Clinique dramatically different moisturizing lotion +

It's been a little while since I manged to blog so I thought I'd throw myself back in with a quick review of Clinique's Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion +.

 

My boyfriend was given this sample as he walked through Manchester a few weeks back. I've been using it now for around two weeks. I have tried the original when I was a teenager but it didn't suit my skin, it was too thin and unmoisturising for my dry skin. So I was very interested to try this new and improved version.

 

I found the lotion + very strange. It has a similar consistency to the original but once on it feels (and looks) very greasy and shiny on the skin. I usually apply foundation once I've moisturised however when I applied it after the lotion it made me look oily. As for moisturising properties I'm really not sure its that good. After the two weeks I started to find sore red patches on my face which I've eased with Elizabeth Arden's Eight Hour Cream. It seems the case to me that it acts more like a barrier cream rather than a deeply moisturising cream.

 

I won't be making a repurchase but am interested to know what other people make of it. Have you tried it? x

Its happened again!

Since I discovered blogs they've been a huge part of life, especially the reading side of blogging. Its now rare for me to go a day without reading through my favourite blogger's new posts and finding out what they are up to, or the products they are using and recommending. In fact, I'd go as far as saying I'm more interested in reading my blogging feed than my Facebook feed most of the time!

In my last post I was lamenting the loss of Google Reader to read my blogs and how I'd found a new alternative - The Old Reader. Well today I discovered that The Old Reader is closing its doors (well, website) to new users such as myself as they can't cope with demand. 

This put me in yet another mini panic and I've had to find another alternative. I don't like Bloglovin' as it only brings up the header of each blog post and not the full thing. I like to read my blog as a continuous feed (a bit like a magazine) without extra clicking!

My new new alternative is:  InoReader it seems very similar to The Old Reader and transferring my subscriptions took less than ten minutes! I'll be trialling it for the next couple of weeks to see what I think. So far I'd recommend it - especially if like me you're not a fan of Bloglovin' and like slightly clunky old school RSS feeds!