Seeing Spots

I recently found myself in a strange predicament and no one you would expect a "beauty blogger" to ever face. I was out of foundation (to clarify this means I had 3 in my make up drawer, 2 the wrong colour and one that was about to run out any day!)

One lunch time I headed over to Superdrug and checked out a few different brands but I find it a real struggle to get a good colour match.

Rimmel is a brand I go back to over and over again but I don't remember ever having a foundation from them.

I had watched a Zoella Vlog the week or so before and she had used the Rimmel Lasting Finish and it looked really good. It's not often I go for celebrity / big blogger recommendations and I do prefer to go off information from friends and smaller bloggers who are more my age and have similar skin type. (I'm an ancient 9 years older than Zoella)


It was 342 so what is a girl to do but to buy three things. I've been using a Laura Mercier Primer for quite a while now, I've been lucky enough to keep getting them in beauty boxes. It's one of the only items I love getting a repeat of.

Before I discovered Laura Mercier the Rimmel Fix & Perfect was my favourite drug store primer. I've tried a few including other Rimmel primers and I haven't liked them at all.

This primer is light and goes on really smoothly and I do think it helps to keep my make up on longer than without it.


The first foundation I chose was the Rimmel Lasting Finish, it has SPF 20 which is always a nice bonus and it's described as full coverage.

I have used this a few times and it's not heavy but it is a fairly full coverage and it's easy to build up for a fuller coverage without it going cakey.

In terms of colour matching, I picked Classic Beige. I find this does match me quite well. I'm happy with my choice and in terms of skin tone, it works well.


For my third item, I went for the Rimmel Match Perfect Foundation. This also has SPF 20 and is described as a medium coverage.

I would agree with this, it is also easy to build up to a fuller coverage if needed. I chose this one as I thought it would be better for every day make up than the Lasting Finish.

The tag line "A love story like no other..." is fairly true and the book isn't like any other I've read or that I can think of.

In truth, I wasn't a huge fan of the book. It was odd but not in a good way. It wasn't terrible and some parts I really liked but would I read a second book if it became a series then probably not.

Evie seems to be a perfect human with no obvious flaws. When she dies a peaceful death in her 80s she doesn't make it to heaven.

Heaven isn't white fully clouds and there was no Saint Peter with his keys to the Kingdom, instead, heaven is the time and place you were at your happiest. (I adore this concept) For Evie, this was when she was 27.

At the age of 27 she's allowed to get a job and move into a flat but is given a time line of 12 months to get a better job and if she does she can stay in that life or she has to return home and marry the man of her mothers choosing. Her mum seems like a right bitch if I'm honest.

For Evie to get into her heaven she has to make her soul light enough to pass and with a little guidance from the ex-buildings manager, she discovers she has to put right three wrongs that occurred.

There are elements of magical realism that work so very well in this and are beautifully written. If you've read the book I'm thinking of how her daughter finds out about Evie's job. I also liked the giant cat and the way she passed into "reality"

Other elements I hated. The tree is where I'm going with this. I hate, hate, hated this. I don't feel like it was needed or added anything to the story and it was slightly disturbing. Although if the tree stays the storm concept worked.

I think Carrie shows real promise but this book didn't work for me. The perfect nature of a lot of the people, the imperfect people weren't rounded enough. I also hated the Surnames used. Thankfully she avoided my pet hate of alliteration but she stuck to a theme of seasons and weather. I'm not sure if I missed this being a key to anything but I found it unnecessary and I did wince a few times.

I also found it hard to place a time line on events as it felt like both the 27-year-old Evie and 80-year-old Evie lived in the present day. Event tracking back to if she died in 2017 and was 27 in the 1960s it didn't work for me. Maybe this is me being picky.

Other things that didn't work is that her boyfriend sexuality is mentioned fleetingly, he's bisexual and this is never mentioned again. I mean it really doesn't need to be mentioned again but why mention it if it isn't going to be important. I mean those last few chapters and it could have been perfect. I could almost fanfic rewrite a few chapters and I've just thought of a brilliant new ending but do you need to be a fan to write fanfic?

I didn't hate it, I laughed in part. Some concepts showed real promise but I don't know if it was edited badly or time was short but some of it just didn't work.

It's rare that I would write a review of a book that I give less than 3 or 4 stars to but I felt like I needed to get some of the things I'd been pondering off my chest.

