Origins x Madeleine Shaw Glow-Co-Nuts Mask!🥥

Surprise! Another Origins post! But when their new launches are so good how can you not expect me to write about them! The new Origins x Madeleine Shaw Glow-Co-Nuts Hydrating Coconut Moisture Mask* is the newest edition to the Origins face mask family. Glow-Co-Nuts Mask is a fluffy whipped mask with Coconut, Apricot, Lemon, Orange and Lime oils inspired by nutritionist Madeleine Shaw and her love of coconuts and natural ingredients. It’s currently a UK Exclusive, available for a limited time only. Designed to instantly hydrate & boost glow. Skin feels plumped & healthier-looking. What I also like about the mask is that the mask is 100% vegan as well as the packaging is 100% recyclable, Origins and Madeleine both believe in clean beauty which I think adds to my love of their products. 

To use the mask you can apply it in the  morning or night after cleansing for 10 minutes, two three times a week for an instant rush of moisturisation to soften and smooth Or apply overnight to restore moisture lost while you sleep – apply a generous layer to your skin after cleansing, tissue off excess and leave on while you sleep. Skin awakens plumped, refreshed and supple. I personally use it both overnight or as a quick mask depending on how much moisture my skin needs. 

Glow-Co-Nuts  is packed full of natural ingredients, like coconut oil as well as delicious blend of 100% essential oils Pineapple, Apricot and Lime – it’s like a delicious, fluffy soufflé for your face! Coconut Oil is a an excellent moisturiser and is known to have powerful antioxidant properties. Apricot Kernel Oil is rich in essential fatty acids like Oleic and Linoleic plus Vitamins A and E. So it’s super protective, nourishing and soothing. The scent of the mask is so beautiful and gives me summer holiday vibes, the coconut scent is not chemically at all because of it being 100% essential oils. 

This could be a new favourite for me over the Drink Up Intensive Overnight mask* from Origins! What is your favourite Origins product? Let me know what I should try next!

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Oasis & The Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge Clothing Collaboration

Oasis's exclusive new collaboration with The Fitzwilliam Museum, the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge, introduces beautiful botanical watercolours ready to put spring back into your wardrobe. With midi dresses, tailored jumpsuits and bardot dresses, this is a beautiful addition to your new spring-summer wardrobe. I went to the Fitzwilliam to celebrate the new collection with bloggers and work colleagues decked out in some pieces from the new collection. I went for the trellis wrap top and some new Oasis pale wash Jade jeans* and Helen is wearing the pencil dress*. 

The Oasis-house design team has re-imagined ornithologists, naturalists and painters to deliver a range of clothes and accessories. Kate Carreno, assistant director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, said "These captivating studies will now be shared and enjoyed by a wider audience who might otherwise have been unaware of the Fitzwilliam's collection. Through these clothes and accessories we hope to expose our little known treasures to a wider audience, to inspire and create an appreciation of just how informative and beautiful these historic books and prints are. "One of the prized albums used, John James Audubon's Birds Of America (1826-1838), is regarded as the finest ornithological work ever published. Its 435 engraved and aquatinted hand-coloured plates depict 495 species, 25 of which Audubon discovered himself. Fewer than 200 sets of the original double-elephant folio edition were completed, and still fewer survive to this day. It holds the record for the most expensive printed book ever sold at auction.

The Fitzwilliam Museum's copy of The Birds Of America is one of the greatest treasures of the department of manuscripts and printed books. The Fitzwilliam Museum also has one of the most outstanding collections of flower paintings, botanical drawings, floral miniatures and albums in the world.This is due to the collector Henry Rogers Broughton 2nd Lord Fairhaven, who bequeathed his collection to the museum in 1973.   

During the event we got to see the original print that Oasis had created its clothing designs from which were incredibly detailed botanic watercolours, we weren't allowed to photograph them but you can visit them by appointment. I also met up with Alice (@themiddlesis) who looked stunning in the Frill Shoulder Midi Dress*.



Model on the left wearing the Blue Frill Dress* with Fitzwilliam trainers and the second model  on the right is wearing Colour pop Suit Shorts, matching jacket, v neck cami and Fitzwilliam trainers.



The Oasis collection is available now in Oasis stores, John Lewis and House of Fraser. Let me know what you think of the collection and if you'll be picking up any pieces!

