WHAT I GOT FOR CHRISTMAS

Hey guys! Sorry for the lack of posts this month. This is just a quick one about what make up bits I got for christmas! Wishing you all had a lovely christmas period filled with love and laughter! and I hope these swatches help with your sales shopping!

HOW TO: PERFECT EYELASHES

Recently I've switched up my mascara routine and I've had many compliments and people asking if I'm wearing falsies. Heres my secret on how I achieve perfect lashes! This little quick guide on how I achieve my perfect lashes on a daily bases, obviously steps are optional and this is just personal preference on creating a full lengthening look!

LAURA MERCIER HAUL

I recently broke my month of no spending promise to myself. But if you're going to break it, you may as well go all out... Am I right? I was walking through John Lewis when I happened to pass the Laura Mercier counter and swatch many things (as you do). I'd already owned the Matte Radiance Baked Powder Bronze 03 in the smaller size and loved it. So sensibly when I ran out I wanted to repurchase it.

HOW TO: FLAWLESS BASE

How do I create that perfect flawless base? Well heres how I've managed to achieve a pretty perfect foundation look in a few minutes. It's all about that application technique.

NOVEMBER BEAUTY FAVOURITES

These are a few of my favourites this month! I've been getting up early everyday and these products have made my make up routine that bit easier!

PARIS FASHION

PHOTO DIARY: PARIS

This blog post was meant to be a fabulous Photo Diary post as I was visiting Paris this weekend (12th-15th). I feel as though in light of recent events I would just like to add something else to this post too. Being in Paris when the awful attacks took place on the 13th November, I've realised how important friends and family are. Hearing about events like these on the news makes you think but being within a few miles of it really puts things into perspective.

NEED VS WANT

This post is a little different for me. I've recently realised that this addiction to buying make-up I have probably isn't very healthy. Don't get me wrong I love buying make-up but perhaps I don't need every shade of a lipstick in the range, 1 or 2 is enough. Or that lipstick that I own in the same shade by 4 different brands. Or owning over 10 highlighters and still wanting to buy more...

150 HAPPY THINGS

Things that make me happy...

A SHOPAHOLICS LIFE SAVERS

I feel like this post is needed after my recent splurge on make up the past few months. Obviously I'm a self-diagnosed shopaholic and I really should cut my habit and try to focus on saving. But you're only young once and while I have no bills to pay for, why not treat myself?! These are a few ways I earn rewards when I do make a make up purchase.

NYX SOFT MATTE CREAM

Recently I finally got my hands on some NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream's!! Nobody can understand my excitement right now. After seeing so many YouTuber's and Blogger's rave about them you can understand why I wanted to see what the hype was about! So recently Boots launched the NYX brand onto their website and obviously I had to make an order! I picked up 7 of them and at £5.50 each it was a no brainer!

LA GIRL LIP PAINT

I've been looking to purchase these LA Girl Lip Paints ever since I invested in the Pro Concealers (which I LOVE)! So I was excited for these to arrive at my doorstep. Does anyone else love shopping online and not knowing exactly when your parcel is going to arrive? It's like a little present to yourself to make your day better... No just me? Ok... Confessions of a shopaholic.

AUTUMN EVERYDAY FACE

Hey guys! I've been dying to write a post for so long but I'm still getting my timings sorted with uni! These are the products I've been using daily throughout autumn so far (autumn is my favourite season)!! I recently bought a few new products, like always, and have been putting them to the test this month. Three of these items are new buys (HOURGLASS | LIGHTING BRONZER LUMIOUS BRONZE LIGHT, HOURGLASS | AMBIENT LIGHTING POWDER ETHEREAL LIGHT, BECCA | SHIMMERING SKIN PERFECTOR PRESSED MOONLIGHT) and I have to say, they're worth every penny! Below is a look I created using autumnal colours and all of these products above.

THE HIGHLIGHT EDIT

This is a few of my highlighters from my collection that I think are worth it. Sorry about lack of posts, I started University this week and it's made me busy, busy, busy! I'm not used to it after a few months of doing nothing!! Early starts and late finishes are exhausting me! But anyway back to the highlighters... You may notice that there's a lot of NARS and that's because I went through a phase when it was all I bought! I am now trying to branch out and try other brands! One that I'd love to hit up is Hourglass, I think I'll have to pick up more overtime at work for that though! Being a student on a budget is hard when all you want to buy is high-end makeup!

