Lipstick collection!

I don't know about anyone else, but these are always my favourite posts to read on other peoples blogs, or watch on videos. So, I have a free evening tonight, and some decent sun light, I thought I'd do one of my own! (Hint; There might be a clue to this weeks Sunday Post in here!)

I'm writing these in the way I store them. My lipsticks are still in the Nutella jars, so I'm going jar by jar. First up, my teeny, tiny Mac collection!

 Viva Glam Gaga, Saint Germain, Please Me

 Now, I love Mac lipsticks, and there's a very simple reason why I only own 3. I don't live near a Mac store, or counter at all. I'm not a fan of ordering lipsticks off the internet, unless I've already seen it in person. The colours never seem to look the same in person as they do on the website, or in other peoples swatches. Sadly, I also don't even wear them that much! I wore Saint Germain A LOT when I had bright blonde hair, but I've probably only worn Viva Glam Gaga once or twice. Please Me is probably my favourite one of the moment! 

 Maybelline Colour Popstick 030, L'oreal Impulsive Fuchsia 202, L'oreal Aphrodite Scarlet 06, Revlon lip butter Strawberry Shortcake 080.

 Everywhere you look at the moment, high street brands are bringing out a MASSIVE range of some seriously moisturising, sheer lip tints. I think they're fantastic, I mean how can you not love something that is as gorgeous as the Colour Popstick (left) but as moisturising as an actual lip balm? Definitely my most used lip sticks at the moment. My only problem is, they seem to melt VERY easily. And as we're having a rare bout of hot weather at the moment I am keeping these in the fridge at the moment. They aren't as pigmented as lipstick, but I find this makes them more versatile as you can build the colour up. Probably the best way to do a red lip, if like me, the thought of it scares you! 

 17 Marshmallow Whip, Rimmel Colour Show Off 020, Rimmel Lasting finish Pink Blush 006 & Nude Pink 206, Fashionista Baby Doll Pink shade 3.

 My slightly random jar! Which... Once again I never really seem to go in this jar at all! As as you can see, a lot of these are near identical colours. I'm not a fan of the 17 lipstick at all, I thought the staying power was poor, and it was very drying. Rimmel lipsticks are gorgeous, but although I say I don't use this jar much, it actually houses an all time favourite, the Fashionista Baby Doll Pink. I LOVE this lipstick with all my little heart. It goes everywhere with me, it's 2nd home is in my hand bags. 

 Coy, Brighton Rock, Whimsical, All About Me, Nevada, Innocent, Pillow Talk. 

 I have a more in depth post about my Topshop lipsticks, here. But I don't think the Lip Stick Coy is included in this. I'm not a massive fan of Coy. It's very matte, very drying. It's a lovely colour, a sort of coral/pink, but I would definitely say stay away from this if you have dry, often flaky lips.

And... Whimsical. More on that later. (Hands up who spotted the Sunday Post hint...) 

Max Factor Flipstick Colour Effect. 

It might just be the heat, but I can't actually find the name of this on the packaging! I only bought this today, but I've got it on now and I'm quite liking it, so keep your eyes peeled for a review during the week! 

The Sunday Post!

"The Sunday Post" is a place to put things that I've been loving during the week that I haven't already written about. And the lucky winner this week is...

Maybelline Dream Fresh BB cream! 

Some of you guys might have spotted this in a haul a few weeks back. BB creams seem to have really taken off recently, I've never really seen much of them before, but now It feels like everywhere I turn I just one BB cream after another. I went for a BB cream because some days, I don't fancy having a thick, heavy foundation on, and with the summer months coming, there is no worse feeling than the sense of your foundation sliding around off your face. With that in mind, I picked this because it has an SPF of 30 and I never remember to put actual sun cream on my face in the summer, so this has to be better than nothing!

The tube says this is an 8-in-1 product, and can be used with or with out a moisturiser. When I wear this I have to admit I don't tend to put my moisturiser underneath it. The formula of the product is really, REALLY lovely. It feels so light on your skin, so with in a few minutes of putting it on, you almost don't feel like you have anything there, in a good way! You're left with a really fresh, even looking skin tone, though I do tend to top this up with a little bit of concealer (to me, concealer is like lip balm, you should never leave the house with out it) underneath my eyes or on any spots. But, my mum and my sister also went out and bought this after trying mine, and they both wear it with out concealer and it looks fine.

