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 £4.

3) Mac Diva, I love a dark lip look. Since changing my hair colour I've noticed darker colours suit me a lot more. This is the perfect red wine colour lip stick. Which I can never seem to find on the high street.

4) OPI The Living Daylights. This is from the James Bond collection and I am a sucker for a glitter polish. This one contains large pieces of multi coloured glitter which look beautiful layered over any colour. I love chunky glitter over pastle shades. £11 available online or at selected Sallys Beauty stores.

5) Illamasqua Generation Q: Complements palette. This a gorgeous collection of beautiful shimmers, mattes and a cream shade. In 4 beautiful colours. I love purples and dark browns on my eyes, they make the green in my eyes really pop, The pure pigment in Queen of the Night look stunning! £34 Debanhams

6) Nars Orgasm Blush. I've said it time and time again, I'm a blush addict. Im a sucker for a nice looking cheek colour.This one is a gorgeous shimmery peachy pink. It also applies nice and subtly on the cheek.£21 House of Fraser

What items are you wanting this week? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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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 and chemists (UK version of a drugstore) or online here

2 -  17 Miracle matte foundation. I use this foundation an awful lot for run of the mill days. It lasts all day so I don't need to worry about it. It keeps my skin matte and looking great all day. £5.99 at selected Boots stores or online here

3 - This Mac Studio finish concealer is another holy grail product for me. I use this without fail and is a repeat purchase. It glides onto the skin beautifully and gives a flawless all day coverage. I don't get alot of creasing with this which I love and it doesn't melt away. It's quite pricey but I found with my first pot that it did last an awfully long time! Almost around a year even with every day use. A little goes along way! £14.50 from House of Fraser, Debenhams or online Here

4 - Sleek face form palette. Whats not to love about this? 1 palette with 3 products, a high lighter, bronzer and a blush. With one palette I can completely do my cheeks. I have the light palette and its perfect. I love taking this away with me so much more room in my make up bag for other goodies! All 3 colours are gorgeous and look great together, You can buy this from selected Superdrug stores or online Here

5 - Naked 2. I love this palette its so versatile and all the colours are beautiful. Just as you would expect from Urban Decay. These shadows last all day and can easily transfer from day to night. £36 at House of Fraser and Debenhams, or online Here

6 - 17 Falsifeyes mascara. I love this mascara, I have wispy lashes so this ones big bristle brush plumps them up perfectly. £6.49 from selected Boots stores or online Here

7 -  Sheer lip gloss MUA. I love these glosses. They are beautiful. I wear them most days either alone or over a lipstick. These are soft and non sticky. These are only £1 as well so cheap enough to get every colour they offer! £1 from selected superdrug or online here

8 - Kate Moss for Rimmel lipstick. I love this lipstick. 101 is a rose pink which goes with any day time look I come up with. This is a matte colour so sometimes I do add a little lip gloss for that extra shine. £5.49 from Superdrug, Boots, supermarkets and selected chemists or online Here

9 - Soap and Glory smoulder khol. This khol pencil is similar to Urban Decays Perversion. Its a beautiful pencil and defines my eyes perfectly. Its great on the waterline and also great for lining the lash lines. £5 Boots or online Here


So those are the products I use everyday. What products you get a good use from? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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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 and a shower scrunchie. All products are travel sized so poerfect for someone who is new to the brand or just to try other soap and glory products without committing to a full sized bottle.
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Clean on me is a gorgeous thick creamy shower gel. The scent is the classic smell of Soap and Glory goodies. I love putting just a walnut sized amount onto my exfoliating gloves and having a good scrub with it. Before I even moisturise my skin is Deliciously soft and smells divine. A small amount goes alot way, especially when using exfoliating gloves or a shower puff.

The Righteous Butter is a product I've spoken about before. You can see my full review Here. I love this product and having a handy sized tub is great to take away with me instead of lugging my big one around.

The scrub of your life is a nice shower gel with scrubbers infused. It smells lush with the signature scent that all S&G products have. I love using this, I do put a walnut sized amount onto my exfoliating gloves and really scrub away at my skin with this. You're probably thinking hold on she puts an exfoliating shower gel on to exfoliating gloves? Yes I do once a week so I get a real good exfoliatation on my skin and give a good scrub. A bit naughty but hey thats how I like doing it. Even on bare hands it gives a great scrub. This leaves my skin so soft and clean, my skins left with a nice healthy sheen. Commuting and being in the city all day does leave my skin a little dull and dry but this is just the boost my skin needs.

