REVIEW - Amie 'Morning Dew' Matte Finish Moisturiser

Using an average of 95% natural fruit and plant extracts, free from parabens, sulphates, GMOs and animal extracts, rejecting animal testing and perfectly fine for even vegans to use - Amie is certainly sat with the goody two shoes in the skincare class! Created specially for young, sensitive, unbalanced skin (just like mine), I was more than happy to try their 'Morning Dew' matte finish moisturiser on my combination skin...  

 The packaging is simple and to the point, the colour scheme and images look a touch more grown up than most teenage skincare lines. 
After washing, I'll apply 'Morning Dew' over my face and neck. Being oil free, 'Morning Dew' soaks in without leaving a greasy film behind or blocking pores. The scent is a bit soapy, but not strong enough to be off putting or linger on the skin.

  I find that after I've applied my make-up, my foundation stays matte for about two hours before oil starts to break through. For me, that's not bad going at all - if you have particularly oily skin though I doubt 'Morning Dew' would be particularly helpful in keeping it under control. However, if you have combination to normal skin, it's a nice, light everyday moisturiser.
All in all, a pleasant moisturiser which the majority of folk would quite enjoy! Available from Waitrose, John Lewis and a variety of online stores. RRP £4.95 (bargain alert!)
What's your favourite daily moisturiser? Favourite Amie product?  

* Product received for review consideration. All opinions 100% my own and 100% honest - as always! *

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REVIEW - Mini Naked 'My First Butter'

After whining endlessly about Naked discontinuing the most amazing body lotion ever, I accepted my loss (just about) and went on looking for a replacement. Nothing compared. Nothing. Not even Naked's regular body butters! So when Naked offered something they thought *might* compare from their Mini Naked range to try, I was rather curious...

Mini Naked is a range designed to take care of babies delicate skin, so Naked only use gentle, essential ingredients. My First Butter uses shea butter and coconut oil for lashings of moisturizing goodness, lavender oil and aloe leaf juice to soothe and various other things I can neither read nor pronounce to fill in the gaps.

Applied generously each day after a bath or shower, you'll soon feel how beautifully soft your skin becomes. And the softness doesn't last just a few hours, it lasts all day! Perfect! The only flaws are that it smells like plasticine and I can't see this tube lasting long for a fully grown human bean, but for a baby bean, there's plenty.

So, if you're after something sulphate, paraben, petrochemical and silicone free, vegan, 97% natural, light and effective, Mini Naked 'My First Butter' is most likely just what you need. Available from Boots, Superdrug and online at £3.99 for 150ml of product.

Product provided for review purposes. All opinions 100% honest and 100% my own - as always!

REVIEW - EllaPure Wonder Wash

British, independent, products completely free from SLS, SLES and parabens, fresh, organic 'ingredients' from a sustainable source - EllaPure tick all the right boxes for me! When they contacted me to see if I was interested in reviewing their products, I was surprised I had not heard of them before - especially with how 'trendy' such companies have become in recent years.

[[ EllePure 'Wonder Wash' and lemon essential oil ]]

'Wonder Wash' is a thick, gel wash which can also be used as a body wash, bubble bath, shower gel or shampoo - talk about multi-tasking! It was designed as a 'base carrier' for essential oils, meaning that you add your chosen essential oil and 'Wonder Wash' will help it to evenly disperse through the water. I found it easy to combine the two and was delighted to find that the lemon essential oil smells of true, zesty, strong lemon. Nothing beats a citrusy body wash - so energizing and refreshing! Without the added essential oils, 'Wonder Wash' is entirely fragrance free.

Let's all just confess that by now we've all been conditioned to think that the more foam there is - the cleaner we are. I must admit that I was relieved when 'Wonder Wash' started to foam up a little, despite being SLS free. As a body wash it left me feeling clean and refreshed, without any oily residue or clammy feeling left on my skin. However, there were no moisturising benefits and my skin didn't feel smoother - the lemon smell washed away, too. As a basic body wash, 'Wonder Wash' was fine but lacked that 'Wow' factor which would make me purchase it in future. 

As a shampoo though, I really enjoyed EllaPure's 'Wonder Wash'! Lathered up a little, spread well through my incredibly thick hair, left it squeaky clean, there was no left over residue and didn't agitate my scalp. Not bad at all! It also worked well paired with my usual conditioner.

Priced at £9.50 for 250ml of 'Wonder Wash', it's quite economical since it could save you from buying shower gel, shampoo, bubble bath and hand wash. I imagine those without much storage space in their bathroom would love this multi-tasker! Larger 1ltr bottles are priced at £22. Essential oils cost between £5 - £50 for 5ml of product. Available from the EllaPure website.

Product provided by EllaPure's PR team.

* The company is called EllaPure - I was sent old stock before the name change, hence 'EllePure' on the labels.