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Sunday 23 February 2014

MUA Palettes ♡ Swatches and Review

I own two MUA Palettes, both Heaven and Earth and most recently, Undress Me Too. I've had Heaven and Earth for quite a while now and for £4 a palette I cannot fault the quality, although not the longest last eyeshadow i have to admit it has excellent colour pay off and doesn't crease at all. Luckily I don't have greasy eyelids at all so creasing has never really been a problem for me, occasionally i'll prime my eyes a bit, just with some Collection 2000 concealer and that does make the eyeshadow last a bit longer as it has something to stick to, overall the eyeshadows are excellent quality for the price you pay!




The MUA Heaven and Earth palette I have owned for quite some time so a lot of the colours are used and you can tell which are my favourite and which are used a lot! The Undress Me Too palette is new so i haven't got any use out of it yet, but i think i prefer the colours a lot more on this palette, it can be used for a bit more of a lighter daytime look! 




I feel like the Heaven and Earth palette is the perfect warm neutral palette that can be used for both night and everyday use! I've got a lot of use out of it as you can see! 



(from l-r) Naked, Devotion, Shy, Fiery, Lavish, Dreamy, Tranquil, Exposed, Reveal, Wink, Obsessed, Corrupt. 

What really sold me on the Undress Me Too palette was the taupe-y shade Exposed and the dark black of corrupt as i didn't have any shades like those. I can't wait to try it out! 



Saturday 22 February 2014

February Fitness Wish list ♡

Instead of doing my usual clothing/shoes/beauty wish list I decided to create one all for my fitness clothing wishes! Since i've been crazy about the gym and keeping fit lately i thought this was suitable for my current daily life.


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L'Oreal Skin Perfection 3 in 1 Purifying Micellar Solution Review

I've been eyeing up this product for a long time, ever since becoming interested in the Bioderma Crealine H2o Cleansing Solution, i decided to try one of the well known dupes which is the L'Oreal Paris Skin Perfection 3 in 1 Purifying Micellar Solution Review and i have to say, so far i am very impressed! 

The solution is like a water, which you place onto a cotton pad and wipe across your face, 1 cotton pad does your whole face and it works really well, i feel like it really gets into my pores and clears them out. If i have a little bit more eye make up on, i use one of my Simple Cleansing Make up Remover Wipes first across my eyes to get majority of it off and then use the L'Oreal Solution to go over it and take the rest of my face off. So far it hasn't made me break out, in fact i think it's made my skin a bit clearer because it dissolves the makeup much better then the Simple Make up wipes. The only issues i have with it are if you do accidentally get a bit in your eyes it does sting a little bit and you have to wash it out, it's not too much of an issue because if you're careful it shouldn't get into your eyes, the bottle also squirts the liquid out quite quickly meaning that more comes out then you need but for the price of £3.99 I can't really complain!


Thursday 20 February 2014

Collective Haul - Topshop, H&M, Primark, Superdrug and more!

Now, i'm a student and i have absolutely no excuse for spending so much money over the past week except that i'm home and shut up and leave me alone. Some things were bought by myself and some were bought with a little help from my lovely mother.



I absolutely adore MUA makeup, it's not the best makeup i've ever used but for £4 for an eyeshadow palette and £1 for a lipstick you really can't complain! I got the new Undress Me Too palette, i already own the Heaven and Earth and i thought this was different enough to justify buying, i've been wanting to try it out for a long time now, and i'll definitely give you a review on it when i've been using it long enough! I also bought an MUA Lipstick in Juicy (15) which is a really pretty, not-too-shimmery peachy colour, again i haven't tried it out long enough to give you a review yet but i shall do that! 


Now, i've been using Simple moisturiser for as long as i can remember, and after my bottle ran out i decided now i'm a little more interested in skincare, i decided to branch out and try something new, so i bought the L'Oreal Paris Triple Active Nourish Intense Hydrating Moisturiser at my local Savers store, so it was super cheap at £3.99 and so far i really like it! I actually think i prefer it to my simple moisturiser! 


As i was heading towards the till at Savers, i spotted this, i used to use the Soap and Glory Hand Food , but honestly i'm getting a bit bored of it and the one i've got is starting to smell a bit funny, so i picked the Possibility Raspberry Pavlova Hand and Nail Cream up and so far i love it! It smells amazing and is really moisturising, i can't imagine it would be any good if you had very dry hands, but mine a fairly normal so it's good for me! 


Sure deodorant is my favourite kind of deodorant, although with skincare i'm willing to branch out with deodorant i'm quite happy sticking to what i know and love! Especially since it's usually quite cheap and you can often get it on offer! So i picked some of that up, i also needed some new shower gel now usually i go for products that look or seem a bit more luxurious, but i decided to pick up the Tango Invigorating Shower Gel in Cherry because it looked fun and who doesn't want their showers to be fun? I haven't used it yet but it smells AMAZING!


Again, an old favourite, although i recently purchased the L'Oreal Skin Perfection 3 in 1 Purifying Micellar Solution (review to come) which i LOVE! It's always nice to have some wipes for those days where you don't want to go through the effort of going to the bathroom and cleansing your skin but still want to take your make up off. 


My mum allowed me a cheeky primark purchase of this black bag which is amazing for uni, although i recently bought my River Island bag for everyday use it's just not big enough to carry around all my uni stuff when i'm going to lectures so I thought this was perfect for that an i love it! I also bought this make up bag because i've decided i'm going to slim down my make up collection and make it easier for me to grab my everyday make up, because i make a mess of my room every morning rooting for the everyday make up! Plus its a super cute pattern and a girl can never have too many make up bags. 


I went for a little shop with my friend today around a retail park and i've been look for some decent plain black shoes for a while now, and i found some in H&M for only £9.99! Hopefully they're sturdy enough to last a little while longer then the Primark flats! 


Also from Primark i bought these really cute trainer socks that look great when wearing converses! and also look nice with ankle boots! I also bought four pair of underwear (i've worn 2 of the pairs) as i love how cheap they are! 


From Topshop, i bought these two tops in the sale! Although very summery I could definitely make them work if i wore a nice cardigan and a pair of high waisted jeans or something leading up to summer! The pink crop top was £3 and the black polka dot top was reduced to just £1.80 which is amazing considering the original price was £10! I love Topshop sales! 

That is everything! Hopefully you won't be seeing any more hauls from me for a while because i need to stop buying clothes that i can't afford! I just thought i'd treat myself because i'm at home! Everyone deserves a little treat now and then. 



Wednesday 19 February 2014

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Sunday 2 February 2014

Top 10 Beauty Blogs

Way back before I decided to start my own beauty/fashion blog I was well into reading all of them out there. In fact i'd spend hours trawling through posts on each one, fascinated by their content. Although not as much, i still continue to read my favourites, so here are my Top 10 Beauty Blogs (in no particular order), definitely go check them out!

1. Beauty Crush
2. Becca Rose
3. essiebutton
4. Fleur De Force
5. gh0stparties
6. Kerralina
7. LLYMLRS
8. Zoella
9. Vivianna Does Makeup 
10. Sprinkle of Glitter

Lots of love xo