I'd say if you're a kind of person who likes a full, "flawless" finish whenever you leave the house, this product is not for you. It's gives around a medium level of coverage, but definitely not a flawless finish. The product comes in 3 shades, light, medium, and dark, and I got the light one (so did my mum and sister. It's quite weird, my whole family is exactly the same foundation shade in EVERYTHING) the medium was definitely too dark for me. As a bench mark to anyone reading this, my foundation colour is normally "ivory" in Rimmel products or NC20 in Mac foundations. 

Overly all, I highly recommend this to anyone looking for something between a foundation or a tinted moisturiser. (I've used tinted moisturisers before and to me this seems to have a bit more coverage than what I've tried.) 

I bought this in Boots for £7.99. 

What do you all think of BB creams? Any more out there I should try? 

*On looking up the price and the webpage, I have also just discovered they also do this in a "Universal Glow" shade. 

An oddly natural FOTD 16/5/2012

I went for a drink the other night with a friend and found myself getting ready a good 2 hours to early, hence the photos! I also had some gorgeous natural light, so I thought why not take advantage? (First ever Face Of The Day with out flash I believe!) 

Face;

Mac Studio Sculpt foundation (NC20)

Rimmel Wake Me Up foundation (Ivory)

Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection concealer (light, 2)

Mac Fleur Power blush

Superdrug Solait bronzer 

Eyes;

Urban Decay Naked pallet (Buck & Naked in eyebrows)

Naked 2 (Bootycall & Tease) 

Lips; 

Nothing

I didn't go out entirely like this, before I left the house I put on Max Factor 2000 calorie and 17 Wild curls mascara and Topshop Innocent lipstick on top of Sleek Pout Polish in Frosting.

(This is a scheduled post, so I'll be replying to peoples comments on the ghost post below. I'm writing this post at 12.40am due to a fear of sleep!)

OOTD (16/5/2012)

I'm writing this on my phone and I'm not sure how it's going to come out! But, thought I'd pop up a quick outfit of the day post!

Scarf; Primark
Blouse; Primark
Top underneath; Primark
Leggings; H&M
Shoes; Topshop

Straying from my usual beauty theme today.

The last few months, I have been having the worst nights sleep imaginable. In fact, it's currently gotten so bad I am actually afraid to go to sleep!

It all started a few years ago, when I first moved in to the bedroom I have now. Prior to this room being mine, to had belonged to my sister, and prior to that, it was my grandparents room. Each one of them has said that whenever they've been in that room, they have felt watched and heard funny noises. I frequently have friends stay over saying "but I don't want to sleep in the haunted room" and other friends who won't even stay in my bedroom their own, even if I'm just going to the bathroom or the kitchen. Anyway, a few years ago, I woke up one night, to the weirdest feeling that something was sitting on me. As any person would do, I did a quick assessment to check I was awake..
Fan noise. Check. Cold air. Check. Move my legs... Not check.
For some reason, I could not move. I could turn my head, but I couldn't move my arms, torso or legs. After a few minutes of pure panic, I felt what ever was sat on me lift off and I had full control of my limbs again. I was absolutely terrified. As soon as I could move I had my bed side lamp on, and lay there utterly terrified. A bit of research and questioning from a friend who regularly see's ghosts told me that... It was a ghost SITTING on me.

Over the next few years it happened a few more times. It wasn't until recently when I got my double bed that things really started to get scary. As soon as I'd turn my light off, I'd start hearing footsteps, tapping and weird noises. A few times I'd go to pick up my Diesel Loverdose perfume, which for those of you that don't know, is a multi faced heart shape, that sits on it's side. I'd go to pick that up, and it would have moved. It couldn't have fallen over, because the perfumes behind it were still fine. And also, how can a perfume bottle fall over and end up standing on its top? I ignored these, thinking that if this was the only hassle I was getting I had got off lightly.

