I'm such a huge lover of drugstore skincare and definitely have my favourite brands, so today I'm talking you through my top 5 products!

First off, is the L'Oreal Smooth Scrubs nourishing scrub. I have been obsessed with this as the weather has gotten warmer! I tend to find that the sun really dries my skin so I've been loving using this to get rid of any dry spots. It's got 3 different sugars to tackle different things which I thought was really good ; it's got white sugar to buff away impurities and dead skin, blonde sugar because it's a natural moisturiser and brown sugar as it's rich in minerals to help strengthen the skin's barrier.



The next is a mask that I was sent by Formula 10.0.6 a couple of months ago (to see my review of all products click here). I've been loving using this mask to clear the pores around my nose. It feels so gentle on the skin, but still really detoxes pores. It makes my skin feel so clear and fresh - it's not like any other mask I've tried! It also smells amazing - the bergamot makes it such a lovely scent for summer as well as it's not too heavy.


You'll probably all be bored of me droning on abut this moisturiser now, but I literally cannot get enough of it! It's a water based formula so feels really light on the skin but still feels like it's doing good. It makes your skin look really dewy and glowy; what else could you ask for in a moisturiser?! They also do it in 3 types so they cater to all skin types ; dry and sensitive, dry to normal and normal to combination! It's also infused with hyaluronic acid so really helps improve the appearance of the skin's surface!

I think we can all agree that the 2 dresses Meghan wore yesterday were absolutely GORGEOUS! So, I've decided to round up as much information as I can find about the two dresses and put them nicely into one post!

So, the first dress was designed by Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy, who said the aim was to create a "timeless minimal elegance". The dress was a simple A-line style gown with a boat neckline. The simple design was accentuated by the three-quarter length sleeves and a short train. To add to this, there was a 16 foot silk tulle veil that had every national flower of each 53 Commonwealth countries.












The second dress was a simple high neck dress by Stella McCartney silk crepe dress that she paired with Aquazzura satin heels.




Thank so much for reading! I'll see you all again next week!

Lou Loves x

I've always been one to get very excited about a royal wedding, and this is the first one since I started blogging so I couldn't not do a post on it could I!? In light of that, I'm sharing with you my recent discovery that will make sure you celebrate in style!


So, lets talk about cake! Recently, I discovered a gorgeous little cake company called BakerDays and they really kindly offered to send me a cake to share with you lovely lot! They're an incredible brand that lets you customise your own cakes - you can add any photos and text that you want and all of the styles are utterly gorgeous!


I got a letterbox cake which, as the name suggests, fits through your letterbox! It's literally the best idea because you don't even need to be in to take delivery! This size is designed to give 3-4 portions, but they also do: cupcakes (12 portions), small (10-12 portions), medium (18-25 portions) and large (40-55 portions), so you can get a cake for anything from a small family party to a huge street party!


My cake has a gorgeous union jack design, with a picture of Harry and Meghan in the middle, and  you literally cannot get more Royal Wedding than that can you! They also do the best range of flavours - including gluten free and dairy free cakes, so there's something for everyone for any occasion as they have designs for over 40 different events! I went for chocolate and it tastes incredible! It's so rich and velvety but not in a really heavy, sickly way!

If you want to order your own cake go to www.bakerdays.com and use the code LOULOVES15 at the checkout for 15% off your order - the code's valid until June 30th! If do order a cake be sure to tag me on Instagram so I can see which style you went for!

So, now you have the best cake for your party, here are some really useful posts I've found with all the essentails:
- Brides
- Best Products
- Real Simple

Thank you so much for reading, I hope you all enjoyed this post, and I'll see you all next week!

Lou Loves x

*This post may contain sponsored/gifted content, but all opinions are my own*

I've always been a huge fan of L'Oreal skincare, so when I saw these beauts launch I knew I just had to try one! I picked the nourishing cocoa one because what doesn't sound amazing about that?!

So far, I've been really loving this scrub and how it works. You apply it to dry skin and then wet your hands to rub it in. The sugars in it then melt as you rub it in and it leaves this really nice almost serum onto the skin which is like to massage in a little more before I wash it off. The product as a whole just feels really luxurious for a high street product which I really like!


