My 2014 favourites!

As the end of the year is here I though I would do a kind of 'the best of 2014'. All the things I've really loved using and discovered this past year!

Face: My favourite primer of the year has definitely been Mac Natural Radience. I've tried lots of primers and I don't think any has kept my makeup on as long as this primer. I have really oily skin and occasionally dehydrated and this primer looks after both areas! Couldn't reccomend it more! For all skin types.
I really liked the combination of mixing Mac Studio Fix fluid and Nars Sheer Glow/Armani Luminous Silk foundations together. This year I have revived so many compliments on my skin since I started to mix my foundations.
My favourite thing to highlight my undereye has been Mac Prep + Prime Highlighter pen in Light Boost. I've gone through a few this year and I have backups of it for when it runs out!
To set my under eyes my favourite thing is Anastasia Beverly Hills Banana powder with Mac Shaping Powder in Ephasize. I've hit pan on both of these already! 
My favourite bronzer of the year is definitely Mac Sharon Osbourne Mineralize Skinfinish Duo in Refresh. I think it's just Give Me Sun (also by mac). I really love the warm tone, it makes me feel so sunkissed!
My favourite blush has been the Becca Blush in Sweetpea. I loooove this. It's a warm browny/peach shade. I've been preferring colours like this more than bright colours.
My favourite highlighter is a hard one.. I really like the MaryLou Manizer by theBalm I use it a lot. I think my favourite though is the Dior Transat Edition but it was limited unfortunately.

Eyes: my favourite brow product hands down is the Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow. I love it! Stays on all day, doesn't budge I love it!
My favourite eyeshadows is tied between mac and Anastasia. All of the eyeshadows in all of my Anastasia palettes have been amazing and the ones I hit pan on when they run out i'm will repurchase. I also have a palette made up of all my favourite mac shadows and I use them every single day! Some of my favourites by mac are, Texture, Swiss Chocolate, Rule and Amber lights! I've also really been loving pigments and glitters! I fell in love with Mac Copper Pigment when it came out in the mini pigment sets this Christmas collection! I really love the miniature pigments! 
My favourite lashes have been between Ardell Wispies and mac 36's I've been loving both styles. 

Lips: This is a very hard one for me! I obviously love mac lipsticks. I think they are the best around. My favourites include, Sweet & Sour, Myth, Viva Glam II, Mocha& Viva Glam III. I obviously love others brands for lipsticks aswell but mac is my top fave. 
Again my favourite lipliners come from mac. Stripdown is my ultimate fave, then I think it would be boldly Bare and Spice. 
My favourite glosses have been the Dior Fluid Sticks. I know they are a liquid lipstick but I tend to wear them with a lipstick but they are nice alone with a liner aswell. I've really been loving mac Viva Glam V gloss. I also really like Gerard Cosmetic glosses aswell, I have the shades, Nude, Coral Craze and Butter Cream.

My favourite beauty tool has defiantly been the BeautyBlenders. I really couldn't say anything bad about them! I also have been loving the mac 127 Brush. It is a newer brush by mac but I really have been loving it. All the brushes which are my favourites are in separate posts! My Must Have Eye Brushes and my Must have Face Brushes! 
I hope you all had an amazing 2014, I'd love to know some of your favourites! Leave me a comment with things you've been loving!
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I probably won't post on here for about a week now because it's my birthday on Friday and i'm going to London, so happy new year! 
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Christmas Day makeup!

Posted this picture on Instagram and got so many questions about what I used so I decided to do a post on it with all the details!

On my brows I have Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow in Chocolate. This is my favourite brow product! I use it everyday and it's stays put! Then to 'carve' out the brows and to highlight my brow bone I used Mac Prolongwear Concealer in NC20. I then use this all over my lids to prime them.  Next in my crease I used Orange Soda from Anastasia Beverly Hills eyeshadows with Mac Rule eyeshadow, I used a mac 224 brush. Then I started on my outer 'v' I used Chocolate, also from Anastasia's eyeshadows, this my favouriteeee brown. Blends so nice. I started with a mac 217 to create a smooth blend then used a mac 239 to create depth. To make the chocolate fade nicely into the transition colour (orange soda and rule) I used a little bit if Swiss Chocolate by mac. Throughout all of these steps I go back with my 224 brush and keep blending everything so it's seamless! Then with a 242 brush I sprayed it with a little fix+ and used Illamasqua pigment in Ore. This pigment is beauuuutiful! I used a little bit of mac glitter in gold and reflects gold in there aswell why it was Christmas! The pigment does have a lot of sparkle to it though! I patted that on my lids and faded it into the brown shadow. Under my bottom lashes I have rule eyeshadow with a little bit of Swiss Chocolate. My lashes are Farfalina from Shu! 

