Spring Trend

Forget subtle this spring when it comes to eyeliner the bolder the better according to the makeup industry. I decided not to go too heavy with the liner but decided to create a more noticeable wing.

When creating the eyeliner I would recommend to take into consideration of your eye shape, as this will enhance the shape of your eyes more. To create this eyeliner look I used Smashbox Jet Set waterproof eyeliner in Deep Ivy, I would recommend to use a gel eyeliner as you can easily manipulate it to get the look you want, they also last all day long. To apply the eyeliner I used a Mac 263, as it is a small angled brush it will give you more control, and allow you to create a thick or thin line.

 

 

 

The Youtubers Reign

Many Youtubers at the moment have been publishing their own books, and the ones I have been most interested in have of course been by the beauty guru's.

 

The book I first got from a Youtuber was Girl Online by Zoe Sugg, I haven't started reading it yet as I have still been hooked on Breaking Dawn, as I do love Zoe's videos I hope to like her book. You can get this book for £5 from Amazon.

The next book I got was Michelle Phan, Make Up your life guide to beauty style and success online and off. This is by far one of my favourite books by the youtubers as from Michelle you find about how here love for makeup started and how her YouTube channel started to grow. In the book she shares her tips on makeup, hair, nails, clothes, digital help, and also many other tips and tricks to help us all. From reading this book Michelle Phan is firmly one of my favourite Beauty Guru's. This book is £13 from Amazon.

My next book is from a Youtuber I have loved for ages Love Tanya by Tanya Burr. This book is great as Tanya shares all of her tips and tricks about makeup, skincare, clothes, hair and how to start a YouTube channel. Along with the tips and tricks she also shares her life before YouTube, her anxiety and love. In this book I love the pictures and also how the reader can write down notes after each section of the book. £6.50 from Amazon.

My most recent book is The Glam Guide by FleurDeForce, another one of my firm favourite YouTubers and Beauty Guru's. In the book I love the range of information from beauty to relationships, skincare to body image and travel to clothing. In this book I also love how the pictures are drawn and not photographs, I also personally love the rose gold writing on the front cover of the book. This book is £7.50 from Amazon.

Everyday Makeup

I have recently been loving Mac Face and Body Foundation, you can control what type of coverage you would like from, super sheer coverage that looks like you don't have any foundation on or build it up to medium coverage bordering on full coverage when you apply layers. I then use Collection Lasting Perfection concealer in Fair 1, when I use this with Face and Body I like to highlight under my eyes, forehead, nose and chin. I then use of course Mac Studio Fix powder to set it all in place, this will also give me coverage where the foundation didn't give it to me, it helps to create a flawless face and lasts all day. Next I move on to brows I have recently been using NYX eyebrow cake powder as it gives my eyebrows a more natural look.

 

On my eyes I first start off using Smashbox limitless 15 hour wear cream shadow in the shade gemstone, to create a perfect base and to also allow the eye shadows something to stick to. I then use my Urban Decay Naked 3 palette, I start off with Trick, the perfect rose gold shade, then add a tiny bit of blackheart to the crease to give some definition before I blend away. I then curl my eyelashes using my Shu Uemura eyelash curlers, for my eyelashes I have been using a combination of W7 Absolute Lashes and Collection Lengthening Mascara, to create length and volume. Lastly I have been loving Mac Peachykeen blush, the perfect peach shade with a hint of shimmer.  

January Favourites

As the first month of 2015 has now passed, this monthly favourites has got a bit of beauty and non beauty.

 My first beauty favourite of the month has been The Urban Decay Naked 3 palette, a palette that when it first came out I wasn't too sure about. But now I have tried it I absolutely LOVE it !!! What I love most about this palette is that you can create so many looks and they don't all have to be BAM in your face pink. My favourite shades from this palette Trick, Dust and Blackheart. Along with the Naked 2 the packing is also beautiful.

My next favourite is Modelsprefer powder and bronze brush, a brush that I picked up in Australia and I have been using it non stop. I now use this brush to apply my face powder and also Soap & Glory Solar Powder around the perimeter of my face, I love this brush for bronzer as it does not give you a precise application, where as a contour brush would.

My last beauty favourite for the month is the Soap & Glory Sexy Mother Pucker Gloss Stick in the shade Nudist. I'm not a big fan of Soap & Glory lip-glosses as I find they are way too sticky for my liking, so I was hesitant to try this but I absolutely love it I don't find it sticky at all and find it also has a great colour pay off.

My first non beauty favourite of the month of January has definitely been the Twilight saga books, I have read through these books so fast and have enjoyed every minute of them. I definitely prefer the books to the films as she talks about things that don't happen in the films. When ever I have finished one of these books I would have to go and get the next one straight away. Definitely a favourite of the month.

My last non beauty favourite of the month has been a bag, more specifically the DKNY Collegiate Logo Backpack. I got this backpack with my Christmas money and have loved it ever since I got it. I decided not to use it for college but it is not too big or too small for everyday use.

Mini Smashbox Haul

 

Recently I have been wanting to try some things from Smashbox Cosmetics, so when I went to Gunwarf Quays in Portsmouth and saw they had Smashbox at the Cosmetics Company Outlet, I decided to go for it.

 

 

 

The things that caught my attention were the Limitless 15 hour wear cream shadow in the shade Gemstone and the Jet set waterproof eye liner in Deep Ivy.

