My Vanity, Make-Up Storage & Collection :)

As some of you know i recently upgraded my make up storage as my little wooden drawers from ikea were overflowing, so i decided on some plastic stackables from muji. I thought i would show you the finished look & a sneek peak at my make up!

♥ My Vanity ♥

♥ My make up storage ♥

Top Drawers
♥ Mascara - Eyeliner ♥
♥ Eyeshadows ♥

Second Drawers
♥ Lipgloss - Lipbalms ♥
♥ Lipstick ♥

Third Drawer
♥ Face products - Foundation - Primer - Highlighter - Concealer ♥

Fourth Drawer

♥ Bronzer ♥

Last Drawer
♥ Blush ♥

Where/how do you gorgeous girlies store your make up?

xox

Tag/Award: Happy 101 :)

I was tagged by Bicky to do the Happy 101 Tag/Award :)

Rules are simple, alls you have to do is list 10 things that make you happy!

♥ Family - I love my family, they have been there for me & stuck by me through thick and thin. They are all amazing, my rock and i couldnt live without them!

♥ Friends - I have got to the age where i have only just found out who my true friends are, the ones that are there for me i love dearly, know i can turn to no matter my problem & love spending time with them! ♥ love them all!

♥ James ♥ - James is more than a boyfriend, he is my best friend. I love him with all of my heart and wouldnt be able to live without him! Its been an amazing 4 years & i hope theres many more to come!

♥ Make-up - I love make up, i may not be good at it but it is a huge passion of mine. I love finding & buying new products even if they do stay in there boxes and dont get played with for a while :P

♥ Money - Controversial maybe but i love money, without it i wouldnt be able to buy the pretty things i do. I love spending, maybe a little too much but it does make me happy!

♥ I-Phone - This includes twitter, youtube &my blog as i can do all these things on this little beauty! I love it, its an amazing phone & does everything i want it to. Blogging is a major hobby & passion of mine, i absolutely love it & have met some amazing girls! You all know who you ar & i love you all!

♥ Handbags - I own lots of hand bags, i absolutely love them! At the minute i dont own any super expensive bags, although i would never turn down a Balenciaga or Louis V but for the time being i am content with my River Island & Topshop beauties!

♥Tea - I love a good cup of tea, who doesnt? & i have to admit, they always taste nicer when someone else makes them! James makes a good brew!

♥ Christmas - I know its just been & gone but i absolutely love christmas, it makes me super happy & it has to be the best day of the year, the build up is amazing & spending time with the ones you love! Cant think of anything better!

♥ Shopping - Shopping makes me happy! :) Be it online or instore, although admitedly i do tend to sway more towards online shopping, so hassle free!

I know that this tag has been going round so i tag all of my gorgeous followers! If you have done it please link me, i would love to read what makes you all happy!

xox

I Love-Makeup ♥

Today i received my online order from Love-Makeup, I ordered on Monday night & it came Tuesday morning so i was very impressed & wasnt expecting it at all!

I only purchased two little things so here they are :)

♥ MAC 'Fashion Frenzy' Blush from Fafi
♥ MAC 'Colour crafted' Lipstick from the colour craft collection
♥ A sample of Anna Sui perfume in 'Oh la love'

The items were a little over retail, with the blush been £16.99 and the Lipstick been £14.99 which i dont really mind paying as they are both sold out, limited edition items.

The blush is gorgeous, such a bright, vibrant pink & colour crafted lipstick is a back up of one i already own. This is one of my favourite lipsticks but as it is limited edition i have been using it sparingly until i came across it on this website. It will now e my go-to lipstick :)

Delivery cost £2.95 and i would highly recommend ordering from love-makeup!

xox

Models Own Offer!

Admitedly, i do only own 1 Models Own polish - which is a gorgeous gold that the wonderful Sarah sent me to try. The consistency is amazing, there is a wide range of colours & they are such an affordable price & i definitely intend to own more!

So to get to the point Models Own are having a 50% off sale from Friday 29th January until 31st January on all orders over £20!

All you have to do is enter the discount code:

FIFTYFIFTY

The Nail Polishes retail at £5 so with the code they are going to be an absolute bargain!

For those in the UK shipping is FREE for all orders over £20, and they now offer international shipping!

To visit the website click here

I will definitely be picking up some Models Own polishes! :)

xox

My MAC Eye Shadow Palettes

Hello beautiful ladies, Hope you are all okay!

As you probably already know, when i started my blog in October i was a complete MAC newbie, absolutely loved make up but only recently have i delved into higher end products.

I only owned a couple of MAC products and as i said you would watch my collection grow throughout, now i have completed two eye shadow palettes!