Hand food is a hand cream. To me its just The righteous butter but more lotion like. Its even smoother than the actual lotion version of the Righteous butter. This hasn't left my bag since I've had it. I use it all the time. After washing my hands and just after being around Uni and on my commute. My hands do get pretty dry and chapped so this is perfect for keeping them soft and hydrated. Especially in the cold winter months.


The shower scrunchie/puff I haven't used yet as I mainly use my exfoliating gloves when I shower, and I don't think my Mum will be impressed if I put yet another item around the edge of the bath! So I'm waiting till my gloves need a throw away. Then I'll be using this!

What Soap and Glory items are your faves? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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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 oil but I'm a massive clutz and managed to drop it all over my bedroom floor. Its wooden so obviously that caused a huge problem for me but that's another story.  So when the half bottle I had started running out I went in search of a replacement.

Hask Argan Oil £2.50 Primark

So when I came across this small bottle at the till points in my local Primark I thought I'd give it a try. At £2.50 I didn't think I was risking too much.

You know what, I really didn't risk anything. I love this. The bottle is a hard plastic with a flip up lid almost like certain tablet bottles you can buy paracetamol in. I really dislike this so I have decanted the oil into a bottle with a dropper lid so I can measure how much I'm using each time.

The bottle is quite small, it is only 18 mls but as you only need a tiny amount to achieve results this will last a little while.

I use this on both wet and dry hair. I apply a few drops before I blow dry my hair and then a few more drops once I've styled my hair as a sort of finisher.

The oil itself is a dark orangy colour and has quite a citrus scent to it. Its a nice thick oil so only a small amount around the size of a 5 pence piece is enough for my hair. Which is mid length and sits around the top of a bra strap. Obviously using too much does cause your hair to look greasy and lack lustre.

My hair is beautifully soft, I find myself constantly playing with it. Its also so shiny and has a real healthy look to it. Thats after using it twice.

So all in all for £2.50 I really can't complain about this. Obviously there is alot of choice in oils in the shops right now, and this one may seem cheap but if you work it all out it does add to be a similar price to  other brands on the high street.

Have you tried this? What hair treatments do you use? Let me know

xoxo - Lizzy

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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 find it quite hard to handle. Its a real fiddly brush. So I use with the brush that came with my Maybelline gel liner or any of the angled brushes I have.

The colour of this is a gorgeous chestnut brown and it is beautiful on. The formula is great its very fluid and goes on really easy. It is a bit creamy so I have used it as a cream shadow base for eye looks. I did find it was really greasy and did slide of really easy, but I managed to stop this by setting it with whatever brown shadow was in the palette I was using at the time. This gave it much more staying power and kept the colour quite intense. The one thing I did love was I could use a fair amount of the product and get a real dark brown line or could use a small amount just to give a hint of colour.

From the swatches you can see that the small brush included does give a few option as to how you put it on. You can create thin defined looks or thicker lines with one sweep of the brush. The brush is nice it is just far to small for my hands.

Mine is a few months old and hasn't cried out its still nice and creamy and easy to use. Which is great, nothing worse than going to use a gel eyeliner and discovering its completely dried up!

You can pick this up in all good drugstores, Collection is a brand that is pretty much everywhere! Or you can get it here

Have you tried this? Or another gel eyeliner I should try out? Let me know

xoxo - Lizzy

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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 as the colours included will help make some beautiful glamourous looks which will be perfect for nights out and parties. Its a versatile palette and allows you to create some great day time look. I've used this for looks on days I'm at uni so nice subtle looks with a little make up. My favourite shade is number 3 (3rd from the left in the top row)  Its beautiful and I do find myself grabbing this palette just to use that shade.

Top row swatched

The top row of colours left to right:
1) A light creamy ivory shimmery shade. Makes a beautiful highlight shade!
2) A pearly green with gold shimmer. Quite a turquoise green.
3) A beautiful pinky brown. Looks amazing as a crease shade gently blended out.
4) A matte pink colour. Very pigmented for a matte shade.
5) A matte flesh toned colour. Great for neutral eye looks.
6) A denim coloured shimmer tone. Looks beautiful when the light catches it.

Bottom row swatched.

