Getting something from Zoeva that isn't a brush....

A while back I ordered some brushes for my mates birthday and couldn't resist treating myself and trying out some Zoeva lipsticks( you can't ever have enough right?!). I picked the shade melting kisses;this is described as a warm mellow pink, I have no idea why it's come out so coral in the photograph! I suppose it is kind of like a corally pink.  Those of you packaging nuts may be pleased to know this has magnetic closing, I know how us bloggers love a good bit of magnet in our lipsticks. The overall look is quite simple which personally I like,  it's glossy and I kinda feel like it looks a little..bulky? if that makes sense. It's not as smooth and soft as the topshop lipsticks but it still is good and the colour pay off isn't to shabby either. It cost around 8.50 euro's which I suppose is fair enough but I think there are better high street lipsticks out there which are easier to get hold of like Topshop and Rimmel. I will enjoy using this but I'm I think I'll stick to getting more brushes from Zoeva for now.  Have you tried one of these? Ciao x Keep up to date with my latest posts by following me! :)
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So...About that MAC lipliner everyone is talking about

Over the last few months the blogging world has been going craaazzy for Kylie Jenner lips which involves two things: MACs 'whirl' and ' velvet teddy'. Using lip liners is something I am trying to get into so I decided while I was at the airport that ' whirl' was something that definitely needed to be added to my collection.  Initially I thought this would be quite nude but it is quite brownish with a hint of pink. When I first noticed how brown it was I was quite worried as I didn't think it would suit my pale skin but it still looked lovely on! Kinda like my lips but browner? like a hint of brown. At the moment I really like pairing this with Rimmels Kate Moss 03( which I reviewed here) for a nice browny-nude look but this is amazing by itself.  At around £13 is it worth the money? hmm I think so, MAC always is good quality and this lip liner matches up to that, I think it's got a good lasting time and a nice creamy feel to it so my lips don't feel too dry. What did you think of it? x Keep up to date with my latest posts by following me! :)
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Rimmel Kate Moss lipstick in 03

Most people are getting into bright lips for summer but I am seriously digging the nude lip. In particular a more brown toned nude lip. After CTs 'bitch perfect' continuing to elude me I saw Lily Melrose use this nude and I thought.... this could be the one. And it was! This is the perfect nude shade I was after, the pink matches my lips and the brown gives it that little something extra. I love pairing this lip with a bronzed face - foxes inspired. This lipstick has a good lasting stay but does need to topped up every couple of hours.  I don't mind though at £5.49 it's an absolute bargain & it's got great pigmentation! I'm thinking about pairing it with MACs ' whirl' to help with the lasting power. I don't feel like this is drying on the lips either which is great as I constantly need to reach for the lip balm recently! Which is your favourite Kate Moss lipstick? Ciao x Keep up to date with my latest posts by following me! :)
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Beauty: Charlotte Tilbury lip liner in Pillow Talk

The topic of many a blogger wishlist: Charlotte Tilbury's 'pillow talk' - described as the perfect nude. This is a most wanted for a reason and although a excellent/ much cheaper alternative had been found, I still had to own this. I am a massive fan of CT's lip products and had to see if this lived up to the hype.  It does. simple as that, it's an amazing nude with great coverage - my lips but better. It's creamy, soft and moisturising and yes the £16 price tag is a hefty one but I think Charlotte has proved her products are more than worth the price. It is definitely a treat product and I wouldn't hesitate to buy this again. I struggled to find a highstreet product that matched it and Rimmel's 'East end Snob' was the closest I could find. 'Pillow talk' has a little bit more of a browny hue to it and..well... who can deny how stunning the CT packaging is? The guys at the CT counter in Manchester are super lovely and she even gave me two ' Bitch perfect' samples which just makes me want it even more! Definitely my next purchase! What do you think of this product?  Ciao x  Keep up to date with my latest posts by following me! :)
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Beauty - Rimmel lip liner in ' Eastend snob' a.k.a the ' pillow talk' dupe!

