April Favourites

Oh my, I haven't written a monthly favourites post up for around a year, probably. The past couple of months, I have tried out a lot of new products and there has been five products in particular that I have been absolutely loving!

As I have been using self tan a lot more, especially throughout this month, I have been using The Body Shops coconut body butter to moisturise with. I love almost every product from The Body Shop anyway but this just smells heavenly and it has helped out my dry skin and prevented patchy tans, so I'm happy! I should be stocking up on more of their body butters as I am due to run out of this one soon.

I had first tried this bath oil around two years ago when Dr Botanicals PR sent it to me for a review, and I really loved it but the price of it put me off for the amount of oil you actually get. Around Christmas time, I finally gave in and bought it again - I think they've actually lowered the prices now. But this month, I have really been loving taking baths with this. There has been times I couldn't wait to get home from work and soak in this bath oil. It smells amazing, I can't even describe how it smells. It leaves a sweet, rose aroma scent in the bathroom and on your skin. It also makes your skin incredibly soft. It's safe to say I'll be using this forever more. 

You may not be able to tell, but this is empty! This is the second one I've owned since February. I spent the second week of April scraping the sides of this concealer. Fair enough, it's £4 and it's amazing but it runs out ever so quickly! I put out a tweet to see if anyone else had experienced the same thing or whether I was just using shit loads of it. But lots of other gals agreed. It's the best concealer I've ever used, it's full coverage and lasts all day and it has been my best friend for long shifts this month - I wrote a review on this concealer if you want to know a little more, here.

THIS STUFF. I will be writing a separate review on this at some point because this stuff is just PERFECTION. I had recently tried out the Bondi Sands dark foam tan and I loved it! So, I had decided to buy their everyday liquid gold dry oil to keep my tan topped up and looking fresh. It's perfect for feet, hands and your face. It gives you a natural glowy tan and doesn't go patchy at all. Everyday liquid gold also dries super quickly so you don't have to prance around the room waiting for it to dry.

This is the first time I have ever used loose powder and I am loving it! Why did I stick to using pressed powder for so long? The Max Factor professional loose powder is translucent so it's perfect for when I self tan and for when I'm my pale little self. It tries its best to prevent my oily skin showing through my makeup throughout the day. Although after around 5-6 hours, I need to get my blotting paper out. But, it blends out so easily and it's really easy to apply. It has also lasted me ages and probably much longer than a pressed powder would.

What products have you been loving throughout April?

Makeup Revolution Liquid Highlighter First Impressions & Review

I had never tried a liquid highlighter in my life until now. I always questioned how it's used and what if it goes wrong etc etc etc. In other words, I'm just a wuss and don't have a bloody clue about anything! I had seen so many people go on and on about this very particular liquid highlighter from Makeup Revolution, so as it was only £6, I thought to myself, why the hell not give it a go!? I originally wanted the 'champagne' liquid highlight - which is a gorgeous golden pink colour but of course with my luck, it was sold out.

Instead, I decided on the 'starlight' liquid highlight - which is a white, pale pink colour. If like me, you're a pale gal, this would really suit your skin tone. When I first saw it online, I honestly thought it was going to be way too pale and bright for my liking. Oh I was so wrong. Makeup Revolution have brought out a highlighter dedicated to every single skin tone which is amazing!

The first time I used this, I didn't have a clue how much product to use. I admit, I used waaaay too much. The astronauts in space could've probably seen me glowing. I patted it in with my fingers and used a beauty blender and I found that the beauty blender worked best. This highlight is absolutely blinding once it's just applied, never mind when the light hits it! It's so highly pigmented, I just can't believe the price.

As it's so intense, I would wear this on a night out instead of on a day to day basis. Although, if I do choose to wear it during the day, I have managed to make it more subtle by applying pressed powder on top and it works a treat every time. It lasts all day and it doesn't go patchy like I expected it to.

Makeup Revolution are absolutely booming at the moment! Have you tried their liquid highlighters?

Makeup Revolution Flawless Matte Eyeshadow Palette

As I've been needing more matte eyeshadows in my life, I thought why the heck not buy a whole palette dedicated to just matte shadows!? I'm also a sucker for neutrals, so I couldn't wait to get my hands on this. Sometimes you get those palettes where you don't even touch the majority of the colours, but with this palette I knew I would wear every single shade.

