Saturday 9 January 2016

Christmas Gifts | Pallets


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This colour is great! I've found it to be a very natural looking blusher and is therefore very easy to wear. I've only recently discovered Charlotte Tilbury and have been thoroughly impressed with the quality of her products. I love wearing blush however have never really found a shade that has suited my skin tone how I want it to until I found this. 

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I recieved this pallet for my 20th back in October, so technically this isn't a Christmas gift. However, this month is when I've really started using it. This being because I've never been a real lover of eyeshadow and always worried it didn't suit me. However I've now grown to love this selection of colours, my current being 'Dust' as it's extremely pigmented and super glittery. I would highlightly recommend the naked pallets to everyone and I'm looking to expand my collection to the Naked 2 pallet.

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I'm in love with this duo, the pair complement each other in the most gorgeous way imaginable. I've raves about my Bourjous Bronzer and have used it for years, however it has currently been taking a backseat to this beauty. I've nothing negative to say at all, the two blend together so nicely and are just the perfect pigmentation to complement to skin tone. Also the way the light hits the highlight is 'lush'.

Christmas Gifts | Lipsticks

L-R Nude Kate, Rouge Scandal, Love Liberty
L-R Nude Kate, Rouge Scandal, Love Liberty
This is a very pretty nude colour that's extremely easy to wear, whether that be day or night. These are the first Charlotte Tilbury lipsticks I have owned and I have since found that they're incredibly long lasting and I've nothing by praise for this collection. As a force of habit I continually re-apply lipstick throughout the day, however with these if I didn't want, I would not have too.

This is the 3rd YSL lipstick I've owned, (I wrote a review of those here) however this shade is from a different collection. This lipstick is one that I've found myself wearing the most throughout the Christmas period. It's a really sweet berry colour, that I've found to suit my complexion perfectly. This although comes across as more of an evening colour is actually great for day and night. It is such a long lasting, very wearable lipstick, that only requires minimal 'top-ups' throughout the day.

This shade is a gorgeous deep berry and therefore gives more of a statement lip compared with Nude Kate. However, the wear is very much the same extremely long lasting and incredibly easy to apply. This is a shade I will probably favour for an evening occasion, however it is a colour that could be paired with a dark outfit to give it a burst of colour.

Do you own any of these? Or have an shade recommendations?
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Happy New Year

Happy New Year, I'm back, dusting off the cobwebs from my blog.
Firstly it's been a very long time, I'm sorry, but I've decided to make it my New Years resolution to continue to update my blog more recently that I have been lately. I thoughally enjoyed updating you all on my new purchases, sharing pictures and generally just writing.
I received a few make-up bits for Christmas that I've been loving and I'm very excited to share them with you.
A little update on my life as it stands at the moment, I'm still studying for my degree in Events Management and IT Management for Business at the University of Chichester. I'm now prepairing to start the second semester of my second year and I'm still very much loving my degree, the people I'm surrounded by and the city in which I live. This Christmas marked the half way point of my degree, which is quite frightening. Time is flying by and the thought of graduation and having my first 'real' job is very daunting, University so far has been the best year and a half of my life and I'm not ready to say goodbye to that. This past October also saw me turn 20, another landmark saying farewell to my teenage years :(
Some of my 2015 highlights include; obtaining an overall 1st in my first year at University, flying out to Sunny Beach, Bulgaria for a week with my best friends, witnessing my cousin pass her 11+ and getting into her chosen selective grammar school, moving into my house with 3 of my closest friends and completing numerous Events Management placements with positive feedback to aid my degree.
But cheers to the New Year and new starts! 2015 was a great year for me and I'm more than ready to make 2016 even better.

What were your highlights of 2015 and do you have any New Years Resolutions?
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2015 saw me and this bunch move out of our University Halls and into our first homes.
2015 saw me become more involved with the UoC Netball Club