August Favourites!

Well it's almost September, where has August gone?! So it's time for my first ever favourites post and I'm excited to show you the things I have been loving through-out the month of August. A lot of these things are things I have been loving and using a lot longer than just August but as it's my first favourite post I thought I'd show them anyway :)

1. Revlon Lip Butters - I have mentioned these in previous posts and clearly just can't get enough of them! I have the colours Juicy Papaya and Strawberry Shortcake and I love them both, they are perfect for everyday wear to add a bit of colour to your lips as well as being moisturising which combines 2 steps into 1.

2. La Roche-Posay Purifying Foam Gel Face Wash - This is my FAVOURITE face wash ever! I bought this a year or so ago when my face was in a really bad way, I had blackheads, whiteheads, spots, you name it I had it and nothing was helping it. I bought this on a whim and haven't looked back since, I can't count the amount of times I have repurchased this and I'm currently dealing with the remainder of a breakout caused by deciding to stray from this onto a new facewash (won't happen again!), it is the only face wash I've used so far that keeps my face under control. It is for oily, sensitive skin and is soap free so doesn't irritate my skin at all which is another plus as I tend to get redness very easily. Over-all this face wash has been a life changer for me!

3. Soap & Glory Smoothie Star Body Milk - I looooove this moisturiser it smells so good I just want to apply it constantly! I can't say that as a moisturiser it's the best I've ever tried but it does the job, moisturisers aren't something I'm too fussy on they either moisturise my skin or they don't and this does so I can't fault it at all but the main reason I love this and have been using it all month is the sweet smell, next time your in boots go smell it you'll know what I mean! 

4. Urban Decay Naked Palette - This one speaks for itself, it's just a great palette with a great range of colours to create a variety of different looks as it has matte and shimmer shadows in a large range of colours. Most times when I'm doing an eye make-up I will reach for this palette first it's just a great palette to have in your collection/kit.

5&6 - MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Soft and Gentle & Real Techniques Setting Brush - These two combined are my favourite way to highlight. Mineralize Skinfinish in Soft and Gentle is a highly raved about product and for good reason, it is a beautiful rose gold colour that gives a natural shimmer to the skin. It's not too light or too gold a highlight that it looks unnatural on the skin which I find in a lot of highlighters easily when in day light. My favourite way to apply this highlighter is with the real techniques Setting Brush as it is the perfect size for highlighting the tops of the cheek bones and any other areas that you like to highlight, (Cupids Bow, forehead, bridge of the nose etc) it's not too big and not too dense so that once you apply the highlight you can then blend it out into the skin to look more natural.

What are your August favourites?

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MAKE-UP LOOK: Black Cut Crease

Hey guys,
Just a quick post here showing you the look I created after doing the winged liner for my previous post I got a bit carried away with my liner brush and ended up with this...

I quite enjoyed this look and decided to share it with you guys :)

To create this look, starting with winged liner already on I used my Zoeva Winged Liner brush to cut the crease and then blended upwards with some black eyeshadow. I then applied two sets of lashes on the upper lash line and cut up another set of lashes and stuck them to the lower lash line in small sections. A very easy look to do and also wearable, remove the bottom lashes and you have a great party look!

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Winged Liner: Zoeva Winged Liner Brush

Hey guys,

As a lover of eyeliner I'm always looking for brushes and products to make the deathly chore a bit easier and I seem to have stumbled upon a brush that does just that! For whatever reason the Zoeva Winged Liner brush (Zoeva Haul Post) does the job in half the time of any of my other brushes. It is not some revolutionary shape of brush and doesn’t have magical bristles that apply liner in one quick stroke, however I think it is because of how thin the brush is so you can build up the thickness of the line instead of starting with a thick line and ending up with liner all over your eyelid. The size of the brush head also helps as it is not as small as say the MAC angled brush, so it creates long thin lines instead of short stubby ones. It doesn’t make doing winged liner completely mistake proof (I think that comes with many, many years of practise!) however it has recently become my go-to eyeliner brush. Here are my favourite ways to wear winged liner using No.7 gel liner in black, enjoy...

(Ignore unplucked brows!)

 My favourite way to wear eyeliner is with a bright lipstick, above I wore MAC Morange. I love this look espeically for summer :)

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Favourite Lipsticks

Hey guys,
Lipsticks are probably my favourite make-up product to buy, I love to wear them with just a basic make-up (foundation, powder, bronzer, bit of blush and mascara) to add a pop of colour and make the look a bit less bland, my make-up doesn't feel complete without something on my lips! So I thought I'd share with you 4 of my most reached for lipsticks, 2 summer colours and 2 autumn colours as the summer months are on the way out sadly.

1. MAC Impassioned - This is a vibrant pink that definitely adds a pop of colour to your look, this looks especially nice with black winged liner on the upper lash line or nothing on the eyes at all except some mascara which at college was my go to look almost every day.

2. L'Oreal Colour Riche Magnetic Coral - As I mentioned in a previous post this is probably my favourite colour for summer! It is a beautiful coraly orange colour and looks amazing with almost any look, I wear this during the day with only some mascara on the eyes or at night with a bronze smokey eye. On holiday I wore this colour almost every night with a dark smokey eye, it doesnt make you look as over done as a red lip could look with such heavy eye make up it just ties your look together perfectly.

3. Rimmel Starry-eyed - This wine coloured lipstick is exactly what I think of when I think of autumn make-up. It is a slightly bold colour but once you work up the courage to wear it you'll never look back, this with a winged liner and some strong cheek contour is a beautiful  but edgey look perfect for the autumn months.

