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

My Charlotte Tilbury Experience!

My Charlotte Tilbury Experience!

On Friday It was my birthday and my lovely boyfriend treated me to having my makeup done at the Charlotte Tilbury counter in Selfridges. 

 Charlotte Tilbury has 10 signature looks to choose from when you have your makeup done. 

The Rebel

The Golden Goddess

The Ingene

The Uptown Girl

The Sophisticate

The Rock Chick

The Dolce Vita 

The Bombshell

The Vintage Vamp

The Glamour Muse 

I'd done some research before I went as I wanted a rough idea of what I'd like done. I was torn between the Dolce Vita & The Bombshell. The lips on the Bombshell really grabbed me.

In the end after some guidance from the makeup artist I went for the Dolce Vita. I explained I didn't wear foundation on a daily basis and had been to MAC previously and been unhappy with the results as i felt like a dressed up christmas tree, just too much. They insist on applying fake eyelashes and things that just arent you!

THE DOLCE VITA

ULTRA FEMININE AND UTTERLY ALLURING, THE DOLCE VITA PLAYS THE MUSE FOR VERY GOOD REASON. HER LOOK IS ALL ABOUT UNBRIDLED GLAMOUR: SEDUCTIVE LIPS, CHISELLED CHEEKS AND A SMOULDERING STARE.

First she prepped my skin with their Wonder glow primer. This was so lightweight and felt lovely on my skin. This creates the illusion of youthful, healthy skin that is hydrated and effervescent. It can be used underneath foundation or on its own for effortless looking skin.  It retails at £38.50 You can get it here!

Next she applied there Magic Foundation with a brush, A brand new full coverage foundation that morphs to your face in a weightless texture, for a perfect second skin that lasts all day. It comes in 15 different shades and retails at £29.50 here.

Eyeshadow was next! She used an amazing palette of 4 colours.

The champagne, brown, umber and bronze 'Dolce Vita' shades in Charlotte Tilbury's eyeshadow palette are designed to harmonize with each other and suit any skin tone. She created a smooth base with the 'Prime' shade, built up definition with the 'Enhance' color, then added definition and drama for evening with the highly pigmented 'Smoke' and 'Pop' shades. This kit retails at £38.00. You can get yours here

She then filled in my brows with their 3 way lift,shade and shape tool. I don't usually get on with eyebrow pencils but this one was quite nice and did not create any harsh lines. This retails at £22.50. Get yours here.

My favourite part now, The Charlotte Tilbury Highlight and contour compact called Filmstar bronze and glow. This is AMAZING. You can slim, sculpt, shorten, trim and highlight your features. She used the dark on my cheek hollows, temples, jaw line and the sides and tip on my nose. The lighter on the top of my cheek bones, centre of nose, bow of lips and brow bone. I was so pleased with how this product worked I bought one myself. These sets retail at £49.00 here.

Lash time! Charlotte Tilbury's Full Fat lashes mascara. This promises curl, seperation, volume, legnth and drama. I wasn't overly impressed with the mascara as I like my lashes to look really seperate and long and this seemed to clump mine up therefore making them look shorter, I'd like to try it myself to see what it's like when used yourself. This is £22.00 from their website.

Last but not least, my lips, I'm not sure on the shade of lip liner she used, but the lipstick was called bond girl. The colour was lovely and stayed on all night until I went to bed! This is £23.00 online.

HOW WAS IT!? 10\10.

Overall I was so pleased with the look, I felt like she really listened to what I was after and what I didn't like. I felt as though I had makeup on, but still felt really natural. I really didn't want to take it off at bedtime, but you know these things have to be done. I will certainly be going back to try the other looks. It was £35.00 to have your make -up done but that was redeemable against products, which was great but I wanted the lot! You can buy it all, but thats £165! I'll be asking Father 

Christmas for that this year I think.. haha.

Here are some photos of my finished look. The first two pictures are as soon as I got back to the hotel after I'd had it done and the other two are just before bed a few drinkies later! You can see how well the eyeshadow has lasted.

Have any of you girls been and had a CT makeover? I'd love to know which look you went for and what your fave products are!

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