My new favourite dark lipstick...for £1?!

So last week I popped into my local Poundland to pick up some bits and pieces, and I noticed that they had a new makeup stand by the brand Makeup Gallery. I have never heard about this brand before, and let's face it, how good can a £1 lipstick really be right? But boy was I impressed! I picked up the All About the Pout Colour Moisture lipstick in 18 black cherry and I am totally in love. 

This is the most gorgeous deep red ever! Although it is slightly on the berry side, it's still a definite red, well to me anyways! 

I'm so excited by this find that I feel like going back and buying every single colour and maybe even some other bits and pieces from the brand too. I mean £1?! Seriously?! It's gorgeous! So moisturising on the lips and gorgeous colour payoff. I am seriously impressed. 

Pics below! Hope you enjoyed reading, ciao for now xx

Collective Haul!

Hello everybody! Over the past month or so I have treated myself to some new make up bits that I thought might be of interest to you. I decided to do a collective haul instead of loads of tiny hauls because I felt like I didn't buy enough things to haul in any one shopping trip haha!

I'll start off with what I am most excited about! After doing a bit of shopping at Meadowhall with my friend, I came across the Urban Decay shop. I must have gone in there at least twice before I caved and decided to buy the original Naked palette. I've been umming and arring for quite some time about whether or not to start my Naked Palette collection because being a student, £37 is quite expensive! Even so, it didn't stop me caving and buying the original, along with a Primer Potion in Sin. I don't regret my purchases, despite the price tag. I have used both of them every day since my purchase around 2 weeks ago! I completely understand the hype. Enjoy some crap photographs of the products and swatches below.

Original Naked Palette swatches

Urban Decay Primer Potion in Sin

The next item was actually a gift from my Mum from when she went travelling to Germany last month. She is such a babe, and I'm so grateful! It is the famous YSL Touche Eclat. I haven't given this a proper test drive yet, because as it was a gift I don't want to over use it! But from the couple times I have used it, I love it. I find it works best as a highlighting concealer and wouldn't use it for spot and blemish concealing. I really love applying it down the sides of my mouth to make my lips stand out when I'm wearing a bold colour! Sorry about the finger prints on the photo, do you know how hard it is to clean it off cardboard?!

YSL Touche Eclat

I decided to pick up some new lip colours (because I clearly don't have enough..) because summer is on its way and I'm obsessed with brights at the moment! I found this gorgeous coral baby pink colour by Collection called 'Sweet Tart'. I am absolutely loving this at the moment, and it looks gorgeous with bronzed up skin. 

Collection Lipstick in Sweet Tart

After seeing the Rita Ora collection advertised for Rimmel I just had to try one of the Colour Rush Balms. I was not disappointed! The formula of these are absolutely gorgeous. They smell like vanilla (like the MAC lipsticks) and have awesome staying power. They leave a glossy finish that doesn't slide off the lips too. I can see myself collecting them all pretty soon!

Rimmel Colour Rush Balm in Rumour Has It

The next lip colour is the a neutral lipstick from the brand 'Look'. I've never seen the brand before but I saw there was an offer on this brand's makeup in Superdrug and I couldn't resist the cute packaging. The lipstick itself is a little slippy, but I can work with it. Gorgeous neutral! 

LOOK lipstick in Shade 6 'Petal Nude'

My final lip colour is this Super Stay 24 Hour Bold Matte lip colour in Prune Plaisir and it is seriously the brightest colour I own! It pretty much has the same formula as any other of Maybelline's Super Stay lip colour line, but this dies matte. I love it! I love the balm that comes with it to stop it looking dry. I think I will be getting a lot of use out of this, this summer. 

24 hour Bold Matte Lip Colour in Prune Plaisir

Browsing the MUA stand at Superdrug, I noticed that their powder highlighter was finally back in stock so I snapped it up straight away. I've heard amazing reviews over this product but I haven't properly tested it yet. When swatched it looks amazing though! I also picked up two of MUA's powder blushes. I already own a couple of these blushes and absolutely love them, and at £1 you literally cannot go wrong! I picked up two colours that I own nothing of. A gorgeous bright pink that I think will look nice with a tan, and a neutral pink colour for when I don't want a strong cheek.

 

MUA Undress Your Skin Powder Highlighter MUA Powder Blush in Bubble Gum (bottom left) MUA Powder Blush in Cupcake (bottom right)

Finally, I thought I would try one of Rimmel's mascaras. The always have loads of versions of this mascara and they have been around for ages, but I just haven't tried it before. I love the brush on this! It is curved and has different sized bristles on it. The formula coats each lash and makes them look so long and voluminous. In love! 

Hope you enjoyed this guys! What have you been buying recently? :)

Ciao, Beth xxx

Happy New Year!

