Eyes, Lips, Face

A couple of weeks ago ELF or www.eyeslipsface.co.uk had their "last ever" 50% off everything weekend sale, the offer had been tempting me the 2 or three previous weekends that they had run the offer, but the phrase "last ever" did it for me and I hopped along to the website and started chucking things into my online shopping basket.

I set myself a limit of £20 once the discount had been taken off, so I was getting £40 worth of products. So, here's what I got...

From the ELF Mineral Collection:

• Bronzed Mineral Glow; these sheer, natural powders will leave your skin looking and feeling healthy and radiant.
• Blush in "Joy" (mauve lilac); Create a subtle color definition to your cheeks that will add radiance and a glow, for a healthy look you can see.
• Eyeshadow in "Elegant"; Bring a touch of natural beauty to your eyes with these soft, translucent shades that add subtle highlights for daytime or increased drama for night. With key vitamins A & B, these eyeshadows hydrate and minimize the appearance of fine lines. Available in an array of light-reflecting color options they can be worn wet or dry, together or alone, for countless shimmering looks and trends. The all natural consistency makes them incredibly easy to apply and blend for a flawless finish.

From the ELF Studio Collection:

• Cream eyeliner in "Copper"; Creates smooth lines that are defined and precise. Smudge-proof, budge-proof and water-resistant coverage for all day wear to combat against, sweat, tears and rain!
• Matte Lip Colour in "Natural"; This convenient jumbo sized lip pencil creates exact colour application with twist up ease so you never have to sharpen. The pigment rich colour glides on effortlessly and easily to provide long lasting matte colour. The enriched Vitamin A, C & E formula moisturizes and hydrates lips for beautiful healthy looking lips.
• Flawless Finish Foundation in "Sand"; Achieve a flawless complexion with the silky smooth e.l.f. Studio Flawless Finish Foundation. The lightweight formula blends in naturally for a beautiful semi-matte finish. This liquid foundation applies easily and lasts all day for visibly brighter and radiant looking skin. Using our Flawless Finish Foundation not only restores uneven skin textures and tones, but most importantly, the SPF 15 protects your skin against harmful sun damage!

From the regular ELF range:

• Shimmering facial whip in "Camilia"; Multipurpose, on-the-go whipped colorant is vitamin B, C and E packed to instantly brighten and soothe skin with no greasy after-feel.
• Eyelid Primer; Preps your eyelid for smoother, longer-lasting and crease-proof eyeshadow. The ultra sheer nude color works to increase eye color longevity. The lightweight liquid formula quickly absorbs into the skin for comfortable wear.

Brushes:

• Studio Stipple Brush; This new antibacterial, synthetic haired Taklon brush is softer and more ansorbent and can be used with wet or dry products. Be a professional makeup artist and create a flawless look with this e.l.f. Studio brush! The layered bristles create a soft airbrushed look that's perfect for applying foundation or adding colour definition to cheekbones or highlighting with soft layers. Use this brush with any liquid or powder face product such as foundation, blush or bronzer to build your coverage from sheer to heavy.
• Defining eye brush; Velvety bristles line eyes, fill in eyelids, and define thin or sparse brows.
• Eyeshadow brush; Specially sheered brush tip absorbs the perfect amount of eye shadow and provides long lasting color saturation. The comfort curved brush contours the eye with natural gliding strokes for easy and accurate eye shadow application.
• Kabuki Body brush; The larger brush has the ideal size and density for perfect powder application (such as Mineral Booster), and to apply bronzer or highlighter to your face and/or body.

Please let me know if there is anything you would like me to review, and I will be happy to.

Loves,

xoxo

CLOSED: Please no more entries: A Very Special Giveaway...incl MAC, Dior, ELF, GOSH

Hello my pretties,

A few weeks ago, thanks to you beauties, I reached 200 followers, so as promised, I am finally announcing the giveaway. But there is a special reason I waited a couple of weeks to announce it. I wanted to give you a little while to enter, and as next month is my blogs first anniversary, I thought it would be nice to announce the winner on that day, to make it extra special. As well as all that wonderful stuff, this is my 100th post for this blog, so it's a triple celebration!

So on to the prizes::

1. ELF Studio Mini Make Up Collection including eyeshadow, cream eyeshadow, blush & bronzer, lipgloss, brow powder, eyeliner & brushes.

2. Two 2True Eyeshadow Dazzlers in No. 3 (Lilac) and No. 5 (Green)

3. Gosh Dazzle Powder in Apple Jam

4. St Moriz Self Tanning Mousse

5. L'Oreal Cashmere Milk Expert Make-up Remover

6. FCUK Polished Body Spray

7. Max Factor Nail Polish in Disco Pink

8. MAC Nail Polish in Seasonal Peach

9. Body Shop Ananya Bath & Shower Gel 30ml

10. Body Shop Ananya Body Lotion 30ml

11. ELF Diamond Lash Palett

12. Next Sterling Silver flower ring

13. FCUK Lipgloss in nude

14. Gold coloured Love Necklace

15. Christian Dior Hardcore Purse/Wallet

16. Cream Corsage

Getting so many lovely followers is really lovely, so I really wanted to give something back, and say that I really appreciate each and every one of you. So, this is it!

