The Best Spring/Summer Blushes!

I am a big blush fan and I also love my bright and muted summer blushes so I'm going to show you some of my favourites!

So we'll begin with a pallet and it's the Sleek Blush By 3 Pallet in Lace. This is my go-to blush pallet for the summer as the shades are all very warm extremely summer appropriate with a bright orange, a golden shimmery pink and a coral, these blushes are very pigmented and the formula is great!

Next I have a mini sample size blush which is the Benefit Bella Bamba Blush, I do believe that this blush is discontinued but if you do own it then I would definitely recommend bringing it out for the summer as you would get a lot of use out of it because it is that perfect pinky coral shade with slight golden and silvery shimmers which is beautiful!

The NYX Blush in Mocha I would say is an all rounder blush you could wear all year round but it is still absolutely gorgeous for the summer! I would wear this when I only want a little flush of colour on the cheeks and it will go with any look you do so it is a must!

The last blush is the Maxfactor Creamy Blush in Soft Pink. Cream blushes are ideal for the summer because they give that nice dewy glow to the cheeks which most people like in the summer and it look super natural and pretty on the skin!

What blushes do you love for the summer?

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Real Techniques Nic's Picks Collection!

I only recently got my hands on the Real Techniques Nic's Picks Collection and I have been using them every single day constantly since I got it - as you can see they are a bit dirty but I put it back into the packaging to show you ;-) -! I know this collection came out a while ago but it is still available on allbeauty.com .

These brushes are exactly the same quality as the rest of the Real Techniques brushes, they are super soft and they do not shed. With this collection I mainly had my eye on the first brush which is the Duo-Fibre Face Brush and it didn't let me down, it is by far my favourite brush out of all of them! I use it for a light application of powder, bronzer and blush and it is also great for cream products, I absolutely love it!

The second brush is the Cheek Brush and after playing around with it, I prefer to use this as a contour brush. I'm not a big fan of it for blush but I really like it to apply a thick but still defined contour although it is also great for cream products too!

The third brush is the Angled Shadow Brush and I really do like this brush. It is perfect to apply that crease colour and whilst applying it, it blends out the edges beautifully too so the brush does all the work for you so it is a crease brush and a blending brush in one!

The fourth brush along is the Base Shadow Brush, I already own this brush from the Starter Kit but I am happy that I have another one so I can use one to apply and the other one to blend. This brush is stiff enough to apply a wash of colour to the lid but still fluffy enough to blend out the shadow nicely.

The last brush is the Eyeliner Brush, I was really looking forward to using this brush because I needed a new eyeliner brush for gel eyeliner but for me it is just too thick. It is good for applying a thin line across the lash line but it is too thick to do a wing so you don't get that nice sharp flick.

So that is my overall review on this set! What do you think?

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Handbag Makeup Essentials!

 Sometimes my bag can get full and cluttered of makeup that I just chuck in there 'just in case' I will need it but in reality I never really do. So I'm just going to show you the products you will actually need if you want to stay on top of your makeup all day! 

 

 I think a powder would be an obvious one for everyone just to make sure you don't get shiny throughout the day and that your makeup will last all day as its an easy one to touch up with!

I feel like a concealer is also necessary as you never know when something might pop up on your face throughout the day and you really want to cover it up, you can also use the powder to set the concealer and make sure it lasts!

A spoolie (disposable mascara wand) is something that I have everywhere! They are so useful to go through your eyebrows if they are going crazy throughout the day because I know mine do!

An eyelash curler may not be necessary but if your anything like me and your eyelashes just drop throughout the day whatever mascara you use then sometimes you just want something that will pick them up a bit and make them look how they did in the morning.

My last handbag essential is a lip product and the lip product in my handbag changes everyday to what I am wearing that day, just in case I go out to eat and my lipstick comes off or if it just wears off throughout the day so a lip product is a must!

So they are all of my handbag essentials! What are yours? Are they the same?

And also I just wanted to ask you to leave some blog post requests in the comments! I'm having a bit of a blog brain freeze so let me know what you want to see!

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