Whoa. Sorry I didn't put a warning for the mega face shot there! Last month I gave away CT pillow talk and just couldn't afford it for myself. I was devastated, everyone is raving about it! I searched through boots for a cheaper alternative and couldn't find one anywhere. The other week I went round again on another desperate search,as a fellow blogger had said No7's nude was a good option but I found it too brown to what I remembered. I went back to Rimmel and saw this shade and thought this looks like a match!  The shade is in the exaggerate range in 'Eastend snob' I really like this lip pencil, it's just as soft and creamy and may only fall slightly short of CT. the nib is a cool slant which is super easy to apply & it looks great on. I would say it's a little pinkier then CT pillow talk but if you see the photo above it's only a slight difference at £3.99 you can't really complain! £12 cheaper this is a fantastic alternative!  I don't really use lip liners so this is something I am trying to get more into and this does make a great base, it's very similar to my own lip colour too so I have used this by itself. Tell me some of your favourite lip liners!  Ciao x P.S I've got a post coming up before the end of the month on Pillow Talk so you can see the difference on my lips!  Keep up to date with my latest posts by following me! :)
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Beauty: Rimmel Stay Blushed - Pop of pink!

I have a mild obsession with Alexa Chung.... I'm not ashamed to say!( C'mon now who doesn't love her!?) I was watching this Lisa Eldridge tutorial with her and they used this Rimmel cheek blush. 

Now I don't usually stray from powder blushes or bronzers but this looked quite interesting so I thought... why not?... let's have a look at it. Honestly when I scouted it out online I thought I would go for the Sunkissed Cherry shade, being a self-confessed bronzer fanatic. But. But when I went in store I much preferred the pop of pink and decided to go with this one. 

Now I haven't completely strayed, I like to add this on top of a light bronze, I simple squirt a teeeeny amount on one finger dab my other finger on it a few times then dab it on the apples of my cheeks and keep dabbing till it's blended and I love it! Espcially with my Rimmer bronzer, it's really subtle and has definitely opened my eyes to try other blushers like this!! I really hope they do some other shades in this! At £4.49 that's a really good price I feel. 

Have you guys ever tried this before?

Ciao x

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Beauty: Autuminal Favourites

I know I have been off the blogging radar, I got a new laptop and can't seem to get photoshop on it, to edit my pictures so I may have to get back to the old laptop again....I am pretty useless with technology!

So a lot of people are going on about their Autumn favourites and there are some excellent selections going on. Of course we all have the standard dark A/W lip, I know a lot of people are going for berry's but this dark brick red ( MAC's hearts aflame) is the one for me this Autumn( if you want a cheaper version look at the Kate Moss for Rimmel collection 07).  My daily lip is MAC's Yield to love, I love a good Mauve ( I've probably said this countless times) - mylipbutbetter. Anybody have a few good Mauve's to recommend? Illamasque seem to have some good ones going!

I got this rimmel bronzer to replace my beloved topshop bronzer and its perfect! I always prefer a bronzed cheek to a blush and this is quite subtle, I was debating the bodyshop honey bronzer but I was broke and this was cheaper...what's new? but it was a great decision, same quality! On top of this I have been loving dabbling the Rimmel stay blushed! I am going to do a review of this because I love this so much more then I ever anticipated.

A few weeks on and I am still wildly in love with the Naked basics 2, it actually hurts to debate using another palette, like I feel like such a judas I have to find a way to sneak this one in as well. I think it's brilliant to do a simple shadow sweep a long with the brick red or a brown smokey cateye with the mauve.

And lastly I have fallen back in love with my Realtechniques blush brush! I always put this aside for my Kabuki brush but recently this has been coming out on top.

What are your favourites?

Ciao xo

15.09.2014

Beauty - 5 Winter lipsticks

I love winter, I love the dark tones, the faux fur, the leather, I love it all.( apart from the cold. I really don't love that.) I don't usually separate between summer and winter in terms of make up or fashion, I think the most I have done is swap from foundation to tinted moisturiser. But there is something about winter that makes everyone want to get their Burgundy lipsticks out so I though I would put my two cents in and show you the 5 shades I have ' for winter'.

- Charlotte Tilbury: Night Crimson
- Mac: Hearts Aflame
- Rimmel: Kate Moss 107
- Topshop Lip Bullet : Wine Gum  ( the don't sell this anymore but they have  another shade called Bewitched which is equally as nice)
- Mac Russian Red ( this isn't particularily wintery or dark but I love it so and I will probably wear this to any christmas parties with some gold eyeshadow...)

Another lipstick I used to own was Topshops Hazard which for £8 is ideal and a beautiful shade.

What are your favourite dark reds?

ciao x

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Beauty: Rimmel Kate Moss 107

I'm not sure why I haven't even owned a Rimmel Kate Moss lipstick before. At £5 you think I would own heaps, but having pretty chunky lips I have to be very selective about my lipsticks. Every time I go to the Kate Moss section I just cannot seem to find a colour I think will work for me. I bought this one as part of my ASOS order as it was only £3.50 in the sale and I debated between this colour and 111 but decided that this was a little different and more berry then the shades I already owned so I bought this one (online swatch pictures are my savior!) 

