Last nights makeup

Hi all hope you've had a lovely weekend, they go so fast!😩 especially if you work Saturdays like me, anyway, I can't moan. 

Last night I went out with the girls to Penny Blacks In The Mailbox In Birmingham for my best friends birthday and today I've been at my dads in Cheltenham. What have you been up to?

I thought I would share with you some of the main products I used for my makeup last night. 

Lashes- Eylure volume 107 (My fave!)

Eyes- revolution FLAWLESS eyeshadow palette, Charlotte Tilbury Cameleon eyeshadow stick. 

 Double wear foundation in shade SHELL BEIGE. 

Powder- Maybelline super stay 24 hours.

Contour- CT Contour kit, also revolution sculpt and contour kit in shade CO4.

Blush- NARS in shade Orgasm. 

Lips-Kiko lip liner in pearly pink. 

Charlotte Tilbury- Hepburn honey.

Charlotte Tilbury- seduction lipgloss.

And of course to finish....Urban decay setting spray. 

Have you used any thing recently that you've loved? Fran xx

January lip faves

Here are some of my favourite January lip colours!

👄Kinda sexy MAC👄

My latest addition to my collection. Bloody gorgeous! A neutral pinky rose with a Matte finish. To me this is an Angelina Jolie lip colour, it makes my lips appear plumper and fuller. Texture wise, as a matte - it's kinda high maintenance. You need to prep those lips by exfoliating and applying lipbalm to fix the issue of patchy lips. It's creamy and glides like butter, but a bit drying after a while, still LOVE it though!

👄Velvet Teddy MAC👄-

My everyday go to lippy. This lipstick always seems to be sold out but luckily I managed to get my hands on one a while ago and I love it. A great every day nude that can be worn over a lipliner or without. Suits my olive/ish  skintone perfectly and looks so elegant and chic. Also matte finish so can be slightly drying so prep those lips well!  

👄Bitch perfect Charlotte Tilbury👄- Well I was bought this little gem for Christmas. Charlotte's lipstick range K.I.S.S.I.N.G are supposed to give a rich full colour, luminous finish and keep your lips smooth and hydrated. It is an opaque finish with a satin shine on it, making your  lips appear fuller. They also have a slight vanilla scent to them 💕💕

All 3 lipsticks are pretty similar in colour with Velvet Teddy being the darkest. I Love them all, What are your January favourties? Xxx

Urban decay setting spray!

Hi girlies! 

For Christmas my lovely boyfriend got me the Urban Decay all nighter setting spray.

This spray is the holy grail !! 

If your like me when you do your makeup and go out somewhere your face slowly slides off you leaving with creases under your eyes and looking bedraggled, this for me is due to my oily skin, so when I saw this it was a must to try!

If I had known about this before it would have solved so many problems! I went out for new year and sprayed this on my face at about 8.30 and usually by about 1am in the club toilet your face has slid off and you have to redo it as best you can. There was no need to redo anything including my lip liner, it was all still in place, amazing! 

This product is quite pricey but it sure is worth it, it's £21.00. You only need a few sprays so I can see it lasting a long time.

If you don't listen to me expect to receive this as a birthday/ Christmas present because I just know you will love it! 

Have you tried it before?  

WHY YOU NEED GARNIER MICELLAR WATER

WHY YOU NEED GARNIER MICELLAR WATER

This is  100% the best value micellar solution. It easily removes foundation, concealer, blush/bronze and lipstick without me needing to rub on my skin to hard. While I doubt you'll get 200 uses (as advertised), it still works out the cheapest and it's the most effective. Make-up is easily removed and it's  very gentle on the skin - far better removal than wipes. I like to use it with large oval pads so that you can take it off in large sections as taking your makeup this way can be quite time consuming. It also doesn't take a lot of product to work successfully, just enough to dampen a cotton pad. Even if you use this aswell as makeup wipes you won't be disappointed. Like other micellar solutions. It's not the best at removing waterproof make-up (doable, but leaves a bit of residue) but is otherwise very effective. Skin is slightly tacky for a few seconds and then you can safely slap on some face cream and crawl into bed.It leaves my skin feeling really clean and does not dry out my skin like some toners do.

overall i love this product and am stocking up as my mum has taken a liking to it also! 

