Highend Beauty Haul!

I has been saving up all of my pennies for a while now so I could have a huge high end makeup spree! It was also my birthday a couple of weeks ago so it was a nice treat to buy myself some new beauties!

I first put into my basket the Bobbi Brown Bronze Shimmer Brick, I have seen nothing but good reviews on this product and its one of Bobbi Brown's best selling products so it has been one I have wanted for ages! Highlighter is my obsession and I love a full on dewy look, also I felt like with this one you could also use the darker shades as a blush/bronzer and also on the eyes!

I am a dry skin girl so cream products always appeal to me; cream bronzers are very rare and I believe Chanel was one of the first to come out with one. The Chanel Soleil Tan De Chanel is very hyped product and it is a very luxurious product too, it is definitely one to purchase a treat as it is very pricey for what it is. It comes in one universal shade which I don't think would work for darker skin tones but would be good for light/medium skin tones. I am super excited to try this and I will definitely report back to you what I think of it!

The Urban Decay naked palettes are very, very popular and it is a cult beauty product that everyone loves but surprisingly I have never tried any of the palettes so I thought I would first try their basics palette because it is full of neutral colours that I love! The Urban Decay Naked Basics 2 Palette is the one I picked up and this is more of a cool toned palette which I don't normally go for but I really wanted to give it a try! 

Another Urban Decay product I put into my basket was the Naked Skin Concealer, this is a fairly knew product from Urban Decay and they claim it to be weightless, light defusing and complete coverage which is very appealing to me and I'm super excited to try it!

I was super excited when Makeup Forever launched in Debenhams because before, it was very hard to get hold of in UK. I definitely took advantage and purchased the Hydrating Primer, as soon as this range of primers came out all the beauty bloggers went crazy for them so it was at the top of my list of products I wanted to try out and I thought the hydrating one was best suited for me so I picked that one up!

Lastly, I purchased the Mac Lip Pencil in Subculture. I have been on the hunt for a nice nude lip pencil that would pair with many different lipsticks and I had seen swatches of this shade online so I decided to go for this pencil because I really liked the shade of it!

All of these products that I bought were all a treat to myself for my birthday, it doesn't happen often so it is very exciting because I love makeup and it's my passion!

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My Dream Holiday Destinations!

I feel like I've been doing a lot of beauty posts recently and neglecting the fashion and lifestyle side of my blog, so your definitely going to see more of fashion and lifestyle from me! Anyway, I though I would share with you some of my dream holiday destinations that I would love to visit in the future!

 Turkey has always been a country I wanted to visit to enjoy the culture in the cities and also the amazing beaches! The food is also very interesting so I would love to go and I'm sure I would be left with an amazing experience!

Australia is just amazing from what I have seen in pictures! It looks like an absolute dream and who wouldn't want to go to Australia, right? Its so beautiful and I would to see it all in person!

 

The Maldives has to be my ultimate dream holiday that I would love to go to lye down on the beach with the bright blue sea in front of you and get a tan! It looks like a dream holiday from the outside so experiencing it from the inside would be a dream come true!

Lastly, the country that I want to visit is Egypt! I've always to go and have that experience near the pyramids and also by the beach with the super hot weather, also the food is something I would love to try!

Where are your dream holiday destinations?

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Loreal Lumi Magique Foundation - First Impressions!

I have wanted this foundation for absolutely ages, so when I was gifted it by friend a few days ago, I was extremely excited! From what I had heard about this foundation I thought it would suit me perfectly and what I look for in a foundation, and I have to say it has certainly not let me down! This is more of a first impressions rather than a review because I have only tried this once so far and I wanted to try a different style of post!

From first application I realised it is around a medium coverage, it is quite buildable but I feel if you want a full coverage you will have to do a lot of building. The finish it leaves on the skin is quite luminous and it doesn't cling to any dry patches on the face, also it looks extremely natural and undetectable on the skin which I love!

I first applied this on its own, with no primer and no powder and this is how it lasted throughout the day....

3 hours - Hasn't faded at all on the skin, looks exactly the same from when first applied. Flawless, luminous, natural.

5/6 hours - Still looks flawless although it is starting fade ever so slightly across the nose and cheeks, and it does look slightly more luminous than the beginning and I do not have oily skin at all, so if you do have oily skin this may not be a good one for you!

8/9 hours - Redness is definitely starting to show and at this point I wanted to touch up slightly over them areas with a bit of concealer to add more coverage because it was fading across my nose, cheeks and jawline.

This foundation does not claim to be long lasting but for the average time, it does last pretty well and also keep in mind I didn't use a primer or powder with it! From first impressions, I wouldn't recommend this for oily skin girls because I can see this getting very shiny on you whereas if you have dry skin and you like that luminous look then I think this foundation would be your best friend! I have to say I am in love with this foundation, although the only down side is that the colour range is really bad so I would definitely go in store and test it out on your face before you buy it!

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High End Beauty Wish list!