But a good few times in the last month, I'll have fallen asleep and suddenly be woken up by something. One time, I woke up to something dragging my duvet off of my bed, so I tried to turn my bedside lamp on, but no matter how much I tried the light would not come on. So I tried to get out of bed to go and turn my main light on, but the light wouldn't come on then either, so I tried to get out in to my mums room, but I wasn't able to move out the door, only go back to my bed, when all of a sudden my lamp was on, and my duvet was piled up at the bottom of my bed. At least 3 other times recently I've been woken up by something dragging my duvet off of me. Then the other night when I was still awake, I'd just turned my light off and was facing the wall just about to nod off, when I felt my pillows on the other side dip down as though something was sat on it. I froze and didn't move and felt it lift off. In another of my dreams, I've seen a small child standing near my door way and the sme friend I mentioned earlier then told me that they had also seen a small child in my room as well when he was predrinking at my house for a night out.


I'd love to know if anyone else has had an experiences like this, because I am TERRIFIED.

My skin care secret?

Recently, when we've been getting ready for nights out, or even just in general, I've had a few friends ask me what I use on my skin. I'm planning a skin care post, but I thought that really, I know you can spend a lot of money on skin care products that claim to do everything apart from make you a cup of tea. But the main thing I think makes a difference to my skin is... Water.

(I do actually drink Evian water, that's why I chose this picture.)
I drink a LOT of water. Seriously, 6 or so bottles a day, and I can honestly say it's made a difference to my skin. My skin used to be quite dull, and since I started drinking all this water, I can see my skin look more even, and it definitely has more of a natural glow to it. I never really get spots any more, even on "that" time of month, I average one small spot which is gone with in a few days.

As for the research on if water can improve your skin, a lot of articles say that no, it can't. But a lot of comments and blogs and things that I have found show that people think drinking a lot of water every day has improved the appearance of your skin.

The only other thing I do for my skin is that I always take my make up off at the end of the day. Even if I've come home at 5am after a night out, or I'm staying at friends house, or I'm so tired I can hardly move, with out fail I always take it off. Not always properly with cleansers and toners, but always at least a face wipe.

What do you guys swear keeps your skin looking good?

The Sunday Post!

A new feature I'm thinking of bringing on to my blog- Sunday posts! For me, Sundays are the day I use to catch up on my blogs, Youtubes and things that I might not have had time to check out during the week. The post is going to be about something I've been loving that week, be it new, old, or a rediscovery of a product. A nail varnish, lipstick, pair of shoes etc that I think need to be shown off, while at the same time, hopefully giving someone something to read on a Sunday. So what better way to kick this off, than my favourite nail polish of the moment! Essie's Fiji. 

Essie has previously been quite hard to get hold of in the UK, a few websites stocked it, and store wise I'm not sure where, as the websites said it was a salon only polish. Last month they bought out a diffusion line, which in all honesty, I wasn't sure what that meant. From my understandings after asking a friend a quick Google search, its a cheaper line made by the same brand and of the same quality, which is made more available to a wider range of people. In this case, going from just in salons and online, to going to a variety of popular stores. Correct me if I'm wrong, please, but that was my understanding! 

Essie's Fiji is a very, very pale pink with I think, in some lights a slight blue undertone in it, giving it an almost lilac tone. The brushes in these polishes are AMAZING. They hold so much colour evenly in the brush. I tend to find in some nail polish brushes, the product seems to clump at the top then suddenly fall down, and if you aren't concentrating, you look down and your nail is flooded with colour. These brushes apply the polish evenly over the nail, and the shape of the brush creates a lovely curve at the base of your nail, so no odd shaped bits! 

I put this nail polish on my nails on Thursday night, and today is Sunday, and I've only had to do one touch up, and that was because I scraped it along the zip of my purse on a night out, and even then it was the tiniest little chip that was barely noticeable. As you can see though, the rest of my nails still look perfect, the colour hasn't faded, there are no chips. I've also had a few comments on my nails, as even though it is a pale colour, its still quite strong and noticeable. 

Essie polishes are avaliable in larger Boots/Superdrug stores for about £7.99. The price is my only problem with this brand, at the time I was reluctant to spend that much on a polish, but now I've tried it, seen the quality of brush, the colour and the staying power, I would probably even pay more for this.