My Top Three Drugstore Foundations

I am a big, big fan of makeup from cheaper brands usually the more expensive drugstore brands have amazing products and some are even better than high end ones in my opinion. That's why I thought I would share my top three drugstore foundations today! 

You can browse them here! 

Rimmel Match Perfection - here

Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation - here

Rimmel Lasting Finish - here

So my first favourite in the photo, is the Rimmel Match Perfection foundation and this has been probably my longest favourite drugstore foundation and I have probably repurchased it 6-7 times maybe! I think it has amazing coverage and my shade 'True Ivory' is such a perfect match for me in winter and also towards the start of summer. It is a lovely coverage, it doesn't feel too thick and offers  good coverage for spots, I usually do use a bit of concealer over the top of them though if I am experiencing a breakout! I would probably say it is medium coverage, it does exactly what I want it to do, and I love this new 'pore blurring effect' it supposedly has, I just love this foundation and I don't know if it makes me pores look smaller but the foundation makes me look 100% better and more confident than I feel without it on! 

The second I have to talk about is the Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation, I love the smell of this foundation so much and when I'm not wearing it I sort of miss the scent when it's applied! weird I know! It is probably a light to medium coverage, compared to the next one I will be talking about, it is thicker than the serum foundation from their 'healthy mix' range but I prefer it to the serum because I need more coverage than the serum gives me. I only have one small complaint with this and it's that sometimes I look too yellow, I don't know if it's just in certain lighting but I usually have trouble with foundations being too orangey but this is quite yellow on me and I am sure I have yellow toned to neutral skin tone, but to be honest I could be wrong, one thing is for sure, I'm certainly not pink toned and if I was I think this would look not so great on my complexion but for now I can get away with it!

Last but definitely not least is my Rimmel Lasting Finish Foundation, and this is one of my new holy grail, can't live without products I think I just need to stock up on bottles and bottles, because this is full coverage and it just makes my skin look flawless. I start off with a small amount at a time as this is the best way for the foundation not to go cakey, and it covers all the blemishes on my face apart from quite a big one I've had recently but that is a problem I just can't do much about haha! This is amazing a full coverage foundation that lasts ALL day! And also is a great shade match for my skin tone and it is just under £8 it is incredible if you want a flawless finish this one definitely gives me it!

These are all amazing products which I adore and I think they would all be great for different people, the Rimmel Match Perfection is a great one if your starting out with makeup or don't need to have that much of a heavy coverage. The Bourgeois would be amazing for yellow toned skin and the Lasting Finish is amazing if you have blemishes you may want to cover or just want a full coverage foundation. They are all my favourites!

Have you tried any of these foundations, and What is your favourite drugstore foundation?

My Favourite Affordable Drugstore Contour Palettes

I have tried my fair share of contouring and bronzing kits, either the more expensive ones or the very affordable and perfect for when you're on a budget ones! And there are so many amazing contour kits/palettes everywhere at the moment so I thought this may be helpful for those who are on the hunt for a drugstore contour kit that would be perfect for them!

Left to Right:

 Revolution Ultra Contour Palette - browse it here

Seventeen Define and Conquer Contour kit - browse it here

Revolution Contour kit - browse it here

Sleek Face Contour kit-browse it here

I love the Revolution palette which is to the top left of these photos I've taken, it has such a great array of shades perfect for creating that chiseled cheekbone, I find the highlighters are super great considering I wasn't expecting much I am very impressed, I love the white coloured one for everyday wear! I usually use the second shade in from the bottom row, which is seriously my perfect contour shade, it's not too taupe coloured and is not orange at all and I find most bronzing colours can literally make me look stupid because my skin is naturally quite fair and orange contour shades do not suit me on bit!

The Seventeen one is perfect for holidays I think I think my shade as I have medium, is a bit too orangey for me but if applied super lightly I can just about get away with it, I am going to get so much wear out of this in summer as It's more orangey toned and will flatter my summer tan a lot better than it does now! But for the price it's super affordable, and ticks all the boxes, considering it comes with a highlighter which is great although it is no comparison to most of my high end highlighters but I can deal with that! This is amazing value.

