Summer Edit - Collab

Hey guys todays post is a collab with Pretty Perfect, if you haven't checked out her blog then please do, as she posts great make-up and fashion posts frequently! Today we are doing a Summer Edit, where we talk about our favorite summer trends/essentials/tips.

1. Taupe Eyeshadow

Since getting my Make-Up Revolution Iconic 3 palette, I've been a sucker for taupe eyeshadows. I find that it complements my skin better and gives more of a natural and easy look for the summer.

2. Printed Shorts

I am in love with printed shorts, I may have a too big of a collection. They're so easy to wear in the summer, pairing it with a plain t-shirt and some cute sandals but also for the winter by adding a pair of tights.

3. Sleek Bronze Block

This is one of my favourite products from Sleek, and it's great for a beginner bronzer. I'm sure I've talked about this on my blog before - but I love it! It has four blocks, three different bronzing shades (perfect to choose each day) and one blusher.

4. Deep Pink Nails

Throughout Summer, this is the colour on my toe nails. It's bright and goes with almost all the outfits I have been wearing this Summer. You can find this colour at Barry M and Bourjois.

5. Brown Sandals

Lastly, I'm in love with brown sandals this Summer. I'm forever using my brown bag and I find these fit perfectly with it. I own two, one from New Look and one pair from Accessorize. As I normally wear either blue or burgundy, these sandals pair great with both colours.

Anyway, that's it for today's post, I hope you enjoyed learning about my favourite summer trends/essentials. Remember to check out Pretty Perfect too.

Emily

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Simple Summer Make-Up

Bare with me, I'm tired and worn out after today so this isn't going to be a big written post. But I thought I would put this make-up look up after having the pictures on my camera for some time.

I used a bunch of my favourites in this look to give a very simple, almost a "no make-up" make-up look type of thing.

For the face I used- (in order of application)

Clinique Moisture Surge Moisturizer

Benefit Hello Flawless Foundation

17 Stay Time Concealer

Rimmel Stay Matte Powder

For my eyes I used- (in order of application)

Natural Collection Single Eyeshadow in Seashell

Rimmel London Eyebrow Pencil in Hazel

Collection No Clumps Mascara

And on my lips I put my Rimmel Kate Moss lipstick in 05

And here is a weird posey picture of my with the make-up (I don't know, I never feel confident to show my face on the internet!). 

And that is the look, I'm sorry this is short, but I don't have the energy for a big chunky post. I will be back tomorrow though with hopefully a non-beauty post, as there's been a load recently.

Emily

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How Much is my Face Worth?

I have seen this post floating around the blogger-sphere, and I thought I'd give it a try.

If you don't know already, the "How Much is my Face Worth?" is a post where you find out how much money you put on your face everyday. I really enjoy reading these posts as I think it's really interesting.

So, how much is my face worth? Here's a list of the products I used this morning-

Clinique Moisture Surge Moisturiser (I'm using a tester at the moment, but here the original price) £34.00

Benefits Oxygen Wow Foundation £26.50

Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer £4.19

Rimmel Match Perfection Powder £3.99

Natural Collection Seashell Eyeshadow £1.99

Collection No Clumps Mascara £2.99

Rimmel Kate Lipstick £5.49

All of that is £79.15, wow. I use almost £80 of make-up and half of it is drugstore make-up! 

Let me know if you'd like to see a post a £20 make-up face challenge sort of post.

Emily

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AA Skincare Seaweed and Aloe Eye Gel Review

Eyecare. And no, I'm not talking about glasses and contact lenses. I'm talking about the skin around your eyes. This skin is so much thinner than the rest of our face, but yet I never seem to read very much about its care?

AA Skincare kindly sent me their Seaweed and Aloe Refreshing Eye Gel. As well as refreshing your eyes, it also removes eye make-up. But the use doesn't stop with your eyes, you can also use it on other parts of the body if you feel like it.

It is awesome for Summer. I myself suffer with hayfever (which is a big pain in the butt) and with red, itchy eyes, the gel cools it down. Also works for sunburn too, just smooth a little over your redness, and let it cool. I would really recommend this product for sunburning hayfever sufferers, like me.

