Highend Make Up Spree

With all my travelling, I visited duty free more than once. On my first holiday, I restrained from buying anything from the first time because I knew returning home, I would go nuts.

That I did.

I picked up the MAC Ariana Grande VIVA Glam Lipstick, I ordered this ages ago but was refunded because they had run out of stock. I absolutely adore this shade, I love Ariana, I have nothing like this in my collection, I've never had a VIVA Glam and all the proceeds go to charity. What else could you want?

Awful lighting lol, I apologise. 

I also picked up the Amber Times Nine palette, I was going to get the burgundy one but I feel as if I wouldn't reach for it that much. It's nice and compact and so perfect for travel. Definitely a must if you're looking to try MAC eyeshadows!

On my third holiday, (my second one was in a little village) this is where I branched out. I had done my research and knew that the duty free while returning was small so I decided to treat myself on the way, to Estee Lauder. I have been on the hunt for a eyelash primer for ages and I was torn between Estee Lauder's Little Black Primer or Benefit They're Real Primer. I decided to pick up the Estee Lauder one as there was a kit available, the primer and the Sumptuous Mascara. I so far, love the primer! I haven't tried the mascara as of yet.

When I was on holiday, we went in to Corfu town, and I was incredibly shocked and SO excited to see a Sephora. I ran down the street and ran straight in, I picked up a fask mask and some bath fizzers from the actual Sephora brand and then I picked up the Too Faced Natural Mattes palette, which I absolutely adore and think it could already be one of my ultimate favourites!

The Over-Excessive Travel Makeup Bag

Like I mentioned in my last post, I am an overpacker. I pack everything to make me feel a little bit more comfortable in new environments. Another thing, I'm a makeup addict. I love it to pieces. So the two of it combined... UH OH.

I understand it's a lot. But I wanted to mention now, that a week after I come home after this holiday. I'm going away again for a week in Sidari, Corfu with my family. So I was thinking all the things I don't really use then, I will take out and then it will be more condensed the second time around. I'll do a post too and let you know!

ANYWAAAAY

Starting with base, this is when the mini versions of products come out. I have two mini Benefit primers, That Gal and Porefessional. Both two of my favourite ever primers. I'm taking two foundations one that is my skin tone now, and another that is too dark. So I thought I'd take it away and get some use out of it. They are the L'Oreal Infallible (which I'll probably finish while I'm out there!) and the YSL Le Teint Touche Eclat, the old formula. I'm taking two concealers, one that is light for highlighting under the eyes, Seventeen Stay Time, and the other concealing blemishes, the Collection Lasting Perfection. I'm taking the NYX HD Loose Powder and that's the base.

For eyebrows I'm taking my normal eyebrow duo, the Sleek eyebrow stylist and the Benefit Gimme Brow. For eyes, I'm taking a tester of Benefit's Air Patrol, as it has SPF in to protect them. I'm taking a Benefit cream eyeshadow in RSVP, MAC Blue Brown pigment as I take this everywhere with me and lastly my Naked 2 palette. Me and my friend have a deal, she takes the Naked 1, I take the Naked 2. I'm taking the Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk from NYX, Urban Decay Perversion and Faint eyeliners.

The mascaras are a mini Rollerlash and Maybelline Lash Sensational, the waterproof formula.

For Face, I'm taking MAC's Soft and Gentle as it looks gorgeous in the sun, Benefit Hoola Bronzer in the mini size as it looks great with a tan. I'm also taking the Seventeen Define and Conquer contour kit because the light shade is perfect for setting the undereyes and the dark shade is great as an eyeshadow. I'm taking NARS Orgasm blush, in a mini and Milani Luminoso blush. Both look phenomenal in the sun. I'm also taking the NYX Wonderstick to trial too! Benefit Watts Up highlighter goes perfect under Soft and Gentle.

This is where I 1000% know I've gone overboard, but I feel like these colours are hard to wear in Wales... I'm just gonna list these.

MAC Cherish

MAC Whirl Liner 

MAC Soar Liner

KIKO Creamy Colour Liner in 315

MAC Morange Lipglass

MAC Please Me Lipstick

NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Abu Dhabi

Too Faced lipstick in Stiletto Red

Kiko Gossamer Emotion in 107.

