idea what was going on a literally thought I was dying until the paramedics came and explained everything for me. I went on my days as normal trying to convince myself I was okay.. But I wasn't. As Time went on and I kept everything in I was breaking I had panic attacks nearly everyday was scared to go to work. I was even having them when I was asleep I didn't get any sleep and everything terrified me. One day I cracked and just ran home and was screaming and crying help to my dad. My dad didn't know what was going on he was scared for me as much as I was scared for myself. I explained all my feeling to my dad and to my mum when she came home from work. My mum understood as two of out family members had gone through the same thing. She told me to get in touch with my family member and ask them for advice and where to get help from. My family member told me to go to doctors and explain everything fully so they understand and after 3 visits to the doctors I was diagnosed with severe anxiety and depressions and  i got transferred to a counsellor. I visit the counsellor for a few months and the first few times I was crying all the way through as things from my past was why I was feeling like this ie school which is why I had to put it at the beginning. The counsellor gave me techniques to help me with my anxiety and depression and that's what I go by today, if I ever feel anxious or down I just go through this techniques. I don't ever hate the people who called me those things and who didn't understand what I was going through, sometimes we don't know what we're doing at a young age and I just hope that those people are happy and don't do those things any more. The things those people said was stopping but I had them in my head and then put myself down everyday I was the one saying them now. 

So know I've told my story and I haven't gone into as much detail at the end because I didn't want it to be too long. I want to share my story as I suffered for years but now I want to help others so they don't have to suffer like I did. Anxiety and depressions makes you feel alone a big deep hole underground and no way out but don't worry there's always a way out. If you have any question got want to know anything else please ask I am happy to answer as I know I a haven't going in to every detail and there's probably things I've missed. I want to make this blog a place where people can come for advice or just something to make them feel better. 

Don't be alone in your suffering, we're human we help each other even though some times this world doesn't see the good all time. But there's always good somewhere. 

If may seem hard but with anxiety we worry about all the bad try changing your thought to positives little by little :) 

Thanks for reading 

Lauren 

Bath Time Essentials| Review

My Bath Time Essentials 

When i run a bath i purposely run one to relax and wind down from a busy day at work or just running around so here a few of my bath time essentials.

Lush Turkish Delight shower smoothie: This shower smoothie is full of cocoa butter and almond oil to nourish your skin and make it so soft as well as leaving your body feeling fully cleansed.

Avon Moroccan Argan oil: Any shampoo with moroccan argan oil in is just a bliss, but recently i've been loving this one from avon. It leaves your hair soft and nourished also it gets rid of that 'raggy' feeling.

Soap & Glory Sugar Crush Body Scrub: This body scrub leaves your body smooth and feeling new, the smell just tops of the product a sweet smell with a sense of nutty smell in there. Honestly get yourselves down to boots to smell this its amazing.

Soap & Glory Smoothie Body Milk: After a good bath you need to apply a good moisturiser to keep your skin moisturised and replenished. This moisturiser is the most nourishing moisturiser i've ever had and the smell just tops it off it reminds me of breakfast "it makes me want to eat it" obviously you can't eat it as it wouldn't taste very nice and could harm you.

Starlytes Candle: Finally you can't have a relaxing bath without a candle, this one is starlytes candle in vanilla cupcake the starlytes candles are made from soya and are such a nice smell this was £5.

Favourite Iphone apps| lifestyle

Being constantly on the go my Iphone apps are like heaven to me as i don't have much time on my laptop anymore with constantly commuting to work or having a busy weekend. My iphone is my saviour, so I thought i would do a blog post on my favourite iphone apps to show you what i use on a daily basis.

Firstly theirs Blogger, as i don't get to go on my laptop very much anymore due to my job i do most of my blogging from my phone and edit it when i get back as quickly as i can. I travel an hour and a half every day to work and back so i have a lot of free time to get all my blogging done and write down my blogging ideas. So if your constantly on the go like me i suggest you get the blogger app as its just so much easier.