What I love most about this is that everything is natural. The product itself is made with pure essential oils and herbal extracts. Unlike quite a few brands out there nowadays, AA Skincare use ingredients that make sense, no funny business.

You can check out AA Skincare's website here to have a look around at their products.

That's it for now folks, but I will attempting a post everyday next week, to make up for my lack of posts this week.

Emily

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Seventeen Stay Time Concealer Review

The tragic that is the fact that Collection discontinued my Lasting Perfection Concealer shade happened. When you're as ghostly white as me, finding a shade of make-up that is even relatively close to your face shade is a miracle.

So, I went on a search to find the lightest concealer in Boots. And it was a surprising success. Turns out Seventeen (a brand by Boots) understand the people like me and have made a concealer shade for us.

Admittedly it doesn't have the same amazing thickness and coverage as Collection Lasting Perfection, but it's a good enough substitute. It's a very light concealer, but does actually give quite a bit of coverage. It sort of feels rather greasy/shiny on, it's hard to describe.

I have to put a bit extra of my Stay Matte powder with a smaller powder brush to cover that up. But after that I'm good to go.

Anyway, to conclude, if anyone it looking for a light concealer, here it is. Take it or leave it, it's got its pros and cons but it's good enough for me.

Emily

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Clinique Moisture Surge Review + Catch-up

Yes, the glory that is Clinique moisturizers. I'm unsure if you know of my love of Clinique moisturizers, but I love them to pieces (except for the price). This is a little tester one, as Clinique are very kind when you buy a few things from them, they like to send a little gift or two.

I had heard a lot about this moisturizer, whilst I was using the Dramatically Different moisturizer from Clinique. I was tempted to purchase it then a there, but I put it off as I doubted it would be any different to the one I was using then.

When I received this in the post, I was straight to trying it out. It's a little gel like, in a good way. And it smooths on the skin perfectly and disappeares straight away, no need for that waiting and waving your arms by your face in the hope to make your moisturizer dry quicker. I find that most Clinique moisturizers blend in, in a flash.

I have extremely dry skin, so this is perfect hence the name Moisture Surge. I apply it every morning before my make-up and I get no dry patches etc. any time during the day. The only downside is the price, but I get that's what you get from Clinique - a high price but good value.

Overall I totally recommend this to anyone with a few extra coins in their pocket.

Catch-up time-

I haven't posted in 14 days, which I am sorry for, blame exams and my birthday (I am now fifteen, and ready for another year filled with exams). My last one is on Monday (yay!) and then I promise more posts will be coming your way as I have lots of ideas and pictures to put up.

I really want to put up more reviews, so let me know if their helpful, and if there are any products you'd like me to try out, let me know in the comments or contact me etc. (you know the drill).

Until next time,

Emily

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Summer Beauty Essentials

Summer is here (I think, here in the UK it will probably be winter tomorrow, so I better not get my hope up) and I have a few beauty products which I will be using a lot of this summer. So here they are, with a little review for each one.

Benefit Hello Flawless Foundation in I'm Pure for Sure

This product is one I have been raving about for quite a while as I have used almost all of it up throughout winter and spring. I think this will be perfect for summer (once I order another) as it's a light foundation. Summer is a time for light make-up, lets not get too cakey. This foundation is also a little buildable, so if you're not too keen on light make-up (as I feel quite a lot of the time) then you can build up the coverage with this one. Yes, the product is great but can we just appreciate the packaging for a minute, how cute is it?!

Rimmel Stay Matte in Transparent 001

Lets face it, summer means sweat, and when my face gets a little shiny this is a must have. I think its one of the cheapest powders in the drugstore and I can't find anything that beats it. Just chuck it into your bag (but be careful, the packaging isn't best) and bring it around with you this summer for whenever you need a little matte-ifying.

