Ok, so it’s been a while since I shared my skincare routine, I share alot of products I use on social media and from that comes alot of questions so I thought I would share with you today what products I use in my oily skincare routine and talk about what they do and how they have performed for my oily skin.

I think when I was younger, I just accepted that I had oily skin and used everything I could to mattify my skin without really thinking about how dry I was making it. Basically that didn’t matter as long as my skin wasn’t oily. As I have gotten older, I have realised that I have to add moisture and oil to my skin. My skincare routine now has a good mix of products to help with the oil and also products which hydrate.

So as a starting point, there is an amazing app on my phone called Skincare Routine – this is it on the Google Play store – that has helped me so much. You can add any Deciem product and also add your own custom products. It does warn you if things clash and if you are using too many serums etc. It also layers your steps and products in the recommended order for you to make things a bit easier.

So I’m going to talk about each product I use, when I use it and also talk a little bit about what it does.

Cleanser

Carbon Theory Cleansing Bar – I use this every morning to clean and refresh my skin, it’s a bar of soap which you lather up and it leaves my skin feeling lovely and fresh for the day. The only thing that’s annoying me about this product is that at the moment they are wrapping it in plastic packaging again due to Covid-19, so I’m hoping the paper packaging is back by the time I need some more.

Simple Oil Cleanser – I use this to remove my makeup and in the first step of my PM double cleanse. It’s a really affordable and nice choice for a makeup remover.

G9 Skin White In Milk Whipping foam –  I use this cleanser every night after as the second step in my double cleanse. It smells lovely! It leaves my skin feeling extra clean after my oil cleanse.

Toner

I currently have three different toners in my routine.

Holika Holika AC Mild Clear Toner –  This is my morning toner. I use it every morning after cleansing and before anything else. I like the smell and it leaves my skin feeling matt which is a must in the morning before makeup. I find this one a little too drying to use on an evening.

Happy hump day everyone! I thought today I would share a little lighthearted post documenting things all Mums do daily!

Inspired by a TikTok I made on Yorkshire day, in which I shared 3 things that all Mums from Yorkshire say to their kids, I had a little think and came up with this post. I tried to think about what I do daily and then created this list of 10 things all Mums do daily, so I hope you enjoy it!

1. Sigh

Whether it be because my kids are kicking off again or I have walked past that pile of neatly folded washing I put at the bottom of the stairs for the 34543th time today, I sigh, ALL THE TIME and other Mums do too.

2. Lie

Ok, so I don’t lie about anything too serious, but when my kids are like “Mum, do you like my picture of you?” I have to say ” oh, darling that is amazing, you have really captured my essence ……….” Just like when we lie about the Tooth Fairy and Santa really 🙂

3. Write lists

Shopping lists, cleaning lists, to do lists, a list of lists I need to write? If it can be written down in bullet points or a numbered list, I do it. It makes me feel organised when I really am just winging it

4. Speak to our own Mums

Since Arthur was born in 2018, I’ve always been looking for ways to reduce the waste we produce as a family. We use cloth nappies and I try to limit the amount of single use plastic we buy or find ways to reuse if this is unavoidable. When we had Arthur, we chose not to buy him any plastic toys anything we have bought ourselves has been wooden. I was thinking the other week about all the toys that Arthur has had handed down to him and how amazing it is as an idea to reduce plastic waste. Toys can last a lifetime, so this week I am sharing his favourite toys and the stories behind where they came from!

Stuffed toys

Arthur has ALOT of stuffed toys. Most of which came from Maisie but there are a few that have more sentiment.

The brown bear was James’ which he passed onto Maisie and she has now given it to Arthur. The little chick and the Fimble were passed on from my youngest brother to Maisie and then given to Arthur.

My Mum recently brought all of our old TY beanies for Maisie too as well as our collections of McDonalds Wombles and Mr Men/Little Miss

Plastic Toys

So as I said we do not really buy plastic toys for Arthur, but we did for Maisie. So naturally when we were clearing her room before moving house last year, we found some things which she happily passed on to Arthur.