I hope they sell a smaller version, like half size, as it would be ideal for travel.

Fran xxx

Review of Elf baked blush in Peachy Cheeky

Happy Monday everyone!💕

Is anyone else abit sluggish like me this morning? I couldn't get out of bed this morning 😔

As always the postman bought me a treat into work to cheer me up a little and today it was Elf's baked blusher in shade 'Peachy Cheeky'. I have admired this for a while and have finally decided to buy it. 

ELF stands for Eyes Lips face and there pricing is exrememly reasonable!! This blush cost me £4.50! Pretty good Ey! 

E.L.F. is a hit or miss adventure but when you do find a hit it’s like winning the beauty lottery!!! 

First of all I don't really think these should be labelled as blushes. The majority of them look more like highlighters and they all have a glowing sheen to them so I don't think they can really work as a blush as it doesn't have enough colour pigment in. 

However these are easily some of the best highlighters I own and I have tried alot of highlighters including MAC and Charlotte Tilbury! I would highly recommend these to anyone looking for a highlighter shade instead of a blush unless you like your blusher without any depth! 

I look forward to trying the other shades in this range 😄

All in all They have done a good job with these Baked Blushes and they should fit your needs if you don’t have the money to shell out for a MAC Mineralize Skin-finish.
Here is a swatch on the back of my hand of the colour, you can see here it's quite shimmery.

Have you tried any elf? What have you hit the beauty jackpot with? 

Fran xxx

babyliss heated rollers

Babyliss heated rollers, my new best friend.

This set has 20 large, medium and small, soft-to-the-touch, thermo-ceramic rollers that, give a smooth, shiny finish. The rollers line up on horizontal heated bars within the case, so they are easy to store.

It was difficult to source them as most of the heated rollers these days aren't smooth on the roller they have grips, where as these have velvet on which I feel keeps those stray straight ends at bay!

If your quick, there on offer at the moment in Debehnhams for £12.00!
http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10001_10001_325007016860_-1


These rollers are so easy to use, you just plug them in, wait for them to heat up, and put them where you want them. I like to do it in 3 layers so that it looks quite bouncy. 

These rollers come with crocodile clips and silver pins for fastening the rollers, I prefer the crocodile clips.

There are tonnes of different ways you can put them in for example you can apply them going forwards of backwards, forwards for more of a flick, and outwards away from the head for more of a curl. Its so much quicker than having to curl all your hair, 

I like to put them in and then do my makeup while they are in then voila! They are also a great idea when you have a few hours to get ready as you can leave the in for as long as you like and your hair won't burn as they will cool in your hair!


They give a smoother look compared to straightener curls and I'd say more of a wave/flick. Here are some photo's where I have used them.

Chanel universal bronze

Hey girllllls. 

The one thing that really bugs me about summer is when you just get your shade right then you go on holiday and come back a completely different colour. In the summer months I stay away from the foundation and opt for a lighter option. I am LOVING Chanel's soleil tan de Chanel, bronze universal.

It's very velvety to touch and is a light creamy bronzer that leaves your skin with a sunkissed look. I'm usually quite scared when it comes to bronzers as some of them can make you look like you've rubbed your face in mud. Or worse you look like a girl who fell asleep under a sunbed for too long! But this one is so velvety and light that it is perfect for a nice even sunkissed finish. It also blends really well leaving no lines on the face atall. It has a very creamy smell almost smells of holidays! 

 

It is £32.00 which for what it is, isn't bad atall, it also lasts so long!! I've been ont he same pot now for soo long. For me it's the next best thing to foundation and when you want that sunkissed look it certainly works.

Which is your fav bronzer ? 

Fran xx

Highlighting shimmer brick

SeventeeN  Instant glow
shimmer Brick / RAD OR BAD?

I purchased this shimmer brick a while back from boots as I was in  search of a nice glow to go on the top of my cheeks as a highlighter. It was £4.99 which wasn't too bad I didn't think! IVe been using it for the past couple of weeks and really got on with it, so much so I wanted to share it with you lovelies.

