My morning face

If someone would have told me a year ago that I'd be smothering a mixture of all these onto my face every morning, I would have laughed at them. I never used to believe in all the hype of all these products, but recently a few shopping sprees led to this routine, and I can feel how much my skin has benefited from it :)

If you're interested in my evening skin routine, I've done a review on Liz Earle cleanse and polish and also a lazy evening cleanse post.

As I mentioned in this post, I recently went to a few Clinique events which it led to me purchasing their 3 step routine. I have it for dry combination skin, and I've really fallen in love with it. I picked up the three products altogether (which is advisable if you're looking to buy these, as it's around £60 to buy the individual full sizes, and only £20 to try the set out), but step three is an evening moisturiser so I just use these two in the morning. I'm writing a review for them soon, so if you're interested keep your eyes peeled for it!

These essentially clean and clarify my skin before I apply moisturiser. Some days I switch the liquid face soap for a daily face scrub, just to make sure that I'm not leaving dead skin on my face, but I'm really in love with the clarifying lotion at the moment.

I picked up this moisturiser a while back during one of the many No7 offers that Boots have on. I was looking for a day moisturiser that was lighter than the previous Nivea one I had. This one was exactly what I was looking for. It doesn't feel like it clogs up my pores, and it even has a really nice smell that most No7 products have.

I'll definitely be repurchasing this, even if it's full price (I think it's £12.50), because I think it works well with my skin. I love the No7 skincare, it's just so affordable and is just an all round brilliant buy.

I'm thinking I might do a review of all the Body Shop tea tree products, I'm just that in love with them. This blemish gel is one of the products from the range that I've been using the longest, and if I put it on a spot when I do my morning/ evening cleanses, it's gone within a day. This stuff is one of my holy grail items! I don't get that many spots but I've been having a stressful time recently what with moving away to uni, so I've been so glad to have this around. 

As for vaseline... I wouldn't say I love it, as I use so many different types of lip product, but it's handy to have there on mornings when my lips need it.

Sorry about the sudden light change, it just got so cloudy in a matter of seconds!

I've been liking this Benefit b.right! skincare eye cream (you can read a review here). It's been making a real difference to the dark circles under my eyes, although nothing drastic has happened to them. That would just be magic. I'm thinking that I might repurchase this, although it is a little more than I'd like to spend. Any suggestions for eye creams that are slightly cheaper would be lovely to hear!

Finally, I use a mixture of these two pore refining solutions over my nose area. I've felt like I needed something for that area of my face just recently, so when I went to my Clinique consultation I mentioned it. She suggested these and then I was lucky enough to get these mini sized products free when I bought my 3 step routine! I think I'll be repurchasing one of these... the real question is trying to decide which one. 

I got a set of 3 pore refining solutions products, so I'll be doing a review on them soon :)

So that's my morning face routine! I hope you enjoyed it, and I'd love to know any products that you could recommend for me to try out.

I've really been enjoying making these skin routine posts, I hope you've liked reading them!

n xx