Ziaja Marine Algae Micellar Cleansing Water Review

Hey Everyone!

Hope you all are well :)

For as long as I can remember I have always used a product in some shape or form to pre cleanse my skin. Sometimes it might have been a makeup wipe other times it might have been a specific type of cleanser but over the last year or so I have been using cleansing waters. The first cleansing water I tried out was the Garnier Micellar Water and I absolutely adored it. It worked really well at removing the bulk of my makeup prior to cleansing and it is reasonably priced too so win-win. 

A few months ago while waiting for an event to start myself an Anita from Adorn.ie were chatting away about products, as us beauty bloggers love to do and she kindly gave me one of her spare bottles of the Ziaja Marine Algae Micellar Cleansing Water. Up until that point I had only tried the Garnier cleansing water so I was looking forward to putting this one to the test especially as Ziaja products are nice and affordable too!

As the name suggests, the Ziaja Micellar Cleansing water belongs to the company's Marine Algae line of products which is best suited to those who are 30+ or those who have dry & normal skin types. My skin is very sensitive and I've always suffered with dehydration and patches of dryness too. More recently though my skin is becoming a little oily around my nose and chin while remaining very dry elsewhere on my face. Even though I'm more of a combination skin type now I still think this product works really well with my skin. The cleanser contains algae funnily enough and is packed with provitamin b5. It aims to prevent dehydration and sooth skin irritations. What I love in particular though is that it is fragrance free which suits my sensitive skin to a tee!

I soak two cotton pads in the water and then I begin sweeping the pads around my face to remove my makeup. I start with the face makeup and it does a fantastic job at removing the top layer of foundation off of my skin. Once I'm satisfied with the face I move onto the eyes and it does equally as good a job at breaking down and removing eye makeup. When that step is complete I'm ready to move on to deep cleansing my skin!

One big difference I noted between this cleansing water and the Garnier cleansing water is that the Ziaja one doesn't leave a residue on the skin. Other than that there isn't much more I can say about this product, it does what it sets out to do and I'm very pleased with it!

The Ziaja Marine Algae Micellar Cleansing Water costs €4.49 so if you see it stocked in a pharmacy near you give it a go. It's inexpensive and works a treat!

Until next time :)

Eimear x

Lush Bubblegum Lip Scrub Review

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Hope you all are well :)

One thing that I seriously neglect is my lips.

I tend to get very dry and cracked lips throughout the year, not just in the winter. Even though this is the case I do not religiously use a lip balm. 

If they are very dry and sore I will use some vaseline or my EOS lip balms but other than that I don't do anything special.

I have an awful habit of biting and chewing on my lips when I'm nervous or when the skin is peeling. 

Need I say more? I am a disaster when it comes to looking after my lips...

they are in serious need of some TLC!

Anytime that I am in Lush I have always been tempted by these little lip scrubs near the till. After contemplating buying one for far too long, I finally decided to pick one up just before Christmas.

I have never tried a lip scrub before and thought it would probably solve a lot of my problems with regard to the dry skin.

I layer lip balm and vaseline over the dry skin instead what I should be doing is using the scrub to remove the dry dead skin and then treat the lips with the balm.

After much deliberation I decided to pick up the bubblegum flavour lip scrub over the mint one. However I will be back for the mint one as I absolutely adore this one!

The scrub is 100% natural and is made up of a blend of fairtrade sugar and moisturising caster oil to leave your lips sensually soft and tasting good too!

I take a little bit of the scrub on my finger and run it over my lips for a couple of minutes, then comes my favourite part..I like my lips clean!

The lip scrub has the most sugary sweet candyfloss taste, I've often had to contain myself when using the scrub its seriously good enough to eat!

As I said back in my Secret Santa review, I love how Lush put this sticker on the packaging showing you who exactly put the time and effort into making your product. Its such a nice personal touch, I cannot think of any other company that does this!

A little goes a long way with this product, I don't think I will ever get to the bottom of it!
If I want to wear a matte lipstick out the weekend on a night out or just in general, I will use this scrub a few days before hand.
This gets rid of the dry skin that the matte lipstick would sink in to, leaving me with smooth lips which are lipstick ready!

I do not recall how much exactly this lip scrub was, it was approximately €6.50.
Which I thought was expensive at first but I realised I am going to get endless use out of the product so I could justify the spend.
Overall I am quite happy with my purchase :)

Have you tried any of the lip scrubs?
Eimear x