Avene Cleanser = Super

After coming across the very beautiful and luscious skinned Lisa Eldridge and her make up tutorials I was inspired to take my skin care regime to the next level. That's right...it was time for expensive French products.

Lisa does a really brilliant video about her skin care, naming her favourite products and explaining the reasoning behind her personal skin care regime. Amongst her army of lotions and potions (Lisa advises alernating between your favourites so your skin doesn't get used to them), the highly recommended Avene cleanser stood out to me.

I may have been slightly hynotised by Lisa's massive eyes and lovely eyebrows and porcelain skin at this point...but I felt very strongly that my skin wasn't clean enough. I wanted it to be as clean as Lisa's. She kept repeating the word clean, and other variations on that theme...and within an hour I was on my way into town, determined to buy products and stuff. I am already a highly suggestible person (especially when it comes to mascara adverts, even though I know it's all 'enhanced in post-production' I still buy them all - curse their false promises!), so something that was personally recommended by someone who actually had great skin was just too promising to resist.

And then it was buy 2 get 1 free in Boots. I stood no chance. I came home with the Avene Gentle Cleanser, Skin Recovery Cream and their Thermal Spring Water Spray. I can't resist a good spray.

I got home, a few quid lighter, but very pleased with myself for buying grown up products with sensible packaging.

After using the cleansing milk on my face I realised I had never truely removed my eye make up in about 8 years. Since I started wearing it, then. Already my skin looked a lot fresher, and it was so soothing my usually dry and sensitive skin seemed hydrated already. After applying the moisturiser too my skin felt and looked better than it had for years. Literally, years. I can't recommend these products enough - and I think the Spray will really come into it's own on holidays and in the hot weather.

I only wish I had invested in my face sooner. As someone with quite bad skin I had always opted for trying to strip the top layer of it off - thanks to Lisa I may have realised my terrible mistake just in time. It's all about doing things gently.