First off, the palette came in the most gorgeous reflective coppery gold coloured packaging, which of course drew me right in. Then, taking the sleek, shiny black palette out of the sleeve I weren't that keen on how similar the shades are to eachother, but as I said, I'll definitely make use of each one.

Only a few of the shades aren't as pigmented as I thought they would be, but that's still great considering it was only a few out of the 32 shades and the palette is only £8! Although the shades are very similar; especially the third and fourth rows, there's great crease and transitional shades. I haven't honestly tried out every single shade so far (cos, that would take me forevs), but the ones I have tried are so soft and blend out really easily.

I love this palette overall. The pigmentation is amazing for it only being a drugstore palette priced at £8! Although, I personally wouldn't recommend it due to the majority of the colours being very similar. 

Makeup Revolution Conceal & Define Review

When I saw all the hype about how good this concealer was and that it was a dupe for the Tarte Tape Shape concealer, I knew I had to give it a go. Makeup Revolution Conceal & Define has been sold out pretty much everywhere, I honestly didn't think I'd be able to get my hands on it. But, when I stumbled upon TAM Beauty, I saw that it was in stock and I didn't have to think twice. It went straight into my shopping cart - there was no messing around. I guessed my shade from reading the description of each concealer and C2 is perfect!

Considering it's a drugstore brand, with quite a big range of 18 shades, I'm impressed! Also, how gorgeous is the rose gold design?! The applicator is chunky and it picks up just enough product for one application. The way it gives full coverage after one application is beyond me. As it's so full coverage and has a thick consistency, I expected it to be fairly heavy on the skin but it's really lightweight. 

I would usually conceal all the areas I need to first, blend them out and then set in place with my powder. However, as this concealer dries quite quickly, I wanted to avoid creasing. So I conceal under one eye first, blend it and then set with my powder. Then I move onto the other eye and repeat with any other areas. I found that a damp beauty blender worked best for blending this concealer out and let me tell you now, it blends out beautifully!

I didn't have any creasing throughout the day but it did settle in my tiny fine lines in the inner parts of my eyes. Although it weren't too noticeable, maybe applying an under eye primer beforehand would stop that from happening. The coverage really does last all day which is amazing considering the concealer itself is only £4! I would honestly pay way more money for this. Makeup Revolution has upped their game massively. This is now one of my favourite makeup staples, you have to get your hands on this!

Get Ready For Summer | Giveaway

Hello you lovely lot, I am super duper excited to be writing this post! To kick off Summer 2016, I decided to host a little giveaway and making it sort of a celebratory post for hitting 200 followers on bloglovin recently. 200 people is a hell of a lot, so thank you everyone who is following my blog. Just to mention, I bought everything with my own money apart from the Coconut Lane voucher as stated below. Obviously as it's a Summer giveaway, I bought a few bits that I thought would be perfect for the Summer months. You will win...

• £10 Coconut Lane E-Voucher - which Coconut Lane kindly contributed to this giveaway.
• Makeup Revolution Redemption Palette Iconic 3 - I thought the shades were perfect for Summer. It wasn't until I got home that I realised that it's a dupe of the Naked 3 palette, haha.
• Rimmel London Rita Ora 'Sweet Retreat' - I love Rimmel nail polishes, this is just the perfect pink.
• Soap & Glory Clean Girls Body Wash - honestly though, who doesn't love Soap & Glory? I just had to include it.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

RULES

1. All options via rafflecopter must be complete to enter this giveaway.

2. This giveaway is open to the UK only.

3. Entrants under 18 will need to ask their parent/guardian before entering.

4. The winner will be picked at random via rafflecopter.

5. The winner will be informed through a direct message on Twitter. If there's no reply within 48 hours, I'll simply pick another winner.

6. The giveaway will run for two weeks.

Good luck!

Product Empties

As if I've stored empty products in my room for this post, but I love reading these type of posts so I thought, why not do one myself? I'm going to let you know what my opinion is on each of these products, my likes and dislikes and whether I'd buy them again or not.

