Year 2013 is the year in which I started blogging. After a few months of getting my bearings and finding my feet with blogging I finally decided to base this blog on beauty, lifestyle and fashion. I have leaned more heavily onto beauty, so these are my favourite beauty products from 2013.
KIKO nail polish in 539 Light Peach
I bought this nail polish on a trip to Madrid in the summer. I love the KIKO nail polishes and their packaging is really practical. This colour is one I didn't have and I am so glad I got this. If anyone else is looking for a colour like this I would recommend this one,
Mavala Nail polish in Pure Diamond
This is a silver sparkly nail polish that I received in my Boots Beauty Advent calendar and it was definitely one of my favourite products from it. It's such a great colour for the winter seasons and the silver suites any colour from the spectrum.
Bourjois Colour Boost Lipstick in Orange Punch
Out of all my summer-y coloured lip products, this is my favourite. I wear this during the day and night it's really versatile. I recently received one of the Autumn tones for Christmas and they are so great for keeping lips moisturised.
L'Oreal Super Liner - Perfect Slim in Intense Black
My first felt tip liner and it's perfect. Really precise at the tip and great for day to day use because it's not a pain to get off. I'm slowly getting a bit more adventurous with it and expanding the wing.
Givenchy Mascara
High-end mascaras are always compared to drugstore mascaras; I have no preferred type but I do love this mascara. I bought it on a trip to Paris in April and I always use this for when I want to make a big deal of my eyelashes. It's not clumpy or too thick, gives great length and makes it look like you have a thousand lashes.
Batiste Dry Shampoo in Tropical
Please forgive me in that I only tried out dry shampoo this year. But wow! this stuff is genius and it's a lifesaver. I love the scent of this one because it smells like coconuts and is a really fresh smell all year round. I also love 'Blush' which is more of a floral scent. I have about 4 bottles of these stocked away for when I run out.
La Roche-Rosay Cicaplast Baume B5
My number 1 favourite product is this because it massively cured my eczema on my face and around my eyes. It has been nothing but good to me and I use it twice a day. I would recommend this to anyone who has problem skin like myself. For me- La Roche-Posay win most trusted brand of the year!
I hope you all had a fantastic year and I hope you have a fantastic 2014!!
Ohh..(sigh). With this constantly dark weather, it's extremely hard to find the right time to take pictures so I've had to try and find the best time to snap some pictures. I got home from a day out and started to take pictures before it got dark. I hope it looks like a successful job.
This is the La Roche-Posay Hydreane BB Cream that I've been using for quite a while. I bought this in October and I was originally supposed to put it away as a Christmas present; I couldn't resist it though. It is in Light Shade which is 1 of only 3 shades there is available at the moment. I have an 'English rose' complexion so if I was to get any shade darker it'd definitely turn me orange.
Usually, I apply this by putting a blob or two onto the back of my hand then distribute it evenly across my face. I don't yet have the correct brush to apply it to my face so I use my own hands. It has a great consistency so I guess it's up to you how you apply this one.
The coverage isn't the best. It would take a few layers of this if you were planning in using it as a cover-up to replace foundation. But as a base, it works well and lasts through the day. I apply this then put at a brief amount of foundation powder over gently.
It honestly smells quite odd. It smells clinical and almost like wipes. If I put this across my cupids I'd definitely be able to smell this and although it smells clean, I'd still rather be able to smell my perfume.
This brand is the same brand that I use as my daily moisturizer. It works wonders for dry skin sufferers and it has positively affected my eczema. I really trust the brand so it was a step ahead for choosing this BB Cream. It's paraben free and I feel safe using it.
If you have this BB cream, what is your opinion? Or do you have a different BB cream? Let me know in the comments.
It's great when there's a festivity where you can bake themed food. This month, October, Halloween is one of the main events. I baked Chocolate brownies with 'RIP' tombstones and Chocolate chip cookie, marshmallow mouths.
This is a very crafty bake, ready to shock the socks off your trick-or-treaters. You need precision and patience for these but the end result is (mmm) delicious. It's all edible, don't be scared by the black.
- I baked a chocolate cake in a shallow rectangular tin (25cm-20cm) using regular ingredients and measurements. Once it was baked it was left to cool for a long while.
- I made coco butter cream with the juice of one large orange; I also left that to settle, it helped bring out the orange and give the chocolate a darker colour.
- The tombstones are just plain biscuits that were baked for 12 minute and left to cool. I baked 10.
- The butter cream was put onto the cake and placed in the fridge to set a little.
- After the biscuits cooled I made black icing and piped RIP onto them using a piping bag and a '2' nozzle.
- I carefully dusted black icing powder onto the stones to give them a worn look.
- Then I cut the cake into 10 pieces and propped up the tombstones using extra butter cream and cocktail sticks. The cocktail sticks can be removed after about 1/2 and hour or so.
These were a lot easier to make and very funny. You can choose to add anything to these. Instead of marshmallows, you can use 'teeth' from a packet of 'lips & teeth'.
- I made an extra batch of the tombstone biscuit recipe and added chocolate chips to them, they went into the oven for 20 minutes, I baked 18, 9 pairs.
- Then left them to cool after they were baked.
- I made a red icing and piped it onto the same side of each pair.
- Afterwards, I placed medium white marshmallows onto the red icing, making them all odd.
- Then, with patience, I fitted them together so that the teeth were in the gum of the other biscuit.
BaByliss Wave Envy
These are my BaByliss wavers that I've had for over a year. They were £45.00 from Boots, and they've been so worth their money. When I use my wavers I tend to get a result that's very big hair. So I tend to wave my hair later in the day then sleep on it, I then have a more natural look the next day.
Like this:
It does take me (with very long hair) about half an hour, or more, to complete my whole hair because it has to be sectioned 3/4 times. I would recommend these to any one who wants to add a little bit more to their hair than the normal, everyday straightening. The only things I don't like about these are the weight and the fact that, unlike most straighteners, there isn't an alert sound to tell you that they're ready and at full temperature. Otherwise these are so great and lately becoming so popular.
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