It's that time of year again where everything feels fresh and new, resolutions for the year ahead are made and everyone is generally quite happy! I love this time of year (despite knowing that Christmas is a whole year away again, boohoo) and I know pretty much everyone says this, but I really want to make this year count! I've had a very up and down year, my big sister got married, I moved into a gorgeous new house, but I've also lost another friend and some other bad bits too. This year, I've decided to make a list and stick to it, and I think I might just blog every time I complete one! Below is my list of new years resolutions! 

• Be more money savvy
  I am a total shopaholic which isn't always ideal when I'm a student on a tight budget. I really want to settle down and instead of splurging, I want to save up for nice things! 
• Diet!!!
  If I'm completely honest, all I've done since the beginning of December is binge eat and not watch what I'm eating at all. It has really gotten out of control so I want to go back to being healthy and leading a healthy lifestyle! I feel good about myself when I do so I can't wait to get that feeling back. 
• Be the best person I can be
  This means being nicer, being more optimistic and just generally being a better person. I handed in a lost iPhone in a taxi ride this morning, that made me feel pretty damn good so I've already started this one! 

These are my main three that I want to fulfill the most! I think these resolutions will make me feel so much better about myself and will generally make me a happier person. I also have a list of smaller resolutions that are not quite as important, but still something I really want to fulfill this year! 

• Blog more
  I generally have a busy lifestyle so I don't always have time to blog. However, I think with a bit more time management to my student schedule I will be able to blog at least once a week. 
• Start recording videos
  This would be on my main resolution list, apart from the fact that I think I will be absolutely rubbish! I really hate my voice on a recording so god knows how I'll be able to watch back a video of myself without cringing and deleting it. We will see, but it would be nice to have a variation of both blog posts and videos! 
• Grow my hair longer!!
  I went through a stage where I was always dying my hair so for about 2 years my hair really didn't grow much at all. I absolutely love having long hair and I love to style it, so as well as growing my hair, I want to get a good set of clip in hair extensions again too. 
• Start a MAC lipstick collection (PROPERLY)
  I've had one or two MAC lipsticks before, and I really love them. There are so many colours that I want and I even have a MAC lipstick wishlist, but sometimes I can't bring myself to spend £15 on one lipstick, but since I'm being money savvy now (wink) I recon that this is very doable. 

And that's all my resolutions for the year! I really hope you enjoyed this post, and I can't wait to read every body else's new year blog posts too.

I wish you all a happy new year and I hope you all have an amazing year to come! 

Ciao for now, B xx

October Favourites

I don't think I've ever done a favourites post before, but I've had so many awesome discoveries this month I think that I think it's very necessary! 

Makeup

Lipstick 

Photo from Makeup Alley 

Last week a put up a post about my sisters wedding and how I did the bridesmaid's makeup. I used a lipstick called Asia as I found it to be the most flattering on a diverse range of skin tones. I have used this lipstick so many times since the wedding, I think it just looks really lovely and neutral, it has brilliant lasting power, the formulation is really creamy and lovely on the lips and also the packaging is quite smart too! Big thumbs up from me! You can buy Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipstick in Asia here. 

Eye Liner

Photo from Maybelline 

Maybelline's Eye Studio Gel Eyeliner has really stood out to me. I've never really been a big fan of eyeliner anyway, but I saw that Maybelline had a 3-for-2 offer on in Boots and I thought I'd pick one of these up to try out. Turns out, I actually love it! It comes with a tiny brush which is so nice to use and allows you to build  up the desired line thickness. The formula itself is super pigmented and creamy with great staying power. I wore it all day whilst out shopping and it didn't smudge or bleed at all. Really impressed! You can buy this product here.

Mascara 

Photo by Jada Beauty 

This is a rediscovery for me, I remember using it when I was a teenager at school and it was awesome back then! Again, this was on offer so I thought I'd pick it up for old times sake! I love the tiny little brush on it as I sometimes find huge fluffy mascara brushes quite hard and messy to work with, however this one gets right into the corners of my eye and is also perfect for putting on my bottom lashes! I got this in Blackish Brown because all of my other mascaras are black and I thought it would be nice to have a softer colour, although it does look pretty dark to me! You can but this here. 

Random 

Music

I've not really had any new discoveries in terms of music this month, but I have been listening to a lot of RnB and club sort of songs! If this is your thing then I'd recommend having a listen to: 

• Gyptian - Hold Yuh 
• Iggy Azalea - Work 
• Jason Derulo - Talk Dirty 
• Sage the Gemini - Gas Pedal 

Food 

Tandoori Chicken Salad from Subway! Hands down my favourite food of the month. And low cal too..result! 

Hope you enjoyed my October favourites guys :) Link me to yours in the comments and I'll be sure to check them out! Ciao for now. x.x.x