Next Up is my Revolution Sculpting Contour kit, or at least I've told myself that's what it is called! It comes with a contour shade, a highlighter and a pretty pink/coral blush, it is so compact and the products are quite good for a cheaper drugstore brand, Makeup Revolution give brands like Seventeen, Miss Sporty a run for there money as the products are of similar prices and just work well. The bronzing shade isn't the best match for my skin tone but when I have fake tan on it's the perfect colour and for bronzing up my neck and face to match the rest of my body it works so well. The blush is a lovely sweet coral/pink colour which is really flattering on lots of skin tones. I have used the highlighter twice and also think it's good, so this palette is so affordable at only £3.50 yes it's unbelievable how much you can get for your money from Makeup revolution!

Lastly I am going to mention my Sleek Contour Kit mine is in fair, it is a lovely small little face duo perfect for adding colour into your skin with the bronzing shade and the gorgeous little highlighter shade, this is one of the best contour kits I've tried from Superdrug, which is a drugstore shop or those who may be unfamiliar with UK drugstore shops! the contour shade doesn't come out too dark for my skin and blend so easily compared to most of these other shades of bronzing/contour shades. It's a perfect little contour kit!

Here are all the Contour Kits/Palettes I have mentioned, and the contents of them all. 

What are your favourite contour/bronzing palettes?! 

Current Drugstore Palette Favourites

Makeup Palettes take up quite a big proportion of my makeup collection, I love trying lots of different colours, mattes, shimmers glitters, I love them all so I think this is why I have quite a few palettes now with various colours and finishes to them. 

I want to focus today on my current palette faves from the 'Drugstore' and I will hopefully do a high end version of this post soon so watch this space! So Enjoy Lovely's!

Where you can find them:

The Balm Nude Tude Palette - here

Makeup Revolution Redemption Iconic 3 Palette - here

Makeup Revolution Flawless Matte Palette - here

 My First fave is a hard one to categorise as I wouldn't say it was a drugstore palette but I bought it from Superdrug which is a drugstore health and beauty shop in the UK.  It is the Balm's Nude Tude palette, and it is sold on Superdrug, intact all of these palettes 

It has lots of beautiful shades and has a wide variety for a palette, it has a mixture of shades which is great for someone like me who uses neutral shades a lot and wants to experiment with new eye shadow shades! If you want to see what the inside looks like as I forgot to take a photo of the inside for this post you can see it here in my review of it!

The second is the Makeup revolution palette ahh these shades are divine and are so pretty on so many eye colours especially the shimmery ones. It's supposed to be just like Urban Decay's Naked 3 palette, which I have never tried and I didn't know if the pink toned shades would suit my eyes so I bought this one as a dupe for only £4 yes, you did hear that right! It's incredible for that price tag and the pigmentation is amazing... I don't need the Naked 3 while I have this! The palette has a mixture of shimmers, glitters and matte shades so perfect for creating so many pinky feminine eye makeup looks!

The Last but not least is also from Makeup Revolution can you tell I love there palettes...? It's called the Flawless Mattes palette and you guessed it, they are all matte shades, this was the perfect edition to my eye shadow collection as I have so so SO many shimmery and glittery eyeshadows but always end up using the same Mac or Urban Decay shades for my crease or transition colours, and I wanted to change that and this has so many different colours and different variations of each colours so it's perfect for creating simple eyes, but also you can use it for intensive eye makeup looks too!

January/February Want List - New Look

So I just wanted to share with 'Want' list so all the things I want from New Look... but probably won't even end up buying a lot of them haha as in January money is a bit tighter than usual!

Now If you aren't from the UK, you probably won't know this shop but it is by far one of my favourite high street shops I just love browsing all the clothes in the store and online so if you're nosy (like me of course) and want to know what little old me wants to purchase throughout the next few months here is everything I love and 'Want' from New Look you can browse there website here!

The below links are all clickable and will take you to the exact Item featured in my wishlist! If you want to browse them!

