Weekend Wants

My list of things I'm lusting after this week: 1) Benefit Watts up! This is a gorgeous champagne colours soft focus high lighter. A cream high lighter is just whats needed to brighten up my skin in these horrid winter months. £24.50 Debanhams and selected Boots stores. 2) Beauty blender. I've gone off using sponges lately, but have seen so much hype about thes little sponges that I can't help but be curious. I've noticed that the price varies so much on these so you can find them in most high street drug stores starting at around...

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My everyday essentials

A bit of a different post today. I thought I'd show you guys the make up I use on a daily basis. I have so much make up and so many products I like but I've only got one face to put it on. So these are the things I use for every day purposes. 1 - Rimmel stay matte pressed powder. This powder is a holy grail product for me. I don't use any other face powder as this one sets my make up all day and keeps my face shine free. I never have to reapply everything just stays put. £3.99 at Boots and Superdrug stores. As well many supermarkets...

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Soap and Glory Small Wonders

I love love Soap and Glory so while getting the last of my Christmas gifts in Boots I thought I deserved a little treat. Just a little something. So with gifts being 3 for 2 in Boots and only needing to grab 2 gifts I had a good look round the soap and glory gifts and grabbed this small wonders box. The products come in a cute pink hat style box. Which I'm going to use to store little bits in, more than likely will be lip glosses. The products included are Clean on me, Scrub of your life, Hand food, The Righteous Butter...

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Hask Argan Oil

Argan Oil or Moroccan oil is a pretty big thing at the moment. I'm such a sucker for hair products, especially ones that are going to make it soft and shiney.  I'm also into products that are going to make doing my hair easy. I'm quite lazy when it comes to my hair I like to straighten it and leave it till its washed again, although I am very guilty of not washing my hair too often (About twice a week) and using dry shampoo in between times to keep it refreshed and keep grease at bay. I did have the VO5 Miracle elixir...

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Collection 2000 Lasting Colour Gel Eyeliner

I love a good lined eye. I prefer Gel eyeliner to liquid just because its more fluid and personally I find it so much easier to use. I'm a bit of a black liner addict so I decided a while ago to change the colour and go for a brown to do some really nice browny neutral eyes and have a liner that isn't so harsh. So I grabbed the Collection 2000 Lasting Colour gel liner. Collection 2000 Lasting Colour gel eyeliner £4.99 It comes in a small pot with a separate brush. The brush I've never really used as it is so small I...

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MUA Glamour Days palette

A few weeks ago I received an amazing email from MUA saying I'd won a give away they were running to win a Glamour Days palette. I was so excited because I love MUA eye shadows and this was actually the next one on my list to purchase. I love MUA palettes I have a nice little collection coming along now, so when I received this one I knew what to expect. The palette has 12 shades in with 3 of them being matte colours. The other 9 are gorgeous shimmer shades. I can see why they have called this Glamour Days...

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MUA Mega Volume Mascara

I write about MUA alot! I am a huge fan of their range. The main thing I love is how often they release new products and how involved they are with the customer base. They do have a great marketing team. Plus none of their products break my student budget! So being a mascara junkie I had to grab their new Mega Volume mascara. MUA Mega Volume mascara £3 It comes in a bright pink tube which is great in my box as it always stands out. Its a similar designed bottle to the Maybelline volum express. Just with a bigger handle. The packaging...

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Nails of the week.

I've decided to show you all one of my fave things, which is doing my nails. At times I'm quite obsessive with my nails and nail art is something I love doing. This weeks mani is a variation on the typical french manicure. Its a little messy as I don't like using tape or stickers to create tips. I draw a line with my thin brush polishes (a matching colour to what I'm going to use as a tip) then fill in with my chosen polish This week I've used two Sally Henson complete salon manicure polishes in Dorien Grey and Oxide Dorien Grey...

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17 Miracle Matte Foundation.

I'm always on the lookout for matte foundations, I'm a huge Dream Matte Mousse fan but I've been trying to find a great liquid foundation. I've tried just about every matte foundation and for whatever reason I've disliked it. I noticed Boots 17 range had Miracle matte foundation so I decided to give it a try. 17 used to have a great mousse foundation which I loved so I did have high hopes for this one. Miracle Matte foundation £5.99  I chose porcelain which is one of the lightest colours. The bottle is pump actioned and gives...

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Real Techniques Stippling Brush

I loved the Expert face brush and Blush brush so I decided I had to expand my Real Techniques collection. I wanted a brush I could use with my liquid foundations and keep my expert face brush for creams. I finally settled on the Stippling brush. Stippling brush £11.99 At £11.99 this is a snip compared to other big brush brands, and the quality does measure up! The packaging for this is nice and simple with a few little tips on the back to help you get the best looks from the brush. Its a flat top brush much similar to...

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Christmas Gift guide.

Its that time of year already!! This year has gone pretty fast. So you know what that means. Presents time!! I've done a little hard work for you and had a good look round my favorite shops and the first in a small series is Make up gifts. So here's my top 5 1) Go tropiCORAL From Benefit. £24.50 Benefit Go tropiCORAl This is a beautiful gift for either a Benefit lover or someone new to the brand. You get a Coralista blush and one of Benefits brushes. The blush is 3 grams of products which is pretty big for a gift set and as it...

