Charlottes Collection | Leeds UK Blog : Fashion | Beauty

I spent last weekend in Barry Island, South Wales for my friends' wedding... Congratulations Charlotte & Tom, it was the best day ever! I was a bridesmaid too, yay! Check out my instagram (@charlcollection) for a few pictures.

I made the most of the last of the British Summer by wearing this AX Paris Wrap dress to Sunday lunch, a get together at Barry Island Yacht Club, the day after the wedding. It was amazing being with so many friends in such a beautiful place, the comedy show Gavin and Stacy does not do justice to the gorgeous coastal scenery of Barry!! This wrap dress was perfect for the occasion, just the right combination of casual with the jersey material, but nicely stylish and classy at the same time. I love the flattering shape created by the drapes. Better yet, the stone colour paid homage to my bridesmaid dress worn the day before (picture)!

AX Paris Wrap Dress* | Zara Sandals | Parfois Bag

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No7 Beautiful Skin Melting Gel Cleanser Blog Review

No7 Beautiful Skin Melting Gel Cleanser - Boots (£9)*

You know those products that are such staples you don't even think twice about them? Well it dawned on me recently that is exactly what the No7 Beautiful Skin Melting Gel Cleanser is! I first tried the cleanser after receiving a couple of tubes for Normal/ Dry skin in the goodie bags from the Meadowhall Blogger Style School. Now I've nearly used my last one up I'll definitely be repurchasing, particularly when I'm presented with the £5 voucher at the till in Boots!

The product has the consistency of a light balm like gel and transforms into an oil as you massage it into damp skin. I use a similar amount as shown in the image above and start by working it in all around my face, then finishing off with an extra pea sized amount to remove light eye-makeup. Sometimes however I repeat if I've a full face of make-up on! I find the gel to oil formula a lot easier and so more convenient to work with than MAC Cleanse Off Oil, for example, while still having the same effect of 'melting' off all traces of makeup.

I wouldn't say the Melting Gel Cleanser has totally replaced my beloved Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish, as I love the tingly feeling the eucalyptus leaves on the skin as well as that deep clean you get using the muslin cloth to exfoliate, however I enjoy using it most days of the week. The Melting Gel Cleanser means just that bit less faffing about, perfect when I'm in a rush, or just being plain lazy! Though I always finish off removing my make-up with a quick wipe round with Bioderma! Still, the Melting Gel Cleanser does leave my skin feeling very conditioned and soft. Despite using the pink capped cleanser for Normal/ Dry skin when I in fact have oily skin, I'm sure the hydrating oil has in fact helped regulate my skin and oil production. Bonus!

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After the great results I got from the Avène Skin Recovery Cream (click for review), which completely cleared up my dry and irritated skin and which I can see myself repurchasing again and again, I've become a massive fan of the French pharmaceutical brand Avène. When shopping for those summer holiday essentials I picked up the Thermal Water Spray, purely because I trusted the brand so much!

The Thermal Water Spray simply contains the Avène Thermal Spring Water and nitrogen. I do feel like there is something a little strange in buying a can simply full of water as a beauty product. However there is something a little special about the Avène Water, that is very low mineralised, rich in silica and trace elements and is clinically proven to be naturally soothing, anti-irritating and anti-free radical.

It gets quite hot in Malta (!) so I thought this would be the perfect product to soothe any sunburn, shaving or heat rash I may get on holiday, as well as just to simply cool me down! I really loved using this product. It was in my beach bag at all times, ready for use to trap in moisture between applications of sun cream, to help clear my skin of salt water residue after dips in the sea and to soothe my skin at the end of the day. One regret was not having a smaller version of the product to fit in my hand luggage and rehydrate me on the plane!

Now I'm back home from holiday I've been quickly spritzing my skin after cleansing, and prior to moisturising as a great way of getting the great minerals found in the Thermal Water locked into my skin. If nothing else it makes my skin feel lovely and refreshed!

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I've been on holiday again! ...And so the break from blogging, yet again! This time I was on a family holiday visiting my sister, Lucy, on the beautiful Island of Gozo. Ten of us flew out from the UK, it was so much fun spending time with the family in the sun!

I thought I'd share one of my favourite outfits from the holiday - let me know if you'd like to see some more holiday snaps, I'll happily put another post together. I wore this gorgeous turquoise chain print dress to one of our family's favourite restaurants on Gozo, The Boat House in Xlendi Bay, which we visited on our first night of the holiday (and on a few more nights besides!).

I picked up this AX Paris dress using vouchers from the Blogzilla event I attended a few weeks ago goodie bag. Being a lovely light weight, silky material it was perfect for keeping cool on such a hot Maltese evenings!

AX Paris Chain Print Dress* | Zara Sandals | Ebay Focco | H&M Belt (Old)