Here are more piccys of the fantastic prizes you will be receiving::

The Rules

1. You must be a follower of my blog to enter.

2. For one entry simply comment below with "Enter me, pretty please!"

3. To get yourself an extra THREE entries, you can either do a blog post about my giveaway, post a picture and link in your sidebar or tweet about it. Make sure you tell me you have done so in a comment, so that I can give you four entries.

4. Make sure that you leave your email addy in the comment also, so that I can contact you if you're the lucky winner.

The closing date for this giveaway will be Friday 21st May 2010 (My blog's first anniversary!) at 8pm, so you have four weeks to enter.

Good luck my darlings, and be sure to spread the word!

Loves,

January Favourites

Hello ladies,

I hope you are all ok. This is my first monthly favourites post and as it's a new year, I thought I'd start doing these, hope you enjoy.

1. St. Moriz Self Tanning Mouse

I am sooo over embracing the paleness of the winter months, and feel much healthier with a tan, and a lot more confident, thats just me. So last month I bought another two bottles of the gorgeous St. Moriz that was raved about in the community last summer, and for the past two weeks I have been enjoying being a bronzed beauty again. For anyone that hasn't tried this yet, where have you been?! But seriously, this is the best fake tan I have ever tried, and at a tiny fraction of the price of St. Tropez what have you got to lose? (it's £2.99 by the way).

2. Clean & Clear Blackhead Clearing Cleanser

Clean and clear has been in my life for many months now, but I have never religiously used it, so my new aim is to use this everyday & hopefully see it start working.

3. The Body Shop Strawberry Body Butter

I love, love, love this! I have been using this all over my face at night time, and especially around my nose, chin and forehead as the cold weather is drying those parts of my face out, and then using the cleanser in the morning. 

4. Models Own Nail Polish in Pink Punch

I know it's not summer yet, but how gorgeous is this? This week I've had it on my toes and I'm loving it! It looks more like a neon coral/orange and I can't wait to get my tootsies into some flip flops.

5, 6, 7 & 8. LIPS! (L-R) Body Shop Oui Oui Oui/Yes Yes Yes, Barry M Limited Edition Lip Gloss, Barry M Toffee Lip Gloss (2) & ELF Runway Pink Mineral Lipstick

I have started to use the Oui Oui Oui at night to moisturise my lips as they've been pretty dry recently, I just smother my lips in it and go to sleep and hope Jack doesn't kiss me in the night, haha! 

The Barry M lipglosses are purely in here for the smell, they are truely amazing! 

When I first recieved Runway Pink form ELF I really didn't think it would suit me, but to my surprise I love it and it means I'm going easy on my beloved Nude Rose by Mac which I'm nearly out of and it was limited edition *cries*

9, 10, 11 & 12. FACE. (L-R, T-B) MAC Sclupt & Shape in Bone Beige Emphasize, MAC By Candlelight MSF, MAC Well Dressed Blush & ELF Peachykeen Blush.

The sculpt and shape powder was a re-promote that came out with the DSquared collection last year. Ever since I've had it it's been my go-to for contouring, however I have hardly ever used the highlight, I find it too light. 

By Candlelight was my first MSF, and I use it as a cheek highlight and sometimes on the brow bone, I've talked about it before, it's a really pretty colour, I heart it.

MAC Well Dressed should be and probably is in everybody's collection, I use it 90% of the time, it's a lovely, glowy pink blush.

I've never been that big on blush, but after getting Well Dressed, I became curious, so I thought I'd try a peach, ELF's Peechykeen is gorgeous, but I'm not too keen on the sparkle, so this is mainly used for nights out, when I'm extra bronzed up.

13, 14 & 15. Lastly, EYES. (L-R) MAC Hypnotizing, MAC Twinks & Max Factors False Lash Effect mascara in Black.

Hypnotizing is gorgeous! My fave eyeshadow of the moment, it's a really lovely plum brown and I'm enjoying it all over the lid with either Satin Taupe in the crease & outter corner, or...

Twinks. I have had Twinks in my collection since I started collecting MAC last year, but had never really so much as made a dent in it until January. It's an absolutely beautiful plum/bronze colour with gold reflects and is great on the outter corner.

Max Factors new false lash effect mascara is amazing. It has a really wide brush and gives me beautifully long spider-like lashes. I have always had long lashes, but have never received compliments on them before like I get all the time now. If I want a really dramatic look I use it with Maybelline Lash Stilleto which is my fave go-to mascara.

