When I was about 13 or 14 years of age, I was visited by my
great Aunt Delia from Australia, and her daughter Aliesha. They came to stay
with us for about three weeks and we so much enjoyed having them. There was one
thing that they both taught me, and it is something that I will never forget.
They taught me the importance of looking after your skin. Before, I would wash
my face with no real significance, but Auntie Delia told me what I should be
doing, and that if I looked after my skin, it would really show when I got
older. It really did affect me,
especially with my outlook when it comes to make-up, plastic surgery and
similar things, I very much believe in growing old gracefully.
Since then, I have been trying to find suitable products for
my skin. I have tried all sorts! I have quite combination skin really, it isn’t
sensitive at all, so I am quite lucky really.
I do however have quite spot prone, teenager type skin… still. All
through my teenage years I thought to myself, oh I will grow out of this, yet
getting well in to my twenties, it is still plaguing me! I was thankful that my skin did seem to clear slightly at the end
of my pregnancy, and lasted for a few months after, but it did return.
So when I was visiting a fellow blog a few weeks ago, I saw
a review of Liz Earle’s skincare range. The review was outstanding, so in a rut
with my skin once again, I thought it might be worth giving them a go.
The Liz Earle website is very informative. I managed to find a detailed skin regime that
was tailored to my type of skin suggesting a range of products to use. I
ordered every product that was recommended (in a trial size I may add!),
thinking that if I am going to do this, I might as well do it properly.
My order arrived and everything was individually wrapped,
looking very cute! I immediately went to the bathroom and had a go with my
lovely new products, even though it was three in the afternoon. Firstly, I used
the ‘Hot Cleanse and Polish’ cleanser with the muslin cloth, exfoliating scrub
followed by the Toning Spritz and finished off with the Light Moisturizer,
suggested for combination skin.
Immediately, my skin felt like it was glowing. It just felt
clean. The cleanser did most of the work, and I used the exfoliator for my
particularly dry bits. The toner refreshed instantly, and the light moisturizer
was like food for my skin. All of the products just smell so beautiful, Papa
Bee commented on the smell of my face straight away!
In my parcel was a complimentary sachet of their new tinted
moisturizer. I was a little reluctant to even try this product, as I don’t
often wear makeup, especially not a foundation type makeup. I have very fair
skin and end up looking like a tangerine, make up is certainly not my forte.
However, we were going out for the evening so I thought I would make some kind
of effort and try this tinted moisturizer/foundation. I was pleasantly surprised.
It was very thin, which meant that even with my fair skin, I could blend it
nicely, which is saying something as I am not good at applying make-up! I liked it so much that I am actually going
to get some when I place my next order!
I have been using the Liz Earle skincare products for about
a month now, and I have definitely seen a difference in my skin. It seems to be
much cleaner and it doesn’t feel stiff in this cold weather. I am yet to see
whether it has dramatically reduced my spot situation, but I can tell that they
are much easier to manage now I am using the Liz Earle products, especially the
Spot-On stick.
My little trial tubes are getting low now and I am
definitely going to replenish my supply. I have already been to John Lewis for
a large tube of Cleanse and Polish and Moisturizer (they have depleted quicker
than the rest of my arsenal) which is handy to know that I can just pop in to
town for the essentials.
So I would like to give Michelle at Fluffy Mummy a big shout
out and thank you for inspiring me to try these products, and fall in love with
them!
