January Favourites ♡

Hello Everyone! Welcome to my January Favourites. If your here reading my blog, I am sure you are very familiar with favourite posts or videos. Basically it's everything you have loved, used and obsessed over in the month. Mine is beauty and non beauty related to spice it up. I hope you enjoy finding out my loves of this month. :-)

Clarins Everlasting Foundation:
I love this foundation for whenever I need a full coverage, flawless face. This foundation is so creamy, so hydrating and so blend able.  This foundation offers 15 hours of full coverage and wear. It also makes any imperfections, fine lines and pores minimized. It feels very silky and soft on the skin and smells just like Clarins products. It does say it's a matte foundation but for me it does have a little glow and luminosity. It is gorgeous for any skin type and such a beautiful foundation. 


L'Oreal True Match Lumi Foundation-
Another foundation I have been using is the L'Oreal Lumi. Since my skin has been super dry more than oily recently, I have been needing more dewy foundations. Also I have been going for the glowing, dewy make-up more than a matte look recently. It's so pretty on the skin because it makes your skin look naturally, healthy and glowing. It's a buildable, medium coverage and very beautiful. If you are combination skin I would suggest setting the oily area's with powder but if you can I would suggest leaving the powder for the full dewy, glowing affect.


Bourjois Mousse Matte Foundation.
I don't use this foundation as a foundation. I use it as my contour if I am wanting more of a heavier sculpt contour. Since it's a mousse, it feels very creamy, hydrating and soft on the skin but works so well as a contour because it's not a liquid or a cream foundation which I'm guessing would be slightly harder to work with and pull off as a contour. It blends like a dream and looks very natural, not harsh or too much. Since it's a matte it is perfect for contouring because it has no luminosity or shimmer to it. It dries to a powdery, matte finish. It goes on the skin like butter, sinks in and blends so nice. To be honest I find it more affective and more easier to work with than a powder contour but I still do love my Hoola bronzer from Benefit. 

Revolution Salvation Palette.
This palette has been my go to drugstore palette. This is combined with shimmer and matte and perfectly organised might I add. It sometimes get's to me when palettes are all over the place you have matte then shimmer, then shimmer then matte. I like palettes that are organised and this palette has OCD gal's dream because you have your 6 shimmers on the top and 6 mattes on the bottom and the huge mirror is a plus. The pigmentation is crazy for a £6 palette. In this palette you have your nudes and natural shades and then your pop of colour and Smokey shades. A palette that has it all for everybody for any eye look. 

Beauty UK Glacier Glow Lip Gloss ' Tickle me pink '
I have a collection of these glosses and they are all so glossy and high shine and beautiful with intense colour pigmentation. The shade I have been wearing a lot is the tickle me pink which is a perfect coral hot pink shade. The gloss and shine to this is perfect and very hydrating on the lips. I also don't have a problem with it fading away during the day and for a  drugstore gloss this is perfect. 

Soap and Glory whipped Clean shower butter.
Every time I get a shower I get a little excited because I know I will be using this product.  This is incredible for hydrating and softening the skin. This is a body butter and wash in one, it is made up of moisture oils and butters including sweet almond oil, grapeseed oil, macadamia nut oil and cocoa and shea butters. The scent is oh god, heaven! It smells sooooo good, Vanilla, almond and cake batter is how I can describe the scent. This is so creamy, hydrating, soft and makes my skin feel clean and fresh but super moisturised. It's perfect for saving time, you don't have to use a moisturiser when you get out the shower because your skin will already feel amazing. Love it! 

Leighton and Denny light and dark perfume
This perfume is a fruity mixture but also offers a warm, womanly fragrance. This has jasmine, lily, rose, peach and grapefruit. It has that fruity day time scent but has a warm and sexy night time scent so I like that it can be worn day or night and gives two different feels to the perfume. Very beautiful! 

Nyakz- Emotionless and Right Now ( Music )
I have been loving Nyakz music so much recently. Right now was on replay alot and I still am always listening to that but recently Emotionless came out and I have been non stop listened to it. His music has amazing lyrics and great beats. I think he deserves the success his music will bring to him. Also the songs never get boring, I will never get sick of his music. He is also such a sweet, lovely, down to earth gentleman. If you have not please check out his music... Click Here; 

Enrique Iglesias Sex and Love Album.
Of course I have to mention the love of my little life Enrique. I have been listening to his Sex and Love Album all the time. I really have been enjoying listening to You and I, Physical, Let me be your lover, Still your king and Only a woman. I put earphones in, His album on full volume and I am in heaven. 


