August 2015 Wishlist

When it comes to wishlists, there isn't ever enough space to include everything that I want! I thought that I would do a August/Summer wishlist.

 

Zoella Let's Spritz Body Mist: 

I love fruity smells so when I first got a sniff of this I loved it instantly, and no, not just because it is by Zoella. I also have the first body mist too.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Dip Brow:

 When it comes to my eyebrows, I can never find a product which I really like and can never stick with one. I have heard amazing reviews about this product, I would love to own this one day.

Revlon Lip Butter in Tutti Fruitii:

 These lip butters are so moisturizing and soft on the lips, they have a wide selection of colours, But as it's now into the Summer, what colour is better than a coral?!

Mac All That Glitters Eyeshadow:

 This is one of those easy eye shadows which will go with any lip colour. I love a plain glittery eye.

Benefit Coralista Blush:

 When it comes to blushes, coral tones suit be better as i'm a natural red head. I have always wanted to try this blusher but never come to buying it, I definitely will be soon.

NYC Bronzer:

 This is a cheap bronzer but I have heard that it's a great product. I suck with bronzers, so I always like to experiment with cheaper bronzers to get used to,

Little Mix Gold Magic Perfume:

 I am a massive fan of Little Mix so when they said they were releasing a perfume I was so excited. I haven't had the money available to be able to buy this yet, but it smells very fruity!

Lush Roots Hair Treatment;

 I have tried many of Lush's hair products but this is one i'm yet to try. It's very conditioning for the hair and great for stimulating the scalp. I feel like every once in a while everyone needs a good old hair treatment!

Real Techniques Contour Brush:

 Real Techniques brushes are brilliant, I have all their original range and dying to try bold metals, but I just can't bring myself to fork out so much money for one brush?! I would love to have this brush.

Sophie xx

MUA Haul

If there is one brand that is affordable and good quality it's MUA. They have a nice little range of things so I went to Superdrug the other day and picked up a few of their things. I got 3 lipsticks,1 of which is matte, 1 blush and a nail polish.

These are the lipsticks that I got, I had never actually tried MUA lipsticks before today. They're very soft and easy to glide onto the lips, although you have to work a bit harder with the matte one. They're very pigmented as soon as they're on the lips, can't go wrong for £1 each?! Juicy & Peachy Keen are both coral colours which are both gorgeous while Tulip is more pink. My favourite is Juicy.

I then got a blush which was also just £1 which is an amazing price for a blush. It is a pretty pink blush with just a little bit of sparkle. I haven't actually tried this yet but I am so excited to. This blush is in the shade Bubblegum, I have heard raving reviews on this blush especially!

I then thought I'll get a nail polish, if I am totally honest, I was not expecting much from their nail polishes. I am totally a Barry M girl when it comes to polishes but when I saw the colour I just had to get it. This was also just £1! I picked a gorgeous coral colour in the shade Sweet Peach, again, I haven't tried this yet but it looks like a beautiful summer colour so will be using it very soon!

Sophie xo

Younique Mascara

A little while ago I was contacted by a lovely lady named Manel Salah asking if I would like to try out a product and review it on my blog, so of course I said yes! The product I am reviewing is the Younique mascara, I'm excited to tell you my thoughts on it.
*I was sent this product for free* I cannot thank her enough!
Please visit her site here: www.youniqueforyoubymanel.com

When my package arrived I was so excited I ripped open the packaging it was in! The product comes in a gorgeous case very similar to a glasses case. Inside it comes with two products which I will explain further down the blog post. A little photo was also attached inside showing the mascara on the lashes. The products are securely in the case.

There is actually two wands. One is a transplanting gel and the other is natural fibers. How it works is you apply a coat of the transplanting gel to your lashes, it's best to do one eye at a time. Then straight after with the natural fibers apply it just like a normal mascara, the small natural fibers will stick to the transplanting gel making it look like you have lots of long separated lashes.

I think this mascara is absolutely great. I guess the only downside to this is that you have to keep swapping from wand to wand depending on how many layers you want.

On my left eye I used my normal mascara which is the Collection No Clumps and on my right eye I used Younique. I wanted to compare length, so I did this! You can definately tell which mascara is which.

Overall, I really think this product is great. When I am wearing this mascara, it honestly looks like I am wearing false lashes, I thought I had already got naturally long lashes, until I used this beast of a product. I would totally recommended.

Sophie xxx 

Beauty/Skincare Wish List

Recently I've been eyeing up so many beauty & skincare products but at the moment I have got literally no money. This is the problem with beauty, there is absolutely thousands of products to choose from you could spend so much money! I'm saving up my money so I can hopefully buy a things which are on my wish list.