The bottom row from left to right:

7) A gorgeous purple shimmer. Its very sheer and does need to be built up.
8) A pale shimmery pink, Very goldie in the light.
9) A shimmery gold colour which look amazing paired with shade 3.
10) A matte medium brown. Great for creases and contouring your eyes and also great for eye brows if your hairs dark.
11) A shimmery coppery brown. More browny than copper. Very similar to Urban Decays YDK

12) A creamy gold shimmery shade. Great for simple day looks or for a high light shade. I love this with just liquid eyeliner.

All the shades are so pigmented, one of the main reasons I love MUA shadows, and for £4 for the palette its a bargain! They also blend really well. The quality of the eye shadows far out weighs their small price tag.

So I was a very happy MUA lover the day this little beauty popped through my letter box!

Have you used any MUA eye shadows? What ones are your favourites? Let me know

xoxo - Lizzy

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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 felt a little cheap to me (sorry MUA) and I wasn't really keen on it. But its whats inside that counts!

The brush isn't to dissimilar to the Urban Decay Big Fatty, just it doesn't have the ball type structure on the tip. It is a plastic bristle applicator.

The formula is really nice, it smells like apples. It goes on like a dream and doesn't clump. The brush coats every lash nicely and evenly.

I find with my lashes which aren't very curly or particular thick it doesn't do too much to them. This mascara doesn't give me any oomph. I get a great dark black colour on my lashes and they do stand out more just they aren't extremely volumised.

On my sister on the other hand it works great! Her lashes are made to look so much thicker and longer. This gave her a nice false lash effect. She has nice thick eye lashes so better for thicker lashes not on whispies like mine!

You can pick this up at Superdrug stores or online here for £3 a bargain I think!

Have you tried this mascara? What did you think? Let me know

xoxo - Lizzy

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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 is a light grey, which is quite blue toned. In pictures it does look very blue but it is grey!

Oxide is a charcoal colour with silver glitter particles in.

I do like Sally Henson polishes these are smooth and easy to apply The brush is an odd shape. Their triangular but when you apply them to the nail the fan out perfectly to give you an even coat. They remove easily and dry quickly. They also have lasting power. I find this will last chips free for 3-4 days. I do use my hands alot and put my manis through alot. The only moan I have is with Oxide, its a glitter so its hell to get off your nails. My cotton pads get ripped up and stick to it eurgh I love the effect of these glitters but I cannot bear taking them off!

Sally Henson polishes can now be purchased in selected Superdrug and Boots stores or online Here

Have you used Sally Henson polishes? What are your favourite colours? Let me know

xoxo - Lizzy

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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 a measured dose. I find 2 pumps is enough to get a good even coverage on my whole face and neck with a little left over for places I want more coverage. To apply this I use my real techniques stippling brush and buff it right into the skin. The formula does blend really well and the shade I picked was perfect for my skin.

The coverage is great not too full but more a natural look.It lasts all day without going  patchy or sinking into the pores. I've also found it doesn't slide off and does stay put. So it does live up to its claim of lasting 16 hours. I haven't found it to be cakey and I don't look as if I'm wearing alot of make up with this.

This foundation is also reasonably priced at £5.99. You can purchase one Here

I think I'll be picking up the miracle matte primer and see how that works.

Are you a fan of 17? Any of their products I should try? Let me know

xoxo - Lizzy

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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 the MAC 187. The bristled are so soft, All Real Techniques brushes are made of Taklon which make them ultra plush. The fact this brush is a duo fibre makes it even better. The bristles to both are soft but the white larger bristles are slightly more firm.  Unlike another stippling brush I have these bristles don't bend when you put them to the skin.

Applying liquid foundation with this brush is amazing, the foundation buffs into your skin like a dream. It doesn't leave those tell tale brush marks. You can also stipple the foundation on to get more coverage on particular areas. I also use this to blend concealer is. A few gentle swipes and my complexion looks flawless.

Where this brush is made of synthetic bristles you can also use it for powder foundation or your usual face powder. I haven't tried this yet where I am mainly using it for foundation.

The handles on these brushes are brilliant. They are perfectly weighted so they don't feel flimsy in your hands. The shape also fits into your hands easily and allows you to get a firm grip. The best part for me is they are free standing. The black base of the brush is wide enough for it to stand on its own. The only downside to this is the base is a little bulky to put into a brush holder. Especially when you have more than one. I have mine stood on their own while the rest of my brushes are in pots. The three I have combined with other facial brushes are far to bulky to be put together. (Excuse to buy another brush holder!)

Next purchase the core collection and the eye starter kit.

You can buy this brush Here or at larger Boots stores.

