
I haven't actually finished a huge number of products in June (only seven, in fact!), but the ones I did use up have been a bit of a mixed bag...

Might Repurchase: Beauty Kitchen Inspire Me Brightening & Toning Body Soufflé | I really like the Beauty Kitchen range and the Inspire Me products smell gorgeous. This hydrates nicely, although I'm not sure about the brightening and toning claims. I have a lot of body butters and similar products to use up before I even consider repurchasing this! // Boots Botanics Shine Away Invigorating Face Scrub | I'm falling out of love with physical exfoliants, in favour of chemical products which achieve similar effects without damaging my skin (or the environment, in the case of microbeads!). This was an okay scrub but nothing amazing, and it didn't seem to keep my skin any less shiny as it claimed, though I did only use it once or twice a week. // Elie Saab Le Parfum Eau De Parfum | A sample vial from my Latest in Beauty Build Your Own Box*, this was quite a grown-up fragrance by my standards, but I really enjoyed its notes of orange blossom and jasmine.
Won't Repurchase: REN Vita Mineral Active 7 Eye Gel | I wasn't wowed by this at all (I do often seem to be underwhelmed by REN products, somehow) and didn't really find it to do anything much for my eye area; I'm only really looking for hydration as I don't have any major lines yet, but this fell short for me. The gel texture was nice but that's not really enough!
June Goals
• Run at least once per week. I decided not to push my luck on this one after injuring my ankle pretty badly in mid-May (it's still quite stiff, six weeks later!) and didn't run until the middle of June, but I have run at least once a week since then, so I half-succeeded?! I did quite a long run this week (well, 4.5 miles!) and although I walked a fair bit of it, I was really proud of myself and I'm looking to build on that into July.
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May Loves
How gorgeous is the Jaclyn Hill x BECCA collaboration!? I was so disappointed by the eye palette being withdrawn and all the fuss around it, as it looks beautiful - but either way Kristina's photos of the products are just stunning.
Jasmine posted about affordable dupes for cult skincare products, sharing her thoughts on a number of alternatives and whether she'd make the switch! I love posts like this as I'm all about dupes and saving pennies where I can. As an aside - Jasmine's photos are always so gorgeous, I have such bad photo envy whenever I read her posts!
Here on The Indigo Hours, meanwhile, my favourite posts this month include my review of Benefit's Goof Proof Brow Pencil (which you can still pick up for free with Elle magazine for a few more days!), the products in my Summer Skincare Routine, and the products in my Latest In Beauty Build-Your-Own Beauty Box! Do pop on over and check them out if you missed them, I'd love to hear your thoughts.
June In SummaryIt's been a fairly busy month, what with my interview and all the following paperwork for leaving my existing jobs and getting started with the new one... I don't really speak a lot about politics here on my blog but I don't feel I can not mention the EU Referendum - I was so upset with the outcome and still am, I am honestly really worried about how things are going to go from here. Aside from that though I've had quite a good June.
How has your month been? Have you achieved any of your goals? I'd love to hear what you've been loving in June!
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I really enjoy posts like this that consist of a mish mash of bits! Congratulations on your new job and ohh those maroons looks incredible!
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Thanks Emily! Oh they were gorgeous, get yourself to M&S <3 xo
DeleteI had a lot of stress in June so it's good to hear that somebody had a better one. Well done on achieving those goals! I did get a book published in June so that's a thing I guess. But all in all, bring on July.
ReplyDeleteThank you Joanne! That's amazing though, well done you!! xo
DeleteLove these kinds of posts! Congratulations on your job! I also need to sort out all my clothes.. ;)
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Thank you Isabella! Get it done, you'll feel so much better once it's done <3 xo
DeleteI'm really upset about the EU referendum results too! It's bought out such hate and everything has gone into disarray so I don't think it was worth it :( x
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This is such a great idea for a post.
ReplyDeleteI've also been rather upset over the EU Ref. It's such a worrying time we live in now.
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Sounds like you had a really busy month! Congrats on the job and I agree, the Becca palettes look amazing! x
ReplyDeleteThis kind of post is awesome! A mix that covers so much. As for sorting the books, oh my I would have a hard time with that as I am addicted to books and reading! Clothes, out ya go...books ummmm nope LOL
ReplyDeletegreat job on hitting most of your goals! and congratulations on your new job! sounds like you'll be very busy in the next few months. sounds like June was a great month for you, I hope July is even better for you! xX
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Well done for paying your overdraft off! Good luck with the running, I'm hoping to start Zumba again
ReplyDeleteI read the book too and have been decluttering slowly but surely. Last weekend I bought a DVD file so that I could keep the disks but throw away the boxes. Saves so much space
ReplyDeleteI really would love to run once a week, but I hate getting sweaty or being out of breath so it will never work for me! Congrats on paying off the over draft too!! Mine is exectly where it has always been , megaaaa over drawn!!
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I really want to read The Life Changing Magic of Tidying x
ReplyDeleteI love these kinds of posts! I'm still pretty bummed about the EU Referendum and I was really upset when it happened. Congratulations on the new job, I really hope everything works out well for you and I'm really excited to see what July brings for you xx
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your new job! I love this new post of yours :) It has everything in it x
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Sounds like you had a really good month. As I have so many products it's so rare that I ever finish anything and have empties x
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had an awesome month! Those macaroons look amazing! x
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nice
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