January Favourites 2015

Beauty Blender:

I got the beauty blender as I Christmas present from the lovely Becca, If it is possible to fall in love with a make up tool then I can safely say I have. Why you may ask? Well it leaves my foundation looking flawless as it covers my pores, which always makes my make up look so much better. I think I have used this everyday or almost since I have started back in Uni. :)

Alien Eau de Perfume :
If you read my what I got for Christmas post, you have already know I received this, I have worn it almost everyday apart from a few occasions where, I forgot or used another one I got for Christmas. I love the smell, and the bottle also looks amazing too.

Urban Decay Naked On the Run Palette:
OMG I love this palette so much, I am trying not to use it too much as I am planning on taking it to Florida but it makes doing my make up so quick and easy as all the products i need are in the same place. I am going to write a review of this soon hopefully.

No7 Superlight Foundation:
I loved this back in summer, and I have found myself reaching for it a lot this month, it evens out my skin but it isn't full coverage which I am liking at the moment, as I wore a lot of make up over Christmas.

Chanel Lipstick in Priate:
This is another Christmas gift, and I have only worn it a few times but the colour is amazing and it is so easy to apply and looks amazing on the lips, this is a lipstick that I will only wear on special occasions but it is lovely.

Favourite person:

So this isn't a beauty favourite it is a human favourite I don't normally do these however this month I am. Becca from a Polkadot notebook, has to be my favourite person, I will point out she is also my best friend so its not that strange well maybe just a little strange. I love her blog and I also love her as a person (soppy much?)

Christmas Wishlist

So Christmas is getting closer and I have been thinking about things I would like.

The first thing I have fallen in live with is the new Urban Decay On The Run Palette: 

I think I described this a the perfect palette for Florida as I wouldn't have to take any other face products apart from foundation. The shades are amazing and I do have a major love of urban decay products.

Ceramic Snowman Cup from Costa: 

I love the Christmas cup from costa and when I saw these I instanly wanted one and I have to say the snow man is my favourite. 

 

TopShop Glow Highligher in the shade Polish: 

I have had my eye in this forever, every time I go into TopShop I end up swatching this and always send up leaving without purchasing it, I love the fact that is a creame highlighter as I love creame products. 

Diptyque Epice Candle:
OMG this candle smells amazing it reminds me so much of Christmas as it is so spicy and lovely, however I can't justify spending £15 on a mini candle, I might have to buy it in the sale after Christmas.
 

A5 Dreamscape Detail Diary:

My current diary runs out at the end of the year (obviously) and I have been looking for a new one and I found this one in paper chase and fell in love as it looks so pretty. It has a week by week view which means I have enough room to write everything I am doing everyday which helps to keep me organised. It also has an owl on it which is an added bonus and it costs £14. 

Make-up Revolution Iconic 3 Review

The first thing to say is a am completely in love with this eye-shadow palette and for the price I would recommend it to anyone, it is meant to be a dupe for the naked 3 and I have to say from the swatches of the two side by side I would have to say that it is. 

On to the review the first thing I loved was the packaging you can see the shadows and the colours through the clear lid which is something I really like as it makes it look extra pretty, I also love the front and colour they use, I have to say packaging for me is really important, I have the Urban Decay Naked and Naked 2 palettes and I really like the packaging for the Naked palette as it is light and easy to carry round (not so much my Naked 2) and that is what I love about the Iconic 3 palette as it is light weight which would be great for travelling and although it is wider than the naked palettes it doesn't take away from the overall look and it is still easy to store in the make-up tool box (yes I do keep my make-up in a tool box) anyway overall I love the packaging. 

I really like the colours of the eye-shadows and as said in my Make-up Revolution haul, I really wanted to try the Naked 3 but I wasn't sure if the colours and I am so happy the make-up revolution brought this out as I am completely in love with all the colours in this palette and they are so wearable it is amazing, I have also found it really easy to turn it from day make-up to night make-up by just adding the black to the outer corner and I am ready to go, and it means I dint have to reapply my whole face. 

