Hello you beauties!

Can you believe it's March already! I can still remember Christmas like it was just yesterday and now 2 months of 2017 have already passed. So of course because it is the 1st of March, it means that today's post is all about what I was loving in February.

Let's start with the non-beauty items.

Something that hardly any of you know is that on the 3rd of February, I finally passed my driving test! It was actually my 5th time doing my test as nerves seemed to get the better of me and made the most stupid little things happen which meant that I would fail. So I knew this time I needed to do something to try and calm myself down. So I tried using Kalms tablets and these are honestly amazing! People said to me that these tablets are basically just a placebo and maybe they are but they really did work for me and even my driving instructor commented on how much calmer I seemed this time. And of course I passed so I plan to tell anyone who will listen about how amazing these tablets are! They're great to use if you suffer from mild anxiety with anything.

The next non-beauty favourite for me this month definitely has to be Youtube. Who doesn't love Youtube!? I was ill for a week or so in February and so didn't really have much energy to do much, so I chose to just watch Youtube videos instead. My favourite Youtubers at the moment are obviously people who upload beauty videos, and a few of my favourites at the moment are sophdoesnails, Sophie Louise, Emily Canham and Just Jodes.

Any English Literature student will know that when you study novels, you kind of get put off of reading for pleasure outside of your course. But recently I've been trying to read a lot more to help me settle down properly before I go to sleep and I've been leaning towards the author D H Lawrence as he was born in the same city as me and his writing style is just amazing.

My last non-beauty favourite of February is a city, and this city is the beautiful Brighton! Everyone who knows me well knows how obsessed with Brighton and I have actually chosen to go and study there in September. So this month I went to visit the university and I also decided to look around the city while I was there. And I immediately fell in love and I really can't wait to move there in a few months time.

Now onto the beauty favourites.

I've mentioned this product in quite a few posts before, but I have recently starting using the Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish again. I used to use it all the time and then for some unknown reason didn't really use it at all. I've started using it a lot more recently and I use it now mainly to remove my makeup, as it just makes my makeup melt off of my face. And it leaves my skin feeling really smooth and fresh too. It's definitely worth the money.

The next is a recent discovery. I was in desperate need of dry shampoo and I usually use Batiste dry shampoo but couldn't find any. So when I was out at the shops one day I picked up the Girlz Only Dry Shampoo which is considerably cheaper than the Batiste dry shampoo that I usually use. I love the scent and it really does it's job. I would definitely recommend trying this out for yourself.

I was surprised when I realised I loved the Primark Velvet Matte lip crayons as I honestly was worried that they just wouldn't work for me because they're matte and so cheap at only £2 each. I have the shades 'Ballerina' and 'Mushroom' and they're the easiest shades for me to wear. Sometimes they do feel quite drying but if I get to that point then I will just apply a clear lipgloss over the top and then it feels perfect.

My final favourite for this month is again another rediscovered favourite. It is the Rimmel Stay Matte powder which I stopped using when I bought the NYX finishing powder. Not using it so much has made me realise how much I do love it and now I've started using it even more and I will honestly repurchase this in the future as it is perfect and so cheap. I have actually hit pan on it now, almost a year after purchasing it!

So these were my favourites for February! What were your favourites this month?

I'll be back on Saturday with another post for you all.

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Hello you beauties!

Really can't believe it's 2017! In a few months time, it'll be the one year anniversary of my blog and I am honestly so excited for that day (there will be a very special post that day). If you've been a follower of this blog since that day, then thank you so much for the support and I hope that you enjoy the posts I'll be bringing you this year.

Today I'll be bringing you all my end of year favourites post. Usually I'd be writing a Monthly Favourites post but seeing as we are now in a new year, I thought it'd be best to reflect on the past year, beauty wise. Especially as this year has been so important for me.

So let's get started!

1. Sleek Solstice Highlight Palette
I never really loved highlighter until I bought this palette. I never really tried Sleek makeup until I made this purchase either and now I love it. The shades in this palette are so beautiful and the highlight is extremely intense and is great to add that special glow to any look.

2. Real Techniques Brushes
Before I bought these brushes, I only ever used to use the cheap makeup brushes that you can buy in the little sets from Argos, which were alright at first but I was desperate to own a real set of brushes. The Real Technique Brushes are all I could've ever asked for. They're so soft and such good quality and do such an amazing job at applying makeup. I couldn't recommend these highly enough and I have loved them so much over the past year.

3. Benefit Hoola Bronzer
Bronzer is one product I have always had problems with, as the only ones I have been able to afford recently seem to always make me look a little bit orange. But during the summer, I had the opportunity to try out a miniature version of this bronzer and honestly it is the most amazing makeup product I have ever used! It's not too hard and blends very easily.