• Lush BB Seaweed Fresh Face Mask - I've previously used the Cupcake mask but wanted to try a different one. BB Seaweed has fresh seaweed, ground almonds, rose absolute and aloe vera to sooth the skin which sounds so great. Also has kaolin which removes any excess dirty or oil on the skin which is what my skin needs! 

• Sleek Face Form Palette In Fair - Sleek is one of my favourite make up brands, I have quite a few of their products and have never had a problem. I've been eyeing this up for ages and I've heard so many raving reviews on this. It contains a highligher, bronzer and a blush.

• Makeup Revolution Blush Palette In Sugar And Spice - Makeup Revolution are a very popular yet inexpensive brand lately, 8 blush shades for the price of just £6, you seriously cannot go wrong. Also, some of the shades look great for highlighting too.

• Benefit High Bean - Benefit are one of my favourite brands. My mum has the mini high beam and I'm always stealing it because I love it that much! It shows I need to buy my own lol. 

• Barry M Speedy Nail Polishes - These have only recently been released but what caught my eyes were the colours! I love pastel colours and they look gorgeous for spring/summer! And they're speedy at drying! So that's a big bonus.

• MAC Studio Fix Powder - I've wanted this for a long time now. Sometimes I really don't feel like wearing a liquid foundation, especially when it's hot weather. This looks great as it gives great coverage for a powder, it is kinda pricey just for a powder though.

• Lush Ro's Argon Body Conditioner - This is Rose Jam scented and it's one of my fave lush scents! My mum has a small pot of this and if I'm lucky she'll give me a bit, it's so soft on the skin it's unreal and the smell is to die for, I need the big pot in my life!!!

• MAC Lipstick in Brave - This lipstick looks gorgeous, whenever I go to Mac I always pick this up and have a quick swatch. Whenever I buy another Mac lipstick, this will be it! It's pretty similar to Velvet Teddy which is very popular. 

• Benefit Hoola Bronzer - I need this bronzer in my life, I've heard raving reviews about this bronzer especially for us pale skin folks, bronzers I have used in the past have always been orange or just way too much on my skin but this looks just right for me. 

Sophie xxx

March Favourites

Whenever it comes to doing monthly favourite posts I always end up forgetting half the things I've been loving, but I remember 4 products what I've loved through March.

Sleek Matte Me Lip Cream in the shade  'Birthday Suit' - I have always looked at Sleek's matte me range and been interested in trying one of the shades, I have heard raving reviews about this shade and heard it's like the 'Kylie Jenner lip' look. When I got it I wasn't quite sure, but I was totally in love with this when I first tried it, it's not drying, it's opaque on the lips and the lasting power is absolutely amazing. It was still on my lips after I had my dinner, it's a gorgeous lip colour. If you're into your nudes and like liquid products trying to matte, try this! It was only £4.99 which is a great price for a great product.

Collection No Clumps Mascara - Again, I've heard raving reviews on this product, I've heard it's a really good dupe for They're Real by Benefit, I was like yeah whatever, how can a mascara what's only £2.99 be a dupe for They're Real. But honestly, I have been using this every day ever since I got it and I can totally say, IT'S A GREAT DUPE! This is like what? £16 cheaper than They're Real and it does the exact same, it lengthens so well and stays on for ages. Going by the name 'No Clumps' I can agree with this, it doesn't clump my lashes at all, it separates them so well! At the moment, I'm preferring to use this over my They're Real, honestly, if you're on a budget, this is a mascara that you should pick up!

Beyonce 'Heat Rush' Perfume - I received this perfume in a set for my birthday back in January off my parents which came with a body lotion and shower gel, I think this is the smallest bottle they do. I have never tried any of Beyonce's perfumes before so I was intrigued. This is my favourite perfume at the moment, I have worn it pretty much every day since I got it!(When I remember) it has a floral/fruity scent which I love! As you can see, I've already used half my bottle. I'm in love with this perfume.

Soap and Glory 'Sugar Crush' 500ml Shower Gel - Soap and Glory is a very raved about brand when it comes to their skincare/shower&bath range. Every time I go in Boots, I always have a quick sniff of this shower gel, it's very citrusy and smells like limes in a nice way. I picked this up on a 3 for 2 offer on all S&G. I've been using this in the shower throughout March and I'm not even half way down the bottle yet, you need the tiniest amount for it to foam up, the smell is gorgeous and lingers on the body after. It's one of those shower gels which you could use as a wake me up in the morning.

- Sophie xxx

E.L.F Haul!

Hello!

