My favourites aren't in any particular order of preference, it's just things and products and whatever else I've been enjoying for this month and I want to share it, maybe you will end up liking it too, maybe you already do or maybe you hate it.....either way I hope you enjoy the post. If you all like this monthly favourites post, I could do more and might add some more categories like food or other stuff.
Beauty
1) Aloe Vera Gel 99% Pure
I am loving using this on my hands, I have dermatitis on my hands and I would say this has been the most helpful product I have tried for my hands and it's dryness. I also put a thick cream hand moisturiser over the aloe vera and my hands have been much better!! I got this particular aloe vera from Chemist Warehouse. It does have a natural preservative that I don't like, the grapefruit one, but I didn't realise this when I bought I but I mean 99% of it is pure so that's still pretty good :)
2) Madre Labs Hands Cream with Argan Nut Oil
This is a nice thick hand cream that has no added scent, which I like, but it does have a smell (the ingredients) that isn't strong or too noticeable. I really , really like this a lot and I love using it over the top of my aloe vera gel on my hands before bed time. I like that it's thick, I find it hard to find good thick hand creams and this one is great for dry hands and doesn't have any overpowering scent added. I just wish it was a little bigger in size and the amount of product you get.
This is a nice thick hand cream that has no added scent, which I like, but it does have a smell (the ingredients) that isn't strong or too noticeable. I really , really like this a lot and I love using it over the top of my aloe vera gel on my hands before bed time. I like that it's thick, I find it hard to find good thick hand creams and this one is great for dry hands and doesn't have any overpowering scent added. I just wish it was a little bigger in size and the amount of product you get.
3) Trilogy Rose Hip Antioxidant Oil
I use rose hip oil all the time, but before this month I wasn't that consistent with it for a little while, but I've been using it more again and I just really like it. It adds a nice amount of moisture to my skin, I put a tiny bit underneath my eyes too. I feel like I am doing my skin a favour by using this and oils in generals, just because I feel like my skin will age better because of all the benefits rose hip oil and oils in general have. When I use this and other oils I don't have to use as much moisturiser which I like.
I use rose hip oil all the time, but before this month I wasn't that consistent with it for a little while, but I've been using it more again and I just really like it. It adds a nice amount of moisture to my skin, I put a tiny bit underneath my eyes too. I feel like I am doing my skin a favour by using this and oils in generals, just because I feel like my skin will age better because of all the benefits rose hip oil and oils in general have. When I use this and other oils I don't have to use as much moisturiser which I like.
4) Acure Organics, Sensitive Facial Cleanser Argan Oil & Probiotic
I only go this cleanser this month, it was in my iherb haul here. So far I am happy with it, I think this is a better choice for my skin over the moogoo milk wash just because it is a cream cleanser and it helps with hydrating my skin more than the milk wash did. It's still a very new love so I will have to see how my skin is with it further down the track with more and more use, but so far I feel like it was a very good decision to buy and I am enjoying using it :)
I only go this cleanser this month, it was in my iherb haul here. So far I am happy with it, I think this is a better choice for my skin over the moogoo milk wash just because it is a cream cleanser and it helps with hydrating my skin more than the milk wash did. It's still a very new love so I will have to see how my skin is with it further down the track with more and more use, but so far I feel like it was a very good decision to buy and I am enjoying using it :)
Note: I had more products that were on the verge of being favourites, but being as they aren't yet I didn't put them in. So next month there will probably be more beauty favourites if monthly favourites are something you want to see on this blog :)
TV Shows
1) Elementary
This show is so witty and smart, the humour is so dry which is probably my favourite kind of humour. Johnny Lee Miller plays the Sherlock Holmes character amazingly, he is so wonderful in this as is Lucy Liu. I think every time something is being remade or revamped everyone kinda is more sceptical but I think this show has really reconstructed the whole Sherlock Holmes genre but kept the essence of Sherlock Holmes the character but flipped everything else. I just love it, I really recommend it !!!
2) The Americans
I was very curious about this show, and I was excited that it was coming to free to air t.v. This show is a little intense, it has a good story line. I love spy movies and t.v show but this seems a little more raw, a little darker, this show feels like it's very different from normal spy shows since it is focusing on Russian spies planted in America. It's just very interesting so far, I'm looking forward to see where they will go with it. I've only watched one episode but I am looking forward to watch more.
Music
1) Robin Thicke- Blurred Lines
2) McFly- Above the Noise Album (In particular Party Girl, iF U C Kate, End of the World and That's the Truth)
3) Demi Lovato ft Cher Lloyd- I Really Don't Care
4) Of Mice & Men- O.G Loko
5) Mya- Fallen, Case of the Ex, My love is like...Wo
6) Paramore- Still Into You
7) Cher Lloyd- Dub On the Track
8) The Androids- Do it with Madonna
9) My Chemical Romance- Teenagers
10) Of Mice & Men- Second & Sebring (one of my all time favourite songs!!)
DVD's
1) Pitch Perfect
I saw this on the last day of May and I had to add it it to my favourites because it has been added to my all time favourites movie list. I loved it so much!! I laughed so much and it was just so, so, so great!!! Everyone was so funny, specifically Rebel Wilson who I love.