4. Stila 'Eyes Are The Window' Eyeshadow palette
This is probably my favourite purchase of 2016. I saved up all my tips to buy this eyeshadow palette and it was definitely worth every penny. I got the 'Soul' palette and honestly these are shades that I use on an everyday basis, as they are the perfect nudes. They're so pigmented too and easy to blend, with a great mixture of matte and shimmer shades. All beauty lovers should have this palette as part of their collection.

5. Benefit Porefessional Primer
Yet another Benefit product. I really have loved Benefit this year. This primer is just perfect. It is really easy to use, is a great base and is great for the skin. I definitely would say that this primer is worth the price tag.

6. Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish
I have never really thought that much about buying more expensive skincare products until I heard about the Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish. And this product has really done wonders for my skin this year! Not only does it make your skin look great, it also makes you feel great and extremely refreshed.

7. Princess Marcella Borghese Superiore State of the Art mascara

Such a long name but also such an amazing mascara. I got this in a Look Incredible box a few months ago and I use it pretty much every day. It makes your eyelashes look great - not just good, but great! They add volume and really curl your eyelashes and make them look really black. This is definitely my mascara of the year.

8. Makeup Revolution Redemption Eyeshadow palette

I got this palette on day 25 of my Makeup Revolution advent calendar and although it's only been just over a week since I had the change to use it, I love it so much already. It's only worth about £4 and so I was expecting it to be not very good. However, it shocked me. These shades are mainly shimmer shades which I love and the ones in this palette have amazing pigmentation, a lot better than I expected. 

9. MUA Blushers

These only cost £1 (so yes, I do own all of them!) and honestly I would be willing to pay more than that for these. They're so extremely pigmented and such great colours to use for any look. There's no fall out either, which is what you'd expect from such cheap products. I am glad to have added them to my makeup collection this past year.

It is strange. This time last year, my view on makeup was very different to how it is now. I did not really see the point in wearing it, and only wore it very rarely. Then something just changed, and now it is my biggest love in life. I couldn't possibly live without makeup in my life now and I could never imagine my life without this blog in it. 

I'll be back on Wednesday with another post for you all.

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Hello you beauties!

We all know that sometimes beauty bloggers can have a lot of influence over us. I know that I have certainly been influenced quite a bit by other bloggers, and have even found myself buying things that they have recommended, and here is just a few of them!

1. LUSH lip scrub (£5.50)
I own the 'Bubblegum' one of these, which has the amazing taste of candyfloss. These are great, they really do exfoliate your lips and the fact that they are edible makes them even better. I probably don't use it as much as I should do to get the proper effects from it, but it really does help me out when my lips are extremely dry.

2. Soap and Glory Archery eyebrow tint and pencil (£10)
Now this was a bit of an impulse buy for me. I love my Maybelline brow palette, but I heard many great things about this Soap and Glory product so I thought I'd finally pick one up to try it out. I picked up the shade 'Love is Blonde' which is a (as you guessed) a light brow pencil, ideal for the blondes. I do feel like it is slightly too light for my brows, but paired with my Benefit 'Gimme Brows', I find I can build the colour up perfectly. It is so easy to use so I would definitely recommend that you try it too.

3. NYX lip products
Everyone has been raving about NYX since day one, and they've finally brought NYX to the Boots in my hometown, giving me the opportunity to try some of their products out. Their lip products are what most people talk about, so I decided that these would be some of the first things I tried. I have the Butter Lipstick in the shade Fizzies (£5.50), their Lip Lingerie Lipstick in the shade Bedtime Flirt (£6.50), a Liquid Suede Cream Lipstick in the shade Tea and Cookies (£6.50) and a Butter Gloss in the shade Madeline (£5). I really love these lip products and if you're ever looking for an affordable lip product then I would recommend NYX as you definitely get more than your money's worth with these products.

4. Clinique bottom lash mascara (£14)
This is a product that I haven't seen talked about much but should definitely be talked about more. I am one of those lucky people who have naturally long lashes, so extra length to my bottom lashes is not something I'm necessarily looking for. The smaller brush on this mascara means it is great for me to use on my bottom lashes as they're easier to reach and I can add colour without having to worry about having spider web eyelashes. Even though it is a bit more expensive than some good mascaras, it is definitely worth the money.

5. Bourjois Radiance Reveal Concealer (£7.99)
I have been struggling to find a decent concealer for so long, so when I heard Zoe Sugg talk about this then I was determined to try it out for myself. And it is definitely worth the hype. While it didn't cover everything up amazingly, it really brightened my skin and I will definitely re-buy this in the future.