Have you use any Real Technique brushes? What are your favorites? Let me know

xoxo - Lizzy

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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 is a blush will last a little while. A 6 ml Coralista lip gloss, and 2 deluxe minis (4 mls of product) Cha Cha tint and High Beam. You can get these from Debenhams and selected Boots stores or online Here

2) Soap and Glory Glam Packed £22

This is a cute gift set from Soap and Glory. It contains a Sexy Mother Pucker lip gloss in punch bowl, Love at first blush Multi shade shimmer powder and Smoulder Khol eye liner pencil.  It all comes in a cute make up bag. You can buy this at most Boots stores or online Here


3) Studio London Pretty Naturals £7.99

This is a nice little set with 3 eye shadows, a blush, mascara, lip gloss and brush. Everything to create a nice subtle neutral look. This is great for people who are just getting into make up. You can buy this at Superdrug or online Here

4) Too Faced Natural Flirt £26

Okay this ones a little over the £25 limit. But it's so gorgeous! In this gift you get Pink leopard bronzer, Lashgasm mascara, neutral exotic eye shadow, shimmery shadow insurance and a lip gloss. All in a pretty pink bag. You can buy these online at Beautybay


5) Cosmopolitan Beauty Expert Eyebrow Stying Kit. £7:95

This is a nice little complete eyebrow kit. With stencils, wax, two eyebrow shades, tweezers, angled brush, highlight pencil and a mirror. You can but this at Superdrug stores or online at feel unique

Or if you're crafty and want to make gifts you can always make a hamper with what ever products you want to give that person in. You can tailor it exactly to the recipient.

These are just a few that I've seen and thought would make great gifts!

Have you seen any great make up gifts? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy


All images have been sourced from google images and are not mine in any way. 

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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 scrub. It is well used as you can tell by the photo! The packaging has been changed since I purchased this bottle.  Microdermabrasion is a beauty treatment that many people have at either a specialist salon or a cosmetic surgery. It is a way of removing the top layer of the dead skin cells. It is sometimes called an instant facelift giving user the appearance of younger looking skin. This feature is somewhat lost on me being 22 and definitely not needing a face lift,  but it does leave your skin with a glow and feeling much smoother.

 It is a fine milled product and the exfoliants are really small. It doesn't feel gritty on your skin when you are using it. I use this every night and really give my face a good scrubbing with it. It is really gentle and doesn't feel as if I am scraping my skin off as I've found can happen with some other facial scrubs.

Once I've rinsed off my skin has a really nice clean glow and feel invigorated. It has helped improve the general texture and look of my skin. It also doesn't cause any breakouts for me and is fine with my oily skin. It also doesn't have an unpleasant smell. The texture of the product is nice as well. In your fingers you can feel the mineral crystals but they aren't so big you can see them. The great thing is a little really goes along way. A tiny amount on your fingers is enough to cover your face and down your neck. Even using such a small amount still gives you a feeling of having a good clean.

You can pick this one up in your local Asda stores for £3. Its quite a steal!

I love all the St Ives scrubs their apricot ones are amazing!

Do you use any facial scrubs? What ones? Have you tried this one? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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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 collection I had a quick look and decided I just couldn't resist it. At £6 for 6 marbled eye shadows, 2 blushers, a bronzer and a highlighter. That equates to just 60p an item! Who can resist?

The palette comes with 6 beautifully pigmented marbled eye shadows. These blend like a dream. The marbled effect changes the colour ever so slightly, but not enough to be noticeable  They have a beautiful shimmery sheen to them. I love these colours MUA eye shadows are always highly pigmented with such a great colour pay off. None of the shadows are sheer and even though they are cheap you do not need to build the colour up.

The colours:

From left to right.

Pistachio: A beautiful pastle greeny blue. Looks different in different lights. Sometimes catches a very bright white colour.
Mocca: A gorgeous ivory shimmery colour. Perfect base colour.
Ice: intense powder blue.
Grape: A sheer purple. This is the only sheer colour
Chocolate: A shimmery golden brown. Almost on the bronze side.
Cookie: A coppery pinky brown.

The Artiste Collection also has 2 blushers, a bronzer and a highlighter.

FRom left to right.

Pink sparkle: a light pink girly shimmery blush. This is pretty pale and great for a sheer flush of colour.
Primrose: A darker matte pinky coral blush. Its still a pale shade so both these are suitable for all skin tones.
Bronzed: A matte bronzer, this one isnt too orangy and is a similar colour to their bronzed perfection bronzer. Its a great colour for contouring, but lighter skin tones might want to be a little careful with it as if you are little a heavy handed with it you will end up looking a little funny.
Shimmer kiss: Am ivory highlight colour, which is shimmery and catches the light perfectly when your out.