I'm judging myself for taking this much makeup too...

See ya soon!

Face Of The Day 20/4/16

Yesterday, I headed to a local village for a lovely day with my bestie, Georg. I won't go to much in to why we felt the need to go because I'm going to talk about it in my next post! 

I decided to tell you what makeup I wore because I liked it a lot!

Face:

Monu Illuminating Primer (Had a sample of this, definitely not worth £30!)

Rimmel Lasting Finish Nude Foundation in Ivory

Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer

Seventeen Stay Time Concealer under the eyes

Benefit Eye Bright

L'Oreal Infallible Powder

Benefit Hoola Bronzer

NARS Orgasm Blush

MAC Soft and Gentle Mineralized Skin Finish 

Eyes, Brows, Lips:

Maybelline Colour Tattoo in Creme De Nude

Urban Decay Naked 2 Basics, both browns, Cover and Primal in crease/outer corner

L'Oreal Infallible eyeshadow in Sahara Treasure

NARS Larger than Life eyeliner in Via Venito

Burberry Effortless Mascara in Midnight Black

Sleek Eyebrow Stylist in Dark

L'Oreal Brow Plumper

Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat in Pillow Talk

MAC Creme Cup

Outfit: 

Sunglasses: River Island

Top: Primark

7/8 Jeans: Forever 21

Shoes: Converse All Star

Spring in Wales

With Spring finally in amongst us, I've been trying to get into the Spring vibe. I put trying in italics because in Wales, it's quite hard to be in cute dresses and floral clothes when it's hammering down with rain outside.. and when it is sunny, two hours later it will be hailing. Just like today! 

But, I have found a combo that allows me to feel like I'm dressing somewhat Spring like.

It's wearing a floral jumper from Pull and Bear, which was £8 and I have received a million compliments on! The white, orange, yellow and blue flowers on the black jumper looks like it could be from Urban Outfitters. But it wasn't. And it doesn't have the price tag.

I match this jumper with MAC lipstick in Ravishing. I'm always trying to match this colour with a look because it is such a beautiful colour. It's a toned down orange which you can intensify or down it down even more to be a orangey nude. It's a cremesheen so it's super creamy on the lips and it matches the jumper so well!

I think I could probably make this work in Autumn too, but let's not get too carried away!

OOTD and MOTD 25/3/16

Hi guys! Sorry I haven't uploaded in over a week, I've had a very busy Easter time with work, my friends being home from University and a lot more things! 

On Good Friday, I made the most of a day off and headed to Cabot Circus in Bristol with my bestie. As I'm always wearing jeans and tops, I decided to finally wear something I love! 

Makeup: 

YSL Touche Eclat Foundation

Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer

YSL Touche Eclat Concealer

Sleek Eyebrow Stylist

Urban Decay Tease Eyeshadow

Urban Decay Sidecar Eyeshadow

(I THINK!) 

Benefit They're Real Mascara

Seventeen Define and Conquer Contour Kit

I haven't got a picture of me with lipstick on but I used MAC Spice lipliner and MAC Blankety lipstick

H&M Shirt

New Look Skirt

Primark Tights

I wore H&M boots too! 

Also I'm gonna wear this outfit soon because I'm in love with it, I'm going out for food on Friday so expect another post like this :) 

My MAC Lipstick Collection

As I mentioned in my last posts, in 2014 I came into my element with high end makeup. MAC was definitely one I was resistant to, I don't know why, I just wasn't feeling it! I was soon converted by Gabriella or velvetgh0st as she is a huge fan of MAC. So without further or do, here is my MAC lipstick collection.

Since 2014, I have built up quite the collection of MAC lipsticks. Some I wear to death, some not so much.

In Order of Purchase:

Creme Cup

Hue

Snob

Ravishing

Rebel

Costa Chic

MAC Red

Cherish

Peach Blossom

Shy Girl

Velvet Teddy

Relentlessly Red

Please Me

My favourites are Velvet Teddy, Hue, Shy Girl, Rebel, MAC Red and Please Me.