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St Ives Elements Microdermabrasion.

To have a great base for make up you need to keep your skin in tip top condition. One of my top tips is to exfoliate your face with a gentle exfoliant every day. This takes away dead skin cells and cleans away any left over make up that your cleanser may have left behind. Im a huge fan of finly milled exfoliaters that really clean your skin but are gentle enough to use every single day. I love St Ives and when I saw they had a new product out I had to give it a try. This is my second bottle of the Elements microdermabrasion face...

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MUA Artiste Collection

I like alot of beauty bloggers love MUA, I've seen all the excitement about their artiste collectione. Unfortunately for me my local Superdrug is always running out of stock on their MUA stand! Pretty annoying! I'm also not a big fan of buying make up online especially new pieces. The amount of times I've seen something ordered it and when I've opened the box I've discovered its nothing like what I thought it was going to be is unreal! So I do prefer having a tester I can look at in store. So when I finally found an Artiste...

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Natural Collection blush

I always go for blush when trying a new brand. I'm not sure why but blushes always seem to be the best place to start for me. So while wandering around Boots waiting for my Nan to do her shopping I decided to pick up a Natural Collection blush. Pink Cloud blush - £1.99 Natural Collection has nothing over £2 in the entire range. Which is great for us beauty junkies to grab a great quality product at a brilliant price. I always go for pretty girly pinks so I grabbed pink cloud. Pink cloud is a pretty girly pink colour which is completely matte....

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Soap and Glory Righteous Butter

I love having soft skin and taking care of my skin. Although I'm always moaning about having oily facial skin the rest of my skin is really pretty dry, so I need to use a nice thick creamy moisturiser. I;m a huge Soap and Glory fan and love the Righteous lotion, so I decided to change and use the butter as I found the lotion wasn't really giving my skin that intense moisture hit. As with all Soap and Glory products this comes in a beautifully kitsch packaging, with the gorgeous 50's style imagery and the witty...

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Nail Drying Spray

Occasionally I like to pop into my local Poundshop. About 50% of the time theres nothing in there that catches my eye but the other 50% of the time theres a few gems in there. Last time I popped in I came across this. A nail drying spray. I know there are alot of little tricks to help dry nails such as dunking your fingers into iced water. I never have time to fill up a bowl with water and there's rarely any ice in my ice tray. So I thought what the hell its £1 if its good well that's great if not its a bin job!  Using...

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Pearl Drops now...smile

I'm always on a mission for whiter teeth without going down the harsh bleaching route. Not only is it costly I really don't fancy the Simon Cowell smile. So I use toothpastes to try to achieve a more natural smile. While mooching around the pound shop with my Nan we spotted Pearl Drops now smile (now called Hollywood smile). We both grabbed a box. If it works that's great if not I've only spent £1. I've used this a few times and it has made a difference to my teeth colour. I do use this along with OralB's 3D white so together are...

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17 Falsifeye

Im a mascara junkie, trying to find that perfect one is a hard task. So whenever I see a new mascara I'm drawn to it and have to purchase. While checking out Southampton's new Boots beauty hall I came across 17 falsifeye mascara. £6.49 boots 17 isn't a brand I normally use but in an effort to be a bit more diverse and less snobby I decided to give it a go. I picked up blackest black as there's nothing more glam than a pitch black super dark lash. The mascara is meant to give you a false lash effect. With a bit of curling from my...

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Sleek Ultra Mattes V2

Sleek was always a brand I walked past, under the impression they wouldnt have anything to offer me. Well I couldn't have been more wrong! I purchased the face form palette and loved it so I went back to see what else was on offer. I decided on an idivine eye shadow palette and grabbed the Ultra Mattes V2 Darks collection. Sleek Ultra Darks Palette £7.99 superdrug I instantly fell in love with it. The packaging with Sleek is gorgeous and looks much more expensive than the £7.99 price tag. The outside box is stunning It gives the...

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Winter Wants

With so many great products out there obviously theres loads I want to get my hands on! So here's my top 6 Winter Wants. Clockwise from top 1) Mac Lightscapade. This has been on my want list for ages but its always been out of stock. Its the perfect highlighter colour and being a MAC mineralize skin finish I know these powders are beautiful I have soft and gentle and its amazing. This would be perfect for cute winter highlighting 2) Sleek Snapshots palette. I've recently discovered Sleek and how awesome their eye shadows are. I...

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Maxfactor Face Finity

I received a cute little sample of Maxfactors new face finity foundation in the post the other day. I hate splurging out on foundations only to find I really dislike them, so I try to find a sample sachet to try out first. Then I can gather if it's worth me spending my money on. The sample came with a card info sheet and a one use sachet. The colour I received was Natural 50, which is the second lightest shade. I was lucky and found this was my perfect shade.  Maxfactors claim is this will be flawless...

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Urban Decay Big Fatty Mascara

I have stumpy little lashes that need a boost from a great mascara! I'm constantly buying into the hype with new mascaras and have so many of them its unreal! I was a huge fan of the old formula Big fatty by Urban Decay so was a bit skeptical when they changed it. Urban Decay Big Fatty Mascara £15  The actual formula of this product is great. Its easy to remove and lasts all day. It doesn't crumble off like some mascaras can do. It also doesn't irritate my eyes and doesn't feel too heavy. There's nothing I hate more when...

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