March Favourites

Before my last favourites post in January (HERE), it'd been months since I'd done a favourites post before. I didn't do one last month due to the fact that I hadn't really gained anymore new favourites, however this month I have and there's rather a lot of them if i'm honest.

Givenchy Le Rouge Lipsticks (Debenhams, £25 each) - My dad recently went on holiday and brought me back these lipsticks from duty free. Oh my gosh. They're just gorgeous. I've got the shades Rose Boudoir, Beige Plume and Rose Taffetas. I've not really worn Rose Boudoir much, i've actually probably worn Beige Plume the most because it goes literally with anything! All three colours are colours that I probably wouldn't usually go for but I love them anyway.


Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge (Boots, £5.99) - If I was paid for the amount of times I've mentioned this brand on this blog, i would be ever so rich. Since buying the Real Techniques Expert Face Brush, I've not touched a sponge for foundation application once. I really like this. It works best with my Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation, and I love it for concealer because I can really push it into the skin, making every use of the coverage of the concealer, plus no brush marks!


Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation (Boots £9.99) - Before buying this I'd heard so much about this foundation; it's apparently a dupe of Chanel Vitalumiere, or Pro Lumiere? Which are typically quite sheer foundations, so I wasn't really too sure what I'd think of it. Well, honestly, I didn't think I'd like it at all. I'm more a fan of a fuller coverage rather than a 'barely there' sheer kind of coverage. But this is the exception. Don't get me wrong, it's not a full coverage by any means, but it covers what it needs to cover but still looks, and feels, so light on the skin. You know, I think this may even have overtaken my Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation in terms of my favourite foundation.


Clinique SuperPrimer (Boots, £20) - Clinique is a brand that I'm definitely coming to love. The first thing I tried was their cleansing balm, and since then I've tried quite a few things and I've loved everything. This range of primers have been out for a while now and I've been meaning to buy one and I'm so glad I did. Some primers, I've found, can sit too much on your skin and then after you've applied your foundation and powder you feel like your makeup is about three inches thick on your face because your primer is so heavy (and yes, this has happened with me!), but this just feels like a moisturiser, yet creates a great canvas for my makeup to grip on to, plus keeps it there all day long.

Garnier Micellar Water (Boots, £4.99) - I wrote about how I loved the L'Oreal Micellar Water for makeup removal in THIS post, but since running out of that (and trust me, it runs out fast) I picked up this Garnier equivalent. Firstly, for the Garnier one you're getting twice as much as the L'Oreal for the same price. It's no better or anything, but this lasts way longer because the dispenser is a lot smaller so you loose less. I'm a massive fan of these quick-fix makeup removers. Sometimes cleanser and water is too much.


Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer (Boots £4.19) - Okay, this is generally a favourite every month, I know, but I've loved this more than normal this month. I've been using the shade 02 on blemishes, around my nose and under my eyes, and then the shade 01 in the inner corners of my eyes and under my brow to really sharpen it  for when my brow powder is applied. This literally is the best concealer ever and it's so great because of how cheap it is!



Rimmel ScandalEyes Rockin' Curves Mascara (Boots, £6.99) - As you well may know I'm a big fan of the Maybelline Volume Express Mascaras (The Rocket especially!) but I decided to branch out and try Rimmel's new mascara. I really really like it and it may in fact have taken over The Rocket as my new mascara. We shall see.


MAC Painterly Paint Pot (Maccosmetics.co.uk, £15) -  As a lover of both cream eyeshadows and MAC, it was inevitable that I would love this. I've literally been using this non-stop as a primer for my eyeshadow since i've had it. This keeps your eyeshadow on all day long (I swear it does not budge!). It's actually also really great to wear alone with just some winged liner and mascara. I'll definitely be buying more of these soon!

 L'Oreal Elvive Colour Protect Shampoo and Conditioner (Boots, £3.99 each for 400ml) - A HAIR CARE PRODUCT - what a rarity. This shampoo and conditioner, despite how cheap it is, it literally has been a miracle worker for my hair! Plus it smells divine.


The Body Shop Indian Night Jasmine Perfume (The Body Shop, £15 for 50ml) - My friend Alice wears this perfume and the first day I saw that it was this that she was using, I needed to buy it too! I'm not even going to attempt to describe its scent because I just cannot describe fragrances to save my life, but I absolutely love this and I think it's the perfect daytime fragrance.