I think my least favourites are Snob and Costa Chic just because they are very very pink, obviously. i love them, like I love them all, but I don't use them nearly as much as I should because of how PINK they are.

MAC Eyeshadow Palette

Following my Swindon Beauty Haul, I feel like I should do a collection of my MAC eyeshadows. 

I started my MAC palette in November, I know I have a lot, considering that's like four months. BUT. Three of my eyeshadows were bought from a outlet centre. And the rest of them were bought from my sister who has a MAC pro card so she got it cheaper. She gave some to me for my birthday and christmas, and my mum used the card to also give me some. I'm a lucky gal! 

Top Row: Yoghurt, Naked Lunch, All that Glitter, Honey Lust, Amber Lights

I couldn't swatch yoghurt because it wouldn't show up that well, but it looks beaaautiful on the eyes.

Second Row: Patina, Charcoal Brown, Mystery, Satin Taupe, Club and Black Tied.

My favourites are Naked Lunch, Charcoal Brown, Satin Taupe and Club! 

I absolutely adore my MAC palette and get so much use out of it. I use all the shades so I do get my moneys worth. Overall, I really rate MAC eyeshadows and I'd definitely recommend them!

Swindon Beauty Outlet Haul

Recently I went to Swindon Designer Outlet and picked up a few makeup bits. I also picked up some trainers but I feel they didn't go with the theme of this video haha. 

From the Beauty Outlet, I picked up a Victoria's Secret spray in Pure Daydream. It was £10 down from £15 so I thought why not, me and my sister also picked up the last two of them, so it was fate reaaaally. I also picked up a L'Oreal infallible eyeshadow, as they always have them in there. I picked up the shade Forever Pink which is absolutely beautiful!

Then on to the Cosmetics Company Store, I picked up a few MAC item. I chose two eyeshadows which were Black Tied and Mystery, I've wanted them for the ages so I thought why not! £7 each and they are beautiful shades. I also got a paint pot in Stormy Pink, which again I was going to purchase before I went there, it was £11.25 rather than £16. I got a blush in "Make You Mine" which is a beautiful dusky shade and highly pigmented, that was £10. Lastly from MAC, I got the lipstick in Please Me, which is a pink matte shade. It goes so well with the lipglass and looks so nice on the lips. That was £12. 

I got two more items from the Cosmetics Company store, I picked up the Estee Lauder double wear foundation. I have never tried this, and it was £21 rather than £30. They had so many colour ranges and I picked up 2N1. Lastly, I saw the Clinique Bottom Lash mascara and hearing so many good reviews I had to pick it up. That was £9.50.

Quick disclaimer, when I know I'm going to Swindon, I always save in advance as I rarely go and when I do go, I splurge. I don't buy makeup all the time so when I do, I treat myself.

Face and Outfit Of The Day 12/02/16: Winter Walk

I recently ventured down to a local harbor with one of my best friends to help her with some photography and her Camp America application. In return, she took some pictures of me with her swanky camera with some comments like "u so pretty gurl" win win!

Makeup:

Benefit Porefessional

L'Oreal Infallible Mattifying Base

Benefit Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow Foundation

Stila Stay All Day Concealer

Collection Illuminating Touch Concealer (Complete YSL Touche Eclat dupe!)

MAC Charcoal Brown for brows

Benefit Gimme Brow

Urban Decay "Verve" from Naked 2, "Buck" from Naked 1

Lashline I used, Urban Decay "Blackout" from Naked 2

Benefit Hoola Bronzer

NARS  Orgasm Blush

MAC Mineralized Skin Finish Soft and Gentle

Benefit They're Real Mascara

Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat in Pillow Talk

In the centre of lips, NYX Butter Gloss in Fortune Cookie

Outfit: 

I was bloody cold and stupidly forgot a coat, so I borrowed my friends one so unfortunately I don't know where the coat was from, I think it was either New Look or Primark! 

Top: New Look quite recently!

Jeans: River Island Amelie Jeans

Shoes: Stupidly, and you can't see them. Pink loafers from New Look.