This comes in two shades pink bronze and gold bronze. I went for gold bronze. It comes in four different layers of bronzed colours going from light to dark.  It's lovely as it doesn't go too dark when you first put it on and you can layer it to as dark as you like. You can use them all together with a rage brush or you can use them individually to contour and highlight. I also like to use them as eyeshadows individually.

Here is what it looks like on my hand.

And here it is in the pot..

I would defiantly reccomend this product as it's quite cheap and just as if not better than some of the other more expensive alternatives.

You can get yours here http://m.boots.com/h5/cat_hub?path=%2Fen%2FSEVENTEEN-Instant-Glow-Shimmer-Brick_1321239%2F&colId=Gold_Bronze&unCountry=uk

Fran xxx

A look in my makeup bag ❤️

A look in my makeup bag ❤️

First of all I am using the Victoria Secret vs stripe large make up bag. I love this bag because it fits everything in and doesn't clutter up your handbag. Some of my products are quite large and I'm forever finding that most makeup bags just aren't big enough. I end up having two bags or not being able to do the zip up, annoying!! I wanted this bag for a while and I'm so glad I finally got it. 

 you can find this bagif you click on this link here!

First I prep my skin with the lovely MAC primer from the prep and prime range. I like this primer because it's so lightweight, yet does the job perfectly whilst highlighting your skin and prolonging your makeup. Once your moisturiser has sunk in after about 5-10 minutes you only need to apply about a pea size to your face and smooth over with your fingers. I think it's about £20 but a bottle of this lasts me a couple of months, so it's well worth it.

The foundation I am using at the moment is again MAC, MAC studio fix in shade NC30. I have tried many shades in this foundation and for me this is my preferred shade as I can build it up for the night and keep it light during the day. I apply this with the 'real techniques expert face brush' that I picked up in super drug for £8.99 (pretty good ey!). I like the brush as it gives an even and smooth finish to the skin and really seems to distribute the product evenly. It's rounded head means you can create small circles on the face while applying to get into those hard to reach places. 

links for these two products are here for the foundation and here for the brush  xx

Next I use my MAC 'prep + prime' highlighter in shade 'light boost'. This is a brilliant product that I recently got into. It's very build-able and I can use it day and night. It's great for under eye dark circles and making your nose look skinnier! Apply over forehead, down under the brow bone and in a triangular shape under the eyes. I blend this in with just an eyeshadow brush. 

buy this highlighter here!

The next step is powder, now I've been a natural collection user previously and I have recently decided it's something that I used every day and should invest in a good one. After a lot of persuasion and persistent nagging my boyfriend gave in and treated me to a new one. I got the MAC 

'mineralize skin finish' in medium. It comes in the new packaging with a small mirror for application. It's a dome shaped compact which is packed with real minerals to keep your skin healthy. It's great to set your foundation or just as a touch-up throughout the day. I work in a hair salon and can get quite warm so there's nothing better to combat your t-zone with than a swish of this. I like to apply this with the 'real techniques' - powder brush pictured below. It's a lovely brush with soft long bristles.😍

you can find the powder here

real techniques brush

Now that's all done I use all over highlighter from MAC (would you believe!). Haha, it's all Mac. I find their coverage so much better than other brands. I use the 'mineralize skin finish' in shade 'soft and gentle'. I loooove this colour as it's so versatile, you can have a day glow or you  

can really exentuate your cheekbones and brow bone by sweeping it in a u-shape from your cheeks to your brow bone.

skin finish

Blusher: I love my blusher, I use the 'sleek' in shade 'Rose gold'. It's gorgeous. In the summer I love this especially as it just adds to your glow. In the winter months I like to keep it matte so I go for the MAC blush in shade 'pinch me'.  It is just a nice everyday colour.

sleek blush

And that's it! I will do an eyebrow and eye run through on my next post. I hope you enjoyed reading and if you have any questions please ask me I won't mind answering or if you have any tips or tricks involving these product I'm always up for learning new things! Let me know if you use the same or similar products. I'd love to hear from you all 😀 xoxoxo