Having tried out both of the items I have completely fallen in love with both, the cream shadow is an amazing shade of pink with I think a hint of brown, the shadow has a great sheen to it so it can look great on its own or underneath other shadows. I would defiantly love to purchase more of these as they blend amazingly and once set will not budge.

The eye liner in deep ivy is a beautiful shade of deep green with a slight shimmer to it, the product is easy to apply as it is creamy and is easy manipulate.

As these are my first products from Smashbox I am really happy with the products so far and I can't wait to try some more.

 

 

The Best Christmas Cracker Ever

Over the Christmas period my Uncle gave Me and my Mum a giant Christmas Cracker, one that we both had to share, when we pulled it open we were greeted with many luxury skincare samples !!!!! The brands that we got were Lancôme, Estee Lauder, Clarins, Prada, Kiehl's, Roc, Dermalogica, Origins, Guerlain and Elizabeth Arden. So it was an amazing Christmas Cracker for a beauty and skincare lover.

 

 

In the cracker included Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair serum, Prada lip tints, Kiehl's Ultra Overnight Hydrating Masque, Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream, YSL Forever Light Creator Serum, Three Advanced Genifique Creams from Lancôme and also included many more brands and their famous skincare products. 

 

 

In the photos I also had to include my favourite Star Wars Tin that I also got for Christmas, I hope that you enjoyed this post.

Best Makeup in 2014

As 2014 is now finished and we welcome 2015 it is time to look back on my favourite makeup of 2014. In 2014 I found many new products that I absolutely love, now its time to show you them.

Best Multi- Tasking Foundation is Mac Face and Body, this is a great foundation as it can provide light to medium coverage leaving the skin with a dewy finish. It stays on all day and can last trough anything, Mac have a great colour range so anyone can have this foundation.
Best High street Foundation is L'Oreal True Match, for me this is one of the best foundations on the high street as it provides medium coverage but can be buildable to high coverage. The true match range also has a great colour range and also a great price.
Best Primer is Maybelline Baby Skin Instant Pore Eraser, as it can help you to achieve a flawless base that can last all day, as it erases all visible pores. As this was probably one of the first high street primers I think Maybelline did a great job.
Best Concealer is Benefit Boi-ing, I have grown to like this concealer as it can help you to cover anything and has a great staying power. The only trouble is if you do not powder were you have applied it, it will slip and slide all over your face through out the day.
Best Powder is Mac Studio Fix Powder Foundation, I have loved this powder now for what seems like years, as it can help set your makeup in place and also provide a matte finish. As this specific powder is a powder foundation you can wear it alone or on top of a foundation for a higher coverage.
Best Eyebrow Product is ELF Studio Eyebrow Kit, this product is quite a recent purchase and since I have got it I have used it everyday. It comes with a powder to help fill in any bald spots, then also comes with a colour wax to help set the powder in place and to also help fill them in more. For £3.50 I say it is amazing.Best Single Eye shadow is Essence 3D in Irresistible Vanilla Latte, this has by far been my favourite eye shadow of 2014, as I was looking for a champagne eye shadow and came across this. The pigmentation of this shadow for the price you pay is outstanding and  the colour provides the perfect amount of shimmer and is not too chunky. This eye shadow is perfect for minimal makeup days.

Best Cream Eye shadows are Mac paint pot in Constructivist and Maybelline Colour Tattoo in On and On Bronze, this year I have really come to like cream eye shadows and I could not choose between these two, as they both have amazing colour pigmentation and amazing staying power. Constructivist is a beautiful deep brown and On and On Bronze is an amazing warm golden brown .
Best Eye shadow palette is Urban Decay Naked 2, this has definitely been my most used palette of 2014 as you can create so many looks ranging from neutral or dark and smoky. On top of the fact you can create so many looks with one palette, the eye shadows are richly pigmented, creamy and easy to blend this palette is definitely worth the money.
Best Mascara is Mac Zoom Lash, a mascara that has the perfect sized wand to help you create long and volumised eye lashes this mascara also has amazing staying power and will not come off easily. This mascara is definitely going to be a re-purchase in 2015.
Best Blushes are Essence Silky Touch Blush in Babydoll and Physicians Formula Happy Booster in Rose, this was really hard for me as I really love blushes I firstly chose the Essence Blush as it was a shade I loved for ages as it provides you with the perfect colour and also has amazing pigmentation. I next had to chose the Happy Booster blush as it provides you with different tones of pink and the perfect amount of shimmer, perfect for creating a healthy flush of colour.
Best Highlighter is Soap and Glory Glow All Out, a highlighter that I have only recently got the highlighter is a light peachy pink shade with a slight shimmer running through it. Perfect for giving the face some glow.
Best Bronzer is Soap and Glory Solar Powder, ever since Vivianna from Vivianna Does Makeup spoke about this I knew I had to get my hands on it. I can see why she loves it as the product is split in two with one side being a light bronzy peach shade, for when you want a slight bronzed look and on the other side a medium matte brown for when you want a more noticeable bronzed look. You can use each side individually or swirl both colours together.
Best Tinted Lip Balms are Maybelline Baby Lips, these are really a great product from the high street as they have a range of different colours and finishes, whilst caring for your lips these are definitely a must buy from the high street.
Best Lip Balm is Carmex, this is definitely the best lip balm as it really nourishes the lips leaving them soft and hydrated.

I hope that you enjoyed seeing my makeup favourites for 2014, hopefully you can share your makeup favourites for 2014.