Soap & Glory Speed Plump Moisturiser - I was a little weary about this product when I first got it as I have sensitive skin. I usually use a hydrating moisturiser from Simple but I thought that I'd give this a go. I'm so happy I gave this product a chance as it's so much better than I thought it would be. It's a very light moisturiser which makes my skin soft and feel instantly refreshed and hydrated. If you love scented products, you will love this! It smells fruity but it's not overpowering.

No7 Makeup Brush Cleanser - I bought this a few months ago. This is great for giving your makeup brushes a quick cleanse if you can't be bothered to deep clean them. I wasn't expecting to run out of the product so quickly, you obviously need enough product to give your brushes a good clean. I probably won't be buying this again, just because I ran out of the product so quick. I'll have to try another brand and see if I have the same problem.

Soap & Glory Feel Good Factor BB Cream - As you can see, I've squeezed this as much as I possibly could. I had never tried bb cream before until I got this, I don't know why. Who doesn't want primer, moisturiser and SPF all in one? Feel good factor does everything it's meant to apart from leaving little areas around my jawline dry and flaky (which was super annoying, by the way). It makes my makeup last all day and it hides my oily skin. I'd definitely buy this again.

Makeup Revolution Oil Control Fixing Spray - I've mentioned this product a few times on my blog. After everyone was all hyped up about Makeup Revolutions fixing spray, I decided to buy one myself. Due to my oily skin, I decided to not buy the original fixing spray, but to buy the new fixing spray - oil control. This is fantastic as a fixing spray itself but honestly, it doesn't control my oily skin at all. I might as well have bought the original fixing spray.

New Cid Cosmetics I-Groom Pencil - This is my go-to eyebrow product. It lasts me so long. This is my second eyebrow pencil since my first one in December 2014, impressive right? The colour isn't too dark or too light which is perfect for me.

Blogmas Day 19 : Makeup Must Haves for 2016

I have put together a list of makeup must haves for 2016. The majority of these products have been quite popular throughout the year of 2015, so they're perfect to try out in the new year if you haven't yet. I have found that Urban Decay products are always high quality and I've always wanted to try the prep spray. I've heard fantastic reviews on the setting spray so that's a heads up. 

Charlotte Tilbury has been very popular throughout this year, lipsticks in particular. I haven't yet tried anything from Charlotte Tilbury but if I had to get something, I would get this lipstick in the colour 'Walk of Shame'. Just because I feel like it would suit me and it's different to all the other colours I own.

I have been wanting the Anastasia dipbrow for a while now. I've heard so many great reviews on it in the past, so maybe 2016 will be the year for me to try it out myself.

MAC Ellie Goulding Lipstick - £17.00

Urban Decay NAKED Smoky Palette - £38.00

Urban Decay B6 Vitamin-Infused Complexion Prep Spray - £22.00

Charlotte Tilbury Lipstick - Walk of Shame - £23.00

Anastasia Dipbrow Pomade - £12.00

Benefit License to blot - £15.50

Makeup Revolution 144 Palette - 2016 Collection - £10.00

Night Out : Silver Shimmer Eye & Rose Lip

Hello lovelies!

I created a gorgeous make-up look and I just had to share it with you. I'm usually really useless with make-up ideas, but I was so happy once I created this look.

Starting off with the base I used the shade 'Biscuit' from the Eyes Uncovered Palette in Nude from Collection. The rest of the shades that I used in this look are from the Ultra 32 Shade Eyes Like Angels Eyeshadow Palette from Makeup Revolution.


I went straight in and put 'Silver Star' at the outer corner of my lid and in the crease a little at a time. I then worked my way inwards with a blending brush to create a fading effect with the base shade.
Next, I used a smaller eyeshadow brush and dabbed the shade 'Lilac Frost' all over the lid. I then blended that in very lightly.
Next, I added some 'White Light' to the inner corners of my eyes to enhance the make-up. I also dabbed it on top of my highlight on my brow bone very lightly as I didn't want it too shimmery.

I then carefully applied my liquid liner - I'm terrible at applying this but I personally think that I done quite well! I put on a thin layer of mascara and then applied my Eyelure Sexy Señorita lashes which I luuurve.