MAC eyeshadows are amazing, such a variety of colours, although i mainly stick to the neutrals as you will see, they are really pigmented & are some of the best quality eye shadows i have ever used.

So here they are...

Neutral / Highlight Palette

1. Vanilla

2. Brule*

3. Chamomile

4. Mylar

5. Femme-fi

6. Shroom*

7. Phloof!

8. Dazzlelight

9. Retrospeck

10. Rice paper

11. Naked Lunch*

12. Grain

13. All that glitters*

14. Cork

15. Wedge

Darker Palette

1. Patina*

2. Tempting

3. Go*

4. Woodwinked

5. Mulch

6. Romp

7. Sable

8. Antiqued

9. Cranberry

10. Hypnotizing

11. Satin Taupe*

12. Magnetic Fields

13. Beauty Marked

14. Black Tied

15. Carbon

The ones marked with a * are my favourite! :)

What are your favourite MAC eye shadows? & Do you recommed any that i dont own?

Thanks girlies, hope you enjoyed! Love you all xxx

Space NK & Sonia Kashuk Brushes

Last week i finally received my Sonia Kashuk brushes from Space NK after waiting over a week for them to come. You have probably seen many posts on then as they have been quite popular with the eauty bloggers as Space NK had an amazing 70% sale on the Sonia Kashuk range and had a huge amount of brushes to choose from!

I think that £5 postage was extortionate for standard delivery which took 8 days to receieve, and this cost more than most of the brushes cost me!

Onto the brushes, i decided on 5, the ones i picked up were:

♥ Flat Top Brush £4.75
♥ Contour Brush £5.50
♥ Foundation Brush £5.00
♥ Large Eyeshadow Brush £4.50
♥ Crease brush £3.75

So overall these brushes were amazing value, and with delivery cost £28.

My definite favourite is the flat top brush, and i have been eyeing this up for quite a while. I think that it will be perfect for my MSF Natural although it is quite small.

The crease brush is the perfect size & density & will be perfect for what its made for - eyeshadow in the crease! :)

The foundation brush & contour brush are so much smaller than expected! So will take a little more getting used to!

I love the designs of these brushes, think they are very sleek & professional brushes and will be good for every day use.

Overall i am extremely happy, but will not be rushing to order from Space NK online again!

Have you ever used Space NK online? What are your thoughts?

xox

*CLOSED* 300 Follower Giveaway :)

A few days ago i reached 300 followers which i am so happy about! I started this as a hobby and place to express my love for make up, and now have over 300 followers! I appreciate everybody that reads, follows and takes the time to comment! I have made so many friends and love the whole beauty community!

So now it is my turn to give something back to you, with a giveaway!

The rules for the giveaway are as follows:

♥You have to be a follower as this giveaway is to thank all my followers
♥ The giveaway is open to all, so everyone from the U.K and Internationally can enter
♥To gain one entry you must be a follower of my blog, and comment below "Enter me"
♥To gain three entries, comment below and either do a blog post about my giveway, or link my giveaway in the side bar of your blog, and then post the link below. This must be done at the same time you ask me to enter you.
♥The giveaway will end on Monday 8th February 2010 at 23.59 - so in 3 weeks time
♥The Winner will be chosen randomly using random.org
♥Please only enter once
♥ Please leave your email address so i can contact you if you win

The Prizes:

♥ Sleek 'Original' Palette
♥ Illamasqua Medium Pencil in 'Errant' (Deep Blackened Teal)
♥ No7 Eye Shadow Brush
♥ Soap & Glory Travel Size Righteous Butter
♥ Soap & Glory Spray-on body moisturising mist
♥ ELF False Eyelashes

All prizes are brand new & Never used :)

Good luck girlies! :)
xox

My OPI Purchases & Mod About You NOTD :)

I ordered a couple of OPI nail polishes from ebay over Christmas, and they came last week. The seller is 'joliebeautystore' if your interested! The price for 3 came to £15 which included shipping which i thought was an amazing deal! I was so impressed that i ordered some more the day that i received these!

Here are the colours i got:

♥ You Dont Know Jacques
♥ Mod About You
♥ My Private Jet

I am currently sporting Mod About You, it is an absolute gorgeous colour & true to the colour that is in the bottle. The consistency is quite thick and one coat would have been enough if the colour had been opaque. However i used two coats, and the colour still isnt quite opaque so colour wise could have done with another!

I cant wait to try the others! :)

What are your favourite OPI polishes girlies?


xox

Youtubers For Haiti!

The lovely Gemma (Gemsmaquillage) has made a youtube video on the diasaster that has happened recently in Haiti.

If you havent already, the please watch!




We, as a community should all stick together and help those in Haiti by donating to this very worthwhile cause! It doesnt matter how little or much you donate, every little helps guys!

