cynthia lions: lush tea tree water

Monday, February 3, 2014

January 2014 Beauty Favorites

Time for my January Favorites!

I've been using the same products all month long. I am almost done with my Lush Tea Tree Toner Water and I'm still loving it to the last drop. Lush has 2 other toners I might want to try but this one has worked really well for my skin since it targets oily and spotty skin. To go along with that, the Bioderma Sebium Pore Refiner has to be another one of my favorites this month. I mentioned it's awesomeness in my last post so check that out!

Onto makeup - I love cream eyeshadows and my favorite this past month to wear is the Kiko Long Lasting Stick Eyeshadow in #6. Super creamy and easy to apply and they stay on all day. Love the easiness and quality of this. For blush I have been going back to my powder blushes this month. Mainly I have been reaching for the MAC Peaches blush. I love peachy pink blushes and this is a beautiful shade for slightly darker skin tones. An eyeliner I have been using a lot of this month is the Marc Jacobs Highliner Gel Crayon in Blacquer. It's soft like a good eye pencil should. It's super black and super waterproof and it also feels like a gel eyeliner! It's kind of amazing and you don't have to sharpen the pencil because you can just twist up for more product. This is a really exciting product if you ask me. Finally I have been wearing my Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua foundation a lot this month. This is an old favorite but this month I have really enjoyed the water based light formula and it's been a really great color match for me this month. I wear the shade B30.

Happy Monday! Thanks for reading :)

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Tea Tree Products

Tea tree in skincare products helps treat acne, eczema, and can also be an ingredient for shampoo and even deodorant. It helps kill bacteria, controls oil if you have blemish prone skin and is usually very affordable!

I have been loving the Tea Tree Water Toner from LUSH for the past few months. I use this morning and night and it feels very refreshing and clean when I use it. I don't mind the scent and I love that it packs very few but good ingredients. It contains antibacterial tea tree, juniperberry (great for controlling oily skin and acne prone skin) and grapefruit water.

I recently also began using the Tea Tree Blemish Fade Night Lotion from The Body Shop to help on nights when I feel breakouts are about to happen. I am not the biggest fan of the scent. At all. The only real problem I do have with this is the smell but that might not be the case with everyone. What drew me to this product was it's claim to help improve the appearance of blemish-damaged skin while you sleep so after I finish using this lotion up I will report back.

Hope everyone's having a good week!

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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Goodnight Skin #2

I wrote about my night time skincare routine back in August this year. I am still using Bioderma to remove my makeup and I'm switching up my cleanser these days, but these are the core products I have been using every night.

First I have been toning my face with Lush's Tea Tree Water. I quite like this spray toner because it targets acne prone skin. It's simple ingredients help reduce oil and balance skin tone. Using toner helps prep my skin for my serum and moisturizer. Next I apply an eye cream. I'm almost done using a deluxe sample size of the Amore Pacific Rejuvenating Eye Treatment Gel. This absorbs into the skin so easily and feels really nice and light. The treatment gel helps with dark circles and puffiness and fine lines. I like using it but I don't think I will purchase the full size because it's a whopping $85.

I always apply a serum at night before my moisturizer. Currently I am using the Missha Time Revolution Real Expert Serum. This serum helps brighten dark spots and even pigmentation. It smells good and feels really smooth and nice on the skin. I enjoy applying this and will report back later about any results I see. For my moisturizer I am still using the Boscia Clear Complexion Moisturizer. I talked about this back in August here. I was using this day and night but I realized that you can absolutely not wear this under makeup. Anything you apply to your skin after this has been applied will cause the lotion to ball up and flake off your face. It's still a great moisturizer but I can only use this at night.

Night time is such an essential time for your skin to rest and recover. I also like to apply overnight face masks and will be writing a post on that soon.

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