It’s Favourites time again – no need for any explanation, let’s just get straight to it!

Stretchmarks

If you read my post about my first trimester, you will know that stretch marks are a stark reality right now.

I’ve been doing my best to fight them off and have armed myself with both the Oh Lief Tummy Wax which I’ve written about in my post-Body Products in High Rotation. And the Palmers Cocoa Butter Tummy Butter for Stretch Marks. I tend to use this more in the morning because it isn’t as thick as the Oh Lief Tummy Wax and I quite enjoy the coconutty smell that goes with it.

The core ingredient, Bio C-Elastate® is made up of all the good stuff (collagen, elastin, sweet almond oil and argon oil) to help make your skin more elastic and supple so that when it stretches – and boy does it stretch – it does so without creating as many stretch marks, or if you’re lucky, none at all!

I have noticed that the newer stretch marks have definitely faded substantially and so I am praying that no more show, but I feel like that might be asking too much.

Another tip I picked up in recent weeks is that you shouldn’t wash your preggy tummy with soaps as it strips it of the natural oils that your body produces to help your skin stretch. I’m not sure how legit this is, but I think I may be fast approaching the point of trying anything!

Hydrating Mist

Two weeks ago or so I went to a Battlehouse event and in our goodie bags was a bottle of BeautyFix (by studio21.co.za). I was so excited, I have been meaning to get my hands on a bottle of this for a while but just hadn’t gotten around to it.

Now, I have to admit that I really haven’t been wearing a helluva lot of make-up recently, so I can’t vouch for how it acts as a make-up fixing spray, but what I can tell you is that it is a brilliant hydrating mist!

I’ve been using it at least twice a day and I cannot get enough of the rosewater scent. My skin loves the cooling action of the cucumber – it was an absolute saviour during the recent Joburg heat wave.

Beautyfix is also rich in vitamins A, C and E so you will be getting your quota of antioxidants.

Also good to know is that this product is free of alcohol, synthetic colours, fragrances, parabens, PEG’s, TEA, DEA, phenoxyetol, sulphates, mineral oils and silicone. Basically, there are no nasties in a bottle of Beautyfix – hooray!

How I use it

I like to sprits my face with BeautyFix pretty generously after cleansing. I wait a few minutes and then apply my moisturiser, eye cream and SPF.

During the day I sprits right over my BB cream and it doesn’t disrupt my minimal make up at all.

This is a complete win in my books and I am confident I will be repurchasing as soon as this bottle is up.

Chapped Lips

Lip Scrub

I don’t know about you but my skin still hasn’t recovered from the dry winter. My lips are still ridiculously chapped which has been driving me up the wall! The past week I finally found a concoction that seems to work.

The first product I use is the LUSH Bubblegum Lip Scrub. Caster sugar rubs off the horrid dead skin and exfoliates my lips amazingly. I’m not going to even pretend that I haven’t tasted it, because I have, and its yum!

Lip Balm

Exfoliating isn’t enough, oh no, I need all the TLC that I can get so I always follow up with a really good lip balm.

Two that I have found really do the trick are Maybelline Baby Lips Dr Rescue or Carmex Moisturising Lip Balm.

Winter Haircare

Another part of my body that is still in shock from winter is my hair – it’s dry, dull and just unhappy. My hair is naturally very dry but this is a whole new level.

The shampoo I use isn’t at all stripping, so I decided to change up my conditioner. After a chat with the girls, I decided to take Irina’s (from I’ll Take It All) advice and try out the Elvive Extraordinary Oils Nourishing Conditioner. I can confirm that I am 100% in love. This conditioner does its job and it does it well.

Because it’s such a nourishing product, I was expecting my hair to be quite weighed down, but it wasn’t at all.

Apparently you aren’t supposed to, but I condition from the roots – I know what you’re thinking, I’m just asking for oily hair! Not the case with this Elvive conditioner.

The key to this amazing product is the 6 flower extract combination, it leaves your hair feeling smooth and luxurious, and isn’t that what we are all after?

Oh, it smells incredible!

And that’s that! Of course there were a lot of other products that I have been using recently but these were the ones that really stood out to me.

Is there anything you think I should get my hands on? Let me know in the comments!

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