If your like me and constantly love taking pictures of memories or just pretty scenery or objects then instagram is the best app for you (even thought most of the population have it already) but if you don't then i guarantee it will be the best download you make all year and to top it off its FREE! If you would like to follow my instagram its @laurenread1995

I remember the days when twitter wasn't cool and nobody really had it but now it seems like everyone's tweeting and mainly from their phones. I prefer the app to the laptop version as i just find it easier to use, so i'm constantly checking twitter while on my phone. If you would like to follow my twitter its @Lauren_Read i'd love to follow some new twitters and especially blogger ones

Next is pinterest, i love this app to look for photography inspiration and to just look at some really pretty pictures most of the time. I also look for tattoo ideas as i'm planning my next tattoo and they have a lot of photos of tattoos so it can give you some great ideas to make.

We heart is the last of my favourite apps, this is just like pinterest but it has different pictures so if you want apps to look at pretty pictures or give you ideas then we heart it and pinterest are the apps for you.

10 facts about me | Personal

1. I am slightly obsessed with penguins to the point where if anything is on the tv about them my friends will text me to tell me.. and on the time of christmas eve where i sat and cried because the sea lion ate the penguin i was traumatized and yes my friends think im weird :)

2. I have to many phobias... lifts, lorries, the sea, fish, pigeons, flying, heights, ball sports, mosh pits!! and it goes on..

3. Demi Lovato is my role model. She has been through so much and is still fighting and being strong it helps me keep strong when im down.

4. I hvae a huge crush on Finn  (nico mirallegro) from my mad fat diary.. he is justperfect in everywway!

5. I live in primark

6. Im probably the worst driver.. but im pretty awsome at parking and im still learning after a year an half!!

7. I will only ever eat cereals at night

8. if i like a song i will replay it over and over again till i dont like it anymore

9. once me and my friend went to leeds and had this day all set out to look all the way round it,.. instead we got drunk in the pub ha

10. i have four favgourite films: Bugsy Malone, Star wars episode 2, Back to the future and P.S i love you 

So thats 10 facts about me for you to get to know me a little bit more, i'd like to get to you too so if you want to to do the post comment the link below and i will read it :) 

Bath Time: Favourite bath goodies

we all love a good bath dont we? well i certainly do, its my favourite time of the day. a time to wine down and relax and as always i have a few favourite goodies i like to make my bath time experience even better.

First of all there is the comforter bubble bar, this not only smells amazing its a really relaxing time and perfect for wining down after a busy day at work. I've tried other lush bubble bars but this is the one for me as its just perfect for my bath time.

Clean on me shower gel, This is my go to shower gel its convenient and smells fab also its not too pricey 

Smoothie Star body milk, this moisturiser smells fricking fabulous it even says on the side of the bottle warning this is not food, because its smells like i could just eat it, and it leaves your skin so soft and hydrated also it doesn't take ages to soak in to your skin.

18th Birthday: Presents haul

So it was my Birthday on the 4th of January and yes i became 18!! been waiting so long for this and now its over :( but anyway i had a brilliant birthday got some amazing stuff and had a weekend away in Edinburgh which was amazing (dont worry blog post coming soon) so here a few things i got for my birthday from family and friends :) including the key above my mum loves getting things like that

Just a photo frame from my mum and dad as well as the 18 key above just so i could open something on my birthday as my present was my weekend away they also gave me some money

Lee Stafford my wavy baby hair kit, i use to love curling my hair then my curlers broke, so my cousin bought me this new curler which is amazing

Natural collection gift set which my best friend Luke bought me it comes which a body cream, shower cream, body spray and 2 face masks will definitely be using the face masks after work tomorrow

So i got this amazing lush think pink gift set from my amazing friends so heres whats inside from the top

bubblegum lip scrub

fairtrade foot lotion

turkish delight shower smoothie

the comforter bubble bar

rockstar soap

rose jam bubbleroon

creamy candy bubble bar

the godmother soap

melting marshmallow moment bat melt

sex bomb bath ballistic

rose queen bath ballistic

twilight bath ballistic

think pink bath ballistic

helping hands hand cream

hope you all had an amazing Christmas break!