And this scrub is a blend of 3 sugars that all aim to do different things! It's got white sugar to buff away impurities and dead skin, blonde sugar because it's a natural moisturiser and brown sugar as it's rich in minerals to help strengthen the skin's barrier.

It's main aim is to tackle dry patches, which is what really attracted me to it in the first place. I've always had really dry patches on my cheeks on forehead and even after just a few uses, this has got rid of them already which I was really impressed with!


This scent of this stuff is also really nice! It's smells just like chocolate (because of the cocoa), but not in an overpowering way - similar to the Body Shop's chocolate range. I also find that the cocoa gives it this really nice colour that makes it super easy to see where the sugar is on the skin, so you make sure to really melt it away!

I've been using this a few times a week, as it says to, and I've been really impressed with the results. It makes your skin really glowy and moisturised, but not the extent that it looks greasy! This is the first scrub I've tried that's actually moisturised the skin whilst scrubbing it - with my dry skin, I sometimes feel like scrubs are just stripping away the skin and they feel really harsh!

Thank you all so much for your support and I'll see you next week!

Lou Loves x

Click here for the L'Oreal website
Click here for the Superdrug website

My blog has changes a lot over the past three years so I thought it was about time to take a trip down memory lane.

First off, my 3rd ever post - august favourites. Even though I still do this type of post the way I do it is verrryyy different!

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I mean, I don't think you can even call it a post!!! I literally give no product info - what was I even doing?! Also, isn't that photography just off the scale great?!

Now let's fast forward to February 2016 when I created "my blogging story"

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I stand by some of the things that I said in this post to this day!! I'm so thankful for all of the support you all show me day in day out and I can never thank you all enough! I do cringe a little at this post though because I was just so excited about everything (including my 15 followers!).

Next up is from my old series "Lou's Guide To..."! This series was the first time I really fell in love with blogging so these posts are really special!!

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This post is so true! I hit the nail on the head here and I'd only been blogging a couple of months! This is one of about a 10 part series so make sure you go and have a look for the others because there's some cringey ones in there.

That's my first blogging year in a nutshell! Did you also notice the huge lack of spellcheck on those posts! I've really enjoyed writing this post and I've had a right giggle and some of these posts and I hope you have too! I might do another looking at my second year, so let me know if that's something you'd want to see. Thank you all so much for reading and I'll see you all next week!

Lou Loves xx

Back in January, I set myself 4 goals for my blog and instagram! It's been a few months now so I thought I'd check in and see how they're going!

1- 80,000 blog views

I'm making some great headway into this one! I'm currently sat at just under 71,000 so I should definitely reach this by the end of the year!

2- 750 Instagram followers

I've been having quite a few issues with this one... At the start of the year, I was on about 600, I then had tons of people follow me in the following weeks and managed to reach about 670, but in the 3 months or so afterwards my followers have slowly gone back down and I'm back on 596! So, I'm going to try really hard to boost it again!

3- Post on Instagram at least once every 3 days

And this is the cause of my problem in goal number 2. I've been really bad at posting to instagram and my last post was 31st march! So, I;m going to try and get back on it with my instagram game and hopefully we'll see an improvent in engagement and following!

4- Reply to all comments quickly

I've been pretty good at this one and I think all of them are up to date! Lets just hope I can keep it up!!

So, that's all for today! If you never saw my post setting out the goals, click here to have a little read! Thank you all so much for reading, and I'll see you all again next week!

Lou Loves x

I did this post way back when I first started blogging so I thought it was time for an updated version!

1- Soap & Glory melty talented balm

This stuff is INCREDIBLE! It's a dry skin balm with coconut and almond oils, mango butter and vitamin E. You can use it on your face, lips, hands, feet, hair, knees ,elbows, cuticles, wherever you've got dry skin basically and it works an absolute dream! In the tin, it's a solid oil and then it melts onto the skin! It also smells amazing so that's a major bonus as well!

2- L'Oreal hydra genius

You guys will already know that this is my absolute holy grail moisturiser. It's water based so doesn't feel heavy or sticky on the skin! It also has aloe vera and hyaluronic acid in it so it's really good for balancing out skin texture and colour as well as locking in moisture!