Sleek Bronze Block in Light

I may of bought this in a moment when I could pull off a bit of a bronze on my ghostly white face but it has turned out to be rather amazing. Its just a block of three different matte shades of bronze and a shimmery blush. Whenever I feel like adding a little bit of colour to my face, this comes out of my make-up bag. I kind of think of it as a beginners bronzer. This is perfect for summer, as if you suffer from the same as me, you don't tan, only grow freckles (its a pain, and it also means there's no end to my pale little potato face). This little bronze block can make people think you're capable of tanning. And yet again, I am a big fan of its packaging. Sometimes I just use it as a portable mirror as its small and the product hardly makes the mirror dirty, unlike my eyeshadow palettes.

Rimmel Kate Moss Lipstick in 05

I remember raving about this in the early days of my blog and I recently retrieved it and I'veremembered how much I've missed it. It's a sort of my lips but better shade. The colour reminds me of summer flowers so it's a perfect pick for me when it comes to summer. Also, it's really affordable too which is always a plus.

I really hope you lot enjoyed this post. I actually went outside (shocker) to take the pictures, do you think it's an improvement? I also added my shades for whoever is interested. Remember to not hesitate to comment or get in contact with me, I love speaking to you guys.

Emily

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Winged Eyeliner

This post is totally out of my comfort zone, but today I thought I would do a quick little post telling you how I do my eyeliner. I have been through a few phases of wearing eyeliner constantly in the past, so it feel so comfortable with all the practice I've had.

I used to struggle a lot with my eyeliner, its really tricky. In this post, I'm gong to be talking you through my eyeliner routine.

I would firstly like to apologise for the pictures of my eyes, it was a bad skincare day (my moisturiser has run out!)

I firstly line the top of my eyes to give it a bit of a base for me to work with.

Next, I take my eyeliner and do a little flick in the direction of the end of my eyebrow.

Next, I take a little line a little higher than the flick so that it looks a little like this.

I then colour that in. To finish off I try and colour my eyeliner closer to my eyelashes and apply some mascara.

I hope you enjoyed this little mid week post. Make sure to let me know if you want to see more of this type of post. I will be back tomorrow with an extra special post so keep a look out!

Emily

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Spring Has Sprung - Hair and Make-Up

Today's post is the second in the Spring Has Sprung Series, which is Spring Hair and Make-Up. In today's post, I'm going to be showing you one hairstyle and some Spring essential make-up products.

Hair

I have been wearing this hairstyle to school quite a lot recently, and its the braided bun. Just tie your hair up in a pony tail, make a plait out of it, tie the bottom, twist the plait around itself and secure it with a hair bobble. Its really simple and a little more unique than just a plain bun.

Make-up

Some of my essentials are-

Benefit Hello Flawless Foundation- This light coverage foundation has been a favourite of mine for a while now and I think its perfect for spring. With the warmer weather coming, lighter foundations are needed, but you can still build the coverage up with this foundation which is great.

Sleek Oh So Special Eyeshadow Palette- I think this is the eyeshadow palette which is perfect for Spring. The light pinks on the right of the palette, then go into browns and then blue purple and black. I could live off this eyeshadow palette this Spring.

Collection Extreme Felt Tip Liner- I feel like I have raved about this eyeliner for way too long on this blog but it is the perfect eyeliner. Its basically just a felt tip pen for your eyes, which comes at a very reasonable price. I want to start lining my eyes a little more this Spring so this eyeliner will probably be getting quite a bit of use.

Collection Seashell Single Eyeshadow- This is an eyeshadow I've had for about 2 years (is that bad?) and I just love. Collection do the perfect little single eyeshadows and this plain white one is great for school.

This is the end of this little post, but make sure to keep a eye out tomorrow for the last in the Spring Has Sprung trilogy.

Emily

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MAC Myth Review

Hey guys, todays' post is going to be a little review of a lipstick I have been loving lately. Around about a month or two ago, I purchased the MAC Myth lipstick. I had been wanting to try out a nude lipstick for a while and I also really fancied purchasing my first MAC lipstick.

The picture makes the lipstick look a little more brown  than it actually is, its more of a pinky nude than the picture makes it seem. I was a little bit rushed to get the lipstick, so I didn't make sure I got the right shade to fit my complexion. I would recommend to anyone, when buying a nude lip product, make sure it fits your complexion.

