January Favourites

One more week and our January blues will be over! And I'm glad it's flown by but how shocking to think that one twelfth of 2016 has gone already! So since it's near enough the end of the month, here is a slightly early January favourites post! Although because of my absence over the past 2 months or so there have been so many favourites however I couldn't include them all so I narrowed it down to just a few staple products which I have been in love with recently.

My first favourite is the MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in the shade Global Glow. If I had to pick my top 5 favourite makeup products there would definitely be a highlighter included. I love the look of dewy skin and not having glowing cheekbones makes me feel completely naked. It may come as a surprise but I don't actually own the shade Soft&Gentle I know a lot of people love it but there's just something about it which is too pink for me and I just don't like the look of it on myself, I tend to favour more champagne/golden tones in a highlighter so when my boyfriend got me this as a Christmas present I knew it was going to be the start of a beautiful friendship. Because this highlighter is quite dark and bronzey I think it works best by layering it over my Mary-Loumanizer highlighter with a MAC 188 brush and then blending it down into the bronzer on my cheeks as well, I also dust it on the sides of my forehead just above my eyebrows to add a bit of a glow there as well as this highlighter isn't as intense as the Mary-Loumanizer. 

Next up is the Laura Mercier Loose Translucent Setting Powder. I purchased this from the House of Fraser website on Black Friday so I was lucky enough to get a bit of money off as it was my first time trying it. I had seen youtubers and makeup artists on instagram and snapchat use this so much and I'd heard nothing but good things about it so I wanted to try it myself. I will never purchase another loose powder ever again except this one, it is like silk on my skin! I apply it using the Real Techniques Setting Brush to set my concealer underneath my eyes and also any oily areas such as my forehead and at the sides of my nose and then i'm done for the day! My under eyes don't look cakey or blotchy they just look smooth and flawless. I personally wouldn't use this as a powder for all over my face as I don't really like a matte finish I prefer to look dewy on the other areas which I don't set with this powder, but if you're a fan of the matte look then go for it!

The NYX Jumbo Pencil in the shade Milk is another product which is talked about on youtube and instagram and as I mentioned in my last post about visiting the Clothes Show this was definitely on my mental shopping list whilst I was at the NYX stand and when I spotted the jumbo pencils my eyes frantically scanned the whole rack for the Milk shade and luckily enough I got one! I've been using this to highlight my brow bone starting off with just a splodge of white underneath my eyebrows, then using a small concealer brush to guide it right underneath my eyebrows and then blending it into my eyeshadow primer with a Real Techniques Deluxe Crease Brush. 

Last but not least is the MAC Prep+Prime Highlighter Pen in the shade Lightboost. When it comes to contour and highlighting I prefer to use a cream or liquid to highlight the high points of my face and using a powder to contour. I love this product purely because of the colour and how easily it blends out, the colour is yellow toned which is what favours the shade of foundation I wear. I apply it under the eyes, in the centre of my forehead, down the centre of my nose and a small amount on my chin and then blend it all out with a damp Beauty Blender. 

Let me know what your favourite products are this month and if you've used any of my favourites and let me know what you think of them in the comments. See you soon!

Rebecca x

Makeup Geek Eyeshadows

Hello loves! Apologies for the few months of absence, Christmas was extremely busy and spare time was none existent! Work and college took over but now that the new year is here I'm back and feeling better than ever. Over the time that I've had away from my blog I've discovered many different brands for makeup and brushes and all that good stuff! However, I think my favourite brand over the past couple of months is definitely Makeup Geek. I first heard about these eyeshadows through youtubers and when I saw that Beauty Bay started selling the single eyeshadows online I knew it was a sign that I had to get my hands on them!

So I first purchased about 6 eyeshadow pans to begin with and then I became OBSESSED and I couldn't stop buying them. They're so pigmented and creamy and the best part is that they're super affordable! I've been storing them in my Z Palette which is so easy because the Makeup Geek eyeshadows are already magnetic so you can just pop them right in. Not all the eyeshadows in the picture above are Makeup Geek but the majority are! (I can't wait to fill a full palette!). My favourite shades are currently Peach Smoothie, Bitten, Brown Sugar and Havoc. 

I find myself reaching for these eyeshadows every single day (my other eyeshadows are definitely feeling slightly unloved) I'm extremely glad I found this brand and I will 100 percent be purchasing more in the near future. 

Let me know what your favourite new discoveries have been these past few months and why you love them! See you soon!