On my skin/face I started with Natural Radience primer by mac, it's my favourite (my skin in oily to very oily). My foundation is a mix! I used some Mac Studio Fix Fluid and a little of Nars Sheer Glow then I decided to add a little bit of Armarni Luminous Silk. I concealed with Prolongwear concealer. Then I used Mac Prep + Prime Highlighter pen in Light Boost. I paint this under my eyes and blend it out with my Beauty Blender. My bronzer is Give Me Sun by mac, makes the skin look nice and warm. I love using the mac 127 brush, it is quite a new brush, it's quite flat so it kinda gives a contoured effect. On my cheeks I have my favourite blusher from Becca it's called Sweet Pea. It's sooooo pigmented, I need to try more blushes from Becca!  On my lips I used Spice Liner and Peachstock lipstick both my Mac! 

I really liked this look! I love this pigment, I wore it on my works Christmas party but didn't get to take a picture. 

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Merry Christmas! 

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Lashes- http://www.shuuemura.co.uk/accessories/false-eyelashes/accent-lashes/farfallina-false-eyelashes can also be bought from Selfridges

Ore pigment- http://www.illamasqua.com/shop/products/eyes/eye-shadows/ore-pure-pigment 

Becca blushes- http://uk.spacenk.com/mineral-blush/MUK200010513.html

Anastasia Beverly Hills- http://anastasiabeverlyhills.com

Charlotte Tilbury Collection

Hi everyone, so this is a little post about my Charlotte tilbury makeup collection so far! I only have 5 products from her makeup range but they are all really good products!

So here are my items. I have the Film Star Bronze & Glow which is probably the thing I wanted most from her makeup range. I bought this in London this October and I've used it quite a lot. The 'sculpt' shade is a really nice contour shade but it's a really nice bronzing shade aswell, the colour is a really perfect mix, it's not to ashy and it's not to warm! The highlighter in the palette was the reason I wanted it. It's a gorgeous highlight. It gives the skin more of a candle lit glow rather than a really crazy highlight! Both are really beautiful! 
Next we'll talk about eyes. I have the Luxury eye palette in the Dolce Vita. I LOVE this palette! I use this a lot! All the colours are really really beautiful. But my favourite shade has to be the 'pop' colour. It's like a pressed pigment by mac! This one  is a beautiful Bronzy gold glittery shade! I know a few people say that these 'pop' shades don't really show up that well. I use my finger and it works amazing!! I sometimes use Fix+ by mac and a 242 brush also by mac and it works great that way aswell! I think once you use your fingers your opinion on the glittery shades will change! I really want more of these palettes, I have my eyes on the Vintage Vamp palette next I think, because that palette has warm colours in aswell and they are the shades I gravitate towards! Next I have a Colour Chameleon in Bronzed Garnet. When I first saw this colour I knew I had to have it! Buttt, on my eyes I don't find it that amazing! Which makes me sad! Because I reallyyyy want to love this product! It's really long wearing but when I blend it on my eyes it just buffs all the pretty bronze away, then I have to draw more on my eye and not blend it so it keeps the colour. And if you know me i'm an OCD blender. It has to be perfect! And I just haven't got that yet with this. But I keep picking it up and trying it because like I said I really want to like this product.
Lastly is lip products! Obviously I would have some lippys! First I have the K.I.S.S.I.N.G lipstick in Nude Kate. This was my first ever product from the range. It's a beautiful warm nude shade (yano, my kind of colour). These lipsticks are quite creamy, I'd say similar to a mac amplified mixed with satin! Then just this weekend I bought the Matte Revolution lipstick in Birkin Brown. I actually originally went to get the Very Victoria matte lipstick but ended up coming away with the Birkin Brown. It's a beautiful warm chestnut brown! Very creamy application, which unfortunately made this lipstick go on a little patchy because it is a dark colour. With another layer it's fine but I will definitely will use a lipliner all over the lips to make it less patchy, but never the less I love the colour! And I must mention the smell of these lipsticks. They smell a m a z i n g! Like chocolate I think! 
If you were on the edge about trying these products I would say try them! They are really amazing! I want to try out more from the range like the foundations and powders but i'm 
really happy with the products I have now! My favourite product out of the ones I own would probably be the Dolce Vita eye palette! I really love it!
I'll leave some links down below were you can buy Charlotte Tilbury makeup (in the UK)
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I'm thinking I might start doing makeup looks? Like putting a picture of my makeup on and saying which products I used and how? Let me know if you would like that!
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www.charlottetilbury.com
www.net-a-porter.com go to designers and select Charlotte Tilbury
www.selfridges.com go to beauty/brands and select Charlotte Tilbury

My Viva Glam Collection

So first of all I want to say thank you to everyone for my blog getting over 10,000 views!! That makes me so so happy that people actually spend time to come and view my blog so thank you everybody!