If you didn't hear, E.L.F Cosmetics are basically shutting down in the UK, so on their website there was a up to 70% off all their products! When I heard about this, I couldn't help but check out their make up and buy a few bits, as it turned out to be pretty cheap!! I've never tried E.L.F products before this so I was excited. My package finally arrived and tbh it was pretty quick to say how many orders they must of got. I'm going to talk about what I got down below! :)

6 Luscious Liquid Lipsticks
2 Hypershine Lip Glosses
2 Single Eyeshadows
1 Lipstick

I'll start with the Lucious liquid lipsticks! I had heard a lot of good things about these products from people in the bbloggers community. Firstly I'm not the biggest fan on the packaging of these, if I'm honest I'm not keen on any of ELF's packaging on their products. I like the actual product though, the colours are all beautiful. I thought that I'd try a range of shades, they're highly pigmented and glossy. My favourite shades are 'Perfect Pink' and 'Ruby Slipper'. They look lovely on the lips and aren't too sticky like some liquid lipsticks can be, for the money of them, I'm really happy with them. I have inserted photos below of swatches of the colours!

I also got 2 of the Hypershine Lipglosses in the shades 'Flirt' and 'Bubblegum' they're pretty similiar, they're both sort of coral colours which I'm really digging atm. If I'm honest there isnt much different in these and the liquid lipsticks, they give the same sheer finish. I like how they look on the lips, and they aren't very sticky which is great because is there anything worse than a sticky lipgloss?! I would say these a less pigmented than the liquid lipsticks.

I also bought 2 single eyeshadows, when I checked out the eyeshadows there wasn't many left but I thought I'd be daring and choose some colours that I wouldn't normally wear! I got a brown ish shade but it has a tinge of burgundy in it? It's kind of hard to explain if you can't see it in person sorry. These sorts of colours always make me eyes look weird. I also got a purple which didn't look bright on the website but when it came it was much brighter than I thought it was, again, this is out of my comfort zone but I'm excited to use them. They're much more pigmented in the pan, it took me a few swatches on my arm to build up the colour.

The last thing I got was just one lipstick, again there was barely any shades left but I wanted to try one anyway. I got a sort of muted red colour, on the swatch it doesn't look as nice as it does on my lips, it feels nice and soft on my lips, not drying. The thing I really dislike about this prodcut is the packing, it's just so awful, not just the look of it, but it's so stiff to twist up the lipstick. This is the only thing putting me off them, but the actual lipstick its self I really like.

That's all I got in my E.L.F haul, thank you for reading. Do you own any E.L.F products?

Sophie xxx

Lush Cosmetics Cupcake Face Mask Review

Hello everyone, today I've got a review of the Lush fresh face mask, Cupcake. Lush is one of my favourite companies because 1. They use fresh natural ingredients and 2. They don't test on animals! Whenever I go into Lush, the smell of the bath bombs just leads me over to that area of the shop so sometimes I never really have a proper look around at all the other great stuff they sell. I have heard great reviews about all their fresh face masks, especially for teenage skin, Cupcake. So kindly my mum decided to buy this for me which I was really grateful for as I had been wanting to try this mask ever since I read reviews on it, and smelt it! It smells really great!

When the mask is on my skin, it feels tingly because of the peppermint, but it feels tingly in a nice way?? Lol! It's like you can feel the mask working on your skin! It smells like chocolate but has a strong scent of peppermint! It has rhassoul mud which cleanses and softens the skin which I definitely agree with, my skin feels so clean and soft after using this mask, my skin has never felt so soft! It also really helps to calm down any redness on the face, my face gets quite red as i'm a red head.

It also includes linseed infusion, cocoa powder and fair trade vanilla absolute.

Personally, I like how thick the mask is because you don't have to use loads to cover your whole face, this is the small tub and I've had 4 uses out of it and can probably get another 2! (These pictures where taken after 3 uses!) This pot is the smallest they do for masks. 

The only downside to this mask is that because it's thick and brown, it's messy to get off! Most masks are messy to get off so this doesn't really matter to me much! Overall, I think when my little tub runs out i will purchase another one! Or maybe I try a different one :) I have posted a few photos below, sorry the quality isn't very good! 

Also, because of the fresh ingredients in this mask, it needs to be put in the fridge! Also, it expires after 3 weeks, so make sure you use all your mask in that time period! 

Thank you for reading!

Sophie xxx

Benefit Roller Lash Review!

Hello everyone! Today I've got a review for Benefit's brand new mascara called Roller Lash! As of the moment it hasn't actually been released, but in Elle magazine there was a little sample of the mascara which was so popular this month because of it! So I thought that I would buy the magazine purely to get that!I wanted to try it out because They're Real has always been my fave mascara and I thought nothing could beat it, until this...

