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  • What I Bought My 14 Year Old Daughter For Her Birthday

    Being a teenager today is totally different to being a teenager when I was growing up. When it came to fragrance and skincare, we spent our money in The Body Shop, on anything Dewberry, White Musk or Vanilla scented. Today’s teens don’t head to stores like this anymore. It’s places like Sephora or Selfridges they want to head to. But thankfully they still appreciate buying staples on the high street such as Boots and Superdrug. So with my daughter turning 14 this year, what were some of the things I bought her and why?

    Simple Skincare Gift Set

    Simple as a brand has a great range of products for lots of people, including teens. Most products are colour, fragrance and soap free, so great for sensitive and young skin. This gift set I purchased contains a good, basic skincare routine. It includes a facial wash, moisturiser, sheet mask and head band.

    Simple Skincare Gift Set
    Revolution Beauty’s 24k Gold Make-up Pallet

    My daughter loves make-up. At the age she is now it’s all about experimenting and finding her own style and flair. This pallet had a good mix of colours that weren’t too obvious, so could be used daily. Revolution Beauty always has a sale online, which includes make-up, so plenty of bargains for teens to grab.

    Revolution Beauty’s 24k Gold Make-up Pallet
    Avene’s Eau Thermale

    I bought this for my daughter last year but in a smaller size, and she loved it. Avene’s Eau Thermale provides instant cooling on the skin. Ideal for skin that’s sensitive as it only contains spring water, and no other ingredient which may or may not be needed especially on teen skin. It’s an easy product to carry and use on the go if needed and perfect for Summer.

    Avene’s Eau Thermale
    Hair clips

    I picked up various hair clips from Home Bargains and Superdrug (when they were on clearance). My daughter loves hair accessories and so do a lot of teenage girls. These are very inexpensive gifts but always appreciated. I got them in different colours and shapes, which she can use if and when needed.

    Hair clips & accessories
    Make-up brushes

    You can’t have make-up without brushes! I always find really affordable make-up brushes (which are branded) in Home Bargains. I bought her a blusher brush and eyebrow brushes.

    Ectools and Real Technique make-up brushes
    Lotions & Potions (formally Glow) fine fragrances

    Lotions & Potions fine fragrance products are dupes of well known scents. I bought my daughter Lady Million, which you can guess what THIS smells like (dupe alert)! Housed in an adorable, blue teddy bear shaped bottle (like another well known fragrance), I knew she would like the look and smell of this and she does!

    Lotions & Potions Lady Million fragrance
    Florence by Mills Wildy Me Eau de toilette

    As a fan of Millie Bobby Brown, and a fragrance junkie, I HAD to buy this for my daughter! Normally I buy her body mists, but being 14 it was time to treat her to stronger scented formulations. A floral and woody scent which if I’m honest, isn’t something I like, but it’s different and nice for my daughter to try out. What we like fragrance wise can be similar but very different.

    Florence by Mills’s Wildy Me eau de toilette

    What do you think about the selection of products I bought my mini me? I can honestly say that except the items bought from Home Bargains, everything else was bought on sale or part of a special promotion. So although not my usual budget friendly purchases, they were the best prices I could get as I shopped around.

  • 3 Things I Buy My Teenage Daughter ALL THE TIME!

    Having teenage children is… interesting! When they hit the pre-teen age, life as you now it changes FOREVER! As a mum of a teenage boy and girl, I have the daily pleasure of being kept on my toes, along with having to take out my credit to purchase everything for them every 5 seconds. There are 3 things I buy my daughter all the time, because in her own words ‘she needs them!’. So what can’t she live without?

    3 Things I Buy My Teenage Daughter
    Blemish/Pimple Patches

    When I was a teenager and I got a spot or 10, I just dealt with it. Now, my daughter covers her face in blemish/pimple patches. What’s strange is she’s not particularly spotty! These do work, I’ve tried them myself. They minimise the look of blemishes so I understand why they are useful. The patches my daughter uses are from the brand Face Facts and they come in a variety of shapes. So these are part skincare, part face fashion accessories.

    Face Facts Blemish Patches
    Hair Scrunchies & Bobbles

    My house is littered in bobbles! Black ones, brown ones…they are everywhere! Very useful things for both myself and my daughter and you can never have too many of them. I buy her a pack of 6 from Home Bargains in different shades of pink and neutrals.

    Hair scrunchies from Home Bargains
    Fragrances

    When I use the word ‘fragrance’, most of the time it’s body mists. My daughter is as addicted to fragrance as I am. She takes them everywhere, especially to school. These can come in different sizes, shapes and fragrances, perfect for her to slip into the school blazer pocket or a small cross body bag. Most recent body mists used have been Designer Fragrances, Impulse and Treacle Moon.

    Fragrance

    So these are the 3 things I regularly buy my teenage daughter. None of these items are expensive thankfully, so I can be as cheap or as expensive as I like with ‘her’ purchases.

  • New In Home Bargains!

    My beady bargain loving eyes have been combing through the aisles of Home Bargains, ready to find anything new for the face and body. Something new always comes into store and usually at a very affordable price. So what have I seen recently?

    New finds in Home Bargains
    Revolution’s Purifying Priming Water

    This can be used before applying make-up to help create a good base for the skin or used as a general hydrating mist if and when needed. 99p for 100ml at Home Bargains. Direct from Revolution Beauty currently £4.90 (down from £7.00).

    Revolution’s Purifying Priming Water
    Revolution’s Balm Primer

    This balm primer is designed to smooth the look and feel of the skin before applying make-up. Lines, wrinkles, pores should be minimized in appearance after using this and even out any areas of shine to the skin. £1.49 for 12g at Home Bargains. Direct from Revolution Beauty currently costs £5.59 (down from £7.99).

    Revolution’s Balm Primer
    Foamie Shower Body Bar

    Foamie’s Shower Body Bar is a posh looking bar of soap containing ingredients including calendula and chamomile, cocoa seed butter, coconut oil and sweet almond oil. They come in a variety of different fragrances with varying ingredients. 79p each but from other retailers can cost up to £6.00.

    Foamie’s Shower Body Bar
    Derma V10 Lip Oils

    I spotted two versions of Derma V10’s lip oils in coconut and mango. Ingredients included are coconut oil, shea butter and Vitamin E. These lip oil’s look really interesting, moisturising and very affordable. They cost only 99p.

    Derma V10’s Lip Oils
    XHC Nourishing Hair Oil

    Containing argan oil, Vitamin E and other moisturising oils, XHC’s Nourishing Hair Oil seems like a a product that could be used for people with dry scalp and hair. Hair oils can be quite expensive, but this 50ml bottle costs only £1.49.

    XHC’s Nourishing Hair Oil

    So these are a few of the new products I’ve seen in Home Bargains. All are inexpensive ranging from 79p up to £1.49. Have I purchased any of these? No. I don’t personally need them. But the Foamie Shower Body Bar looks great for gifting and so does the Derma V10 Lip Oils.