More music I have been loving...
  • ·        lips are movin - meghan trainor
  • ·        Earned it- The Weeknd
  • ·        Wicked games - The weeknd
  • ·        Should of cheated - Keyshia Cole
  • ·        we can freak it - kurupt


My tips on hydrated, glowing, dewy, make-up ♡

Hello and welcome back to my blog. Today I am going to share my tips and what I do to achieve a glowy, dewy and hydrated skin. This can be for everyday or when your exhausted and your skin is looking very dull, very tired and de hydrated.  My skin has become more dry than oily so these steps have been working really well for me, but if your not dry you can use these steps for when you have not had the best night sleep because that always affects the skin and thankfully there are steps to bring the skin back to life.

My first step is to cleanse and moisturise my skin. Cleansing the skin is going to refresh, hydrate and help with the dullness. I like to use Purity by Philosophy this really gives my skin a clean but does not dry my skin out, it puts moisture back in. I also like this because it PH balances and makes my skin feel soft.  I like to splash my skin with cold water after cleansing to refresh and close up my pores. Applying a moisturiser is very important when you're tired or trying to achieve dewy skin. It gives the skin its moisture it needs and locks it in and it helps your make-up lay beautifully on the skin. If you need to waken up your eyes, try putting something cold under them like cucumbers or spoons that have been in the refrigerator or a cold, gel, eye mask. This reduces puffiness and feels very refreshing on tired eyes. I then suggest applying eye cream. To add a little more hydration to the skin spray a facial spray, this adds more hydration and feels very nice and refreshing. 

Now my face is moisturised and feels refreshed I am ready to make my skin look glowing and alive with my make-up. It's all about the hydration so I apply a dewy primer. Not only will the  dewy primer help your make-up stay in place and last all day, it's going to add moisture and give a healthy glow to the skin. If you are oily you can use this step, but just have a matte foundation or set your foundation with a matte powder. On days were you want a dewy look, or your exhausted you really want to be using a foundation that is going to give you a glow and luminosity because a hydrating foundation is really going to make you look fresh and awake and your dull skin brighter. I love using the L'oreal True match Lumi foundation, because it gives my skin a beautiful healthy, fresh, awakened, glowy, dewy finish. 

Next step is to make the eyes look awake and brighter. The first thing I do is take my beauty blender sponge and get it wet under the tap, squeeze it out and put it in a towel. Instead of applying my concealer with my normal brush I like to use a damp beauty blender on these types of days because it's hydration to the eyes and feels very refreshing. To conceal my under eye bags, puffiness, redness, lines and to bright up my under eye I use the Garnier anti dark circle Eye roll on. This is enriched with caffeine and lemon essence so it's going to help the under eye situation if you are sleepy because you have not had a good night sleep. I also put this on points on my face that I want to bring light to, to make my skin more glowing and brighter. If you want to, you could use a banana, yellow based powder to set the under eyes and points you highlighted because that will not only set it in place but give a more bright affect. Also If you are oily I would suggest using a matte powder to set your make-up.

To warm up the face and give the skin some colour, I like to use Benefit Hoola Bronzer. This is very natural with no glitter or shimmer. I like to use a matte bronzer so the skin is not over glowing/highlighted and it's just adding contour and a warmth to my skin.  I like to apply this on my temples, cheekbones and under my jaw line. I also blend this into my crease with a big fluffy crease brush to warm up the eyes and give the eyes dimension. If you don't want to contour, but give your skin warmth you can just take the bronzer on a big fluffy brush and brush it under the cheekbones and forehead.  This step is not about glowy or dewy skin but more warmth and life to the skin! For a blush I like to use something with a pink tone and some shimmer or highlight. I love the Sleek blushes because most of them have a highlight affect which brightens up the face and the pink tones make us look more alive and naturally glowing.