6. MUA Blush (£1)
MUA is one of the cheapest brands I have ever discovered, and I find that a lot of people now have a lot of their products in their makeup collection now. I heard great things about their blushers, and I have always wanted to try out new blushers. So I picked up one in the shade 'Lolly'. It is a lovely subtle pink which is pigmented very well for its price, but is also very buildable to however you want it. I will definitely try out more of their products in the future.

7. Rimmel London Stay Matte powder (£3.99)
This product has been my holy grail item ever since I found out about it. I have it in the shade Transparent which I find is the safest option. It is so creamy and sits on my skin so nicely and sets my makeup perfectly. I can never imagine using a different powder ever again.

8. Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish (£15.50)
EVERYONE talks about this. I think this is a staple in most people's skincare routines now. It definitely is in mine. It really does cleanse my skin and always leaves me feeling so clean and refreshed. I would recommend you all buy this as soon as you can!

That is everything for today's post. I hope you liked it! I'll be back on Saturday with my Look Incredible review for you all.

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Hello you beauties!

Now I know what you're thinking - it's July now, but this is a June Haul!? I called it a June haul as this little shopping trip actually happened late June, so I thought it would be appropriate to remember that.

Now, let's see what I bought this time!

My first stop was John Lewis. Now, the John Lewis store in my home town of Nottingham was closed for I think it was 6 days because of the terrible flooding we had, but now it's reopened so I make sure to head straight in to look at their beauty and skincare items. I found myself wandering over towards the Liz Earle products, as this is a brand I have wanted to try for a very long time.

Along with the Neutrogena pink grapefruit facial wash that I have now bought, I can finally cross off another item from my Summer 2016 wishlist! I finally purchased the Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser (£15.50). It was quite a spontaneous buy, I wasn't really planning to come home with this today, but I'm so happy that I finally decided to purchase it. I will bring you a full review on my blog soon. I also received samples of their Superskin Eye Cream and their Superskin Face Serum

Next I went to Lush, and I can cross another thing off of my wishlist again! I finally bought one of their lip scrubs (£5.50), the 'Bubblegum' one. It smells amazing, feels great on the lips and tastes amazing too. I will let you know my opinion again once I've used it a bit more.

Finally, I went to Boots and had a massive spree in there. I think the amount I bought this day is the most I have ever bought in one go at any store. There were loads of offers on in store, so it was hard to control myself.

I searched around the store before raiding the Revlon products. I have been looking to try their new 'Ultra HD Matte Lipcolor' (£8.99) liquid lipsticks for quite a while but have been unsure about which colours would suit me. Also, I don't always get along with matte products, so I was worried about that too. But I finally decided to buy one. I got it in the shade 'Devotion' which is a very muted pink and suits me brilliantly. This isn't too drying and is easy to use - a lot better than the liquid lipstick I received in my Look Incredible beauty box in June. I am glad I bought it and I will definitely repurchase it again.

From Revlon, I also bought the 'Multi Care Base + Top Coat' (£6.49) nail polish because I've always been looking for a decent top coat to make my coloured nail polish last even longer. The bottles of nail polish from this brand are very decently sized and I can't wait to try this out.

Now, the offer for this brand was a free gift set if you spend over £14.99. So because I had spent £15.48, I made sure to pick up this gift as I'm not one to pass up free things. It was basically like a mini beauty box as you receive 4 full sized items, and they claim that this box is worth around £30 (which I can confirm). In the box, we receive a Revlon Colorstay Quad Eyeshadow Palette in the shade 'Addictive', which is a lovely neutral palette which I will probably end up using every day. It is extremely pigmented, easy to blend and such easy to wear colours.

The next item I pulled out of the little box was their nail enamel in the new shade 'Vivacious' which is a very bright pink. I don't usually like wearing pinks anymore as I wore them a lot when I was younger so I see pink as being a childish nail colour, but I will definitely try this out at some point.

Next is a product that unfortunately I do not see myself using much. It is the Colorstay eye liner in the shade 'Black'. I do not really use eye liners a lot anymore and I own tons of black eyeliners, so I might find this more useful if it was in a different shade but I suppose if I don't use this myself, I can pass it on to someone else.

Finally, the last in this little box is probably my favourite thing in the whole of this haul, and also the box. It is one of their Colorburst Balm Stains, in the shade 'Honey' which is a lovely nude pink. I already own one of their Colorburst Laquer Balms in the shade 'Demure' which I love, and this one impresses me just as much. And it smells like peppermint as well!!

Finally I headed to the Bourjois products. I have never owned a Bourjois product before so I was excited to try this brand out. This brand had two offers - all products were 3 for 2, but you also got a free pair of Bourjois sunglasses if you bought 3 products. So of course, I bought 3 products, and picked up my free sunglasses. I will insert a picture of these (which came in a blue case) as it's hard to describe but I'm not 100% sure if they suit me or not. Oh well, they were free.

