Oil have that

Facial oils have been a thing for a few years now and I'd resisted because I have combination skin and thought that adding oil to it would not help at all. How wrong I was. I tried a sample of Clarins Lotus oil a couple of years ago. OMG, my skin felt good. I use it as an overnight treatment and love the feel of it and the fragrance. This is my second full size bottle.
Then I bought some Tata Harper Replenishing Nutrient Complex. I thought it was ok, but not as good as the Clarins. Then I re-read the instructions! It's supposed to be used after moisturiser not before. Much better. Like it a lot. It won't replace the Clarins Lotus oil, but will complement it.
Last week I bought some reduced price Sanctuary Spa Therapists secret facial oil. When I tried it I thought it felt too heavy and like I'd dipped my face in cooking oil. I then looked at the ingredients- first in the list- sunflower seed oil. So, yeah, cooking oil. Not impressed even though it's a tenth of the price of the Tata Harper. Waste not, want not, I'll massage into my knees!

Cult beauty

So up to now I've been happy with Clarins and Estée Lauder skincare products and thought I was doing fine. And then I started to read Sali Hughes' beauty column in The Guardian which led to other beauty bloggers and the incomparable Caroline Hirons. I realised I'd been missing out on some really good stuff, partly because I lived in a small rural community away from the main shopping centres and partly because I had stayed with what I knew.
My Gran, God rest her soul, always had an amazing complexion despite being a chain smoker and as far as I know used soap and water, Ponds cold cream, splashed on some 4711 cologne and titivated herself with face powder and a bit of lippie. But she always looked good. She knew what worked for her, and what she was prepared to pay.
Well.
I like using makeup. I like using makeup a lot. I use a cleanser or balm to get rid of my makeup, a second cleanser to help my skin, I use serums, facial oils and moisturisers. I still have my Clarins and EL but I'm extending my range quite a lot. I need to, if I want to look moderately human.
So, as the knitting is off the boil at the moment, the football team is rubbish, (Sam Allardyce is now the manager!! FFS) and I haven't recovered from the stress of moving house yet, the blog will now be a repository of skincare and makeup info.
Today I got a parcel from Cult beauty and got off the High St and into the world of interesting, often high end, gunk to slap on my face.
I've started using Zelens eye cream. Until now I'd been happy with clarins eye cream which was good for the crows feet, but not doing much for the strange hashing of wrinkles underneath my eye. A while back I got a tiny sample of Zelens which I thought was pretty good. So I forked out for a small jar.
It reminds me of the Estée Lauder Advanced Skin repair eye serum, a similar consistence, like a thick paste rather than a gel or cream. I like the feel of it, hopefully it will have the desired effect.