To donate to this amazing cause please go to: http://www.justgiving.co.uk/youtubersforhaiti http://www.firstgiving.com/youtubersforhaiti

Please retweet, rate, comment and spread the word girlies, it all helps!

Thanks everyone! :)
xox

Click this link to donate to Doctors without borders:

Lush Heads, Shoulders, Knees & Toes

Just thought i would let you girlies know about the Lush offer that is starting this Sunday, that shall be taking over from the 'spend £20 get free goodies' offer.

The head, shoulders, knees and toes set consists of:

• Your choice of fresh face mask
• your choice of moisturizer sample
• 1 x lemony flutter cuticle butter sample
• 1 x handy gurugu hand cream sample
• 1 x pied de pepper foot cream sample
• 1 x mini sugar scrub
• 1 x big shampoo sample (45g)
• 1 x vitamin c toner tab
• 1 x mini each peach (and twos a pair) massage bar

This set will cost £12.50 and is available online at Lush now.

They also suggest that because it contains fresh ingredients i.e the fresh face mask that it isnt suitable for customers with a delivery time of 2-3 days.

Some of my favourite lush goodies come in this box, including the lemony flutter cuticle butter, the fresh face masks & also 'big' shampoo so i think i may purchase! It will also be nice to has small samples of products i havent used before!

So ladies, will you be purchasing?

xox

Review: Lush 'Big' Shampoo

I know that there are a few reviews on this already in the beauty blogging community but after using it for the first time, i thought i would give my say on this product!

Price: £9.90 for 330g

What lush say about 'big': Sea salt shampoo for shine, softness and volume. Big is 50% salt. It looks like semolina and smells like a margarita with lemon, lime and salt, with a handful of vanilla and iris thrown in. Whenever you use it, you'll rush up to strangers, inviting them to feel your lovely soft hair. How does it work? It has a softening seaweed infusion, as well as sea salt and coconut oil, so we knew it was going to be good. But we even surprised ourselves when we tested the first batch on ourselves and found how brilliant it was'

I bought this product just after christmas whilst the 'sales' were on in lush but after hearing such good things about it i had been eyeing it up for a while. I thought as it was 'spend £20 get free goodies' i went ahead and picked it up.

Lush doesnt give much away about this product and i was intrigued to use it, but before i did had to check with a few girlies on twitter whether or not to use conditioner afterwards!

I must admit i was a little skeptical about using a product on my hair that is made fom 50% sea salt!

The reviews id read wernt that this product made your hair 'big' but how shiny it was!

I applied quite a lot as i have quite long, really thick hair and rubbed it all over my head, at first it didnt really seem like it was doing much so i added a little more and then it really lathered up.

After a few minutes i rinsed out and conditioned my hair using my normal conditioner, which is the loreal elvive one in the pink bottle.

I didnt use any styling products afterwards and apart from my fringe i left my hair to dry naturally.

Normally when its left to dry naturally my hair will go really wavy, but it didnt it dried quite straight and SUPER shiny! I was so impressed, it felt so silky and shiny!

I would highly recommend this product, i know that some people may find it pricey but its quite a big pot you get and you dont need to use a big amount each time. I would also use this quite sparingly, maybe once or twice a week as i have read that it can be quite stripping on hair colour.

Overall i am extremely happy, glad i took the plunge in purchasing and if you want super shiny hair then this product is for you! Would recommend to anyone!

xox

Barry M: New Product Alert

Barry M are soon to be releasing a new product to their ever growing make up brand & this time its the Lip Laquer Crayons. Which literally just look like giant crayons, but for your lips!

They are going to be available in a range of 5 colours:

1. Scarlett Red
2. Cherry Red
3. Mandarin
4. Party Pink
5. Ballet Pink

I definitely like the sound of party & ballet pink! Party pink is quite a dark, bright pink whilst ballet pink is a lighter, baby pink! Sound fabulous!

Barry M says that 'These intense glossy crayons glide on to lips to give a high shine lacquered finish. The smooth and silky application provides maximum comfort while the bright and bold colours give a glamorous finish.'

They retail for £4.95

You can get them from Barry M now or they will be available in Superdrug from the 27th January!

What are your overall thoughts of this product and will you be buying?

xox

My 5 Favourite Brushes

Hi Girlies,

I hope everyone is okay and enjoying the snow! :)

I thought i would do my 5 favourite brushes as i absolutely love brushes, and as some people say 'an artist is only as good as his tools'! Which i think is pretty true, make up can look so different with the use of good brushes!

I can remember when i first started my blog that the only brushes i owned were a few body shop, some ELF & a set of GOSH brushes, but i am happy to say that i have since branched out and most of my brushes are now MAC! Although i didnt own any when i started blogging!

