Award Winning Facial Serum

Since graduating from University back in 2010, I have been lucky enough to get to work alongside a number of beauty editors and directors from magazines such as Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. This exposed me to a large number of products that I'd never heard of before and Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex was just one of them.

This innovative product is sworn by beauty directors all around the world and has won many awards throughout the years, including Cosmopolitan Beauty and Fragrance Awards 2012 - Best Age Defying Serum, InStyle Award Winner 2011 and Stylist Skincare Awards 2011 Winner.

Estée Lauder's Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex is a facial serum designed to reduce the visible signs of ageing, whilst protecting the skin from any future damage. It also hydrates and smooths out uneven skin tone.

Of course, as the beauty addict I am, I had to try it out for myself. In order to apply the serum, squeeze 4-5 drops into the palm of your hand using the pipette provided, then smooth onto face and neck before your nightly moisturiser.

After using it, I found that my skin was extremely hydrated and left feeling smooth, soft and generally looking much healthier.

On the other hand, I did find that Clinique's Even Better Clinical Dark Spot Corrector was a slightly better product for evening out skin tone and getting rid of dark spots and skin stresses. http://love-life-lipstick.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/disappearing-dark-marks.html

Having said that, I'm only in my twenties, so have fairly young skin (I usually get mistaken for being 5 years younger than I actually am!) Therefore, I'm only using it for preventative reasons at the moment.

Despite all this, it's a product that I will continuously use throughout my life, as it has been proven to work on skin as it ages. The results and popularity says it all; so I know I'll always make sure I have a bottle in the house!

Creme Eyeshadow Revolution

When I was younger and first started experimenting with makeup, I always used to love creme eyeshadow; it was fun, colourful and easy to apply.

However, I found that it never used to stay on my eyelid for very long. After a mere an hour, it would crease and move further and further up my eyelid, until it was nearer my eyebrow than my eyelashes.

As a result, as I got older, I moved onto powder eyeshadow, which I found far more effective and lasted much longer than creme eyeshadow.

That was until I discovered Estèe Lauder's Double Wear Stay-in-Place ShadowCreme. This product is revolutionary to the creme eyeshadows of the past and a must have for all the makeup fiends out there.

The ShadowCreme is guaranteed to last up to 15 hours and won't budge until you take it off with makeup remover.

It's also extremely easy to apply, all you need to do is sweep a layer of Shadowcreme across your eyelid, with your fingertips or shadow brush, (if you want a more dramatic look, do this a couple more times) and voilà! You now have stunning, flawless eyes that will last for hours!

Despite it being slightly pricey at £16.50 per pot, it's definitely worth every penny. Not only will the pot last a fair while, but it really does what it says on the tin...you won't be disappointed!

Tried and tested by me, this product is an amazing way to achieve stay perfect eye makeup for an entire day!