It has a slight fragrance to it I can't place but it is soooft and creamy. I really like how moisturising this feels on. Its got a good lasting power too it as well. For a fiver you can't really go wrong with one of these. Someone point me in the direction of Rimmel!!! 

Which are your favourite shades?

Ciao Beauts x

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Beauty: Review - Rimmel Apocalips

Heya guys
So as I mentioned in my video I am doing a blog post about the Rimmel Apocalips, I've been wanting to do this for a while as I pretty much obsessed about them the moment I put them on my lips and I fell in love with the colours straight away!

I got these on 2 for £9 which is an absolute bargain! And I was even happier because it meant I didn't have to choose between the two I bought as they are my top two colours! So I got Galaxy and Across the Universe.... as I wanted an almost neutral and a red -These just glide on! I was a little worried about them being patchy as this happened with my topshop gloss ink but no... they aren't at all! and when I initially tried Galaxy it looks quite dark and purpley and I did question myself but once I smoothed it out it looked perfect! I don't feel like I have to keep topping this up constantly and it just feels really nice and hydrating on my lips. I'm not really a 'gloss/tint' kinda girl but these are definitely converting me!!

My next two shades are going to be Stellar ( a pink/peachy kind of shade) and Celestial ( a nudey/pink - which looks similar to my lipshade)

Here are some pics of them on:

Which are you favourite shades?
Ciao

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Vlog 2: February Haul

Hey guys!

So I thought as we are nearing the end of february it's only right I do a haul video! 

Now I know I forgot to feature one or two things but this may not seem like much compared to some vloggers hauls and to some people it may be quite a bit. But I make a good wage but I do have a lot coming out each month so I don't get heaps left over for shopping sadly!! 

So the products I featured are: 

ASOS Jumper - Lady and the Tramp, £30

New Look Boots £20 ( on sale)

Rimmel Apocalips - Galaxy and Across the Universe ( 2 for £9 in superdrug)

MAC eyeshadows - Mystery and Cranberry ( £10 each) 

Urban Decay - Naked 3 Palette

H & M skirt

MAC Brush Cleanser £10

Lush shampoo bar - New ( £8.50ish... for pot and bar)

Bumble and Bumble - Super rich conditioner(£5.95) and defrizz ( £12.50)

L'oreal - super liner. (£ 9)

Maybeline BABY LIPS! - Intensive care & Cherry ( Around £3 each) 

So that's everything!! What have you guys been buying this month? 

Ciao x

Vlog 1: How to look average

Hey guys!
 So here it is! My very first vlog!! Go easy on me because everything that could go wrong did! Lost my tripod so the original video I wanted to do I couldn't so I thought I would do something pretty easy:

My daily make up routine! Basically I get up real early and I have like 15 minutes ( pretty much always less then this) to do my make up, so this is a eaaasssy daily make up look you can do in no time!
As I thought trying to add text on top was a little too much for my first video I'll do a run through here:

1) Prime face with- Benefit: Porefessional
2) Apply foundation -Benefit:  Hello Oxygen
3) Apply - Rimmel: Stay Matte powder
4)Apply Blush (/bronzer & Highlighter in this case!) - Urban decay: Naked Flushed
5) Shape eyebrows - MAC: Mystery
6)Apply eyeshadow- Urban Decay Naked 3 : Nooner ( also blend this in on the creases)
7) Highlight underbrows - Urban Decay Naked 3: Strange ( Or Foxy in Naked 2)
8) Apply Eyeliner - L'oreal: superliner
9) Apply Mascara - Rimmel: Scandaleyes
10) Apply concealer - Benefit: Erase Paste Shade 2
11) Small coat of lip balm - Maybeline: baby lips - hydrate
12) Apply Lipstick - Topshop: Beatnik.


I just want to add that Adobe Premiere pro is heaaaaaaaaaaaps easier then Windows movie maker which kept crashing on me!! This was so easy to use, if you haven't used it before there are a lot of tutorials on youtube but its quite easy to pic up, and I am horrendous with technology!! You can trial it for free on Adobes creative cloud along with other adobe products which is amazing!

Any suggestions or comments in video editing are appreciated! Let me know what you think of the video and what are your daily essentials?
I have an idea for a make up look next week I am beyond excited about, what did you think about the no speaking format? I couldn't quite get the hang of talking to the camera so I thought this would be easier to start off with especially as it is a pretty straight forward look. Anyway here it is the finished video!

ciao x