Alrightyyyyy. There's rather a lot there I know, but I've loved a lot this month and I just wanted to share it all with you!

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Illamasqua Skin Trio + Topshop Wicked | FOTN

I went to the theatre last night to see ‘Wicked’ in Manchester, and I thought that I would just do a little “face of the night” post telling you what I wore on my face and so letting you know some of my favourite products at the moment, as so to speak.

I started off by applying the Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturising Lotion + all over my face (I mentioned it in THIS haul post). I've been using this mainly as a nighttime moisturiser, however I've used it when my skin feels like it needs a little bit more moisture!

I then used my favourite skin trio of the moment, starting with the Illamasqua Hydra Veil primer - I am absolutely loving this as I have very  dehydrated skin, and this gives my skin a real boost whilst providing a great base for my makeup. Sticking with Illamasqua, I used their Skin Base Foundation in the shade 4. This applies perfectly over the Hydra Veil, using a Real Techniques Expert Face Brush. To get rid of my terrible dark circles, I used my Bourjois Healthy Mix Concealer and applied this under my eyes and across my eyelids, and also on the redness around my nose and any little blemishes.

MAC Eyeshadows; Clockwise - Omega, Brule, Handwritten, Era

At this point I then move onto my eyes, and I started off with doing my eyebrows, using Omega eyeshadow (top left) from MAC on a small angled brush.  

Using a MAC 217, I applied the shade Brule (top right), a matte skin colour shade also by MAC, all over the lid, just to set the foundation and concealer across my lids. 

I then applied MAC eyeshadow in Era (bottom left) all across the lid, again with my 217, and then I used my Real Techniques Duo Fibre Eye Brush to apply MAC Handwritten (bottom right), a gorgeous matte chocolate brown, through the crease. I also took this on a small angled brush on the lower lash line. 

I lined my top lashline with the Illamasqua Precision Gel Liner and my top waterline with the Bourjois Queen Attitude Khol Kajal Liner, finishing off the eyes with a few coats of my favourite mascara ever, the Maybelline The Rocket Mascara.

Moving back to the skin, I powdered through the centre of the face with the last of the Illamasqua face trio, the Illamasqua Powder Foundation (I think I’m using shade 135? - it’s a tad too light for me though). 

I am a huge huge fan of contouring, and recently I have been loving using my Benefit Hoola bronzer and the Real Techniques Contour Brush. 

The final touch for the face was using the gorgeous MAC Mineralize Skin Finish in Soft And Gentle on the tops of my cheekbones.

Bringing the whole look together, I finished it off by using Topshop’s Lipstick in Wicked, a lovely burgundy shade.

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Beauty Products of the Day! -- Saturday 13th April 2013

Aloha lovelies! I thought I'd share with you the things that I've used on my hair/face/body today and I've decided I'm going to try and do this most days or at least a couple times a week!

TRESemme Heat Defence Spray Now I used this before I blow-dried my hair and before I straightened it. I also used the TRESemme Shampoo and Conditioner before but I'm not sure what they are called... But anyway, it stops my hair being extremely frizzy, makes it easier to handle and protects it from the nastiness of heat.

Aussie Miracle Hair Insurance Leave In Conditioner My hair was really tangeled today when I got out of the shower, so it made it a lot easier to comb my hair through with this in it. It softens my hair and smells AMAZING.

Nivea Creme -- I used this as my moisturiser today as my skin was very dry this morning, however it has infact made it quite oily!

Revlon ColourStay Makeup for Combination/Oily Skin in Sand Beige -- my favourite foundation, you all know that (I mention it so much).

Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer in 02 Light -- my favourite concealer - you all know this too!

MUA Pro Base Concealer Palette in Natural -- I don't really like this palette much as a concealer, but I used the darkest shade as a slight contour because it is too dark.

MAC Lustre Drops in Pink Rebel -- I used this as a highlight on the tops of my cheekbones - it's gorgeous.



Rimmel Stay Matte Powder -- now I don't have an image with this because 1. the writing has all came off and 2. It smashed so looks a tad messy!

MAC Fix+ Spray -- The usual makeup setter - I think everyone has this. I also use this on my hair too to make it feel softer.

