2014 Beauty Favourites

First of all Happy New Year everyone!! Hope you all had a very nice holiday and are recovering from all the food. So I'm here to tell you all of my favs from 2014 ( I'm sorry I'm kinda late on this) .This year has really flown by! I had to narrow this down since there was a flood of products. So anyway let's get started.....( This is gonna be a long one).

Skincare 

Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water

This was the year I discovered this amazing product. Now this is a miracle worker for taking off your makeup. It just swipes it off with no tugging or any pressure. It also comes in a very big bottle so it lasts you a while. Since I love it so much  I've repurchased it over and over.

Simple Deep Cleansing Face Mask

This mask is the perfect mask. It's perfect for a weekly mask when your not wanting anything too heavy and stripping. It's not targeted for acne, tightening or anything like that, so it's great for just deep cleaning and taking of the dead cells making your skin really soft and refreshed.

Simple Rapid Action Spot Zapper

I loved to keep beside my bed so that before I went to bed I could just apply it to any of my blemishes.  I discovered this early this year and I am still using it. It's great for reducing redness and the size. The spot zapper contains zinc and chamomile which makes it very calming and soothing. It also had a rollerball at the top which makes it very easy to apply and very cooling.

Body Care

Lush Rose Jam Shower Gel

This I cannot describe in words. The smell is incredible. It's smells of roses but it's diffrent. The rose jam scent is very warm and deep. The thing I love about this is that when your in the shower you can actually smell it, because I find often with scented shower gels they almost disappear, you just can't smell them at all in the shower. And when you get out of the shower, it lingers on your skin which I find amazing. Unfortunately it's limited edition so it only comes out in Winter, so I always stock up on the big bottles!It is pretty pricey but to me it really is worth it!

The Body Shop Vineyard Peach Body Butter

You've all heard me talk about this, so I won't make this too long. This literally smells of fresh peaches! It really cannot get better. It's super moisturising and makes your skin silky smooth and very soft. I did use this more during the spring and summer but I still used it this winter because it really reminds me of summer! Someone told me that they are discontinuing this scent which I'm not sure about,so if you know please tell me!

Hair Care

Well Luxe Oil

This first of all smells of vanilla which is amazing! (Can you tell I love my scents) I like to apply this to my hair once I get out of the shower and leave it to soak in for a couple mins before I blow dry my hair. It makes your hair so soft and silky and it takes the frizz. Really is a great product but it is in the more expensive side.

Herbal Essences Bee Strong Leave-in Conditioner

This leave in conditioner has changed my hair. It's great at strengthening and detangling the hair. I also like to apply this to dry hair when I feel like my ends are getting dry or slightly frizzy and it just makes my hair look smooth and silky. It's also very affordable which makes it even better.

Makeup

Maybelline dream lumi touch highliting concealer- nude

I like to use this concealer for when I feel I have dark circles under my eyes. This just brightens them , making me look more awake and fresh. I also like to use this as a general highliter on the bridge of my nose or any other places for highliting. I discovered this product this year so I thought this was a must for my 2014 favs.

Mac Peachykeen Blush

This is the most perfect blush ever. It's a gorgeous pinky,peach shade and It has just enough shimmer to highlight the cheeks. It gives a very natural, glowy look without it beinging really glittery like a disco ball.

NYC Smooth Skin Bronzing Powder

I'm sure everyone knows about this. This is just a classic,well known bronzer. It's a really great Matt bronzer that I have been using all year round. And must I just say that this is around £1.99 which is just incredible! It lasts on the skin, gives a nice summer glow all year round and just looks amazing.

NYX Nude on Nude Pallete

This has become a staple in my makeup from 2014. It comes with 9 small shadows and 2 lip shades. The shadows are perfection! Their soooo smooth and silky and theirs a selection of matts, shimmers, sheens.Its a gorgeous natural bronzy, pinky Pallete. I don't use the lip products as much but they are still very nice. It's also very compact so it great for traveling or on the go.

Rimell Wonder'full mascara

First of all this attracted me because it said it had Argan oil inside, and knowing me anything with Argan oil gets me excited. When I heard it had just came out I literally ran straight to superdrug and bought it. I thought if it has Argan oil, not only will it make my lashes nice with mascara but it will make my lashes nice without mascara ( although I do have naturally very long lashes) because it will nourish them. Well now straight to the point... I love this mascara  and I think it really does volumize and lengthen your lashes. Definitely recommend it but unfortunately I haven't seen much of a diffrence to my lashes without mascara.

Model co Ultra Shine Lip Gloss- strip tease

This has been my staple this year. I didn't really have a lipstick to show since I'm always changing it up but this lipgloss has been my life in 2014. First of all it smells amazing like strawberries or something and secondly the colour and texture is beautiful. The colour is a gorgeous peachy,nude that has a tiny bit of silver shimmer. The texture is nice and smooth and the actual tube ( whatever it's called)comes with a mirror on the side thats very useful.

So I think those are all of my favs from 2014,hopefully I haven't missed anything out! Hope you all are having a wonderful 2015 so far and are enjoying what's left of the winter. Please tell me down below your favs and any suggestion for future blogposts!

Love AlexJoy xx