August Favourites

August has been a very busy month and September will be even more hectic, so finding the time to blog has been very hard! I am still totally in love with my July Favourites and I am still using everything through to this month, but there are a few things I would like to add!

I’ll start with a product which I have previously written about, MAC‘s Mineralize Skin Finish Natural. The thing that has kept my reaching for this throughout the month has to how moisturising this powder feels on my skin. I still can’t understand how a powder can feel the way that this one does! I can’t wait to purchase one of the highlighters from the Mineralize Skin Finish range (I have my eyes firmly set on LightScape – although the popularity of Soft and Gentle might lead me to buying both!)

I love a glowing tan all year round, and my skin seems to suit darker more olive-y glows. I try to stay clear of the word orange as much as possible, but sometimes this colour can be unavoidable. This month the was a promotion on for £5 off all St Tropez products, I had just finished my amazing bottle of Xen-tan so thought it would be fun to try something new! So I picked up a bottle of St Tropez mousse in Dark for about £21 with the offer. I love it, but I can’t decide if I like my Xen more. As its dark, a little goes along way! So I see this tan being somewhat of an investment as it will last me a while.

If you read my August GlossyBox post you would know that I received an exfoliating facial polish by Urban Veda, at that moment in time I was unable to review the products as it was more of an unavailing of what I had received. The box this month was really poor, I liked the eyelash curlers, and this. This is incredible and I am defiantly re-purchasing AND trying out their whole range! The smell, the feel, the packaging, the ingredients, price, just everything is great, I can not fault it in anyway.

Next are some bargain beauty’s which I was soooo lucky to find! I picked these two Rimmel Lipsticks up from ‘The Factory Shop’ which is a discount, end of line type of shop that sells everything from make up to clothes, garden stuff and just everything. They were £1 each, its crazy. So after my exciting purchase I went home logged onto bloglovin’ to catch up and saw a post on the exact lipstick I had just bought ‘Nottinghill Nude‘, which apparently is an amazing dupe/copy of Tom Fords ‘Spanish Pink‘ – a sought after colour, but coming in at £36 it is just simply out of my price range! ‘Oxford St Fuchsia’ is just lovely as well, a very subtle pink that can be worn with a dramatic smokey eye or no make up at all.

Last month I couldn’t stop using Black Fluid by Lady Gaga, I still love it, but it’s running dangerously low, so I thought I would go back to using an old favourite every now and again. Ralph by Ralph Lauren is a lovely fruity sent with fresh floral notes and I have grown to love it all over again! Its about £25 for 30ml (depending on where you buy it)

Now for an un-beauty related favourite! I never used to like popcorn unless it was smothered in toffee butter one million calorie stuff.  I never had it at the cinema as to me it was just boring. BUT at the beginning of the month I was watching what I was eating and fancied a little treat, and I found these. ‘Propercorn Popcorn‘ the fairly large size surprised me when I found out that one bag was only 128 calories! They are wholegrain and air popped. I love the Sweet’n’Salt flavour but they have a great variety! I would highly recommend them!

August GlossyBox

I would just like to say that these are my first impressions, I haven’t tried these products enough to give them an honest review.

This month was a majjjjor let down, the theme was called ‘HighFlyers’, and I have to say I have no understanding of how the products I received resemble it. 

Products:

Urban Veda Exfoliating Facial Polish, Makeup Remover Pen, Jelly Pong Pong Eyeshadow/Eyeliner Stick, TRESemme Keratin Smooth Treatment, Emite Eyelash Curlers. 

I am looking forward to trying the facial scrub as it is the sort of product that I use daily. The eyelash curlers arn’t my favourite as I prefer the plastic version, but I am sure I will get some use out of them. I will defiantly use the hair treatment, but I doubt it will be a product that I repurchase as I have a hair treatment that I am currently more than happy with! The Jelly Pong Pong 2in1 Eyeliner and Shadow just doesn’t seem that interesting, but I will give it a go, you never know, it might be in this months favourites! 
As for the makeup remover stick, what even is that? Have I gone back to being 7 years old? I’m not sure what the people at GlossyBox where thinking when they chucked this in, it looks and feels cheap and just reminds me of a unwanted product from a magazine. 

 

 

Review: Benefit Matthew Williamson ‘The Rich Is Back’ Box

I got this box as a present for my birthday and have finally used it enough to tell you genuinely how I feel about it. First of all, the packaging is gorgeous and resembles Matthew’s flash back to the glamorous days of disco, this box is vibrant, seductive and totally GLAM.

“THIS IS HIGH-OCTANE GLAM MAKEUP FOR DRESSING UP TO LOOK FABULOUS & DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY!”

– MATTHEW WILLIAMSON

Inside you will find a fabulous Eye Shadow Palette, Mini They’re Real! Mascara, Inferno Lipgloss, and Gimme Fever Blush.

Swatches of the palette below:

Disco Dust, Solid Gold, Get Down Brown, Feel So Teal

I can’t fault the eye shadows, they all work great together or by themselves, they are very pigmented and seem to suit every complexion out there! For an everyday look I love using Disco Dust in my inner corner and to highlight my brow bone, then Solid Gold all over, with Get Down Brown blended into my crease. Then for a more seductive look, I like to blend Feel So Teal into the outer corner of my eye while deepening the Get Down Brown in my crease trying to wing it out a little at the same time!

