REN Hot Cloth Cleanser

As many of you know I am quite picky on skincare. I've had my experiences with allergic reactions and all that jazz and let's say it's not the best. So when I try out a new product it can go either way: I love it or I hate and this one luckily falls into the love category.

The REN Hot Cloth Cleanser (150 ml, €23,00) was an airport purchase on my flight from London Heathrow to Amsterdam Airport. I needed a new cleanser and I had never tried anything from REN before. I had heard many good things about their Glycolactic Radiance Renewal Mask, but as I already spent way too much money, on many shoes and make-up items in my favourite city, I decided to buy something that I actually needed. But believe me, someday I will get my hands on that mask, because who doesn't want radiant and glowy skin? I do, I do!!

While paying, the lady at the counter went nuts about this cleanser. She used it too and was in love with it, so I had high hopes to see what it would do for me.

Back home I tried it out and I was quite surprised by the product itself. Before this I used the First Aid Beauty Face Cleanser, which is just like a regular cleanser. You massage it into your skin for a minute or so, wash it off and you are left with clean, make-up free skin. 

This one however takes a bit more time. I take about 2-3 pumps in my hand and massage it into my skin. This actually takes quite some time and the white cream sort of transforms into an oil. It doesn't look like an oil, but it feels like it. 

This part is actually the only thing I don't like about the product. When it's the end of the day I want things to be quick and easy. I want to put my comfy pyjamas on and watch my favourite TV-show in bed. I don't want to spend five minutes on massaging a cleanser into my skin. However after rinsing the cleanser off with the cloth and some warm water, I am left with soft, clean skin that makes me forget about those three extra minutes I just spend on my skincare ritual. What are three minutes anyway?

You do want to use warm/hot water to rinse it off. One time I used cold water, because I was on a ''sort of camping trip'' with uni and the warm water didn't work. I had to use cold water and it was such a pain to get the cleanser and make-up off my face.

I used this cleanser for about 3,5 months before it was empty, (I had almost finished it when I took this picture, let's just say I had some photo difficulties haha) which I think is normal for a cleanser. 

I do really like the product itself. The REN Hoth Cloth Cleanser left me with soft, clean skin and I do really feel like the 'oily' cream did good things to my skin. Although I do really like it, I will probably not repurchase it. The massaging part just takes too much time and I am currently back to my old fave (the F.A.B. cleanser). 

I am very interested in other products from REN though. I've seen that they have many more cleansers and I can't wait to try those out!

What is your favourite cleanser?

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Homemade Guacamole and Tortilla Chips

Avocados are something that I love. I pretty much eat them every day; just mashed with some salt and pepper on a spelt-flaxseed cracker. Today I used them again in one of my favourite recipes: homemade guacamole. 

Now, guac and nacho chips are not the healthiest combo, but I made it a bit healthier by making homemade tortilla chips. I had never tried this before but they are truly amazing!

What do you need?

Two ripe avocados

One tomato

1/4 red onion

One clove of garlic

1/2 lime

Some coriander leaves

Eight tortillas (I used whole wheat ones)

Sunflower oil (or olive oil, use whatever you fancy)

Sea salt

Chili powder

Cayenne pepper

First, preheat your oven to 180 °C. Then start with the tortilla chips. I cut the tortillas like I would cut a round birthday cake. In the end you should have eight chips per tortilla. Lay them next to each other on a baking tray lined with baking paper. They do not all fit, so just wait until the first batch of chips is out of the oven and start doing the same thing until you are out of tortilla triangles.

Put some sunflower oil in a cup, take a pastry brush and coat the tortillas with a thin layer of oil; front and back! Then sprinkle on some sea salt and cayenne pepper and put them in the oven for about eight minutes. They will come out all crispy and golden brown!

When your homemade tortilla chips are done, it's time for the guacamole!

Peel the skin of the avocados, remove the seeds and put them in a bowl. Mash them together with a fork until you get a smooth, green mixture. Cut your tomato, red onion, garlic and coriander in fine pieces and add those to the avocado mash. Squish out the juice of the lime and put it in the bowl. Now it's also time to add some sea salt and chili powder. Mix it all together and your homemade guacamole is done! 

Serve it with the chips and you have the best snack ever! I personally think the tortilla chips taste better than the ones you buy in store and they are so much healthier! 

I hope you make these too, because they are SO good!

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Clinique Chubby Stick for Eyes in Lots o' Latte

 When the By Terry Ombre Blackstar craziness began I wanted one so bad. There is just something about a cream eyeshadow in a stick that I can’t explain. Since no one sells By Terry here *cry emoji* I decided to go with the next best thing, which also has been on my wishlist for a very long time: the Clinique Chubby Stick for Eyes. I hopped on over to the nearest Clinique counter, swatched many colours and decided to go with Lots o’ Latte; a gorgeous light brown colour.

I actually wanted something more taupe coloured, but I am very pleased with this one. It’s not too warm toned and I personally see a slight hidden taupe in there. It’s very well pigmented and easy to apply. I just ‘‘paint’’ my eyelid with the Chubby Stick and blend it out with my trusty MAC 217 brush. Yes, it’s that easy!

This cream eyeshadow gives your eyelids a gorgeous, brown sheen and the colour is also very buildable. Just keep applying and blending until you’re happy with the end result. It also lasts for quite some time; nine hours I would say. A little note with that is that I have very oily eyelids and an eyeshadow normally melts right off my eyes. I also didn’t use an eye primer, because I ran out of that. So nine hours is quite extraordinary on my ‘eyeshadow wearing days’.

I’m quite pleased with my newest addition. Normally I’m not an eyeshadow person cause 1. the blending just takes a lot of time and 2. it will crease in no time. I do have a lot of eyeshadow palettes in my collection, which is weird, since I don’t use them as often. This eyeshadow stick however applies like a dream and looks fab at any time of the day. Definitely one of my new faves!

What are your favourite cream eyeshadows?

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