#SBBC Day Four: My Favourite Hand Cream- Vichy Nutri Extra

I'm a nightmare with handcream, half the time forgetting to use any. Saying this over the last few months, I have been trying so hard to use it at least once a day. Over the years, I have tried many handcreams ranging from budget beauties to highend lovelies. A lot of the time, I find them too greasy or they take too long to soak in.

 When I decided to try improve my use of hand creams, I browsed the selection in work and settled on  Vichy Nutri Extra. There was a couple of reasons for this mainly I pretty much like anything Vichy and I had read some rave reviews.

 This cream is lovely. Firstly there is a gorgeous scent but not too over powering. I find I only need a tiny amount of it to moisturise both hands. It sinks in quickly and I'm not left with that greasy feeling that I hate. After about a week, I noticed all the dry patches on my hands were gone and they just looked much healthier. The price is also really reasonable at €4.95

 If you are looking for a new hand cream, I would definitely say give this a try

What is your favourite hand cream?



#SBBC Day Three: My Most Sentimental Item

The choice of topics today for #SBBC was What You Bring When Travelling or a Sentimental Item. Having already posts similar travel related beauties, I decided to share my most sentimental item with you.

 

This ring was my Granny's, a ring she left for me in her will. The story behind this ring is so sweet. When my grandparents got engaged back in the day, my granddad couldn't afford an engagement ring. As time went on, my granny didn't ask him to get her one. Cut to almost 50 years later and he arranged with my dad to get her one as a surprise present. 

  

My granny loved the surprise and for the remaining years of her life, she never took it off. When she discovered my dad had helped, she told him and my mum that when the time came she wanted me to have the ring.

 I never knew any of this and when all the legal smegal stuff was sorted out, I was given the ring. I'll never forget the day, I was about 6 months pregnant, full of enough emotions and hormones that I burst into tears. Yellow gold isn't really my thing but because it was hers, I wear it everyday. When my fingers were are swollen thanks to the little man, I wore it around my neck. This ring means everything to me.

Have you got a sentimental item that you would never part with?



#SBBC Day Two: My Favourite Eyeshadow Palette

I am a big fan of Eyeshadow Palettes. I find them really handy for both at home and travelling. There is a great choice of colours and they don't take up loads of room like having lots of single shadows. I have a pretty good selection of palettes but one I always return to is Makeup Academy Undressed, the renowned dupe of Urban Decay Naked Palette.

I first bought this beauty on my U.K holiday last year and fell hook line and sinker for it. There was a good selection of neutral colours along with darker colours ideal for both day and night. This first palette lasted me ages, almost a year in fact. Until one day, it met with the little man and ended up smashed on the floor. I was gutted and ordered another one straight away on the MUA website

*I'm currently sans Undressed palette because it broke on my way home from a weekend away, I keep meaning to repurchase but every time I think of it, the palette is sold out on the website.*

On the whole the pigmentation is pretty good for a budget palette, the only colour I have issue with is the gold on the top row as it takes a good few layers to get any decent colour on the eyelids.

This palette is extremely affordable coming in around the €5 mark on the website. It is definitely my go to palette.

Have you tried Undressed or any other of the M.U.A palettes?



#SBBC Day One: September Beauty Blog Challenge

I've wanted to do a beauty blog challenge for ages, I thought my time had finally come when I heard the lovely Girl Friday was hosting a June challenge. Unfortunately, thanks to the lack of a laptop, I had to sit out on that one. Then while chatting to Girl Friday, I was told about a September Beauty Blog Challenge and hopped on board.

The challenge features a range of topics both Beauty and Lifestyle so I am aiming for having a mixture of both as some of the lifestyle posts are right up my street.

There are lots of lovely bloggers taking part in the challenge so if you fancy a read of there posts follow the #SBBC tag on Twitter.