Delph Sun Care Products

We all know how important it is to ensure our skin is protected is the sunshine, particularly with this heat and yes we all want to have lovely golden skin that makes us look and feel healthy.

Delph have recently launched their sun care range which comes in these sleek squeezy 150ml tubes, making them perfect for popping into your handbag or beach bag without taking up too much space. The range claims to offer "no-compromise sun protection at a fraction of a designer range cost"

I was very kindly sent two of the products from the range.  The Delph SPF50 lotion which comes packaged in a bright yellow tube with an orange flip-top lid, making it really easy to recognise.  The lotion inside the tube is bright white in colour and is not only water resistant, it has not been tested on animals but is dermalogically tested.

One thing I dislike about conventional sun creams is the scent, I don't know what it is about them, but I just don't like it.  Now I know you should never judge a book by its cover (but I do) and when I saw the price of this cream, I was filled with dread, assuming it would have 'that smell'.  Surprisingly there was no horrible smell, in its place is a sort of lemony fragrance which lingers quite nicely on the skin.

Finding an aftersun which is soothing and again cools the skin is something I am always looking for and this Delph option is actually fantastic, especially if it comes from the fridge! Housed inside a clear see though tube with a blue flip top, you can see the green gel inside. Filled with Aloe Vera and Vitamin E, this gel is so refreshing and lightweight it absorbs itself quickly into the skin, cooling as it goes.

Available from independent pharmacies you will find:

• SPF 15 Lotion 150ml £3.49
• SPF 30 Lotion 150ml £4.49
• SPF 50 Lotion 150ml £4.99
• After Sun Lotion 150ml £1.49
• After Sun Gel With Aloe Vera & Vitamin E £1.49

Which sun care do you use? What do you look for in a sun cream?

BGO brings a touch of Vegas to London

Towards the end of June, Beautykinguk and I was invited to an event called the #bgomeetup in the heart of King’s Cross. The very mention of bloggers, roulette, blackjack not forgetting pizza and alcohol was all it took for me to accept the invitation, thanks James and Joe Blogs Network.

The night started brilliantly, being handed some fake money to play on either the Blackjack or the Roulette tables in an attempt to ‘Beat the Boss’ - a life-sized cut out of Austin Powers star Verne Troyer. Keith, our wonderful professional croupier, soon got a griup of us together to test our knowledge (or lack of) of poker and tried to teach us a few tricks of the trade before we started to use our own fake money we had been given upon entry.

The idea of the evening being to raise money for WWF (World Wildlife Foundation) and in doing so there would be two prizes on offer - one for the person with the most chips at the end of the evening and the other for the best selfie with Verne.

Now we (Steve and I) didn't have a hope in hell when it comes to the chips, a few glasses of prosecco the chips disappeared but I had one trick up my sleeve, knowing my beloved had drunk a fair bit of prosecco, I could talk him into posing with Verne, assuming we could track him down from the ladies loo where some bloggers had taken him for a selfie (the mind boggles). Once we had secured Verne, this happened:

         

Yes Steve managed to win the selfie competition by turning into his Alta-ego Lizard King and won a Magic Eight Ball which is how we now make any decision we can neither agree on and a bottle of prosecco.

Thank you Joe Blogs Network and BGO - it was a great night, we met some wonderful people and most of all we raised some much needed money for the WWF.

Too Faced New launches and a few choktails!

When someone says make-up, chocolate and cocktails all in one sentence, it is pretty exciting! Well when Too Faced Cosmetics and Wizard Publicity invited me and a few other Beauty Bloggers along to their Chocktails Mixology Masterclass at the Mixology Studios in Shoreditch last week, I was a little more than excited.

The TOO FACED CHOCKTAIL masterclass was such good fun, honestly, getting to mix your own cocktails was such a laugh and whilst I might not be the next Tom Cruise, I can now make something other than a Vodka and coke! So at the class, we were taught how to mix some amazing cocktails with a bit of something different - each one had a chocolate theme, such as chilli chocolate Martini and I am sure you can imagine a few cocktails in, a bit of drinking and the phrase "salty rim" brought about a lot of cackling.

So in our teams of 3 or 4, mine included the fabulous Grace from Allthatslap, Kat from Tales of a Pale Face and Annie from EpiphannieA after making 4 cocktails under guidance, we were let loose, as part of a competition to create our own cocktail, from scratch - Too Faced Chocolate Orange was born and whilst we didn't win, it actually tasted really nice and I think we were robbed! That said it was good fun.

The aim of the evening was to celebrate the Chocolate Bar & Better Than Sex Mascara plus an exclusive preview of the Fall Collection which launches in mid-August and I can honestly say not only does the collection look amazing, just wait until you smell it, wow!  I shall spoil the surprise with nothing further than that!

The goody bag we received was out of this world, I mean totally and utterly amazing and as you can see from the pictures below, I have a lot of new make-up to play with and share with you over a few reviews that are on their way.

Thank you Too Faced and the lovely Wizard Publicity girls, I hope your heads were not too sore the following day!

Have you ever tried any Too Faced make-up? 

Do you have a favourite product?

Max Factor Facefinity All Day Primer SPF20

I am quite into using Primers at the minute, I have 4 or 5 different ones which I like to change about and the one I am currently really loving is the Max Factor Face Finity All Day Primer which has SPF20. As an item I got in my Glossybox, it has been brilliant testing it out and I have found myself reaching for it more and more, especially in this heat. If I am going to go to the effort to apply make-up then I want it to last as long as possible and not simply slide off my face, and with an SPF20, it is an added bonus that alongside my face cream which also has an SPF20, I have an extra little something.

Described as follows:

"This primer has micro correctors that work to absorb sweat and extend the wear of your favourite foundation for an all-day flawless finish".

The primer is packaged inside this glass bottle which for me add a little bit of luxury because it isn't in a tube that I have to squeeze and it does have a pump action dispenser, which means not only can I control how much I want to use rather than it squirting everywhere and wasting it.

The primer, as you can see is a brilliant white colour, it looks quite thick when you first pump some out onto your hand, but as soon as you apply it to your skin, whether you use a brush or your fingertips, I opt for the latter, it becomes quite lightweight and immediately absorbs itself into the skin. I expect it to take quite a bit of time to sink in, like similar products do. Once it has disappeared there is no trace on your skin, you are left with soft smooth skin and it has no scent to it, which I quite like. It disappears and leaves applying your make-up an absolute dream. It is also mattifying, so if like me you have oily combination skin, you don't have to worry too much about those pesky shine spots appearing mid-afternoon, because they don't seem too with this primer.

I am a huge fan of this primer, I like how it makes my skin feel once it has been applied, it keeps my foundation on all day without feeling the need to re-apply whether I am using fluid or powder foundation and sometime both, it keeps my shine at bay, even in this heat and it is unscented which I prefer.

Max Factor Facefinity All Day Primer £10.99 / 30ml 

Have you tried this Primer from Max Factor?  Do you have a favourite Primer?