Now for the highlighting. First I like to highlight my brow bone and inner corner of my eyes with a creamy white. Placing this under the brow bone gives the illusion of having more space between your crease and brows making your eyes appear more open. Placing a white on the inner tear duct is also going to make your eyes appear more open and awake.
Then I highlight my cheekbones with The Balm MaryLouManizer. This is a vanilla, shimmer, glowing, highlight that glows and brightens up the face very naturally. When the light hits Marylou she glows! It's honestly a beautiful highlight that I recommend if you are wanting a dewy, glowing, natural highlight. I also swoop this on my chin, cupids bow and centre of my nose to add more highlight/glow. If you want more of a pink tone highlight I suggest The Balm CindyLouManizer. Cindy is a champagne highlight with pink undertones. She will naturally highlight and bring warmth and glow to your skin. 

For more hydration and to set my make-up in place I use a make-up setting spray. This also gives a dewy finish to the skin. For the base that is how I achieve brighter, glowing skin. To make the skin look more glowing, and for you to look more awake and beautiful on tired days I would suggest putting a shimmery eye shadow on your eyes to bring attention and a more awake affect rather than using a matte eye shadow which has no glow or shine. I would also suggest using a pink, rose shade on the lips paired with a gloss to give the glowing, glossy affect. These steps helps the make-up look come together and helps the glowing, dewy affect your going for come full circle.  

That is my tips and what I do to achieve this look and to help my skin look more brighter and not so dull when I am so sleepy. I think everyone has their own way of figuring out what their skin needs and has ways of doing so. If you are more oily then just using a matte primer, foundation, powder will help your oily skin but using a glowing highlight and a shimmery eye shadow on the lid paired with a pink tone lipstick and a gloss can make a glowing affect to your skin but still benefit your oily skin type. I hope you enjoyed reading and I hope this blog post was helpful. 



My 2014 Make-up favourites ♡

Happy new year everyone! I hope everybody had a fabulous 2014 and a even better 2015. This post is going to be all my make-up products that I have loved, used and became my all time favourites in 2014. I was also going to put skincare into this post, but when I was thinking about it I am too much of a skincare junkie to mix it all in 1 post so what I might do is do a My 2014 skincare favourites post soon. I hope you enjoy reading...

Benefit Porefessional-
This is a primer I used in 2014 and has become my top favourite. This minimises the appearance of pores and fine lines and it makes my make-up stay put for a good couple of hours. It also gives my skin and make-up a " flawless face" affect. It's lightweight, super silky and makes my skin feel smooth and keeps my make-up in place all day without creasing or caking.

L'Oreal True match foundation -
This foundation is perfect for anybody who has oily skin because it has a matte finish and helps your skin stay matte. Anybody with any skin type will love this foundation but if you are oily, it will be a good foundation for you. I love the way it sits on my skin, how lightweight it feels but has amazing coverage, how natural it looks, and the long lasting wear of this foundation is fabulous. I can go hours without touch ups. It blends like a dream and colour matches to my skin perfectly.

L'Oreal True Match Lumi Foundation -
This is such a gorgeous foundation to have, I recommend this 100%. If you want a flawless skin that is glowly and dewy this foundation is for you. It makes your skin look healthy and glowing and still looks natural and lightweight with great coverage.  I can wear this foundation for a whole day and night and it stays on without caking or coming away. If you are oily then I would suggest setting it with a powder, but you are still going to love this foundation.

Maybelline Fit Me Concealer -
This is my most used and loved concealer. It's so blendable, great converge and no movement/ creasing for a few hours. It hides the  lines, redness, dark circles and also has a soft, lightweight consistency.

Benefit Hoola Bronzer -
This is a matte bronzer, very beautiful for contouring and has become my all time favourite. It's a universal bronzer that everybody should own. It's not to light or dark it's just perfect. It's very creamy and easy to blend out. 

Too Faced Blush ' Mocha '
Even though it's called a blush I use this as a bronzer because the shade is perfect for contouring. If I am not feeling a matte bronzer I will use this because it has little shimmers in it. It's the perfect bronze shade not to orange or muddy. Very blendable, pigmented and the shimmer is not intense. 

Sleek Blush ' Mirrored Pink ' -
In 2014 I had my go-to blush and it's always from sleek. Sleek is my all time favourite for blushes. The pigmentation is amazing, the colours are beautiful, the shimmer and softness are so pretty. The shade I have been wearing all the time is Mirrored Pink.  It's the perfect pink with gold shimmer running through it.

Sleek Blush ' Pomegranate' -
This is another Sleek Blush that I have been loving in 2014. This is a berry pink shade with a slight blue undertone and a little bit of shimmer. It's a warm shade for the cheeks.

