April Favourites 2017

It's monthly favourites time,  I love looking back on the month and thinking about what products and things I have been loving. So lets just get straight into it...

Ted Baker Makeup Bag
This was the month where I really needed a new makeup bag, mine was very battered around, the zip had fallen off and it was just full of foundation marks. So I took a trip into Boots and found this gorgeous Ted Baker bag. The reason I love it so much, is that it honestly fits everything in! I am the type of person that will take a nude, pink and red lipstick and I will take a few different eye palettes depending on the lipstick... I am a nightmare. Also, how pretty is it? 

No7 Serum - SKINCARE
No7 launched their newest serum to their collection 'Restore and Renew Face and Neck Serum' which is for mature skin, to fade away any creepiness. I don't actually need that serum YET, but I did purchase their serum for the first signs of ageing. So far I have been using it for about 3 weeks, and I can already see improvements. Especially with my under skin spots *cry* they have really faded! 

L'Oreal Moistriser - SKINCARE
This is such a weird product and it isn't actually what I thought it was, I thought it was a serum type of product and I just threw it in my basket because it was on offer and I said to myself 'I will give it a go'. But it's actually a moisturiser, a lot like the Lancome Energy de vie. I have found it's really nice and cooling on the skin. Sinks in beautifully, a very watery texture, but I really like that. The only thing I will say, is that it is quite highly fragranced, like a lot of L'Oreals skincare. 

Maybelline Lash Sensational Mascara - MAKEUP
I have actually used this mascara before and I am sorry if I have mentioned it somewhere before. But I can't remember mentioning it, so I thought I would speak about it now. The reason I love this mascara is because it just seems to make my lashes look like theres lots and lots of lashes that I didn't even know I had. It's an amazing all round mascara, it gives length, volume and so much definition! 

NYX Dewy Finish Long Lasting Setting Spray - MAKEUP
Again a product I have used before and that I have repurchased this month. The reason I don't think I've mentioned this before is because back then I hadn't really tried many setting sprays, but now I have tried a few more. The NYX one is amazing for the price and the best one I've found in the drugstore. I love the actual spray on it, it doesn't just hit you in the face, its much more of a mist which is the real reason it's the best I've found. Also, it definitely makes a difference to the staying power of my makeup! 

DIOR Pure Poison EDP - FRAGRANCE 
This isn't a new launch for Dior, their newest fragrance in the poison range is 'Dior Poison Girl EDT' which is very sweet. However, I have come across pure poison  it's a very distinctive scent, strong but not too strong, floral but just incredible. I have been wearing this pretty much every day this month and I really love it! Not your typical spring fragrance, but one you NEED to go and smell! 

Alessia Cara - MUSIC
I have honestly been obsessed with this girl recently, I think her voice is amazing, I love every song she's made. I haven't really listened to anything but her! My favourite songs are 'wild things (acoustic version) and scars to your beautiful' LOVE HER

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8 Things To Get Rid Of This Year

I don't know about you, but when the new year comes round, I just want to sort my life out. So I am going to tell you the 8 things to throw out and for you to never see again. I do like to think of myself as quite an organised person, and theres something about being organised which I love. It helps me become more of a calm person. So come and clear your life out with me...

Old Makeup products which have passed their expiry date 

Makeup products do actually have an expiry date on them, if you look on the side of the product there should be a little makeup compact with a month by it, thats how many months its got once its been opened. For me, foundations are my main problem, I say 'just incase I need a lighter colour, or a shade for when I'm tanned, or a light coverage or I need a matte finish' like, what Helen? Just have one foundation. ONE.

Travel size mini products

If you are like me, in a hotel we do a 'ROSS' (friends) and empty the whole hotel and put it in our suitcase. So when we get home we have about 50 mini shampoos and 23 mini soaps we are never going to use. GET RID.

Products that don't work for you 

For me, I do a lot of research into products before I buy them, I read blogs, watch videos and read online product reviews. However, theres always going to be some products which either react to your skin, don't sit right or just are generally crappy products. It's unlikely that your skin and opinion is going to change, so throw them away or give them to a friend you think will benefit.

Out of date receipts and cards you no longer need

Receipts are my downfall, my purse is full of receipts for tiny little things I paid a pound for. I really don't need these, I just need to shed them and say goodbye. Cards like an Tesco's club card, which I probably use once a year, collect one point on... are just taking up space I could use for something else.

Clothes that are ripped and damaged

Throw away that top which you wear every night for bed, which has a hole in the armpit and a piece of cotton hanging from the bottom. Use your nice new pjs, you probably got for Christmas.

