My Makeup Collection: Lips

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Hey Sweeties,

It’s time to show you all another area of my makeup collection, having already shown you my; foundations, blushers & eyes bringing us now onto, lips. Here goes…

lips Makeup collection

The collection! Note: the glosses in the top left compartment aren’t usually kept there, I’m not that messy 😉

I touched upon my makeup storage a while back now (here) so it’s probably time I did an update post soon, but for the purposes of this post, my collection of lip products are for the most part stored on top of my dressing table in organisers from TK MAXX and Muji.

All the glosses seen in the left on the top organiser are normally kept within my dressing table as I find I hardly use these ones, but they’re still useful to keep on hand for when I do. Essentially my core collection consists of lip liners, lipsticks and a couple of glosses as I will talk you through below.  View Full Post

My Makeup Collection: Eyes

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Hey Sweeties,

Continuing with my posts taking you through my makeup collection having already shown you my foundations (here) & blushers (here), today I thought I would take you through eyes, specifically palettes, individual pans and crayons.

eye Makeup collection

eye makeup collection

Ofra in shade, Bliss: The problem with eye palettes and individual pans is that unless the brand, colour etc. is really good, the pans can get lost in the drawer and that is kind of what has happened here with Ofra. I got this sometime early last year I think in a Love me Beauty Box (here), and although I liked it at the time, it eventually got forgotten about until I dug everything out to photograph for this post. However, while I am loving bronze and gold tones, I should try and re-incorporate this pan back into the mix.  View Full Post

My Makeup Collection: Foundations

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Hey Sweeties,

So today I thought I would launch a new series of posts whereby I take the opportunity to show you my makeup collection in a bit more detail. Of course my collection is almost constantly being added to on a monthly basis but anything new will feature in haul posts and reviewed separately afterwards later. But for the most part, I can quite easily take you through some of my collection starting with: Foundations.

Foundation Collection

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Smashbox Color & Contour Master Class Palette Review

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Smashbox Color and Contour Master class palette

Hey Sweeties,

Regular readers will remember that I got this amazing Smashbox palette for Christmas as an alternative for the Lorac Pro Palette Mum couldn’t get hold of when in New York in December and I have been itching to review it for you guys. SPOILER! It’s an incredible palette!

Smashbox Color and contour master class palette

Within the case are two palettes (as seen above), there are 32 colours (or colors for our American friends) and then along the lower 1/3 of the palettes are 6 larger squares – on the left; contour, bronze, highlight and on the right are three blushes; carnation, flush and rosy. This palette has everything you need to complete a full makeup look and will be fantastic to travel with if you are someone on the go or for me, it will be perfect to take away on my Trek America tour in October.

As you can tell from the images (I hope), the colours are vivid and the pigment quality matches that 100%, you really don’t need to take your brush heavily through the palette as any good makeup brush i.e. those from Real Techniques, pick up the colour easily. The colours also blend together beautifully.

As we all know Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and in anticipation, I tried a look that I may replicate on Saturday using the three pink shades as seen on the right side of the palette.

Smashbox master class palette

Smashbox Look

Smashbox palette

*Remember, much better photography is on the way in future posts!

The only bad thing I have to say about this palette is that I don’t think it is available in the UK? or at least, I have yet to see it anywhere. So, much like Too Faced’s Pink Leopard Blushing Bronzer (reviewed here), if you have a friend or family member crossing the pond anytime soon I suggest you add the Smashbox Color and Contour Master Class Palette to your wish list.

Until next time x

What I Got for Christmas

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Hey Sweeties,

I am back at home now and this means that Christmas is over and the New Year on the horizon (which is imminent by the way as the sun is already on it’s decent into 2015!).

Of course I have already hit the sales and you’ll be seeing these purchases in a rather exciting haul post tomorrow on here (and maybe somewhere else -hint hint!) but for now, I thought I would share with you a couple of things I got bought for Christmas. FYI, this is by no means a brag post, this is a “hey friend, did you get anything nice” kind of post because we’re all friends aren’t we and friends like to share…

As I mentioned a couple of times during Blogmas, my family don’t really do presents (at Christmas) anymore but my Mum went to NYC in November with my brother and she came back with a couple of beauty bits for me which I got while I was in Devon. I had sent her off with a list to guide her beauty purchasing but unfortunately New York City despite having a whole host of stores, didn’t deliver. For instance, I was surprised that Mum couldn’t get hold of the Lorac Pro Palette without venturing all the way out to Queens… However here is what she did pick up:

Too Faced Pink Leopard

Too Faced Pink Leopard Blushing Bronzer

This is gorgeous and not something I have found/seen in the UK. I have been keen to purchase Too Faced’s Sweetheart Perfect Flush Blush (which can be bought in the UK) but I have also been keen to get my hands on this particular product, primarily because it looks so damn cute!

The product is packaged in a fun, really pretty gold plastic compact which has a large mirror inside of the lid and although I have yet to swirl my brush through the product, I can tell you it’s brilliantly pigmented. I am most likely to use this as a blusher but over the summer I am sure I will make use of a fuller sweep to achieve an all over glow before the sun does.

Smashbox Color and Contour

Smashbox Color and Contour Master Class Palette

This is the Lorac Pro Palette alternative my Mum was pointed towards when in store and what an alternative it is! Regular readers will be aware on my recent interest and investment into the Smashbox brand and this tops everything I have got and tried so far!

The two palettes are presented in a solid book like case which opens out to reveal the palettes. One they say is for colour and the other for sculpting/contouring; this is an incredible set and one that cannot not be reviewed more thoroughly on its own in the near future so stay tuned!

Well done Mumma!

From Ian I received several things; an ottoman for my dressing table which will act as both a seat and as storage; tickets for the Euro 2015 (mens) Hockey Championships which take place in August; and this…

Lee Stafford Waving Wand

Lee Stafford Grooved Waving Wand

Although I haven’t talked too much about my hair on here, I think we all know I have long hair but fundamentally I -like so many others- fail to know really what to do with it. I asked for this particular wand because I have seen others use it as well as other Lee Stafford products and it won’t break the bank, particularly as at this moment in time, I don’t know how often I’ll use it. Whether this grooved wand will be better over other barrel hair curlers we will simply have to wait and see but I am excited to give it a go and experiment with some new looks.

I hope you all had a great Christmas and got some lovely presents too!

Until next time x

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