NEW IN SEPTEMBER

So it seems that September has been my splurge month, in my defence it was my birthday this month so why not? I'm just taking advantage of the money I have before university sucks it all away. So with that I bring you my second haul post of the day, this time slightly higher end make up!

BOOTS HAUL

Just a little boots haul for you all! I recently went into boots and noticed they had a lot of special offers on. So naturally I had to check it out and see what they had to offer. After the first trip I went back in about half an hour later to pick up more! I decided to pick up 3 L'Oreal eyeshadows and some Soap and Glory cheek products. After hearing a lot about "Glow all out" online I was desperate to check it out!

PHOTO DIARY: PLAYACAR MEXICO

BURBERRY LIP VELVET

Hey guys! Todays blog post is a little splurge I made in Boots to treat myself for my 20th Birthday (I turned 20 on the 2nd and I don't feel any different!) I've been wanting to try some Burberry make up for a while after getting the My Burberry fragrance at Christmas as a gift. I had saved up a few points on my Boots card so I thought the best way to spend them would be on some new lipsticks because what girl can't have enough lipsticks!?

HOLIDAY MAKE UP BAG

Hey guys just a little post about whats in my holiday make up bag this year. I’m always interested in what sort of make up people take away with them, so I thought I'd share with you what I've decided on. Who doesn't love being nosey once in a while?!

I’ve narrowed down a few picks from my collection (you may think this is excessive and unnecessary, but hey a girl loves make up options).

URBAN DECAY NAKED PALETTES

I'm sure everyone knows by now, but Urban Decay brought out another eyeshadow palette to add to their 'Naked' series. Instead of Naked 4, it's called Naked Smoky. Obviously I had to get it to complete my collection so far; and I have to say that I'm impressed!

GERARD COSMETICS LIPSTICK

Hey guys! Another make up purchase I've made this month. Fair to say I've gone a little cray with the make up, BUT I did do lots of over time at work... So I guess I deserve to treat myself! I hadn't heard too much of this brand before, but I had been interested in Gerard Cosmetics after seeing Kylie Jenner used one of their liquid lipsticks in one of her Instagram selfies. Obviously whatever the Kardashians/ Jenners do everyone else has to follow! After browsing the site for a few minutes I found their lipsticks and liquid lipsticks. I've been really dying to try a liquid lipstick, hopefully I'll get my hands on the Anastasia Beverly Hills range soon!

NEW NARS ADDITIONS

Hey guys! Another blog post this time about a cheeky purchase I made at SpaceNk yesterday (and it arrived today)!! It's the best thing when your parcel comes the next day. I ordered 3 blushes off of my wish list, Gina, Oasis and highlighting blush New Order.

MAC LIPSTICK COLLECTION

Heyyyyy guys! Just a little blog post about my MAC lipstick collection. I always enjoy seeing what lipsticks people have and swatches of colours to add to my never ending wish list, so I just thought I'd share with you the lipsticks I have collected and treasured.

NARS BLUSH COLLECTION

Hey guys! Check me out 3rd post in a row! Hopefully I'll be able to keep it up! Todays post is just my NARS blush collection and swatches towards the end! I've sectioned my collection into two halves, one being highlighting shades and the other just coloured blushes.

Miss Liberty and Albatross are actually classed as Highlighting Blushes rather than just a Blush.

KIKO WATER EYESHADOW

Hey all, just a quick first impressions post about the Kiko Water Eyeshadow. I was looking at them for a while after seeing a few pictures of the 208 shade on Instagram and when I went to research them I found that they were on sale! So I may have bought 6! I made my purchase on the 5th of August and they arrived on the 12th of August which was pretty quick! I got free delivery for signing up to their website so I can't complain!

They came well packaged in bubble wrap and none were smashed when they arrived.

WEARABLE DAYTIME SMOKEY EYE

So I was inspired to do an everyday smokey eye whilst browsing on Instagram. I always find that Instagram is the best resource to find inspiration from (for me anyway)! I recently purchased the Urban Decay Smoky palette and wanted to create something that was easy to wear. The below picture shows what I came up with.