Clothes you no longer wear anymore

My tip for you... is every season clear out your wardrobe. Face ALL the hangers one way. When you wear a item of clothing, put it back in the wardrobe (once its been washed, thank you) and face it the opposite way. This way when it comes to the next season, you can see clearly what you have worn and what you haven't. Therefore, you know what to throw away.

Old uniforms, school uniforms, prom dresses, old work clothes

I still have my primary school uniform in my wardrobe, that cat halloween outfit and a massive prom dress in my wardrobe... WHY?

Clear out your emails, unsubscribe from anything you aren't interested in anymore

Currently have 2,958 unread emails? Exactly.

I really enjoyed making this post, it has most defiantly opened my eyes! 

Happy cleaning guys...

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Top 10 Beauty Products of 2016

HAPPY MONDAY 

2016 has honestly flown past, I know everyone says that, but really it has. I did this post last year, and it honestly feels like yesterday I wrote it, but its in fact been a year... a whole year. Anyway, I loved writing it last year, and I really like looking back on the year, looking at products that I've discovered and then putting them into one whole post of products I love. I will leave a link here for my post last year. I re-read last years post, and there has been quite a few new things which I have been loving this year and that I have discovered.

#1 Lancome Sourcils Brow Gel - Taupe 03
I just had to include this, because it really is all I have used on my brows for all of 2016. I just love this. I use a little angle brush from Zoeva and I just dip it into the pomade. Start at the tail of my brow and then just fill in the front with whatever is left on the brush.

#2 Benefit Hoola Bronzer
2016 was actually the year I purchased this bronzer. It's always been a product that I have heard of and wanted to try. However, 2016 was the year I took the plunge. Its just a great matte bronzer. I don't contour on a day to day basis. But I use this as my bronzer pretty much all over my face.. ooops.

#3 Zoeva Cocoa Blends Eyeshadow Palette
Are you bored of hearing about this yet? I got this for Christmas in 2015. I literally love it, the eyeshadows are so creamy, blendable and just fabulous colours! I have used every shade in this palette. Recently I have been reaching for more of the bronzy tones and that beautiful gold shade.

#4 Clarins Instant Light Natural Lip Perfector
I'm more of a lipstick girl, if I'm completely honest. However, when I'm wearing more of a natural makeup, or I've got quite heavy eye makeup and more recently... if my lips are much dryer, then I will go for more of a gloss. The Clarins Lip Profector, is just incredible, smells like candy and gives a gorgeous nautral colour.

#5 Sleek Highlighting Palette
I have been reaching for this highlighter the most this year, defiantly for the last 6 months. Otherwise it would be the classic Mac Soft & Gentle. However, Sleek is such an affordable brand. You get 4 shades in this palette, 3 are powders and 1 is cream. I'm more of a powder girl, but I have used the cream colour too. But my most worn shades are the bottom two, 'Subsolar and Equinox'.

#6 L'Oreal Volume Million Feline Lashes Mascara
Mascara for me is something I'm not particularly bothered about, every mascara seems to do the same for me. I do have a preference but I will just get through any mascara. BUT, I have found a mascara in the last few months of the year which I love. It makes my lashes long, curly and very black. Its from L'Oreal, which is great because its an affordable mascara. (All  L'Oreal mascaras, I love and would recommend). But the volume million feline lashes has been a favourite of mine!

#7 Chanel Vitalumia Aqua Foundation B10
I have discovered this beauty this year. It was more of a foundation that I use in the summer months, because it's a lot lighter in coverage, however you do not need much product! I love the shade, its very yellow toned, which is what I love. What I love the most about this is (well defiantly not the price) the finish, its such a skin-like natural finish.

#8 Urban Decay Weightless Complete Coverage Concealer - light/neutral
I feel like everyone went crazy for this in 2016. I use this underneath my eyes, I use the shade light/neutral however, I do think it's slightly too dark for me when I don't use fake tan. It's a light consistency, but has amazing coverage and really brightens underneath my eyes.

#9 MAC Minzeralise Skinfinish Powder
Oh my... How did I ever do my makeup without this product? I would say this is the best powder that I have ever used. I do tend to prefer loose powders for setting my eyes. But I love this pressed powder for the rest of my face. I love that it has some coverage in it too  because I feel like it makes my skin look flawless and is a great last step.