This lipgloss was a bit of a miss for me, the swatch shows a lovely glittery red-coral colour, but i find that on the lips it is barley noticeable, and for my skin tone it isn’t that flattering, BUT I do like to use it over a deep red lipstick, as it adds a nice glamorous shine.

The Gimme Fever blusher didn’t want to show itself in any of my swatches today but I find it to be a very natural colour which gives my cheeks a healthy peachy glow! I already have a full size of the They’re Real! Mascara, but the miniature is great for carrying around in my bag or taking away on holiday, and lets face it, it’s super cute!

Overall I give this makeup box a massive thumbs up, I absolutely love it and have recently been reaching for it every Saturday night! tut tut.

July Favourites

Using my iPhone to take pictures is really starting to take its toll.. then again I am no photographer, but I promise I will soon start to use my camera!

So, this month has been a very busy one, which shows in this months favourites.
First up is the Anatomicals ‘Spray Misty For Me’ Facial spritz, which I got in the July GlossyBox. As the weather seems to be getting increasingly hotter, this stuff has been used everyday whether it be refreshing my skin in the morning, setting my makeup or brightening my skin after washing my face, it just does everything!!
Next the Lancome ‘Hypnose Doll Eyes‘ Mascara, I bought this in a two pack after absolutely adoring, the original Hypnose, and this month I feel as if I have fallen in love all over again! Its quick and easy to apply, no lumps, no dusty fall aways, its blacker than black, and will never be leaving my makeup bag!  The wand is shaped like a pyramid, which lengthens the outer corner of your eye whilst giving them a good old lift and curl, this is what supposedly creates the ‘doll eye’ look.
I only bought the infamous, Real Techniques Core Collection along with the Expert Face Brush at the beginning of July, and I have to say that I am so gutted that I hadn’t bought them earlier. The Expert Face Brush allows me to apply my liquid foundation quickly and easily, while leaving it looking flawless. I love how dense this brush is, and how you can really buff it into the skin!  One thing i have always believed is that no matter how expensive and amazing your makeup is, it won’t look good if you don’t use the right ‘tools’, you will also be surprised how good you can make cheaper cosmetics look when they are used and applied properly!
Now for the products that I have been most excited about. The new, Rimmel London Apocalips Lip Lacquer. I currently have the colours ‘Galaxy’ and ‘Luna’. These are lipglosses with the colour of a highly pigmented lipstick! They have wonderful staying power, and also a wonderful collection of colours. I went quite ‘everyday’ with the colours that I purchased, Luna is nude with orangy undertones which really compliment a tan, and Galaxy is a deep purple with blue undertones which seem to suit all complexions. I would give this product a massive thumbs up!
Finally, this is a product that has been sitting in my cupboard for what feels like forever, I’m not even sure if it is still in the shops! (please let me know). Loreal De-maq expert ‘Cashmere Milk Expert Makeup Remover’, this stuff works like a charm. It is verrrrry gentle on the skin, it is also very concentrated, so a pea size amount for your whole face is all that you need! It takes away my hardest to remove mascaras in just one swipe!

So that is the end of this months faves!
I would love to know what you all have enjoyed using this month!

June Favourites

First of all I need to apologise for the extreamly bad quality of picture, I don’t know what happened..
Anyway, this is my first favourites post, so I am excited!!

In my favourites this month:
Bee Strong Conditioner by Herbal Essences
My Custom Eyeshadow Pallete by Fashionista
Superdrug’s Vitamin E oil
NUXE oil
Black Fluid Lady Gaga Perfume
E.L.F High Definition Powder
Maybelline 24 Hour Matte Lip Colour – Fire Coral
Lancome Hypnose Mascara

I’m sure we have all seen the new fab advert by the amazing Nicole Scherzinger, for the Bee Strong Herbal Essences range. I have found this conditioner to be sooo thick and creamy compared to their other ranges, believe me when I say it smells incredible. I won’t stop using my Bed Head shampoo and I find that this conditioner works with it perfectly!

I wrote a post before on Fashionista Cosmetics so if your interested I would suggest you have a look, I love these eyeshadows and reach for this pallete everytime I am doing my makeup, woohoo.

So after my June GlossyBox and after receiving my NUXE oil, I started to use it on my face and loved it, so I decided to go out and get a cheaper alternative, Superdrug’s Vitamin E Oil, and I love it maybe a little more, and use it everyday. I have dry skin so any areas that need a little TLC, this stuff does the trick!!

While I was on holiday in Glasgow, I came across Lady Gaga’s perfume ‘Black Fluid’ on an amazing offer – I think it was about £15 – I gave it a sniff and bought it instantly.. I never used to remember to put perfume on everyday, but i always look forward to spraying this stuff.

Seeing as it’s summer I find that I am having to make sure I set my foundation properly otherwise, with the oddly amazing weather we are having, it will melt off my face. So recently I went back to last years greatest product by ELF, their HD powder, its translucent, feels like silk and sets my makeup perfectly. (50% off everything at ELF)

Now the Maybelline Lip colour and Lancome Hypnose Mascara are products that I have been using for months now, but still hold a place in this months favourites, this is my all time favourite lip colour as its different from your classic red and I have found it to be perfect for summer! Again, while I was in Glasgow I came across an AMAZING deal on Hypnose Doll Eyes Mascara, a pack of two for £34, oooooo. So once I have finished my original Hypnose I will move onto those. I love this mascara as it really lengthens the lashes and no matter how many layers you apply it will never get clumpy!

I’m sure we are all looking forward to July’s GlossyBox, dispatching today!!
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