Bought, loved, bought again.

I have found that there are many products that I will buy but not be enamoured with and find myself reading reviews and doing research in order to find that perfect product. Here are some products that I love and do job perfectly. 

My first is the holy grail for all beauty bloggers and beauty lovers, it is my number one all time product. It is BIODERMA sensible H2O. 

If you haven't heard about Bioderma I'm not sure where you have been, it is the best cleanser and makeup remover. I have blogged about it before, but over the summer was in constant fear that I would run out and not be in London to get more but then I found a website called Escentual. Not only does it stock Bioderma but makeup and perfumes but it also has a points system like boots. So I got a new 500ml bottle of Bioderma shipped right to my front door. They also sell Bioderma in a 100ml bottle for £4.50 if you just want to see what the fuss is all about. But I highly recommend it. 

I have two shower and bath favourites that I have recently repurchased after they ran out, the first is Soap and Glory Flake Away, it is a body polish scrub which I use before shaving my legs. It cleanses the skin and removes any dead skin, it also smells delightful. The second is by The Little Bubble Co, it is the Mango Delight shower gel. No parabens, allergen free, not tested on animals and suitable for vegetarians this has be the best, most friendly shower gel ever. And it smells lovely and keeps the skin feeling refreshed and moisturised, and smelling lovely. 

The first of my two makeup products I have repurchased is Collection Lasting Perfection concealer, it defiantly feels like cheaper brand but that doesn't take away from how good the concealer is as a product. I have bought maybe three or four of this particular concealer and each time the packaging has worn away and it ultimately doesn't last very long but once on the skin it has longevity. The second is Nars ProPrime Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base, I have mentioned this numerous times on blog, but the truth is I love it. It is smudge proof, there is never a day where my eyeshadow rubs off, creases or fades away. 

I have two beauty tools (I'm not quite sure to call them) that I have not repurchased as they are unlikely to break but I will if ever that day shall come. The first is a tangle teezer, although this hairbrush look like a dog brush I can assure you it is a hairbrush of the highest quality. I have tangly, curly hair that is reasonably long this brush work wonders. I highly recommend. The second is the Emite Eyelash Curler, it came in my Glossybox a couple of months ago just when I needed a new eyelash curler. As it came in my Glossybox I can say that I loved it because I didn't have to pay the £20rrp, although it is that good I can imagine buying it again. 

I highly recommend all of these, and the majority have an reasonable price tag. Go on have a try and see if you love them just as much as me. 

My makeup storage.

For my 21st birthday this year I received some beautiful vintage drawers, I has spent ages trawling the internet trying to find makeup storage that wasn't just acrylic drawers, but also wasn't really big as my collection is just starting out. One afternoon in town I visited two vintage stores, one of them didn't have what I was after but when I walked into Relevant by Lady Lace in Exeter I saw these beautiful drawers, just the right size. Perfect! That afternoon when my mum got home from work I told her about them, we went back into town and I received them as an early birthday present. 

I moved back to university this week to do my final year, therefore I had an opportunity to sort them out once again. So I thought I'd show you how I have organised them and what they look like. 

The bottom drawer contains all my lip products, they are organised by brand rather than colour. Mainly because most of my lipsticks are shades of pink. It is easy enough for me to work out the colour I want to wear and then find it, I also only really wear my Mac and Topshop lipsticks and the Bourjois Color Boost sticks. 

The next drawer is high street/drug store mascaras, eyeliners and eyeshadows. Putting these together is just easier for me as these are the products I use the least, although I love many of the products I tend to start using something new and fall in love and only use that. And I am loving Lancome Hynose mascara at the moment and Bobbi Brown gel liner, so I forget about my fave high street ones. 

The middle draw is blushes and concealers, not a usual combination but they fit together well in this drawer. No actual system there. 

Second drawer from the top is eyeshadows and and eye primer. And just so you know Nars eye primer is by far my favourite, if you want a long lasting primer that isn't too moist and keeps your eyeshadow on all day then I highly recommend you purchase this. 