Would I recommend this book - Maybe? Are you a CHF fan? If so then yes.

Would I read other books by the same author? Maybe, if they are in the same series. I don't think I would but with new characters and a different theme then yes, I wouldn't write off reading more.

Rating out of 5 - 2.5. I've thought about this a lot and for me, it wasn't awful and there was no point where the book was making it to the did not finish pile but I just didn't get that buzz of I don't want it to end. I don't feel like I can round it up to three.

Yankee Candle - Simply Home

 I do stick to clean and outdoorsy scents such as clean linen, soft cotton but my favourite scent has to be sage and white tea. I have never smelt anything like it before and if I could only smell one scent for the rest of time I would choose this. I've googled just now and I can't seem to find it anymore on the Yankee website or any other website which I'm hoping is a mistake as this is my last one. I have tried a few different scents and have a berry one on the go at the moment. I do keep thinking about being more adventurous but I know what I like and often go back to my favourites.


They seem to have scents that cover most peoples tastes and at their prices, I decided to try some scents I wouldn't normally go for.


 For my first purchase, I went for:

• Dewberry
• Blue Sky
• Lavender
• Lavender and Lemon (now discontinued) 
• Coconut
• Black Cherry

The following weekend, I went back and bought another 12, just as I was leaving the stall I spotted a Satsuma scented melt and it smelled amazing, so I decided to buy another 5. The man on the stall said I could have 6 as we'd been chatting which was lovely of him and I did double check with him.


The scents I bought that week were:

• Mango
• Satsuma
• Pink Musk
• Coconut
• Fresh Linen
• Lemon
• Lavender
• Apple

As this is about my most purchased products I didn't include some of the other brands I use but I think I need to give an honourable mention to "A Wick and a Prayer" I'd been recommended this brand before and when I was away in March I picked up a couple of their bars. They look like bars of chocolate but don't try eating them. I picked up Black Peony which is a little strong but I do like it and the Gin and Tonic scent which I have really enjoyed using. I do use these sparingly but they are well worth looking into.

I'd always been put off buying the cheaper brands in case they were a waste of money. The Purederm cost £5.70 from Amazon.

My feet are bad. I took photos but I can't bring myself to put them on the internet. If you really want to see I can send them to you but trust me, you won't like them.


Inside the pack are two liquid filled booties and you will need scissors to get into them. One thing I hadn't realised is they come in different sizes. I got the regular and I had to rip the top a little bit to get my size 7 feet in them. Next time I will look out for large ones but if you are a size 6 or under these should be fine.


What happens next is you sit for 60-90 mins and do nothing. Don't try and walk in them as they are a little slidey.

Then you wash your feet and wait. Be patient as it can take up to 7 days before you get any peel. My feet became very dry and uncomfortable before the peel started.

It does say not to use moisturiser or pick at the feet (I know ewww). I noticed peeling on day 7 and the urge to pick was strong.

Day 8 I decided to soak my feet and got my foot file/pumice stone on them. This aided the peel and my feet were no longer sore. I also did a foot moisturising mask as I couldn't take the dryness. I did the same again on Day9 but didn't moisturise after.

As I mentioned my feet are awful with thick cracked heels so if your feet aren't too bad I would probably say skip this as per the instructions.

Day 10 - My feet are still peeling slightly but most of the worst skin has come off. Personally, I think I need to move into deep moisturisation as my heels are still very dry but I am going to wait a day or two until the peeling has fully stopped. They are not sore or openly cracked anymore and this is why I think I need to start moisturising to stop this happening.

Would I recommend this product? A huge YES!

Can I offer any advice? Yes, check the size you're ordering. Follow the instructions. Be patient and enjoy the peel. Also, don't do it if you need to wear open shoes within the next fortnight. Get used to wearing socks, trust me this is needed to contain your own peelings (ewww again).

I want to do it all again and I'm not fully out of the peeling stages. They do recommend waiting a couple of months before using again and I am going to try and stick to this as they are a chemical peel.

Since buying I have discovered they sell a similar product in Primark for £4. I have bought one to see if the ingredients are the same. If they are I'm going to stock up while they have them in as they are the cheapest I've found.

I'm going on holiday in November so I'm planning on doing this process again in September or October so my feet are nice and pretty (they will never be pretty, who am I trying to kid) ready for the sunny Lanzarote climate.

Have you ever tried a product like this? How did you get on?

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