Holiday Beauty And Skincare Essentials

Hello loves,

as you may know if you follow me on twitter (@ londonstagraam) 

I´ll be on summer holiday later this week until the beginning of august. 

I´ll fly out to Santorini in Greece. 

In this weeks blogpost I´ll show you what I´ll take with me on my holiday when it comes to taking care of my skin and feeling good in it. x

I try to give my skin a break as well when I am on holiday.

So I stay away from heavy foundations and powders.

At daytime I only use a facial sunscreen (below)

When I want a bit of coverage and feel good about myself and my skin, I stick to a bb cream with SPF.

This one is by Maybelline new york and has SPF 25 in it which is amazing when you are in a hot country - protecting your skin from the sun is the most important thing in summer time.

When you go on holiday you don´t want to take big palettes or a lot of single eyeshadows with you. So I recently purchased this tiny palette by catrice cosmetics with three shimmery eyeshadows.

The three eyeshodos have the perfect colors for a holiday eye make up look.

They are bronzed and shimmery and have good pigmentation.

I don´t bother with too much make up as I said before but one thing is a must for me- doing my eyebrows. I am really vain when it comes to my eyebrows. No matter if I go out for dinner or just down to the pool, 

I´ll always fill in my eyebrows.

This eyebrow pencil is by Maybelline new york again and it´s in the color medium brown.

It has a waxy pencil side to fill in your eyebrows and a sponge on the other side which 

I don´t normal use. I only brush through them after filling them in to give it a more natural look.

I recently discovered this product by lush cosmetics. It´s called silky underwear. It´s a body powder with chia butter. It´s a powder to use all over your body to make it smooth and stop feeling greasy and sweaty. Especially if you like wearing dresses and find thigh chafing really annoying and painful this product is a must have this summer.

Using a body scrub and a rich body moisturizer is just as important as a good sunscreen. To exfoliate the dead skin on your tanned skin is very important so try using a body twice a week.

Try not to use a very harsh peeling. Your skin is already dealing with the sun for many hours straight you don´t want to irritate your skin even more using harsh products on it.

I recommend scrubs by the body shop they make your skin feel moisturized and so so smooth! I am a huge fan.

I also love their body butters. They are super rich with moisture and leave your skin feel amazing for hours.

Now to the most important essential in summer time. Sunscreen.

Nothing is as important as protecting your skin.

Always use a sunscreen with a SPF high enough to really protect your skin for a sunburn.

SPF will not make your skin tanned slower! 

It will make your skin tanned in the most healthy way possible.

I like using the sunscreens by nivea. This new one is a sunscreen oil which I find amazing, because I don´t really like the feeling of sunscreen on my skin. An oil protects your skin, smells good and feels way better than a cream.

I always use a different sunscreen on my face. This one is by la roche- posey laboratoire dermatologique and has SPF 30.

This sunscreen is especially for people who suffered or still suffer from acne.

Since I was a teenager I suffered from acne and it really makes difference if you use a sunscreen for your skin type.

This sunscreen leaves your skin matt as well which is perfect if you have an oily t- zone like me.

It is a bit more on the pricier side but when it comes to the health of your skin this shouldn´t really matter.

Taking care of your skin after laying in the sun all day is very important. 
To be honest it´s all about taking good care of your skin in summertime.

I got this after sun lotion by garnier to use after showers. It cools down your skin and gives your skin all the things back it looses during the day in the sun.

Protecting your lips from the sun? Yes I´ll be honest with you, I only just heard about sun damaged lips recently.

But it is true, your lips need protection from the sun as well.

I got my first lip balm with SPF 50 for my summer holiday.

I hope you liked this weeks blogpost x

Let me know what´s your most important essential in summer!

comment below, tweet me @ londonstagraam x

Love, Kim x