Avene Cleanance Mat review

I love the dewy look as much as the next women, but my oily skin has been known to take that to a whole new level. During my teens my make up melted off my face quicker than Olaf on a summers day. How I found my other half and the father to my children during this time I will never know!

I outgrew it, for a while, then Niall came along and with him a whole new batch of crazy hormones. To combat the problem id been using a mattifying powder on top of my usual makeup. But I know with summer fast approaching this isn't the best or a light weight solution. The only cake I want in summer is on my picnic blanket! And that's why, even though new products can irritate my skin, I took the risk and jumped at the chance to try out these two Avene mattifying products!

I should start by saying that both products were extremely gentle on my skin. The toner made my skin extra clean after cleansing, and along with the smell, left me feeling refreshed. Ideal for a morning skincare routine! Being Paraben free is always and added bonus too.

Using the two products together helped my make up to stay in place and keep oil at bay virtually all day. On one accidental occasion even after a gym class! I found it was the moisturiser that gave my make up the staying power and that I only actually needed to use a pee sized amount. Which is great as, in my opinion, you need to purchase both products (at £10 each) to get the best results.

If you've got oily/combination skin id really recommend giving this range a try!

An early Mothers day!

Now that I'm a parent and a 'grown up', other than play dates, there's nothing I love more than quaint little places that serve coffee and cake!

That, and family days out, so combining the two for an early Mothers day treat as I work Sundays was a bonus!

I vlogged the day for the first time if anyone is interested..please be gentle with me I didn't realise how hard filming and editing actually was!!

Spring craft/mothers day idea!

Today while Niall was having his morning nap, me and Rio spent our one on one time doing some spring craft.

We ended up making a potted flower which I think is an amazing handmade gift idea for Mother's day, sneakily to yourself like mine, or for a grandparent.

I started off with toilet tubes. If your like me your far more likely to have these hanging round the house than actual plant pots.

I then cut them in half to make them smaller and  Rio reminded me that scissors 'are sharp' in the meantime, thank you Mr Maker!

You could now decorate/paint these but as Niall's morning nap is very unpredictable we made the most of the time and moved straight onto the next step...curling strips of paper around your finger!!

If you have an older child you could get them to do scissor trick for that step. But Rio found this way just as fun.

Once we had a few we then added them, and some more, to the inside of the toilet tube with cellotape!

I was planning on adding flowers next but Rio asked if we could include a butterfly so I dug one, some eyes and a straw out of the crafting drawer.

A lovely added extra :) .. Now back to the flowers.

We ripped  up tissue paper and scrunched it into little balls, pva glueing it to the plant as we went. I used a lolly pop stick dipped into the bottle to save any wastage as Niall was stirring and I knew our crafting session was about to be cut short.

And VOILA!

Rio seems to know when a photo is for blog purposes and does this fake smile face. Little cracker jack! I wonder what his school photo's will end up like. I know it isn't the norm to be there when Mothers day presents are being bought/made but every time I look at it sat on the fireplace I smile at the memory of us doing it together. Parcel's keep arriving that I'm not allowed to open so I know for certain that Craig hasn't forgotten about me. How could he? I've hinted weekly for the past month!