Review: Boots - Tea Tree & Witch Hazel Foaming Face Wash

A couple of months ago when I was heading away for the weekend, I forgot to pack my cleanser. Well, actually, I can’t remember if I forgot to pack my cleanser or whether it just wouldn't fit into my tiny weekend bag so I figured I’d just get a new one.... Anyway, I ended up popping into Boots to find a suitable replacement. The cheapest and most decent looking product I could find was the Boots Tea Tree & Witch Hazel Foaming Face Wash. I have quite sensitive skin and I figured that tea tree was a safe bet as it was only for 2 days anyway then I could go back to my usual cleanser.

This product claims to deeply cleanse and refresh to leave skin clear and healthy. Tea tree oil is known for being anti-bacterial whilst Witch Hazel keeps your skin clear and is a product used widely in spot treatment gels.

I have to admit that as a quick purchase for the weekend, I didn't have high hopes for this especially as I'd not even heard of this range prior to picking this up.

First of all, although this product is a tinted liquid inside the bottle, it actually foams up as you press the pump! I’ve never seen a product like this before. When I read that it was a “foaming” face wash, I assumed it would foam up as I rubbed it between my hands, I had no idea that it foams itself. Little things like that really amuse me! You only need to press the pump twice for one cleanse.

It was so gentle on my super sensitive skin and left it feeling clean and refreshed. The scent is quite light and doesn’t feel overpowering when it’s on my face. As it’s a foam wash, it also washes off very easily too and you don’t have to worry about residue on your face. I’m sure a lot of you have had incidents where the bathroom floor gets soaked from trying to splash your face wash or cleanser off. For that reason, I currently use this as my night-time face wash to leave my skin clean and calm before bed. It's also non-drying and doesn't leave my skin feeling tight and uncomfortable.

Once my day-time cleanser runs out, I might consider using this for both day and night as I love it so much. At £3.59 for a 150ml bottle, this is a very affordable purchase. I definitely need to check out the rest of the Boots Tea Tree & Witch Hazel range.

Have you tried any of the Tea Tree & Witch Hazel products from Boots?

ASOS Lust List #1

All images on collage from ASOS

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A couple of years ago, I wouldn't even have bothered to look at the ASOS website but nowadays I find so much stuff that I love on there. I previously did a summer lust list but I've since found so much stuff I want from ASOS and no doubt that I'll find so much more in the future!

I'm someone who dislikes wearing jeans as it is because I don't like the feeling of denim on my skin. Anyone else feel like that? So when the slightest bit of warmth hits me, denim is completely not an option as it feels even worse! When I'm not in a skirt, I love wearing leggings as they're great when paired with tunics/long tops. I came across some pretty dresses too which I thought would also look great.

I'm also in the midst of creating my very own capsule wardrobe at the moment and it's lacking dresses hence why I definitely need to add 1 or 2 of these to my wardrobe.

What do you think of these tunics and dresses?

Thai Custard Sandwich Cake

Oh yes, baking baking baking! I really need to get back into the swing of things again as I've missed baking so much, I've hardly baked these past few months. 

I guess a lot of you may be wondering what exactly is sandwiched between this cake. A couple of months ago, I came across this yummy green stuff called thai custard. It's very similar in texture to normal custard as we know it, but it contains coconut milk rather than dairy milk. I love the taste of coconut and I think it adds a lovely fragrant taste to most foods. This particular thai custard is a pandan version and it tastes delicious. I knew straight away that it had to go into/onto/between some cake. I could have easily just eaten the custard straight from the bowl!

As it's so fragrant by itself, I made a simple Victoria sandwich sponge and filled the middle with the custard. I then dusted it off with some icing sugar. Clearly, I really need to work on that as I ended up pouring way too much on some parts of the cake rather than dusting it evenly. It was so delicious though and I'll definitely be making this again very soon.

Hope you've all had a great weekend!

Cute Paper Goods

When I walk into a shop and see something cute, I immediately want it with little regard for what I'm actually going to do with it. The same goes for stationery, I will happily hoard loads of notebooks and pens just because there may be a day that comes when the world runs out.... Need to keep a back-up supply, right?

So when I was contacted by Cute Paper Goods to review their adorable stationery, I was more than happy to oblige. Cute Paper Goods are a UK-based business selling a wide range of stationery including pens, notebooks, and bookmarks. Best of all, it's all cute! I was really excited to hear that they were starting up because whilst there are other similar websites out there, they tend to be based outside of the UK. I'm generally not a fan of purchasing things from abroad unless I know a lot about the company, so it's perfect that we now have our very own cute stationery business in the UK!

I was sent a wonderful selection of products and it's probably one of the most exciting parcels I've opened for quite a while.

Animal Mini Sticky Notes* - £2.50

I was really pleased to see these in the package as they're so much better than standard plain sticky notes. I've been using these in my notebooks and also in my non-fiction books to keep tabs on some of the useful pages. The panda one is my favourite.

Handy Smiley Purse* - £3.00

Smile! What a cute coin purse! I'm not a fan of anything too bulky and I occasionally pop out of the house with a tiny little bag so this is ideal as it's so small. 

Fluffy Pets Mini Notebook* - £2.00

As I've already mentioned, I love notebooks so much. I like being able to jot things down quickly when something comes to mind. I know that you can use your phone to take notes too but I much prefer pen to paper. I used to take notes on the text messages section of my phone but I would always end up deleting them by accident. Should have used the notes section, right?

Character Clip Ballpoint Pen* - £1.50
Ice Cream Face Ballpoint Pen* - £1.50

Rilakkuma Style Gel Pen* - £1.50

You wouldn't believe the amount of pens I currently own but I'm more than happy to add these to my pen pot. The gel pen is my favourite as it's quite fine but writes with such fluidity. It's been my go-to pen for jotting down blog post ideas and writing down things to do.

Will you be checking out Cute Paper Goods?