I love this palette its what my boyfriend would describe as a 'Download make up item' a few things in one and it is great for festivals or going on holiday saves a bit of room in your make up bag!

You can buy one Here

Do you have this palette? Do you know any other great multi use palettes? Let me know

xoxo - Lizzy

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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. Its pigmented enough to give a gorgeous amount of colour but not so pigmented its in your face. It gives a really nice subtle flush to the cheeks. It is buildable which is great. So a few layers and you'll get a more intense finish.

One of things I hate about powders is the amount of dust they create, this is a nice powder that doesn't create too much dust so you don't waste any of the product.

This blush lasts all day and still looks fab. I love wearing it one days when I want a more neutral understated make up day.

Have you used any Natural Collection items? let me know

xoxo - Lizzy

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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 writings. These are as well as the amazing products contained one of the reasons I gravitate towards Soap and Glory.

This moisturiser is a rich butter formula with shea butter and aloe vera. It smells divine. A small amount of this goes a real long way on the skin, especially when used on damp skin.  I use this after exfoliating when my skin is patted dry with a towel leaving a small trace of water on my skin. I do also use this on my skin when it is dry.

The moisturiser its self is really thick and creamy its also beautifully soft and non greasy. It doesn't leave any horrible residue on the skin. Only a feeling of velvet. It leaves my skin absolutely baby soft to the touch. I have received a fair few comments on how soft my skin is as well as a few shocked looks. Also I have quite sensitive skin and this doesn't give me any adverse reactions at all. Not even a slight irritation.

 Its one of those moisturisers that after using it you don't really want anyone else to touch your skin and feel how soft it is because you're to busy being amazed with its softness. This has become a firm favorite with me and is completely a repeat purchase. As with every other Soap and Glory product I get my hands on.

Soap and Glory can be found at most Boots stores. As we're near Christmas there will be at some point an offer of some sort on these products (Normally a 3 for 2) Grab a few and try them for yourself! I can't see you being disappointed!

Do you use Soap and Glory? DO you know of any other moisturiser that you couldnt live without? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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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 this is really simple. Its an aerosol can so you literally paint your nails then just spray on about 6 inches away from your nails. After around 60 seconds your nails are touch dry. Much easier than waiting for non quick dry polishes to dry! 

For a nail product theres no horrible chemical smell. The product smells really sweet and almost sherbet like. 

I really like this. Speeds up my day when I'm doing a manicure. Especially if I'm doing nail art and need to dry a colour before going on to the next part. 

I'm sure there are other brands of these sprays around in high street drug stores. 

Do you use a spray to dry your nails? Have any other tricks to dry them quick? Let me know

xoxo - Lizzy

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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 really changing my colour. Its a nice tasting tooth paste not too minty which I love I hate over powering flavours in dental products. It foams up a fair amount in your mouth when you're brushing a fair amount.

The only thing I have found I dislike about this product is it has made the inside of my mouth a bit peely. That sounds pretty gross, but the skin has become almost as if I've been chewing it. This only seems to affect the bottom part so I'm not going to worry too much. I'm going to keep with these products and see how my journey with teeth whitening changes.

Do you use any instant teeth whiteners? Recommend any good ones? Let me know

xoxo - Lizzy

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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 trustee eye lash curlers this does just that! I love this mascara. It makes my lashes nice and thick without being clumpy and makes them intensely dark. It also lengthens them and gives good definition.

The brush is huge and a bristle brush. Which is great because at the moment it seems to be those plastic bristles or a comb instead of an actual brush. The bristles are perfectly spaced for picking up each lash and giving a good even coat of mascara on each lash. I find that two coats is enough to get a great effect. The bristles are also unevenly sized so they pick up even the smallest of lashes.

This is going to a favorite mascara for a little while I think! I don't think I'm going to find something just as good!

What mascaras do you use? Do you prefer bristles or comb brushes? Let me know

xoxo - Lizzy

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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 products a real high end look even though you have picked it up at a drugstore. Once you get inside the box and get the actual palette out its in a matte black box which is ,excuse the pun, so sleek in design. The packaging is very durable I've had this in my hand bag all day while I've been on my travels on the train and running about uni. Not one eye shadow has broken or split. As with all Sleek palettes there is an almost edge to edge mirror in the lid, which is great for using on the go.