The first item I picked up from this brand is their 'Khol and Contour' pencil eyeliner in the shade 'Gris Ingenieux' which as the name suggests is a grey. I know I mentioned earlier that I hardly ever wear eye liners, but I feel like I might get along easier with this because it's not as much of a dramatic colour as black can be, and can be something to play around with. I did try looking for a white eyeliner for my waterline, but literally no brand in Boots seemed to have one, so I will continue looking. For now, I am happy with this new eyeliner purchase.

The next product is yet another lip crayon type product. This is one of their Color Boost glossy finish lipsticks in the shade 'Orange Punch'. Yes, you've guessed it, it's an orange. I only usually use nudes and casual pinks, so I was a bit unsure after buying this colour if it'd be right or not. But it is summer now, and orange is a very summer-y colour. It's not an 'in your face' orange, it is great for everyday wear and I cannot wait to use it throughout the next few months.

The final product in this haul and also from Bourjois is something I have had my eye on for AGES. It is this bronzer... the one that smells and looks like chocolate! Now, anyone who knows me knows that I am trying to slowly cut chocolate out of my diet (health reasons) but it doesn't mean I don't love chocolate! This is everything you could want in a bronzer and I'm hoping that it now means that I will use bronzers a lot more over the summer.


I honestly did not realise how long this post would have been! I bought more than I realised. My bank account is not going to be happy with me. But it's not as though I do this a lot, so the odd shopping spree every now and again isn't going to hurt.

I hope you all enjoyed reading this post and I'll be back on Saturday with another post for you all!

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Hello you beauties!

Welcome back to my blog! I can't believe that it's almost the end of the month already. It'll be Christmas before we know it.

I'm sure you're all exactly the same as me when we have massive lists of every makeup and skincare item that you want to own but could not afford all in one go. So I decided to share at least the majority of my list with you today (if I shared it all we might be here for a very long time). So enjoy!

The one item that I have probably wanted the most for the whole time I have been into makeup has to be the Too Faced Better Than Sex mascara (£19). I have heard many great things about this mascara and have been so desperate to try it out but I never have the money to be able to buy it. I am planning for this to be my next big purchase.

This is something that everyone knows about - the Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser (£15.50 for the 100ml starter kit). I am always keen to try new things regarding skincare and have been wanting to try the Liz Earle products for a while now. I know a lot of people use this product and really like it, so hopefully I will get to try it one day in the future.

The next product is the Lights Camera Lashes mascara by Tarte (£17). Yes, it is another mascara. I have seen this in some beauty box reviews (I think it was a Look Incredible one) and again I have heard so many amazing things about this one too. The packaging is super cute and my favourite colour so this will definitely become part of my makeup collection one day!

I would really like the try the LUSH lip scrubs (£5.50 for 25g), especially the 'Bubblegum' one. I get very dry lips and I am always looking for something brilliant to use to prevent this from happening. I have heard that these products are great, they actually work and you can actually eat them too! I will definitely go out and purchase one of these soon.

Next is an eyeshadow palette! Finally, it's not another mascara! This palette that I want is the 'Eyes are the Window' eyeshadow palette in 'Soul' by Stila (£30). Now, this seems like a lot of money, especially when my loved Makeup Revolution 'Flawless' palette (which contains 32 shades compared to Stila's 12) is only £8. But this palette is just beautiful! I love the range of shades in this palette, I would definitely use all of the shades in it, whereas there are some shades in my current palette that I probably wouldn't touch. I think this eyeshadow is definitely worth the price and I am so desperate to own it!

I have always wanted to try the Neutrogena Visibly Clear Pink Grapefruit Facial Wash (£4.79). Again, I am keen to try a new skincare and I know this is quite popular among a lot of people. I also love love love the scent of pink grapefruit so I feel like I would love this product and I will probably try and buy this very soon.

A MAC lipstick (£15.50) would be the next item on my list. I don't know what shade I will get (just as long as it suits me then I don't think I mind what shade, although the shades 'Velvet Teddy' and 'Syrup' looks amazing). I feel like everyone who loves makeup will own a MAC lipstick at one point in their life. I already own a patentpolish lip pencil but I would love to own a lipstick from this brand too.

Finally, another product I want to try is a body sorbet from The Body Shop (c. £8) - I especially have my eye on the pink grapefruit one and the pinita colada one. I had never heard of a body sorbet until I saw them as I walked into the closest shop to me a few months ago. A body moisturiser!? I use body lotions - so I'm wondering if a body moisturiser would be any different. I am getting anxious to try one but I'm trying to use up all the body lotions that I own before I spend £8 on one of these.

So that is just part of my wishlist for you! I hope you enjoyed reading this. Why don't you share your wishlist with me?

I'll be back on Wednesday with another blog post for you all.

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