2) Katy Perry: Part of Me Movie
I've always really liked Katy Perry and her music, to be honest I think she is the best pop singer cause even though she rights fun catchy songs, she also writes songs with substance and that aren't as "superficial" as some songs around these days. Anyway after watching this movie I loved her even more, in the movie you get to see her as a real person and how she "made it". We are usually use to seeing celebrities in this altered sense of reality (talk shows, red carpets, interviews etc) where they are in a setting that is much foreign and strange to us and it can feel very fake. So I liked that in the movie you saw behind that.
3) Reba season 1
I remember watching this when I would be home sick from school when I was younger but I didn't remember too much about it. I had a strong feeling that I really liked it so I got it and I loved watching it. It was so funny and actually everyone in my family loves it too.
4) Just Shoot Me season 3
I love this show so much, I laugh every time I watch it even though I do remember some of the episodes I still enjoy them as much as the first time. Very simply put, it's just a great, funny show.
5) My Wife & kids season 2
One of my many favourite tv shows growing up, I am a big fan of the whole Wayans family. I am so happy I got this on dvd I never get sick of it. You cannot watch any episode without laughing out loud, it's impossible!!
6) Seeking a Friend for the End of the Universe
This was a more unusual kind of movie, I would say it wasn't very predictable it was different and I really enjoyed it. I mean Steve Carell is just so funny and he and keira knightley were great in the movie. It's funny, it's sweet and it is definitely something different in terms of what you see in movies.
7) Jeff, Who Lives At Home
Best way to describe this movie; a heart warming movie. This I enjoyed more than what I thought, it was a really nice movie that had a message in it and had a meaning that I appreciated. Jeff is a really wonderful character, he is sweet. Fate and a higher power are definitely apart of the movie, it's just goes in a direction different and better than where I thought it was going. Really enjoyed it.
8) Dawson's Creek Season 1
I use to watch this when it was on tv and I was alot younger, I decided to get the first season on dvd to see if I still liked it. Some things that I liked when I was younger you don't tend to like when your older, for me that is more rare but I was happy that I still really loved Dawson's creek and it was like watching it for the first time because I don't remember much of it.
Youtuber/ Youtube Videos
Note: I had more products that were on the verge of being favourites, but being as they aren't yet I didn't put them in. So next month there will probably be more beauty favourites if monthly favourites are something you want to see on this blog :)
TV Shows
Music
10) Of Mice & Men- Second & Sebring (one of my all time favourite songs!!)
DVD's
I saw this on the last day of May and I had to add it it to my favourites because it has been added to my all time favourites movie list. I loved it so much!! I laughed so much and it was just so, so, so great!!! Everyone was so funny, specifically Rebel Wilson who I love.
I've always really liked Katy Perry and her music, to be honest I think she is the best pop singer cause even though she rights fun catchy songs, she also writes songs with substance and that aren't as "superficial" as some songs around these days. Anyway after watching this movie I loved her even more, in the movie you get to see her as a real person and how she "made it". We are usually use to seeing celebrities in this altered sense of reality (talk shows, red carpets, interviews etc) where they are in a setting that is much foreign and strange to us and it can feel very fake. So I liked that in the movie you saw behind that.
I remember watching this when I would be home sick from school when I was younger but I didn't remember too much about it. I had a strong feeling that I really liked it so I got it and I loved watching it. It was so funny and actually everyone in my family loves it too.
I love this show so much, I laugh every time I watch it even though I do remember some of the episodes I still enjoy them as much as the first time. Very simply put, it's just a great, funny show.
One of my many favourite tv shows growing up, I am a big fan of the whole Wayans family. I am so happy I got this on dvd I never get sick of it. You cannot watch any episode without laughing out loud, it's impossible!!
This was a more unusual kind of movie, I would say it wasn't very predictable it was different and I really enjoyed it. I mean Steve Carell is just so funny and he and keira knightley were great in the movie. It's funny, it's sweet and it is definitely something different in terms of what you see in movies.
7) Jeff, Who Lives At Home
Best way to describe this movie; a heart warming movie. This I enjoyed more than what I thought, it was a really nice movie that had a message in it and had a meaning that I appreciated. Jeff is a really wonderful character, he is sweet. Fate and a higher power are definitely apart of the movie, it's just goes in a direction different and better than where I thought it was going. Really enjoyed it.
8) Dawson's Creek Season 1
I use to watch this when it was on tv and I was alot younger, I decided to get the first season on dvd to see if I still liked it. Some things that I liked when I was younger you don't tend to like when your older, for me that is more rare but I was happy that I still really loved Dawson's creek and it was like watching it for the first time because I don't remember much of it.
Youtuber/ Youtube Videos
I will do a separate blog about all my favourite youtubers, but for now this is who I have been watching the most this month.
Websites and/ or Blogs
1) Amazon
I love, love, love Amazon and I love tv shows and movies so much, and being in Australia we miss out on so much shows coming to dvd that it has always really annoyed me. I think we are passed the days where we need region coding, with the Internet and people getting whatever show they want from there. Region coding restricting where dvds can only be played and sold in certain countries seems redundant. I am not one of those people that downloads movies or streams movies illegally because I have too much love for the tv and film industry so that is why I buy mine from amazon. My new FAVOURITE website :)
Miscellaneous
1) Fifi & Jules Podcast
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