Accessorize Lovely Day Palette

Hey Everybody,

Recently with starting my own blog and everything I really wanted to grow my make up collection. One of the easier and more cost effective ways of doing this is buying palettes. Whilst I was Christmas present shopping for other people on the accessorize website I couldn't help myself when I saw this palette to treat myself (if I don't do that enough already). Lovely Day palette is from accessorize ( £9.00 - accessorize.com), its a 32 colour eyeshadow palette which can create neutral eyes to give that understated natural look, or colourful and playful looks to bring out your young side and Dark, smoky, smouldering look for your dark side.

The palette contains both matte, satin and frost shades which is always a bonus in my eyes. Also I love that it contains both neutrals and colours so the looks you can create are literally endless with this palette. All the eye shadows have fantastic pigmentation, buttery soft and are not at all chalky.

F= Frost, M=Matte, S= Satin

The lovely Day palette is very dupable (is this even a word? ha ha). Theres a lot of dupes for mac eyeshadow Ive found but theres probably loads more for all the other eye shadows. 

  

Crown Brushes

Deluxe Round Buffer

Deluxe Round Buffer

Deluxe Round Buffer

Deluxe Round Buffer

Hi guys,

Recently Ive been wanting to get more makeup brushes but I didn't want to spend a fortune. I had heard that crown brushes where good quality and not very expensive so I decided to buy myself some.

The first one I got was the C439 Deluxe Round Buffer. I swear Ive seen everyone using a buffer brush to apply their foundation on in you tube land. Not to be one to be left behind when i saw this one on the crown brushes website i decided to get it and it was reasonably priced at £13.99. I absolutely love this brush it applies my foundation so quick and easy and doesn't leave any streaks. The brush is so soft and really dense and its made with synthetic hairs so it doesn't aborbs so much product.

Mini Duo Fibre Blender

Mini Duo Fibre Blender

Mini Duo Fibre Blender

C436 Mini Duo Fibre Blender Brush (£6.99) this brush is very soft ( I feel this is going to be repeated without this ) and excellent for blending. I got this brush to blend out cream products.

Deluxe Crease

Deluxe Crease

Deluxe Crease

BK38 Deluxe crease brush (£3.34) well can anyone have two many crease brushes ( I think not ha ha). This brush is incredibly soft and blends away any harsh lines with ease. The hair of the brush is made with natural Italian badger hair, so for those who only like using synthetic haired brushes I would give this one a miss.

Angle Liner

Angle Liner

Angle Liner

I initially got the C160-1/4" Angle Liner (£2.28)  brush to use on my eyebrows however when I received it, it was way to small for what I wanted to use it for. But after a little play around with it I found it to be really great at getting a precision line when used in conjunction with a gel eyeliner product. The hairs on this brush are synthetic.

I really do like crown brushes I think there good quality at a reasonably price. Have you tired out any crown brushes ?

L'Oreal Caress Lipstick | Tempting Lilac

Loreal Caress lipstick in tempting lilac £8.19 | where to buy: Boots

I absolutely love very subtle lipsticks that I don't need a mirror (or a whole lot of balls) to wear it. This lipstick is perfect from Loreal its a really nice everyday pink. The caress is a lipstick which offers a flutter of kissably soft light-weight feeling colour. Its delicate texture glides onto lips creating a veil of colour with a lumious shine (what it says on boots.com ha ha). The lipstick has great colour pay off, it doesn't dry my lips out however I do have to reapply several times throughout the day but I don't mind its such an easy colour to put on its no bother. I will be repurchasing more shades very soon.

Lancome Skincare Review | Hydra Zen + Hydra Zen Nuit Moisturizers

Hey everybody, I thought I would do a review on my daily moisturisers that Ive been using recently. I'm only started properly having a daytime and nighttime skin care regime. Before cleansers, toners and serums I just used to use face wipes and a moisturiser.Now my Skin care routine involves so many more steps and I'm seeing the results.

Lancome Hydra Zen Neurocalm (£38 for 50ml) is designed to soothe and hydrate skin. Its enriched with with Rose de France, Mu Dan Pi and Moringa extract. It contains an SPF 15 to help protect against UVB rays with UVA protection. The brand claims that your skin will feel soft, plumped up with moisture and radiant.

I have a normal to oily skin type but now that we are going into the winter months I'm much more normal and occasional get the odd dry patches on my cheeks. Ive been using this lancome product as my morning moisturiser before I put on my makeup for the last couple of months now. I like the fact it has SPF in it so it protects my skin from the harmful rays of the sun. The product itself comes in a glass jar with a pink screw top lid (absolutely love the packaging) and its quite a thick, creamy moisturiser which I don't like I much prefer my day moisturiser to be more fluid in consistency. It takes a while to set in to the skin but I put this on my face then I'll do my hair and by the time I'm fished it has absorbed right in to my skin.

It has a very light perfume-y smell when in the jar; which I quite like; but the smell disappears once on your face. Overall I did like the product however I felt that it was too thick for daily use on my skin type I much prefer having light skincare products on my face during the day and at night I layer them on.

Lancome Hydra Zen Nuit Neurocalm (£40 for 50ml) is a night treatment that boosts the skin’s natural defences and strengthens it against the effects of daily stress. It claims that as soon as it is applied, Your skin is immediately and intensely moisturised, soft, comfortable and soothed. Signs of fatigue built up during the day seem to disappear. when you apply it in the morning  your skin looks relaxed,  it is fresher, better moisturised and intensely eased of stress. And after countious use the skin’s natural self-defence potential is recharged. The skin feels strengthened against the effects of daily stress.

The smell of this moisturiser is different from the other lancome moisturiser this one has a much more herbal scent to it. I still like it and again the scent does not linger. The consitency of the Hydra Zen Nuit Neurocalm is the same as the day moisturiser (thick and creamy).

Overall I really really liked this moisturiser my skin felt amazing in the morning and I dont mind thick moisturisers in the evening my moto is the thicky the better because I love layering them on.

I will be repurchasing the full size. 

Whats your Favourite Day and Night Moisturisers ?

Current obession | Statement Necklaces

Hey everyone, so right at this moment in time I'm obsessing over statement necklaces. I think they look gorgeous over chunky jumpers which is perfect because its getting colder. Just today did I notice that the tree outside my bedroom window was naked of all its leaves.  

17 Lasting Fix Lipstick | New Black

17 Lasting Fix Lipstick in New Black £4.29. Where to buy: Boots

I have been absolutely loving the vampy lip trend this autumn/winter. I didn't know whether this trend was going to suit me so I decided that I would spend my boots point on trying this daring shade. After lots of searching I stumbled a cross 17 lasting fix lipstick in New black, it seemed to be what I was looking for so I got it.

For the lipstick itself , its quite a nice lipstick over all. The staying power is good but I expect that in a darker shade. The lipstick is not drying on the lips, good colour payoff. Packaging well blah but you get what you pay for with packaging.

Glitter Lashes

Glitter lashes are perfect for a bonfighter night party and the Christmas season, to be honest you can rock where ever. There really easy to create by really messy but if you have a face wipe at hand you'll be alright.

Step 1: Start with mascara free lashes

Step 2: Apply mascara to top and bottom lashes. Act fast because mascara needs to be wet for glitter to stick on to.

Step 3: using an eyeshadow brush dip it in glitter and dap on the lashes. After I did that I wasn't happen with the results so i applied liquid eyeliner on top of my lashes and applied more glitter that gave me better results (more glittery lashes).

You can change it up by using a different colour glitter (I used a gold colour) or glitter that has bigger specks.