Here is what the packaging and the product look like. Sorry that the picture quality isn't that great! I think the packaging is really nice, I love the colours of it! It looks so classy. Benefit are always number 1 with the best packaging literally!

These are some of the things people rated about the macara and I would agree with all of them, my lashes look so much more lifted when using it, the curl definitely lasts and my eyes look so much more wide open and bigger, I honestly prefer this mascara over They're Real because I also think it gives the same lengthening as They're Real does, which then the curl is an extra bonus.

Here are a few photos of the wand. It's like a curved wand, is that how to describe it? I think the shape of it is really great for the curling of your lashes, it works so well! It's similar to the new Maybelline mascara?!  Because of the curve on the wand, it works great to grab each lash and make your lashes look so much fuller and more separated. They're Real really clumped my clashes unlike this one.

Overall, I'm really impressed with this product, I use it every single day in my make up routine and I will definitely buy the full size product when it's released.

Sophie xx

Tanya Burr Book Signing!

Hey everyone!

So today I went to Tanya Burr's book signing for her new book she has recently brought out called Love, Tanya! It was in Leeds which is only about 20 minutes away from me, so I definitely didn't want to miss this chance of meeting her. I was so nervous because I suffer with anxiety, knowing I had to queue for ages and if I started panicking I couldn't leave before I'd loose by place, but thankfully I managed to keep myself calm and keep my spot! I arrived at 11:30 and it started at 1pm, I eventually got my books signed at 1:45 which isn't quite bad!

When I finally got to the front and saw her the first thing she said to me was "Hi nice to meet you, how are you?!" she was honestly so nice and she asked every single person how they were! My mum went before me and told her she's an inspiration to me and other young girls who suffer from anxiety and that the pages in her book about anxiety and confidence really helped me. So she also asked if I've read those pages and I told her yes, she said they hope they have helped me. Which was so sweet of her! She also said she liked my flower headband which was pretty cute :) I only got about 10 seconds or even less to speak to her, I wish I could of had longer, nobody was even allowed to take selfies or even try! But because my mum went before me she got to the side and took a few while I was with Tanya, I'll include those photos before! Then before I left I just said to her Thank you and good luck with the wedding with Jim and she said "Aww thank you so much!" and smiled loads!

So I honestly think Tanya is a really lovely, genuine young woman! I'm really proud of how far she's come with herself over the years, it was definitely worth the wait to meet her!
Tanya is honestly a very inspiring person to me, I'm so thankful I got to meet her in person and not just through a screen.

Thank you for reading!
Sophie xx

MASSIVE Lush Haul!

Hey everyone! Today I've got a very long awaited Lush Cosmetics haul! Over the last few months I have been obsessed with their products, especially their bath products over winter time as when it's cold, a nice warm bath with colour and bubbles is where it's at! So recently, for Christmas I received a few bits, then my birthday I then also got more stuff, but I also placed a Boxing Day order but as they had a MASSIVE amount of orders I only just received it last week! All the Christmas stock has 50% off so I couldn't resist really... I took a photo of each product separately to show you but as there is loads of them I've put them into collages. :) I'm sorry they're in a random order! Products which are labelled (LE) were LIMITED EDITION in the Christmas collection and NOT available atm. Valentines are limited edition but currently able to buy. I could honestly spend hours in the lush shops just going around and smelling every single god damn product lol!

Just incase you may be new to Lush products I'll give you a quick overview of how you use the certain products.
Bath Bombs you just drop into your hot bath water and just watch them fizz away and turn your water into magical colours!
Bubble Bars you crumble these under hot running tap water, which causes TONS of amazing bubbles! You can get many uses out of bubble bars depending on it's size!
Massage Bars - Just massage these onto your skin, self explanatory?

Floating Flower Bath Bomb, Unicorn Horn Bubble Bar, Heart Throb Bubble Bar and Lonely Heart Bubble Bar.

Christmas Eve Bubble Bar(LE), Big Blue Bath Bomb, So White Bath Bomb(LE) and Yuzu and Cocoa Bubbleroon.

Space Girl Bath Bomb, Creamy Candy Bubble Bar, Dorothy Bubble Bar and Shoot For The Stars Bubble Bar(LE).

Dragons Egg Bath Bomb, Cinders Bath Bomb(LE), Honey Bee Bath Bomb and Sakura Bath Bomb.

The Comforter Bubble Bar, The Christmas Penguin Bubble Bar(LE), Avobath Bath Bomb and Christmas Hedgehog Bubble Bar(LE).