3- Benefit goof proof brow pencil

I've always struggled to find brow products that're the right shade for me as I find that the "blonde" products are either really grey or yellow so tend to look a little bit weird! This, however, suits my shade perfectly (I wear number 3) and just makes doing your brows a whole lot easier. It has two angles you can use to fill and define in separate areas which I really love!

4- Garnier Micellar cleansing water

I think just about everyone has tried this now, but it's just so good! It cuts through make up so easily but still feels like it really cleanses your skin and makes it feel really fresh!

5- L'Oreal baby roll mascara

This mascara is my absolute favourite - I just cannot get enough of it! It makes your lashes super fluttery and long but still holds a degree of natural-ness (is that even a thing?! I'm not quite sure but hey ho)

Thank you all so much for reading, and be sure to leave your desert island picks in the comments!

Lou Loves x

I have been loving doing this look recently, especially as it's warming up! What's better than a warm toned eye and nude lip?!

First off, I prime my eyes with the Smashbox 24hr shadow primer. This stuff is incredibly and I've been using it religiously for the past couple of years! Then I set this with powder to really lock the base down.


I then use the Morphe 12NB (natural beauty) palette. First off, I use the palest pink shade (top right) and blend it all over the lid with the NYX 17 brush. I then use the bottom right shade which is a gorgeous deep mauve. I start by blending this into the crease before blending it around, to create a halo eyes shape. To add the final glitter centre, I use the 3rd shade in which is a gorgeous gold glitter and the 2nd shade on the 2nd row which is just slightly darker. I add this into the centre with my finger as I find that that gives the best pigment.



I then use a mixture of the L'Oreal baby roll mascara and Sleek full fat lash mascara. This creates a nice dramatic eye whilst still keeping into natural and fluttery (This would also really suit some individual lashes in the outer corner.


To moisturise and prime I use the L'Oreal hydra genius and mix it with the L'Oreal infallible primer to create a glowy base.


Then, I apply the L'Oreal true match foundation over my face in tiny little dots. I know this sounds like major work but it just helps get a really even blend. I blend it using the Spectrum B01 that has 2 sprays of the Mario Badescu rose water spray on it. I then use the L'Oreal true match concealer under my eyes. I then use my beautyblender and the Rimmel stay matte powder to bake under my eyes and along my jawline. I leave this for a couple of minutes and then blend it in with a damp beautyblender, rather than blend away with a brush.



I then fill in my brows using Benefit goof proof brow pencil in the shade 3. Then, to highlight the brow bone I use the shade "virgin" in the original Naked palette.


For the final touches to the face, I use the benefit Rockateur blush and the white glow shade in the Sleek Solstice palette. Finally, I use the Barry M matte me up lip kit in pose, for a gorgeous pinky nude lip!

Thank you so much for reading, and I'll see you all again next week!

Lou Loves x

So, a lot of you will have noticed that, on Instagram stories, a new trend has been brewing. These "get to know me" templates have been going down a storm and I have loved seeing everyone's versions of them.... so, I decided to create me own! I've designed 3 for now to see how they go but I'm thinking of making a few more in the coming week!

The first one, of course had to be a blog based one! These have been my favourite to see so I really wanted to make one of these. I kept it pretty classic with some of the questions but then I threw some in that I hadn't really seen floating around!


The next one is a food based one, because who doesn't love food! This one is more in the "This or That" style where you circle your favourite but I really love it!

I'm really loving my "Get The Look" series so far so I'm back with an all-time favourite of mine ; Vanessa Hudgens.


Yellow Asymmetric Jumper from Yoyomelody - £11.18


White Stripe Wide Leg Trousers from River Island - £40 (these aren't too similar but it's the best that I could find, if you know of any others be sure to leave the link in the comments!)


Tan Suede Sandals from New Look - £19.99


Two-Tone Tote from Olivia Dar - currently sold out (18/3/18) but you can sign up for an email when back in stock


Marta sunglasses from Celine - £184

So, I hope you all enjoyed this look, thank you so much for reading and I'll see you all next weekend.

Lou Loves xx