Now let's get to my Viva Glam Collection. 
For anyone who doesn't know what a VIVA GLAM is, it's a range of lipsticks by MAC where 100% of the proceeds goes to the mac aids fund. So they are very important lipsticks for everyone in the mac family. These lipsticks stand out more than the others, because instead of the bullet being the classic black and silver, the bullets are black and red! There are 6 original Viva Glam lipsticks, and then every year mac get a different viva glam spokes person who create an extra 2 limited lipsticks and glosses available for that year only. The spokes people have included Rupaul, KD Lang, Mary J Blige & Lil' Kim, Sir Elton John, Shirley Mansoi, Christina Aguilera, Pamela Anderson,  Eve, Fergie,  Lady Gaga & Cyndi Lauper, Nicki Minaj & Ricky Martin and now currently it is Rihanna. After Rihanna's year is over Miley Cyrus will take over! Rihanna is in her last month so if anyone want either of the viva glam Rihanna lipsticks or glosses get to mac and buy them before the go away! 

Here is my little collection! From Right to Left (I know it's the wrong way but I want to go from the start) is Viva Glam I, Viva Glam II, Viva Glam III (these are all permanent shades in the viva glam line) then we have Viva Glam Nicki and Viva Glam Nicki 2 (these are no longer available) Viva Glam Rihanna (currently still available) then I have two of the Viva Glam Lipglass' Viva Glam Nicki 2 (again no longer available) and Viva Glam Rihanna (still available). I really want the Rihanna 2 lipstick and lipglass! There are 3 permanent Viva Glam lipglass' aswell. They are Viva Glam I, Viva Glam V (this is one of my new fave glosses) and Viva Glam VI. They are really beautiful lipglosses and I can't wait to them! 
Viva Glam II & Viva Glam III are some of my favourite lipsticks!
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Go and buy some viva glams!! 

My top lip picks of the month

These lip products have been my go to products of November and so far December. You will of probably of seen some in past posts. These are always in my makeup bag and what I mostly reach for everyday. 

First let's start off with the only lipliner, Stripdown by MAC. I wear this lipliner all the time with pinks, nudes, everything. It's always been a favourite of mine. Next is the Lipglass in Chic Supremacy by MAC. This came in the Nude Lip Bag from macs Christmas collection. It's just a nude gloss but it's so pretty. Something similar would be Fashion Whim also by mac. Next is the Dior Fluid Stick in 219 Whisper Beige. I really love these fluid sticks! I have 2 and I love them both. They are so creamy and long wearing I really want more shades! Then I have 3 lipsticks! Obviously all by MAC. First is Viva Glam II, it's a beautiful nudey pink colour, I've also been wearing this with the Viva Glam V lipglass and it looks so similar to the a Nude Lip bag, if any of you wanted that, I have them both and it's so so similar! Then I have Sweet & Sour, I love this lipstick! Looks amazing with Stripdown liner or Boldly Bare. I can't wear it on its own it's to light but with a darker liner it's perfect! Then lastly is Mocha, I love love this colour. I'm used to Myth lipstick by MAC so when I tried this it was different, but I loved it. I wore it everyday when I was in London! It's a warm browny colour. It's perfect with the Dior Fluid stick over. 

Also sorry I've not done a post in a while I've been busy with work! 
Let me know some of your favourite lip products, I love trying new lipsticks/glosses! I've just bought some bite beauty lip products. When I've used them all and I know what I think of them I'll do a post on them! 
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Givenchy!

I am sooooo excited about this! I finally bought a Givenchy handbag. I have wanted this bag for a few years now and in October of this year, I set my mind on it and began saving! I am a self confessed shopaholic, I love to buy new makeup, clothes, everything! I just love to shop, so saving for this bag was very hard. I know people will think I am crazy for buying this bag but I love it, i'm so happy with it and I work very hard. When you work hard you deserve a treat and mine was a designer handbag. 

