Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream

Hello girlies! 

Thought I'd start off proceedings with my first ever review of what I would call a staple in my beauty routine! 
For ageeees I'd heard various websites, magazines and bloggers harp on about the many wonderful benefits of Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream yet I refused to buy into the hype. I thought how can (essentially) a moisturiser cost soo much money and really be any better than my regular face cream? Then one fateful flight back from a holiday, I had some unspent holiday money loitering in my purse, and this coupled with the duty free prices meant I snapped up a pot. 

The consistency of this cream is thick...like really thick. And it's browny-yellowy in appearance and smells like medicated shampoo but once you build a bridge and get over all of these aspects,  it is a truly fabulous cream (although I think I'd say its more a balm than a cream..

This 'cream' is far too heavy for daily wear and its best used at night time before bed to replenish any dry, chapped areas of skin on your face/body. 
I really do find this helps immensely with dry areas of skin around my nose and cheeks which helps with makeup application in the morning as it won't cling to any of these pesky spots! 

It is pricey but it lasts a lifetime as you really do only need the smallest amount in order to reap the benefits and I would only apply them on the areas which need the most TLC and not all over my face. I've had my tub for around 10 months now and its only just needing to be replaced...so view this as an investment rather than a splurge!

W e l c o m e   t o   m y   b l o g !

Hello there! This my very first venture into online blogging and it would be fair to say that I am ever so slightly nervous. 

I thought my first order of business should be to introduce myself so you could get to know me a little bit better so here goes....*drum roll please* 

I should probably start with my name, however I am quite a shy person by nature so lets call me.....Belle (she is my favourite Disney princess, and hey - if Beyonce can have an alter ego in the form of Sasha Fierce, then Belle is mine!)

I'm 22 years old  young and reside in the sunny UK. 

I'm ridiculously pale in skin colour and don't have the time/energy to fake tan constantly (although I won't lie, I do like getting my glow on for a night out!), but for my day-to-day look I think to think I've adopted a Nicola Roberts/Kristen Stewart ethereal glow..... Hey, a girl can dream..right? But seriously, I strive to try and get dewy, flawless, porcelain skin and hopefully throughout this blog journey I will find the products to help me achieve this kind of look...*hopefully*. 

Also, I'd like to think I'm going to be helping out the rest of my pale skinned lovelies out there as I know how hard I find it to scour out products that don't turn you a delightful shade of orange or make you look like you've trowelled on the slap..not a good look!

So yeah...that's basically about it? Going to wrap it up now before I start rambling on & on & on & on...

Hope you enjoy reading the blog! <3