PHOTO DIARY: AMSTERDAM

This little blog post is a collection of images from my recent trip to Amsterdam with a few friends. We went over for a weekend of exploring, good food and plenty of museum visits. 

KYLIE COSMETICS

It feels like a very long time since I've sat down and written a blog post and truth is I just haven't felt very motivated to do so recently. BUT times have changed and I'm getting my act together and getting back on track. I received my Kylie Cosmetic lipsticks in the mail a few weeks ago now and just haven't had a chance to finish writing this post. I've had these for nearly a month now so I feel that's an appropriate length of time to write about how I feel about these lip products.

VANCOUVER HAUL

So I recently got back from Canada where I spent far too much time in Sephora. I think I actually made 5 trips in there in one week... Ooopsie. I also took a trip into the MAC Store and picked up a few goodies there too. So this is just a little blog post trying to justify my purchases and make myself not feel so bad.

THE EFFORTLESS NARS FACE

Since I own a lot of NARS goodies I wanted to try using one brand to create a make up look. I wanted to create something that would be an easy, quick go to that I'd be able to rely on this summer. The only thing I used that wasn't NARS was a Mascara; as I really don't see the point in an expensive mascara. This is sort of a no makeup- makeup look, but made me look very awake even though I really wasn't.

ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

Soon as I saw this palette on the Urban Decay Instagram account I had been counting down the days until it was released. As always the Americans got their hands on it first which meant checking the UD site daily from the 1st. I couldn't quite contain my excitement when it was posted through my letter box. As far as I know this palette is now sold out pretty much everywhere in the UK.

Also  I'm headed for Vancouver, Canada for a few days so expect a haul post from that too! Anyway can we just get onto how gorgeous this packaging is...

APRIL FAVOURITES

Whats in my make up bag? So throughout the month of April I've been sticking to a few things in my make up collection and creating a similar look pretty much everyday. I don't normally keep my favourites in a bag but when I saw this gorgeous make up bag from H&M I couldn't not separate my most used from my collection. The bag was £7.99 which is a complete bargain as it feels high quality and can store a lot of make up inside. It also looks super cute.

BRUSH CLEANING

This blog post is a little one about brush cleaning. I've recently found a new way of washing my brushes which is less time consuming and far easier to do, making brush cleaning far more frequent. I used to hate washing my brushes but now I really don't mind the chore. I usually get a bowl and sit in front of the TV then I don't have to stand at a sink!

What you'll need is:

- some dirty brushes

- a bar of soap

- textured glove/ mat

- cotton pads

- rubbing alcohol