1) Khaki Utility Shirt £24.99 2) Navy Pocket Button Front A-Line Denim Skirt £19.99 3) Rust Ribbed Stripe High Neck Sleeveless Top £6.99 4) Black Block Heel Over The Knee Boots £44.99 5)Mustard Reverse Seam High Neck Crop Jumper £19.99 6) Khaki Double Breasted Coat £39.99 7) Black Ribbed Turtle Neck Mini Dress £12.99 8) Navy Plain Sweater £12.99 9) Black Leather Pointed Chelsea Boots £39.99 10) Black Grid Check A-Line Skirt £14.99 11) Rust Reverse Seam High Neck Crop Jumper £19.99 12) Black Super Skinny Disco Jeans £19.99

The New Look website - www.newlook.com

Brand Focus: Soap and Glory Makeup

So a few weeks ago I did a Drugstore makeup haul and I included these two Soap and Glory products in that haul, and since I hadn't ever tried any makeup from them before I thought a blog post about them was in order!

If you want to check out my Drugstore Makeup haul you can find it on my blog here! 

So the Two products I picked out were the Kick Ass Concealer which is a concealer duo with two different concealers it has a peachy/orangey coloured one which I think is meant for use under the eyes as it covers dark areas very well. The other shade is a yellowy concealer which can be used to cover blemishes and any other imperfections. It also has a powder in the top section as there are two different compartments to the concealer pot, the powder is on the top layer and it is to set the concealer I'm guessing, I've only used the powder once with the concealers and it worked great but I'm loving using yellow powders to set my under eye concealer as it really brightens that area (which I really need at the moment!!) Overall this product is lovely and I love it for the under eyes but for blemishes I think I prefer using a liquid concealer like my trusty collection concealer which you can find here.

The second is the infamous Brow Archery! Mine is in the shade Love is Blonde which is a great match for my eye brows, as I find some are too dark or too light for my eye brows but this one is a perfect in-between, I love how natural the wax side is and its really good for creating longer tail to your brows. I also like the pencil side for filling them in but usually if I'm going out somewhere special but for natural everyday brows I just usually use the waxy side! I love how great this is and it's a dupe for the Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz which you can also find it here if you're interested in it!  

Finally I've tried some Soap and Glory Makeup and I am so impressed! For a drugstore brand they are amazing! I can't wait to see what else they have to offer! If you haven't tried anything from them I really recommend these two products!

You can buy these soap and glory products here:

Kick Ass Concealer - www.boots.com

Brow Archery - www.boots.com

Have you tried any of these two products?!

Can anyone recommend any more Soap and Glory Items to me, makeup related or not I would love to know what you love from them!

Autumnal Christmas Party Makeup

It's getting super close to Christmas now that I thought with only just over a week to go until Christmas day I would share my christmassy related makeup with you all which is glittery and glamorous and I thought it was perfect for christmas parties!

So I used all the products below and the lipstick from the second picture to create a christmas party makeup look, sadly I didn't have time to recreate it and show you pictures of the makeup but nonetheless I will still talk you through what I used.

So all the Makeup in this top picture I used and will list them all so you can find them yourselves if you want a sneaky peek at them! 

Palette - Naked Smoky Palette By Urban Decay

Blush - Max Factor Creme Puff Blush in Seductive Pink

Bronzer and Highlighter - Seventeen Define and Conquer Contour Kit in Medium

Foundation - Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum in Shade 52 

Mascara - Maybelline Lash Sensational in Black

Highlighting Concealer - YSL Touche Eclat concealer

I first used the Bourjois Foundation, usually I use a primer but I used a moisturiser beforehand which helped the makeup to stay on well anyway, so that wasn't a necessary step for me but feel free to use one if recreating this makeup!

So I just used a pump and a half and dotted it around my face and then blended until it looked seamless and the were no streaks! I then added the highlighting concealer from YSL, which is such a beautiful product and I then put a triangle shape around the bottom of my eyes and then blended in with a buffing brush but more patting it in to help cover dark circles I had that day!

Now when I did this I was using glittery eye shadows from the palette so I should have really left the concealer until after unless there was too much fallout from the smoky shadows I used. But it worked out fine as I used a damp eye brush to apply the glitter meaning there was hardly any fallout, Bonus! But if you don't have a setting spray to wet your brush, I would leave the concealing step until eye makeup is applied!