Believe it or not, this is lip liner on it's own! Ok, so what's wrong with that? I absolutely love the colour and I've had so many compliments on it and questions asking "What lipstick is that?"

I thought that this colour was quite subtle and went well with the eye make-up so I went for it!
This is the L'Oreal Paris Les Lipliner Couture in the shade 302 Bois de Rose. I just want it in every shade, let me just put that out there!

Oh, and I also contoured properly for the first time in my life..

Please try to ignore the bad quality of this photo as it was taken on my iPhone.

Lime High Neck Cami: New Look
Black Shiny Disco Leggings: Quiz
Black Suede Heels: New Look

Have a fab weekend!

5 Products I'll Never Buy Again

I would just like to say that I'm not against any of these products that I mention in this post. They just don't work for me personally so I wouldn't purchase them again.

Rimmel London Lasting Finish Primer- I've owned this for a while and I've used it many times - enough times to realise that it's not for me. It makes my skin dry and my makeup ends up all patchy after applying it.

Kelly Brook Nail Polishes- As you can see, there's two Kelly Brook nail polishes shown above. They're actually a pack of two and I added these because these are the ones I actually own myself. I don't know about you, but I find these incredibly runny. I just can't manage them. I also find that it doesn't go on evenly either.

Benefit Porefessional- I'm probably going to get a lot of hate for this one because it's most peoples go-to product. But it just doesn't work for me! I have huge pores and they're so hard to hide. I honestly thought that this product would do the trick but it didn't.

Vo5 Dry Backcomb Spray- I first saw this advertise on a YouTube video. You know them very annoying adverts whilst you're waiting for a video... eurgh! To get volume in my hair, I usually backcomb at the root, which isn't healthy for your hair! (me, a hairdresser? You wouldn't think so!) I ended up buying this product honestly thinking that it was going to work. It does absolutely nothing! 

Makeup Revolution Ultra Blush and Contour Palette- I mentioned this in a Makeup Revolution haul post. This was the only product that I weren't too keen on. There's about 2 or 3 shades out of the 8 which I do like. I don't love them, but I like them. So why would I waste my money buying another palette?

Do any of these 5 products work for you or do you have the same problem?

Makeup Revolution Haul #2 + First Impressions

Hi lovelies!

I bought a few lovely bits from Makeup Revolution a while ago (you can see my first haul here) and I was just so impressed with the quality of the products. So obviously, I bought more!

Stay don't Stray - Eye Primer

As I suffer from oily skin, I usually get that annoying horrible crease line across my eyelid. Come on, you must know what I'm talking about here!? This primer fixes that! No matter how long I like to keep my eyeshadow on throughout the day/night that crease line doesn't appear, ever!

It also makes the shadows look much more vibrant. Plus, it was only £1.50 - how affordable for something amazing!


Pro Fix Oil Control - Makeup Fixing Spray

I first heard good reviews about the normal fixing spray from other beauty bloggers, so I had been thinking about getting it for a while. While I was on Makeup Revolutions website, I decided to get the 'new oil fixing spray' instead of the normal one. Mainly because it was new and secondly because it is meant to control oily skin.

This sets your makeup for hours straight. Although, I'm not too sure about the 'oil fix' as my skin still gets oily throughout the day. (I must just have incredibly oily skin.)
So to be honest, I might as well have just bought the normal setting spray. It was only £5, so I'm not too bothered.


Hot Smoked - Eyeshadow Palette

I wanted a simple palette with a few eyeshadows in and I came across this one! The eyeshadows are incredibly pigmented! This has 12 eyeshadows - 5 matte and 7 shimmer. It also comes with a dual ended applicator, which I don't use anyway. The shadows are incredibly pigmented and believe it or not, it was only £4!

Each shade doesn't have individual names, which is aggravating as I like it when each eyeshadow have names, it's just easier for me.


Eyes Like Angels - 32 Shade Eyeshadow Palette

 I had to spend so much to get this palette for free. I didn't actually realise until I looked in my basket when I was about to checkout. This palette has 32 shadows. Most are shimmer with a few mattes. There's a mix of bright colours and smoked colours. I absolutely love this palette, such amazing pigmentation! It's only £8!

