Stila in the Light Palette

Now, my life has been SO hectic lately! Basically I recently started my first proper job and it's been a real shock to me I must say, juggling my time is the main thing, I have no time to do many things anymore haha! I make it sound awful but really I'm loving it and being able to be independent and earning my own wages! 

So today I wanted to share my FAVE palette at the moment, as you can see it is this stunning 'in the light' palette by Stila and to be honest I never really hear about Stila makeup except from this palette of course so when a few months back it was only £12.50 I squeeled and a few click-idy clicks later it was ordered and I received it a few days later. All I can say right now is that I'm in LOVE!

You can browse them here: 

Stila 'In the Light palette' - www.lookfantastic.com

Real techniques brushes - www.superdrug.com

Now the palette includes an array of beautiful neutral eye shadow shades, 12 to be exact! I think the pigmentation of the palette is just perfect for me, not too pigmented that mistakes can be made from picking up too much product, or too little product that nothing shows up, its a lovely mix of in between the two. 

My favourite shades are: obviously 'Kitten' which is always the most raved about champagne shimmer colour, it is perfect and really complements my blue eyes, I also love matte browns 'sandstone' and a pinky/taupe brown called 'Bliss' these are lovely build able crease shades, I am always looking for brown/taupe shades for in my crease as I prefer these to smokey blue/black colours which some people can really pull off but unfortunately not me! You can see them in the photo I too below!

It also came with an eyeliner which I think is such a good freebie, and it was amazing and very pigmented until I broke it! ooops, Bit of a Clumsy cow!  I know, what am I like! So this has made me think a lot about trying some more products from Stila.

Even though I've had this for quite a few months now, I can't wait to try even more combinations of the shades together, I am eager to try the navy colour, but haven't branched into it yet and I want to try the black to line my eyes like an eyeliner would, will let you all know how it goes!

Anyway I hope you are all well, see you in my next post!

Have you tried this palette?

What are your favourite Stila products?!

Makeup brush cleaning and My Essentials

I wanted to do a post a bit different today it's still beauty/makeup related but I just thought it would be something a bit different to a makeup review or what I'm loving at the moment, and that is makeup brush cleaning! 

Now I personally hate cleaning my makeup brushes as it's such a tedious chore, but definitely HAS to be done! 

Now I don't use anything fancy really, I had started using baby shampoo for my brushes ever since I actually started washing my makeup brushes which was quite a few years ago and I definitely recommend it, as it gets rid of the dirt and I find gets stains out of my brushes the best! 

Baby shampoo is great as it is cheap and can be bought from drugstore shops and in super markets, so it's perfect for picking up from just about anywhere!

You can buy the Johnson's Baby Shampoo here

I have also started regularly using this silicone brush cleaning mitt (well I say mitt but it is tiny!) It has a slot on the bottom which you can use like a mitt which you can hold with two fingers on one hand and then with the other hand you can swirling the brush in water and then using your soap or in my case baby shampoo then cleaning the brush with the mitt. and repeat this process until they are clean! It is super quick (a lot quicker than I made it sound haha) 

The only down side to this little mitt/brush cleaner is how small it is! I did get it from amazon for under £2 so it's great for eye brushes and small face brushes, but for bigger brushes it's not worth using! It works on all my brushes I would say except my Real Techniques powder brush and to be honest it definitely would but just will take a lot longer than the others! 

I definitely want to try another bigger silicone brush cleaner/mitt because I love this method and it makes the process a lot easier and quicker! I know Soap and Glory do one and also 

Products Mentioned:

Johnson's Baby Shampoo - here

Amazon Silicone Makeup Cleaning Mitt - here

Real Techniques Brushes - here

Soap and Glory Face Mitt - here

What are your makeup brush cleaning essentials?

What's in my travel makeup bag!

This is going to be a quick post to show you all what I take with me in my travel makeup bag I will be linking all products I can find the links for, hope you enjoy nosing in my travel makeup bag! 

A guide to Brush cleaning

With Brush cleaning it is a good idea to wash them every week or two depending on how often you use them. When cleaning the brushes it's best to use anti-bacterial soap/shampoo or hand wash, as this will leave them clean and dirt will clog your pores once using the brushes. I either like to use hand soap or use brush cleanser which i will show in a moment.

It is really simple to do and keeps the bristles in good condition so they will last longer.