Scarf: New Look

Sunglasses: River Island

Watch: Michael Kors

Face of The Night 12/02/16

Another makeup of the day/night post, I'm sorry! But I had to share this with you because I loved how cute and subtle this looked, and some of the products I used were just beautiful. 

I was having a catch up with my old school friends, they are still my besties so it was lovely!

Base: 

YSL Touche Eclat Blur Primer

NARS All Day Luminous Weightless Foundation

Urban Decay Naked Skin Concealer

Seventeen Stay Time Concealer

Milani Face Powder

Eyes and Brows:

MAC Charcoal Brown

Benefit Gimme Brow

Urban Decay Original Primer Potion

MAC Satin Taupe Eyeliner

NARS Larger than Life eyeliner in Via Venito

YSL Falsh Lash Mascara

Sorry for the silly picture, I got bored of posing!

The Rest:

Seventeen Define&Conquer Contour Kit, light shade under eyes, dark shade to contour

The Balm Frat Boy blush

MAC Mineralized Skin Finish in Soft and Gentle

Urban Decay Matte lipstick in Stark Naked

Top: New Look a while ago!

Face Of The Day 8/2/2016

I mentioned in one of my last posts how I wanted to do more "Face of The Day" posts, so here's this! I was just working today so went for a casual look :) 

Top is from Primark and it was like £2 from the basics section! 

Benefit Porefessional Primer

L'Oreal Infallible Mattifying Base

Rimmel Lasting Finish 25 Hour Nude Foundation

Seventeen Stay Time Concealer

Rimmel Lasting Finish Concealer

Benefit Gimme Brow 

MAC Charcoal Brown (Brows)

Maybelline 24 Hour Colour Tattoo in "On and On Bronze"

Benefit They're Real Mascara

Benefit Hoola

NARS Orgasm Blush

Makeup Revolution Highlighter in Golden Lights

Maybelline Baby Lips in Hydrate (Very dry lips at the mo, so no lipstick :( wah) 

The Power of Makeup

A lot of people think that girls wear makeup to impress boys, intimidate others or just to mask themselves. For me, I wear makeup to express myself and be creative. I'm not a creative person, I was crap at art, I can't play any musical instrument and DIYs just aren't me. Makeup is my way of being creative. I started wearing makeup at the age of 18. I didn't wear foundation every day until I was 19. I'm now 20, 21 at the end of the year. My friends in school wore foundation and it looked horrific so I never wore it, despite the fact my skin was aaawwwfffuuulll. YouTube and blogging definitely made me want to wear makeup, I adored watching videos and I just learnt everything from there. My friends that couldn't apply makeup properly, are no longer friends (not because of their makeup haha) and I run into them and I've changed so much. I also love makeup shopping and I feel like makeup is my hobby? Like I get excited to shop makeup, I watch videos on makeup and I write about it!

Uploading these pictures are a big deal for me. As you can see, I haven't got the best skin. At the minute it is super bad, that's due to stress, bad eating and other contributing factors. 

I apologize for the awful lighting and the emoji top. It was 12:23am and I got the last minute inspiration. 

Credit to Nikki Tutorials for the awesome idea, you gurl are a slayerrrrr. 

Make Up worn:

L'Oreal Infallible Matte

Seventeen Stay Time Concealer

Rimmel Lasting Finish Concealer

Sleek Eyebrow Stylist

MAC Blue Brown Pigment

Benefit They're Real Mascara

Too Faced Lip Liner in Perfect Nude

MAC Lipstick in Cherish

Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess

Milani Luminoso Blush

Makeup Revolution Highlighter in Golden Lights

Top Lip Products of 2015

I was thinking about my favourite lip products of 2015, so I've just decided to put them in one blog post in the order I love them, wish me luck trying to rank them!

Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat in Pillow Talk

MAC Velvet Teddy Lipstick

Too Face Melted Lipstick in Melted Nude

Too Faced Lip Liner in Too Nude

YSL Rouge Volupte in 9

MAC Hue Lipstick

Urban Decay Ultra Nourishing Lip Gloss in "Sesso"

L'Oreal Collection Privee in "J Lo's Nude"

Burberry Lip Glow in "No.9 Nude Beige" 

L'Oreal Collection Privee in "Blake's Red"

The Best of Beauty 2015: Eyeshadow Palette and Cream Eyeshadow

This year I have decided to choose my best products of 2015. I'm only choosing one beauty product in each section. e.g. one foundation, one mascara. However, I will be doing a "Runner Up" to the product that almost made it.  In this post, eyeshadow palette and cream eyeshadow.

