My Summer Face Essentials

It's hot..hotter than we are used to in England.

I have normal/combo skin which means that heat and me don't mix.

This is what I'm using to keep my skin from looking a hot greasy mess and it's working brilliantly.

Surprised that you don't see a primer? So was I.

I used a primer when I went to the Body Shop bloggers event and it really highlighted dry patches that I didn't know I had.  Since that day, I've just been using my foundation alone and it's served me well.

The toner is one of my saving graces, I just whack it on..wait for it dry, put my moisturiser on, let it sink in and then apply my foundation.  It stays put all day, doesn't apply in a streaky manner and gives me a dewy finish without making me greasy.  The eye roll on is there simply to provide extra moisture as the air conditioning at work has a habit of drying my eyes out.

Olay Olay..Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot!

We've had a bout of pretty decent weather recently and I realised that my current moisturiser didn't contain SPF so armed with my purse, me and my brother headed for Tescos.

Funnily enough, he wasn't too into looking at "girly shit" so he busied himself picking up ice creams and then knocking me over with the trolley..

I really wasn't sure what to pick up and as the Tescos was a small one, this was the best it offered:

I've heard a lot about the Olay fluids (as filthy as that sounds) so I decided to give the SPF one a whirl.  I usually find that SPF moisturises tend to make combo skin more oily than it needs to be.

I was pretty impressed that Olay do fluids for all skincare types.  The bottle looks massive here but don't be fooled, it's quite diddly compared to how big the packaging is.

I really like it, the smell reminds me of old school Ulay products (I swear it used to be called Oil of Ulay..I was right! I knew it!) and it doesn't make me greasy at all.  It sinks in nicely and I feel adequately moisturised.

I got it for about £4 from Tescos and my brother bough Feasts, Cornettos and Fabs.