First of all, what are you people even
doing these days? My day job has been a
nightmare with back to back cases and I’ve been working almost non-stop. Can you just not misbehave for like 5 minutes
so I can catch my breath and have a chance to talk to about things I outside of
HR? Please and thank you.
Side
note: I was at the shops on Black Friday and I saw all of you bunking
work. I hope you all have medical
certificates. #justsaying
More importantly, regarding today’s
topic of discussion, am I giving away my age by automatically equating
gel/jelly products with jelly shoes of the 90’s? My mind instantly goes to pre-school days
when all the cool kids had jelly shoes, which I don’t think I ever owned
because they had heels on them. It then
switches over to the early 2000’s when everyone had Rider slides, which is a
period I like to neglect in the dark recesses of my memory bank (except for my
pair of white and blue Nike Cortez sneaks – those were hot as).
I realised recently that I have been
using a lot of gel/jelly products as well, because it’s been absolutely melting
lately and also, I have oily skin so I automatically steer towards gel
water-based products any way. I’ve
compiled a list of my favourite gel products for this summer.
Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel
Moisturiser
You should surely know that I have
been a long time Clinique devotee, so if anything can change my mind about my
basic 3 step program, it must be amazing.
Well, this water gel moisturiser is
amazing. It’s light on the skin and
quickly absorbed, with all the benefits of a regular oil based moisturiser. It also comes in at around R150, which is
dramatically cheaper than my previous moisturiser (only die-hard Clinique fans
will get the pun there). So that’s a
huge bonus too.
Johnson’s Fresh Hydration Micellar
Cleansing Jelly
One of the advantages of inheriting beauty
obsessed teenage daughters from your partner is that they buy a lot of things
that I can test out before buying for myself if I like it. A few weeks ago, Jenna bought this product
and because of an alleged cricket infestation in the girls’ bathroom, left it
in ours. So I gave it a shot and I
absolutely love it. I don’t use it as my
daily cleanser, but rather use it to rinse of all my makeup before using my
cleanser. It’s not 100% effective,
especially over the eyes but it makes a pretty large dent and micellar water
smells like the time I almost died with Poncho’s tequila, so it’s the real
winner.
I believe I paid around R60.00 for the
200ml bottle.
Also, it’s roses so...
Bio-Oil Dry Skin Gel
My love for Bio-Oil runs deep already,
but this little baby has truly changed the game. While I still occasionally cleanse my skin
with Bio Oil before I wash my face, I add a dab of this gel to my moisturiser
every night. I always worry that I’ll
dry out my skin by constantly using oily skin products, so this is my true
peace mind.
Just don’t pay too much attention to
the price tag. Yes, it’s steep (I think
the little 50ml tub I bought was like R90 – I may be wrong) but a little truly
goes a long way.
The Body Shop Drops of Light Pure
Resurfacing Liquid Peel
I’m not saying I bought this because
of the white and metallic pink bottle, but...
No, actually I’m obsessed with any
product that offers brightening effects or anything that says “glow”.
This product is really confusing
because it’s the quickest mini peel ever.
Two pumps onto your fingers, massage onto your face until you get yucky
flakes all over and rinse. That’s
it. The effects, however, speak for
themselves and your skin is left baby soft and dewy. I prefer using this after I’ve spent the day
in a full face of makeup, just because I feel that my skin is 100% clean
afterwards and I don’t have any chance of blocked pores that I may have
missed.
Silver Genesis Super HydroGel
You know the dad in My Big Fat Greek
Wedding and how his miracle cure-all is Windex?
My grandpa was like that with Vicks
(which by the way, is also my go-to for most problems). It didn’t matter if it was a blocked nose or
a cut that should have had at least 9 stitches, he just lathered on the Vicks
and waited for it to heal.
So everyone, especially slightly older
*cough* gentlemen, have their thing, right?
Super HydroGel is my boyfriend’s
thing. He’s been using this stuff for a
while and uses it for everything, and now I do to. It’s list of uses range from acne to skin
cancer (which is a very bold claim, but ok).
It’s made of seaweed extract, aloe ferox, carrot and lavender oil and “energised
using nano silver technology”, whatever that means.
All I know is that this stuff if
absolutely amazing. I’ve totally
eliminated any kind of skin texture of my face by adding a squeeze of this
stuff to my morning moisturiser. I also
put it over my cuticles after a manicure because they tend to get a little
sensitive. It’s also my go-to tattoo
after treatment.
Like I said, this can be used for
everything.
BONUS ROUND: The Silisponge
Enough said.
Life has been crazy busy since I last
blogged. I’ve since attended two movie
premieres (Bohemian Rhapsody and Creed 2 – with thanks to fellow blogger, the
beautiful Melanie Pretorius), work has been non-stop with back-to-back cases
because people don’t know how to act at work apparently, I’ve gone back to gym,
I’m no longer blonde and I’ve even bought my dream car. I’d love for you to engage with me on my
Instagram and let me know what kind of content you’d be keen for, in terms of
movie reviews or other kinds of lifestyle posts.
Wishing you love and light until next
time ♡♡♡