MAC Eyeshadow in Brun -- Again, the usual. I use this all the time because it is a really great colour for me.

Sleek MakeUP Au Naturel Palette -- I used the shade 'Taupe' all over the lid, 'Toast' in the crease and 'Nougat' as an inner corner highlight. I then used 'Noir' over the black gel liner...

Maybelline Eye Studio Lasting Drama Gel Liner in Black -- to create a cat eye. It is very smooth and easy to apply.

L'Oreal Volume Million Lashes Mascara in Extra Black -- This mascara was used first to thicken my lashes.

Maybelline The Falsies Black Drama Mascara -- I then used this mascara to lengthen the lashes.

Rimmel 1000 Kisses Lip Liner in Red Dynamite -- You don't need to spend lots on lip liners - this one cost my £3 and it is very good, very pigmented.

MAC Lipstick in Lady Danger -- I think this has to be my new favourite lipstick... Sorry MAC Russian Red!

Marc Jacobs Oh Lola! Perfume -- I mentioned this in my disappointing products post, only because it doesn't have great longevity, however I still love the scent.

Soap & Glory The Daily Smooth Body Butter -- for the super duper dry skin on my poorly post-surgery hands.


Ooookaay! A slightly different post for you there -- hope you're all having a lovely day whatever you are doing!
Lots of love xx
Emily XO

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March Favourites!

So I have here some of the things that I've really liked this month, I hope you enjoy!

My mum got The Body Shop Strawberry Body Polish in a set for Christmas and she's not really a fan of body scrubs, so I kindly took it off her hands for her! It's such a nice product because it had tiny scrub particles in it as well as strawberry seeds and it lathers up like a body wash too, so it is a 2-in-1 product, which is always a good thing! I don't usually like strawberry scented things as I don't like any artificial strawberry products like sweets and scents and things, but I love this so much!

I bought the Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer after I had heard so many YouTubers talk about it and I love love love it, it is my favourite concealer ever! The best thing as well is that it is so cheap as well! I love it so much and I really don't think I will find another concealer that I love as much as this - let's just hope they don't discontinue it for a very long time!

I've been using the Revlon ColourStay Makeup for quite a while but I started to go off it and then it ran out and I never repurchased it. But I did buy another one at the beginning of March and I really love it again! I realised that why I didn't love it as much a few months back is because I used so much product that it made my skin look and feel horrible, and also I never used a moisturiser before applying it. Now I'm using smaller amounts and I buff it straight into freshly moisturised skin which keeps the skin looking a lot more like skin!

Another item that I've had for a while that I've come to like again is the No7 Shine Free Makeup Base - I went off this when I started wearing the Revlon ColourStay because it is a demi matte finish, the primer is a matte finish so they weren't too great together. However, I realised a few weeks back that it's probably good thing to wear moisturiser under your foundation so the primer isn't as bad under that foundation. However, last week I was ill and had a cold so my skin was super dry and disgusting, so wearing a matte primer and a demi matte foundation just made my skin even more disgusting so that was the only time this month that I didn't like them together!

Another item that I've had for ages but only really started loving again is the Benefit Eye Bright. Now I got the Benefit Confessions of a Concealaholic kit as a birthday present a couple years ago and I really liked the Eye Bright which was in that, but the extent of me using it was as an inner corner highlight. Anyway, I bought the actual pencil version with a Boots voucher that I got on my last birthday, but I'd only actually used it a couple times until a couple of weeks ago when I watched a YouTube video from MakeupByTiffanyD where I think she was explaining how she gets rid of her dark circles. So basically she applied her foundation and then applied the Eye Bright under her eyes, blended it and then applied her under eye concealer over the top - the pink of the Eye Bright counteracts the blue of under your eyes making it brighter and more neutral. I tried this and it really helped so Eye Bright is one of my key makeup staples now!

Okay, so I don't really have many things in my favourites this month, but I've not really bought anything new; I'm hoping that next month's and May's favourites will be a lot better because I'm getting my MAC Pro discount in the next couple weeks so I will be having some spending sprees so I'll do a haul post when I have time to go to the MAC store! Eeee, I'm so excited, MAC is amazing!

Alrighty, I hope you're staying happy, healthy and safe, and you're having a great day whatever you're doing!
Lots of love xx
Emily XO