I actually did a makeup look using this palette which you can find here.

Top row:

Black Stars, Green Dream, Peach Cream, Orchid, Sophisticated Pink, Dream, Pink Glow, Peacock Dream.

Second row:

Silver Star, Emerald Night, Lilac Shimmer, Purpled!, Cream, Pink!, Lilac Frost, Award.

Third row:

Pearl Necklace, Night Stars, Blue Sheen, Pink Frosted, Moss, Molton Chocolate, Choc!, Green Stars.

Fourth row:

Green Envy, Copper Dream, Bold Purple, White Light, Orange!, Aqua Dream, Truffle, Silver Dream.


Golden Sugar - Ultra Blush & Contour Palette

As I'm pale, I find it quite hard to get the right colour blush to suit me. So, I thought that I'd take a look on the Makeup Revolution site and I found this! This is both a blush and contour palette - which is handy! So I thought why the hell not!? All these shades are very pigmented and very shimmery.

Shade 1- This is personally too shimmery and glittery for me. I couldn't really use this as a highlighter.

Shade 2- As I'm quite pale anyway, this is just too light. It just doesn't suit me.

Shade 3- This could be one of my favourite shades in the palette. Somehow, I don't find it as shimmery as the rest of the shades but it suits me best.

Shade 4- This is a very bronze/orange colour. It doesn't suit me at all. It's way too dark.

Shade 5- It's not too dark or too light. Can't really see the colour, just the shimmer. Another one of my favourites maybe?

Shade 6- Again, a very shimmery shade. I can't really use very much of this as I'll look like I'll have very dark cheeks. It may look better if I had a tan though. I really do like this one.

Shade 7- This reminds me of Autumn. It's obviously way too dark for me and too intense. A big no no on this one!

Shade 8- Many people contour with this shade, which I have done myself a few times. It does look okay once blended, so it's not so harsh. Yet again, it is quite an orangey colour. I can get away with it though.


Have you ever bought anything from Makeup Revolution before?
What are your opinions on what I've bought?

Copper Eyes and Nude Lips : Autumn Makeup

I haven't done a makeup look in like, forever!

As it's now Autumn, I thought that now would be the perfect time to show you my perfect Autumn look. (Minus the liner - obviously I'm sure you can do a lot better as I'm a beginner)

So, lets jump straight into it! 

Just to say, my eyeshadow shades are all from two different palettes from Makeup Revolution - just so you don't get confused!

First, I apply my base shade from the 'What you waiting for' palette in the shade 'Super hot female.' I then apply the shade 'Copper Dream' from the palette 'Eyes like Angels.' This was a very bright orangey colour, so I had to blend that out before applying my next shade.

Next, I applied the shade 'Award' from the palette 'Eyes like Angels' on top to add a bit of a gold tone. I then decided that I wanted a bit of a darker colour in the crease part of my lid. So, I added a little bit of 'Shut my Eyes' from the 'What you waiting for' palette and just blended it all together.

I then applied some 'Shut my Eyes' on my lower lash line.

I then applied my liquid liner (Which is terrible - I must say!) and my mascara. I only done one coat of mascara as I end up applying my lashes in a sec.

I just love how much false lashes can enhance the makeup look!

I put a bit of white liner from 'Barry M' on my water line. I then highlighted my brow bone using the shade 'White Chocolate' from the 'Eyes Uncovered Collection' nude palette.

I decided to go for quite a natural lip instead of an 'autumn berry colour' that everyone is obsessed with at the moment. 

Even though I love that look, it just didn't go with my eyes and I thought that quite a simple lip went best. It's really personal preference to be honest.

Anyway, on my lips I used 'L'Oreal Colour Riche' in the shade 'Greige Amoureux' (aka 632)

This is my finished look! I hope you like it and it's gave you some inspiration. I do know that I really need to work on my liquid liner - every one was at this stage once in their life, right!?

You can find the Makeup Revolution palettes here:

-What You Waiting For - You can see my review here.

-Eyes Like Angels - You can see my review here.

Do you have a favourite Autumn look that you like to wear during the season?