When I first tried it on once I was home, it was a little odd for me. I hadn't tried a nude lip before and it got some getting used to. But now, I love this. The application is pretty easy, but a lip liner would be handy. This lipstick looks great with natural looks, or quite daring eye looks with a subtle lip like this.

This is a collab with Dalal from Monochrome Daisies. She's also talking about her favourite lipstick so go and have a look and leave a lovely comment for her! xx

Emily

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DIY Lush Lip Scrub

I read a Pinterest post recently (I am very much in love with Pinterest recently) on a DIY of the Lush Bubblegum Lip Scrub. I thought I would try it out myself and show you guys how to do it too.

Total for Lush Lip Scrub - £4.75

DIY Lip Scrub - £0 (I just used things I found around the house, so it was totally free for me)

You Will Need-

Caster Sugar

Oil (I used Olive)

Food Colouring

A Container - I used this one from a travel kit, but you can easily use a make-up pot, I was surprised how easy it is to get hold of a container.

You can also add flavor etc., you can totally customise to how you like it.

You basically just add it all together and mix it, then put it into the container.

This was so easy to do and so cheap compared to the Lush Lip Scrub. Make sure to let me know if you try this out too.

Emily

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Useful Links-

The Original Post

My DIY Bath Bomb Post

My Weekend Morning Routine

Hey readers, today I thought I would do a weekend morning routine. As I normally work on Saturdays this is my Sunday morning routine/morning routine for days I have hardly anything on (most of the time happens in school holidays!). I thought I would just talk you through my morning.

I normally get up and turn the radio on to start off with. The radio helps me a lot to get up, its like my little alarm clock.

The next things I do is go for a shower. I have a shower every two days and today just happened to be a day in which I went for a shower. Lately I have been using the Head and Shoulders Apple shampoo, Herbal Essences Hello Hydration conditioner and the Lush Snowman shower jelly. I'm a huge fan of this shower jelly as it smells amazing.

When I get out of the shower, I clean my teeth and then do some sort of face scrub/wash. Today I decided to apply the Simple Face Scrub which I haven't used for a while.

I then get dressed. Today I decided to put on this crop top from TOBI and some burgundy jeans from New Look and some comfy socks.

The last step for me is make-up. I normally just do what I mentioned in my Daily School Make-Up and add a little eye shadow etc. Today I put on this brown shimmery shade in the crease of my eye from the Oh So Special palette by Sleek. I also applied my MAC lipstick in Myth (review coming soon).

I normally just let my hair naturally dry if I have nothing on and then just tie it up in a bun or ponytail. 

I hope you enjoyed this quick little post. I hope to be putting up daily posts over the next few days so keep an eye out for them.

Emily

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Skincare, Beauty and Clothing Haul

Yesterday I went on a shopping trip to Birmingham and picked up a few things. I thought I would do a post on my purchases for you'all.

1. Checkered Shorts - Primark - £5

I am really into monochrome at the moment and these seemed like an all year purchase, with tights in winter and without in summer!

2. Printed Leggins - Primark - £10

I have been admiring similar leggins to these for a while, wondering if I could pull it off. Yesterday I decided to just go for it and buy these. They're super comfy.

3. Myth Lipstick - MAC - £15.50

I have wanted to try a nude lipstick and also to buy a MAC lipstick. I put them both together and bought the Myth shade yesterday. There will be a review coming soon, dont worry!

4. Bath Balistic - Lush - 

I always purchase a bath bomb/ballistic whenever I go into a Lush as I don't have one near where I live. This one looked and smelled amazing, and I will be adding it to my Lush collection.

5. Hair Conditioner - Lush

I was on a search for a conditioner yesterday anyway when I came across this one. I haven't tried out any of Lush's conditioners or hair products so I'm excited to try this one out.

6. Purple Skater Skirt - H&M - 

I was looking for a black skater skirt when I found this one. I want to try to stop wearing jeans so much so I picked this one up. So far, I love it.

7. Necklace - H&M - £1.99

Whilst in H&M I picked this up as I have been wanting a deinty necklace for a while and this one was really cheap.

8. Tea Tree Face Wash - The Body Shop - £5

I have been wanting a general face wash for a while now and this one seemed perfect. I absolutely love the smell of tea tree and I tried it yesterday and it works amazingly!

