Soap & Glory ¦ Heel Genius ¦ Review

Today's review is all about those feet. Yes it's that time of year again, we all want to be wearing out sandles and flimsy shoes to reveal well pampered and gorgeous pedicured toes, with of course no other than the latest spring nail polish trends.... and then we take a moment to remember its been winter, those not so perfect slightly chipped tootsies are not as gorgeous of pampered looking at all and its time to change that and quick!

So what do I use other than my trusted Vaseline to make my feet Summer ready? Let me introduce to you... Heel Genius by Soap & Glory.

The product over all is great, It really is a SOS quick fix. I normally use this most nights or every other using a bit more than a pea sized amount (I have extremely dry skin - so pea sized just gets soaked into my hands before I've massaged it into my feet) I massage the product in really well and then I pop on some soaks normally fluffy slipper soaks as warm feet help open your pores to allow your skin to soak in all the moisture from the product! It's like going to your salon for a pedicure just costing you basically nothing -- yayyy 

It smells like most foot creams unfortunately and slightly old person ... so yes its peppermint scented or that's what I think it smells like... Comment below if you get a different fragrance from it!

The best next bit you have been waiting to hear... This foot cream is totally budget friendly! victory dance - yeah I know dancing about an affordable foot cream, don't judge. You can purchase Soap & Glory products from Boots it costs £5.50. A lot of the time at boots the Soap & Glory range have got some kind of 3 for 2 or promotional sale going on so you are guaranteed to always get a bargain!

What are your thoughts on the product?

Clinique Take The Day Off ¦ Cleansing Balm ¦ Review

To start this post I'd like to tell you a little about the cleansing balm products that are currently taking center stage for some of us beauty bloggers, there are now more and more choices on the market rather than the small few that first came out a few years ago!

I wanted to try something new, and most importantly different from all the regular cleansing milks that I normally use for washing away the days makeup. While searching online and talking to a fellow beauty blogger I decided to go wild (not quite wild but being a creature of habit I find trying something new quite exciting and a little thrilling ... I have a boring life don't I?) and I went ahead and bought the Clinique Take The Day Off Cleansing Balm.

If you are new to cleansing balms they are an oil based product -- remaining solid at room temperature. You can then warm the product slightly between your fingers and apply to the skin, massaging it gently (I prefer circular motions as I feel this really works the product into the pours) Then simply remove the product with a warm muslin cloth or a flannel. The products are amazing at removing makeup, even stubborn mascara! no more morning panda eyes. 

I believe most or all cleansing balms are aimed at all skin types... even oily. I know what your thinking right now oil based product on your oily skin .. crazy right?

I've been using the Clinique Cleansing Balm for close to 6 months now, and I can say I am a convert!! Nothing has ever removed makeup like this balm does. My skin feels so clean and fresh, I tend to (if I'm feeling good) use the balm twice, once to remove my makeup and a second time to make sure all the eye makeup and foundation etc is definitely removed! Leaving my skin feeling clean, fresh and even slightly exfoliated especially if using a flannel to remove the makeup.

I went for the Clinique one as I thought the price was very reasonable and I have used Clinique products before and never able to fault them. The price of the product is £21.00 which, like I said before is very reasonable for such a great cleanser. I can't recommend this product enough to add into your beauty regime, especially for the evenings.

Please comment below if you have any recommendations for cleansing balms you may have tried please let me know. Head across to my youtube channel to see my review and demo video using this product!