Out of the top two drawer the first one contains bits and bobs, other concealers, liquid blush, primers ect. And the other drawer is a Topshop highlighter and blush and then my sleek face contour palette. 

On the top I have all my brushes, two Urban Decay Naked palettes and my foundations and primer. I love these drawers because I can keep everything all neat and tidy, they fit the products so perfectly, and they just look so beautiful. I lined the drawers with some wrapping paper from Paperchase. I am so glad i found something that can be individual to me and that I love storing my make up in. 

Autumn/Fall make up looks.

So lets just get apologies out of the way. I promised at the beginning of the summer that I'd be blogging away, and believe me when I say I wish I'd had the time. I have been working pretty much full time which was unexpected and I've been on Holiday and doing lots of fun stuff. Which does mean that I have some ideas of blogs to come. Also for some reason when I have university work to do I suddenly want to blog, so as I'm heading back up to London next week I'm hoping to be blogging away. 

So this morning I thought I would do some research into the Autumn make up looks to see if I could recreate them into an everyday or less 'high fashion' look. I was pleased to see that eyebrows are back in, and as I have eyebrows this was exciting. The other big trends are; cat eyes, orange eyes, prune eyes, glitter eyes, smokey and grey wash eyes, big lashes, red lips, wine stained lips, nude lips, pink blush and statement lines. I was super excited by a number of these and actually found that they are seemingly transferable to easy day and night makeup looks. 

So is started with my normal morning skincare routine and then applied Mac Prep and Prime. I then used the foundation Studio Fix in the colour NC15 again by Mac. I have been loving the combination of both of these recently. I used the same base for each of my looks, and applied the Bobbi Brown concealer kit under my eyes. For mascara I used Lancome Hypnose and for each look with eyeshadow I used Nars eye primer. On my eyebrows I used the eyeshadow Buck from my original Urban Decay Naked palette. 

For the first look I combined the cat eye and the red lips. I already love this combination and I knew they would look perfect together. I wanted to create a strong effect by using more eyeliner and less mascara, so for the eyeliner I used Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner in the colour Black ink. As I usually wear pink on my lips a red lip is kinda' out of my comfort zone so I chose a red that has slightly pink tones. The lipstick I used is by Topshop and called Really Ruby. This is the look

For the second look I combined smoky eyes and statement lines, I love smokey eyes and I have managed to find a palette that does the perfect colours for me, I never want my eyes to be too dark and I like to use softer browns than harsh blacks. The palette I used is the Lancome Hypnose Doll Eyes in the colours Wide Eyes, I especially love this as it was designed by Alber Elbaz and the outside is just so pretty. For this I started super light on the inner corner gradually getting darker, blending the colours together and then I lined the eye under the bottom lashes and drew a straight line upwards toward the eyebrow using the Be a Bombshell eyeliner in the colour Onyx. This is the look

For the third look I chose glitter eyes and pink blush, because lets face it who doesn't love a bitta' glitta'. I was excited about this one, used only two eye products. The first was Mac Water and Ice mineralize eye shadow, this is by far my best looking eyeshadow, it is divided into two halves, one silver and the other blue. I applied the silver as a base and then the blue as an eyeliner effect. I then rolled The Body Shop Sparkle Roller Ball all over the eye. I did apply a small amount of Maybelline Babylips in the colour Pink Punch for a splash of colour. For the pink blush I used a product I got in my Glossybox this month, the Rimmel Stay Blushed Cheek tint in the colour Pop of pink. This is the look

 Finally I wanted to do the prune eyes, as this is a makeup look I go for anyway. I love purples to create a subtle smokey eye, so this one was always going to be my favourite. For this I used four Mac eyeshadows, I used Dazzle-Light as a base, then Naked Lunch on the inner-corner and then blended Shale across the rest of the eyelid, I then put Satin Taupe along the crease. I finished the look with Hustle from the Naked Palette as an eyeliner. I wanted to add a bright pink lipstick as I would usually wear a pink to go with this look, I used Mac Girl about Town. This is the look 

Did I just finish a blog? I off to bake some cakes or cookies. woohoo