What did you enjoy in January girlies?

Loves,

Elf Haul

Hi everyone, hope you all had a nice weekend. I did go to Westfield on Saturday, but I didn't go to MAC I'm afraid, so I didn't pick up any of the new collections and instead spent my money on clothes. 

This morning I went to the post office to pick up a parcel that I missed on Thursday, which was my Elf order. 

I got two of the duo eyeshadows, the first one is called Mocha Swril, which as you can see is a light beige and a dark brown. They are really creamy shadows so really easy to blend.

The next one is called Butter Pecan, which is a brown and peach.

I got one of their blushes which recently came out with the extended Elf Studio line, as you all know, the one I chose was Peachykeen as I have a few pink blushes and wanted to try a more peachy one, and at £3.50 you can't really go wrong. 

Next up is one of the Mineral eyeshadows in Natural, this is a gorgeous pinky peach and it reminds me of my favourite eyeshadow by MAC, Grand Entrance, which was limited edition, but I use it every day, so this is a good replacement. 

Also from the Mineral range I got this lipstick, its Runway Pink, and I already have Nicely Nude and Natural Nymph, which I am really happy with. However at the moment I'm not sure how Runway Pink is going to work for me, also when swatched on my hand it seemed pretty drying. I'll keep you posted with this one.

I got a mineral eyeliner in black. 

And a waterproof eyeliner pen, which comes out like a felt and I'm very excited to try this out.

Back to the Studio range and I got this eyeliner and shadow stick in Glow and Pearl. The thicker end is the shadow Glow and the liner Pearl. You have to press pretty hard to get a good colour pay off, and in doing so I broke off some of the eyeliner end. But the colours are nice, and I will be using the shadow end for a brow highlight and the liner for inner corner highlight.

And lastly, which I'm sure you've all seen before, the complexion brush and the HD powder. I've read mixed reviews about the HD powder, some people saying it works and some saying it does nothing for them. It's meant to create a "soft focus" effect to the skin. Mask fine lines and imperfections for a radiant complexion. It's designed to be used with high-definition camera technology. So I'll let you know when I've had time to try it out!

Loves,

Elf Studio Range & Sleek, Topshop & River Island Haul

Hi guys,

I have lots to talk about today. First things first, for those of you that follow me on Twitter, you will know that I made an order from the Elf (eyes, lips, face) website two nights ago, for some of the new Studio range items. This was all thanks to my lovely boyfriend who put it on his card for me, as I didn't have any cash in my account. 

I got the complexion perfection powder compact, (as pictured above), this product is meant to even out the skin tone and absorb excess oil. The directions on the packaging state to "blend the powder over the entire face to brighten and even out the skin tone as well as neutralise any redness". Elf products are extremely inexpensive at normally £1.50, the Studio range however is priced slightly highter at £3.50 each, but still amazingly cheap. 

Along with that, I got the Translucent Matifying Powder Compact. I have quite oily skin, so I was on the look out for a new powder. This product is meant to achieve flawless shine free skin, horrah for that!

The last compact I got was the warm bronzer. The Studio range contains three bronzers, warm, cool and golden. I'd heard that the cool wasn't so good, and the golden was more shimmery, so I opted for the warm. I contains four gorgeous shades, so I'm looking forward to trying it out for a bit of a sun kissed glow now that the sun seems to have come back.

Also from the Studio collection I got two brushes, both of which are eye brushes, and again were £3.50 each. One is the small precision brush and the other a contour brush. Both of which will be ideal for applying product to the outer corners and crease. 

I then had a look at the regular range and got another two eye brushes, this time they were only £1.50. I got a blending brush and a smudge sponge. I will let you know how I got on with all the Elf products once I have had a chance to have a play with it all, which I am looking forward to.

Today I went shopping to pick up the new Sleek palette from Superdrug. Sleek palette's are always amazing quality for the price and when I heard that there was a limited edition palette being released today I just had to go and pick one up.

I present the Sleek Curious Palette:

A lovely mix of blues and purples, with a bit of a random yellow in there too, probably the only colour I won't use.

I then popped into Topshop as I had a top to take back and I picked up this one instead, its a lovely long top, so it can be worn on it's own with leggings, yay! And has the most gorgeous black sequin detailing on each shoulder. The top is oversized, so can be worn off the shoulder and for those of you interested, it was £28.

Next up I went into River Island, where I got two things, a racer back vest, as pictured below.

This vest has a lovely diamante chain detailing on the front at the neck line and it was £19.99. And lastly I got a pair of dark denim skinny jeans with a patch detailing at the knee(the picture does them no justice as they also have tiny dark paint splashes on them too). I haven't bought jeans in ages, and autumn/winter is sadly fast approaching, and they cost £44.99

Hope you all enjoyed this mixed up haul.

Loves,

xoxox