Rebecca x

Fake Tan Favourites

We're coming to the end of August now and it appears that my iBiza tan is slowly losing it's soul. Thankfully fake tan exists in all kinds of forms and we can take advantage of these glorious products in order to keep us glowing through till next summer.

In all honesty, I'm a bit of a fake tan junkie and it took me a LONG time to find fake tan that suited me and lasted as long as I wanted it to. My first fake tan experience was not great but I was 13 and wanted to look a little bit more sunkissed in P.E but instead of looking sunkissed I ended up looking a colour somewhere between a Wotsit and red leicester cheese - not chic. But since then I've been trying different brands of fake tan, different formulas of tan and 5 years later I think I've got the hang of fake tanning and I'd like to share with you some of my favourites! 

ST TROPEZ MOUSSE

St Tropez Mousse is definitely one of my favourite fake tans, I used this tan for at least 3 years and still use it from time to time now. Because the product is a mousse it glides on to the skin perfectly and I love how the colour of it isn't that dirty greenish colour. I apply it with the St Tropez tanning mitt and work from my feet up to my neck, I usually have to apply two coats to get the desired colour I want but the second layer applies over the first layer really nicely and doesn't go patchy which is always a bonus. I don't fake tan my face as most days I'm wearing a full coverage foundation so I don't feel the need to however, I always make sure that the colour of my foundation matches my fake tan. 

GARNIER GRADUAL TAN

If you prefer a gradual tan I would definitely recommend the Garnier Gradual tan, the shade I use is dark but they do a light shade also if you prefer a subtle glow rather than a deep tan. This is the only tan that I have found that doesnt make my knuckles and wrists 5 shades darker than the rest of my body, whenever I use it I'm so impressed that the colour doesn't clump into my knuckles and inbetween my fingers like other fake tans do. Another benefit of this fake tan is that not only is it super moisturising but it smells like apricots! Although I do think the smell does wear off quite quickly and you do soon smell like biscuits. The colour for me is a little bit too on the orange side as personally I prefer a more olive undertone in my fake tan but as a cheaper alternative to the rest of these fake tans - this ones a winner. 

XEN TAN DARK LOTION

Okay so this is the real deal, Xen Tan Dark Lotion is the ultimate fake tan for me. I cannot rave about this product enough from the colour to the smell, everything about this fake tan is fabulous. If like me you prefer a fake tan with an olive undertone then this is the product for you, because it's a lotion its really moisturising but it has a dark guide colour so that you know where you've missed out! One coat is all I need for the colour that I want and again I do apply it with the St Tropez tanning mitt working from feet up to my neck. The fake tan smells like cherry almonds and everytime I use it I get a craving for cherry bakewells! (Mr Kipling, come through), if you don't like this smell Xen Tan also do a similar tan called Moroccan Tan which smells like coconuts (really reminds me of being on holiday!). This fake tan never fails to disappoint me, I tend to fake tan on a night time before I go to sleep and when I wake up in the morning I'm instantly in a good mood because of the wonderful results I have from this product. 

Let me know what your favourite fake tan product is and why you love it in the comments! See you soon!

Rebecca x

My First Blog Post

Good afternoon! Here I am writing my first blog post - something I never thought I'd be doing a year ago! Because it's my first post I thought I'd tell you a little bit about myself and what you can expect from this blog!

First of all, as you've probably guessed my name is Rebecca, I live in the incredibly drizzly United Kingdom and I am 18 years old. I am a makeup hoader/addict/enthusiast whatever you want to call it and I am an aspiring makeup artist and soon I shall be studying to become a fully qualified makeup artist (exciting!) 

When I'm not messing with makeup or got my face in the pages of my latest read I'm either working, spending time with family and friends and I'm also quite partial to a night out with my girls! (A hobby which if I say so myself I excell at). 

So, I think that I've droned on about myself enough now so I'll let you know why I started this blog and what you can expect to be reading. Okay so, I started this blog for a few reasons one of them is that this summer I have had A LOT of spare time on my hands due to finishing my last year of sixth form and I thought what better way to keep myself busy than to let my creative juices flow and set up and write on my own blog. The second reason I started this blog is my passion for anything makeup or beauty related! I love talking about makeup and beauty, I love trying new products and I love sharing my favourite products with anyone and everyone who will listen! 

Aside from my blog you can find me on instagram, twitter and pinterest for other updates on what's going on. See you soon!

Rebecca x