I do like the texture of these eye shadows and although there is some fall out I don't find it much more than my Naked palettes and it doesn't really bother me but it might annoy some people but you never feel like I am wasting product with the palette. The other thing that I live about this is that the colours are so easy to blend that it takes no time for me to do my eye shadow and it has decreased the amount of time it takes for me to do my make up. 

I have also found that these shadows last all day on my which is saying something as even with a primer my eye shadow can crease or just disappear as I have really oily eyelids (to much info?) which means that sometimes during the day I will notice that my eye shadow starts to disappear however with this palette I have noticed that I will last all day and will look better as the day goes on and for £4.00 you can really can't go wrong. 

The Beauty Scenario Tag

You have to get rid of all your foundation and you can only keep one high end and one drugstore one, which do you chose?

If I had to get rid of all my foundations I would be really upset but I think I would keep my Estée Lauder Double Wear in the shade ivory nude, which is my favourite high end foundation that I will only wear open special occasions and for my drug store foundation it would have to be the Rimmel Match. Perfect foundation in the shade light porcelain, this isn't my favourite foundation but it is my only drug store foundation. 

You go got an interview and the woman interviewing you has lipstick on her teeth, do you approach the subject or ignore it completely?

It would depend on the situation if it was just me and the interviewer then yes I would mention it but if we were with other people then I wouldn't say anything as that might humiliate her which would look good in an interview situation.

You are not feeling yourself and need a pick me up, what lipstick do you put on to make yourself feel beautiful?

If I need a pick me up the lipstick I would wear would be M.A.C Lady Danger as I get complemented a lot when I wear this and bright colour also make me feel powerful and confident which sound strange when talking about makeup but it does. 

You go back in time to your teenage years, how would you do your hair and make up differently? 

If I could go back to my teenage years I would definitely do what made me happy whether that was hair and makeup or just life in general, but I would probably not get some of the hair cuts I had although I liked them at the time they didn't really suit me, I would however have kept it at should length and just straightened it more often. Makeup wise I would care more about how my make up look and that my foundation properly matched my skin and no i was not the girl that had the orange line around her face but it wasn't a complete match. 

You ask your hairdresser for a shoulder length Pixie Lott cut, but they mishear and give you a pixi cut; do you : A) smile, say thank you, leave and then cry to mum hysterically. B) Cry in the chair, things get awkward, C) complain to the manager and demand a refund?

If this happened it is safe to say that I would be really upset but I would probably do A however when I get my hair cut I normally go with my mam so she would be there and probably complain and demand a refund for me. 

Your friend surprises you with a 4 day city break, you have one hour to pack, which "do it all" pallet do you throw in your make up bag?

I don't really have any face palettes so I would have to say I would take my Urban Decay Naked palette because I could do a lot of different eye looks, but I would also take sample pots of foundation so that I wouldn't have to carry a heavy bottle around.

Your house has been robbed, don't worry, everyone is safe but your beauty's aye  collection has been raided. What product are you really hoping is safe?

After hoping that all my lipstick were safe and in all honest I carry almost all my lipsticks around with me, so they would probably be safe however if I wasn't my lipstick then I would really hope that my perfumes La Colection De Grasse from L'Occitane, these are four small perfumes. 

Your friend borrowed your make up and retuned it in an awful condition, do you; A) pretend you haven't noticed, B) ask them to replace it C) secretly do the same to their stuff. 

Safe to say this has happened to be before I lent a friend some make up and it came back with teeth marks made by her dogs surprisingly I wasn't  pleased, however depending on how expensive the product was I would either pretend I hadn't notice or I would ask them to replace it especially of the product was something I loved or if it was expensive. 

People I Tag 

Claire @televisionary__ www.dainty-ghosts.blogspot.co.uk

Rachel @RachelCDailey www.happylittlesyllables.co.uk