BEAUTY: SIMPLE VITAL VITAMIN DAY CREAM MOISTURISER

For those of you who know me (and are familiar with my skincare collection), you'll know that I am obsessed with Simple Skincare. I've got facial wipes, exfoliating wipes, face wash, brightening cream and facial wash gel, but my favourite of the bunch at the moment is the Simple Vital Vitamin Day Cream. This one is my third pot and I am completely in love.

Regular readers of this blog will know that I have really sensitive skin (I have rosacea) and there was a time that I was told by doctors to use aqueous cream only and nothing else - no makeup or anything - for two weeks. The aqueous cream helped a bunch but after 6 months or so of using it I wanted to move back on to 'normal' moisturiser. I knew I couldn't go back to the one I was using before as I'm pretty sure it wasn't helping my skin at all, if not making it worse. I chose Simple because I knew the brand was known for sensitive skin and knew that the moisturiser would contain very little ingredients that may harm my skin. So I gave it a go and 3 pots later, here we are.

THE GOOD BITS.
One of the main things I love about this cream is the texture. I know it sounds cliché - and doesn't really give any information about it at all - but it's not too thick nor too thin. Basically, it's not thick enough to make my face feel heavy and clogged up, but it's not that thin that it feels like I have nothing on there. It dries pretty quickly but does leave moisture to the skin for quite some time. I don't have particularly greasy skin - I mean, it has it's days but usually it's not too bad - and this moisturiser doesn't make me look greasy, but that's probably to do with it drying quite quickly.

You can tell how innocent and simple the cream is just by the smell alone. There's no fake, perfume-y smell or flowery scent, but at times it can smell quite 'clinical', however I think that is mostly when it's in the tub. When I'm applying it to my face, it usually smells quite fresh and natural.

THE BAD BITS.
The only thing that I'm not over the mood with is how small the pot is. When you get the pot out of the box, it seems quite big but when you take the lid off you can see that it's not as big as it seems - but I guess most moisturisers are the same. I've noticed that it takes me just under 3 months to use each tub - I admit, it's not that bad, but I had to think of something negative and if I could change anything, it would be the size of the pot!

Make sure you let me know what your opinions are of this cream. Also let me know what moisturisers you use!

My skincare favourites

Recently, piles of work and visits home have meant that I've really neglected my skin quite a bit and I can't remember the last time I moisturised! So I've decided to give my skin a bit of TLC tonight and get my skin routine back to normal! So while we're on the subject, here's a few of my favourite skin care products of all time.

Soap & Glory's Heel Genius: I have posted about this one recently I have a lot of love for this foot cream. It gives moisture and repairs cracked and damaged skin, as well as drying quickly. For best results, I put this on just before I go bed and put some cotton socks on (which are normally taken off half way through the night) for noticeably soft feet in the morning.

LUSH's Grease Lightning: Another brilliant product that actually works (most of the time). I have noticed recently how some spots just don't budge with this, however all the others are gone in a flash.

The Body Shop Mango Body Butter: My favourite moisturiser of all time! It's mostly for the winter/colder days as it's quite thick and not really something I can handle throughout the summer. The smell is irresistible and gives moisture for days.

Simple Vital Vitamin Day Cream: I have had a lot of problems in the past with my skin and I was told to use aqueous cream by the doctor. After months of using it (and repairing my skin) I wanted to use a 'normal' moisturiser and wanted to get one that will be the kindest to my sensitive skin. I am a massive Simple Skincare fan and this moisturiser has done everything I wanted it to and so far has been kind to skin.

L'Occitane Hand Cream: I've never been a big hand cream fan but since the cold weather and hard working days, my hands become cracked and dry quite easily and this beautiful vanilla smelling cream does wonders for my damaged hands.

Soap & Glory's The Scrub Of Your Life: Like most other S&G products, this exfoliating shower gel does exactly what it says on the tin (bottle) and removes any dead skin and leaves the rest of my skin feeling soft and smooth for days. The smell is gorgeous and unlike some others, the 'bits' in the gel washed off easily.

The Body Shop Overnight Serum-In-Oil: Another one of my all-time favourite beauty products. A brilliant overnight serum that works wonders while you sleep. It replenishes my skin and makes my skin have a certain glow that I love. It kills dry skin and enhance moisture.

THE BODY SHOP MANGO BODY BUTTER | PRODUCT REVIEW

It's no secret that I am completely and utterly in love with The Body Shop and their Mango body butter was the first product I bought from there and three years later it's still high on my shopping list. There was so many to choose from and I have tried plenty (the Christmas vanilla was too die for!) but as soon as I took a whiff of this one I was convinced.

This is made with mango seed oil which makes the fragrance very strong and smells heavily on mangos (well, durr). But the 'butter' element in this body butter can be smelt too as the fragrance is completed with a nice creamy smell. And it lasts for hours - I can apply it in the morning and by night time I can still smell it on my skin. But don't get me wrong, it's not overwhelming at all. The smell compliments the thick yet creamy texture of the body butter very well. And you might think that I'm talking a bit too much about the smell of the product instead of what the product actually does, but the reason why is the fragrance is 100% the reason why I bought this product and for me personally, it makes moisturising that little bit more enjoyable. Can you tell that I like the smell of this product?

Well enough about that and let's get on with it, shall we? The body butter itself it very thick and immediately after looking at the silky moisturiser I could tell that this was going to do the job. With this a little bit goes a long way because it is so thick. I scoop a bit with my finger and that'll do for the bottom part of my leg, including my feet and knees!

This is one of my most re-bought items just because the end result is like something I've never experienced before. Other moisturisers do the job, they moisturise. But The Body Shop's body butters moisturise, they replenish, they make the skin literally silky smooth and they smell damn good (sorry, back on that topic again).

And it does exactly what it says on the tin: "24 hour hydration for very dry skin". Now my arms and legs aren't the driest (they can have their days though, believe me!) but even at their driest days the hydration and moisture stays all day. I'm more of a fan of moisturising at night rather than in the day (just simply for the reason that when I moisturise in the morning, it's hard to put any clothes on because the textures sliding on each other don't react well) but when I wake up in the mornings I still feel that my legs are moisturised.

As you can probably tell I am completely in love with this product and want to try the strawberry one next as I smelt it in store and it smelt like Hubba Bubba! I brought chocolate the other day though so I'll let you know how I get on with that one! But no matter how much the strawberry and chocolate take my fancy, nothing will compare to my first love: mango.

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