I think the quality of MAC brushes are absolutely amazing and go back to these day in and day out! Therefore my 5 fave brushes are all from MAC! I know they can be quite expensive but i truely believe they are worth it and will last me a long time to come!

1. MAC 239 Eyeshadow brush - Perfect brush for packing on eyeshadow all over the lid, its really soft and dense

2. MAC 219 Pencil brush - i love this brush, its perfect for adding colour into the crease on top of a lid colour, i would highly recommend this brush, i wouldnt be able to live without it!

3. MAC 116 Blush brush - i love the size of this brush & works perfectly to add blush to the apples of the cheeks

4. MAC 138 Tapered face brush - one of my most recent brush purchases is the MAC 138 which i love, such a big brush thats tapered at the top so perfect for bronzer and because its tapered, easy to buff in

5. MAC 187 Duo fibre brush - such a versatile brush that can be used for foundation, powder, bronzer & blush - i love it! Mainly use it to stipple on & buff in liquid foundation which leaves a lovely finish!

Which brushes do you love & would recommend?

xox

Review: Lush Creamy Candy Bubble Bar

I used the Lush 'Creamy candy' Bubble Bar on New Years Eve before i was due to go out, i had a nice long soak before having a shower! :)

What lush says about this product...

'Sweet, frothy and fluffy bubbles that smell like custard creams. What a delight it is to have a bath in the equivalent of a cup of vanilla flavoured, frothy, hot chocolate topped with marshmallows. The Creamy Candy bath is like the friend you're always delighted to see, because he bubbles over with cheerfulness no matter what life throws at him. For days when your friend is busy, it's time to indulge in some Creamy Candy'.

Price: £2.27 for 100g bar
Overall verdict:

Pro's:

• Made lots of bubbles
• Turned the bath water pink
• Really good price - can be broken in half & used twice
• Smelled devine - really sweet & 'candy' like
• Felt really nice against my skin

Cons:

• None that i can think of!
Application:
Hold the bubble bar under running hot water and crumble in between your fingers until you have used the piece up. You will then have lots of long, lasting bubbles & a nice pink bath!

Price: 5/5

Overall Rating: 5/5

Would i buy this again: Absolutely! I have already repurchased this a few times as it is one of my lush favourites! I love all things pink, girly & sweet smelling so this is perfect for me! Had a gorgeous scent, with lots of bubbles, perfect for a nice & relaxing bath!

Which lush products would you recommend?

xox

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Comparison - Porcelain Pink & By Candlelight

Hi girlies,

The lovely Amy at http://lipgloss86.blogspot.com/ asked on twitter if anyone knew if Porcelain pink MSF was similiar to the By Candlelight MSF that has just come out with the 'Warm & Cozy' collection so i thought i would do you a comparison.

In the compact both MSF's look fairly similiar...

However when swatched, Porcelain Pink is a very light pink with gold reflects and By Candlelight is a light peachy colour with gold reflects.

I think that there is a significant difference between the two and im glad that i own both as i absolutely love MSF's and you all know that im trying to start up a collection!

I hope that this post has helped, sorry for the quality of the pictures (that have been taken in my bathroom!) but click on them to make them a little bigger! :)

Have you purchased anything from the Warm & Cozy collection?

xox

Goodbye 2009, Hello 2010!

As i said in my previous post, i am hoping for 2010 to be 'my' year, I know for sure that its going to be better than last year & want it to be as amazing as possible!

My new years resolutions for the next 12 months will be..


♥ To ensure that i drink at least 2 litres of water every single day

♥ To make sure that i take off all my make up before i go to bed

♥ To cleanse, tone & moisturise my skin twice a day & stick to it!

♥ To eat healthier, improve my diet & to get fit

♥ To complete (& hopefully pass!) my teaching placement

♥ To have an amazing 21st Birthday!

♥ To experiment more with my make up, especially a brighter lip and a smokier eye ;)

♥ To spend more time with the ones i love, especially my family & friends as they mean the absolute world to me and i want to let them know that!

♥ To stop worrying as much as i do & to try and build in confidence

I know it may seem like a lot but i am definitely determined, this year more than ever!

I would love to know your resolutions, both beauty and generally!

xox

Happy New Year!

I just want to say a massive Happy New Year to everyone! I hope you all had an amazing night & are looking forward to the year ahead! 2009 was a crazy year for me, full of ups and downs (mostly downs!) and i, more than ever am looking forward to putting the past year behind me!

I am hoping that 2010 will be my best year yet & have so much to look forward to this year!

Thank you for reading girlies!

Happy New Year!

xoxox