Fab Five Favourites

Hi Beauts.

 I wanted to do something a little different today, and share with you all my Fab Five Favourites. I'll still be posting my monthly favourites every month, but thought this might be a good way to share what I've been loving during the week. This week, I'm going to rave about my five favourite face products...There's a lot of F's flying about this post isn't there?!

1 - B. Flawless complete coverage Foundation in 'linen' I'd ran out of my foundation so was on the hunt for a new one to try out. I'd loved the lip crayons from the brand B. so figured I'd try out one of their foundations. The coverage of this is pretty good and it works well with my oily skin, however even the lightest shade is a little too dark. Which brings me to item number 2.

2 - NYC all day long foundation in 'classic ivory' I've tried this before amd loved the finish and staying power however the lightest shade is too light for me. Mixed with the foundation from B. and the two combined give the best cover, finish, staying power and the shade matches me perfectly.      

3 - B. Sheer finish Pressed powder in 'light' - Again, I'd ran out of my powder so needed to pick up a new one and this one was on offer in Superdrug so I thought, why not? It's a pretty yellow based foundation which I love as I wanted to tone down some of the warmth from the B.foundation. It doesn't add too much coverage but it does leave me matte and keeps my foundation on throughout the day. I love that it comes with a mirror too, very handy

4 - elf blush in 'blushing rose' - I've been trying to use more of my blushes because I've tended to stick to one or two the past few weeks. I'm not sure why I stopped using this little gem, it's the perfect berry shade which is my favourite shade to wear (no matter what the season is) it's highly pigmented too and stays put all day long.

5 - The Balm Mary-Lou Maniser - This is probably my all time favourite highlighter if I'm honest. It's         shimmery but not over the top and it gives the most gorgeous highlight to cheekbones. It's neutral toned too which is a must for me. This little beauty can also be used as an eyeshadow, browbone highlight and inner tear duct highlight too!

What are your current favourite face products? 

Stacey x

A look back at 2013

Hi Beauts.

2012 was a pretty bad year for me, so when 2013 rolled around I knew I had to make it great.And pretty great it was.
I've had so much fun this past year, I don't think I've laughed so much. So today, I wanted to share some of the fun times with you all. Enjoy:

The BEST holiday ever!!!

Such an amazing show to see live

After the first time, we said never again....and ended up going back the following week!!

Summer = Ice cream, chips and trips to the beach

More chips, visits to the beach....and a tattoo!

My first time carving a pumpkin!!!!!

This year has been amazing. I can't wait to see what 2014 has to bring!

Have a fab New Years Eve Beauts!!

Don't forget to follow on Tumblr too ;)

Stacey x 

Let's haul shall we?

Hi Beauts. 

As you may or may not know, I put myself on a spending ban throughout September purely because I own a silly amount of make up. However, September has been and gone which means I can spend until my hearts content. Well that's a lie because I don't have a money tree in the back garden.

I have been shopping though, and picked up a few bits that I thought I'd share with you all. None of which, may I just add, were on my October wishlist........

Superdrug online:

Superdrug coconut oil £1.52. I really need a decent hair mask and decided to give this a shot

Superdrug pure cleansing gel and mattifying moisturiser £1.78 each. I'm still on the hunt for the perfect skincare routine, so the testing continues

Batiste dry shampoo 'Tropical' £2.99. My holy grail hair product.....enough said?

Sleek face contour kit 'Light' £6.49. I've drooled over for this for way too long so finally bit the bullet and bought it - loving it btw!!

Fragrance direct:

NYC applelicious glossy balm 'Garnet Gala' 99p. I've wanted to try this and thought at 99p I had to have it

NYC metro quartet eyeshadow 'Riverside Park' 99p. I saw a few swatches of this online and it looked so pretty - into my basket it went

Real Techniques blush brush £8.99. Another product I've been in two minds about, and it was a little cheaper online so who was I to pass that up? 

Other:

NYX Bluch 'Pinched' £6.00. I actually bought this in Next. NYX tweeted about Next stoking some of their items, so I had to run straight out and check out what they had

Radox Cherry blast shower gel £1.00 from Wilkinsons. I LOVE anything cherry flavoured or scented so I just had to get this

Not a massive or really interesting haul but I'm excited to try everything out properly :) What have you been buying lately?

Online stores:

Superdrug - here

Fragrance direct - here

NYX - here

Stacey x

31 blushes of October

Hi Beauts.

I was going through my make up the other day to pull out all of the products I hadn't used in a while  and show them some love. Whilst doing so I realised the ridiculous amount of blushes that I own, and I have to say it is quite stupid to have so many. So what I've decided to do is use a different blush each day of October and get rid of the ones I don't like. I'm going to do  a weekly post on a Monday showing which blushes I'm using that week, then maybe at the end of the month do an overview.  Without further ado,  here are this weeks choices:

MONDAY: 

Benefit Coralista

TUESDAY: 

NYC Color Wheel mosaic face powder in 'Scarlet letter'

WEDNESDAY:

e.l.f Peachy Keen

THURSDAY: 

MAC Desert Rose

FRIDAY: 

Natural Collection Rosey Glow

SATURDAY:

Rimmel lasting finish in 'Summer Fever'

SUNDAY: 

MUA Shade 5

Which blush are you currently loving?

Stacey x