Becky Types

Whilst working at my old place of work, the Woodland Trust, I met a lovely lady Judith who would attend the events and take photos for the charity.
I was in complete awe of Judith's photos and still to this day love every single one that she takes.
As part of my leaving gift from the Woodland Trust, I was given the opportunity to attend a photography day at the British Wildlife Centre down in Lichfield, just off the M25.

Of course, I didn't want to go alone so I asked if Judith would join me.
We chose to go in July 2018 as we both agreed that the Summer would be the best time to attend, what we didn't think of is the weather and my word was it hot!

It took me three hours to drive down, no air conditioning and I didn't fancy getting burnt with the roof down on the car!

Despite the hot 26-27c temperatures it was such a wonderful day, sitting with the otters as they scurried around you. The Foxes being nosey with the camera lens and the Wildcats bathing in the sun. I would highly recommend any avid photographers, beginners or advance!

Rather than babble on, I thought I would just post a selection of the ones I took. Let me know which ones are your favourites.

I'm going to rightly admit that when it comes to skin care, I have all the gear but no idea. It's true!
Even when I'm staying at a friend's house I will take wipes, lotions and potions so it looks like I know what I'm doing and that I look after my skin. However, when I'm home it's a different story and all I want to do is get into bed quickly.

In all honesty though, I have been incredibly lucky with my skin. I would occasionally have a spot or two, but apart from that I wouldn't experience any oily t-zones or dry patches. My skin was as soft as anything. But in the last three years or so, this hasn't been the case and I've noticed dry, flaky and also oily patches.

Because of this I did the stupid thing of self diagnosing myself with our lovely friend, Google and nearly every site told me that I had combination skin - whether this is true or not I don't think I will ever know!  Since then I've been using Clarins Matte Lotion but this wasn't doing the job fully and I was getting more and more self conscious with my skin.


I had heard about the Hydrating Booster range from Simple, especially their gel booster which is supposed to give you this added extra protection so to speak.


I bought the product in my local supermarket (I know, not exactly Selfridges) for £6.95. What completely threw me was the size of the bottle, only 25ml! I tried telling myself that if it's a booster than I'll be using just a small amount so it should last me a reasonable time, right?

Anyway, the Simple Hydrating Gel Booster can be used in three ways; as a primer, a moisturiser on its own or a booster underneath your own moisturiser.
I decided to go with the latter and try underneath my moisturiser. I must admit the actual product reminds of Calpol - the colour and consistency, not the flavour!
I used a small pea size amount and applied to the areas that really needed it. It went on as smooth as anything, no stickiness, no greasy fingers. It just glided on and you really felt like your skin was taking it in, feeling hydrated.
I applied my moisturiser and went about my day.

I'm happy to say that after a full nine hours at work my skin was not flaky at all and after a month of using it when I needed it the most, I love this product and would highly recommend to people who need that little extra boost of hydration. It's become a staple in my makeup bag.
It may be a small bottle and it will be interesting to see how long it lasts with me, but it really does what it says.


Have you tried the Simple Hydration Gel Booster? I would love to know your thoughts in the comments below.