I'm sure I'm not alone when it comes to work essential beauty items. Now this isn't talking about your handbag essentials like a make up bag (or two), some hand sanitizer, some hand cream and all the rest. No, not these bits. I'm talking about the items that live on my desk permanently and are replaced as and when required.
Let's begin with my must have.... Hand sanitizer. I have my small travel one everywhere I go but for my desk only 300ml will do. We all have read the many statistics about office and more importantly toilet hygiene. I may wash my hands thoroughly when I arrive in the office and every time I visit the ladies but I am well aware and have witnessed that a number of people don't live by the same rules. I still share banisters, door handles, taps etc with these people who fall into the "other" category so hand sanitizer is a must for office life. Plus whenever I have a cold I can feel a little cleaner and less like i am spreading the plague.....
Another must have which as I get older (you'd think I was 50 or something) I'm finding more and more need for is a good hand moisturiser. With this I've also become quite the moisturiser judge. I really don't want something that soaks in too quickly as usually that means the affects are short lived also. On the flip side I don't want a moisturiser which leaves me greasy meaning when i go to use my mouse that o leave a grubby greasy hand print. I need a good balance which is shockingly hard to find.
I don't generally wear cosmetics to work but in case I do or incase I put some on whilst at work I always keep you hand a handy pack of face wipes. They usually dry out before I finish the pack but it's always handy to have.
Lastly due to my eye surgery last year and having a mostly computer based job, I do have the need for eye drops. These are just false tears to wet my eyes in times of need. I find myself using them just as the director needs my help making it look like I'm crying every time he asks me a question. It's pure chance and in fact the other day he caught me in the act of moistening my eyes and stopped halfway through his sentence and let me finish. Hopefully that means he knows his presence doesn't reduce me to tears.......
Now to review the actual products:
Tiger, hand sanitizer - this handy large size bottle is great for my desk. Its how I want a hand sanitizer to be. It cleans and leaves a clean alcohol scent behind. 10/10 from me
Crabtree & Evelyn , hand cream - I received this as part of a recent choice from Latest In beauty. This is a small tube but you don't need much to cover/coat your whole hand. It is a little oily for my liking plus the scent is totally old lady, so I will not be purchasing this again however pricing ranging from £4 (they are having a sale at the moment) to £18 it is an affordable item.
Superdrug, eye drops - these are not as good/long lasting as the false tears I got after my surgery but these are more than half the price and do enough of a job for my current needs. I now have a choice to what eye drops I can use so I will experiment once this bottle finishes.
Primark, argan oil face wipes - the scent of these wipes is...strange. I cannot put my finger on it but it's neither pleasant not unpleasant. I am not left feeling moisturised after using these as the pack indicates however they do the job of removing makeup and face paint
Charlie, Pink - A teen classic but also really handy as a spray in the desk. This comes in handy at Christmas and summer work parties
That's it for the work essentials. These or similar products are the constants for me. I have a make up bag but that will be another day and another blog article for handbag essentials.
Hope you enjoyed and feel free to comment/query.
Peace out. ☮䷊🕊
