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

My Favourite Soap and Glory Products!

Soap and Glory is a very popular brand, almost everyone has heard of or have tried their products. I only jumped on the Soap and Glory bandwagon around Christmas time, and since then I have been hooked! Today is a post on my favourite products by Soap and Glory, including both make up and body products. 

Bath and Body 

The Righteous Butter 

I am absolutely obsessed with this body butter! I love the scent, I love the texture and I love the way my skin feels after using this even only the once. It smells like Soap and Glory's famous Original Pink fragrance (look at picture below) which is absolutely gorgeous. The smell lasts on my skin for absolutely ages and makes my skin super soft almost instantly! I don't think I can find a better body butter. 

Clean On Me Creamy Clarifying Shower Gel 

After receiving this and several other mini bottles at Christmas time, I wasn't too excited to try it out. Let's be honest, there is only so much a shower gel can really do isn't there? Wrong! After using this shower gel a couple of times, I noticed that my skin was getting very soft after every use. At closer inspection of the bottle, Soap and Glory claims that this product has a built in body lotion. I have never used a product like that before and I was very pleasantly surprised by this! Clean On Me smells exactly the same as The Righteous Butter, so together they make a perfect team for super soft and gorgeous smelling skin in no time. 

Girligo Body Moisturising Mist 

Let's be honest, not everyone has time (or quite frankly can be bothered to) moisturise their whole body after a bath or shower. Sometimes you just want to climb into bed or you need to rush out of the door. When looking at the Soap and Glory section in Boots I came across this product and I was instantly intrigued. A moisturiser in the form of a mist sounds pretty amazing, imagine just being able to spritz it all over and just get dressed immediately after?! This product is pretty brilliant for lazy days. This also smells like Soap and Glory's Original Pink fragrance, so it is perfect if I want that smell to last all day and have previously used Clean On Me! Big thumbs up! 

Mist You Madly Flirty Floral Body Fragrance 

This smells absolutely incredible! It is described on the Soap and Glory website as 'notes of bergamot, blackcurrant, magnolia, freesia, vanilla and musk.' which is absolutely gorgeous. I find that after spritzing this on in the morning before I head out, the scent is still going strong around lunch time. I absolutely LOVE this product and will continue to repurchase over and over again. This also comes in a travel size bottle (100ml) which is perfect for carrying around in your handbag, although it is pretty unlikely that you'll need to respray much! 




Make up 

Solar Powder 

I have recently purchased the Girl-o-Whirl which has a range of different best selling make up products from Soap and Glory. One of the main products that stood out to me in this set was the Solar Powder. It is described as 'Brilliant, brush-on, multi-shade shimmering bronzer & highlighting brick for beautifully luminous skin. The greatest glow on earth!'. I wear bronzer on an everyday basis and religiously wear my Hoola bronzer from Benefit, however after trying this I may have to reconsider my holy grail bronzer! Solar Powder is matte, and is such a gorgeous colour. It doesn't look orange at all and it is very easy to blend. Pure love for this!! 

Thick & Fast Mascara 

I am a mascara hoarder, I love trying new formulas and different wands! After hearing many good reviews on this particular mascara, I was excited to find it in my Girl-o-whirl set. When I first went to give this a go, I wasn't particularly blown away by the wand. It just looked to me like your bog standard want. After a few tries, I have learned that this product is all about the formula! Soap and Glory say that 'This super volume mascara creates amazingly, longer, fuller, fabulous lashes. Featuring SUPERFILL™ False Lash Fillers, SHINE AMPLIFIERS, NOFLAKE24 technology and super-fine no-clumps natural wax film formers'. I have never used a mascara (as far as i'm aware) that use false lash fillers so this was very interesting to me! This made me lashes look so long and thick, it is safe to say that it climbed my mascara favourites ladder very quickly. 

Sexy Mother Pucker Gloss Sticks (Nudist)

Last but by no means least, we have the Sexy Mother Pucker Gloss sticks. I'm not a huge fan of lip gloss (I hate getting my hair stuck in it and having to reapply all the time!) but when I also found this in my Girl-o-Whirl I had to give it a go! This smells absolutely incredible. It smells like vanilla and reminds me a lot of the MAC lipsticks. The formula is very smooth and buttery and feels so lovely on the lips. It isn't thick at all and also has a great colour pay off that actually shows on the lips too. My only fault with this is that it's really hard to layer on top of a different product. I wanted nude glossy lips but it just didn't seem to settle well on top of a lipstick. However, this still looks gorgeous on it's own so no biggy! 




Hope you enjoyed this post guys! What are your fave Soap and Glory products? :) 

Ciao for now! B x.x.x.x  

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