I’d never think of heading to the Soap and Glory makeup stand in Boots, although it’s first place I go to when I’m looking for body butters and scrubs. I actually got this mascara as part of the Yule Monty gift set, that included body butters, scrubs and other things…
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Container: empty Ferrero Rocher box (talk about recycling!) Beauty obsessive problem #1: Having a dresser full of makeup and using the same eight products every single day. No matter how many trips to Boots I make, no matter how many deals I pick up online – my everyday makeup hardly ever…
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Although I have three tubs of makeup brushes on my dresser, I’ve noticed a routine develop where I turn to the same brushes every time that I do my makeup. Out of around thirty brushes, there are only seven that I would use every day. So, how many brushes does…
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Bobbi Brown isn’t a brand that I’d purchase from often, but every time I do I’m totally impressed. I love the values that Bobbi Brown represents – beauty comes from within and beauty is natural. I’ve read three books by Bobbi Brown, and Pretty Powerful (pictured above) is a favourite…
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The release of the first Naked palette in 2010 sparked a revolution in the beauty world – one palette provided all the brown/gold colours you need. I’ve collected the three Naked palettes over the years and hardly ever find myself looking in the beauty aisles for eyeshadows, each palette has…
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Image via Pinterest I was delighted to see a few days ago that the lovely Ginger Loves Makeup (link here) invited me to do the 7 Deadly Sins tag. It’s a fun post to write and to read, so I hope you enjoy reading and I tag any fellow beauty…
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The release Maybelline’s Baby Lips last year caused a huge amount of hype in the beauty world – everyone everywhere wanted to get their hands on them. And the hype was justified, Baby Lips are moisturising and provide a tint of colour. Dr Rescue Baby Lips were then launched, a…
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NYX is a makeup brand that I’ve been dying to try since hearing nearly every beauty YouTuber and blogger rave about it – it’s affordable and is famous for its great quality. When we passed by a Ricky’s store in New York I ran in and totally raided the NYX…
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The foundation that you put on your face is similar in role to that of a foundation that you lay under a house – it is the base of everything that is about to go on top, it allows everything to sit well and it is a necessary step to…
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2013 was the year that I bought more make up than ever before, the year that finding the perfect make up storage became a priority, and the year that I realised that a trip to Boots just to buy shampoo hardly ever results in buying just that. With an…
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