Beauty & skincare favourites
Recently, we've been keeping our routines really simple to combat our problematic skin. The Liz Earle cleanse & polish is one of our greatest skincare discoveries yet, it's kind to skin and gentle ingredients really make it a pleasure to use, especially after wearing full face of makeup. It leaves our skin feeling so soft and is a great product to use before bed as the fragrance is really calming. The Nivea sensitive micellar water is a staple in our skincare routine because it's so easy and quick to use, it doesn't irritate our eyes and a little goes a long way. The Good things - Five minute facial mask in avocado and Goji Berry is our new discovery this month. This clay mask smells amazing, the consistency is not too thick and it leaves our skin looking brighter, what's not to love?
As far as beauty products go, the Urban Decay all nighter foundation paired with collection's lasting perfection concealer have been a firm favourites for long wearing results and a full coverage. These two products are a match made in heaven, as long as you can find a collection concealer in the shade that you need (It is almost always sold out.) Rimmel's Brow this way tinted eyebrow gel has been a staple in our makeup bags and works really well with benefit's gimme brow, which has a slightly smaller more precise wand. As always L'oreal's million excess mascara remains a firm favourite as it leaves you with long separated lashes with heaps of volume, in all honesty we'd be lost without this product! L'oreal's lipstick range is one of our favourites, not only is the packaging beautiful, the nude lipstick by Eva Longoria is the perfect day to night shade. Our favourite fragrance at the moment is oriental by Zara. The scent has notes of caramel and vanilla which makes it sweet while still having a woody and sophisticated feel to it.
Film favourites
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1. Hidden Figures was eye opening, sometimes shocking but mostly just incredibly uplifting. The biographical drama told the stories of 3 women who not only worked for NASA during John Glenn's space flight back in 1962, they also challenged perceptions, made their voices heard and most importantly used their intelligence to reach their goals. Octavia Spencer, Taraji P. Henson and Janelle Monae played such strong and feisty women, it was truly inspirational.
2. Hacksaw Ridge told the unbelievable true story of a conscientious objector and soldier who saved 75 men during World War two. Desmond Doss' story is so incredible because he experienced so much backlash for not wanting to hold a gun or kill any man on the battlefield yet he was able to evacuate the majority of men on enemy lines all while repeating the harrowing words "Lord please, help me get one more." Although Hacksaw Ridge is filled with action packed, bloody scenes on the battlefield the film itself is so emotional and humbling to watch.
3. Lion tells the true story of a young boy named Saroo who gets lost on a train, separated from his mother and siblings, and is eventually adopted by a kind Australian couple. Years later Saroo decides he needs to go home and find his real family and the story of rediscovery begins. Dev Patel and little Sunny Pawar are both superb actors and overall Lion was heartfelt and an emotional roller coaster.
Random favourites
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1. At the beginning of February we fulfilled our younger selves dream of going to see Busted in concert on their Night Driver tour. We were of the generation who grew up obsessed with Charlie, his eyebrows (and of course Matt and James too) so when they broke up way back in 2005, before we had the chance to go see them live, we were truly gutted. We had the best time ever singing along to all the classics from Air Hostess to the absolute tunes that are 3am and Who's David. It was also a chance for us to reunite and spend some quality sister time, which is always a favourite.
2. A fashion favourite this month has to be these candy floss pink trainers from H&M. Not only do they brighten up a dull winter's day outfit now, we can defiantly see these transitioning seamlessly into spring. February has been all about chunky jumpers and layers so we're more than excited to start dressing for spring. After browsing Pinterest for inspiration we're thinking Gingham, Yellow and probably some florals (visualise Miranda Priestly's "Floral's for spring... groundbreaking.")
3. Lastly we are completely and unashamedly obsessed with interior design this month. Home sense has absolutely been the go-to place for gathering ideas and inspiration and to this day we still can't stop thinking about the suede mustard arm chair pictured above.
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