I then started with the pink eye shadow second from the right side which is called 'Combust' I just patted this onto the lid making sure I didn't go up past the crease. I then used the shade 'Whiskey' Which is the brown shade right next to the pink I just used, and I just put this in my crease but tried to keep a crisp line in line with the end of my eyebrow and the corner of my eye so I looked a bit winged out so I did this on the outer v too, and this created a lovely dramatic brown eye, I then added the champagne-y pink colour in 'High' onto my lid right on top of where I had placed the 'Combust' shade. So then the look was completed apart from inner corner highlight which I then added using the colour 'Thirteen' which is the last shade to right in the palette. As the Eye Look was quite dramatic I wanted my brows to look a bit fuller and bigger so I have quite dark blonde brows but I took the brown colour and put the tiniest amount through my brows to keep them natural and just give them a bit more colour.

I then added the Contour to my cheeks using the Seventeen Contour Kit I used the bronzing shade to contour, and then I went to use the Max Factor Blush just above my cheek bone level slightly and then I used the highlighter from the Seventeen Kit just above my bronzer and blush to give me that party glow!

I then added lots of coats of my favourite mascara which is the Maybelline Lash Sensational! 

I then used this gorgeous lipstick from Topshop Called 'The Damned' It is a gorgeous berry purple colour on the lips but can be built up to look as dramatic in the Bullet! 

So that was everything I used to create a glowing christmas party makeup look!

What's your christmas party Makeup Essentials?

 I'd Love to know below in the comments!

My Asos Wishlist - December 2015

So basically, today I was in the mood for online shopping so I stopped myself by making a wishlist, but now I seem to have planned everything I want from Asos! It is actually  one of my favourite online stores and they have absolutely every clothing item a girl could wish for so here's everything on my wishlist if you wanted a nosey! I made this for a bit of fun so by no means will I probably buy all of it, as much as I'd love too, If I was a bit richer maybe! -in my dreams!

Happy Blogging and Happy Shopping my Lovelies!  

1) Khaki Love Jumpsuit With Scarf Tie Detail

£36.00

2) Denim ALine Skirt With Zip Front In Oxblood

£26.00

3) Striped Tee With Orange Tipping

£12.00

4) Duvet Day Cloud Print Tee & Legging Pyjama Set

£24.00

5) Adolescent Clothing Boyfriend T-Shirt With Blogging Print

£18.00

6) T-Shirt With Crew Neck In Stripe 

£10.00

7) Denim Babydoll Dress In Deep Blue

£35.00

8) Cheap Monday Have T-Shirt With Double Logo

£20.00

9) New Balance 420 Navy Vintage Trainers

£65.00

I would love to know what's on your Asos wishlist, or what you think of all the clothes on my wishlist I would love it if you left a comment saying what was your favourite item I featured in this post, only if you have one of course! 

The Balm's Nude Tude Palette - My Thoughts and Opinions

The Balm's Nude Tude palette is becoming a firm favourite of mine recently read more to find out why I'm loving it and why I think it is so perfect for creating all different makeup looks for all different times of the year!

Amazon Makeup Brushes Review

Look at these beauty's! 

These are my new(ish) amazon makeup brushes which I bought on a whim as I wanted to test them out, but seeing the 5 star reviews swayed me to buy them even more.  I was quite skeptical because of how cheap these all came too! But you'll learn my thoughts as you read this post... The set of 4 face brushes were £3.99 for the set and them the 4 eye brushes were bought for £1.59 so for a total of just under £6 I got these brushes and now I cannot live without them. Let me tell you why!

Firstly, they are the softest brushes, As soft or may be softer than my Favourite Real Techniques brushes. They are so easy to apply your makeup with as they are just so nice to buff makeup into your face. They are also great as each brush can do a lot of different applications of makeup, so you can use one for foundation, and it'll also be great for applying blush or bronzer, which I love as it means I can take less brushes on the go with me when I am travelling.

I also love the way they look, so professional looking and not at all like I bought them from Amazon, I think they are a steal for the price! I will tel you what I have and currently am using each brush for to give you and idea of what they can be used for and what I am using them for!

First Impressions | Avon Glimmersticks Lipliners

 Today's post is going to be on these two gorgeous lip liners from Avon. 

I have wanted to try some lip liners from other brands other than Rimmel, and thought these looked so nice in an Avon catalogue I had. And after seeing them on offer for £3.50 each I decided it was time to try them out!

Avon is fast becoming one of my favourite cheaper beauty brands, the products are easy to get hold of if you know an Avon representative or you can order from the online. They have so much choice and so many gorgeous lipsticks too, two I have featured in a blog post which you can read here if you'd like to know more about them.