February Favourites | Healthy Food Ideas, Skin Tips, Favourite BeautyProducts

I hope everyone's had a great February, that word 'February' will always confuse me I always forget it's spelt like that and then realise I'm in the wrong when my phone corrects me, thank god for auto correct! I have so many things from this month I want to share with you all such as food, beauty products, fashion items, TV shows, nail varnishes the list just goes on and on..

If you follow me on Instagram or Twitter you might have seen me make a few posts about hot chocolates and how much I love them, the word 'love' is actually an understatement, I am obsessed and by obsessed I mean I'm having two cups nearly everyday (I know this is bad but there's no judging that goes on here guys). My perfect hot chocolate is to add some milk so it's not to watery or runny then whipped cream and to finish it off I sprinkle some marshmallows over the top! This routine seems to happen every time I make one, I don't think hot chocolates would be as amazing without the marshmallows and cream. 

I'm also a big lover of strawberries lately, and chocolate, I could eat them separately but if I have them together in the house at the same time I always HAVE to go that step to far and make some chocolate covered strawberries. 

I've also been getting into healthy salads lately aswell, when people hear the word salad they usually think 'eww' but salads are actually really good if you mix it up a little bit. If you live in England like me, you will notice in most supermarkets they have a salad bar? I usually get a few bits from there as you can pick and choose what you want, I also know that a lot of people would rather make things such as pasta, coleslaw, potatoe salad from scratch aswell so you can buy the ingredients from most stores and it's so easy to make. I always put a salad dressing over mine with some toppings such as onion or bacon crispies or even chicken. 

I have really got into doing my nails a lot more recently, usually I would just paint them a colour and leave that on until I need to paint them again, I'd never be to bothered about what colour I was painting them. Recently I have been watching loads and loads of nail art tutorials on Instagram and YouTube and I find them so inspiring that I want to try it myself! So I've been on the hunt for nail art kits, new polishes, and also found a Barry M matte top coat which works wonders. I'm also a massive fan of Ciate and Essie polishes now and really want to buy some more. 

I also bought some Duo eyelash glue, before Duo I used Eyelure eyelash glue which has actually been my favourite for a really long time, but I've just got a thing for the Duo glue now, I feel like my eyelashes could stay on for weeks probably If I wanted to leave them on for that long lol!

You probably noticed on Instagram I stocked up on a load of beauty blenders? Yep. I ordered one from the actual beauty blender store (MASSIVE MISTAKE) there's nothing wrong with it, it works absolutely perfectly it's just that I went onto eBay a few hours later and saw bundles of them in all different colours selling for about £5. If I could give you any advice I would order the beauty blenders from eBay they are cheap, you get a load of them so they will last longer and they are exactly the same as real beauty blenders. 

I'm loving this fucshia pink bag that got sent to me from a shop called 'just for five pounds. I seriously can't get enough of it and every opportunity I get I will wear it. It's so gorgeous styled against white and baby pinks. This has got to be one of my favourite pieces from February. 

I also love my new choker from 'Lovelucex' you can find her on Instagram and she has links to her depop and eBay in her bio. As it's getting warmer and I'm way to excited to wear more SS clothes it's time to get the chokers out to pair up with a pretty top. I have so many in my collection and this one is my favourite, I was looking for a double cord one for ages and by luck I found this! 

TruSelf Organics Face Mask Review

First off I just want to say I'm really sorry I haven't been blogging as much, I haven't felt like Im in the right mindset to write about products or my outfits and act happy when actually I haven't been feeling great. I know this isn't an excuse but I'm feeling a lot better and positive now, I feel like I can consentrate more on my writing and enjoy it. My new camera is coming aswell on Monday which means I will be sharing a lot more outfits with you and maybe start vlogging to eeeek exciting! So I'm really looking forward to that. I feel really bad when I don't post often, I don't know what it is but the aim for me is to write usually at least 2-3 blogposts a week, and its gone from that to 1 a week.. in a way I feel like I'm slacking and not working hard enough for something I have a really big passion for, another thing I will say is if you enjoy doing something never let people put you off doing it or get you down about it, negativity should push you to want to do it even more to prove people wrong.

Anyway I will stop blabbing on and get on with the review guys.

The other day I recieved this 'TruSelf Organics Face Mask' it comes in a powdery like form so you need to mix water with it to get a damper texture. It's known to help skin problems such as acne, blemishes, wrinkles ect and it also says on the pot it is all natural and handmade! So I was really excited to try this out, I'm a sucker for all natural products! 

It says on the tub under 'Directions And Use' to add a small amount to a bowl and mix with an even amount of water, as you can see in the picture I just added some to the lid and mixed it around in there, I didn't want to use a bowl as I wasn't going to be using a lot.

So I've added my water, and have just mixed it around with a plastic spoon then all you need to do is add an even layer to your face, I'm sure you guys know how to do that?! It says you can let it dry on your face to 10-30 minutes, but if you have sensitive skin leave on for less time. Here's a picture of me looking like an ogre with the mask on. A bit of inspo for you all hahaha.

So I left the mask on for about 20 minutes as my skin is quite sensitive and it was the first time using it so I didn't know what it was going to react like. I then washed it off with warm water and a flannel just to make sure I removed all of it. 

So what are my thoughts about the face mask? 

I think it was really easy to use and apply, and it just dries up like most face masks so yeah I really found the application easy and not to messy considering it's a powder. I only left it on for 20 minutes because that's when I felt my skin starting to get irritated and itchy, I'm not going to complain about this though as it does warn you on the tub about sensitive skin, so I recommend if you do have sensitive skin like me, wash it off after ten minutes and I have learnt that for the second time I use it to. Once I washed it off at first my skin was abit dry (probably because of my sensitive skin and the amount of time I left it on) so I applied some moisturiser to my face, my skin looked a lot fresher after that but I didn't really notice that much of a difference. So I've left it a day and since using it I have noticed blemishes on my skin going, I also had dried up skin on my face from the cold weather which has gone, my skin feels a lot smoother now and my skin looks really clearer to. To be honest I wasn't really expecting much to happen after I washed it off and I just thought oh well, but I think I judged it ALOT as I woke up this morning and half the blemishes I have are going! I'm so happy with this product and I think I may be obsessed with it now. I also think I'm going to start applying it twice a week and do another post about it in a month to let you guys know how much my skin has cleared up. Overall I'm over the moon with this stuff.