The palette has a plastic film over the shadows with the shade names on, this also helps keep your mirror clean. There is nothing worse than a dusty mirror when your doing your make up! The palette also comes with a double ended sponge applicator. I never use these I always use brushes, unless I'm travelling light and not wanting to do anything to complicated.

The shadows themselves are beautiful All 12 are highly pigmented with a great colour pay off. Unlike some matte colours these aren't that sheer. I do wear them over either Urban Decays Eden primer or Barry m's eyeshadow pencil in shade no 1. Each shadow is blendable and work really well together. Like all dark shadows there is fall out but this is expected.

The shades. Top row.

Top row swatched

Left to right:
Orbit:  dark smokey teal
Ink: Dark navy blue
Highness: Sheer dark purple
Noir: Black
Dune: A neutral yellowy highlight shade. This colour is very sheer.
Pillow talk: White



Bottom Row

  

Bottom row Satched

Left to right

Thunder: Steel grey
Maple: A light reddy brown
Flesh: A skin tone shade
Paper bag: A medium brown
Villan:: A dark purpled tone brown
Fern: A dark green.

The amount looks you can achieve with this palette is endless. Yes all the shadows are dark but thats okay either don't use as much colour or just mix and match with other shadows, mattes or shimmers, that you have in your collection.

This is the nicest collection of purely matte shadows I have found and is something I will be getting full use of.

*Top tip* When using dark shadows like this, do yours eyes before the rest of your make up. That way any fall out can be cleaned up easily without disturbing your complexion make up.

You can purchase one Here

Do you have any Sleek eye shadows? DO you like sleek eye shadows? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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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 looked at the palette and loved the colours instantly. There's a really nice mix of colours that would create a fair few beautiful looks. The mix of mattes an shimmers is a bonus to. I love Sleeks matte colours and think their fab. So this would be used an awful lot!

3) Real Techniques powder brush. My powder brush is getting a little tatty and I love Real Techniques brushes. The powder brush looks perfect. It looks a great size to get a good even coverage and keep good control of the brush.

4) Nars Multiple Bronzer. I love bronzers but am yet to play with a cream bronzer. I've heard so many good things about this one and love other Nars products This would make for beautiful contouring and to give my skin a nice glow this winter.

5) Benefit Hervana blush. I'm obsessed with Benefits box o powders. I have 4 and this one looks gorgeous with the swirls of colour. Each swirl will give you a slightly different effect which I love! I love girly blushes and this looks to be the girliest of them all. Im also intrigued to try the new brush that comes with Hervana. Its angled to give a contoured effect.

6) Philosophy. The present. I love philosophy, No one really compares in terms of skin care. The Present is a make up primer. Which claims to minimise pores. My pores are always open and are on the big side, so I'm always trying new products to try to hide them. This is the next one on my list to try out and see if it holds up.


Those are my winter wants, what are yours? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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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 all day and that it combines your primer, concealer and your foundation in one easy step. I was a bit skeptical in trying this and didn't think it would give me that much coverage. I have naturally flush cheeks so a full coverage foundation is preferred.

I applied this with my real techniques stippling brush so I could really buff it into my skin  and try to achieve an even finish. I was genuinely surprised by this product.  It did have a very full coverage and I had no need for a concealer. It was thick and had a great smell to it.

Im not sure on the 16 hours but it did last all day until I washed it off.  I had none of the awful patchyness you sometimes get. I did find I had a small amount of patchyness but I did put this down to being caught in a downpour.

I have already purchased a full size one of these from Boots and I still love it! (full sized price is £11.99)

Have you tried this? Let me know!

xoxo - Lizzy

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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 my eyes look really squinty because a mascara is very heavy.

The brush is still very thick and fat. Just now its plastic and a comb design. The end has a ball to lift and separate lashes. The combs are separated by a small gap. With this mascara I find if I wiggle the main part of the brush back and forth at the root then gently pull up I get the best results. I also use the end to push lashes up from the root. This gives my lashes more of a lift. This mascara is a beautiful black which is super dark.

I love the effect this mascara has on my lashes. This mascara thickens my lashes and makes them longer. I do need to use a lash comb to separate them as I do find this mascara a little clumpy. I also find I do need to curl my lashes before I use this mascara. But then again I need to use eye lash curlers with every mascara I use.

What mascaras do you use? Do you like this one? Let me know.

xoxo - Lizzy

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