9. Elegant Touch Stick on Nails - Boots - £7.99

I saw these in Boots yesterday and I have been wanting to try some of these out. I think this is the perfect colour as it goes with a load of different colours too.

I hope you enjoyed this post, I will be putting up some reviews of these products and hopefully a fashion post too. I will talk to you in tomorrows post!

Emi

I will have pictures for this post tomorrow, I'm just getting a few things in order after a hard two weeks! xx

Current Bath/Lush Collection

This post is one I hope to be a regular one, and its my current bath/lush products. I recently got a few for Christmas and I thought I would share them. I love reading these type of posts as it gives me some ideas of bath/lush products next time I go shopping.

Lush Sex Bomb (in the orange bag)

Zoella Beauty Fizz Bar

Lush Snowman Shower Jelly

Lush Celebrate Body Lotion

Bomb Cosmetics Bath Blaster

Assorted Bath Chill Pills

Lush Celebrate Soap

I really enjoyed writing out my bath collection, comment below if you'd like to see more of these type of posts!

Emi

Crown Make-Up Brushes Review

"The 7 Piece Pink Sable set have all been constructed with a high grade sable, goat and synthetic blend. Each brush features a matte silver ferrule and birch wood handle covered in the “perfect” shade of pink. Perfect for creating a flawless face (whatever the occasion) the Pink Leatherine case pockets keep everything organised." - crown.co.uk

Today's post is going to be a a quick review for the Crown Make-up brushes that I recently got for Christmas.

This adorable set of make-up brushes was a gift from my parents for Christmas. I was unaware that Crown did make-up brushes, I thought they only did painting brushes. Little did I know that they had a great range of brushes, over quite a range of prices. Before I talk about the whole range by Crown, I will talk a little about my set.

This set includes 7 brushes. 1 large powder brush, which I use for face powder; 1 smaller powder brush, for bronzer or highlighter; 1 foundation brush; 3 eyeshadow brushes, over a range of sizes and an eyeliner brush.

The brushes are all great, all do their jobs perfectly. They're also really easy to store and travel with thanks to the case. Plus they're the perfect pink to match the polka dots on my make-up bag!

This link will take you to the Crown brushes range. I would really recommend to anyone to have a quick look.

I hope you enjoyed this quick post, I will have another post tomorrow.

Emi

Daily School Make-up

I'm snuggled up in bed, listening to an acoustic playlist on Spotify and writing a little blogpost. A very relaxing Thursday night, although a cup of tea would be lovely. Today's post is going to be my daily school make-up routine/look. Seeing as I don't do very much with my make-up on weekdays, I thought this little mid-week post would be fitting.

I firstly moisturise, not always but normally every two days. I love the Clinique Dramatically Different moisturiser is amazing. It's great before make-up as it blends in really quickly and really works.

Next thing is foundation. I have mentioned this foundation quite a few times before, the Hello Flawless foundation by Benefit. I have promised to do a full review on this and it is coming, don't worry! Anyway, I use this and I absolutely love it. I normally use my fingers for this as I find a brush blends the foundation in too much and makes me orange.

Next step is concealer. My long love for the Collection Lasting Perfection is still on going and I'm still using it daily (as I have been for probably the last year). I love how this it is and works for my under eyes and spots which is great.

I always put on my matte white shade of eyeshadow from my Oh So Special palette from Sleek. This just brightens my eyes and acts a bit like a foundation for my eyelids (I never thought I would ever write that out!).

I then go to curl my lashes and add mascara. I recently bought the Collection No Clumps mascara. I didn't have high hopes for this as I normally find more expensive mascaras work better with me. But I was totally wrong, this is amazing. Would recommend to anyone.

I then lastly finish with the Stay Matte powder from Rimmel. I just put a bit of this on just to stop any unwanted shinyness on my face.

I don't normally do anything with my lips. Sometimes a quick lip balm but no colour etc. I find its a little too much for school.

I hope you enjoyed this little post. Comment below if you'd like to see some more make-up looks and I will make sure to do some more in the future.

Emi