My September Favourites...

Here are the things i've loved this month....

• (l-r) Avon cherry blossom daily hair refresher. Smells beautiful, and fresh on tired hair, way better than Batiste and the like.


• Maybelline dream creamy foundation. Easy to apply, and looks and feels light and natural.


• Bourjois intense eyeshadow shade 3. Subtle daytime eyeshadow with sparkle, and strong pigmentation.


• Estee Lauder Michael Kors Very Hollywood lipgloss. Soft pink colour, and not too sticky.


• NYC Natural Matte foundation. See my review a few posts ago.


• H&M Nail polish in Come Rain. Pewter with sparkle, perfect September colour!


• Boots 17 Nail polish in Fury. The most beautiful bronze i've seen, literally like liquid metal.


• NYC Chroma Face Glow in Sunstone. Compliments my freckles and red hair perfectly. Like a Mac MSF at about a 1/20 of the price :)


• Scandalous Rock Chick Wave Spray. If you have curly hair you have to try this. Gives my hair great volume, and defined curls.
  

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A Little Review of NYC Natural Matte Foundation...

I bought this on a whim, after being impressed with the other NYC products i'd tried. To be honest i was expecting it to be pretty awful- a foundation costing £2.50 surely had to be.

The first time i tried it my face was as red as a tomato after stupidly forgetting to put suncream on, on a day to the beach. This foundation covered and neutralised my bright red forehead like a dream. It is easy to blend into the skin, and gives a nice even coverage. It feels nice and light to wear and lasted all day, so i would agree with its claim of 8 hours.

Overall, i can't find a fault with this foundation. The price is bloody brilliant as well. Hugely recommended!
5/5

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A very late Birthday haul and other stuff....

Firstly sorry for the lack of posts lately, although i do have good reason for going blog awol for a month. I've been busy moving to a new place, and now i've got my internet sorted and i'm (mostly) unpacked i thought i'd start with a birthday/collective haul type thing.

It was my Birthday on August the 8th, and i turned 25...eek! I got some lovely things, and there may be a long time until the next haul, seeing as im spending all my spare cash on household things lately (I did really need that hot pink bin, and matching washing up bowl!).
So here goes...


First up this really cute Me & Zena necklace

This is the Clinique gift that came with the below face wash and high impact mascara.

A load of Sleek pout paints, i love these and plan to post a review soon.

Some pressed powder from Mac, as well as beauty marked eyeshadow, and a lipgloss.

Some goodies from a trip to Superdrug.

A Tokidoki for Smashbox eyeshadow quad, and Benefit concealer set, and a perfume from M&S called Butterfly that smells of watermelon yum!

Shower gels from The Body Shop- as you can see i can't get enough of these. My favourite is satsuma.

And how could i call this a haul without some Hello Kitty!?

And, finally a Paul's Boutique bag called 'Jackie'. It is absolutely huge, and very lovely.

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A Collection of new things

Some shiny new things i've bought over the last few weeks...


The result of a trip to Superdrugs- Gosh eyeshadow in Coral, Gosh cream blush in peachy rush, and Gosh velvet touch liner in pink rush (free with eyeshadow). Also an NYC cheek glow in sutton place peach, 2 NYC nail polishes in carrie'd away & gramercy glitter (which i would both reccommend), and a Sleek blush in Pan tao (from my doomed online order)

I also bought these 2 adorable Paul & Joe eyeshadow palettes from an ASOS sale.

Loads of bargains from ebay (Hard Candy) , tesco, and Rimmel from poundland

From Avon i bought a quich dry nail spray to try, and a matte nail polish in inky blue. I also got 2 lipsticks in red kiss and silky peach. They are a swirl of different shades and as i always find with Avon lipsticks a lovely texture.

From HMV i got 2 Hello Kitty stationery gachas. From H&M some black and white leggings and a palm tree print sheer crop vest. I also got this cute notebook because i couldn't not :)

And lastly a bit of a mamouth Amazon book order. I am about to start reading the Bleach manga series after hearing so many recommendations.

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April faves...

Here are the things i've been enjoying using most lately...

My favourite lip products-

• No.7 Wild Volume lipstick in Forever Cherry. Love this.


• Mac Angel- an old favourite, and good nude pink.


• Gosh Velevet Touch in Shocking Coral- actually more rosey red,but lovely.


• Barbara Daly lip smoother- A perfect lip primer


• Maybelline watershine gloss in crystal rocks- non sticky, and peachy.

Face stuff-

• 17 Wild Curls mascara- one ofthe best 'drugstore' mascaras i've tried


• Mac Haute & Naughty Lash- good for going out lashes


• Rimmel match perfection concealer- working for me really well under the eyes


• NYC colour wheel in peach glow- love this for subtle colour on the cheeks


• Rimmel clear complextion translucent powder- great for my oily skin


• 17 Photo Flawless primer- see review below!

This month also...

• Watching The Walking Dead, and Flight of the Conchords


• Listening to Warpaint, Foo Fighters, and Metric


• rereading The Heart is Deceitful Above all Things


• And looking forward to being an Auntie very soon (^_^)

A little review of NYC blush

I picked up this blush in Superdrug, for £2.99 and the shade is New York Pink. I haven't really used many things from this brand before so i thought i'd give it a try.

The packaging is quite big and clumpy, nothing amazing, but fine for the price. The blush also comes with a brush, which in my opinion is not really needed.

You get a nice lot of product, with a cute quilted kind of design. The colour is a nice soft shade, and the powder itself is really nice and silky. In terms of pigmentation it's on the light side. When swiped with a finger it seems pretty good, but with a brush you have to really build this product.

But, i really like to use this just to add a touch of pink to my face in the vein of a beauty powder. Think Blush of Youth from Mac's Rose Romance collection. (below)

I actually think both products are very similar. The difference being you get a slightly better pay off with the NYC product. So considering the price i'm suitably impressed, and have been using this quite often. As a blush there's a lot better products out there, but as a beauty powder it's very good.

The lighting is unfortunately making a swatch near impossible!

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New things...

Here are some nice things i've bought lately...

Nail polishes from Models Own, Barry M, Topshop, Miss Sporty, & Beauty UK.

Russian Red lipglass and Shimmertone blush from Mac

Neon Rose cream blush from Topshop (late on the bandwagon for that one), NYC cheek glow in central park pink, Models Own lip pot in red alert, No.7 liplicious in purple liquorice (the most divine colour ever?)

Bobbi Brown cream liners in Expresso ink, and Black ink and a liner brush


Paperchase and David & Goliath goodies...

More paperchase goodies and a vasaline lips gift tin. (i have an obsession with tins and trinket boxes)

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