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Origins Original Skin Pore Perfecting Cooling Primer 🌸

As you may have guessed I'm a rather large Origins skincare fan, so whenever there is a new launch I'm always all over it. The Original Skin collection from Origins is a go to for me as I've been using the Original Skin Renewal serum for a over a year and I'm obsessed. The scent of the collection is to die for and they have now released a Makeup Removing Jelly Cleanser* and a Matte Moisturizer with Willowherb* in addition to the Pore Perfecting Cooling Primer with Willowherb*. I have used the jelly cleanser and moisturiser and I'm a big fan but due to the large volume of cleansers and moisturiser's I already have, I couldn't add them to my collection.



The glow-to step between skincare and makeup, this cooling, airy mousse primer leaves skin looking fresh, pore-fected and softly glowing. Smooth this on after moisturiser and before makeup. When this primer says cooling it certainly is. My skin often gets hot flushes when I’m busy and this does a really good job at cooling it down, as well as adding a tint to my skin to help try and cover my redness. If I know I’m going to have a busy day I apply this in the mornings and to add a bit of glow back I’ll top it off my Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter due to it being a mattifying product. 

The texture of this product is unlike any other I have seen, it's a light, bubbly mousse that comes out the packaging like an aerosol. It smooths down to a really silky cream when you apply it and the cooling effect feels so refreshing. If you're near a counter I suggest you go try it out because it's truly unique.

Let me know if you've tried any of the Original Skin Collection, and what your favourite is!

Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter

There has been a lot of different opinions of Charlotte Tilbury's Hollywood Flawless Filter as to what kind of product it is, It is in fact a complexion booster. this customisable, hybrid complexion booster is quite different of any other product on the market. It offers the imperfection-blurring benefits of a primer, the mega-watt glow of a highlighter and the unbeatably perfecting properties of your favourite photographic filter. In 7 shades, you can wear it under, over or instead of foundation, or mix it with your favourite base products for a beautiful boost. Ms. Tilbury herself calls it ‘the ultimate high gloss, high glow celebrity skin filter in a bottle’. 



With the seven shades of Hollywood Flawless she also provides which of her foundation shades they correspond best with. But it looks equally as gorgeous on bare skin.

•  Hollywood Flawless Filter in Shade 1 is a neutral beige for very fair skin. Magic Foundation 1 Fair & 2 Fair, or Light Wonder 1 Fair.
•  Hollywood Flawless Filter in Shade 2 is a neutral peachy beige for fair skin. Magic Foundation 3 Fair, 3.5 Fair, 4 Fair or Light Wonder 2 Fair & 3 Fair.
• Hollywood Flawless Filter in Shade 3 is a neutral peach for light to medium skin. Magic Foundation 4.5 Medium & 5 Medium or Light Wonder 4 Fair & 5 Medium.
• Hollywood Flawless Filter in Shade 4 is a neutral golden yellow for medium skin tones. Magic Foundation 6 Medium or Light Wonder 6 Medium.
• Hollywood Flawless Filter in Shade 5 is a neutral caramel for medium tan skin tones. Magic Foundation 7 Medium & 8 Medium or Light Wonder 7 Medium & 8 Medium.
• Hollywood Flawless Filter in Shade 6 is a warm amber for deep skin tones. Magic Foundation 9 Dark, 9.5 Dark & 10 Dark or Light Wonder 9 Dark & 10 Dark.
• Hollywood Flawless Filter in Shade 7 is a deep bronze for dark skin tones. Magic Foundation 11 Dark & 12 Dark.

I have shade 1 because I have pretty fair skin but shade 2 wouldn't have given me as good of a glow as shade 1 does. Its rare that I wear foundation but I wanted something to show off my skin and help it look healthy. This gives a non glittery glow to my skin and blends beautifully. If you're wanting high shine you could easily layer to build the glow up.

It has a large doe-foot applicator which is good for me because sometimes with pumps or pouring products you can waste product but you can be nice and precise with its application. I swipe it across the top of my cheekbones and on my cupids bow to give those areas a healthy glow then blend with my fingertips, as I found brushes seem to pick up the product so its better with my fingertips. I am yet to try it with foundation so I cant comment on it layering with that but I would imagine it would be lovely. I've used it over the new Origins Original Skin Cooling Primer and it layers well over that.

Have you tried Charlotte's Hollywood Flawless Filter?