From a young age I have loved high fashion and designer items. I would never have a fake of anything. My first designer item was a hand me down Louis Vuitton purse from my auntie and I carried it everywhere, I must of been 11! Then in high school I got a Michael Kors watch for Christmas, they wasn't popular when I got mine. Then for my 18th birthday my mum and dad bought me my first Mulberry bag, it was a small bag but a classic bag and I think that is the most important thing when your buying a designer item. You want something that is classic and timeless, that you will have forever. Then this year after working hard at prom season (a very busy time for any makeup artist) I bought myself a Moschino belt again a classic item that I will have forever! Like I said I have always loved expensive things, if you want nice things you have to work hard to have them. This bag is the most expensive thing I own and I bought it myself, it symbolises hard work. When I look at this bag I know I worked hard it get it and I am proud of that! So let me show it to you!

This is the Givenchy Medium Antigona bag. It is a classic Givenchy piece. Net-a-porter call it an essential! It is so so beautiful! It's a big bag, which I personally like because I tend to carry my life in my handbag! It's a good sturdy bag, it will be perfect to travel with as it can fit everything you need in! Even though it says 'medium' it is the biggest size in the Antigona range, I got the smooth leather, it has pale gold details to it. I preferred the smooth leather to the grainy leather, and the grainy has silver hard wear and I don't really wear silver. But each to there own. The smooth one was the one I saw two years ago and that was the one I had my heart set on. I would love a nude/tan one in the future but let's not be greedy. I love designer bags/items and I always have, this bag has definitely given me the bug to buy more! I always knew I liked nice things, and I knew that I wanted nice things, so I work hard to earn the money to buy myself the things I love and want. I think there is nothing wrong with that. I have never just been handed money, I like to work for my money, so when you buy something you have to work and save for it means a lot more! 

I know some people won't understand why I bought this and i'm aware it's very expensive but I am so happy, I get so giddy when I look at it. It makes me want to work harder because it shows me that hard work pays off! 

I bought mine from Selfridges.

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November Favourites

Can you believe it is December already?! I can't! This year has flown by! But another month means monthly favourites! I love makeup, I love buying makeup and I love trying out new makeup! Being a makeup artist I like to find the best of the best and new favourites! Sometimes I have to push myself to try new things because when I really love something I wear it all the time! 

First I have a skincare item. It's the Bioderma Hydrabio Légère Light Cream. It's a really light weight cream for dehydrated sensitive skin. I have really oily skin but around this time of year my skin gets a little dry/dehydrated and this has been something I reach for when my skin feels a little tight. There is a rich cream aswell, I do have that one but with my skin being so oily it's a little bit thick. I bought mine from Paris in March, but I will look online and if I can find it I will link it at the end of the post. 
Next I have two face products. I have been loving the Dior Skin Nude Tan Transat Edition. This is a limited item, but I will try to look for it online and link it down below. This has been my go to highlighter recently it is quite gold but it's so beautiful. This next product I have had for over a year and I have always loved it but I'd not used it for ages so I made a point to use it again. It's the NARS Madly Blush. When you first swatch it on your hand it looks pretty basic but once it's on your face you will fall in love!
Next is my Anastasia Beverly Hills Amrezy Palette. This is no longer sold as a palette but you can now buy all the shadows in this palette separately on the Anastasia website! Anastasia eyeshadows are some of the best eyeshadows on the market! I love them. I cannot wait to get my hands on some of the single eyeshadows! I've had this palette for awhile now and it's such an amazing palette, the colours are so beautiful! 
Lastly is lip products, first I want to talk about my favourite lipliner out of all the ones I own, it's Stripdown Lipliner by MAC. It's a brown/nude, it goes with all kinds of lipsticks! Next is the Nude Lip bag also from MAC. This was part on the Christmas collection. This lipstick is called Kiss The King and the lipgloss is called Chic Supremacy. I have literally been wearing this every single day. The bag comes with Boldly Bare Lipliner but I love it with Stripdown aswell! Patisserie lipstick by mac is really similar to this lipstick in this bag, or Viva Glam five by mac. 

I have also really been loving glitter this past month. Christmas time at mac means glitter. I really came out of my comfort zone this year and I loved the looks I created. Here's some of the looks I did with the glitters from the Christmas collection..

My favourite look was with the grey glitter (top right picture) which I was quite surprised about because it was the glitter I was unsure about, but I was literally obsessed with it! The 3 pictures with a nude lip is the a Nude Lip bag! The top left picture is the Gold glitter, bottom left is Amethyst glitter the. The bottom right is the glitter from the pink pigment set it's called Reinging Riches. I really want to create more looks with all the different glitters I have. 






Bioderma Light Cream - http://www.escentual.com/bioderma/bioderma034/
Dior highlighter- http://www.feelunique.com/p/Diorskin-Nude-Tan-Natte-Transat-Edition-Summer-Look

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