I did a Drugstore Beauty Wish list a few months back (here) and since then I have purchased some of the products I mentioned, so I thought it was about time I did a high-end version and share with you some of the current products on my never-ending wish list!

 I'll start off with lashes because I have recently just been obsessed with false eyelashes, I just really like the way they look and the different styles that can go with any look and the lashes I have wanted to try for so long now are the Huda Beauty Lashes. I want to try pretty much all the styles she has although these lashes are not cheap and for false lashes I would say they come under the high-end category. I have seen tons of pictures on instagram of girls wearing these beautiful lashes and I want them so bad! 

Also for lashes, I really want to try the Lancôme Grandiose Mascara as I have had an eye out for it for a long time and my friend owns it and loves it and the wand on the brush is also very interesting and unique so its very intriguing!

Sticking to the eyes, an eye shadow pallet I have been eyeing for a while now is the Urban Decay Naked Basics 2. This is a cool toned neutrals pallet and its so versatile and compact it would be amazing for every day looks and travelling! I normally go for warm toned shadows because that is typically what I'm drawn to but I really want to branch out and I think this pallet is perfect!

I love my bronzer so when a new one come out and everyone starts raving about it, I have to have it! So the Makeup Forever Pro Bronze Fusion is definitely the bronzer I next want to try! It looks so beautiful!

The last product im going to share with you on my miles long wish list is the Clinique Cheek Pop in Melon Pop, I have heard so much about this blush and how amazing it is and I believe they have just brought out another load of summer shades so I definitely want to get my hands on melon pop soon!

What is on your wish list?

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May Favourites!

I don't often have favourites to show you every month and if I do they are very little but this month I still wanted to show you some products I have been loving, we've got a little bit of skincare, a bit of makeup, brushes and body so lets get cracking!

I'll start off with my most favourite this month and that has to be the Real Techniques Duo-Fibre Face Brush, you can get this brush in 2 sets from real techniques and if you find it anywhere I definitely advise you to pick it up because this brush is amazing! I love using it for powder, bronzer and blush and I won't use any other brush! It applies just the right amount of product that isn't too much and the bristles are so super soft its unreal!

Next I have been loving the Benefit Bella Bamba Blush, I mentioned this in my last post too for my top spring/summer blushes and I have just been using it all month! I know that this blush is discontinued which is an absolute pain but I still wanted to mention it just in case you had it lying around somewhere in your collection and you had forgotten about it!

A lip product favourite this month has to be the NYX Xtreme Lip Cream in Skintone. This has just been my go-to nude recently as I love the warm peach undertones of it and I don't have any other colour in my collection that comes near this! The texture is very beautiful, it applies evenly on the lips and it is fairly long wearing throughout the day.

Onto skincare and I only have one product here and it is the Goodthings Manuka Honey Face Mask. This face mask is amazing , it plumps the skin, hydrates, firms, brightens, it seriously does whatever you want a face hydrating face mask to do. I was pleasantly surprised by this mask as I didn't think much of it as I had never heard anyone talk about it but this face mask is now definitely a staple in my skincare draw!

 Now the last thing I have been loving this month is the Dove Summer Glow Gradual Tan Lotion -that is a super long name-. I really like this because for me it just adds that touch of warmth all over my body and does give me that summer tan glow that it claims, for me it starts to show after 2 days of applying and it does give you that hint of moisture to your skin from the 'lotion' side of it!

What have you been loving this month?

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Flirty Pinks - Makeup Menu #3

I am back with another makeup menu for you and today I am going for a girly, pretty pink theme with my makeup!

For the base as usual it is the Bourjois Happy Light Foundation, I am going for light dewy skin with this look because I feel like that suits pink tones very well! Also for concealer, its the classic Maybelline Fit Me Concealer because it is just the bomb. A natural pink flush on the cheeks would look gorgeous for this look so I opted for the NYX Blush in Mocha and this is a beautiful matte blush so to add some glow to the skin with a pinky, champagne coloured highlight I went for the Benefit High Beam highlighter on the tops off the cheekbones and down the centre of the face.

Moving on, onto the eyes, I am going for the MUA Undressed Pallet because this does have a few beautiful shadows in there with slight pink undertones so I thought this would be perfect! You could really play around with the shades and create your own flirty look! You can use any mascara you want and you can go for wispy false lashes too because that would look beautiful with this look, the mascara that I picked out is the L'Oreal Telescopic False Lash Mascara.

Either a nude or a light pink lip would go amazingly with the whole look but I of course went with a light, bright pink glossy lip and that is the Tanya Burr Lipgloss in First Date. I love the formula of these glosses and I have a review on them I did ages ago but I will link it here.

I also added a little pink nail polish that is absolutely gorgeous and it is the Barry M Nail Paint in Strawberry Ice Cream, this is a beautiful light pink shade and it will compliment the makeup really well too!

So that is how to achieve a flirty, girly, pink makeup look!

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