Recent Buys from Freedom, Body Shop and More!

Hi everyone! I hope you're all enjoying the Summer (or in our case the rain!). You might remember that in one of my recent posts I said I was planning on treating myself for finishing my exams, and picking up some things I had my eye on for a while. Well, scroll down to see what I picked up!

• Freedom Pro Studio Glycolic Radiance Tonic (£6 here) - I'm sure by now you all know how much I love the Pixi Glow Tonic as I've been commenting it on so many of your blogs, definitely worth the hype in my opinion! However, when the Freedom dupe came out I read a lot of posts that stated they were very similar, so I thought I might as well give this a try now that my Pixi is running low.

• Freedom Pro Studio Priming Water (£6 here) - I don't normally reach for a primer for an everyday look, but after coming back home one day with patchy concealer after only 2 hours in the sun, I thought I need to try something! I read that this is great to go underneath your makeup, to create a smooth base, and also over the top, like the MAC Fix+. It's also supposed to be a dupe for the Smashbox priming water. I have tried it a few times and it does feel nice enough, although I can't say I've noticed a big difference yet. It's somewhat like the Balance Me setting spray I reviewed some time ago here, as it's also full of multi-vitamins, although I would say the Balance Me one has more of a skincare focus.

 I've been meaning to do a Body Shop haul for ages, and they had 40% off aswell (if you google body shop voucher codes, all you have to do is put in your email and receive a code to show instore), so I decided to get three products. Also, can I just say the sales assistants are always really nice when it comes to using vouchers/promotional codes, they don't leave you there for ages feeling awkward!

• The Body Shop Vitamin E Overnight Serum-In-Oil (£16 here) -  This stuff is amazing! How do I know that? Well, I've been helping myself to my Sister's for the last year, but there's no need to tell her that haha. Honestly, this is one of the best facial oils I've tried by far, it knocks a lot of the expensive ones I've tried out of the park! If you want to wake up to soft and plump skin, go for it, you won't regret it.

• The Body Shop Vitamin C Skin Reviver (£17 here) - I've been trying to look for some products that get rid of hyper pigmentation, please let me your recommendations if you have any (of if you've tried the Ordinary's vitamin C)! I came to the conclusion that I need to try some more Vitamin C products, ideally a serum. So I picked up this skin reviver from the body shop, which is supposed to enhance natural radiance. It's sort of a serum and primer in one, it has an odd gel like texture that smooths the surface of your skin making a great base for makeup. I've used it about 5 times so far, and whilst it's a great primer, it's not really hydrating, hence the websites recommendation to use it after moisturising. But that's where my problem lies! I wonder how effective it will be at reducing hyperpigmentation if I'm using it as the final product in my skincare? I'm going to see how this fares over the coming months.

• The Body Shop Vitamin C Glow Boosting Moisturiser  (£16 here) - I was more interested in getting the serum rather than this initially, but when I tried it out in store, I was almost blown away as I realised it had the same gel-like texture of my favourite Origins GinZing moisturiser, a possible dupe? However, I still have my current day cream to finish, but the sales assistant suggested I pick this up too, so I thought I might as well! I'm yet to try this as I feel like I have to finish my current moisturiser first, but I can't wait!

• Collection Lasting Perfection Corrector in Lemon (£4.19 here) - When I saw the correctors on Collection's twitter page, I knew I had to order this as I always have horrible dark circles that make my eyes appear sunken in. I was wondering whether I could use it for hyperpigmentation around my chin too. However, I just don't think this works for me. One, I found the formula to be very thick, more so than the original concealers, so it looked quite cakey and also gave me a white cast. I have seen a lot of people raving about this on instagram, but they tend to use the fairest shade concealer, whereas I have a medium skintone (around NC30), so I think it might just be that the shade is too light for me, or I need more of a peach corrector to cancel out any darkness.

• YSL 'Touche Eclat' Neuraliser Bisque Colour Corrector (£25.50 here) - After being dismayed the Collection Corrector didn't work for me, I saw Kaushal Beauty on youtube using this to colour correct darkness under her eyes and around her mouth. As she has a similar skintone to me, I decided to try this out too. Whilst I'll do a full review on this later, I don't think this is a miracle product. Whilst it does conceal the darkness to an extent, some darkness still comes through where you have applied less product, and I'm divided on whether it works on the hyper pigmentation around my chin. It also cost a lot, so I'm wondering whether it was worth it.

• Maybelline Fit Me Concealer in Shade 20 (£5.99 here) - I picked this up today (hence why it's not pictured) after seeing so many of you mentioning it, so I'm intrigued to give this a go! I wish picking a shade was easier though, or there was more variety.

I hope you enjoyed this post!

I'd love to know if you have any suggestions on beating hyper pigmentation, or if you've picked up any of these products?

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