Mac ' Dame' Blush -
This is also a go to blush I used in 2014. It's a beautiful baby pink shade that is matte. It goes on smooth and is very pigmented. Very pretty on the cheeks.

Revolution Blush ' Hot ' -
I tried out the brand Revolution in Superdrug in 2014 and I really love this Blush from that brand. It's only £1 and you get a pigmented, blendable blush. This shade is a hot pink with a little bit of shimmer.


The Balm Marylou, CindyLou and Bettylou manizers-
These ladies stole the show in 2014 for me. Betty, Cindy and Mary are gorgeous highlighters, shadows and blushes in one. They are so pigmented and each one is so beautiful on the skin. MaryLou is a vanilla shade with golden shimmer, Cindylou is a champagne shade with a pink undertone and Betty is a bronze golden shade. These ladies are crazy pigmented so use a light hand and they are soft on the skin. Very beautiful highlighters and I love them and wore them all throughout 2014.



L'Oreal Telescopic Mascara ( The gold Packaging )
This is the only mascara I used most of the time and stood out for me in 2014. It is my holy grail mascara that has never disappointed me. It has a thin brush that grabs every lash and gives them volume and length.  It gives the perfect lift and tint without clumping and it does not flake off during the day.


Beauty UK eye primer-
For a drugstore eye primer this does the job well. This keeps my eyeshadow from creasing and my shadows do not move till I am ready to take it off that night. When I apply it to my lids it has this tight sticking feeling as if it's saying your shadows are not going anywhere. Really love this primer, does an excellent job!


Urban Decay Naked Palette.
This palette I cannot live without. I use this all the time and love it so much. The shades are so pretty, shimmer and matte and so pigmented. I also received the Naked 2 palette for Christmas and I have to say I'm loving it a tiny bit more than Naked1. Both palettes are beautiful, pigmented, shades are pretty and you have shades that go well together. These palettes have browns, to golds, whites to blacks honestly I could go on about the Naked 1+2 palettes. Amazing!




The Balm Nude Tude Palette-
This palette is so pretty and the shades are so pretty. It has all the nude and warm shades. Matte and shimmer and crazy pigmentation. Very beautiful and can create a lot of looks with this palette.

Revolution Welcome to Pleasuredome Palette-
This has 18 eye shadows, 12 shimmer and 6 matte so you have a good range of matte and shimmer in this palette. It also has bright and neutral shades so you can really create any look with this palette. It's also very pigmented and creamy and easy to blend.

Maybelline Colour Tattoos -
These are little gems to have in your collection. They are gel, creamy eye shadows that feel so smooth on the lid. They are so incredibly pigmented and last till your ready to take your make-up off. They come in beautiful shades and can be used as a base or on top of an eye shadow. They make any make-up look stand out.

Carmex Moisturising Lip Balm.
2014 was the year I tried Carmex for the 1st time and I love it and has become my all time favourtie lip balm. This has healed and helped my chapped and dry lips. Soothed away cracks, chapping and dryness. So moisturising and has a menthol, minty feel.

Revlon matte lipstick ' Sultry Samba '
I have been wearing this matte lipstick so much in 2014. It's such a pretty hot pink with slight purple undertones. The matte finish is moisturising and creamy and not at all drying. The colour lasts really well without fading or bleeding.

Maybelline Baby Lips
I have accumulated so many of these in 2014. I have quite a collection. These are so moisturising with a beautiful tint on the lips. They are very hydrating and some of them have scents like cherries or mint.

Revlon Matte Balm ' Shameless '
I have been loving the plums/purple lips in 2014. This ' Shameless' shade is a berry, pinky, purple. The matte finish is creamy and velvety. So pretty and pigmented and lasts a good few hours. It also has a minty scent and feel on the lips.

Maybelline colour sensational lipstick ' hot plum'
This is another purple, plum shade. It's a little bit lighter than the Revlon Shameless. It has a glossy, creamy finish and looks beautiful on the lips. I have to say it does not last as long as the Revlon one but still lasts a good couple of hours and very pigmented.

 Clarins Lip Balm Crayons.
These lip balm crayons are so moisturising and creamy and pigmented. They have a sweet, cake scent and beautiful shades. They have a glossy, creamy, finish and feel so hydrating and smooth on the lips. In 2014 I enjoyed wearing these.

I think that is all the make-up products I loved during 2014. I hope you enjoyed reading. xx




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