Eyeshadow Palette

Urban Decay Naked Palette

I have bought so many palettes this year, they have definitely been my weakness. But this has definitely been my ultimate go to palette. They have such a variety of shades, there are only two matte shades which is the only downside for me, i'd quite have liked three! My favourite shades are Sin, Smog and Half Baked!
£38 (Usually on sale on Feel Unique though!)

Runner Up
The Balm Nude Tude Palette
Gorgeous variety of shades, highly pigmented even the white. The names are amazing, sassy, sultry etc. Great sleek palette for travelling!Sleek is also one of the names haha. Just great!
£30

Cream Shadow

Maybelline Colour Tattoos
These have such a range of colours, I have a fair few of the neutral shades. I absolutely adore the two new shades that are matte called "Creme de Rose" and "Creme De Nude" and they are perfect for a base or just on their own for a subtle look. They have different ranges, creamy mattes, leather and just the averages one. I've heard America just got the metallic ones too!
£4.99

Runner Up
MAC Paint Pot
I only have two of these and I've just got them at the end of the year so I didn't think they should be number one. I have two shades, Camel Coat, which is a just a base colour. Perfect for covering up the veins on my eyelids! I have Antique Diamond aswell which I picked up in the Cosmetics Company. It's a glittery silver, which you can imagine I haven't got much wear out of! Perfect consistency of these paint pots, just a bit more of the pricey side for a cream shadow!
£16

Top 5 Beauty Favourites of 2014

Ooooh, the big one, the yearly favourites!

I feel as though 2014 has been the making of me in terms of beauty wise. Sure, I used a foundation the odd couple of times and I quite liked the mascara that was a fiver. But this year I grew my collection massively, especially in regards to Benefit. Benefit was the first high end brand I wanted to buy from. I would steal my sister's "They're Real" mini mascara whenever I had the chance. Now, I own a hella of a lot from there and I own MAC and Urban Decay. Lipsticks were never a main priority for me, and now I can't stand to be apart from my collection. Without further or do,  let's get into it!

Benefit The Porefessional Primer
I had never even used a primer until this.. how crazy! When I first went to Benefit, the lady put this on me. Of course I'd heard about it and the reviews were crazy, but could it really work? Did it actually make my pores look smaller, my skin smoother? YES! I absolutely love this primer, as a girl with oily skin and a lifeguard on a boiling hot poolside, I feel my makeup stays on a lot more. And I love it!

MAC lipstick in Hue
You know that lipstick that you wondered what you did before you had it? This is mine. This is my go to, everyday, perfect, nude. I thought "Yeah I'll like this" but I didn't expect to be obsessed with it. Which I truly am.

Benefit Coralista Blush
If you had told me at the start of the year, that I was going to buy a blush for £23.50, I probably would've laughed, hit you, and told you to jog on. But yes, I took the plunge and bought the beautiful box. It's without a doubt the nicest blusher I have ever used, it even has a nice smell. It looks so natural but so effortlessly gorgeous at the same time. Aaah, i just love it!

L'oreal Collection Exclusive Lipstick in Blake's Red
This year, I went out and reached for a red lipstick. Every girl needs one in her lipstick collection, I don't care what you say. I had MUA's Shade 1 before and yes it was nice for a quid. But this, is perfect. It's matte which screams for me to buy, as I am a matte girl. It glides onto the lips and just looks bloody gorgeous on. I hear it is a dupe for Ruby Woo by a MAC by the way.


L'oreal True Match Foundation
Late to the game I know, but I don't give into hypes very easily, e.g. Benefit Porefessional ;) but I thought hey ho, let's buy it. And I'm so glad I did! It's a matte finish, mediumish coverage, and a perfect skin match for me. I'm in N2!