Drummers Drumming(half used) Bubble Bar(LE), Golden Wonder Bath Bomb(LE), Luxury Lush Pud Bath Bomb(LE) and 2 Dashing Santa Bath Bombs(LE).

Yog Nog Soap(LE), Rock Star Soap and Baked Alaska Snowball Soap(LE). 

Snow Fairy Sparkle Massage Bar(LE).

Thank you so much for reading! Hope you love Lush as much as I do!
Sophie xxx

Would You Rather - Beauty Edition

Hi everyone! Before I say anything else, HAPPY NEW YEAR! I'm 8 days late I know lol but oh well! It's also my 17th birthday tomorrow yay! January 9th :)

It's been a while since I last did a tag post so I thought I'd do one, I looked through some and found this one which I liked, enjoy lol :)



1.) Would you rather lose all of your mascaras, eyeliners, lipsticks, and lipglosses or lose all of your palettes and eyeshadows? 
I'd rather loose all my palettes and eyeshadows because I use the other 4 ALL the time!
2.) Would you rather chop off all your hair or never be able to cut it again?
I'd rather chop it all off because it'd grow back right? And my hair is in such a bad condition lol!
3.) Would you rather have a coral cheek or a pink cheek?
Coral! It suits my hair colour much better, but I do also love pink cheeks.
4.) If you had $1000 to spend, would you rather buy clothes or makeup?
Make up defo, I like clothes but make up interests me more. I can always just live in my black leggings hahaha!
5.) Would you rather apply lipstick as eyeliner, or eyeliner as lipstick?
Eyeliner as lipstick because you can get coloured eyeliners so that's not bad really is it.
6.) Would you rather only shop at MAC or Sephora?
MAC, I've never been to Sephora, I'm from the UK.
7.) Would you rather only use one eyeshadow color or one lip color for the rest of your life?
I'd rather use one eyeshadow colour because you can go for a neutral and basically use any lip colour :)
8.) Would you rather wear winter clothes in summer or summer clothes in winter?
Summer clothes in winter because you can always put more layers on, and I'd hate to wear winter clothes in Summer because I absolutely cannot cope with being too warm ugh!!
9.) Would you rather have dark nails or bright nails all year round?
Bright! I'm more of a bright nailed girl than dark, love my pinks! ;)
10.) Would you rather give up your favorite lip product or your favorite eye product?
Hmm this is pretty hard but I'd have to go with lip because I cannot live without my favorite mascara. :( BUT, I love lipsticks ughhh;(
11.) Would you rather only be able to wear your hair in a ponytail or a messy bun?
Pony tail because I look pretty weird with my hair up in a bun lol.
12.) Would your rather never be able to paint your nails again or never use lipgloss?
Never use lipgloss, lipgloss annoys me tbh and I cannot leave the house without painted nails, no joke, seriously..
13.) Would you rather shave your eyebrows and have none at all or sharpie them in everyday?
Probably no eyebrows... nobody wants sharpie brows. This is so hard though.14.) Would you rather live without makeup or nail polish?
Nail polish as much as I love it, I love make up more. I feel like I can experiment more with make up. :)

Sophie xxx

Maybelline Colour Tattoos Review

Hey! Long time no blog post, yet again, sorry! BUT IT'S NEARLY CHRISTMAS HOORAY! I'm so excited for Christmas it's always such a fun time of the year, are you guys looking forward to it? What are you hoping for this year? :)

I'm going to doing a review on some of my favorite make up products ever, which are the Maybelline Colour Tattoos in 'One and On Bronze' and 'Pink Gold', these are the only two I have but I absolutely LOVE these colours so much and I will defo be getting more colours!

LEFT: Pink Gold
RIGHT; On And On Bronze

Okay! These are basically cream eyeshadows by Maybelline, which I absolutely love so much and use all the time! They're very creamy which makes them easy to apply and easy to blend if you don't want the colour as harsh, because the colours are amazingly pigmented I can't believe it! One little sweep on the lid and it's totally opaque which is brilliant to say it's a drugstore product. The little pot holds so much product it's unreal because you don't need much so they will last for SO LONG! I honestly don't favour one over the other because I love them both so much. I literally get one little bit on my finger and it can cover my whole lid! I either just have this on my lid or sometimes I also put another colour eyeshadow into the crease to define the eye look. I think these would be great for people who are maybe not as confident with normal eyeshadows because these are so easy to apply! These retail for £4.99 each which I think is very reasonable for the amount you get in a little pot, I would definitely recommend these and will also be buying more colours!

I hope you've enjoyed reading this post and I hope you all have a great Christmas and New Year!

Sophie xx :)