4. Rimmel Kate Moss 01 - This deep red is a beautiful autumn colour and reminds me of Christmas! This shade looks best with a winged liner or smudged kohl liner on the upper and lower lash line, keep it simple. I don't have much more to say about this lipstick (mental block) other than I love it!

Here are some swatches...

What are your favourite lip colours?

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Revlon Colourstay Foundation

Hey guys,
I know everyone and their dog has done a review on this foundation but I felt the need to share my feelings on Revlon's Colourstay foundation as I have been using it a lot lately and have been having some thoughts about it. So here goes...

At £12.99 it is on the pricier side of high street/drug store foundations (I have literally just this second found that it can be purchased for £8.99 on Cheap Smells, who do free UK delivery yay!), but I would say it is worth the money. The foundation itself is a high coverage foundation so if your a tinted moisturiser/BB cream fan I would say this product is not for you. However if like me you like or need full coverage this foundation is your guy! It covers almost all of my pesky flaws, on a good skin day I could wear this, set it with a transparent powder and not need any additional coverage from concealer which is what I look for in foundations as although I like a high coverage foundation I don't like the feeling of wearing a lot of make up and looking cakey, which if you are applying a lot of other products on top of this foundation, is a risk you run. So I tend to apply a light layer using very little foundation and then going back over my problem areas with a bit more.

There are two types of this foundation to cater to different skin types - Normal to Dry skin and Oily/Combination skin. I have only ever used the Oily/Combination foundation as I have very oily skin which doesn't take long after applying foundation to start to look shiney. Which brings me to my favourite thing about the Revlon Colourstay foundation, it doesn't make me look shiney AT ALL! Unless it was an extremely hot day outside or I was doing something that caused me to sweat excessively, but under normal circumstances I have worn this foundation on long days at work and college and I have been shine free and this is the only foundation I own that I could say that about so for me that is a massive positive! It is also long lasting and doesn't wear off easily so for long days or nights out this foundation is perfect.

To apply this foundation I use my Real Techniques Expert Face Brush for a flawless finish. I would also use my fingers to apply it if I was going for a lighter coverage. I have this in a range of colours as I use it as part of my kit, on myself I use the colour True Beige when I have a good tan, if I'm paler I'll mix it with a lighter shade of foundation.

The first criticism I have about the Revlon Colourstay foundation is the colour range, I prefer a yellow toned foundation and I feel that the shade range for this foundation are all a bit pinky toned which means I have to mix this foundation with another more yellowy toned foundation to get a better colour match. My second and last criticism is that I feel like it clings to my dry patches slightly, which is not a massive deal as most foundations do cling to dry skin especially oil free ones. I might try mixing the oil free with the normal to dry skin foundation to see if that solves the problem. I'll let you know how I get on with that!

What are your thoughts on the Revlon Colourstay foundation?

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MAKE-UP LOOK: Peachy Keen!

Hey Guys,
Since I had a day off this morning I decided I was going to create some more make-up looks for y'all! While looking through my kit I found a palette I completely forgot I had. I discovered this palette in college during a fantasy look assessment, I was finding that the colours I had weren't vibrant enough for the colourful look I was going for and my friend gave me her palette to use. It was a god send, the colours were perfect for my look and so bright! When she told me where it was from and the price I couldn't believe it, the palette is from a brand I've never heard of 'Technic', it can be bought in Bodycare and cost around £3.99, so I obviously went out and bought my own. But until now I hadn't even taken it out the wrapper ha! So when I found it this morning I thought I'd try a wearable look using it. 

 As you can see not exactly the most wearable colours! But anyways on to the look, this is a very versatile look you could change the black gel liner to brown pencil for a very wearable daytime look, add lashes for a park look. As it is I'd wear this look out for lunch or dinner, somewhere I would want to make an effort for but not look too done up :)

1. Take the pinky/peachy colour from the palette (top row 2nd from left) and apply to the inner corner of the eye.
2. Taking the champagne colour directly bellow, apply to the rest of the lid and blend the two together.
3. Taking Smog from the Urban Decay Naked palette, apply the the outer corner and blend.
4. To create more definition place Darkhorse from the same Urban Decay palette in the very outer V of the eye and blend with a clean brush. Keep blending until you are happy with the colour and intensity.
5. Taking a black gel liner create a winged line on the upper lash line.
6. Take Half Baked 3/4 along the lower lash line and then Darkhorse along the final quarter of the lower lash line.
7. Line the water line with flesh coloured kohl pencil (I used Rimmel Scandal Eyes in the colour Nude).
8.Apply your favourite mascara, fill your brows in and the eyes are done!

For the lips I used a combination of MAC Creme D'Nude with Revlon Lip Butter in Juicy Papaya over the top for a peachy nude colour.

Hope you enjoyed this look! I will share any other looks I can come up with using this palette :)

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August Wishlist

Hey Guys!
August seems to be flashing by before my eyes, where has it went?! Thought I would share a few things with you that I have been lusting after this month.

1. Nars Laguna Bronzer 2. YSL Candy Volupte Lipstick 3. Topshop Laila Gold Detailed Platforms 4. Marc Jacobs Baby Dave Gold Watch 5. Topshop MOTO Mint Acid Mom Jeans 6. MAC Mineralize Moisture Foundation


If only I had the bank balance to pay for all these beauties!

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