#10 NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream
It was very hard for me to pick one type of lip product (apart from the Clarins) and it was the toughest choice. So I raved about these in the earlier part of the year, they are matte but in no way drying. The colour range is amazing, the application is fab, the wearing of them is amazing, I just love these. There is only one down fall for me, and that is that there doesn't seem to be much product in the tube, it doesn't last that long until I need to get a new one. But they are very affordable!

Have an amazing New Year! I'm wishing you a lovely healthy, successful and just all around incredible year, roll on 2017! 

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BLOGMAS DAY 4: Festive Makeup

This month I have pretty much been wearing the same makeup all month. Which involves a classic golden eye, with some red lips. So I'm going to show you what makeup I've been using and how it looks at the end! Obviously this isn't a video, so you can't see how I applied it, but you will get the end result. Also below, are the products I used and the order in which I applied them.

Foundation - MAC Studio Fix Fluid

Concealer - Maybelline Anti-Age Eye Eraser

Powder - MAC Mineralised skin finish

Bronzer - L'Oreal Bronzer

Blusher - MUA Blusher - Lolly

Highlighter - Sleek 

Eyeshadow - MAC Amber lights, Zoeva Cocoa Blends Palette

Liner - Rimmel white liner pencil

Eyebrows - Lancome Eyebrow Pomade 

Mascara - L'Oreal Feline Mascara

Lipstick - No7 Pillarbox 

So this is the finished result, I hope you enjoyed this post. I haven't really ever done a post like this before, so I hope it was ok. Also, hope you are enjoying each of my posts everyday until Christmas day! If you don't want to miss any, they are at 6pm UK time and you can put your email in the box on the right, so you always get notified!

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Drugstore Products Worth The Hype?!

I have been looking at my makeup collection recently, and I have discovered that half of the products I slap on my face daily are drugstore/highstreet products, eg; from boots, superdrug, feelunique.com... blah blah, basically they are affordable. So I am gunna talk you through products that are affordable that are great and are just as good as high end products! These products have actually been hyped up by my friends, people of the internet and magazines. So you probably will recognise most of them and I believe they are all completely worth all the hype and praise they get!

Maybelline Colour 24hr Tattoo Cream Eyeshadows
These are essentially cream eyeshadows in a pot, which are very creamy and blendable when you apply them on your eyelid, then after you have blended them, they set. Then they just don't budge for the whole day. The way I use them is by applying them to the lid with my finger then blending them out with a blending brush, such as; Mac 217. The colours I have are: probably the most raved about shade - 35 On and on Bronze and 65 Pink Gold. They are both shimmery, but gorgeous colours. The reason I love them the most is because they are so quick and you can use them on their own or under a shadow as a base.

Collection Eyes Uncovered Eyeshadow Palettes 
These palettes really compare to high end palettes for me, they are around £4 and they are worth every penny. They are creamy, blendable, easy to apply and the shades are lovely and wearable. I find in the drugstore you get palettes and then the colours are like blue, pink, yellow, green and theres about one neutral shade in there, that I would actually wear. I think theres about 4 variations of these palettes, I own two which are: the nude palette and the nude rose palette. I would say I use the nude palette more, and the first two shades I have actually hit pan on! The nude rose palette I love the orange shade in this, it's such a unique shade and I have never seen a shade like this in the drugstore!

Soap & Glory Solarpowder Bronzer
If you have been here a while, you will know I love this product. It's my favourite bronzer EVER, I love Benefits Hoola as well, but I would say this tops it. I have gone through 2 of these bronzers, and I actually broke this one the other day *cries* but I still dip my brush in and try to use it without getting powder everywhere! Its just the perfect shade, theres two shades in this bronzer, one has got shimmer in and is lighter (I think its supposed to be the highligher shade - but it's a gorgeous tone) and then theres a matte more bronzer shade. I normally just swirl my brush in both and apply it to the cheek bones.

Collection Lasting Perfection concealer
Again, if you have been reading for a while you will be skipping this one, probably. I rave about this all the time, and so does everyone else! I won't ramble for long, but this is a very high coverage concealer, I use it for blemishes, not under the eyes because it's too thick. But any blemishes or redness, use this and say goodbye.

Loreal True Match Foundation - shade 1N Ivory 
I have recently loved this foundation, purely because of the colour I have found the perfect shade, and I have very pale skin so it's hard to find the perfect shade that is light enough, especially in the drugstore. The consistency is very lightweight, watery and blendable. If you like Lancome foundations, you will probably like the L'Oreal ones, give them a try, they are much more affordable!

