April Favourites

My favourites of this month are ecletic to say the least, I guess they're actually more things I've been using or wearing a lot this month.
Not long ago my little sister went to Kenya, and brought us all back presents. Now, my mum used to live in South Africa when she was my age, we've been back several times and it has kind of become a "thing" between my mum, my sister and I that we have beaded key rings on our keys, so on my car keys I have a green rhino, my mum has a beaded SA flag but then we also have ornaments I've got a beaded lizard, mum has a beaded toad, you get the idea, we're a bit odd.
Anyway, my sister brought mum back the toad, and she brought me back some beaded bracelets made by the Masai.

Because its summer and everyone wants to look a little more "fresh faced" I've been using The Body Shop's Radiance Pearls, I use them along my brow bone and a little on top of my cheekbones.

This body butter smells so delicious, if I could send a smell from my computer to yours, I would. I think that most people know how great The Body Shop Body Butters are so I won't drone on about them, but the other fantabulous ones are Satsuma and Mango

I saw this when I was doing a food shop for my mum, I'm a big fan of the Rimmel Sun Shimmers and thought i'd try this one out, I think it's relatively new but it's basically the same as its sisters in that you really need a fake tan mitt to apply it and it works really well!

Loreal's Rouge Caresse lipsticks came out about a year ago and I found this lurking at the bottom of my make up bag, forgotten and unloved, but not anymore because it really is great. It's a combo of a lipstick, gloss and balm, so depending on how you apply it, it can come out really sheer or quite bold, it isn't unlike a Revlon Lip Butter, I have Aphrodite Scarlet (swatched below) but I'd be interested to try the coral or the red!

Are there any new things I should try out that you guys like?

Faking It

I went through a phase where my legs weren't a dissimilar colour to those belonging to Amy Childs. Thankfully that radioactive-glow look is behind me, but I like to think I've gotten better at applying it, and after trying more than a dozen fake tans I like to think I know which highstreet or drugstore fake tans are the better ones.

For a gradual glow: Johnson's Holiday Skin
Yes, it smells funny and everyone knows you've put it on but it goes on smoothly, when put on in moderation, and it comes in 2 tones, light and dark, I probably should be a light but I get dark because I usually want quick results.
I like a lot of gradual tan moisturisers, my favourites are Johnson's Holiday Skin, Garnier Summer Body, Dove Summer Glow and Palmer's Cocoa Butter Natural Bronze. The latter is probably my favourite and I keep meaning to buy it, for some reason I just prefer the smell of it.

Instant tan: Rimmel Sun Shimmer
I am a Rimmel fake tan collecter, it seems, as I have one of each sub-range. I use the basic wash off one if I quickly need a tan for school or something, the waterproof one if there is going to be water involved... Durr, and then I got their most recent "instant tan and gradual glow" a few days ago and it's great! I don't actually mind the sent of these too much, they're so easy to apply with a mitt and seeing as they're just so inexpensive and great I keep getting them, despite not using up its predecessor first! I have only ever used medium matte, but I'm curious to try the one with "shimmer" in for going out.

Proper fake tan: St. Moritz mousse
The St. Tropez rip off, but seriously, it's really good! Straight after you've put it on it shows, you'll definatley need a fake tan mitt, to put it on and you've got to work fast but the results are fab!

Le Visage: Piz Buin Summer Sensation
Probably the priceiest but this smells so nice! As you can tell, I'm a sucker for a good smell, but this works really well on my face and feels nice when you're putting it on too, it hasn't gone wrong on me.. Yet!