LFW Favourite || Whistles SS15

|| Photos via Vogue. ||

Im late on the LFW 'bandwagon' and the whole of fashion month. I like to spend time browsing all the collections from New York, London, Milan and Paris on my own time. I'm going to be sharing my favourites with you over the next few months (as they become relevant to me) or so but here goes numero uno.

Whistles, technically a high street brand absolutely nailed it for SS15 and this is why for me they came up top. A fresh minimal colour palette of whites, black, ice blues camels and the occasional rose pink along with totally wearable pieces with gorgeous silhouettes and floaty tailoring just oozed easy stylish summer dressing. And that fact that the show was in an entrance tunnel to Kings Cross makes it even cooler for me. Hands up to you Whistles...you've done it again.

Sara x

Can't beat Clinique

While growing up and all the way through my teens I never really suffered from any form of acne apart from the odd blemish or spot here and there. I have always been so lucky in that respect.
I started suffering from dry but oily skin later on and have always relied on skin products by 'Simple', which have done well, but I felt like I needed to try something else.

My sister bought some Clinque products a few months ago and I remember using Clinique foundation a few years ago and really liked the coverage and the fact that it didn't clog my skin up and made it look  quite radiant.

So.....off I trot....to Clinique (the counter in Boots- I love my Boots points!), and with the help of the lovely lady behind the counter talking through with me about my skin, she decided I was skin type 2.

The great thing about Clinque is that they have ready made starter kits for different skin types, so £20 later I am leaving, with a little Clinique box in hand and pretty excited to start using it and seeing the results.  (I also got some free tester pots of the 'Turnaround Concentrate Radiance Renewer')

Step 1: Clinique Mild Liquid Facial Soap

Your face only needs to be damp for this to work, and just like any other face wash lightly cover your face and wash off.

Step 2: Clinique Clarifying Lotion Clarifiante

With cotton pads, lightly cover your face, stay away from the eyes. you will feel a light tingling. This helps to tighten your pores.

Step 3: Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturising Lotion

With just a pea sized amount, like any other moisturiser, lightly cover your face. You will be able to notice the difference already. My skin was looking more alive and fresh with just one use!

Finally, the optional addition. I got some free sample pots of the Clinique Turnaround Concentrate Radiance Renewer and, if like me you use the Skin type two products, you use this serum after the moisturiser. It gently exfoliates your skin without spreading spots of blemishes, and gently removes dead skin unlike some of the exfoliators out there which have visible beads; these can sometimes be too abrasive.

Make sure you check with Clinique depending on your moisturiser as sometimes you apply before depending on the thickness etc.

Find the Skin type 2 Introduction kit here

and the Clinique Turnaround Concentrate Radiance Renewer here

I will keep you posted

Sara x