Maybelline Eye Eraser Concealer
This is a dream to apply, its got a sponge applicator, which is a bit ming but also, its a lovely way to apply the concealer. I use this one under the eyes, because it's very creamy and gets rid of any darkness straight away. It really lifts my under eyes and makes me feel a lot more awake. Fake sleep with this concealer.

L'Oreal Paris Superliner Perfect Slim Liquid liner 
I was very late to the band wagon with this one, everyone raves about this eyeliner. So I finally jumped on, and purchased it. I am pretty crap with liner, I can never make them even and the lines just get bigger and bigger, until it looks hideous and I get a makeup wipe and remove it all. This liner makes lining my eyes and creating a flick a lot easier, this is because the nib is very small and bendy so you can create a line that is small and close to the lashes. It really has made liner possible for me.

NYX Soft Matte Lip Creams
Since NYX has launched in Boots stores, I have been obsessed. NYX is a very fun brand, its got lots of products which are very 'in' at the moment, like liquid lipsticks, contouring palettes and so on. However, I find some liquid lipsticks very sticky, they don't set right on my lips and they just clump up, does anyone else get this?! But these, OH MY GOODNESS they are amazing, they are so creamy so they don't dry your lips out, but they stay in place for a very long time. The colour range is amazing, they do some gorgeous nudes. I have 4 of them, I'm obsessed. The shades I have are; Cannes (MY FAVE) Stockholm, Istanbul and Ibiza. All gorgeous shades and I reach for these A LOT.

Real Techniques Complexion Sponges
I was very sceptical when these sponges came out, because I have always either used my fingers or a brush for my complexion. I always thought a sponge would just soak up my product and wouldn't apply right on my face. However, I tried one and I was pleasantly surprised, I always spray some fixing spray on the sponge and then apply the foundation and concealer with it. They are basically amazing for blending out any cream products. With your fingers or a brush you sometimes get marks or lines where the foundation hasn't blended probably, well buy one of these and say goodbye to those. It just blends everything in amazingly and I would recommend these more than anything else in this post!! GO GO GO (just laughing about the picture, literally looks like two eggs)!!

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Beauty Bay Haul

This is the first time that I have ordered off Beauty Bay. However, I know my boyfriend has ordered some presents for me from there, because I may of hinted quite a bit, haha. I ordered the products yesterday evening, and they arrived today! I'm not sure what time they came today, as I was out, but I came home at 4:30, and there was a little package waiting for me! How exciting.

The reason why this purchase happened was because, there was a few different products which I have been wanting for a while, and I really wanted some more new shinny makeup brushes, so I went to Beauty Bay because they stock Morphe. There are quite a lot of products here because, you had to spend £60 to get next day delivery and a free gift. So it seemed right to do this because, there are brands on there which the UK just don't stock and aren't easy to get (that I know of - let me know if different). I haven't tried any of these products, literally just some swatches on my hand, so I can't give a very good review on them, but these are the products I purchased from Beauty Bay. 

I have wanted the Louise Young LY34 brush for ages, it just looks so gorgeous and looks like it blends foundation is so quick, because it is huge! I normally use the Real Techniques Complexion Sponge to blend my foundation in and I used to use the Real Techniques buffing brush before that. So I am excited to try this brush!

This concealer I always see Carli Bybel use and it always looks amazing on her. She uses the concealer as her nose contour. I got one colour for contour and then one for my under eye highlight. I got the shade 'fawn' for my contour, which seems like a really good colour for me. I didn't want it too dark, Carli is a lot more tanned than me, so I tried to just go a few shades lighter than her. The shade I got in the concealer for under my eyes, is porcelain. However, I think this shade is gunna be way to light for me and its quite pink toned. I wish I went for a shade up. But because I can't swatch them, because it's online, that can't really be helped *sad face*. 

I got the Vita Liberata Self tanning gradual lotion as my free gift for spending over £60. Which I think is really cool, its a good size for travelling too (50ml). You get to chose what gift you get too.

The pigmentation of these eyeshadows is amazing, so pretty and sparkly! 

Louise Young LY34 Brush

Morphe B70 

Morphe MB26

Morphe M430

Morphe Individual Eye lashes - Flare Long Black

Morphe Angled Brush

L.A Girl Endless Lipliner (Berries)

L.A Girl Pro Conceal Concealer (Porcelain)

L.A Girl Pro Concealer (Fawn)

L.A Girl 10 Color Eye Palette (Afterhours)

Wet Brush Pro

Vita Liberata Self Tanning Lotion

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